:00:14. > :00:18.The chair of an independent inquiry into building regulations -
:00:19. > :00:21.prompted by the Grenfell fire - has told BBC London
:00:22. > :00:25.it's inevitable she'll find systematic failings.
:00:26. > :00:27.Dame Judith Hackitt also says she understands why residents
:00:28. > :00:29.in other tower blocks are so worried.
:00:30. > :00:31.In her first interview since being appointed, she has been
:00:32. > :00:36.speaking to our political correspondent Karl Mercer.
:00:37. > :00:40.Before the 14th June, few people had even heard of Grenfell Tower.
:00:41. > :00:43.Ten weeks later, it stands testament to
:00:44. > :00:46.a system that failed, to fire and building regulations
:00:47. > :00:48.that didn't do their job and to inspection regimes that
:00:49. > :00:57.And in the weeks since, tower blocks across the capital have had to be
:00:58. > :01:05.At the Chalcot Estate in Camden, hundreds had to leave their homes.
:01:06. > :01:08.At the Ledbury estate, the gas was turned off over safety fears.
:01:09. > :01:11.Today, the woman charged with looking at what went wrong with
:01:12. > :01:17.I can understand that people living in those tower blocks
:01:18. > :01:28.And it's important that we get some recommendations out quickly so that
:01:29. > :01:31.the right rectifications can be made and things can be
:01:32. > :01:34.Her inquiry will focus on fire and building regulations and
:01:35. > :01:38.In the wake of Grenfell Tower, the Government
:01:39. > :01:41.ordered tests on hundreds of pieces of cladding from tower blocks.
:01:42. > :01:47.I think it would be obvious to most people,
:01:48. > :01:54.having seen the data on the number of high rise buildings that where
:01:55. > :01:58.the tests have proven the cladding to be inadequate, it's clear to most
:01:59. > :02:00.people that there must be some problem that is bigger than
:02:01. > :02:07.Her findings will feed into the wider public inquiry being led
:02:08. > :02:11.by former judge, Sir Martin Moore-Bick.
:02:12. > :02:14.It may have hard lessons for many across the sector.
:02:15. > :02:18.I think it is inevitable that we are going to find some short
:02:19. > :02:22.What they will be, I'm not prepared to speculate at this stage.
:02:23. > :02:26.I think it's important that I look at all of those things, the
:02:27. > :02:28.competence of the people, how they work, whether people
:02:29. > :02:30.know what their roles and responsibilities are, all
:02:31. > :02:36.If a system is going to work effectively, it is
:02:37. > :02:39.not just about what's written down, it's about how it's applied
:02:40. > :02:43.Dame Judith has promised an initial report by the
:02:44. > :02:52.The Mayor's offering ?1 million of extra funding
:02:53. > :02:54.to encourage more trees, plants and green spaces
:02:55. > :03:00.in every neighbourhood - which anyone can apply for.
:03:01. > :03:03.This map gives a sense of how green our city is -
:03:04. > :03:07.As our Environment Correspondent Tom Edwards reports, getting London
:03:08. > :03:12.boroughs on board is key to making the scheme work.
:03:13. > :03:15.Kew Gardens enjoying the drizzle this morning.
:03:16. > :03:17.London is one of the greenest cities on the planet and
:03:18. > :03:21.there are now plans to make it greener.
:03:22. > :03:30.Today the mayor launched a ?1 million fund for community groups to
:03:31. > :03:35.He wants London to be a National Park city.
:03:36. > :03:37.Although pre-election promises of two million trees by 2020
:03:38. > :03:45.Where are we now with that target, is that still your ambition?
:03:46. > :03:47.Our manifesto was clear, we wanted to embark on a major
:03:48. > :03:53.We are well on the way to doing that.
:03:54. > :04:00.The two million target, you're not abiding by that now?
:04:01. > :04:04.My manifesto was quite clear in relation to a major
:04:05. > :04:07.I'm going to keep that promise to plant more trees in London.
:04:08. > :04:10.We will increase the tree canopy in London and I published
:04:11. > :04:13.recently my environment strategy and the ambition there is to have an
:04:14. > :04:17.increase of 10% of tree canopy across London.
:04:18. > :04:21.London's green spaces support 14,000 species.
:04:22. > :04:25.It has 3.8 million gardens and 47% is made up of green space or
:04:26. > :04:31.The ambition is to make that 50%.
:04:32. > :04:33.But that's not straight forward.
:04:34. > :04:36.This is is a community garden in Greenwich.
:04:37. > :04:38.Here there have been battles with the local council,
:04:39. > :04:48.This initiative is hopefully a step in the right
:04:49. > :04:51.direction, but I feel that the green spaces are under a lot of threat,
:04:52. > :04:53.with so many encroaching housing developments,
:04:54. > :04:54.not always sympathetic with the surrounding area.
:04:55. > :04:56.I feel they're a vital resource that do
:04:57. > :05:00.Do you acknowledge that the balance between
:05:01. > :05:02.housing and green spaces is a difficult one
:05:03. > :05:08.I don't think it is a choice between housing, jobs and green spaces.
:05:09. > :05:11.I have been here speaking to some of the scientists at Kew Gardens -
:05:12. > :05:19.Nonetheless, with pressure on space, serious challenges lie ahead to
:05:20. > :05:32.And our series on London in the future.
:05:33. > :05:39.It's thought that up to a third of the jobs we do now will no longer
:05:40. > :05:43.Automation, robots and the internet are set to dramatically
:05:44. > :05:49.Brother and sister, Daniel and Rachael,
:05:50. > :05:55.Here, children are imagining the world of work, but
:05:56. > :05:59.will these jobs even exist when they grow up?
