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Welcome to BBC London News. I'm Alice Salfield. | :00:13. | :00:15. | |
Four weeks on from the Grenfell Tower disaster, a fire safety expert | :00:16. | :00:19. | |
claims four other blocks in London are in serious danger of fire | :00:20. | :00:24. | |
spreading throughout the building in "a matter of seconds". | :00:25. | :00:28. | |
Southwark Council says it already knows about the problems | :00:29. | :00:30. | |
on the Ledbury Estate in Peckham, and action is being | :00:31. | :00:32. | |
Gareth Furby has this exclusive report. | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
If there's a fire, will they have time to evacuate us? | :00:39. | :00:47. | |
People sleep in one room because they are scared. | :00:48. | :00:52. | |
See, I'm not going to burst out crying but I just don't feel safe. | :00:53. | :00:55. | |
The reason people who live in these four blocks are so concerned can be | :00:56. | :01:01. | |
A total of 28 fire wardens, brought in by Southwark council just | :01:02. | :01:09. | |
over a week ago on the advice of the Fire Brigade. | :01:10. | :01:11. | |
Such is the apparent risk of any fire spreading, | :01:12. | :01:20. | |
they are now on duty 24/7, to ensure the blocks can be | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
evacuated immediately should any fire start. | :01:24. | :01:24. | |
We filmed inside as a fire safety expert invited in by some residents | :01:25. | :01:27. | |
His conclusion is that the cracking visible on some walls and ceilings | :01:28. | :01:35. | |
This would mean that fire can spread rapidly from flat to flat | :01:36. | :01:41. | |
He also found a gap in the ceiling and holes in a floor by a gas pipe | :01:42. | :01:48. | |
and believes fire could spread rapidly by this route. | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
You have zero minutes between a fire starting in one flat | :01:53. | :01:56. | |
Southwark Council says there are no surprises in any of the points made | :01:57. | :02:02. | |
They are matters the council has been dealing with for years | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
and the Fire Brigade is happy with its measures | :02:09. | :02:10. | |
But following the events at Grenfell Tower, many | :02:11. | :02:15. | |
If there is a fire, it will basically spread | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
We asked Southwark Council for an interview but instead | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
a spokesperson provided us with a statement, saying:. | :02:27. | :02:46. | |
The head of one of the City's biggest employers has told the BBC | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
that Brexit could easily mean thousands of his staff | :02:53. | :02:54. | |
Jamie Dimon from the bank JP Morgan said there was no question that | :02:55. | :03:01. | |
Europe had more cards at the negotiating table and could | :03:02. | :03:03. | |
It's understood the majority could be relocated in Dublin, | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
You have to be responsible and be prepared for hard Brexit. | :03:10. | :03:13. | |
We'd like to keep all of our people in London but a hard Brexit means | :03:14. | :03:18. | |
You have seen countries argue for example, "We want our data | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
centres in the country", you know, "We want this". | :03:24. | :03:25. | |
And that will become part of the trade negotiation. | :03:26. | :03:27. | |
We hope it is great for the people of Britain | :03:28. | :03:31. | |
A para-athlete has died after being "struck by a metal pole" | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
during a training incident in Newham yesterday. | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
Abdullah Hayayei was due to represent the United Arab | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
Emirates in the javelin, discus and shot put | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
in the upcoming London World Para Athletics Championships. | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
Our sports reporter Chris Slegg is at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
where a press conference about the death has | :03:55. | :03:56. | |
Yes, Alice, a really sombre atmosphere at the press conference | :03:57. | :04:09. | |
where we have learned a few more details. It has been confirmed by | :04:10. | :04:15. | |
the UAE official that Abdulla Hayayei was killed when the throwing | :04:16. | :04:19. | |
KG was training in at the new leisure centre collapsed on him. He | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
was struck by a metal pole and pronounced dead at the scene 20 | :04:24. | :04:25. | |
minutes after the incident took place at 5pm yesterday. How the cage | :04:26. | :04:31. | |
came to collapse, if you have watched any athletics, the throwing | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
cages netting held by metal poles and how on earth it collapsed on an | :04:37. | :04:39. | |
athlete to compete in a wheelchair, so there was little he could have | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
done to take evasive action, is the subject of a police investigation | :04:43. | :04:47. | |
and the spokesman for the UAE team was clearly still in shock this | :04:48. | :04:48. | |
morning when he spoke to us. Abdullah is a father of five kids | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
and he had a lot of dreams in terms of his sports activities | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
within the parasports movement. Newham leisure Centre is one of two | :04:57. | :05:14. | |
official training venues for the world para athletics Championships | :05:15. | :05:16. | |
and it remained closed at the moment. They are finding alternative | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
