:00:00. > 3:59:59Ireland - there's a slight rise in the top grades for the first time in
:00:00. > :00:12.six years. -- six The wait for the capital's students,
:00:13. > :00:24.and their parents, is over. And while many will be talking
:00:25. > :00:27.about which university they might be off to,
:00:28. > :00:30.there's concern that here in London, there's a low take-up
:00:31. > :00:32.of apprenticeships, even though demand for young
:00:33. > :00:35.apprentices has rocketed. The nervous faces, the shuffle
:00:36. > :00:43.through, and finally
:00:44. > :00:45.the waiting is over. These scenes are playing out
:00:46. > :00:58.at colleges Of course, attention now turns
:00:59. > :01:07.to where these guys are going next. Many will go on to further
:01:08. > :01:09.and higher education. But the government wants to see more
:01:10. > :01:16.and more going for apprenticeships. It has launched its Apprenticeship
:01:17. > :01:19.Levy on big companies and will use that money to fund three million
:01:20. > :01:21.apprenticeships by 2020. There has been big growth across
:01:22. > :01:26.the country in the past few years. But in London the growth
:01:27. > :01:42.in apprenticeships At the moment, it is
:01:43. > :01:45.not going to plan. It is perhaps more difficult
:01:46. > :01:47.than expected, convincing high performing students to consider
:01:48. > :01:50.an apprenticeship as a better Having got her grades,
:01:51. > :01:53.Anna is to uni. But another student,
:01:54. > :01:55.also with top marks, has decided They will be training me
:01:56. > :02:00.and giving me invaluable experience. And I believe that all of that
:02:01. > :02:03.experience will set me a head when it is time for me
:02:04. > :02:05.to join the workforce. I got four As and I'm going to
:02:06. > :02:09.Oxford University to do psychology. Yes, because in the future,
:02:10. > :02:20.I think I want to do research. Resus, the University for me. --
:02:21. > :02:28.resus, so university for me. For these students, it has
:02:29. > :02:30.been a long and winding Once the joy or shock
:02:31. > :02:34.of the day passes, there A south London hospital trust
:02:35. > :02:37.has been told it needs to improve patient care,
:02:38. > :02:40.for the third time in three years. An inspection of Lewisham
:02:41. > :02:42.and Greenwich NHS Trust by the Care Quality Commission has
:02:43. > :02:45.again identified numerous failings. The report found there were poor
:02:46. > :02:49.standards of cleanliness and patients with TB were not
:02:50. > :02:56.being properly isolated. There are some real basic things
:02:57. > :02:59.that just aren't happening. It is not what we
:03:00. > :03:07.would expect to see. We pulled the trust up on it,
:03:08. > :03:09.certainly last year. On medical services
:03:10. > :03:11.and the emergency department and it is disappointing
:03:12. > :03:13.that we are still seeing We obviously apologise to all those
:03:14. > :03:21.patients who haven't got the level of care that we would expect
:03:22. > :03:23.them to have. And those individual patients
:03:24. > :03:25.who have had that very, Now, for the third part
:03:26. > :03:30.of our series exploring life Prompted by the Grenfell fire
:03:31. > :03:35.in June, BBC London has spent a week meeting people who live
:03:36. > :03:37.in tower blocks. We've been hearing from
:03:38. > :03:43.residents of Trellick Tower, which was built by Erno
:03:44. > :03:45.Goldfinger in the 1970s. Today, we meet those
:03:46. > :03:47.who are learning and teaching skills in the factory
:03:48. > :03:59.underneath the block. We put the effort in to make
:04:00. > :04:05.sure that it looks good. My name is Oliver and I am the CEO
:04:06. > :04:10.of the Goldfinger factory. The name, Goldfinger factory,
:04:11. > :04:15.comes from the architect that The reason for being here
:04:16. > :04:21.is to try and empower people to turn waste into gold,
:04:22. > :04:26.and that basically means training people to become craftspeople,
:04:27. > :04:30.so that they can use The basic elements of the Goldfinger
:04:31. > :04:44.factory are a community cafe, and downstairs we have
:04:45. > :04:50.a school and a workshop. We try to engage as much
:04:51. > :04:58.as possible with the people, most local to us, who live
:04:59. > :05:01.above us, in Trellick. We have got a trainee
:05:02. > :05:04.on at the moment called Jase, Olly helped me get a scholarship
:05:05. > :05:12.fund and just be able to do what I want to do from here,
