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Now on BBC One, it's time
for the news where you are. | 0:00:00 | 0:00:01 | |
Good evening from BBC London News. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
I'm Victoria Hollins. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:17 | |
There's no debate about
whether London needs more homes. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
But how those homes are built,
and where they are built is a much | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
more controversial issue. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:29 | |
The Mayor has plans to build 600,000
new properties in 10 years. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
But he's facing growing opposition
from outer London boroughs, | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
who say Sadiq Khan's plans will lead
to uncontrolled development. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:36 | |
Gareth Furby reports. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:39 | |
In the borough of Richmond,
there's an old college playing field | 0:00:39 | 0:00:42 | |
where they've started digging,
and some green space | 0:00:42 | 0:00:46 | |
will be lost to make way
for new schools and a business hub. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
But the council leader's
happy about it. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
It's a development that works
because it's been thought through. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
Local partners have been brought
together and we planned it. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:59 | |
But what hasn't been
thought through, he claims, | 0:00:59 | 0:01:01 | |
is the Mayor of London's plan
for many new homes, | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
which he believes could lead
to uncontrolled development that | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
wrecks the borough's character. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:10 | |
And he's written an open letter
to residents saying this. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
This plan, if implemented
as currently proposed, | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
will have an enormous impact
on our borough. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
The Mayor of London's plan
is for 600,000 new homes | 0:01:19 | 0:01:23 | |
in ten years, with 8000 in Richmond
borough, which is one | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
of the greenest in London. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:28 | |
But looking at the map,
the council leader says such a dash | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
for growth will come at a cost. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
We've got playing fields and green
spaces under threat already, | 0:01:35 | 0:01:39 | |
so additional pressure of small site
development, local infill, | 0:01:39 | 0:01:42 | |
without the ability to strategically
plan, is going to put pressure | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
on all of our other remaining local
green spaces and playing fields. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:53 | |
And it's not just in Richmond
that they are rebelling. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:56 | |
Over in south-east London,
Bexley Council says its suburban | 0:01:56 | 0:02:00 | |
streets could be changed forever. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
Councillor Bailey, who has lived
here for more than 30 years, | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
says in some areas developers
could just buy up and knock down | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
the semis like dominoes. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
You see the houses behind me? | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
This would be an ideal location
for a developer to come along, | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
buy those two houses,
knock them down and put a block | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
of flats there with no parking. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:23 | |
An independent calculation prepared
for some councils claims the target | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
in inner London is up 41%,
and in outer London it is up 114%. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:34 | |
So far, Richmond, Kingston, Bexley
and Bromley are known to be unhappy, | 0:02:34 | 0:02:40 | |
and it's understood at least eight
councils may make formal objections. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:45 | |
I think if boroughs are saying
they don't agree with our plan, | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
they are either saying
they would build on the green belt, | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
or they are saying they don't have
an answer to the housing crisis. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
What we are saying is that we need
to massively increase the level | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
of housing that we are building
in the capital, and we've identified | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
a way to do that in London
without building on the green belt. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:03 | |
City Hall says it wants
to work with the boroughs. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
Responses to the plan have to be
in by the end of the month. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
Gareth Furby, BBC London News. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
Alpa Patel joins me. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
Alpa, the mayor wants to build
600,000 homes, but will he? | 0:03:13 | 0:03:19 | |
Well, there is no doubt that London
needs these new homes. They are all | 0:03:19 | 0:03:24 | |
put under pressure by London's
growing population. We are growing | 0:03:24 | 0:03:28 | |
by about 100,000 every year. So, the
plan is to build 60,000, on average, | 0:03:28 | 0:03:34 | |
homes every year. So, the Mayor
doesn't want to build on green belt | 0:03:34 | 0:03:38 | |
land, as we know. He needs to go to
the outer boroughs for help. As we | 0:03:38 | 0:03:43 | |
