:00:00. > 3:59:59their hosts in Poland. That's all from the BBC News that one. It's
:00:00. > :00:13.goodbye from me Good afternoon, and welcome to BBC
:00:14. > :00:19.London News, I'm Sonja Jessup. From today, parents of twins will be
:00:20. > :00:22.able to get a much clearer idea of whether their babies
:00:23. > :00:26.are developing properly. It's thanks to pioneering scanning
:00:27. > :00:28.techniques at St George's Hospital It's hoped it will mean fewer twins
:00:29. > :00:33.will have to be delivered early We measure the head,
:00:34. > :00:41.the tummy, and the thigh bone It's good news for this expectant
:00:42. > :00:51.mum but she had more When we found out it was twins
:00:52. > :00:56.it was a big shock but then But thanks to a world first,
:00:57. > :01:08.a scan using specialist twin growth charts, she knows her baby boys
:01:09. > :01:10.are developing well. It quite reassuring to know
:01:11. > :01:12.that the babies are growing well and having this data being used,
:01:13. > :01:15.that everything is going fine. Until now, twins in the womb
:01:16. > :01:19.were measured against charts meant for single babies,
:01:20. > :01:20.so doctors were left to their own judgments
:01:21. > :01:25.to estimate size and growth. And that meant that sometimes
:01:26. > :01:27.it was hard to work out That's because twins are often
:01:28. > :01:32.smaller than single babies The new charts will
:01:33. > :01:38.reduce what is currently There is evidence that, using twins
:01:39. > :01:42.specific charts in the case And I'm hoping that once we use
:01:43. > :01:50.these charts that we will see a reduction in the number of early
:01:51. > :01:57.delivery because of presumed cross problems in the twins,
:01:58. > :02:00.and admission to the A unit. The new charts are based
:02:01. > :02:03.on data from 10,000 scans. The research was funded by existing
:02:04. > :02:06.parents of twins, through the Twins Half of our parents have one or more
:02:07. > :02:16.babies in neonatal care. And often they ask the question,
:02:17. > :02:19.is there anything I could have done And in the vast majority
:02:20. > :02:24.of cases there isn't. But they also ask, is there any
:02:25. > :02:27.treatment, was there anything that A big weight off some
:02:28. > :02:33.parents' minds, I imagine? It's going to be a massive
:02:34. > :02:37.weight off parents' minds. The charts at St George's Hospital
:02:38. > :02:40.in Tooting are a world first but they will be available
:02:41. > :02:42.for parents and in hospitals A woman who survived the 7/7 London
:02:43. > :02:50.bombings says her "heart goes out" to victims of the recent terror
:02:51. > :02:53.attacks in the capital, and she's calling for better
:02:54. > :02:55.compensation for those affected. Martine Wright lost both her legs
:02:56. > :02:58.in the 2005 bombings. She went on to become a Paralympian
:02:59. > :03:05.and has now written a book She's been speaking to our
:03:06. > :03:09.reporter Caroline Davis Yeah, it was a normal morning,
:03:10. > :03:12.in that I was late for work, And then suddenly I just had this
:03:13. > :03:29.white flash in front of my eyes. On the 7th of July 2005 Martine
:03:30. > :03:32.was on the same tube as one of four suicide bombers to target
:03:33. > :03:34.London commuters. But since then Martine has fought
:03:35. > :03:37.to make what happened to her that You know, people say to me,
:03:38. > :03:43.would you turn the clock back? Because I'm doing so much now that
:03:44. > :03:56.I never ever thought possible. She wants her experience
:03:57. > :03:58.to give hope to others, especially those coping
:03:59. > :04:00.after the recent attacks Obviously, there are lots of things
:04:01. > :04:07.the government needs to look at. But I do think, and this
:04:08. > :04:13.is something I fought for very early on, is the compensation
:04:14. > :04:17.to the victims and their families. They promised they were
:04:18. > :04:19.going to look at that. The Ministry for Justice says
:04:20. > :04:25.victims and their families are supported under the criminal
:04:26. > :04:29.injuries compensation Martine has written a book
:04:30. > :04:37.about her journey called Unbroken. I suppose Unbroken as a title,
:04:38. > :04:41.for me, really had those connotations of, if you have that
:04:42. > :04:45.belief, and you have that love, A teenager who drowned while working
:04:46. > :05:01.on the Woolwich crossing is to have one of two new ferries
:05:02. > :05:04.named after him in his memory. Ben Woollacott - who came
:05:05. > :05:07.from a family of five generations of Thames watermen -
:05:08. > :05:09.died in 2011 after being dragged Two men and a 17-year-old boy
:05:10. > :05:13.have denied murdering a recruitment consultant
