22/11/2017 London News

That's all from the BBC News at One,

so it's goodbye from me,

Good afternoon, I'm Asad Ahmad.

So the Chancellor has been

delivering his Budget -

his first since the General

Election - with more eyes

upon him than usual.

In London, people are wondering

what he's going to do

about the pressing issue of building

more homes, and of course, the NHS.

He'll be looking to

revive the Government's

fortunes in London,

where they faired badly in June.

Our political editor,

Tim Donovan, is in Westminster

following what's been said.

Tim...

In the last few minutes I am hearing

that Grenfell Tower has been

mentioned?

Yeah, it would have been

hard for the Chancellor to ignore

such an event this year. He has said

he is making available £28 million

to deal with some of the mental

health issues that have arisen after

what happened at Grenfell and to

provide community space. No more

detail. It may emerge later. He was

also clear he would not be ruling

out helping local authorities with

safety work on tower blocks,

although as we know, at the moment

very little money has gone out the

door. It has been stressed that is

for essential work. The only other

major announcement is quite

technical but could be important.

London is being allowed to pilot a

way of keeping all the business

rates, all the money levied on

businesses in this capital each

year, keep any increase on that this

year and are divided between the

mayor and the boroughs. That could

go into infrastructure. There was a

brief mention of the infrastructure

project, Crossrail two, but not

quite as much as the mayor would

have liked.

Mr Deputy Speaker, we are piloting

100% business rates retention in

London next year and continuing to

work with TEFL on the funding and

financing of Crossrail.

The mayor was hoping for action on

air quality.

Is he going to be happy

today? He has already introduced a

zone here. He will be developing the

idea of tackling high polluting

diesel vehicles. Not much from the

Chancellor is specific to London.

There will be a £220 million

clean-air font that London will be

competing for against other cities.

Taken as a whole so far, I would say

the Budget seems to have suggested

an emphasis on the Midlands, Tyne &

Wear on the north, infrastructure

projects there, rather than the

capital.

I know you will spend this afternoon

analysing what has been said. We

will hear from you later. Thanks.

Scientists at the University

of London may have found a drink,

which effectively fights deadly

infections like MRSA and Ecoli -

without the need for antibiotics.

It was discovered by

a farmer in Surrey,

who used the mixture for his cows.

But now the human version

of the drink may become

an alternative for those resistant

to traditional antibiotics.

Helen Mulroy has more.

And delegates from south London

knows first-hand how serious it can

be when antibiotics don't work. --

Angela.

My immune system was very

low over 20 weeks last year. I said

to the doctor, I can't do this, not

for another year.

The inefficacy of

antibiotics is an all too common

occurrence which we are being warned

could get worse. With scientists

around the globe looking for

alternatives, one potential option

may have been discovered in an

unlikely place in Surrey.

I was a

farmer feeding concentrated pellets

to my animals, I knew it was laced

with antibiotics. I thought they

needed to be a better way of doing

this.

Former farmer Barry Smith

stumbled across a drink from Froch

created from fermented barley. More

than a decade later it has been

developed into a food supplement for

humans. Probiotics may be a term you

are familiar with from your own

fridge. But the key to their success

is ultimately where they can survive

the journey through the hostile

environment that is our bodies and

make it to our digestive system

alive. And that that is something

this has proven to be good at.

If

you have got an infection and you

take it, the testing showed your

pathogen numbers will go down and

all of your good bacteria will go

up.

For Angela it has been a game

changer.

It has absolutely changed

my life. I feel better now than

before I even became ill.

With her

husband she is looking forward to

making plans for the future.

British Transport Police have

released footage of two

teenagers from East London,

who've been convicted of endangering

the safety of a person,

after they filmed themselves train

surfing at 80 miles an hour.

They stood between carriages

on the train between Brentwood

and Manor Park, and uploaded

the footage to YouTube,

which alerted police.

18 year-old Harris Ahmed

from Manor Park, and a younger boy,

were given a Community Order

and a fine.

British Transport Police say they'll

prosecute anyone who copies this

"reckless" behaviour.

An archive strongroom

specially created by

East London Mosque, and the first

of its kind in Europe,

will be unveiled by the Mayor

of London in a few hours' time.

It charts the history of Muslims

in London, and has documents

going back a hundred years,

showing how not only Whitechapel,

but the rest of London has changed.

Tolu Adeoye is there.

I'm here at the East London mosques

to get a sneak preview of some of

the documents that will be part of

the UK's a Muslim archive for. We

can see some of them here but they

will be kept in a strongroom in the

basement of the mask. I am joined by

the chair of the archives. Tell me

about some of these documents?

This

is our oldest document. It is from

the 1890s. It belonged to the

merchant seamen who settled in an

area by the docks. The first Muslim

population was in the East End of

London.

And over here I spotted a

London Underground sign. What is

this about?

This is from 1941 when

there was a mosque on commercial

Road and there was a need for a bus

stop. This is an application. The

response was a very polite no.

What

does it say?

It says, your request

for a quotation for notices to be

led -- to be delivered on road

vehicles has been referred.

They are

considering it. Any other things you

would like to point out?

I really

like this one. During the 70s there

was a lot of anti-racist trouble in

the East End and there was

solidarity from the Jewish community

is saying, we stand by you at this

difficult time.

These are just a few

the 200,000 document and items being

held in the archive. Members of the

public can view them by appointment.

A fascinating collection.

Tottenham Hotspur striker

Harry Kane says his team have

proved the doubters wrong,

by finishing top of one

of the toughest groups

in this season's Champions League.

Spurs beat Borussia Dortmund

in Germany, after already

beating European giants Real Madrid.

The win comes after their

disappointment at the weekend,

when they lost to North

London rivals Arsenal in

the Premier League.

Now let's check on the

weather with Kate.

Good afternoon. We have still got

some mild air for this afternoon.

But a strengthening wind. It may not

feel as mild as the numbers suggest.

The wind is breaking up the cloud.

We have had some lovely sunshine.

This afternoon that is likely to

stay in the South and east. That

strengthening wind, the Met Office

has a yellow weather warning in

force. It is for today and

overnight. The strongest winds

likely to arrive towards the end of

the afternoon and into the evening,

just in time for a rush hour. The

maximum temperature likely to reach

14 Celsius. The breeze may make it

feel cooler. The wind continues to

strengthen this evening. Strong and

gusty. 30 to 40 mph. Potentially

stronger. The rain clearing away as

we head towards dawn. Still mild

despite the wind and rain. It is

still going to be breezy tomorrow

but not as strong. That would chase

away the showers first thing.

Temperatures still reaching 14

Celsius but he will start to notice

it will feel a little bit cooler.

That cooling trend continues into

Friday. Much colder. A chilly start

on Saturday.

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