:00:14. > :00:21.A memorial ceremony is taking place this lunchtime
:00:22. > :00:24.to honour the victims of the 7/7 London bombings - which took place
:00:25. > :00:28.52 people died and hundreds of others were injured
:00:29. > :00:30.when four suicide bombers targeted the capital's transport network.
:00:31. > :00:42.It remains the single worst terrorist atrocity on British soil.
:00:43. > :00:43.Let's speak to our reporter Caroline Davies
:00:44. > :00:58.The service has just finished, you can see behind me the flowers of the
:00:59. > :01:03.families left for the victims and for the survivors. 52 people died on
:01:04. > :01:07.the 7th of July in 2005. Of course, as well as the people who were
:01:08. > :01:14.killed there were hundreds injured. We spoke to one man, Sudesh, who was
:01:15. > :01:20.just six metres away from one of the bombers. He was able to walk away
:01:21. > :01:25.that day with cuts to his face and burst eardrums but the effect of 7/7
:01:26. > :01:33.still lives on with him, 12 years later.
:01:34. > :01:34.Working in the City, There's no choice but to use
:01:35. > :01:40.the Tube and every day when it's crowded, when I can't see
:01:41. > :01:42.everybody, if I don't have a line of sight
:01:43. > :01:44.of everybody on the Tube,
:01:45. > :01:46.then I do get quite nervous, especially
:01:47. > :01:47.with 12 years ago today,
:01:48. > :01:54.it was very hot just like ... Many of the people that I have
:01:55. > :01:58.spoken to today, spoke about the importance of attending a ceremony
:01:59. > :02:03.like this, that the support that they are given, says, that it makes
:02:04. > :02:09.them feel part of a family. There are not just people from 7/7 here
:02:10. > :02:14.but also from Tunisia, and from Paris and from the 9/11 attacks
:02:15. > :02:16.gathering here. The message from the people here is that you are not
:02:17. > :02:20.The Minister for London has written to the Mayor -
:02:21. > :02:22.calling for next month's Notting Hill Carnival to be moved
:02:23. > :02:25.Grag Hands, who's the MP for Chelsea and Fulham,
:02:26. > :02:28.has questioned whether it would be appropriate to hold Europe's largest
:02:29. > :02:33.street party in the shadow of the burnt out building.
:02:34. > :02:36.A man's been describing how he was left fighting for his life
:02:37. > :02:41.after being bitten by a spider at his home in Hertfordshire.
:02:42. > :02:44.Paul Jory had to be put in a coma for almost a week
:02:45. > :02:46.and underwent eight operations to stop the poison spreading.
:02:47. > :02:49.He thinks the spider was hiding in a bunch of bananas.
:02:50. > :02:53.He's been speaking to our reporter Sarah Harris.
:02:54. > :02:56.It was a big spider, probably about that sort of size.
:02:57. > :03:03.After unpacking a bunch of bananas he bought from his local shop in St
:03:04. > :03:06.Albans, Paul Jory noticed a large arachnid crawling up his arm
:03:07. > :03:10.It was, very, very painful, fortunately, only for a few seconds.
:03:11. > :03:18.It was like an electric shock going through my body.
:03:19. > :03:22.It was a browny black, not long, long, legs but
:03:23. > :03:32.The 59-year-old father says he didn't know what kind
:03:33. > :03:35.of spider it was, but managed to get to casualty
:03:36. > :03:42.within 20 minutes - he ended up in a forced coma
:03:43. > :03:46.The medics worked extremely quickly, if it wasn't for them, the NHS and
:03:47. > :03:51.the nursing staff and the doctors, I can't thank them enough, they saved
:03:52. > :03:54.I can't thank them enough, they saved
:03:55. > :03:57.If I handle a spider, the first question,
:03:58. > :03:59.is normally, why isn't it biting you?
:04:00. > :04:02.Susie has worked with spiders for more than 20 years and
:04:03. > :04:04.She says this kind of reaction is extremely
:04:05. > :04:09.The only time people have a severe reaction and potentially they
:04:10. > :04:13.can die through anaphylactic shock, so it is the same with
:04:14. > :04:23.coconuts on the head, and the latest is selfies,
:04:24. > :04:27.more people die in that way but it doesn't make the headlines.
:04:28. > :04:31.The minute it is a spider bite or anything like that, it is a
:04:32. > :04:35.They want to put it on the front page and it's sad.
:04:36. > :04:38.She is a beautiful spider, she doesn't want
:04:39. > :04:41.It is really, really sad that these guys have a bad
:04:42. > :04:45.Paul is recovering at home and still has some paralysis in
:04:46. > :04:49.He continues to use his local shop for groceries, but bananas
:04:50. > :04:55.Sarah Harris, BBC London News, St Albans.
