:00:00. > :00:11.Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:12. > :00:15.Welcome to BBC London News with me Victoria Hollins.
:00:16. > :00:17.The London Fire Brigade is to buy six million pounds
:00:18. > :00:21.It's to meet to the demands in case of another large scale incident,
:00:22. > :00:25.They'll use reserve savings to pay for the new ladders
:00:26. > :00:27.and breathing equipment - but say they need the cash back
:00:28. > :00:39.Our political correspondent Karl Mercer reports.
:00:40. > :00:41.It reached just halfway up Grenfell Tower.
:00:42. > :00:44.The aerial platform being used by firefighters had to be
:00:45. > :00:49.Firefighters heading into the blaze had breathing
:00:50. > :00:53.apparatus that lasted just 30 minutes.
:00:54. > :00:57.And drones used to help in the aftermath of the fire had to be
:00:58. > :01:05.The mayor asked the Fire Commissioner to draw up a
:01:06. > :01:10.The Fire Brigade list is a long and costly one.
:01:11. > :01:12.It asks for three high aerial appliances at the
:01:13. > :01:19.It wants 1200 new breathing apparatus sets.
:01:20. > :01:25.It has asked the two new drones, new masks and shirts and
:01:26. > :01:30.The total bill for new kit, ?6.2 million.
:01:31. > :01:33.Michael has spent 30 years with the brigade writing up
:01:34. > :01:35.many such lists in his final role there.
:01:36. > :01:41.He says the items on it are long overdue.
:01:42. > :01:44.Very happy to see proposals for an increase in aerial
:01:45. > :01:46.appliances, especially pleased to see proposed increase in extended
:01:47. > :01:50.A lot of people don't realise our firefighters only have around 30
:01:51. > :01:55.There is also the question of who will pay.
:01:56. > :01:58.The brigade is raiding its reserves to fund the new kit, but it wants
:01:59. > :02:05.the government to pay in the long term.
:02:06. > :02:08.There are worries extra running costs of around ?6 million a
:02:09. > :02:10.year will leave the brigade facing a huge black
:02:11. > :02:11.hole in its budget in
:02:12. > :02:15.It could be as much as ?30 million we need to find.
:02:16. > :02:18.It's around the scale of the cuts we saw under
:02:19. > :02:19.Boris Johnson, where we
:02:20. > :02:21.saw ten fire stations close and the loss of around
:02:22. > :02:26.We are determined and the mayor is determined for that not happen.
:02:27. > :02:28.We did ask the Home Office for an interview.
:02:29. > :02:34.London's Fire Brigade will hope it doesn't
:02:35. > :02:37.get the same response when it asks for money.
:02:38. > :02:41.Passengers who use Waterloo station are being warned of major disruption
:02:42. > :02:43.for almost all of next month, as upgrade work is carried out.
:02:44. > :02:46.Around half of the country's busiest station will be closed.
:02:47. > :02:48.And commuters even been advised to work from home.
:02:49. > :02:53.Our Transport Correspondent Tom Edwards has more.
:02:54. > :02:56.Waterloo deals with 99 million journeys a year, but this August,
:02:57. > :02:58.nearly half of its platforms will be shut.
:02:59. > :03:00.Commuters are being told to, if possible, change their journeys
:03:01. > :03:10.I can work from home, so we can stay at home
:03:11. > :03:20.I'd rather not, but it will be a nightmare.
:03:21. > :03:22.And the impact will be felt down the line.
:03:23. > :03:24.Stations like Queenstown Road will be shut.
:03:25. > :03:26.Clapham Junction will be much busier, and upgrades to stations
:03:27. > :03:32.Network Rail was heavily criticised after commuters suffered months
:03:33. > :03:39.The mayor says the same thing can't happen here.
:03:40. > :03:41.My message to the government is two things.
:03:42. > :03:45.I'm afraid there are examples where Network Rail has not provided
:03:46. > :03:49.And two, if it is the case that they overrun, the Government
:03:50. > :03:55.has to provide speedy compensation to commuters.
