17/08/2017 London News

Ireland - there's a slight rise in the top grades for the first time in

six years. -- six The wait for the capital's students,

and their parents, is over. And while many will be talking

about which university they might be off to,

there's concern that here in London, there's a low take-up

of apprenticeships, even though demand for young

apprentices has rocketed. The nervous faces, the shuffle

through, and finally

the waiting is over. These scenes are playing out

at colleges Of course, attention now turns

to where these guys are going next. Many will go on to further

and higher education. But the government wants to see more

and more going for apprenticeships. It has launched its Apprenticeship

Levy on big companies and will use that money to fund three million

apprenticeships by 2020. There has been big growth across

the country in the past few years. But in London the growth

in apprenticeships At the moment, it is

not going to plan. It is perhaps more difficult

than expected, convincing high performing students to consider

an apprenticeship as a better Having got her grades,

Anna is to uni. But another student,

also with top marks, has decided They will be training me

and giving me invaluable experience. And I believe that all of that

experience will set me a head when it is time for me

to join the workforce. I got four As and I'm going to

Oxford University to do psychology. Yes, because in the future,

I think I want to do research. Resus, the University for me. --

resus, so university for me. For these students, it has

been a long and winding Once the joy or shock

of the day passes, there A south London hospital trust

has been told it needs to improve patient care,

for the third time in three years. An inspection of Lewisham

and Greenwich NHS Trust by the Care Quality Commission has

again identified numerous failings. The report found there were poor

standards of cleanliness and patients with TB were not

being properly isolated. There are some real basic things

that just aren't happening. It is not what we

would expect to see. We pulled the trust up on it,

certainly last year. On medical services

and the emergency department and it is disappointing

that we are still seeing We obviously apologise to all those

patients who haven't got the level of care that we would expect

them to have. And those individual patients

who have had that very, Now, for the third part

of our series exploring life Prompted by the Grenfell fire

in June, BBC London has spent a week meeting people who live

in tower blocks. We've been hearing from

residents of Trellick Tower, which was built by Erno

Goldfinger in the 1970s. Today, we meet those

who are learning and teaching skills in the factory

underneath the block. We put the effort in to make

sure that it looks good. My name is Oliver and I am the CEO

of the Goldfinger factory. The name, Goldfinger factory,

comes from the architect that The reason for being here

is to try and empower people to turn waste into gold,

and that basically means training people to become craftspeople,

so that they can use The basic elements of the Goldfinger

factory are a community cafe, and downstairs we have

a school and a workshop. We try to engage as much

as possible with the people, most local to us, who live

above us, in Trellick. We have got a trainee

on at the moment called Jase, Olly helped me get a scholarship

fund and just be able to do what I want to do from here,

and learn these little techniques Some talented people

who for some reason or another cannot escape

this chicken and egg situation were,

if you are a craftsperson, you need money to start a workshop

but you need a workshop Or, if you are a young person

and you need experience to get the job, but you need a job

to get experience. I think the biggest, like,

impact that we have is to help For some,

living on a canal boat is an opportunity to live

life at a slower pace, but for others it's a way to escape

rising property prices. With more and more houseboats

on London's waterways, the Canal and River Trust is asking

anyone thinking of swapping bricks before considering

a life on the river. After years of neglect,

many canals are busy once more. And those who look after them say

that canal users, especially those new to all this, need to ensure

that they know what they are doing. Well, one of the issues that we have

is the sheer popularity of canals means they're used by more

and more people. The Canal and River Trust manages

2,000 miles of waterways in England. The boom in canal use

has many downsides. What you have here is two widebeam

boats moored next to each other, which is effectively

quadruple mooring. The Trust records

incidents when it can. But in London, where

the problems are the most Boat numbers here have risen by 72%

since 2012, to more than 4000. Just moved out of a flat in Brixton

because I can't afford to live there any more

and here there's a boat. Nick is typical of many that

are new to the canals, We don't have a toilet on-board.

We don't have a shower. You prefer it to paying

a lot of money on a flat? Sarah Emmings manages a private

mooring site and believes many canal newcomers haven't

thought things through. There's nothing in place to say,

right, you need to know this Three quarters of the boats

moored in the capital are now being lived in,

according to A transport system built to carry

goods Yes, certainly. Not an inspiring

start to the day. Quite a lot of cloud around and some showers. You

can see them on the map. They have been making their way to the east.

As we move through this morning and into this afternoon we are seeing

improvements pushing in from the West and generally brightening up.

That is how it will save the rest of the day. Good spells of sunshine.

Plenty bright weather around. The chance of an isolated shower, but

they will be quite scarce. Temperatures not doing too badly

with a maximum of 25 Celsius. This evening and overnight, again, the

chance of the Ord, isolated shower, particularly further north. Not

everyone will see one. We will see some clear skies. Overnight lows of

around 15 Celsius. Tomorrow, we start bright. Looking at another day

of sunny spells and shallots. They will paying to double up as we move

through the day. Not everyone catching one, but where you do, they

could be fairly heavy with temperatures around 21 Celsius.

Tomorrow, we will see the breeze picking up. Quite a gusty wind

coming from the South West means that it will not feel quite as warm.

The weekend has a fairly promising start. This area of low pressure

pushing in on the second part of the weekend is causing a little bit of

uncertainty. And some wet weather depending exactly where this

position, but tomorrow looking like a lovely day of sunny spells and

showers. I believe you with a forecast for the weekend. -- I will

leave you with. That's all from us

on the luncthime team. Victoria Hollins will be back

at 6.30 with our evening programme.