:04:56. > :04:59.Theresa May has said plans for a statue of Margaret Thatcher
:05:00. > :05:01.outside the Houses of Parliament should not be blocked...
:05:02. > :05:05.Simply because of fears it might be defaced.
:05:06. > :05:07.A planning application for a ten-foot statue has been
:05:08. > :05:13.But there've been a number of objections - fears of vandalism,
:05:14. > :05:16.as well as concerns that the idea doesn't have the backing
:05:17. > :05:20.Well, I understand there are a number of issues
:05:21. > :05:23.raised around the statue but what I am very clear about, is
:05:24. > :05:25.that there is no suggestion that the threat of
:05:26. > :05:27.vandalism should stop a statue of Margaret Thatcher
:05:28. > :05:36.London Pride will bring thousands of people
:05:37. > :05:38.onto the capital's streets tomorrow- in celebration of
:05:39. > :05:41.The event started out, back in the seventies,
:05:42. > :05:44.And some believe it should return to its roots.
:05:45. > :05:49.With the third and final of our reports this week
:05:50. > :05:54.on the capital's changing gay scene, here's Paul-Murphy Kasp.
:05:55. > :06:03.A few hundred people playing games at one of London's early gay
:06:04. > :06:10.liberation events, not a parade or a rainbow flag in sight. We are here
:06:11. > :06:15.at Hyde Park, where Britain's first LGBT Pride ended up.
:06:16. > :06:21.Peter Tatchell said that the peaceful event received a rather
:06:22. > :06:26.hostile reception in the first days of the events.
:06:27. > :06:31.There were about 700 of us, people were hostile and the police were
:06:32. > :06:37.aggressive. In the 1980s as the events were
:06:38. > :06:41.beginning to gather pace and more people were attending, a crisis of
:06:42. > :06:46.epic proportions hit London's community. AIDS devastated the
:06:47. > :06:53.London gay scene and centred it into lockdown. But the policy then sent
:06:54. > :06:59.the Pride numbers soaring into the '90s. Over the years it is more of a
:07:00. > :07:04.celebration of equality. Despite financial struggles and a change in
:07:05. > :07:10.management, the event is now more popular than ever but has the
:07:11. > :07:13.message of equality become lost in sponsorship.
:07:14. > :07:19.It is really important for the corporations, they are a part of
:07:20. > :07:26.this. It costs about ?900,000 to put on Pride etch year, we need to put
:07:27. > :07:31.on the event safely and also have the entertainment that should be
:07:32. > :07:35.surrounding it. Scrap the sponsorship, have scrap
:07:36. > :07:39.the floats, and have a march that is a celebration, a party, and also a
:07:40. > :07:44.claim for human rights. This year 1 million people are
:07:45. > :07:45.expected to attend, not bad for something that started out as a few
:07:46. > :07:50.people having a sing song. Let's see how it's
:07:51. > :08:02.looking over at Wimbledon, It is glorious here. The sun is out
:08:03. > :08:10.again in full force. Lots of blue sky and a little whipsy cloud
:08:11. > :08:15.overhead. Today is not just starring the great British summertime but we
:08:16. > :08:19.have four British stars on court. And these guys are playing in hot
:08:20. > :08:23.and sticky weather conditions. For the rest of the afternoon it will be
:08:24. > :08:27.warm indeed. Lots of sunny spells around. A little more in the way of
:08:28. > :08:32.cloud and it will be dry too. Cloud is building in the west. That is
:08:33. > :08:36.spreading through. Also cloud bubbling up here and there, a light
:08:37. > :08:40.and a welcome westerly breeze. Temperatures not as high as
:08:41. > :08:46.yesterday when we were at 31 Celsius, today it will be 29
:08:47. > :08:51.Celsius, still warm. This evening and overnight it will be warm and
:08:52. > :08:56.humid. A weak weather front coming through, the cloud will thicken and
:08:57. > :09:02.there may abfew light showers. The weather not amounting to much at
:09:03. > :09:06.all. Uncomfortable for sleeping, 17 Celsius the low. Tomorrow morning,
:09:07. > :09:11.it could be cloudy and dull. There could be one or two light showers
:09:12. > :09:19.but clearing away with sunny spells on Saturday. Top temperatures up to
:09:20. > :09:23.24 Celsius, watch out for the showers on Sunday. There could be
:09:24. > :09:25.place disrunted with showers on Monday.
:09:26. > :09:28.Well, that's it from us on the lunchtime team.
:09:29. > :09:31.You can join Riz Lateef at 6:30pm though.