:03:56. > :03:58.Waterloo is getting longer platforms so that it will be able
:03:59. > :04:02.to deal with thousands of more passengers every rush hour.
:04:03. > :04:05.To ease the congestion, the old Eurostar platforms will be
:04:06. > :04:09.There's never a good time to carry out such a large-scale project,
:04:10. > :04:12.but we chose August because more people are away on holiday anyway.
:04:13. > :04:20.The mayor has concerns that it won't be.
:04:21. > :04:23.This is one of the most well-planned projects you'll come across,
:04:24. > :04:25.so we're confident that it will be delivered on time.
:04:26. > :04:33.Waterloo is due to be finished By the end of 2018.
:04:34. > :04:36.The State Rooms at Buckingham Palace open to the public over
:04:37. > :04:41.As well as a special display dedicated to Princess Diana,
:04:42. > :04:44.20 years after her death - there's the chance to see
:04:45. > :04:46.what people across the globe have given the Queen
:04:47. > :04:55.Millions come from all over the world, and most
:04:56. > :05:02.The chances are that our Queen has visited their country.
:05:03. > :05:04.She's made 250 overseas trips in her reign, and it's custom
:05:05. > :05:08.So there are thousands of them, whittled down to 200
:05:09. > :05:15.Golden sparkling personalised trinkets show off the financial
:05:16. > :05:17.wealth of the countries they come from, quite at home under
:05:18. > :05:25.the glittering chandeliers of the state rooms.
:05:26. > :05:29.This is from Tibet, a prayer shawl blessed by the Dalai Lama.
:05:30. > :05:32.Gift-giving, as we all know at Christmas or on birthdays,
:05:33. > :05:42.There was a famous occasion when President Zuma of South Africa
:05:43. > :05:45.presented her with a chess set which had been duplicated,
:05:46. > :05:47.which he didn't know, by his predecessor,
:05:48. > :05:52.Really, so she got the same gift twice?
:05:53. > :05:57.And that's not the only problem she might have
:05:58. > :06:04.One of the disappointments of the exhibition is that there
:06:05. > :06:07.She has been given some 20 horses, apparently kangaroos,
:06:08. > :06:14.Of course, we'll never know what she thinks of any of them.
:06:15. > :06:18.She's had 65 years to practise that polite smile one has when receiving
:06:19. > :06:29.That's it for now from me, but lets find out what the weathers
:06:30. > :06:38.-- Nick Miller. The rain will clear in a couple of hours, don't be
:06:39. > :06:41.fooled by the fine start tomorrow morning because big cloud will
:06:42. > :06:45.develop and showers will break out once again. Through the rest of the
:06:46. > :06:49.Knights of this rain in the short term will be quite heavy before
:06:50. > :06:53.clearing away East. Clear skies coming back later in the night.
:06:54. > :06:57.Temperatures holding up into double figures. The clearing weather system
:06:58. > :07:00.means tomorrow morning a lot of early sunshine. The cloud will
:07:01. > :07:04.build, showers break-out, and some of those could be heavy into the
:07:05. > :07:08.afternoon. A lot of cloud, not much in the way of sunshine in between
:07:09. > :07:14.these showers. Temperatures high teens to low 20s, not as windy as it
:07:15. > :07:16.was today. Sunny start on Sunday. Cloud will build. Later in the
:07:17. > :07:21.afternoon into the evening we start to bring back the of showers on
:07:22. > :07:26.Sunday, perhaps a little bit warmer. This is the weekend in summary, a
:07:27. > :07:30.showery one. The start of next week high pressure building in, it turns
:07:31. > :07:31.dry and warm for a time. That's how it's looking. What about the rest
:07:32. > :07:35.the UK? it's looking. What about the rest
:07:36. > :07:39.the UK? Here is Sarah Keith-Lucas.