:05:13. > :05:14.and learn these little techniques Some talented people
:05:15. > :05:23.who for some reason or another cannot escape
:05:24. > :05:24.this chicken and egg situation were,
:05:25. > :05:27.if you are a craftsperson, you need money to start a workshop
:05:28. > :05:30.but you need a workshop Or, if you are a young person
:05:31. > :05:34.and you need experience to get the job, but you need a job
:05:35. > :05:37.to get experience. I think the biggest, like,
:05:38. > :05:39.impact that we have is to help For some,
:05:40. > :05:44.living on a canal boat is an opportunity to live
:05:45. > :05:47.life at a slower pace, but for others it's a way to escape
:05:48. > :05:50.rising property prices. With more and more houseboats
:05:51. > :05:54.on London's waterways, the Canal and River Trust is asking
:05:55. > :05:57.anyone thinking of swapping bricks before considering
:05:58. > :06:00.a life on the river. After years of neglect,
:06:01. > :06:10.many canals are busy once more. And those who look after them say
:06:11. > :06:15.that canal users, especially those new to all this, need to ensure
:06:16. > :06:18.that they know what they are doing. Well, one of the issues that we have
:06:19. > :06:21.is the sheer popularity of canals means they're used by more
:06:22. > :06:23.and more people. The Canal and River Trust manages
:06:24. > :06:30.2,000 miles of waterways in England. The boom in canal use
:06:31. > :06:31.has many downsides. What you have here is two widebeam
:06:32. > :06:37.boats moored next to each other, which is effectively
:06:38. > :06:38.quadruple mooring. The Trust records
:06:39. > :06:40.incidents when it can. But in London, where
:06:41. > :06:42.the problems are the most Boat numbers here have risen by 72%
:06:43. > :06:50.since 2012, to more than 4000. Just moved out of a flat in Brixton
:06:51. > :06:53.because I can't afford to live there any more
:06:54. > :06:55.and here there's a boat. Nick is typical of many that
:06:56. > :06:58.are new to the canals, We don't have a toilet on-board.
:06:59. > :07:05.We don't have a shower. You prefer it to paying
:07:06. > :07:08.a lot of money on a flat? Sarah Emmings manages a private
:07:09. > :07:11.mooring site and believes many canal newcomers haven't
:07:12. > :07:14.thought things through. There's nothing in place to say,
:07:15. > :07:22.right, you need to know this Three quarters of the boats
:07:23. > :07:26.moored in the capital are now being lived in,
:07:27. > :07:28.according to A transport system built to carry
:07:29. > :07:51.goods Yes, certainly. Not an inspiring
:07:52. > :07:54.start to the day. Quite a lot of cloud around and some showers. You
:07:55. > :07:59.can see them on the map. They have been making their way to the east.
:08:00. > :08:03.As we move through this morning and into this afternoon we are seeing
:08:04. > :08:06.improvements pushing in from the West and generally brightening up.
:08:07. > :08:11.That is how it will save the rest of the day. Good spells of sunshine.
:08:12. > :08:14.Plenty bright weather around. The chance of an isolated shower, but
:08:15. > :08:21.they will be quite scarce. Temperatures not doing too badly
:08:22. > :08:25.with a maximum of 25 Celsius. This evening and overnight, again, the
:08:26. > :08:29.chance of the Ord, isolated shower, particularly further north. Not
:08:30. > :08:36.everyone will see one. We will see some clear skies. Overnight lows of
:08:37. > :08:41.around 15 Celsius. Tomorrow, we start bright. Looking at another day
:08:42. > :08:45.of sunny spells and shallots. They will paying to double up as we move
:08:46. > :08:50.through the day. Not everyone catching one, but where you do, they
:08:51. > :08:53.could be fairly heavy with temperatures around 21 Celsius.
:08:54. > :08:56.Tomorrow, we will see the breeze picking up. Quite a gusty wind
:08:57. > :09:01.coming from the South West means that it will not feel quite as warm.
:09:02. > :09:04.The weekend has a fairly promising start. This area of low pressure
:09:05. > :09:10.pushing in on the second part of the weekend is causing a little bit of
:09:11. > :09:14.uncertainty. And some wet weather depending exactly where this
:09:15. > :09:17.position, but tomorrow looking like a lovely day of sunny spells and
:09:18. > :09:20.showers. I believe you with a forecast for the weekend. -- I will
:09:21. > :09:22.leave you with. That's all from us
:09:23. > :09:24.on the luncthime team. Victoria Hollins will be back
:09:25. > :09:27.at 6.30 with our evening programme.