training facilities for those competing. I'm sure training is not | :05:21. | :05:24. | |
much on the minds of the Paralympic movement, a very close family | :05:25. | :05:27. | |
movement and they will all have Abdulla Hayayei in their thoughts | :05:28. | :05:32. | |
and there will be a moment's silence at the opening ceremony on Friday | :05:33. | :05:36. | |
night. Absolutely, a difficult time for everyone. Thank you. | :05:37. | :05:38. | |
Next, selling homeless people as art. | :05:39. | :05:39. | |
A controversial artist who installed tracking devices on London's rough | :05:40. | :05:42. | |
sleepers has defended his work, saying it challenges | :05:43. | :05:44. | |
Ten homeless men were paid to take part in the project. | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
I'm doing the Hornsleth Homeless Tracker Project here in London. | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
We are following homeless people and we are selling | :05:57. | :05:58. | |
Danish artist Kristian Hornsleth was so shocked at the homelessness | :05:59. | :06:03. | |
he saw in London he wanted to address it through art. | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
My approach was to kind of, you know, stir the problem up | :06:08. | :06:11. | |
and turn it upside down and say, "Hey, who is exploiting | :06:12. | :06:14. | |
He went into business with ten rough sleepers, | :06:15. | :06:20. | |
paying them to be models and fitting them with tracking devices. | :06:21. | :06:24. | |
Customers have access to a mobile phone app | :06:25. | :06:26. | |
Kristian and a London-based team are also documenting the men's back | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
In Britain, they think privatisation is the solution for everything. | :06:32. | :06:38. | |
And then I thought, why not privatise them? | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
They are free capital, floating in the streets. | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
Maybe turning them into some kind of business. | :06:47. | :06:49. | |
We are constantly followed by Google. | :06:50. | :06:51. | |
At least these guys, you know, they will get | :06:52. | :06:56. | |
Some homeless charities have been sceptical but he maintains his | :06:57. | :07:00. | |
And two of the men involved say they don't feel exploited. | :07:01. | :07:07. | |
Let's not feel sorry for the homeless at all. | :07:08. | :07:10. | |
If we thought we were being exploited, I don't think... | :07:11. | :07:21. | |
I think we'd realise what we were getting into, | :07:22. | :07:23. | |
So it's more making people aware of things, you know what I mean? | :07:24. | :07:27. | |
I used to say, "They exploit me and I exploit them", | :07:28. | :07:31. | |
but it's not about exploiting in that sense. | :07:32. | :07:33. | |
This is not charity. This is business. | :07:34. | :07:40. | |
This approach may be unconventional but Kristian hopes it will shake up | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
how London's homeless are viewed by a wider society. | :07:45. | :07:47. | |
It looks like a fantastic and Kate's at Wimbledon for us. | :07:48. | :07:57. | |
It looks like a fantastic atmosphere. | :07:58. | :08:02. | |
It certainly is. As you can see behind me, lots of people enjoying | :08:03. | :08:05. | |
the Andy Murray match and the flowers in front of me as well look | :08:06. | :08:08. | |
a bit more lively today thanks to all the rain we had overnight. | :08:09. | :08:12. | |
Thankfully it has cleared out of the way and it is a dry afternoon at | :08:13. | :08:15. | |
Wimbledon with lots of sunny spells around. Some welcome clouds here and | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
there but on the whole, nice, pleasantly warm with temperatures | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
around 22 by the end of the day. Overnight, we hang onto patchy | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
cloud, the minimum temperature again a lot less humid than it was a few | :08:29. | :08:32. | |
nights ago, 13 Celsius in central London. And within the M25. Thursday | :08:33. | :08:39. | |
is an similar day, bright start with sunny spells, less rain, in fact, we | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
will get a whole day's play at Wimbledon on a sunny spells in the | :08:45. | :08:47. | |
afternoon, with temperatures reaching around 24. Again for | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
Friday, things are looking very similar. Quite a bit of cloud around | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
but the sun will come out here and there so pleasantly warm in the | :08:57. | :09:00. | |
sunny spells with temperatures again around 24 or 25. The temperature is | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
steadily rising and as we head into the weekend, it will still feel warm | :09:05. | :09:08. | |
but a bit more changeable, the chance of a potential shower for | :09:09. | :09:10. | |
Saturday but still lots of dry weather around. Back to you. | :09:11. | :09:13. | |
Enjoy the rest of your afternoon. Riz will be here later for a special | :09:14. | :09:15. | |
programme, four weeks For now though, from all of us | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
on the lunchtime team, MAN: What makes you two make | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
different from each other? but I don't, like, | :09:25. | :09:36. | |
love it as much as Lucy. Oh, Arthur lives down the hill | :09:37. | :09:44. | |
and I live down the hill. Good at counting | :09:45. | :09:48. | |
and I'm good at hiding. Join us live, and follow | :09:49. | :09:52. | |
the world's wildest animals... ..across the most | :09:53. | :10:08. | |
challenging of terrains... ..as they gather for nature's | :10:09. | :10:18. | |
biggest summer feast. | :10:19. | :10:25. |