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Here on BBC One it's time
for the news where you are. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:00 | |
Good evening. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:12 | |
I'm Riz Lateef. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
Some of the most
vulnerable Londoners | 0:00:14 | 0:00:18 | |
are being trapped in a "cycle
of homelessness", | 0:00:18 | 0:00:20 | |
due to a change in the law -
according to the charity Crisis. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:23 | |
It says new, tougher criteria
are being used to remove people | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
from social housing waiting lists. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:28 | |
BBC London has learnt
that across the capital, | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
the number has been cut by a third. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:32 | |
Raising questions as to who has
been removed and why. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
Our political correspondent
Karl Mercer has been investigating. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:41 | |
Clavia used to be on the
housing waiting list. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
Since August she hasn't been. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
She couldn't pay her rent
and fell into arrears. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
She's now homeless and unable to get
back on the waiting list for a home | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
for herself and her two children. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
You're just stuck in a place
where you have no control. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:58 | |
That's the worst, I think one of the
worst feelings. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:01 | |
You have a problem that is your
problem but you can't solve it. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
Nothing you can do about it. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
For six months this has
been their home, living with friends | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
of her daughter. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:11 | |
But they are about to
be on the move again. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
Since August, they've been
permanently just in bags and boxes. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
This is how I've lived. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
If I'm here today, I might be
there tomorrow, I might go | 0:01:20 | 0:01:22 | |
to my mum's for a couple
of nights, just to... | 0:01:22 | 0:01:27 | |
Clavia's not alone. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:33 | |
Across London thousands of people
have been taken off the list | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
for council homes,
since the introduction | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
of something called
the Localism Act six years ago. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:39 | |
It gave local councils more power
to decide who should | 0:01:39 | 0:01:41 | |
and shouldn't be on the list. | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
If they can't register for social
housing then their options are very | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
limited. People can end up in some
kind of spiral of homelessness and | 0:01:46 | 0:01:51 | |
poverty, where, if the reason they
could not register previously was | 0:01:51 | 0:01:55 | |
they had went arrears, then they are
forced into more expensive solution, | 0:01:55 | 0:01:59 | |
then things are going to get worse
them. | 0:01:59 | 0:02:03 | |
There is a mixed picture across
London and illustrated pretty | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
clearly where I'm standing
here in north London. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:09 | |
On my right is the London
Borough of Camden. | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
Here, waiting lists have gone down
by 16,000 since 2012 and a drop | 0:02:11 | 0:02:16 | |
of something like 85%. | 0:02:16 | 0:02:23 | |
But if we switch across
the road just a few feet away, | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
this is the London Borough of
Islington, where the waiting lists | 0:02:26 | 0:02:34 | |
have actually gone up by more than
4300, a rise of 36%. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:41 | |
Some councils have excluded people
like Clavia in rent arrears. Others | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
have introduced rules saying only
people who've | 0:02:44 | 0:02:45 | |
lived locally can get on the list.
