01/12/2017 London News

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I'm Victoria Hollins.

The Mayor has seized

control of the former

Olympic Stadium following a damning

report into its costs.

The independent review has found it

cost £133 million more to transform

into West Ham's stadium

than it was supposed to, and that

unless further action is taken,

the stadium will continue to cost

the taxpayer up to £20

million every year.

Newham Council has also admitted it

has lost around £50 million

as part of the deal.

The Mayor, Sadiq Khan,

has been speaking to our political

editor Tim Donovan.

Why should the London taxpayer be

subsidising the Premier League club?

Why should taxpayers from around

the country be subsidising

on an annual basis of up

to £20 million

a multi-purpose venue?

What I would have done is made sure

we enter into commercial deals that

doesn't lead to the taxpayer losing

money but leads to companies

and businesses to make

profits paying their fair share.

This is a multi-purpose world class

venue, we should all be really proud

of the London stadium.

What we shouldn't be doing, though,

is throwing down a money pit.

Actually, the cost of this stadium

now exceeds more than £720 million.

We are going to have to pay every

year, roughly speaking,

£20 million if we're going to make

it into a multi-purpose

world class venue.

Of course we want a legacy

and anybody who visits that part

of London will see the fantastic

legacy, the transformation,

the regeneration of the jobs created

but I think it's not unreasonable

for taxpayers to expect

their leaders, whether it's me

as the current mayor,

or the previous mayor to enter

into contracts and deals

that's good for them.

One of the things we have to do

is simplify the governance procedure

to make sure we can enter

into new financial

contracts going forward.

New revenue drawn from E20

which residents will continue

to have the benefits of the stadium,

the athletics club next door,

other events taking place

during the course of the year,

made sure that residents can

continue to benefit from that.

They've already have benefitted

from jobs created locally.

We have to make sure the chief

restructuring officer I have

appointed and others can negotiate

with people, them knowing

who is in charge of the stadium.

Survivors and those who lost loved

ones in the Grenfell fire say

the public inquiry into the disaster

will be a whitewash -

unless a diverse panel is appointed

to oversee the proceedings.

They are urging the Prime Minister

to intervene, to appoint a more

diverse range of people to the panel

to oversee proceedings.

Andy Moore reports.

All the victims of the Grenfell

Tower Fire have now been identified.

The work to cover up the charred

remains of the building

is just beginning.

Welcome to the opening session

of the enquiry...

There's been a brief formal opening

of the official enquiry,

led by the retired judge

Sir Martin Moore-Bick.

It's due to resume again

with procedural hearings

later this month.

But those that have lost loved ones,

say the Prime Minister needs appoint

a diverse panel around Sir Martin

that truly represents them.

Let's have openness

and transparency.

We're not asking for anything that's

difficult,

we're asking for a level

playing field, and I don't think

we've got that so far.

Karim's uncle died in the fire,

he says families may not

cooperate with the enquiry,

unless they're listened to.

We are the ones that lost families,

and we want a fair crack at justice.

And we want to be listened to,

we don't want to be ignored.

And we want a panel of people

to be able to understand

us and our concerns,

and to assist with the judge

in making the decisions

and reporting back

to the Prime Minister.

The families have launched

an online petition, calling

for the appointment of

panel members and better

legal representation at the inquiry.

The government says Sir Martin

is still deciding what expert help

he needs, and after that,

a decision will be made

about any possible panel.

The government also says the lawyers

representing the families will be

allowed to play an active role

in the proceedings.

Andy Moore, BBC News.

A retired window cleaner has been

jailed for a year after failing

to reveal what he'd done with money

he inherited from one

of his customers.

98-year-old Julie Spalding from

Hendon left Albert Pearce around

£300,000 when she died in 2008.

Her family contested it and won

but Mr Pearce refused

to pay the money back.

Today is World Aids Day,

and a new collaboration has been

launched in the capital to tackle

HIV in an area with some

of the highest levels of infection.