heard in Gareth's report, the outer
boroughs do not want house building | 0:03:43 | 0:03:48 | |
on green space, on the playing
fields. It is perhaps no coincidence | 0:03:48 | 0:03:53 | |
that the four boroughs mentioned in
the report are Tory, Richmond, | 0:03:53 | 0:03:59 | |
Bexley, Bromley and Kingston,
objecting to the London Mayor's | 0:03:59 | 0:04:04 | |
plans. Local elections are just a
couple of months away and housing is | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
a key issue. That is why this
dispute matters. Thank you. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:12 | |
The police watchdog has said five
officers should face charges | 0:04:12 | 0:04:14 | |
of gross misconduct over the death
in custody of a mentally ill man | 0:04:14 | 0:04:17 | |
in south London ten years ago. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
Sean Rigg, who suffered
from paranoid schizophrenia, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:22 | |
was arrested and forcefully
restrained. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
He collapsed after being put
in a holding area at Brixton | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
police station and died
from a heart attack. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
Last year the Crown Prosecution
Service decided that none | 0:04:30 | 0:04:32 | |
of the officers involved should
face criminal charges. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
It began life as a small London
company but became a business | 0:04:38 | 0:04:41 | |
that was advertised all over
the capital, with | 0:04:41 | 0:04:43 | |
almost a dozen stores. | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
Now, after going into
administration, Warren Evan's | 0:04:45 | 0:04:46 | |
customers could be left
out of pocket. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:48 | |
The stores close tomorrow. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:49 | |
Chris Rogers has the story. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:53 | |
Warren Evans was a
London success story. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:01 | |
This promotional video showing how
it only sells and makes | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
ethically-produced furniture,
which made it a firm | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
favourite for green buyers. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:11 | |
Founded in 1978 and funded with
a couple of hundred pounds Mr Evans | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
borrowed from his sister,
it expanded to 14 showrooms | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
across the south-east. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:20 | |
I have been making beds, and selling
quality mattresses with them, | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
and designing under-bed storage
units, chests of drawers and all | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
of this, for 32 years. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:31 | |
It's my passion to deliver quality. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:35 | |
But the retailer became the latest
victim of the capital's nervous | 0:05:35 | 0:05:37 | |
spending and weak pound. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:42 | |
It's collapsed leaving 270
people without a job | 0:05:42 | 0:05:44 | |
and a trail of customers
without their pre-ordered goods. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:49 | |
Kath Goodwin is heading
to the warehouse in Walthamstow | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
to appeal to the administrators
face-to-face to refund her £700 | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
for a mattress she will never get. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:58 | |
They did not seem 100% sure
I would get my money back | 0:05:58 | 0:06:02 | |
because I didn't pay on a credit
card but a debit card instead. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
So, yes, I am potentially set
to lose almost £800. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:10 | |
Which is too much to lose, really. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
If I wanted to just lose it,
I'd have thrown it in the bin. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:19 | |
The advice is not to purchase big
orders like furniture | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
on a debit card or with cash
in these uncertain times - | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
advice Kath and many other
customers didn't take. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:33 | |
Leaving them at the mercy of their
bank's goodwill for reimbursement. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
That's it for now from me,
but let's find out | 0:06:39 | 0:06:40 | |
That's it for now from me,
but let's find out | 0:06:40 | 0:06:41 | |
what the weathers up
to with Ben Rich. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
A beautiful way the EU weekend to
get out and about if you are | 0:06:43 | 0:06:48 | |
appropriately dressed. It will feel
cold. A lovely end to the day for | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
Barbara in Bromley. After that
financed the day we have clear skies | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
to take us through the rest of the
night. It is already getting cold | 0:06:54 | 0:06:58 | |
out there. The temperatures will
continue to drop in the centre of | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
town below freezing, maybe down to
-54 -6 in prone spots. This | 0:07:01 | 0:07:06 | |
shimmering effect shows the extent
of the frost tomorrow morning. Watch | 0:07:06 | 0:07:16 | |
as it eventually melts away from the
map through the morning. It will | 0:07:16 | 0:07:19 | |
take a while for temperatures to
lift. When they do, it is a nice | 0:07:19 | 0:07:22 | |
looking afternoon. Some nice spells
of sunshine. Notice the strength of | 0:07:22 | 0:07:24 | |
the easterly wind, making it feel
pretty chilly. It will feel colder | 0:07:24 | 0:07:26 | |
still on Sunday. As we get into next
week, temperatures will struggle to | 0:07:26 | 0:07:30 | |
get above freezing. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 |