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0:00:00 > 0:00:00Now on BBC One, it's time
0:00:13 > 0:00:17Good evening from BBC London News.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19There are concerns over the diagnosis and treatment
0:00:20 > 0:00:22of breast cancer in the capital.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25Women in Greater London are the least likely to be screened
0:00:25 > 0:00:28and early detection rates lag behind other regions.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30The findings have been revealed in a major new report by MPs
0:00:31 > 0:00:32and a leading cancer charity.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Tolu Adeoye reports.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38So, my mum's had breast cancer, my aunt's had breast cancer,
0:00:38 > 0:00:40I've had breast cancer.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42And in my family in total, 12 members of the family
0:00:42 > 0:00:44have had breast cancer.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Toral's family know more than most how important detecting
0:00:46 > 0:00:47cancer early can be.
0:00:47 > 0:00:59She found a lump while checking her own breasts, but said her mother
0:00:59 > 0:01:03She had three tumours.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04was saved by screening.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05She had three tumours.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08They were the size of peas, and they wouldn't have been able
0:01:08 > 0:01:10to be felt through self-examination, so it's so important
0:01:10 > 0:01:11she went for screening.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Because if she had waited, if she thought she was too busy now,
0:01:14 > 0:01:17which she nearly did, it might have been too late.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18The figures are stark.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Every year around 11,500 women die from breast cancer.
0:01:20 > 0:01:21That's nearly 1000 deaths each month.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24And this is concerning in London because here the attendance rate
0:01:24 > 0:01:26at screenings was the lowest in England's last year.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Just 64% of women who were invited to a screening attended within six
0:01:29 > 0:01:32months, and that falls well short of the national target of 70%.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Screening is offered to women aged between 50 and 70 years old.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38The vast majority of women survive for at least five years
0:01:38 > 0:01:41if it is caught at the earliest stages, but statistics show women
0:01:41 > 0:01:43are less likely to go for breast screening appointments in London.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Why?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49We know women in London are very busy, and that it can be
0:01:49 > 0:01:51very difficult to attend a screening appointment.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53We've also seen that women tend to be more transient in London.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56So, they move house more regularly, and if they are registering
0:01:56 > 0:01:58with a GP, that can mean their screening
0:01:58 > 0:02:03invitation is delayed.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06But we also know London has higher rates of BME women,
0:02:06 > 0:02:07and there are some cultural sensitivities around talking
0:02:07 > 0:02:09about breast screening, talking about breast cancer,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12and that can make it much more difficult for women to attend.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13There is some good news.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15Although still below the national average overall,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18more women are taking up screening in London than ever before.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Tower Hamlets had one of the lowest uptake rates across the country,
0:02:21 > 0:02:22but following a number of interventions, there's been
0:02:22 > 0:02:23significant improvement.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26They include offering people a second appointment if they don't
0:02:26 > 0:02:28respond to the first invite, calling people up before
0:02:28 > 0:02:31an appointment, and also going out into the community to remind people
0:02:31 > 0:02:39how important it is to go for screenings.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41NHS England says it's helping local areas to improve the consistency
0:02:41 > 0:02:44of service for patients across the country.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Toral says awareness is vital.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52It's so important to talk about it, so other people are conscious of it
0:02:52 > 0:02:55and know to check themselves and go for screenings so they can
0:02:55 > 0:02:56be diagnosed earlier.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01Tolu Adeoye, BBC London News.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Two men have died in a fire in a flat above a shop
0:03:04 > 0:03:05in South West London.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Flames ripped through the property in Tolworth in the early hours.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Five other people were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.
0:03:12 > 0:03:17An investigation's begun into how the blaze started.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Let down by prison management - that's the claim by the family
0:03:20 > 0:03:22of an inmate who recently took his own life
0:03:22 > 0:03:24at Wormwood Scrubs.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26It comes months after a damning report found numerous
0:03:26 > 0:03:27failings at the prison.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Marc Ashdown has more.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Just four weeks ago, an inmate at Wormwood Scrubs
0:03:32 > 0:03:34was stabbed to death.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Outside, we spoke to worried relatives of other
0:03:35 > 0:03:38prisoners at visiting time.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41I'm terrified what's going to happen next.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Whoever's been visiting today, they are all really shocked.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49This is Sarah today.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Tragically, her partner died at the prison on Friday.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52He took his own life.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56She believes the authorities let him down.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59They could have done more, yes, cos I was concerned and they said
0:03:59 > 0:04:01to me that they would monitor him every day, and I don't
0:04:02 > 0:04:03think that was true.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04So, he was on hunger strike? Yes.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08And I don't think that was true, that he was getting monitored.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13Her partner was jailed after he became abusive
0:04:13 > 0:04:16in a betting shop last year.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18After a short sentence, he was due to be deported
0:04:18 > 0:04:19to his native Sri Lanka.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20He had been refusing to eat.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24The Prison Service has offered its sincere condolences
0:04:24 > 0:04:26and says a full independent investigation will be carried out.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30CHANTING:No more prison deaths!
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Protesters outside Wormwood Scrubs earlier this month again raised
0:04:33 > 0:04:37concerns about conditions inside.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Repeated inspections have flagged staff shortages
0:04:39 > 0:04:42and high levels of violence.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46Families just want to know prisoners are safe.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48London prisons take people from local courts,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51and there is a churn of people coming in and out,
0:04:51 > 0:04:54so people will come in on remand or for short periods of time,
0:04:54 > 0:04:57or until they are transferred to a longer term prison.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00So there are people coming and going every day in huge numbers.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03That puts a great strain on the prison because the staff
0:05:03 > 0:05:07don't know the prisoners.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09They are awash with drugs, vermin, they are overcrowded, filthy,
0:05:09 > 0:05:11under-resourced, understaffed.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14They are not safe.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16My partner was a loving person, and...
