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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 from BBC London News. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:16 | |
The parents of three teenagers
killed by a drunk driver are angry | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
that he could get a lesser sentence
- after he pleaded guilty | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
to causing their deaths
by dangerous driving. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
The boys were on their way to a 16th
birthday party in Hayes when the car | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
ploughed into them last month. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:32 | |
Helen Drew reports. | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
Three great friends -
Josh McGuinness and George Wilkinson | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
were both 16 and Harry Rice was 17. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:43 | |
They were walking to
a friend's birthday party | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
in Hayes when they were hit by a car
that mounted the pavement. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
All three died at the scene. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
Devastated. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
We just... | 0:00:53 | 0:00:54 | |
Devastation. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:55 | |
I couldn't put it
into words how we feel. | 0:00:55 | 0:01:01 | |
There is no words. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
Ripped us apart. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
It's affected everyone,
not just us, hundreds | 0:01:07 | 0:01:09 | |
of friends, because that
is | 0:01:09 | 0:01:10 | |
how nice the boys were. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:13 | |
The driver was 28-year-old
Jaynesh Chudasama, | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
who today pleaded guilty to three
counts of causing death by | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
dangerous driving. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
The Old Bailey heard he was two
and a half times the drink | 0:01:20 | 0:01:25 | |
driving limit, as well as having
traces of cannabis in his system. | 0:01:25 | 0:01:29 | |
He was doing 71mph
in a 60 when it is | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
thought he tried to overtake another
car and lost control of this Audi. | 0:01:32 | 0:01:37 | |
The maximum sentence for causing
during the last by dangerous driving | 0:01:37 | 0:01:39 | |
is 14 years in prison. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
We are not very happy,
we would have preferred | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
it going to a trial,
because at this rate, | 0:01:44 | 0:01:49 | |
having pled guilty, he can get
a | 0:01:49 | 0:01:50 | |
third of off his sentence. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
We don't feel that is
sufficient enough time | 0:01:54 | 0:01:56 | |
served for the lives of two
16-year-old and one 17-year-old boy. | 0:01:56 | 0:02:02 | |
The local community is devastated
and today the judge said even more | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
lives could have been lost. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:08 | |
When the three boys
were hit they were | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
walking with two friends and towards
another three friends, they | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
were all standing close together. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:14 | |
The judge said this could have
easily have been something that | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
killed eight people instead
of three, and she may well consider | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
that when sentencing. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:24 | |
There was a passenger
in the car with Jaynesh | 0:02:24 | 0:02:26 | |
Chudasama and both men
ran from the scene. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:28 | |
Two of the friends who were there
but not hit ran after the men | 0:02:28 | 0:02:32 | |
and managed to drag the driver back
to the scene where he was taken to | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
hospital and later arrested. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:36 | |
The judge will sentence him
for the deaths of Josh, | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
George and Harry on the 9th March. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:44 | |
More now on the freezing conditions
in and around the capital - | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
or the so-called 'beast
from the east'. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
Weather warnings have been
in place today but the snow | 0:02:53 | 0:02:55 | |
and ice is forecast to get
worse into tomorrow. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:57 | |
Chris Rogers reports from Essex
which is expected to be one | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
of the worst hit areas. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:05 | |
Nearly every commuter heading
into London from Essex | 0:03:05 | 0:03:07 | |
tomorrow is relying on this. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
100 tonnes of salt to be spread
onto the roads of Essex | 0:03:11 | 0:03:14 | |
every time they go out. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:15 | |
That is going to be
three times tonight. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
They have already done a run
of seven, the next one is at one | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
o'clock in the morning. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:21 | |
Then at four o'clock in the morning. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:23 | |
Then they start all over again
when the snow falls. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:27 | |
And it will keep falling. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:28 | |
Creating an endless
battle to beat the ice. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:32 | |
65 gritters, all with names
