:00:00. > :00:17.Antigua with the latest on the hurricane. More on the BBC
:00:18. > :00:19.Welcome to BBC London News with me, Alice Salfield.
:00:20. > :00:21.Oxford Street has reopened this evening after there
:00:22. > :00:23.were scenes of panic following an electrical explosion.
:00:24. > :00:25.Eyewitnesses described "screaming, crying and shouting" -
:00:26. > :00:28.and flames coming from the pavement as many people ran to safety.
:00:29. > :00:30.It happened at around 7pm during the evening rush hour.
:00:31. > :00:32.Police say one man suffered minor injuries
:00:33. > :00:55.Fear and confusion in Oxford Street tonight.
:00:56. > :00:59.Move back! Move back! Terrified passers-by heard an explosion and
:01:00. > :01:04.saw flames ten feet high outside of a shop. This BBC reporter saw what
:01:05. > :01:10.happened. We heard a loud bang. Saw smoke over
:01:11. > :01:16.the road. I could see flames heat on my leg. I could hear people running
:01:17. > :01:21.away screaming. What was striking were the flames, they were maybe ten
:01:22. > :01:25.feet high. This person was window shopping.
:01:26. > :01:31.Suddenly I heard that massive explosion. Like flames and also a
:01:32. > :01:36.lot of smoke. And it just smells very like, like a plastic. Very
:01:37. > :01:41.artificial smell. Everyone was shouting bomb, bomb.
:01:42. > :01:46.The police say that the blast was caused by an electrical fault and
:01:47. > :01:52.cabling under the pavement. It followed several similar incidents
:01:53. > :01:57.in London over the past few years. Well a few moments ago Oxford Street
:01:58. > :02:01.opened to traffic and pedestrian but the area is cordoned off while the
:02:02. > :02:08.electricians are sure that the supply here is safe.
:02:09. > :02:12.One passer by was treated for minor injuries, and there is an
:02:13. > :02:16.investigation under way as to how the electrical cabling caught fire.
:02:17. > :02:18.Now: As we've been hearing Brexit negotiations are ramping up
:02:19. > :02:21.as Parliament begins considering key legislation to take us out
:02:22. > :02:24.Meanwhile - tens of thousands of anti-Brexit protestors
:02:25. > :02:26.are preparing to take to the capital's
:02:27. > :02:30.The People's March for the EU includes celebrity support
:02:31. > :02:32.from the likes of Sir Bob Geldolf and Sir Patrick Stewart.
:02:33. > :02:34.But what does it really hope to achieve?
:02:35. > :02:36.Our Brexit reporter Katharine Carpenter's
:02:37. > :02:49.She might have said it again and again but here in Blackheath,
:02:50. > :03:09.the Prime Minister's words have fallen on deaf ears.
:03:10. > :03:12.She might have said it again and again but here in Blackheath,
:03:13. > :03:14.the Prime Minister's words have fallen on deaf ears.
:03:15. > :03:17.I'm just going to put some stickers here.
:03:18. > :03:20.Instead, they're busy thinking up slogans of their own for this
:03:21. > :03:21.weekend's anti-Brexit march through the capital.
:03:22. > :03:37.I just think that if you believe in something so strongly,
:03:38. > :03:44.And I don't believe Brexit is a done deal yet anyway.
:03:45. > :03:46.Most of them probably realise what a mistake they have made
:03:47. > :03:49.and they probably need a chance to redeem themselves.
:03:50. > :03:51.By continuing to make our voice heard, we are not letting
:03:52. > :03:53.the reality of it be brushed under the carpet.
:03:54. > :03:58.Here in the capital, there is a lot of sympathy with these views.
:03:59. > :04:00.After all, nearly 60% of Londoners voted to stay in the EU.
:04:01. > :04:02.So what's the deal with stopping Brexit?
:04:03. > :04:04.And in reality, how might it actually happen?