0:05:16 > 0:05:18I loved him too much, and he shouldn't have...
0:05:18 > 0:05:22He shouldn't have died.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25He shouldn't, he shouldn't.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29I just...
0:05:29 > 0:05:34I just wish he was with me, that's all.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Mark Ashdown, BBC London News.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39More now on the disruption to the travel network
0:05:39 > 0:05:41today due to the weather.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44While it wasn't as widespread as expected - commuters
0:05:44 > 0:05:47in Essex and Kent did face delays and cancellation.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51As our Transport Correspondent Tom Edwards reports.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54This time-lapsed footage from a tower block shows a snowstorm
0:05:54 > 0:05:59engulf the Greenwich peninsula.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Blizzards and snow showers came and went throughout the day
0:06:02 > 0:06:03in London and the Home Counties.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08Sometimes it was localised, sometimes thick.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10It meant Central London looked more like Moscow at times.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14And out in Essex, commuters this morning faced cancellations
0:06:14 > 0:06:20and delays on the trains.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22It is annoying that it got cancelled at the last
0:06:22 > 0:06:24minute, when you have got here, especially when...
0:06:24 > 0:06:26I have planned this, for, like, a month.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29They are doing OK, aren't they?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31The main trains are going through, they are working, it is just
0:06:31 > 0:06:34the little stations that are struggling at the moment.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36An amended timetable was brought in by Network Rail
0:06:36 > 0:06:37and the train companies.
0:06:37 > 0:06:42They thinned out services, it meant that they could use more of these.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46I think we were right to make contingency plans and also to warn
0:06:46 > 0:06:49customers what they were going to be and what the levels
0:06:49 > 0:06:52of service were going to be.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55I also think we are quite right, now, when the weather has not proved
0:06:55 > 0:06:59as bad as it was predicted, to start reinstating services.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04At some stations like Chelmsford, it took over an hour to get
0:07:04 > 0:07:09on a train as they were full and TfL rail also suffered.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12On the roads, ice did mean some tricky driving conditions in places
0:07:12 > 0:07:16and longer journeys.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18The M20 was just gridlocked.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20We tried to go some backstreets and basically
0:07:20 > 0:07:23it was just even worse.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Most transport in the capital has not been badly affected.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Yet.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Although there will still be apprehension from commuters
0:07:30 > 0:07:31about what lies ahead later this week.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36Tom Edwards, BBC London News.
0:07:36 > 0:07:42You might remember these toys from the late 90s.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45But for one east Londoner Furbies have proved to be somewhat
0:07:45 > 0:07:48of a musical inspiration and online hit.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Our own Furby, well Gareth Furby, has been to meet the inventor.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54And his report does contains some flashing images.
0:07:54 > 0:08:01We're inside a disused building off the Mile End Road in East London
0:08:01 > 0:08:04to meet a 27-year-old called Sam Battle.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05He's rapidly filling this room with electronic
0:08:05 > 0:08:10inventions he's built himself.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15They are musical instruments, often made out of other people's junk.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18When I'm very lucky, I find it on the streets.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22I've never been shy of diving into a skip when I see one.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26He's starting to make a bit of a name for himself,
0:08:26 > 0:08:31taking his inventions on tour, so here are his top three.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34In third place, the musical bike.
0:08:34 > 0:08:40With a synthesiser and a drum machine on it.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43In second place, the megadrone.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46I call it a megadrone because one pitch would be
0:08:46 > 0:08:53a drone going "uuuhhhh", but this is 100 of them.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56But even that can't compare to his newest and most ambitious creation.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00At number one...
0:09:00 > 0:09:04This is a Furby Organ.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09It takes 45 Furbies.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12I've found them in charity shops, car-boot sales.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Each of the Furbies are assigned a note,
0:09:16 > 0:09:21and they are assigned a key to sing, so they are singing in tune.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Of course, for someone who shares the name Furby,
0:09:25 > 0:09:28which has been traced back to medieval Yorkshire but was then
0:09:28 > 0:09:33adopted by a toy company, this is all quite fascinating.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36But even Sam admits he may have created something
0:09:36 > 0:09:38a little unpleasant.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I've made a monstrosity.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45What have I done?!
0:09:45 > 0:09:48But it's already a viral hit on the internet, and soon they'll be
0:09:48 > 0:09:50joining him on tour.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55Gareth Furby, BBC London News.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59I'll say goodnight now, and let's get that all important
0:09:59 > 0:10:00weather check from Stav Danaos.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03What's the latest?
0:10:03 > 0:10:04What's the latest?
0:10:07 > 0:10:12All the snow showers have been piling in from the east.They are
0:10:12 > 0:10:15showers, which is why some areas have seen lots of snow and others
0:10:15 > 0:10:19haven't seen so much. Tomorrow is looking bitterly cold, probably the
0:10:19 > 0:10:24coldest day of the week with further snow showers. Tonight 's concerns a
0:10:24 > 0:10:28pretty frequent prolonged snow showers across the east of the
0:10:28 > 0:10:31region, particularly of Kent, East Anglia and the Thames estuary. An
0:10:31 > 0:10:35amber warning has been issued. Further inland shouldn't be so bad
0:10:35 > 0:10:41but snow showers working in land and it will be a very cold night.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Tomorrow, we have yellow warnings in force for further snow showers but
0:10:45 > 0:10:48fewer than the last few days. The odd passing one with good spells of
0:10:48 > 0:10:52sunshine and the wind will be strong, bitterly cold. The maximum
0:10:52 > 0:10:56temperatures, but add in the wind and it will feel much colder. It is
0:10:56 > 0:11:00set to stay bitterly cold to the end of the week as wind picks up to gale
0:11:00 > 0:11:02force as we