:00:13. > :00:14.Good afternoon and welcome to BBC London News.
:00:15. > :00:19.Weapons - including two foot-long, serrated
:00:20. > :00:21."Zombie Knives" and a machete - have been found just
:00:22. > :00:25.yards from a busy high street in East London.
:00:26. > :00:28.They were discovered in Tower Hamlets, as part
:00:29. > :00:31.of a new scheme that asks local people to look out for
:00:32. > :00:38.Well, this is a new initiative in Tower Hamlets.
:00:39. > :00:41.We know that violent gangsters, they don't always want to carry
:00:42. > :00:44.around large weapons with them, for fear of getting caught.
:00:45. > :00:47.So what they do is, they stash them in green spaces,
:00:48. > :00:51.Weapons like this one, which was found in Poplar.
:00:52. > :00:53.And this was actually found by a member of the
:00:54. > :00:57.What the police are doing is enlisting the public's help to
:00:58. > :00:59.search these huge areas, because they can't do it
:01:00. > :01:01.with the officers that they have, getting the public
:01:02. > :01:03.involved, creating awareness and taking
:01:04. > :01:05.some of these weapons, and
:01:06. > :01:13.these weapons here, off the streets of London.
:01:14. > :01:15.I am joined by Detective Inspector Chris Saul,
:01:16. > :01:20.Chris, it seems, if we look at these weapons, that it is
:01:21. > :01:27.Yes, we are very pleased with the weapons we are finding. We are
:01:28. > :01:30.enlisting local residents, local authorities and police, mobilising
:01:31. > :01:33.together and accepting that it is not just a police problem or local
:01:34. > :01:37.authority or public problem, it is all of our problem if we can
:01:38. > :01:38.mobilise together, we can combat more effectively.
:01:39. > :01:41.And how do you train members of the public to go out with
:01:42. > :01:44.you and perform the sort of searches that police officers would normally
:01:45. > :01:51.We give them a full safety briefed tint to begin with. Then we pair
:01:52. > :01:56.them up to begin with with a police officer, they would walk through the
:01:57. > :02:00.Open space they are searching methodically, slowly and above all
:02:01. > :02:04.else safely. At the end, when we have found things, we get together
:02:05. > :02:05.and we have a debriefing and make sure everyone understands what they
:02:06. > :02:07.have found. OK, Chris Soole,
:02:08. > :02:17.thank you very much. Well, so far, they have
:02:18. > :02:19.conducted three searches this one of them,
:02:20. > :02:21.off London's streets. Well, elsewhere in East London,
:02:22. > :02:24.a man in his twenties was stabbed Police say two other people
:02:25. > :02:28.were injured during the incident, A woman whose family was fundraising
:02:29. > :02:31.to pay her medical bills, after she suffered a suspected heart
:02:32. > :02:34.attack while on holiday Heather Pyke, who was 62
:02:35. > :02:37.and from East London, Her family began a crowdfunding
:02:38. > :02:42.campaign to bring her home because of confusion
:02:43. > :02:44.over travel insurance. A pensioner from Essex says
:02:45. > :02:46.he's considering giving up his life-saving hospital
:02:47. > :02:48.treatment because he has to wait so long for transport
:02:49. > :02:53.to and from appointments. Ronald Dean goes to hospital three
:02:54. > :02:55.times a week for dialysis, but says he often spends hours
:02:56. > :02:58.waiting for an ambulance. Ron Dean is ready, but will his
:02:59. > :03:09.ambulance turn up on time? For three days a week,
:03:10. > :03:14.this is his life. He just sits waiting for two hours
:03:15. > :03:19.in the morning, sometimes longer, and we just have to sit
:03:20. > :03:22.here and wait all the time Oh, I've got used to it
:03:23. > :03:27.now, but it's terrible. His partner has tried to find out
:03:28. > :03:30.why they're often late. Not enough ambulances,
:03:31. > :03:32.not enough workers, Ron has diabetes and
:03:33. > :03:43.can't drive anymore. He is reliant on the patient pick-up
:03:44. > :03:48.service to make the 45 minute journey to Cambridge
:03:49. > :03:49.for his dialysis. Some go by taxi and,
:03:50. > :03:54.last year, the East of England Ambulance Service spent
:03:55. > :03:59.over ?1 million on cabs. There will always be teething
:04:00. > :04:01.problems, but when we look at the quality and the experience
:04:02. > :04:06.of our patients in that service, one of the ways in which we measure
:04:07. > :04:10.that is, what percentage of patient contacts result in a complaint
:04:11. > :04:16.or a compliment? Now, what that tells me
:04:17. > :04:20.is that in excess of 99% of patients actually have a really