:04:05. > :04:07.I want the people in power to investigate in a mature
:04:08. > :04:09.and considered way what all the options are and what all
:04:10. > :04:12.the consequences are and to tell them honestly to the people of this
:04:13. > :04:16.country and then say, you know what, it's not going to work, as it?
:04:17. > :04:18.Not an impossible dream, according to the experts.
:04:19. > :04:19.But an unlikely one, as things stand.
:04:20. > :04:22.There's no reason constitutionally why Brexit shouldn't be reversed
:04:23. > :04:24.but politically it depends on a radical change in public
:04:25. > :04:27.opinion and there is no sign of that at all at the moment.
:04:28. > :04:31.Indeed, survey evidence shows that most people still want to leave
:04:32. > :04:34.Among them, South London comedian Jeff Northcott.
:04:35. > :04:37.He has built his sketches around the trials of being a Leave voter
:04:38. > :04:41.Look at the modern crowd and they don't look very scary,
:04:42. > :04:43.two squirts of the water cannon and they will be in Ubers.
:04:44. > :04:46.And they're probably only marching for their Fitbit targets anyway!
:04:47. > :04:50.I think the people of Scotland wisely realised in the main that
:04:51. > :04:53.referendums are hard and divisive but the only thing that is harder
:04:54. > :04:55.and more divisive is not to respect the outcome.
:04:56. > :04:58.So I'm not saying it's a perfect thing but this
:04:59. > :05:00.is the situation that we're left with and we have to proceed.
:05:01. > :05:03.Nothing has been decided in negotiations yet so most
:05:04. > :05:05.people in the middle, whether you leaned towards Leave
:05:06. > :05:07.or Remain, are still waiting to see what the colour
:05:08. > :05:13.And the colour of the deal is likely to be made up
:05:14. > :05:21.As varied and complex as our views on Brexit.
:05:22. > :05:24.A London MP is calling for a change in passport regulations -
:05:25. > :05:27.after being stopped with her daughter at UK border control.
:05:28. > :05:30.Because they didn't share the same surname.
:05:31. > :05:32.Tulip Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn,
:05:33. > :05:35.says she's since found hundreds of thousands of other women have
:05:36. > :05:37.been asked to produce marriage or birth certificates -
:05:38. > :05:54.Well Caroline Davies is here to tell us more.
:05:55. > :05:57.Tulip Siddiq was on her way home from a relaxing family holiday in
:05:58. > :06:00.France and was in Paris, about to get onto the Eurostar when she was
:06:01. > :06:04.separated by staff from her husband, she was on the fast track you with
:06:05. > :06:06.her 18-month-old daughter where he was held back.
:06:07. > :06:08.She was waved through French border control but when she
:06:09. > :06:11.got to the UK border check, she was stopped and the problem
:06:12. > :06:13.was her daughter has her husband's name on
:06:14. > :06:16.She kept her maiden name when they got married.
:06:17. > :06:19.There followed an intense period of questioning, they
:06:20. > :06:22.asked if I had her birth certificate, my marriage
:06:23. > :06:24.certificate, if I could prove she was my daughter
:06:25. > :06:37.He was stuck in the back of a very long queue, I can find him...
:06:38. > :06:40.And I was holding up the queue, there was an air of suspicion and I
:06:41. > :06:43.Do we have any idea how widespread these
:06:44. > :06:55.Mrs Siddiq wrote to Amber Rudd and she has found that in
:06:56. > :06:57.the last five years, 600,000 women have been asked
:06:58. > :06:59.to prove they were related to their children at UK
:07:00. > :07:03.Some have been delayed for hours if they did not
:07:04. > :07:06.The problem could get even more common, recent research found that
:07:07. > :07:10.one in seven women are intending to keep her maiden name when they marry
:07:11. > :07:25.and same-sex couples often have different names also.
:07:26. > :07:32.SHOULD carry the names of both parents to avoid
:07:33. > :07:36.Office told us they have a duty to safeguard children and prevent
:07:37. > :07:38.people trafficking, child sexual exploitation and other crimes and
:07:39. > :07:41.they have no plans to make any changes and they say a passport as a
:07:42. > :07:44.travel document and it would fundamentally change its purpose if
:07:45. > :07:45.they started identifying parental relationships.