such as Gritney Spears | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
and Alexander The Grit,
aim to keep 2000 miles | 0:03:34 | 0:03:38 | |
of road ice free and get
London's workforce moving. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:45 | |
We can never say that there
will never be a problem, | 0:03:45 | 0:03:47 | |
but certainly, we are doing our best
to make sure that the conditions | 0:03:47 | 0:03:50 | |
on the road are as good
as they can possibly be. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:54 | |
It is the white stuff that fell
on London and the Home Counties | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
throughout the day that poses
the biggest threat tonight, | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
as Arctic temperatures
endanger not only the roads, | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
but the rail tracks, too. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
We have got guys out on the track
making sure that sets of points | 0:04:05 | 0:04:09 | |
do not get clogged with snow,
which means they can move | 0:04:09 | 0:04:11 | |
backwards and forwards. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:16 | |
We have the conductor rail heating
on which stops ice falling | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
on the conductor road
and we have our anti-ice trains. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
Network Rail closing mainline routes
early tonight and a reduced | 0:04:21 | 0:04:23 | |
timetable tomorrow to get the trains
out and de-ice the tracks. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
While commuter chaos is expected,
nothing can be worse than having | 0:04:26 | 0:04:28 | |
nowhere to go and nowhere to live. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
When the weather is this cold,
our work is even more | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
important than ever,
because sleeping rough is pretty | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
awful at any time of the year,
something that should not happen, | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
but at this time of year, it can be
a matter of life and death. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:46 | |
Emergency shelters like this one
in Hackney are offering beds | 0:04:46 | 0:04:49 | |
throughout the winter,
part of the Mayor's | 0:04:49 | 0:04:50 | |
strategy to save lives
during London's harsh winters. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
Chris Rogers, BBC London News. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:58 | |
And you can of course get the very
latest weather and travel updates | 0:05:03 | 0:05:07 | |
during our breakfast tv bulletins,
on BBC Radio London and on Twitter | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
by following @BBCTRavelAlert. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
It's not just wedding preparations
that are underway in Windsor | 0:05:15 | 0:05:17 | |
as the town gets ready for the royal
event of the year. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
As Sarah Harris reports -
as well as a business and tourist | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
boost, it's expected to add
to the town's regal brand. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:29 | |
The castle is the symbol
of the Windsor brand - | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
weekend home to the Queen and soon
to be venue for the | 0:05:32 | 0:05:35 | |
international wedding of the year. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:41 | |
According to one economist,
the event is a much-needed financial | 0:05:41 | 0:05:42 | |
boost in uncertain times -
worth tens of millions of pounds. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:46 | |
If you look at the boost
of the wedding in | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
Windsor and in London,
it's going to be huge. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
But the real boost is to Britain PLC
and all the brands in | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
terms of intangibles, it is very
difficult to quantify that, | 0:05:54 | 0:05:56 | |
but clearly a lot of jobs and a lot
of | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
economic activity is going to come
from this celebration. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:06 | |
And it's that celebration,
plus the eyes of world | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
being on Windsor that's leading
to the production of the town's very | 0:06:08 | 0:06:11 | |
own Monopoly board. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:14 | |
Brand experts see it
as a golden opportunity to be | 0:06:14 | 0:06:16 | |
associated with the Royal milestone. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:21 | |
It was always a case of when not
if for Royal Windsor to gets its | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
own official Monopoly board. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:26 | |
We were going to do
it in a year or two. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
A certain event taking place in two
months made it irresistible for us | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
and our mission is to make this
board a love letter for Royal | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
Windsor and showcase
it to the world. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:37 | |
Sending that message round the world
requires an infrastructure update. | 0:06:37 | 0:06:41 | |
Engineers are working to ensure that
communication cables | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
running underneath the cobbled
streets here are state of the art to | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
cope with demand. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:50 | |
Just higher broadband
speeds for all the | 0:06:50 | 0:06:51 | |
broadcasting as well. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
So beforehand it was copper. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:54 | |
Fibre optics is a lot faster. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:59 | |
For many businesses based