The Elton John Aids Foundation

will partner with Lambeth,

Southwark and Lewisham Councils

and the NHS, to try and reduce HIV

transmission in South East London.

Our Government has just gone

through a period of heavy austerity.

The NHS is a strained resource

and we have proven to them,

we have taken them an economic model

that says if we invest and find

undetected HIV now it actually saves

the NHS money in the long run

so we'll bring the investment

upfront to look after the costs

of doing that and when someone

is on treatment and we have detected

them, the benefits pay

out much, much more.

It's a treasure trove of once

loved - now lost - items.

London Underground

lost property office.

Amongst the piles of

belongings are many toys.

Now, some of those that have been

left unclaimed are going to be

donated to the Salvation Army,

who will give them to children

who might not otherwise receive

presents this Christmas.

Here's our transport

correspondent Tom Edwards.

These are the capital's lost toys.

Mislaid on the transport system. And

thousands of them have ended up here

in London Underground's Lost

Property office. Dolls, games, and

even eight monopoly sets. The Greek

version.

We have gone through phases

of electronic toys and new gadgets.

It's always interesting to see the

old favourites are still there. This

year it's a lot of the old school.

It's toys, jigsaws, games. I find

that kind of refreshing that maybe

in the modern era there is still

this need for good old-fashioned fun

that's passed on from generation to

generation.

At the office they say

anything you can carry on public

transport you can lose as well. Last

year, 325,000 items ended up here,

of those, 77,000 were reclaimed.

That means many keys, mobile phones

and items of clothing are not.

During the year, any toys lost are

sent on to charities after three

months. But new toys are now kept

back to give to the Salvation Army.

Year on year, you get the families

turn up who are desperate for their

children to have a good Christmas, a

happy Christmas and if you are not

able to provide your children with

the toys that, or even a present

they can open on Christmas Day, you

feel bad and the child has a bad

Christmas. These bring joy and

happiness to children, joy and

happiness to the parent and careers

and just makes for a better

Christmas for all.

It's hoped by

passing on these lost toys it will

make a difference to some children

this Christmas.

Do love a happy ending. Let's check

on the weather. Still chilly but

better. Yes, without the excitement

of the flakes of snow we saw in

London yesterday. It was a cloudy

start. It is still chilly. We had

showers earlier on this morning as

well. Sunnier conditions really as

we head through the rest of

That cold bitter wind is eventually

going to ease down as well. This is

the radar picture from earlier. We

still have this line of showers

across parts of Essex and Kent and

perhaps up to north eastern areas of

the capital we could still see a few

spots of rain up there still.

Elsewhere it's dry, we have spells

of brightness and sunshine. Top

temperatures today, seven. That's

milder than yesterday but of course

it's feeling cooler with still that

northerly wind. That's going to

change through this evening and

overnight. We will see an early dip

in temperatures down to possibly

two, three degrees. Maybe a touch of

rural frost through the first part

of the night. Then it will cloud

over as we head into tomorrow

morning. This is what we are left

with for the start of the day

tomorrow. These are the general

themes over the weekend. It should

stay mostly dry, although a bit of

drizzle around at times. It will

gradually turn less colder, I

hesitate to say milder. Tomorrow

will still be chilly but milder by

Sunday. Plenty of cloud around at

times too. This is tomorrow. It's

grey, damp and drizzly, it's not

very nice but could brighten up

perhaps into the afternoon. Notice

the change in wind direction coming

in from the west. We have lost that

cold northerly basically. Brightness

in the afternoon, won't feel too bad

but still at six or seven degrees.

Things will cheer up on Sunday.

Cloudy start, brighter later on.

Highs of 11. That's where we tend to

stay for the start of next week.

Thank you very much.

That's about it from me, we are here

with our 6. 30pm evening programme.

For now, whatever you are doing,

have a lovely afternoon, bye.