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0:00:14 > 0:00:15Good afternoon and welcome to BBC London News.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17I'm Sonja Jessup.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Knife crime in the capital is on the rise
0:00:20 > 0:00:21and today a new campaign's been launched
0:00:21 > 0:00:24urging young people not to carry a weapon.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26The Mayor Sadiq Khan hopes teenagers will take to social
0:00:26 > 0:00:30media to back the message "London Needs You Alive".
0:00:30 > 0:00:32But amidst the many violent videos available online glamorising knives,
0:00:32 > 0:00:34will young people take any notice?
0:00:34 > 0:00:43Here's our Home Affairs Correspondent Nick Beake.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51I and this postcode. I am this city. I'm important. -- I am this
0:00:51 > 0:00:55postcode.Young voices from different parts of this city, all
0:00:55 > 0:01:00with the same message.London leads me alive.London needs me alive.
0:01:00 > 0:01:05After a year of more stabbings, this is the attempt by the mayor to get
0:01:05 > 0:01:09teenagers to think twice before reaching for a blade.-- London
0:01:09 > 0:01:15needs me alive.So I don't carry a knife.The play is that London
0:01:15 > 0:01:19desperately needs their talents. London needs you live!In Brixton,
0:01:19 > 0:01:24Sadiq Khan met children who had been posting online explaining why their
0:01:24 > 0:01:30lives are valuable. It is a campaign backed by London rappers, bloggers
0:01:30 > 0:01:34and musicians, it is hoped their status on social media will help the
0:01:34 > 0:01:38message gets through.Will this make a difference?We have a door that we
0:01:38 > 0:01:42can to address the issue of knife crime, rising across the country,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45not just London, part of a package of measures along with schools
0:01:45 > 0:01:49playing their part, the police playing their part, parents, civic
0:01:49 > 0:01:54leaders, youth leaders, all of us have a role in order to make sure we
0:01:54 > 0:02:00address the knife crime.Yvonne's teenage son was stabbed to death in
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Edmonton seven years ago.It can make a huge difference to the young
0:02:04 > 0:02:07people already engrossed in criminality... But that is yet to be
0:02:07 > 0:02:11proven...This positive message may well get to some kids in London, but
0:02:11 > 0:02:15there is no doubt it will also be competing with many other negative
0:02:15 > 0:02:22messages online. We're talking back videos, music, which glorify
0:02:22 > 0:02:28violence, intensified gang rivalry, and leads to more knife crime. For
0:02:28 > 0:02:31eight months this year, YouTube refused the Met police's request to
0:02:31 > 0:02:34take down these four videos, now
0:02:34 > 0:02:34refused the Met police's request to take down these four videos, now
0:02:34 > 0:02:38they have relented, apart from this one, still up-to-date, which
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Scotland Yard
0:02:40 > 0:02:41one, still up-to-date, which Scotland Yard claims is encouraging
0:02:41 > 0:02:46stabbings. So, social media videos, a force for good and bad. In this
0:02:46 > 0:02:50case, they hope that it will save lives.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Plans to build a new Westfield shopping centre in Croydon have been
0:02:55 > 0:02:56approved by the local council.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58The £1.4 billion centre has been hailed
0:02:58 > 0:02:59as "fantastic news" for the area
0:02:59 > 0:03:02with the promise of 7,000 new jobs and a 1,000 new homes.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Work, which will see the town's Whitgift and Centrale shopping
0:03:05 > 0:03:06centres redeveloped,
0:03:06 > 0:03:11will begin in 2019.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Not long to go before Children In Need.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19The big day is this Friday.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Last year millions of pounds were raised.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Which helped many charities right here in the capital.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Among them, the Ahoy Centre in south London,
0:03:26 > 0:03:28which works with disadvantaged young people, teaching them life skills
0:03:28 > 0:03:38through sailing on the Thames.
