:00:13. > :00:16.Welcome to BBC London News. I'm Claudia-Liza Armah.
:00:17. > :00:18.Thousands of Londoners face weeks of severe disruption, as major
:00:19. > :00:23.engineering work begins at one of the UK's busiest stations.
:00:24. > :00:26.From tonight, 10 platforms at Waterloo will close for nearly
:00:27. > :00:28.a month, causing a huge reduction in trains.
:00:29. > :00:30.South West Trains and Network Rail admit it will cause
:00:31. > :00:36.Paul Clifton explains what's about to happen, and why.
:00:37. > :00:40.You don't close half of Britain's busiest station
:00:41. > :00:57.These platforms, one to four, are shorter than Waterloo's other
:00:58. > :00:59.platforms across there. So these ones will be dug up, the tracks
:01:00. > :01:01.removed and the platforms extended. As ten of the 19 platforms close,
:01:02. > :01:05.five others will open. The former Eurostar platforms will
:01:06. > :01:17.briefly be brought back into use. So we are just advising passengers
:01:18. > :01:24.to plan ahead, consider travelling at quieter times of the day and to
:01:25. > :01:25.prepare FRIC use at stations. -- for Hughes.
:01:26. > :01:28.Out of sight of passengers, this is a monumental challenge
:01:29. > :01:30.for the train planners in the control centre at Basingstoke.
:01:31. > :01:33.What happens between tonight and the 28th of August has
:01:34. > :01:45.There is contingency in terms of what we can provide for passengers,
:01:46. > :01:50.whether that is extra staff at stations, water, ice creams, spare
:01:51. > :01:52.trains on the route which we can bring in at short notice. But it is
:01:53. > :01:53.a very challenging project. When it's finished,
:01:54. > :01:55.there will be longer platforms for new, longer trains,
:01:56. > :01:57.carrying 45,000 more But in the meantime,
:01:58. > :02:00.hardly anyone is seriously expecting Today is the deadline for people
:02:01. > :02:14.to have their say over the public The consultation on what should be
:02:15. > :02:18.looked into closes tonight, but there's already been anger
:02:19. > :02:20.and distrust about the inquiry The BBC's Michael Cowan has been
:02:21. > :02:25.hearing from one survivor about her own difficult journey
:02:26. > :02:40.over the past 7 weeks. We first met you the day after the
:02:41. > :02:49.fire. We then met you a week after the fire. How far do you think you
:02:50. > :02:57.have moved on from that? I'm still not in a good place. I wouldn't call
:02:58. > :03:03.it a good place. I'm on medication. I've gotten help through
:03:04. > :03:08.counselling. So that is good. One thing you have told me that has been
:03:09. > :03:12.worrying you is the abuse that Grenfell survivors are getting from
:03:13. > :03:20.certain members of the public. What sort of abuse are we talking about?
:03:21. > :03:28.It is Internet abuse, very nasty comments, some of them I wouldn't
:03:29. > :03:33.repeat. Very nasty comments. People thinking we are having a free ride.
:03:34. > :03:38.We are not having a free ride. We didn't want to be in the fire. We
:03:39. > :03:45.didn't burn the tower by ourselves. No. It is something that happened.
:03:46. > :03:48.We didn't ask for it. We are now living in hotels. Nobody wants to
:03:49. > :03:55.live in a hotel for a month or more than a month. It would happen to you
:03:56. > :04:02.tomorrow and I would be the one trying to hold you up. Lift you up
:04:03. > :04:09.out of your tragedy. So please, stop, whoever they are, stop. Just
:04:10. > :04:13.stop. That was Lillian, one of the
:04:14. > :04:15.survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire talking to our reporter.
:04:16. > :04:17.The family of a black man who died in East London
:04:18. > :04:20.after being restrained by police are calling for "openness
:04:21. > :04:23.It comes after it was confirmed that the object removed
:04:24. > :04:25.from Rashan Charles' throat was a mixture of paracetamol
:04:26. > :04:34.The 20-year-old's death sparked protests on the streets.
:04:35. > :04:37.A leading children's charity is calling on London councils to do
:04:38. > :04:40.more to support young people when they leave the care system,
:04:41. > :04:42.to stop them becoming unemployed or even homeless.
:04:43. > :04:45.Five London councils have now made care leavers exempt from paying
:04:46. > :04:51.But the Children's Society says more needs to be done.
