12/12/2017 London News

continues as inflation hits its

highest level for almost six years.

Welcome to BBC London News.

highest level for almost six years.

I'm Victoria Hollins.

highest level for almost six years.

The Mayor has launched the capital's

second Low Emission Bus Zone.

It'll run from Streatham

to Brixton, one of the worst

polluted areas in London.

Brixton Road exceeded hourly legal

levels of nitrogen dioxide on over

500 occasions last year -

nearly 30 times more

than EU rules allow.

Here's our transport

correspondent Tom Edwards.

On Brixton high street, the Mayor

met local campaigners Mums For

Lungs. They welcome his plans to run

only cleaner buses here but they

want more action.

The future,

growing up in this area, and whether

it will affect their health. We

really hope that with a huge numbers

of buses running down this road that

it would make a difference.

The

corridor is a great thing but we can

see there was lots more they can do.

Brixton high Street is heavily

polluted, in part due to high number

of diesel buses. Now only ones that

meet the latest engine standards

will be able to use route.

We can't

clean up all the buses in London, we

are doing it is one area at a time.

The dirtiest air is done first.

Putney was first in Brixton is

second. It takes longer than we

thought, so we are learning the

lessons.

The first low emission bus

zone was Putney high Street. City

Hall says emissions have dropped

there. Initially, the more polluting

buses were moved onto other brutes.

Wandsworth Council said it was just

shifting the problem. And there are

similar concerns now in Lambeth.

The

concern is that they just move it,

that it displaces the dirty buses

elsewhere - what do you say to that?

It is a valid concern. This is a

London- wide problem and we

shouldn't be displacing buses to

other parts of London but also to

get rid of all polluting buses that

actually travel in London.

Transport

For London says diesel buses are

being phased out and business groups

say the low emission bus zones are a

step forward.

We want people to be

lingering on the high Street, to be

sitting. You want the place to have

an extra buzz.

Calls to clean up

London's air seemed to be

increasing.

A Conservative Parliamentary aide

has gone on trial, accused of raping

a woman at Westminster.

24-year-old Samuel Armstrong's

alleged to have assaulted the woman

after an evening of drinking

at his workplace

in October last year.

Armstrong denies rape

and sexual assault.

Nearly six months on from the fire

at Grenfell Tower, Kensington

and Chelsea Council says it's

leading the biggest house-purchasing

programme by any local

authority in recent history.

It's promising to make 300 new

properties available by Christmas.

But so far just 45 of the 208

families have moved into permanent

homes, and many are expected

to still be in temporary

accommodation over

the festive period.

Our reporter Frankie McCamley has

been given access to some

of the new homes available

to residents.

So, this is a two-bedroom flat

we've acquired this week.

It's going on the website.

This is just one of the new council

properties bought for people

who lost their homes because of

the fire at Grenfell Tower.

The pace has been very slow,

but equally, we have

been gathering information as far

as people are concerned, what people

want, but we stress that we've

always run the place of the

individual.

want, but we stress that we've

--always run at the pace of the

individual.

We have not run at our pace

or set a dictation saying

people must be by a certain time.

But many don't think they'll

be in these permanent

homes any time soon.

Hi, Thiago.

How are you doing?

So, this is your room, your home?

Yeah.

OK, so...

Yeah, basically, keep my shoes,

some trousers that people

have given me.

So this is basically your kitchen.

After escaping from the 13th

floor of Grenfell Tower,

Thiago Alvez has lived in this hotel

for nearly six months.

I don't really feel at home here.

This is basically

a place for me to sleep.

You know, you can't make

a home out of a hotel.

Eight, nine, ten, 11, 12, 13...

I've applied for 15 properties

permanently, and I've not

had the opportunity to go and see

any of these properties.

Now, the reason for

that is, there is a

priority listing, which I

completely understand.

There are people who need this

house more than me, but

the way the council is trying to say

that, you know, we allowing people

to go at their own pace,

that's not the case.

I haven't been offered a permanent

property at all, haven't

even gone to see any

permanent properties.

What does that feel like,

when you're applying and

applying and you get no response?

It feels like they care more...

..about me as a number

than me as an individual.

The council has now given Thiago

is a temporary home.

It says it's working round-the-clock

bug rehousing bereaved and those

with children is its priority.

Thiago is looking forward to getting

out of here before Christmas.

Frankie McCamley, BBC London News.

It's a little known hidden gem.

The Cinema Museum is a treasure

trove of relics from

the pre-multiplex era.

It houses a huge selection

of memorabilia which started

as the personal collection of a ten

year old boy 70 years ago.

For the last two decades it's been

on public display at a Grade II

listed building in South London.

But now it's under threat and may

have to close permanently.

The NHS, which owns the building,

wants to sell it, and the museum's

attempts to buy it have

so far failed.

Alpa Patel reports.

It is a look into a forgotten past.

At the helm, 81-year-old

Ronald Grant.

Admission for one.

Is a fanatical connector collector

of cinema memorabilia.

It all began when he took a job

as a projectionist at the age of 15.

I was in a warm place,

being paid to watch cowboy films.

It was paradise.

Almost 70 years on, Ronald has made

it his mission to acquire everything

and anything related to cinema.

His collection is vast

and includes this

slide lantern dating

back to the 1920s.

I can't focus it.

Oh, it's the...

This is the thing that's wrong.

It may have been lost if Ronald

hadn't given it a home.

You see the light?

Upstairs in the cinema

room, we meet Ronald's

partner, Martin.

He helped set up the cinema

museum on Valentine's Day

1998.

Because the cinema appeared to be

in decline, we were rescuing

these objects in order to keep

a sense of social history.

So that we could remember

what it was like.

But like any love

story, they are facing

a huge obstacle -

the building's donors

have decided to sell,

and

that means Martin and Ronald may no

longer be able to lease this

space.

This piece of equipment is for

showing messages on the screen,

for showing still slides, say,

is there a doctor in the house?

Will the person with

car number EV 254

move it?

Absolutely crushing.

That's my life's work in the gutter.

Would you set up anywhere else?

No.

No.

If it's the end, it's

the end, I'm afraid.

Alpa Patel, BBC London News.

What they find! -- what a find!

Now, the weather with

Elizabeth Rizzini.

Hello, good afternoon.

As expected, it was a very

cold night last night,

and we saw some temperatures dipped

to minus three Celsius.

Here are some of your Weather

watchers photos of the ice around

this morning.

Temperatures will continue

the struggle for the rest

of the day.

Some places not getting much

above freezing, but there will

be some sunshine around, and

the winds are nice and light too.

High cloud spreading

in from the West as

we head through to

the end of the day.

These will be the highs.

Still feeling cold

for the first part of

the night.

Temperatures again dipping

just beyond freezing.

Then some mild air

coming through, bringing

outbreaks of rain,

and the

wind will pick up.

Still cold enough for some ice

to form into tomorrow

morning, as it tends

to dry out once more,

particularly when we do

still

have a little bit of

lying snow perhaps.

Generally it will feel milder.

Through the morning, we are

expecting plenty of cloud and some

outbreaks of rain tomorrow.

Always quite breezy

the south-westerly

wind.

Temperatures of 6-9dC.

Probably dry again

by the end of the day.

It will feel temporarily

milder tomorrow.

Cooler air is back towards the end

of the week, but not as cold

as it has been.

There will also be some sunshine.

That's about it from me.

Riz Lateef will be here

with our 6:30 evening programme.

But for now, from us all,

a very good afternoon.