:00:00. > :00:11.That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me.
:00:12. > :00:13.Good afternoon and welcome to BBC London News.
:00:14. > :00:19.London's fire bosses are to spend ?6 million on new kit in the wake
:00:20. > :00:23.They're set to buy new higher ladders, drones
:00:24. > :00:28.They've also set aside nearly ?1 million to cover the investigation.
:00:29. > :00:35.Our political correspondent Karl Mercer is here.
:00:36. > :00:41.This is quite a shopping list? Quite a long, expensive shopping list, but
:00:42. > :00:45.the fire brigade have been given permission this morning, after a
:00:46. > :00:49.meeting of the fire authority, to buy the kit. It includes three
:00:50. > :00:55.higher ladder appliances. That will cost about ?2.5 million. 1200 new
:00:56. > :00:58.breathing apparatus kits, because in the Grenfell fire a lot of the
:00:59. > :01:01.firefighters complained when they got the higher floors it took them
:01:02. > :01:06.so long to get there, their operators only lasts for half an
:01:07. > :01:12.hour. New ones would last for 45 minutes. New drones, new masks,
:01:13. > :01:17.shirts, pop-up tents, there's also some other stuff they want to spend
:01:18. > :01:21.money on. The legal cost for the public enquiry and cost of the
:01:22. > :01:22.investigation team, about ?1 million each, and the mayor saying that
:01:23. > :01:36.money needs to come from government. They need the money, and I said to
:01:37. > :01:40.the Commissioner I want you to undertake an urgent review of what
:01:41. > :01:43.you think we need as a result of Grenfell Tower. I've promised my
:01:44. > :01:47.Commissioner I'll give her what may she needs but the government has the
:01:48. > :01:50.providers with the resources to make sure our brave firefighters have the
:01:51. > :01:54.equipment they need. What will happen if they don't get the money
:01:55. > :01:57.from government? The same thing that always happens when you don't get
:01:58. > :02:01.the money from government, the black hole in your budget gets bigger. The
:02:02. > :02:05.extra costs are something like ?6 million extra every year. So they
:02:06. > :02:10.say we are already facing a deficit, this will grow, about ?30 million in
:02:11. > :02:15.four years' time. That's the same level of deficit that there was when
:02:16. > :02:18.they had to make cuts, including ten fire engines, ten fire stations and
:02:19. > :02:25.500 firefighters the last time we saw cuts with the budget as that
:02:26. > :02:29.was. Thank you. And Acting Detective Chief in the is the face misconduct
:02:30. > :02:32.hearing over an investigation into a woman who went missing from Wembley
:02:33. > :02:38.and was later found dead in Scotland. Simon Ahmed disappeared in
:02:39. > :02:42.August 20 15. Her body was found on a golf course in Edinburgh five
:02:43. > :02:46.months later. An investigation by the IPCC found that lines of enquiry
:02:47. > :02:49.were not followed up when she first went missing.
:02:50. > :02:51.Waterloo is the country's busiest rail station -
:02:52. > :02:54.but around half of it is going to be closed for almost the
:02:55. > :02:57.Passengers are being warned to expect major disruption
:02:58. > :02:59.while improvement work is carried out - and they've even been
:03:00. > :03:08.Here's our transport correspondent, Tom Edwards.
:03:09. > :03:13.Waterloo deals with 99 million journeys the year, but this August,
:03:14. > :03:20.nearly half of its platforms will be shut. Commuters are being told of
:03:21. > :03:24.possible to change their journeys or work from home. Late literally all
:03:25. > :03:29.I'm going to do is take the first train and see what happens. See how
:03:30. > :03:33.it comes out from there. I'll be on bat. If it means be taking a
:03:34. > :03:37.holiday, I'll take a holiday. I can work from home so we can just stay
:03:38. > :03:41.at home and stay out of the way. For the whole of August? I'd rather not
:03:42. > :03:46.but it's going to be a nightmare. Some people will have to use it.
:03:47. > :03:49.It's a shambles. The impacts will be felt down the line. Stations like
:03:50. > :03:56.Queenstown Road will be shut, Clapham Junction will be much
:03:57. > :03:58.busier. Upgrades to stations have hit problems previously. Network
:03:59. > :04:02.Rail was heavily criticised after commuters suffered months of
:04:03. > :04:06.problems that London Bridge. The mayor says the same thing can't
:04:07. > :04:09.happen here. My message to the government is one, properly
:04:10. > :04:13.supervise these works. I'm afraid there's examples where Network Rail
:04:14. > :04:17.has not provided a good service and they've overrun. Two, if it's the
:04:18. > :04:21.case they overrun the government has to provide speedy compensation to
:04:22. > :04:27.commuters. That's an incentive for proper supervision and an incentive
:04:28. > :04:29.for these works to finish in August. Waterloo is getting longer
:04:30. > :04:34.platforms, so it will be able to deal with thousands more passengers
:04:35. > :04:37.every rush hour. To ease the congestion the old Eurostar
:04:38. > :04:42.platforms will be used for the first time in years. Is never a good time
:04:43. > :04:46.to carry out such a large scale projects but we chose August because
:04:47. > :04:50.more people are away on holiday anyway. There will be severe
:04:51. > :04:54.disruption. Will it be finished on time? The mayor has concerns it
:04:55. > :04:57.won't be. We are working really hard and we've got compressions of plans
:04:58. > :05:02.in place, it's a well-planned object. -- we have comprehensive
:05:03. > :05:06.plans in place. We are confident it will be delivered on time. Waterloo
:05:07. > :05:08.is due to be finished by the end of 2018.
