06/07/2017 London News

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London News, I'm Sonja Jessup. From today, parents of twins will be

able to get a much clearer idea of whether their babies

are developing properly. It's thanks to pioneering scanning

techniques at St George's Hospital It's hoped it will mean fewer twins

will have to be delivered early We measure the head,

the tummy, and the thigh bone It's good news for this expectant

mum but she had more When we found out it was twins

it was a big shock but then But thanks to a world first,

a scan using specialist twin growth charts, she knows her baby boys

are developing well. It quite reassuring to know

that the babies are growing well and having this data being used,

that everything is going fine. Until now, twins in the womb

were measured against charts meant for single babies,

so doctors were left to their own judgments

to estimate size and growth. And that meant that sometimes

it was hard to work out That's because twins are often

smaller than single babies The new charts will

reduce what is currently There is evidence that, using twins

specific charts in the case And I'm hoping that once we use

these charts that we will see a reduction in the number of early

delivery because of presumed cross problems in the twins,

and admission to the A unit. The new charts are based

on data from 10,000 scans. The research was funded by existing

parents of twins, through the Twins Half of our parents have one or more

babies in neonatal care. And often they ask the question,

is there anything I could have done And in the vast majority

of cases there isn't. But they also ask, is there any

treatment, was there anything that A big weight off some

parents' minds, I imagine? It's going to be a massive

weight off parents' minds. The charts at St George's Hospital

in Tooting are a world first but they will be available

for parents and in hospitals A woman who survived the 7/7 London

bombings says her "heart goes out" to victims of the recent terror

attacks in the capital, and she's calling for better

compensation for those affected. Martine Wright lost both her legs

in the 2005 bombings. She went on to become a Paralympian

and has now written a book She's been speaking to our

reporter Caroline Davis Yeah, it was a normal morning,

in that I was late for work, And then suddenly I just had this

white flash in front of my eyes. On the 7th of July 2005 Martine

was on the same tube as one of four suicide bombers to target

London commuters. But since then Martine has fought

to make what happened to her that You know, people say to me,

would you turn the clock back? Because I'm doing so much now that

I never ever thought possible. She wants her experience

to give hope to others, especially those coping

after the recent attacks Obviously, there are lots of things

the government needs to look at. But I do think, and this

is something I fought for very early on, is the compensation

to the victims and their families. They promised they were

going to look at that. The Ministry for Justice says

victims and their families are supported under the criminal

injuries compensation Martine has written a book

about her journey called Unbroken. I suppose Unbroken as a title,

for me, really had those connotations of, if you have that

belief, and you have that love, A teenager who drowned while working

on the Woolwich crossing is to have one of two new ferries

named after him in his memory. Ben Woollacott - who came

from a family of five generations of Thames watermen -

died in 2011 after being dragged Two men and a 17-year-old boy

have denied murdering a recruitment consultant

who was stabbed to death in Scott Kooey-bitra, who was 22,

was killed in St George's Field Park The three defendants appeared

at the Old Bailey via video link Soho has been the centre of London's

LGBT community since the 70s. But there are fears the area's gay

clubs and bars are dying out. As cafes, restaurants

and offices move in. In the second of three BBC

London films looking at the changing gay scene,

Paul Murphy-Kasp reports. You could be forgiven for thinking

that Soho has been the centre of gay life in London forever,

but that's not strictly true. It wasn't until the late 70s that

more and more venues threw open their doors

to the LGBT community. So how did Soho become London's

premier gay hotspot? Well, during a crackdown on sex

shops and establishments in the 1980s, many of the buildings

round here were left empty. A prime opportunity

for gay businesses to move London's vibrant gay scene spreads

far beyond the surrounds Vauxhall, Dalston and Camden are all

home for London's LGBT community. However, figures released today

by University College London show that over the last 11 years

the number of LGBT bars across With gay venues on the decline,

Peter and Alex are now trying If you went on any given night,

especially at the weekend, Thursday, Friday, Saturday,

go to The Two Brewers Go to The Royal Vauxhall Tavern,

which is also threatened, What about all the other people

who are members of our community? And I think that's what worries me

about the future, what's going to happen to the less

privileged members of the community 50 years after the partial

decriminalisation of homosexuality, no one's in doubt that life

for the LGBT plus community in But as society becomes more

inclusive and venues close, will the gay scene become a thing

of the past? And it's over to Elizabeth Rizzini

who's at Wimbledon. I was worried about the rain, but it

looks glorious. Yes, it is glorious. We have rising temperatures and much

more sunshine to come and for the rest of the afternoon the vast

majority will stay dry and there will be more sunny spells but there

will also be thunderstorms forming. We have a Met Office weather warning

for heavy rain because if you see the thunderstorms, there will be

thunder and lightning and quite a lot of water falling in a short

space of time, and also poor driving conditions, but they will be very

very localised. The rest of the day many of us will stay with sunny

spells, and temperatures are going to be very close to 30 degrees right

across the capital. That leads into the evening and overnight, it will

be very warm and sticky and temperatures in many towns may not

drop below 18 or 19 and that will be very uncomfortable sleeping.

Tomorrow morning, it will be a dry and bright start, we will have the

same sort of day as today but there will be more cloud and we won't have

a risk of thunderstorms. Some sunny spells into the afternoon and

temperatures in the high 20s, 28, 20 nine. All change over the weekend.

It is going to be fine on Saturday, reaching about 30, you can get your

barbecue out, but on Sunday we could start to see a few showers and

slightly cooler air, but no play here at the moment of course on

Sunday. Elizabeth, thanks. Do join Riz Lateef

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