But the rules across London are | 0:02:45 | 0:02:51 | |
We have urged the mayor to do
something to bring Burris | 0:02:51 | 0:02:52 | |
We have urged the mayor to do
something to bring boroughs | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
together to make things more
consistent, particularly the local | 0:03:00 | 0:03:02 | |
connections problem. | 0:03:02 | 0:03:03 | |
It needs sorting out at a London
level, because if you've lived in a | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
borough for a few years, and a
different Borough for a few years, | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
you might not qualify for housing
anywhere in London, but living in | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
London ought to be a qualification
for being eligible for housing | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
in London. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:16 | |
Any change like that would come too
late for Clavia. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
A British Airways engineer has died
after a crash between two | 0:03:19 | 0:03:21 | |
vehicles on the tarmac at Heathrow
early this morning. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
Another man was injured. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:25 | |
Hundreds of passengers had to be
evacuated from a plane | 0:03:25 | 0:03:27 | |
and flights were delayed. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:28 | |
Chris Rogers has more. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:29 | |
It's just after 6am. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:30 | |
The tragic pictures of the aftermath
of the runway crash emerge. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
An airport worker is killed
as he does his rounds. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
The other driver suffers
a broken shoulder. | 0:03:35 | 0:03:40 | |
Police are investigating why
the white BA van and yellow | 0:03:40 | 0:03:42 | |
pick-up truck collided. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:46 | |
Often used by Heathrow's
staff to direct aircraft | 0:03:46 | 0:03:48 | |
and inspect the runways. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:51 | |
Hundreds of horrified passengers,
their planes delayed | 0:03:51 | 0:03:52 | |
for around two hours,
can only look on. | 0:03:52 | 0:04:03 | |
25 flights were cancelled. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:09 | |
Hundreds of passengers were
stranded. They were told to leave | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
their planes and head back to the
terminal building. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:16 | |
London Ambulance later tweeted,
confirming one of the drivers | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
suffered a cardiac arrest. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:19 | |
"Despite our extensive efforts
to resuscitate him at the scene, | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
and on the way to hospital,
he was later pronounced dead". | 0:04:22 | 0:04:24 | |
Heathrow Airport and British
Airways are cooperating | 0:04:24 | 0:04:26 | |
fully with the investigation and
expressed deepest sympathies for the | 0:04:26 | 0:04:29 | |
family of the engineer
who died here today. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:36 | |
Chris Rogers reporting there. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:37 | |
It's a first for a FTSE 100 company. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
Lloyds Banking Group has set
an ethnic diversity target for staff | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
among its senior management
- by 2020. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
It says it wants to better reflect
the customer base it serves. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
Alice Hutton has the story. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:51 | |
Bankers in bowler
hats and sharp suits. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
The City of London in the 1970s
was a very different place to today. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:58 | |
Or is it? | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
In the corridors of power in 2018,
black, Asian and minority ethnic | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
faces are conspicuous
by their absence. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:13 | |
Lloyds Banking Group
are hoping to change that. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
So at senior management
our figure is 6%. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:18 | |
And, actually, that reflects
the external labour market at senior | 0:05:18 | 0:05:20 | |
management positions
across the FTSE 100. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:21 | |
But I think our view
is that we need to do more | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
and we need to go further. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:26 | |
That's the other reason
for introducing the goal, | 0:05:26 | 0:05:28 | |
to accelerate the pace of change
and to make sure that our most | 0:05:28 | 0:05:31 | |
senior levels in the organisation
are more representative | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
of the external labour market. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:34 | |
Lloyds say they are confident
they can meet their diversity | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
targets within the tight
two-year time frame. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
But in a place like the City,
how realistic is it? | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
And is it ambitious enough? | 0:05:41 | 0:05:42 | |
I think it's a good idea. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:43 | |
I think it's a good initiative. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
Whether it's going to be successful
or whether it's going to have | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
any kind of traction,
you know, remains to be seen. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
I suppose there's a perception
of an old boys network, | 0:05:52 | 0:05:55 | |
maybe, in the City. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:56 | |
Maybe that's because traditionally,
you've had a lot of middle-class | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
white males who've been running
operations. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:03 | |
You look at it historically,
there are more whites | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
here than there are blacks,
but it's not a true | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
representation of the ratios. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
So if you look in society,
there are more ethnic minorities | 0:06:11 | 0:06:15 | |
than there are represented
here in the City. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:18 | |
Lloyds might be the first FTSE 100
company to set these public targets, | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
