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0:00:00 > 0:00:01Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Good evening. I'm Chris Rogers.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18First tonight - claims London is set to see the biggest increase
0:00:18 > 0:00:21in secondary school pupils than anywhere else in the country.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24That's according to a new report - which says, we'll need to find
0:00:24 > 0:00:26places for 76,000 extra students by 2020.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31That would mean building 73 new schools.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Other options suggested to meet the growing demand for places
0:00:33 > 0:00:36is to use leisure centres and former council buildings.
0:00:36 > 0:00:44Here's our Education Reporter, Marc Ashdown.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Just imagine schools in leisure centres,
0:00:46 > 0:00:47disused council buildings, high-rise blocks,
0:00:47 > 0:00:54or even off-the-peg prefabricated classrooms...
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Just a few of the possibilities, as London strains under
0:00:57 > 0:00:58a secondary population boom.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01TEACHER SPEAKING IN FRENCH.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03This report lays bare the challenge facing every borough to provide
0:01:04 > 0:01:06enough school places.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09And Barking and Dagenham is at the epicentre.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11In this borough alone in the next two years,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14they are going to have nearly 6000 more secondary aged pupils,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16that's a 40% increase.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17In effect, they'll need six brand-new schools.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19It requires some creative thinking.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Brussels sprouts?
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Yes, you do, why not?!
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Here, the headteacher doesn't always serve dinner,
0:01:27 > 0:01:31but they have had to box clever to cope with rising pupil numbers.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34A lot of it is about unstructured time, break times and lunchtimes.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38You know, your playground is your playground.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40If you add another 200, 300 students onto the playground,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43you face real difficulties.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46You can't cram all your Key Stage 3 kids into a single playground.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49So we've had to look creatively about the space.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Scape Group analyse the Government's data to identify where
0:01:51 > 0:01:54school places are needed.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57They're experts in design and recommend some radical ways
0:01:57 > 0:02:00of putting schools at the very heart of future community planning.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03It's really key that we don't work in silos and that education
0:02:03 > 0:02:07buildings can be delivered alongside health and leisure, retail.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10At the same time, thinking about how we can join up with the industry
0:02:10 > 0:02:11to deliver solutions.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Off-site technology is at its best value for money when we buy in bulk
0:02:14 > 0:02:17and we buy en masse, so being able to procure things
0:02:17 > 0:02:19together, to design buildings together, not only benefits
0:02:19 > 0:02:21the master planning, but also delivers things
0:02:21 > 0:02:25faster and often cheaper.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29TEACHER SPEAKS IN FRENCH.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33That they also want the councils and the Government speaking the same
0:02:34 > 0:02:36language, working together.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Too often good ideas on both sides are lost in translation.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43We need to work with all sorts of schools and the DfE to make sure
0:02:43 > 0:02:48that we've got the schools being built in the right places.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52I mean, some boroughs unfortunately in the past have been forced to have
0:02:52 > 0:02:56new free schools where there hasn't been the demand, which has
0:02:56 > 0:02:59undermined local existing schools and that's a very bad thing.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02The Department for Education says it's created 235,000 school places
0:03:02 > 0:03:04in London since 2011 and has committed a further half a billion
0:03:04 > 0:03:07pounds to help create more, but it's a huge challenge and every
0:03:07 > 0:03:11bit of space now counts.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Mark Ashdown, BBC London News.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17For the first time, London's rough sleepers will be offered emergency
0:03:17 > 0:03:23shelter as soon as the temperature drops below freezing in the evening.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Previously, many shelters only opened after three consecutive
0:03:27 > 0:03:29nights of sub-zero temperatures.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32It comes as the Mayor of London forms a new alliance with homeless
0:03:32 > 0:03:37charities, as Ayshea Buksh explains.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39As temperatures fall, sleeping on the streets
0:03:39 > 0:03:40in London gets harder.
0:03:40 > 0:03:45In the past, local authorities would open up emergency
0:03:45 > 0:03:47shelters after three nights of sub-zero temperatures.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Hello, nice to meet you.
