:00:11. > :00:14.Good afternoon, welcome to BBC London News.
:00:15. > :00:21.There are claims that the number of people who could contract cancer
:00:22. > :00:22.from asbestos poisoning in the capital's hospitals
:00:23. > :00:35.of hospitals contain asbestos - which is deemed safe,
:00:36. > :00:42.But the Unite Union - and a legal expert - disagree,
:00:43. > :00:45.claiming an increasing number of people are dying from lung
:00:46. > :00:55.It seems there may have been a lot of in the corridors of Guy 's
:00:56. > :00:59.Hospital where I spent six years training. Everyone used the tunnels.
:01:00. > :01:05.Of the four doctors who trained there and who subsequently developed
:01:06. > :01:09.cancer in the last five years, I'm the only one left alive.
:01:10. > :01:14.Doctor Andrew Lawson wrote about his condition in 2010. Four years later,
:01:15. > :01:20.he died. He had been suffering from me is a kind of lung cancer caused
:01:21. > :01:25.by reading in asbestos dust. It is terrible that somebody is
:01:26. > :01:29.cheated of their life and their future, he was only halfway through
:01:30. > :01:34.his life. He says he contracted it while training at Guy 's Hospital, a
:01:35. > :01:41.claim that the NHS Trust refuses to be drawn on. The white asbestos, the
:01:42. > :01:44.kind used in the hospitals, is deemed safe as long as it isn't
:01:45. > :01:48.disturbed. Experts disagree and say its
:01:49. > :01:52.presence in hospitals need to be addressed. If the ticking time bomb,
:01:53. > :01:57.the number of people developing this kind of cancer in the country
:01:58. > :02:02.continues to rise and the expected peak has been exceeded several times
:02:03. > :02:07.already. So, the prediction of when numbers of these cases are going to
:02:08. > :02:11.peak has been moved forward several times since I've been doing this
:02:12. > :02:14.work. There are now calls for the government to urgently remove
:02:15. > :02:20.asbestos from all NHS hospitals. We know that asbestos kills people and
:02:21. > :02:23.we know the longer it stays in the building, the higher the chance of
:02:24. > :02:29.it being disturbed and therefore we know that it is likely that some
:02:30. > :02:33.time in the future, it will be responsible for the deaths of
:02:34. > :02:40.members of the public and workers alike. According to the latest
:02:41. > :02:45.figures... 1000 people in London died from the
:02:46. > :02:51.disease between 2011-2015. Seven nurses or doctors died, but it
:02:52. > :02:55.is believed that more NHS workers died from it.
:02:56. > :02:59.After a Freedom of information request, the BBC found that 94% of
:03:00. > :03:06.hospitals still contain asbestos. Andrew was typical of a sufferer of
:03:07. > :03:11.this kind of cancer. It took years for these symptoms to show. Once
:03:12. > :03:15.diagnosed, it's only thought that people survive between 12-21 months.
:03:16. > :03:19.They all knew, they all knew about the dangers of asbestos but they did
:03:20. > :03:21.not take enough action to remove the risk for those who worked there.
:03:22. > :03:37.Charlotte franks, BBC News. We were provided with a statement
:03:38. > :03:41.which said that it is safe as long as it is not disturbed.
:03:42. > :03:43.The Met Police Commissioner says five terrorist attacks have been
:03:44. > :03:46.foiled in the last few weeks, some of which were "very close"
:03:47. > :03:49.Cressida Dick says in addition there've been "hundreds
:03:50. > :03:51.and hundreds" of arrests of people who are radicalised,
:03:52. > :03:53.and are either spreading hatred, supporting terrorism
:03:54. > :03:57.The Mayor has joined the family and friends of one of the youngest
:03:58. > :03:59.victims of the Grenfell Tower fire s his funeral took
:04:00. > :04:04.A service for five-year-old Isaac Paulos was held
:04:05. > :04:16.Isaac - who lived on the 18th floor - died after reportedly
:04:17. > :04:18.becoming separated from his family as he tried to escape.
:04:19. > :04:21.Broadmoor Hospital in Berkshire is probably the most famous secure
:04:22. > :04:22.hospital in the world, but the Victorian building
:04:23. > :04:26.It'll be replaced by a brand new hospital -
:04:27. > :04:28.being built at a cost of nearly 250 million pounds.
:04:29. > :04:38.Some of the most notorious criminals in history have been detained in
:04:39. > :04:47.pawn -- in Broadmoor's Victorian walls
:04:48. > :04:56.but after 250 years, the institution has been completely rebuilt. These
:04:57. > :05:00.are the first pictures of the new ?242 million hospital. It will be
:05:01. > :05:05.run in a completely modern way. We went to the three bridges secure
:05:06. > :05:12.unit in London, to find out just how different life for patients will be.