but they aren't the only
organisation working to improve | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
diversity at senior levels. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:28 | |
Joanna is the managing
director of a consultancy, | 0:06:28 | 0:06:30 | |
which helps businesses recruit
ethnic minority talent. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:34 | |
There are issues around
development and opportunity, | 0:06:34 | 0:06:38 | |
so if you do not have a visible role
model in a position | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 | |
in which you aspire to get into,
it can be quite discouraging. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
And it can make you believe that
that's not something | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
that is actually achievable
within that organisation. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
Which is why what Lloyds
is doing is so good. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
It will actually encourage people
within their organisation to believe | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
that the company are taking
it very seriously. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:57 | |
In one of the largest financial
centres in the world, Lloyds' move | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
won't have go unnoticed. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:02 | |
This might be a welcome step
towards greater transparency. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:11 | |
Next: 30 tonnes of wet wipes a day. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
That's what Thames Water says
it's having to clear | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
from London's sewers,
and it's costing millions. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:19 | |
It was only last year a giant
fatberg - longer than Tower Bridge | 0:07:19 | 0:07:22 | |
caused problems in East London. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
Brace yourself for some of
the pictures in Tom Edwards' report. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:31 | |
Welcome to Europe's largest sewerage
plant in Beckton, East London, | 0:07:31 | 0:07:35 | |
serving four million Londoners. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:40 | |
It deals with 17,000
litres of sewage a second. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:44 | |
Here though, they have a growing
problem of nonperishable | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
items, mainly wet wipes. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:51 | |
It is a massive problem,
not just for us, but for London. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
We remove 30 tonnes
of what we call rag, a day. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:58 | |
That is a combination of wet wipes,
sanitary products etc. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:03 | |
This causes a lot of damage
to the infrastructure, to the | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
environment, in terms of pollution
because of blockages, and also to | 0:08:06 | 0:08:09 | |
people's homes when there
is a blockage and there is flooding. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:16 | |
Wet wipes help fat
and grease congeal in | 0:08:16 | 0:08:20 | |
sewers, to form huge fatbergs
like this one in Whitechapel. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:25 | |
It is costing Thames Water
£1 million a month | 0:08:25 | 0:08:29 | |
to unblock the sewers. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:32 | |
This demonstration
shows what happens to | 0:08:32 | 0:08:33 | |
tissue paper in water
compared to wet wipes. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:39 | |
Paper disintegrates quickly. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:42 | |
But the plastic in the wet wipes
means it is not affected. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:47 | |
I'd like Londoners to bin it,
not block it, which is the | 0:08:47 | 0:08:49 | |
message from Thames Water. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:51 | |
Stick it in your dustbin, don't
throw it down the toilet. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:54 | |
I'd also like the manufacturers
to stop marking things | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
as flushable when they clearly
are not flushable items. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
That is what we need to be doing. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:02 | |
This would save an awful lot of
money that Thames Water could then | 0:09:02 | 0:09:06 | |
be spending on other things. | 0:09:06 | 0:09:08 | |
Other things like Thames Water's
poor record at fixing leaks. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:13 | |
So the message for Londoners -
sewers can only deal with waste | 0:09:13 | 0:09:17 | |
from people and paper. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
Tom Edwards, BBC
London News, Becton. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:24 | |
The World War Two bomb
which forced the closure | 0:09:24 | 0:09:27 | |
of City Airport earlier this week -
has been detonated in the sea | 0:09:27 | 0:09:30 | |
off the Essex coast. | 0:09:30 | 0:09:32 | |
The Royal Navy diffused
the half tonne device | 0:09:32 | 0:09:34 | |
in a controlled explosion. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
It was found in the Thames
during building work | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
in the Docklands area. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:40 | |
Bad weather prevented the operation
taking place yesterday. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:48 | |
I'll say goodnight now,
and it's over to Phil Avery | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
for a check on the weather. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:57 | |
Hello. Thank you. Yes, the weather
did getting the way of the | 0:09:57 | 0:10:04 | |
particular operation yesterday. But
that was not the this morning. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
Our Weather Watchers were not
cowering behind the glass because it | 0:10:12 | 0:10:16 | |
was a glorious start but then the
cloud filling in from the west. The | 0:10:16 | 0:10:23 | |
afternoon really did look as grim as
that. Some of the cloud lingering | 0:10:23 | 0:10:29 | |
into the first part of Thursday,
helping to keep temperatures up. You | 0:10:29 | 0:10:34 | |
may not be scraping the cars first
thing. It does not look as if there | 0:10:34 | 0:10:39 | |
is a lot of weather but there is a
breeze to be considered. There are | 0:10:39 | 0:10:44 | |
islands of cloud coming through.
Some of them may give one or two | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
showers in one or two spots but many
of you will get away with a dry day. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:52 | |
If you can tuck yourself out of the
breeze I suspect it will feel | 0:10:52 | 0:10:56 | |
springlike. The | 0:10:56 | 0:11:04 |