0:03:38 > 0:03:45Three, two, one...One of the mottos that we have here at Ahoy Centre,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48whatever is on the outside, stuffed with schooling, family pressures, we
0:03:48 > 0:03:52leave that at the door. You come in, we are here to sail and learn and
0:03:52 > 0:03:57have fun. My name is set, I am a senior instructor. I came you when I
0:03:57 > 0:04:02was 12 to 13, and now, I run the apprenticeship programme. A lot of
0:04:02 > 0:04:06people who come here, myself included, they did not do amazingly
0:04:06 > 0:04:12well at school. I have dyslexia. When it comes to the more practical
0:04:12 > 0:04:15side, I think that I have done a lot better. -- my name is Zack. The
0:04:15 > 0:04:19water is not at its cleanest, so we will not be going on the water, but
0:04:19 > 0:04:24there is still lots of fun stuff to do on land. Exactly. We are based on
0:04:24 > 0:04:28the board of Deptford, with Greenwich, and there are some
0:04:28 > 0:04:32families that may be more disadvantaged than others. That is
0:04:32 > 0:04:37partly the people that we take in, we also take in people with learning
0:04:37 > 0:04:40difficulties. The main demographic is eight to 12-year-old.My name is
0:04:40 > 0:04:45Emmanuel, we go sailing, we learn how to do tacking, and I like coming
0:04:45 > 0:04:49here because I learn new fun stuff with my best friend, ester. --
0:04:49 > 0:04:57Emanuela.My name is Esther and I just finished my three-week stage
0:04:57 > 0:05:02one course, and happily, I passed. When I am on the water, I feel like
0:05:02 > 0:05:09I can be free, I do not worry about anything.Sometimes it is just good
0:05:09 > 0:05:16to go places, and not always be at home.The money that is raised goes
0:05:16 > 0:05:19towards helping young people find a hobby or find something they wish to
0:05:19 > 0:05:24continue. For these kids, not only are they learning new skills, they
0:05:24 > 0:05:38are socialising, they make and find friends they never would have had.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Now I don't know what your memories of school dinners are like-
0:05:41 > 0:05:44but students in north London have been served up platefuls of insects.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47It's part of a project to get them thinking about alternative
0:05:47 > 0:05:49ways to feed everyone on the planet in future.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Caroline Davis has bravely been to Clapton Girls Academy
0:05:51 > 0:05:53to see what's on the menu.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57This is not your normal school lunch, and these are not your normal
0:05:57 > 0:06:04ingredients.Here we have got some mealworms. Grasshoppers add a nice
0:06:04 > 0:06:10spicy tangy taste. I will leave some behind so the kids can see what they
0:06:10 > 0:06:16are eating.Waiting nervously, the students.It is more ethical but
0:06:16 > 0:06:21also I am a bit...Report... It is disgusting, but let's see! God
0:06:21 > 0:06:26knows!First up, insect cuss cuss, which took some getting used to.It
0:06:26 > 0:06:33is the fact that... I cannot swallow it.Then hummus and dips with a
0:06:33 > 0:06:38sprinkling of mealworms. -- cous cous.It was all right, but I would
0:06:38 > 0:06:44try it again.You have got a few more courses to come!O God! I do
0:06:44 > 0:06:56not get away that lightly.Down the hatch... Well... Crunchy... This is
0:06:56 > 0:06:59not only about testing your taste buds, there is something educational
0:06:59 > 0:07:06going on too.Today's event is about understanding how and why insects
0:07:06 > 0:07:12are sustainable but we also are challenging their mindset about what
0:07:12 > 0:07:18they can eat.Onto the main, mealworms burgers, they divide
0:07:18 > 0:07:24opinion.These worms... It is a bit scratchy... But it tastes like a
0:07:24 > 0:07:32normal burger.Would they eat insects again?At first I was
0:07:32 > 0:07:36scared, but now I am a bit more... I am more calm about it but I still
0:07:36 > 0:07:41would not eat this in the future.I am kind of afraid of insects, now
0:07:41 > 0:07:46they are kind of good.It is a start but the meal of the future might be
0:07:46 > 0:07:50an acquired taste.No, that is disgusting!
0:07:50 > 0:07:54I thought they do very well to try it anyway! Time for the weather
0:07:54 > 0:07:57forecast.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Predominantly cloudy, one or two brighter spells, one or two places
0:08:01 > 0:08:06rather grey and rather gloomy, this will continue into the afternoon. We
0:08:06 > 0:08:10may get one or two brighter spells but in the most part, it will remain
0:08:10 > 0:08:15rather grey, despite all this cloud, it is feeding quite mild, the
0:08:15 > 0:08:20temperature this afternoon in the light wind getting up to 13 Celsius.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24For mid-November, not too bad at all. Overnight tonight, once the sun
0:08:24 > 0:08:29sets, conditions stay similar, another mild night, a bit of mist
0:08:29 > 0:08:34and murk developing, so difficult driving conditions tomorrow morning
0:08:34 > 0:08:39we could see spots of light rain and drizzle. Temperature barely sift
0:08:39 > 0:08:43shifting from the maximum, nine or 10 Celsius. Similar start tomorrow
0:08:43 > 0:08:47morning, misty and murky, fog lifting, respite later in the
0:08:47 > 0:08:51morning, bright spells, sunshine ahead of the next weather front,
0:08:51 > 0:08:56which comes towards the end of the afternoon, being cloud. Temperature,
0:08:56 > 0:09:00mild, 14 Celsius. Light rain arrives through Thursday afternoon into the
0:09:00 > 0:09:06evening, moving south, behind it, the air is much clearer. No cloud,
0:09:06 > 0:09:10temperature drops down to low single figures, could be waking up to a
0:09:10 > 0:09:14frost on Friday morning, it is going to be cold but we should at least
0:09:14 > 0:09:17see the return of some sunshine.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23That's all from us on the lunchtime team.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28There's more at 6.30pm, with Claudia Liza.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29Have a great