06/09/2017 London News

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I'm Katharine Carpenter. The mayor says he'll spend

?250 million buying up land It's a key part of City Hall's

strategy to tackle the capital's housing crisis, which was

unveiled this morning. Our Political correspondent

Karl Mercer spoke to the Mayor while on a visit to a council estate

in East London. One of the things I'm announcing

today is a new fund, the first time City Hall has done

this, of a revolving money, ?250 million, which we will use

to bring forward land, purchase the land and sell it

on to councils and housing associations so they can build

genuinely affordable homes. We get the money back

and buy more land. We need to make sure we recognise

that actually we need to build more homes and they have to be the right

sort of homes as well. In the last year your administration

has built no homes for social rent. That's because we used the money

given by the previous So for the next year as well,

there will be very, very few council homes being built because the last

mayor didn't give any money. You can understand, can't you,

why people will be frustrated. Somebody coming in saying,

this is affordable housing, I'm a mayor for all people,

and actually for those at the bottom, they can see nothing

delivered in the first That's why I have always said it's

a marathon and not a sprint. I'm afraid it will take some time

for Londoners to see some How many are you going

to build do you think? I haven't set a target

in my manifesto about the number of homes I will build

for one simple reason. If it is the case the government

wants to get rid of EU workers, who are so important on construction

sites, if that's the case then developers will lack confidence

because of a hard Brexit planned by the government, that will lead

to all sort of issues in relation I'm doing my bit in relation

to making sure I negotiate a good I'm doing my bit to make sure

that we have, for the first time ever, a revolving sum of money

so we can buy land. Parents in Croydon are the latest

to be threatened with a ?130 fine for dropping their children off

at school by car. Croydon Council hopes the six month

trial will cut congestion Half eight this morning

and the school run is well under way Parents and children

arriving on foot. The road outside the school

free from congestion. But things haven't

always been like this. When you come out on a morning

it's chock-a-block. So there's cars coming

up, cars coming down. Another occasion they mounted

the pavement and drove They wouldn't check properly

so they could have little We had probably about four or five

incidences where they nearly This week, a pilot scheme has

been launched at three primary schools in Croydon,

including St Chad's, which bans parents from dropping

off their kids by cars at certain If they are caught,

they could face a fine of ?130. Woodcote Primary is one of three

that is part of the pilot. The chairman of governors says

the changes are primarily We lobbied the local council

and police and this is their scheme I don't think it's

unique to Croydon. I don't think it's just to do

with parking and fining parents. It's to do with some wider issues,

pollution and child health. Back at St Chad's, not all parents

are obeying the rules. I got a baby in the car

which is screaming. I need to rush and get home

to feed him, so I think it's a bad idea for them not to allow someone

to park the car here. You're rushing to bring your

children, you have to park all the way out there and rush up

with them and then end up getting We are all struggling parents out

here so we don't have that But the majority of those I spoke

to were in support of the changes, including Blansford

and his granddaughter. It's a good idea for us to park

and then we walk in. I think it's fun and

it's good exercise. Those who are physically unable

to walk can apply for permits. The council says if the six-month

pilot is successful, it could be rolled out at other

schools in the borough. A council in Surrey has approved

plans to introduce parking charges Campaigners had argued that some pay

and display machines aren't accessible to wheelchair users

but the council says Blue badge holders will still get

an extra hour free, and those with the most serious disabilities

won't be charged. A leading Polish fashion chain has

opened its first London store, admitting there are worries about

Brexit. "Reserved" has started

up in Oxford Street, as a leaked Home Office document

suggested future restrictions Our political editor

Tim Donovan has this. This is the grand opening of

Reserved, which is the first venture of this big Polish brand into

London. They have 1700 stores currently across eastern and central

Europe. Kate Moss was here opening the store earlier this morning. I'm

joined by their chief finance officer. Why opening here now in

Oxford Street in London at a time when we are moving away from Europe?

London is the capital city of fashion. We are here with our brand,

to show our product, our marketing to people in the UK and Londoners,

but also to all the tourists coming to London from all across the world.

Because it's about brand awareness and brand recognition. We want our

brands to become global. When you see the signs that there might be

restrictions on people, low skilled workers, perhaps for two years, how

worried are you? It wasn't a big problem to find people to work for

us in London. I think it will continue that still lots of people

will be available in the market. It is worrying for us because probably

wages will go up. But on the other hand, when wages go up, people have

more money to spend, which we like. So you're not feeling too

pessimistic at the moment but there are still answers you need? Yes, I

would say we are very excited about this place, about Oxford Street and

our store here. But there are some challenges in business. We have

passed many others, we have 1700 stores across Europe, in different

countries. So in the long term we believe in the UK market. Thanks

very much. And this is the first Reserved store in London, and they

are promising to be here at least ten years.

From the glamorous world of fashion to the downright ugly.

An office block in Victoria has received the dubious

honour of being named the Uk's worst building.

Its architects described the Nova Victoria as "distinct

and architecturally daring" but the judges disagreed,

referring to it instead as a "bright red hideous mess".

It is the sixth consecutive time a London building has scooped award

Not as windy as we are seeing elsewhere?

Certainly not, quite a quiet and calm day in London. A bit of cloud

and sunshine around, but we are starting to see and maybe even feel

just a little bit more autumnal. The leaves are starting to change a

little bit. Conkers starting to appear. The temperature is a little

cooler than yesterday. We have lost humidity. Bright and sunny spells

this afternoon, similar to the morning we've had. The wind is

starting to freshen a little bit. In overexposed areas it might start to

feel a little bit fresher. In the sunshine and sheltered spots, it

will feel quite pleasant, a maximum of 20 Celsius. Overnight tonight, a

bit of cloud around at first, but it should clear through the night.

Towards dawn, clear skies and the wind will be lighter, allowing the

temperature to drop, maybe feeling than it was this morning tomorrow.

11 or 12 that the minimum. A promising start to tomorrow. Some

practice and sunshine, but the cloud will move in quickly and we will see

showers arriving in the latter stages tomorrow afternoon and into

the evening. Wind also starting to strengthen tomorrow afternoon.

Temperatures staying at around 20. This deep area of low pressure to

the north of the UK brings in some fairly persistent rain as we had

overnight Thursday into Friday. It will stay unsettled through the

weekend. A chance of showers on Saturday and more wind and rain

through Sunday. Riz will be here with our

6:30pm evening programme. But for now, from us all,

a very good afternoon. He's gone off before,

only this time it's been ten days. I'm an investigator.

His wife's very worried for him. Owen has written a very thinly

disguised slandering of the people who've tried

to help him. Quine knew a lot of damaging

stuff... You're going to have to

take on a new investigator. I don't want your boss

anywhere near our wedding. I'm not going to ask you to

ruin your marriage over a job.