15/08/2017 London News

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We start with the major travel disruption commuters faced

at the height of rush hour this morning.

The first was with that derailment at Waterloo Station.

Part of a passenger train came off the track hitting a freight train.

two people were injured when a train hit the buffers at the station.

And finally, Holborn tube station had to be evacuated after smoke

appeared on a central line train, as our transport correspondent,

Just outside the UK's busiest station, Waterloo, a passenger train

this morning partially derailed after colliding with an engineering

train. Commuters have been warned not to use the station. I was trying

to get out of London, there were no trains, cancelled or delayed. One

thing on top of another, signal failures, training programmes,

derailments, half of the platforms are closed and away, chaos. I do not

know if they have told us anything, really. Slow and taking an hour and

a bit to get into Waterloo. No one was hurt but investigators are

trying to find out why the passenger train went through the points and

was shunted off the track. Elsewhere in London, at King's Cross, platform

nine was shot after the train did not stop in time and hit the

buffers. Holborn tube station was evacuated after a train motor caught

fire. It later reopened, but for passengers, it was extremely

worrying. Before the train had stopped, a massive bang,

immediately, the carriage I was in, it filled with smoke. People rose

from their seats and try to funnel out of the doors. It was chaotic.

People were just manic in trying to get out. Waterloo is in the middle

of a huge redevelopment, ten out of 24 platforms were already closed.

Now another three cannot be used. The concern is that the planned

reopening date of the 28th of August will now slip. We are obviously very

concerned about the derailment at Waterloo, that has to be

investigated, and we are very nervous, we do not want the Waterloo

upgrade to overrun and if it does, we will be calling on Network Rail

and the Government to actually convince eight passengers. Very few

trains are running in and out of Waterloo at the moment -- compensate

passengers. The disruption could carry on until tomorrow.

The words of a mother of a woman who took her own life

32-year-old Sarah Reed had mental health issues

An inquest found a series of failings by staff

Well, her mother is calling for better protection

Sarah Reed was just 32 when she was found dead in a cell

Her family say she should never have been there.

If they'd have said a secure unit, hospital, whatever, I'd have said

In 2015, she was admitted to the Maudsley Hospital

in South London, her family claims she was sexually assaulted

Afterwards she was transferred to Holloway

Marilyn says her daughter needed care, not custody,

It needs to stop, it needs to be investigated,

we need to have things put in place, that mental health is dealt

At her inquest last month, Peter Thornton QC raised concerns

about the care Sarah received and highlighted

Holloway Prison closed last year after being branded as inadequate

Sarah's inquest revealed how some national policies

Now campaigners say Sarah is just one example of how the system

is failing prisoners with mental illness.

What we need to do is invest in quality specialist

services in the community, especially mental health services,

given that we know the majority of women who are sent to prison have

The Government say they take the mental health of prisoners

extremely seriously and have launched a suicide and self harm

Marilyn knows Sarah had a troubled past.

This is her in 2012 being assaulted by a Metropolitan Police officer

But despite this, she remembers her daughter with fondness,

and hopes her death will not have been in vain.

The Ministry of Justice says it takes the mental health

of prisoners extremely seriously and is increasing support

Since the Grenfell Tower fire, there's been lots of attention

on the estimated 700,000 Londoners who live in high-rise blocks.

BBC London's Dan Freedman has spent a week in one of the first,

and possibly most controversial, to meet some of the residents.

The Trellick Tower was supposed to be

an inspirational example of streets in the sky.

But one resident who's lived there since the '70s

says that vision hasn't really materialised.

My name is Chris Paulsen and I'm originally from Cape Town.

I've lived in Trellick Tower since '77.

One of the problems we have here is the rubbish chutes

are not built properly, there is some kind of kink in it.

It gets blocked up and it ends up with people dumping

We will have to see if we can clear it up quickly

They have way too much on their plate.

And of course, people on your own landing, taking in, say,

a parcel from the postman for your neighbour,

What was it like when you first moved in?

They expected the place to run itself, really.

There were laundry chutes, with quite expensive equipment in it.

That is what you expect with coin-operated machinery

There's never really been any serious trouble.

Just one time, a woman got raped during the carnival.

It's one of my favourite areas in London.

Chris Paulsen ending that report there. Now the weather. We are

finally getting a bit of sun. We have more sunny spells on the way

this afternoon. Already we have seen glimpses of blue sky. This was in

Bromley. Thank you for all the weather watcher pictures from today.

This afternoon, the cloud is moving to the east, showers also. We are

looking at a very pleasant afternoon, lots of brightness and

sunny spells. We could even see up to 24, 25, as we did yesterday.

South-westerly breeze through today. Tonight, the cloud melts away and we

are left with mainly clear skies. Feeling quite a bit cooler. We may

see high single figures in rural spots. Across the board, lows of 12,

13. Tomorrow, another pleasant day, looking largely dry, cloud will come

and go, a good deal of brightness and sunshine as well. Temperatures

tomorrow getting up to 22, 20 three. Slightly more of a south-westerly

breeze as well. Overnight on Wednesday into Thursday, rain coming

from the West. That takes half of Thursday to clear. By the afternoon,

some sunny spells and a few showers left behind as well. Friday, a

little bit cooler. Largely dry, one or two showers. Thank you very much.

Riz will be here tonight with our 6.30pm programme.

But for now, from all of the lunchtime team,

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