:04:52. > :05:05.They are quite vulnerable, so there are facing things like teenage
:05:06. > :05:11.pregnancy. At just eight years old, the local council begin this man's
:05:12. > :05:15.parents. When he was old enough to leave care, the council moved into
:05:16. > :05:22.his own flat. After five years in my own place, I had to move. I have
:05:23. > :05:25.never been as trusting since. Just a few months later, bailiffs weren't
:05:26. > :05:30.knocking at his door. They said police when they knocked on the
:05:31. > :05:34.door. That was scary in itself. I wondered what I had done. When they
:05:35. > :05:40.said it was for council tax and the amount, I was dismayed. Many young
:05:41. > :05:44.people struggle leaving home to live in the wrong. But for young people
:05:45. > :05:49.leaving social care it is harder. For those living in London, one of
:05:50. > :05:53.the UK's most expensive cities, it is even worse. That is why Fife
:05:54. > :05:59.councils have scrap council tax for De Jong care leavers under the age
:06:00. > :06:03.of 25. Tower Hamlets houses around 300 young care leavers. They are one
:06:04. > :06:08.of the councils exempting them from council tax. It is not a massive
:06:09. > :06:12.amount out of the council budget and it will make a massive difference to
:06:13. > :06:16.those young people until the age of 25. We showed a leading charity some
:06:17. > :06:23.of the experiences of the young care leavers who spoke to us. 50% of
:06:24. > :06:29.cancers are providing financial education. -- councils. If you are
:06:30. > :06:31.managing a household budget at 18, responsible for council tax, you
:06:32. > :06:37.need more support to make that happen. He hopes care leavers across
:06:38. > :06:41.the capital will benefit in the same way that he has. Be little hope that
:06:42. > :06:43.you do for them, it will really benefit them and put a smile on
:06:44. > :06:45.those young faces. Women at risk of breast
:06:46. > :06:47.cancer returning could be identified in the future,
:06:48. > :06:49.following new tests The Institute of Cancer Research
:06:50. > :06:54.says women with large numbers of immune cells in and around
:06:55. > :06:59.tumours, are 25% more likely to relapse than women with more
:07:00. > :07:02.evenly dispersed cells. Charities hope that it could be
:07:03. > :07:11.added to existing prognosis tests. Now, after months of preparation,
:07:12. > :07:14.the World Athletics Championship kicks off right here
:07:15. > :07:17.in London tonight. Of course, most eyes
:07:18. > :07:19.are on Usain Bolt's But among those who could find
:07:20. > :07:24.themselves lining up against him is 21-year-old Reece Prescod
:07:25. > :07:25.from Waltham Forest, who qualified thanks
:07:26. > :07:38.to his surprise win at the British I'm not going in under pressure to
:07:39. > :07:43.win or might get to the final. I don't like to put that pressure on
:07:44. > :07:45.myself. As long as I can do the best I can do and I am happy, that is all
:07:46. > :07:46.I can do. Good luck. Well, we might be in
:07:47. > :07:58.August but the weather Good afternoon. It feels a lot more
:07:59. > :08:02.like August today. Lovely sunny start. We have seen more cloud
:08:03. > :08:07.developer. But still some brightness and sunny spells around. Through the
:08:08. > :08:18.rest of the afternoon, the chance of some showers. Most of us will stay
:08:19. > :08:23.dry Mac. The winds lighter. Top temperatures 23 or 24. There will be
:08:24. > :08:28.more sunny spells around this evening. Some late brightness. And
:08:29. > :08:37.overnight tonight, we will see clear spells. For the most part, staying
:08:38. > :08:41.dry. Early risers should start of the day with some sunshine. It will
:08:42. > :08:45.feel cooler over the course of the weekend. Through the late morning
:08:46. > :08:49.into the afternoon, the risk of heavy thundery downpours,
:08:50. > :08:52.particularly north of the M4 corridor towards the Home Counties.
:08:53. > :08:59.They could be anywhere. Expect heavy showers. Sunny spells in between. 21
:09:00. > :09:03.Celsius. A nice evening on Saturday. It will feel quite cool.
:09:04. > :09:07.Temperatures could dip back into single figures. A chilly start for
:09:08. > :09:11.this time of the year to Sunday morning. Sunday dry, spells of
:09:12. > :09:14.sunshine. Top temperatures of 23.
:09:15. > :09:15.That's about it from the lunch time team.
:09:16. > :09:17.Louisa Preston will be here with our evening
:09:18. > :09:21.But for now, from all of us, have a very good afternoon.
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