0:00:00 > 0:00:13continues as inflation hits its highest level for almost six years.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Welcome to BBC London News. highest level for almost six years.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18I'm Victoria Hollins. highest level for almost six years.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22The Mayor has launched the capital's second Low Emission Bus Zone.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24It'll run from Streatham to Brixton, one of the worst
0:00:24 > 0:00:26polluted areas in London.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31Brixton Road exceeded hourly legal levels of nitrogen dioxide on over
0:00:31 > 0:00:33500 occasions last year - nearly 30 times more
0:00:33 > 0:00:34than EU rules allow.
0:00:34 > 0:00:44Here's our transport correspondent Tom Edwards.
0:00:46 > 0:00:53On Brixton high street, the Mayor met local campaigners Mums For
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Lungs. They welcome his plans to run only cleaner buses here but they
0:00:57 > 0:01:02want more action.The future, growing up in this area, and whether
0:01:02 > 0:01:06it will affect their health. We really hope that with a huge numbers
0:01:06 > 0:01:09of buses running down this road that it would make a difference.The
0:01:09 > 0:01:14corridor is a great thing but we can see there was lots more they can do.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Brixton high Street is heavily polluted, in part due to high number
0:01:18 > 0:01:21of diesel buses. Now only ones that meet the latest engine standards
0:01:21 > 0:01:28will be able to use route.We can't clean up all the buses in London, we
0:01:28 > 0:01:34are doing it is one area at a time. The dirtiest air is done first.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39Putney was first in Brixton is second. It takes longer than we
0:01:39 > 0:01:47thought, so we are learning the lessons.The first low emission bus
0:01:47 > 0:01:51zone was Putney high Street. City Hall says emissions have dropped
0:01:51 > 0:01:57there. Initially, the more polluting buses were moved onto other brutes.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02Wandsworth Council said it was just shifting the problem. And there are
0:02:02 > 0:02:07similar concerns now in Lambeth.The concern is that they just move it,
0:02:07 > 0:02:12that it displaces the dirty buses elsewhere - what do you say to that?
0:02:12 > 0:02:16It is a valid concern. This is a London- wide problem and we
0:02:16 > 0:02:20shouldn't be displacing buses to other parts of London but also to
0:02:20 > 0:02:27get rid of all polluting buses that actually travel in London.Transport
0:02:27 > 0:02:31For London says diesel buses are being phased out and business groups
0:02:31 > 0:02:36say the low emission bus zones are a step forward.We want people to be
0:02:36 > 0:02:43lingering on the high Street, to be sitting. You want the place to have
0:02:43 > 0:02:51an extra buzz.Calls to clean up London's air seemed to be
0:02:51 > 0:02:52increasing.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55A Conservative Parliamentary aide has gone on trial, accused of raping
0:02:55 > 0:02:56a woman at Westminster.
0:02:56 > 0:02:5824-year-old Samuel Armstrong's alleged to have assaulted the woman
0:02:58 > 0:03:00after an evening of drinking at his workplace
0:03:00 > 0:03:01in October last year.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Armstrong denies rape and sexual assault.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Nearly six months on from the fire at Grenfell Tower, Kensington
0:03:07 > 0:03:10and Chelsea Council says it's leading the biggest house-purchasing
0:03:10 > 0:03:13programme by any local authority in recent history.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16It's promising to make 300 new properties available by Christmas.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20But so far just 45 of the 208 families have moved into permanent
0:03:20 > 0:03:23homes, and many are expected to still be in temporary
0:03:23 > 0:03:29accommodation over the festive period.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Our reporter Frankie McCamley has been given access to some
0:03:31 > 0:03:40of the new homes available to residents.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43So, this is a two-bedroom flat we've acquired this week.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44It's going on the website.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47This is just one of the new council properties bought for people
0:03:47 > 0:03:49who lost their homes because of the fire at Grenfell Tower.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53The pace has been very slow, but equally, we have
0:03:53 > 0:03:55been gathering information as far as people are concerned, what people
0:03:55 > 0:03:58want, but we stress that we've always run the place of the
0:03:58 > 0:04:08individual.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11want, but we stress that we've --always run at the pace of the
0:04:11 > 0:04:12individual.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15We have not run at our pace or set a dictation saying
0:04:15 > 0:04:16people must be by a certain time.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18But many don't think they'll be in these permanent
0:04:19 > 0:04:20homes any time soon.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Hi, Thiago.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22How are you doing?
0:04:22 > 0:04:23So, this is your room, your home?
0:04:23 > 0:04:24Yeah.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25OK, so...
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Yeah, basically, keep my shoes, some trousers that people
0:04:28 > 0:04:29have given me.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30So this is basically your kitchen.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32After escaping from the 13th floor of Grenfell Tower,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Thiago Alvez has lived in this hotel for nearly six months.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37I don't really feel at home here.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39This is basically a place for me to sleep.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41You know, you can't make a home out of a hotel.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45Eight, nine, ten, 11, 12, 13...