:04:21. > :04:25.positive experience. On time today, he needs this
:04:26. > :04:37.dialysis to stay alive. But Ron often has to wait
:04:38. > :04:40.when his treatment ends and has This evening, his partner Florence
:04:41. > :04:52.gets ready for his return. Sometimes, that can
:04:53. > :04:55.be as late as 8pm. At that time, he won't want his tea,
:04:56. > :04:58.after nine hours away from home. A minute's silence will be held
:04:59. > :05:03.at the Notting Hill Carnival later this month -
:05:04. > :05:05.to remember the victims The Carnival route passes
:05:06. > :05:09.within half a kilometre Organisers say they'll halt
:05:10. > :05:13.the music at 3 o'clock, to show respect for their grieving
:05:14. > :05:17.friends and neighbours. Legoland has applied
:05:18. > :05:19.to build a large extension The plans include three new rides,
:05:20. > :05:23.accommodation and parking. Its owner, Merlin Entertainments
:05:24. > :05:26.Group, says it's part of a long-term Over 300 years after opening
:05:27. > :05:45.its doors, Britain's oldest wine merchant has decided it's finally
:05:46. > :05:48.time to modernise its 'Berry Brothers Rudd'
:05:49. > :05:51.was founded in 1698 and, for much of that time,
:05:52. > :05:53.it's supplied wine But as Sarah Harris has been finding
:05:54. > :05:58.out, the shop has now had to adapt For hundreds of years,
:05:59. > :06:04.this was the place in London to come Berry Brothers Rudd is the oldest
:06:05. > :06:11.wine merchants in the country. Kings, Admirals and artists have
:06:12. > :06:13.passed through its timber Centuries ago, some
:06:14. > :06:24.believed it to be the place One of the quirks of coming to buy
:06:25. > :06:31.you wine from your London merchant back in the 19th Century was that
:06:32. > :06:33.customers would weigh One of the famous clients
:06:34. > :06:37.was Lord Byron, the poet, and he was concerned
:06:38. > :06:40.about his weight. And he went on that not-so-famous
:06:41. > :06:44.diet of white wine and dry biscuits. But, you will be surprised to learn,
:06:45. > :06:46.it did actually work. He started out at 13
:06:47. > :06:50.stone, nearly 14 stone, and five years later,
:06:51. > :06:53.he was just over nine stone. Good wine in moderation is still
:06:54. > :06:58.known for its health benefits, even if weight loss isn't
:06:59. > :07:06.one of them. Jordi's family have kept the best
:07:07. > :07:12.vintages here for generations. He says most customers now
:07:13. > :07:15.are looking to know where their wine comes from and would rather have
:07:16. > :07:17.quality, not quantity. When people come in,
:07:18. > :07:19.if they are buying a bottle, And that wine is important to them
:07:20. > :07:30.and they want to be involved Online sales put many retail
:07:31. > :07:34.outlets out of business, but a new shop here is making
:07:35. > :07:37.tasting and buying wine They don't really come just
:07:38. > :07:45.for buying a bottle of wine. They are looking for an experience,
:07:46. > :07:50.to explore new regions, So for many Londoners, it seems
:07:51. > :07:55.coming to sample your own wine in person is not so much of a chore,
:07:56. > :07:58.but a retail experience. Though if you're expecting to lose
:07:59. > :08:21.weight like Lord Byron, A rather grey day, not much rain so
:08:22. > :08:26.far, but we have seen rather grey skies. They will continue to darken
:08:27. > :08:31.through the afternoon as the rain edges closer. You will get outbreaks
:08:32. > :08:37.of rain, but it will be wet and windy towards this evening's
:08:38. > :08:40.rush-hour. The rain moving from the South and a strengthening southerly
:08:41. > :08:43.breeze. It is going to become quite windy and wet through the rush hour
:08:44. > :08:50.and it feels fairly call, the maximum temperature 17-19dC. The
:08:51. > :08:54.rain continues this evening and overnight, but hanging onto the
:08:55. > :08:57.breeze which its North and East and through the early hours of tomorrow
:08:58. > :09:03.morning, the rain should clear. Clearer spells through the Thursday
:09:04. > :09:08.morning. Not too chilly overnight. Temperature is not dropping to bar,
:09:09. > :09:13.around 15 Celsius. Tomorrow, a drier day with sunny spells, we will see
:09:14. > :09:14.some showers, but they will blow through quickly on a south-westerly
:09:15. > :09:17.breeze. Riz will be here with our
:09:18. > :09:21.6:30 evening programme. But for now, from us all,
:09:22. > :09:44.a very good afternoon. The latest of our Premier League
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