:05:13. > :05:15.We promote movement here, yes, there are locked doors but they are free
:05:16. > :05:20.to move around and that is a difference from the old building.
:05:21. > :05:24.This hospital may look 5-star but it is secure. 80 male patients,
:05:25. > :05:31.considered a danger, live here. But it isn't all about locking people
:05:32. > :05:36.up. There are three aspects here, physical security, doors, locks,
:05:37. > :05:43.fences, that kind of thing. Procedural security, procedures
:05:44. > :05:46.coming through, but also relational security, the professional and
:05:47. > :05:50.therapeutic relationship between staff and the men that they look
:05:51. > :05:52.after. The new Broadmoor Hospital will officially open in the autumn.
:05:53. > :05:57.Then more, BBC The World Para Athletics
:05:58. > :05:58.Championships begins Among those going for a medal
:05:59. > :06:02.for Great Britain on the opening night is former Surrey schoolgirl
:06:03. > :06:16.Abbie Hunnisett. this is the iPad app that helps
:06:17. > :06:20.Abbie communicate. My main hope for the championships is to have fun,
:06:21. > :06:24.relax and enjoy the experience. I would like to throw a new personal
:06:25. > :06:28.best. We sent out questions before meeting her, she typed out her
:06:29. > :06:32.answers which she played by hitting the corresponding button. What will
:06:33. > :06:36.it be like to compete in a World Championships in your own country? I
:06:37. > :06:40.think it is going to be incredible, I've competed there before at the
:06:41. > :06:49.Anniversary Games with about 30,000 people. She's been training for her
:06:50. > :06:53.event, the F32 club throw, for athletes with cerebral palsy and
:06:54. > :06:57.other impairments. What is the highlight of your career? The first
:06:58. > :07:02.time I competed at the Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium, also
:07:03. > :07:06.going to Rio and the whole experience of becoming a
:07:07. > :07:09.Paralympian. At the age of 21, she has achieved so much already.
:07:10. > :07:14.Now, her parents will be getting ready to cheer her on again in
:07:15. > :07:18.London... I threatened to buy a megaphone. They say that I don't
:07:19. > :07:23.need one! To call her a Paralympian is fantastic. It's great to go back
:07:24. > :07:30.to some of the special schools I have tended to speak to students and
:07:31. > :07:34.show that if they do their best, they can do whatever they want in
:07:35. > :07:36.life. If all goes well, Abbie will have another career highlight to
:07:37. > :07:44.talk about. Let's go over to Wimbledon now for a
:07:45. > :07:50.look at the weather. Elizabeth is there, looking like good weather for
:07:51. > :07:54.tennis? It certainly is today, it's a cloudy picture at the moment.
:07:55. > :08:02.A cool, fairly moderate light moderate Midwest elite degrees
:08:03. > :08:06.around -- Midwest breeze around. It's important to remember just
:08:07. > :08:10.because British singles players have gone out, it doesn't mean they've
:08:11. > :08:12.gone out in the doubles. Heather Watson and Jamie Murray will play
:08:13. > :08:18.with their partners later this afternoon. It's brilliant weather
:08:19. > :08:22.for tennis this afternoon, it's going to stay dry, breaks in the
:08:23. > :08:28.cloud giving sunny spells. Temperatures lower than yesterday at
:08:29. > :08:31.around 22 or 23 degrees. There will be brightness through the evening. A
:08:32. > :08:37.nice evening to be watching the tennis. Overnight, cloud will
:08:38. > :08:42.thicken, fresh and comfortable for sleeping at this time of year. Lows
:08:43. > :08:47.of 14 degrees. Into tomorrow morning, it will fill increasingly
:08:48. > :08:50.warm and humid. We get off to a nice and bright start but cloud amounts
:08:51. > :08:55.increase. Some spots of rain for the middle part of the day but otherwise
:08:56. > :09:00.it should stay dry tomorrow and in any sunshine. Then, we are looking
:09:01. > :09:04.at highs of up to 25 degrees. A similar story on Sunday. In any
:09:05. > :09:09.sunshine it will feel increasingly warm, quite humid, there is the risk
:09:10. > :09:14.of light showers through the afternoon on Sunday. Then, turning
:09:15. > :09:15.caller on Monday with temperatures hotting up once more into the start
:09:16. > :09:17.of next week. STUDIO: That sounds good, Elizabeth,
:09:18. > :09:21.thank you. That's all from us-
:09:22. > :09:23.Alice Bhandhukravi will be here From all of us this lunchtime, have
:09:24. > :09:40.a great afternoon. Goodbye. When I think of the world
:09:41. > :09:43.we inhabit, everyone will think, Yeah. And it wasn't,
:09:44. > :09:46.it was done by hand over days and weeks
:09:47. > :09:50.and months and years.