0:04:45 > 0:04:47I've applied for 15 properties permanently, and I've not
0:04:47 > 0:04:50had the opportunity to go and see any of these properties.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Now, the reason for that is, there is a
0:04:52 > 0:04:56priority listing, which I completely understand.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00There are people who need this house more than me, but
0:05:00 > 0:05:03the way the council is trying to say that, you know, we allowing people
0:05:03 > 0:05:06to go at their own pace, that's not the case.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08I haven't been offered a permanent property at all, haven't
0:05:08 > 0:05:10even gone to see any permanent properties.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12What does that feel like, when you're applying and
0:05:12 > 0:05:13applying and you get no response?
0:05:13 > 0:05:17It feels like they care more...
0:05:17 > 0:05:19..about me as a number than me as an individual.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22The council has now given Thiago is a temporary home.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24It says it's working round-the-clock bug rehousing bereaved and those
0:05:24 > 0:05:26with children is its priority.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Thiago is looking forward to getting out of here before Christmas.
0:05:30 > 0:05:38Frankie McCamley, BBC London News.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40It's a little known hidden gem.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42The Cinema Museum is a treasure trove of relics from
0:05:42 > 0:05:44the pre-multiplex era.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46It houses a huge selection of memorabilia which started
0:05:46 > 0:05:51as the personal collection of a ten year old boy 70 years ago.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54For the last two decades it's been on public display at a Grade II
0:05:54 > 0:05:58listed building in South London.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01But now it's under threat and may have to close permanently.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04The NHS, which owns the building, wants to sell it, and the museum's
0:06:04 > 0:06:06attempts to buy it have so far failed.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Alpa Patel reports.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10It is a look into a forgotten past.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11At the helm, 81-year-old Ronald Grant.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Admission for one.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Is a fanatical connector collector of cinema memorabilia.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19It all began when he took a job as a projectionist at the age of 15.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22I was in a warm place, being paid to watch cowboy films.
0:06:22 > 0:06:28It was paradise.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Almost 70 years on, Ronald has made it his mission to acquire everything
0:06:31 > 0:06:35and anything related to cinema.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37His collection is vast and includes this
0:06:37 > 0:06:42slide lantern dating back to the 1920s.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45I can't focus it.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Oh, it's the...
0:06:46 > 0:06:51This is the thing that's wrong.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54It may have been lost if Ronald hadn't given it a home.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55You see the light?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Upstairs in the cinema room, we meet Ronald's
0:06:57 > 0:06:58partner, Martin.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00He helped set up the cinema museum on Valentine's Day
0:07:01 > 0:07:031998.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Because the cinema appeared to be in decline, we were rescuing
0:07:06 > 0:07:09these objects in order to keep a sense of social history.
0:07:09 > 0:07:16So that we could remember what it was like.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18But like any love story, they are facing
0:07:18 > 0:07:20a huge obstacle - the building's donors
0:07:20 > 0:07:22have decided to sell, and
0:07:22 > 0:07:25that means Martin and Ronald may no longer be able to lease this
0:07:25 > 0:07:28space.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32This piece of equipment is for showing messages on the screen,
0:07:32 > 0:07:38for showing still slides, say, is there a doctor in the house?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Will the person with car number EV 254
0:07:40 > 0:07:41move it?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Absolutely crushing.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45That's my life's work in the gutter.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Would you set up anywhere else?
0:07:47 > 0:07:48No.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49No.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52If it's the end, it's the end, I'm afraid.
0:07:52 > 0:07:59Alpa Patel, BBC London News.
0:07:59 > 0:08:07What they find! -- what a find!
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Now, the weather with Elizabeth Rizzini.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Hello, good afternoon.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12As expected, it was a very cold night last night,
0:08:12 > 0:08:15and we saw some temperatures dipped to minus three Celsius.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Here are some of your Weather watchers photos of the ice around
0:08:18 > 0:08:19this morning.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20Temperatures will continue the struggle for the rest
0:08:20 > 0:08:21of the day.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Some places not getting much above freezing, but there will
0:08:24 > 0:08:27be some sunshine around, and the winds are nice and light too.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29High cloud spreading in from the West as
0:08:29 > 0:08:31we head through to the end of the day.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32These will be the highs.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Still feeling cold for the first part of
0:08:34 > 0:08:36the night.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Temperatures again dipping just beyond freezing.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Then some mild air coming through, bringing
0:08:40 > 0:08:41outbreaks of rain, and the
0:08:41 > 0:08:42wind will pick up.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Still cold enough for some ice to form into tomorrow
0:08:45 > 0:08:47morning, as it tends to dry out once more,
0:08:47 > 0:08:48particularly when we do still
0:08:48 > 0:08:50have a little bit of lying snow perhaps.
0:08:50 > 0:08:51Generally it will feel milder.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Through the morning, we are expecting plenty of cloud and some
0:08:54 > 0:08:57outbreaks of rain tomorrow.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58Always quite breezy the south-westerly
0:08:58 > 0:09:00wind.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Temperatures of 6-9dC.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Probably dry again by the end of the day.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08It will feel temporarily milder tomorrow.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12Cooler air is back towards the end of the week, but not as cold
0:09:12 > 0:09:13as it has been.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17There will also be some sunshine.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18That's about it from me.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Riz Lateef will be here with our 6:30 evening programme.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23But for now, from us all, a very good afternoon.