in the historic town west of London, | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
the ceremony is the Monopoly
equivalent of passing go and | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
collecting 200 - not
just down to tourism, | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
but because of what a modern royal
couple's wedding brings | 0:07:06 | 0:07:08 | |
to the Windsor brand. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:13 | |
It worked for plastic bags -
but would a 5-pence charge | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
for a takeaway coffee cups encourage
Londoners to ditch the disposable? | 0:07:23 | 0:07:28 | |
One coffee chain is trialling
the idea tin the capital to reduce | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
the number of cups that end
up in landfill. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:33 | |
Ena Miller has more. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:35 | |
For some, a takeaway coffee
is the perfect start to the day. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
For others, it has been the trigger. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
I have got a megaphone and I am
not afraid to use it! | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
To wage war on waste. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:46 | |
So how big is the problem? | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
Two and a half billion coffee cups
were thrown away every | 0:07:48 | 0:07:51 | |
year, but less than 1%
of that is recycled. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
MPs have been calling for a 25p levy
on bought in takeaway cups | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
and Starbucks says it is listening. | 0:07:57 | 0:08:03 | |
Thank you. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:05 | |
So for the next three months,
36 stores in London will charge | 0:08:05 | 0:08:08 | |
customers an extra 5p. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
This is more about making a change
in people's behaviour | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
than it is about charging
people too much. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:18 | |
What our customers have been telling
us now for quite some time, | 0:08:18 | 0:08:21 | |
they want us to do something,
both about reuse and recycling, | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
so there is no excuse really. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
If you come in, you're
going to get charged for a cup | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
or you will get rewarded for reuse. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:31 | |
So the idea of the campaign
is to change people's behaviour. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:34 | |
It worked for supermarkets
when they introduced the 5p | 0:08:34 | 0:08:36 | |
charge on carrier bags,
but will it work for coffee cups? | 0:08:36 | 0:08:44 | |
Would you pay in order to change
behaviour in buying takeaway coffee? | 0:08:44 | 0:08:49 | |
If five pence was added,
50p was added or £1? | 0:08:49 | 0:08:54 | |
Definitely £1 or 50p would stop me. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
5p, probably. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
I would just think it was too little
to really change my mind, 50p maybe, | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
but definitely a pound. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:04 | |
The money raised will go to charity. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:06 | |
It will go towards the building
of a second recycled boat, | 0:09:06 | 0:09:09 | |
that would be moored in west London
and it would enable local young | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
people to go out on the boat
and collect plastic out | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
of the River Thames and recycle that
plastic towards more bills. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:23 | |
In three months' time,
we will see if 5p can really | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
persuade people to drink and think
about the waste their | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
coffee produces. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:29 | |
Emma Miller, BBC London News. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
Time for that all-important
weather forecast now, | 0:09:31 | 0:09:33 | |
so I'll say goodnight and leave
you with Louise Lear. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:35 | |
Hello. We have got snow showers to
the east of London. The amber | 0:09:42 | 0:09:48 | |
warning means be prepared for
disruption and that is down through | 0:09:48 | 0:09:52 | |
Kent. Essex, Kent and Sussex is
where we could see up to ten | 0:09:52 | 0:09:57 | |
centimetres may be accumulating
toward stop and that will cause | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
issues if you are competing to
London. Keep abreast of the forecast | 0:10:00 | 0:10:04 | |
first thing in the morning and be
prepared for some disruption. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:08 | |
Further north and west, the clear
skies were a sunshine will be, but | 0:10:08 | 0:10:12 | |
it will be bitterly cold, -5 or -6
and it will stay bitterly cold | 0:10:12 | 0:10:23 | |
throughout the day. The risk of snow
showers here and there, driving in | 0:10:23 | 0:10:26 | |
on the north-easterly wind. Some
further west but it looks as though | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
most of the disruption is likely to
say to the extreme south and east. A | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
cold afternoon, wrap up warm. Now,
as we move out of Tuesday into | 0:10:32 | 0:10:38 | |
Wednesday, still the risk of snow
showers to come but I want to draw | 0:10:38 | 0:10:42 | |
your attention to the circulation,
low pressure moving through Thursday | 0:10:42 | 0:10:48 | |
and Friday and could bring more
significant spill across central and | 0:10:48 | 0:10:52 | |
Southern England. Keep watching the
forecast for updates. Looking ahead, | 0:10:52 | 0:10:57 | |
there is light at the end of the
tunnel as we move towards the | 0:10:57 | 0:11:00 | |
weekend, | 0:11:00 | 0:11:00 |