0:03:49 > 0:03:55Now, Mayor Sadiq Khan has said help for the capital's 8000 or so rough
0:03:55 > 0:04:00sleepers should come quicker, and he's got extra money
0:04:00 > 0:04:02from the Government to help all 33 boroughs take action.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04There are complex reasons why people sleep rough.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09They could have mental health issues, they could have problems
0:04:09 > 0:04:11with welfare benefits, there could be family breakdown.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14The shortage of affordable housing in London is one of the big causes.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Often it could be because their tenancy ends
0:04:16 > 0:04:17with a private landlord.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19I'm determined to tackle this issue.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22I was pleased last year, for the first time in eight years,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24we didn't see an increase in the numbers of people
0:04:24 > 0:04:25sleeping rough, that's good.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27We now need to reduce it.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Jeremy started sleeping rough after a family bereavement.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33He now lives at St Mungo's hostel in Hackney, but was originally
0:04:33 > 0:04:37brought into an emergency shelter during a cold snap two years ago.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40I remember I was sleeping underneath the bridge,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44it was really cold, it was about 10:30 at night
0:04:44 > 0:04:47and these two people from Thames gave me an opportunity,
0:04:47 > 0:04:51and said, would you like to come and take a second night out?
0:04:51 > 0:04:56Obviously, in hindsight, I wasn't expecting anything
0:04:56 > 0:04:59too wonderful or luxury, that's ridiculous for people
0:04:59 > 0:05:02to think like that, but again, it was just somewhere to be.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04It was warm and that was all I wanted.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06But tackling rough sleeping and homelessness in a city
0:05:06 > 0:05:09with a high cost of living and a housing crisis is something
0:05:09 > 0:05:11charities will be doing well beyond the Christmas period.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14I get quite frustrated when there's a focus only in the cold months.
0:05:14 > 0:05:20As far as I'm concerned, it's an urgent issue all the time.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23The average age at death for someone who is sleeping rough,
0:05:23 > 0:05:25for a man it's 47 - that's my age.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28And I do work with people and have worked with people that have
0:05:28 > 0:05:32unfortunately died on the streets.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34While homeless charities such as St Mungo's work all year round,
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Jeremy says he is now more positive about his future.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42My hope for the future would be to get a home, a nice,
0:05:42 > 0:05:44warm home to stay in, to go to university,
0:05:44 > 0:05:48to study accountancy and finance, and even further along,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51I would actually like to work within this sector in the future.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55This emergency response could be activated soon,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57but tackling rough sleeping is a more long-term issue.
0:05:57 > 0:06:03Ayshea Buksh, BBC London News.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05The capital's 24-hour train service launches tonight
0:06:05 > 0:06:06on the Overground line.
0:06:06 > 0:06:14It'll run between Dalston Junction and New Cross Gate.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16It's the latest addition to the existing night Tube and it's
0:06:16 > 0:06:19hoped the night time economy will benefit - as well as partygoers
0:06:19 > 0:06:26wanting to get home from Christmas parties this weekend.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29That's it for now from me, but lets find out what the weather's
0:06:29 > 0:06:32up to with Tomasz Schafernaker.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35It is certainly nippy out there tonight, we got up to
0:06:35 > 0:06:38It is certainly nippy out there tonight, we got up to around 6
0:06:38 > 0:06:40degrees today, like yesterday, it will be another chilly day tomorrow
0:06:40 > 0:06:44and from Sunday it looks like things are going to be warming up across
0:06:44 > 0:06:49the UK. A frosty start first thing on Saturday, the skies clearing,
0:06:49 > 0:06:53outside of town in rural areas it could be as low as minus four
0:06:53 > 0:06:56degrees and even in the centre of London by the river bank it will be
0:06:56 > 0:07:00around freezing all below. Chilly start on Saturday, widespread frost
0:07:00 > 0:07:05around, and then we have basically got a beautiful first half of the
0:07:05 > 0:07:08day with sparkling sunshine, and then the clouds will increase. I
0:07:08 > 0:07:11suspect it will stay dry, there are a few showers lurking around
0:07:11 > 0:07:23tomorrow but they should not reach us.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Sunday is certainly the much better day. Here is the outlook, those
0:07:28 > 0:07:32temperatures rising to maybe nine or 10 degrees but if you want the
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