:06:00. > :06:03.And while dentists will probably still exist in 30 years
:06:04. > :06:11.According to research by Deloitte, industries
:06:12. > :06:14.most at risk from machines will be transport, car repairs
:06:15. > :06:22.Across the world, two thirds of children entering
:06:23. > :06:26.primary school will end up working in jobs that don't yet exist.
:06:27. > :06:30.And how will they be created and what impact
:06:31. > :06:34.will that have on London's workforce?
:06:35. > :06:37.Jobs that pay ?30,000 or less today are eight times more
:06:38. > :06:39.likely to be automated than jobs that pay ?100,000 or more.
:06:40. > :06:45.Just imagine the scene when Mr and Mr 2000 sit down
:06:46. > :06:49.to breakfast with their very own automatic au pair.
:06:50. > :06:52.Some of us have long been promised that robots will
:06:53. > :06:55.change our lives, but just how realistic is that vision?
:06:56. > :06:58.At Deloitte's digital office, I met their robot Ada,
:06:59. > :07:05.who like us humans, was having an off day.
:07:06. > :07:07.We like to have this technology here so
:07:08. > :07:10.we can show it to clients, rather than talk to them about it.
:07:11. > :07:16.This is actually a virtual collaboration space.
:07:17. > :07:19.But other technology like virtual reality is allowing people
:07:20. > :07:22.So could this make the office redundant?
:07:23. > :07:25.Not quite, says the founder of this shared work space?
:07:26. > :07:28.What we are doing here is creating an environment in which
:07:29. > :07:33.We have found here at second home small
:07:34. > :07:35.teams work ten times faster than the national average,
:07:36. > :07:39.which is great, because it means more jobs and more growth.
:07:40. > :07:42.Few can predict exactly how the future will look, but for this
:07:43. > :07:51.generation, we know it will look very different.
:07:52. > :07:53.It was one of Diana's best kept secrets -
:07:54. > :07:56.her love of dance and how she would, away from the cameras,
:07:57. > :07:59.Her teacher was the world famous ballet dancer
:08:00. > :08:04.He's been speaking to our reporter Sarah Harris.
:08:05. > :08:06.The Royal Academy of Dance in Battersea,
:08:07. > :08:07.where it all started for
:08:08. > :08:13.one of the most famous ballet stars of his day, Wayne Sleep.
:08:14. > :08:16.It was in his heyday that he struck up a
:08:17. > :08:17.friendship with the then Princess of Wales.
:08:18. > :08:21.A closeness he still feels, 20 years after her death.
:08:22. > :08:27.And she used to come around to my flat, kick her
:08:28. > :08:30.heels off and walk around barefoot and just completely zonk out
:08:31. > :08:36.I felt that was so wonderful that she could feel so comfortable
:08:37. > :08:43.Diana famously loved to dance and wanted to perform to
:08:44. > :08:46.surprise her husband at the Royal Opera House.
:08:47. > :08:49.It was Wayne she chose to be her partner, despite their
:08:50. > :08:58.I mean the performance was as if she had
:08:59. > :09:03.I was worried that the nerves will get you
:09:04. > :09:09.Spotlights and you have got do a big routine.
:09:10. > :09:13.Your husband's watching, you haven't told him about it.
:09:14. > :09:15.You're going to ghet a rollicking probably.
:09:16. > :09:22.Next door to the Royal Academy and a certain Prince George will be
:09:23. > :09:24.starting this school in a few short weeks.
:09:25. > :09:27.And guess what, he will be having ballet lesson with a
:09:28. > :09:34.His grandmother supported ballet until the end of her life.
:09:35. > :09:35.Including helping Wayne's foundation for young
:09:36. > :09:41.Wayne believes she will be delighted George is to take lessons
:09:42. > :10:01.It makes your mind quick and it is very good exercise.
:10:02. > :10:04.That's it form me, so I'll say goodnight and here's Darren Bett
:10:05. > :10:15.The weather can't get any worse. This was Twickenham and temperatures
:10:16. > :10:18.struggled to reach 15 degrees. Tomorrow it will be warmer, but some
:10:19. > :10:23.showers in the afternoon. We have seen the back of the rain. It is
:10:24. > :10:30.heading east and tonight we will have clear skies. But there will be
:10:31. > :10:34.hardly any wind and it will be quite chilly. Down to eight or nine
:10:35. > :10:38.degrees. Tomorrow, we start bright and sunny. It will warm up quickly
:10:39. > :10:41.and the cloud will bubble up by the end of the morning and some showers
:10:42. > :10:46.arriving particularly in the afternoon. There could be some slow
:10:47. > :10:53.moving and heavy down pours. A bit hit and miss. Temperatures higher
:10:54. > :10:57.than today at 21 degrees. We have got some sunshine on Friday. A small
:10:58. > :11:02.chance of a shower. A fine day on Saturday. Clouding over on Sunday.
:11:03. > :11:13.The big picture is with Ben. We still have one full day of August
:11:14. > :11:19.to run. But in some places today it felt like September had long since
:11:20. > :11:25.arrived. We had a lot of cloud, some rain, particularly towards the
:11:26. > :11:31.south-east and temperatures no higher than 13 degrees in some
:11:32. > :11:35.spots. It was nice in County Down and the cloud that brought the rain
:11:36. > :11:39.and chilly conditions has been clearing away to the east. Clearer
:11:40. > :11:45.skies following with just some showers. That is the sort of weather
:11:46. > :11:46.we take with us through tonight. Some clear skies, maybe the odd fog