08/11/2017 London News

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to BBC London News.

I'm Sonja Jessup.

It's almost a year since

the Croydon tram crash.

Seven people were killed

when their tram came off

the rails and overturned.

Some of the families of those

who died have told BBC

London they feel forgotten

by transport bosses.

They've been speaking

to our transport correspondent,

Tom Edwards, ahead of a memorial

service tomorrow to remember those

who lost their lives.

He left here at 20 to six to get on

the ten to six tram at the top of

the road, which he had done for

three months. And at nine minutes

past six, he was gone, wiped out.

Marilyn lost her husband nearly a

year ago, a builder, Philip Logan

was 52. He left one morning and

never came home. His Ashes or in the

corner of the room.

His last words

to me, goodbye, love, what's for

dinner tonight? I said, this is

breakfast time, not dinner time,

phoned me later. And that was it, he

was gone.

In her own words, the last

year has been hell. Marilyn said she

has had one interim payment of

£15,000.

Have you had help,

assistance, from TfL? No, not at

all. Initial interim payment, which

was at the beginning of December.

And nothing since then.

So you feel

like you have been forgotten about?

Yes, absolutely. Her husband was one

of the seven passengers who died

when this tram overturned, speeding

and a sharp corner nearly a year

ago. 51 people were injured. For

Marilyn, Christmas is not going to

be easy.

Not a sign of a Christmas

present. And I have no money to get

any. My family is excellent, they

don't expect, but it is something I

want to do. But without money, I

can't. And it must make you feel

angry. Very angry. Very, very.

Because I should not have to

struggle like this. Who knows when

the claim might go through? You

don't know. A year, two years. Have

I got to live like this for a year

or two years?

The trams are run by

Transport for London and it says it

is concerned if anyone is not

getting the support they need.

Although we paid out over £1 million

already to those affected and their

dependents, if anyone feels that we

have not dealt with their issues in

the way that we should have done,

please get directly in touch, we

will respond immediately and with

urgency to ensure those issues are

tackled. We want to ensure we look

after people properly, we think we

have done so but if we have missed

somebody and it has not quite work

for individuals, then I promise you

we will sort it out.

But for

Marilyn, besides she has been a

struggle, feeling lost in a system

and, until now, forgotten. -- this

last year has been a struggle.

It's been a difficult journey

into work this morning for some

commuters using Southern,

Greater Anglia and South

Western Railway services.

Guards are staging a 48-hour strike,

in their long-running dispute over

driver-only operated trains.

The Department for Transport says

the independent rail regulator has

found that the system is safe,

but the RMT Union disagrees.

The dispute has been going on almost

20 months now and cost the

Government at least £80 million in

lost revenue. And it has been a real

poor service and continues to be a

poor service. All we have ever asked

for is the guarantee there will be a

second safety critical person on the

train, simple as that, and that is

really important bearing in mind the

important issues around

accessibility for disabled people.

Overcrowding on trains and

platforms.

The police watchdog says the police

pursuit of a speeding

car through Luton -

which ended up crashing

and killing a teenage girl -

was "justified and proportionate".

The 15 year old died

in August last year,

after the car she was in hit a speed

bump at 80 miles per hour.

The driver was jailed

for eight years.

The IPCC found the officer

who carried out the pursuit

did so in accordance

with police procedure.

Plans to build a controversial road

tunnel between Greenwich and East

London have been delayed by six

months.

The Silvertown Tunnel was backed

by the Mayor, Sadiq Khan.

But the Government says more time

is needed to consider

its impact on air quality.

The National Infrastructure

Commission's said the delay

is "halting progress",

and "leaving communities in limbo".

Next, the story of how a one-bedroom

council flat in Hemel Hempstead

has been transformed,

inspired - would you believe it?

- by the Sistine Chapel.

It's the work of Diana

Keys, who lives there.

She's spent 40 years painting

every wall and ceiling,

using just her fingers.

Sarah Harris went to meet

her and to take a look.

On her way back from the art shop.

Hello!

From the outside, Diana Keys's

one-bedroom council flat in

Hemel Hempstead looks

like all the others.

But inside, she's been inspired

by the Italian Masters to

paint her own version

of the great murals.

After years of suffering from mental

health issues, this has

been her therapy.

I've never seen the Sistine

Chapel, but I wanted it

to be a bit like that.

If I haven't done anything

in my life, which I haven't

because I've been all in care

and homes and everything,

I like to think that

I've left behind a piece

of love.

Amazingly, Diana uses

only her fingers to paint and always

listens to her favourite classical

music by Bach for inspiration.

Without any kind of training,

creativity helps her live an

independent life.

I've just got it

in me, sort of thing.

I can't paint people, I mean,

like Leonardo da Vinci painted them.

I've just got this idea in my head.

Few people have seen

what she calls Hemel

Hempstead's Sistine Chapel, but

Diana invited in our TV camera as a

way of keeping her artwork alive.

When I eventually go to heaven -

this is what I believe -

the council will

paint over this all magnolia.

And all this 40 years

of painting, which

I've actually done,

it'll be the end of it.

And the reason why I want it to be

shown now is because I

like to think some of it will live

on, even when I'm not here.

It's already taken 40

years to paint, but

70-year-old Diana will keep going

until every inch of her flat is

covered - continually inspired

by her favourite music.

It's lovely, isn't it?

Sarah Harris, BBC London

News, Hemel Hempstead.

Let's get the weather now.

Alina Jenkins is here.

A dull stop this morning.

Typical November day. Not a lot of

rain, but a lot of cloud.

By and large, the further West you

are today, the better chance you

have of seeing sunshine. Most of us

this morning have been underneath

this bank of cloud which is slowly

retreating East, nibbled away from

the West. The best here of the

bright and sunny spells but further

East, we hang the cloud. Possibly

big enough to give the odd spot of

rain, but most places dry, brightest

in the West and temperatures

struggling to get much above 9-10dC.

And a chilly evening and night. The

skies turn increasingly clear.

Likely to see a frost in more rural

spots as temperatures get close to

freezing, and they rise again later

in the night as more cloud across. I

don't, they will be back to 3-4dC.

With the cloud around tomorrow, it

is a cold start tomorrow. The cloud

big enough for rain through the

morning but the day turns dry and

brighter and more in the wave

sunshine through the afternoon. That

helps temperatures to around 11 or

12 Celsius, brighter than today. In

the Friday, the weather fronts at

South across the country. Into an

area of low pressure. But on Friday,

it tends to increase the cloud

through the day, maybe the odd spot

of rain. Rain overnight, and lots of

sunshine but feeling cold in the

wind over the weekend.

Thank you.

wind over the weekend.

Thank you.

Well, that's all for now.

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at 6:30, with our evening news.

Enjoy your afternoon.

Bye-bye.