:05:09. > :05:09.Tower Hamlets Council has apologised, after fining
:05:10. > :05:12.a five-year-old girl ?150 for selling cups of lemonade
:05:13. > :05:17.The girl's father - Andre Spicer - said she'd set up her stall
:05:18. > :05:20.near their home in Mile End, and was charging 50
:05:21. > :05:23.He said she burst into tears when trading enforcement officers
:05:24. > :05:29.confronted her over not having a licence.
:05:30. > :05:32.Now, you only have to get on the Tube to know that
:05:33. > :05:34.Londoners aren't really known for their willingness to get
:05:35. > :05:37.But could they be persuaded to shake off their inhibitions
:05:38. > :05:39.and talk to each other - about mental health?
:05:40. > :05:42.A team of clinical psychologists are aiming to find out -
:05:43. > :05:45.The problem is I keep waking up thinking,
:05:46. > :05:47.I've got to do this, do this, do this.
:05:48. > :05:50.Every time there's more things people are asking me to do.
:05:51. > :05:55.A problem shared is a problem halved, or so they say,
:05:56. > :05:58.but would you share your problems with a complete stranger?
:05:59. > :06:03.And would you share them spontaneously in public?
:06:04. > :06:06.That's what one clinical psychologist is hoping
:06:07. > :06:10.as she launches a bold experiment in London.
:06:11. > :06:12.Despite challenging weather conditions!
:06:13. > :06:16.Her team create pop-up problem-solving booths,
:06:17. > :06:19.then invite members of the public to open up about the issues
:06:20. > :06:25.So what's the big idea behind it all?
:06:26. > :06:27.So problem-solving booths are all about people realising
:06:28. > :06:31.that we can all help each other all the time.
:06:32. > :06:35.The thing is we don't really have a culture or permission to ask.
:06:36. > :06:42.And at the end of the day I used to think, gosh,
:06:43. > :06:46.if only all the people that I've met in private in this clinic today
:06:47. > :06:48.could talk to each other, because actually they're suffering
:06:49. > :06:53.While we were there there was a trickle of participants
:06:54. > :06:58.But those who took part seemed to embrace the idea.
:06:59. > :07:00.Volunteering to both share their problems
:07:01. > :07:08.So many people in London have got anxiety or claim to have anxiety.
:07:09. > :07:16.Do you think possibly maybe because of your parents?
:07:17. > :07:21.No, I thought maybe I'd be more tolerant.
:07:22. > :07:26.Trained psychologists are always on hand if serious cases emerge.
:07:27. > :07:28.The results of the scheme are still being assessed.
:07:29. > :07:31.The National Health Service and the Mayor of London's Office
:07:32. > :07:36.It's about opening up conversations around mental health and well-being,
:07:37. > :07:40.to de-stigmatise these things, get people talking and maybe
:07:41. > :07:49.If successful the scheme will be rolled out across the country.
:07:50. > :07:57.Let's get the weather now, with Elizabeth Rizzini.
:07:58. > :08:01.It's feeling a little bit fresher today, but still pleasantly
:08:02. > :08:05.Lots of that earlier this morning, as you can see from the picture.
:08:06. > :08:08.It's more like sunny spells this afternoon.
:08:09. > :08:12.It's going to feel breezy for the rest of the day.
:08:13. > :08:14.The southerly wind is starting to strengthen.
:08:15. > :08:19.Top temperatures today, 23-24 in central London.
:08:20. > :08:23.While we're going to stay dry during daylight hours
:08:24. > :08:25.there are showers knocking on the door.
:08:26. > :08:28.This is a very slow-moving, weakening weather front
:08:29. > :08:31.is going to give us outbreaks of rain for first part of the night.
:08:32. > :08:33.Possibly the odd heavy burst but most of it
:08:34. > :08:41.The gardens and parks getting a good watering.
:08:42. > :08:43.It's dry by the time Londoners wake up tomorrow morning.
:08:44. > :08:47.We'll see it stays dry, possibly some sunshine
:08:48. > :08:52.But also some showers developing, some of the showers could
:08:53. > :08:55.turn out to be heavy and possibly slow-moving.
:08:56. > :08:57.Becoming quite widespread by the end of the afternoon.
:08:58. > :09:05.Not a total wash-out of a weekend but more showers around on Sunday.
:09:06. > :09:08.Fairly hit or miss in nature, but they could be heavy in places.
:09:09. > :09:18.Well, that's it from us on the lunchtime team.
:09:19. > :09:21.There'll be more later at 6:30pm with Victoria Hollins.