27/07/2017 London News

It's six weeks since the devastating so it's goodbye from me.

fire at Grenfell Tower and today it's been confirmed

that the building will be demolished by the end of next year.

In the meantime, the charred remains will be covered

in protective plastic from next month while forensic

It's as a memorial service for five victims

We will start with the covering of the building, what can you tell us?

For many, the sight of what is left of the Grenfell Tower is a terrible

reminder of what happened. The knowledge that are still bodies

inside it. There have been calls by inside it. There have been calls by

some for it to be covered up. The site manager revealed last night a

protective wrap and scaffolding will be put up and it should help the

forensic investigators with their work. Recently the pictures released

by the Met Police showing the inside of the building, they are trying to

recover bodies and sift through evidence which could potentially be

used in a criminal investigation. They said the process could take

until January next year. As for what happens to the building itself, he

stressed it does depend on what the local community want. He expects it

will start to be taken down, but that work will not take place until

the end of next year. He revealed around 33 flats in the block are

completely untouched by fire. He hopes they may be able to go in in

the next week or so and retrieve possessions for the people who lived

there. There will be a memorial service later. The Archbishop of

York will be attending. It is a memorial service for five of the

victims who died including Isaac, just five years old, one of the

victims of the fire, and 24-year-old artist Khadija Saye. It will take

place at the church in around half an hour. Thank you.

Police have released new CCTV footage of two suspects

they would like to speak to over the murder of a man who was shot

and stabbed for his Rolex watch in south-east London.

31-year-old Danny Pearce was killed in Greenwich earlier this month

while on a night out with his girlfriend.

These pictures show the suspects just minutes before the attack,

at a Texaco petrol station on Creek Road in Deptford.

It's exactly five years since the London Olympics began

and we've been catching up with one of its stand-out stars.

Now, you might remember Gemma Gibbons.

Her tears in the judo semifinal touched millions

Well, the silver medallist from Greenwich has decided to retire

and is about to start a whole new chapter in her life,

as Ian Williams has been finding out.

These were the moments in 2012 that made Gemma Gibbons famous.

Silver medal and the tears to go with it.

"Love you, Mum," was the message to her mother, Jeanette,

who died of leukaemia when Gemma was 17.

So, how do you feel, now, when you watch this?

It was a moment that obviously came in a couple of seconds,

but it was a lifetime of hard work for me and I really

You can see in the background, it goes on to the British team

and everyone in the British team, there you go, they are all so happy.

Gemma's life has revolved around judo since she was six.

Now she is swapping the mat for the classroom.

When I first went to secondary school when I was about 11, 12,

I fell in love with getting to play all different sports and from a very

and from a very early age, even then, I knew that once my judo,

however far that took me, once that was over, I wanted to be

Gemma has already had some practice teaching children

here at her old club, Metro Judo, in Greenwich, where

I think she will make a fantastic teacher.

I think the school that get her will be very lucky.

Winning an Olympic medal has already made Gemma an inspiration

But what about the challenge of inspiring children every day?

Is that as tight as you can possibly get?

It sounds quite weird, but I think every teacher out there,

that is one of the reasons for becoming a teacher...

Yeah, it is a massive reason of why they do that job,

to inspire the kids to try and strive for their best.

Her coming from the same club as me, it made me realise that if I work

hard enough and went and did what she did, then

maybe I could come out as successful as Gemma as well.

What is more nerve-racking, Olympic final or having to stand

in front of a classroom full of children?

Just like in judo, as soon as I started in the gym,

as soon as I started competing, those nerves just went away

and you are just in the zone of teaching or competing.

Judo has taught Gemma Gibbons many things down the years, now

Great to see her inspiring other judo stars.

Grime artist Stormzy has been nominated for this

The Croydon artist is just one of a number

of Londoners leading the way, including Loyle Carner

He's hoping to follow in the footsteps of

fellow London grime artist Skepta who won the award last year.

But he's got stiff competition though.

Ed Sheeran is among the 11 other musicians nominated.

Latin America's largest sailing ship is visiting

The Union is on its first European tour and will be moored

in West India Docks until Sunday, giving Londoners, and Ayshea Buksh,

I am on-board the ship which is second tallest in the world. It

failed in the London as part of a diplomatic mission, but it is not

just a floating embassy, it is a training ship for cadets in the

Peruvian and the crew is 246 people. This is the second-largest ship in

the world, from Russia. It is 53.5 metres high and when you climb up to

the top, you see the ship is really small and it is fantastic to climb

up so high. A ship is like a small city. Here you have to do

everything. Laundry, barbershop, kitchen, doctors, dentists,

everything. The ship has to move all over the world and has to do all of

the things. Normally we are awake at six o'clock in the morning, do some

work, we maintain the ship, we paint the ship, we work with sales,

everything like this. The ship is open for members of the public to

come on board and have a look. It will be here well into the weekend.

It was to call the sale further into the city because it will not go

through Tower Bridge -- too tall. It will be staying in Canary Wharf.

OK, let's get you across how the weather's looking today

A little bit cool for July. We have seen showers already. Not brilliant

for the cricket. It is going to stay quite unsettled for the rest of the

week. We will be talking about further sunny spells, but also

showers at times and some longer spells of rain, particularly on

Friday night and through Saturday possibly. Quite cool for July.

Normally temperatures in the low 20s. Instead, today, we have got 20,

21, some places stuck in the high teens. Still got a south-westerly

breeze for many and it will feel cooler than the numbers suggest in

that. Showers around, possibly heavy ones. Bright and sunny spells for

the rest of the day and the showers will fade this evening and

overnight. We are expecting a dry night to come, clear spells, quite a

pretty sunrise again tomorrow morning probably, with just the

right amount of cloud. Bright start. There will be some sunshine around

tomorrow morning. The cloud will start to thicken and the breeze will

pick up again as we head into late afternoon. Rain on the way for

Friday night. Temperature is a little bit higher tomorrow. Expect

to see some wet weather Saturday night and also for much of Sunday

too. North-western areas possibly staying dry. On Sunday, sunny spells

and showers. Alica Bhandhukravi will be

here with a special programme at 6.30pm tonight, live

from the Olympic Park. But for now, from myself amd

the rest of the lunchtime team,