:05:14. > :05:16.who was stabbed to death in Scott Kooey-bitra, who was 22,
:05:17. > :05:24.was killed in St George's Field Park The three defendants appeared
:05:25. > :05:28.at the Old Bailey via video link Soho has been the centre of London's
:05:29. > :05:35.LGBT community since the 70s. But there are fears the area's gay
:05:36. > :05:38.clubs and bars are dying out. As cafes, restaurants
:05:39. > :05:42.and offices move in. In the second of three BBC
:05:43. > :05:45.London films looking at the changing gay scene,
:05:46. > :05:50.Paul Murphy-Kasp reports. You could be forgiven for thinking
:05:51. > :05:55.that Soho has been the centre of gay life in London forever,
:05:56. > :05:58.but that's not strictly true. It wasn't until the late 70s that
:05:59. > :06:03.more and more venues threw open their doors
:06:04. > :06:05.to the LGBT community. So how did Soho become London's
:06:06. > :06:07.premier gay hotspot? Well, during a crackdown on sex
:06:08. > :06:09.shops and establishments in the 1980s, many of the buildings
:06:10. > :06:13.round here were left empty. A prime opportunity
:06:14. > :06:15.for gay businesses to move London's vibrant gay scene spreads
:06:16. > :06:21.far beyond the surrounds Vauxhall, Dalston and Camden are all
:06:22. > :06:30.home for London's LGBT community. However, figures released today
:06:31. > :06:33.by University College London show that over the last 11 years
:06:34. > :06:37.the number of LGBT bars across With gay venues on the decline,
:06:38. > :06:42.Peter and Alex are now trying If you went on any given night,
:06:43. > :06:52.especially at the weekend, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
:06:53. > :06:54.go to The Two Brewers Go to The Royal Vauxhall Tavern,
:06:55. > :06:58.which is also threatened, What about all the other people
:06:59. > :07:05.who are members of our community? And I think that's what worries me
:07:06. > :07:09.about the future, what's going to happen to the less
:07:10. > :07:12.privileged members of the community 50 years after the partial
:07:13. > :07:19.decriminalisation of homosexuality, no one's in doubt that life
:07:20. > :07:22.for the LGBT plus community in But as society becomes more
:07:23. > :07:25.inclusive and venues close, will the gay scene become a thing
:07:26. > :07:31.of the past? And it's over to Elizabeth Rizzini
:07:32. > :07:51.who's at Wimbledon. I was worried about the rain, but it
:07:52. > :07:54.looks glorious. Yes, it is glorious. We have rising temperatures and much
:07:55. > :07:57.more sunshine to come and for the rest of the afternoon the vast
:07:58. > :08:02.majority will stay dry and there will be more sunny spells but there
:08:03. > :08:07.will also be thunderstorms forming. We have a Met Office weather warning
:08:08. > :08:12.for heavy rain because if you see the thunderstorms, there will be
:08:13. > :08:16.thunder and lightning and quite a lot of water falling in a short
:08:17. > :08:21.space of time, and also poor driving conditions, but they will be very
:08:22. > :08:26.very localised. The rest of the day many of us will stay with sunny
:08:27. > :08:32.spells, and temperatures are going to be very close to 30 degrees right
:08:33. > :08:37.across the capital. That leads into the evening and overnight, it will
:08:38. > :08:42.be very warm and sticky and temperatures in many towns may not
:08:43. > :08:48.drop below 18 or 19 and that will be very uncomfortable sleeping.
:08:49. > :08:52.Tomorrow morning, it will be a dry and bright start, we will have the
:08:53. > :08:57.same sort of day as today but there will be more cloud and we won't have
:08:58. > :09:02.a risk of thunderstorms. Some sunny spells into the afternoon and
:09:03. > :09:08.temperatures in the high 20s, 28, 20 nine. All change over the weekend.
:09:09. > :09:13.It is going to be fine on Saturday, reaching about 30, you can get your
:09:14. > :09:18.barbecue out, but on Sunday we could start to see a few showers and
:09:19. > :09:20.slightly cooler air, but no play here at the moment of course on
:09:21. > :09:25.Sunday. Elizabeth, thanks. Do join Riz Lateef
:09:26. > :09:31.though at 6.30 tonight. She'll have all the latest
:09:32. > :09:40.from the BBC London newsroom. 'From the heights
:09:41. > :09:42.of the Scottish Highlands 'to the shores of East Anglia,
:09:43. > :09:46.I've travelled across Britain...' '..to learn about the food I cook
:09:47. > :09:49.for my family...' Tell me, what is so good
:09:50. > :09:52.about these potatoes? '..and to show you the most simple
:09:53. > :09:56.and exciting everyday recipes...' Oh, what's better than cheese?
:09:57. > :09:59.Cooked cheese! Join me on
:10:00. > :10:07.Nadiya's British Food Adventure.