:07:46. > :07:47.They say parents can write details in the emergency page
:07:48. > :07:50.and there is some advice on the government website.
:07:51. > :07:56.Detectives investigating an attack on an 82-year-old cancer patient
:07:57. > :07:58.in east London have described it as "beyond comprehension".
:07:59. > :08:00.Ahmet Dobran suffered fractures to his spine-
:08:01. > :08:02.Ahmet Dobran suffered fractures to his spine -
:08:03. > :08:04.after being dragged to the floor, beaten, and having his watch
:08:05. > :08:06.and gold bracelet stolen in Newham last month.
:08:07. > :08:09.Police have released a picture of three men they want to speak
:08:10. > :08:15.They were among those who risked their lives responding
:08:16. > :08:24.And now a group of firefighters from North Kensington has swapped
:08:25. > :08:27.And now a group of firefighters from North Kensington have swapped
:08:28. > :08:31.The break was organised for them by their Cornish colleagues -
:08:32. > :08:39.For these London firefighters, a bit of light relief is very welcome.
:08:40. > :08:41.They're from North Kensington Blue Watch and were involved in tackling
:08:42. > :08:48.Yeah, no one wants to see a disaster of that scale.
:08:49. > :08:53.But yeah, we were down to do a job and I think everyone,
:08:54. > :08:57.This week, Cornish colleagues are keen to show solidarity
:08:58. > :09:00.and they're treating them to a break full of sand, surf
:09:01. > :09:07.We offered to raise some money in the community so we did that
:09:08. > :09:09.by the charity Ladder Climb, a JustGiving page, and help
:09:10. > :09:12.from the local community all around really that have been very kind
:09:13. > :09:19.It's just enabled us to actually - and for them - to enjoy Cornwall
:09:20. > :09:22.and sort of open up and be able to chat, and feel rewarded
:09:23. > :09:28.Things like this prove that human support is amazing.
:09:29. > :09:42.The support and love we felt down here is amazing.
:09:43. > :09:43.Penzance firefighters aren't the only ones
:09:44. > :09:50.Last week another community effort - Cornwall Hugs Grenfell -
:09:51. > :09:52.saw a group, including survivors of the blaze,
:09:53. > :10:01.There are plans from both to repeat the invitations.
:10:02. > :10:04.That's it from me, but lets find out what the weather's up
:10:05. > :10:22.A cloudy night ahead. It will not amount to much at first. But towards
:10:23. > :10:28.dawn, it will be become more persistent an heavy. But not a cold
:10:29. > :10:32.night. Temperatures at 15 Celsius. A strengthening breeze, we keep that
:10:33. > :10:37.breeze and the rain. On and off in the morning but in the afternoon
:10:38. > :10:42.more locally heavy and not ruling out a rumble of thunder. 18 Celsius
:10:43. > :10:47.the high but on the coal side with the rain and the strength of the.
:10:48. > :10:52.Wind. A breezy weekend. An area much high pressure building from the
:10:53. > :10:57.south-west. But the area of low pressure to bring something
:10:58. > :10:59.unsettled. A breeze and the showers, most frequent on Sunday and possibly
:11:00. > :11:08.windy to end on Sunday. Nick Miller windy to end on Sunday. Nick Miller
:11:09. > :11:15.will give you more details with the national forecast in connection.
:11:16. > :11:22.Hurricane Irma is making the headlines but there are three
:11:23. > :11:31.hurricanes out there. One is Katria. On Friday, irrationala is heading to
:11:32. > :11:36.the bar hamas, and then to Florida. And we will keep you updated. Our
:11:37. > :11:42.weather is looking unsettled for several days to come. The low
:11:43. > :11:45.pressure is in control. A windy picture, wet at times. Overnight
:11:46. > :11:47.rain singing