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0:00:13 > 0:00:14Welcome to BBC London News.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18I'm Sara Orchard.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21It comes around every year - the rise in the cost
0:00:21 > 0:00:22of your train ticket.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25But many Londoners will have escaped that as bus and tube fares have been
0:00:25 > 0:00:27frozen by the mayor.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30But critics say the cost of the fare freeze is too much and it's stopping
0:00:30 > 0:00:31badly needed investment.
0:00:31 > 0:00:37Here's our transport correspondent, Tom Edwards.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41The first day back from many vendor fare rise for some commuters but not
0:00:41 > 0:00:49others. -- but they fare rise. Season-ticket fares have gone by
0:00:49 > 0:00:543.4%. They seemed to be used to the financial pain.Not too bothered, to
0:00:54 > 0:00:57be honest.You have
0:00:57 > 0:00:59financial pain.Not too bothered, to be honest.You have to pay it. We
0:00:59 > 0:01:04feel the pain now, but obviously, there are improvements being made. I
0:01:04 > 0:01:09have not seen any improvements.At London Bridge, Network Rail has been
0:01:09 > 0:01:15showing off what that extra money is paying for. On the buses, and other
0:01:15 > 0:01:21TFL services, fares are frozen, paid for with job cuts at TFL and
0:01:21 > 0:01:25efficiencies, and the scrapping of extra trains on the northern and
0:01:25 > 0:01:30Jubilee was meant to increase capacity.The cost is very high. The
0:01:30 > 0:01:34mayor has now cut investment in the Northern line and the Jubilee line,
0:01:34 > 0:01:40there will be 27 fewer trains. Many people travel to Canada water, I was
0:01:40 > 0:01:44talking to someone over Christmas, he was saying, you can hardly get on
0:01:44 > 0:01:49the trains. You have to wait. That will continue. London Bridge,
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Northern line and Jubilee line meet here, try to get on the train in the
0:01:53 > 0:01:57evening, you have to queue to get on the platform, let alone get on the
0:01:57 > 0:02:02train, it is a disgrace.The mayor had promised no Londoners would pay
0:02:02 > 0:02:05more in fares by 2020 but travelcards and a fair cap are going
0:02:05 > 0:02:11up and he still wants to take over suburban rail franchises.We call on
0:02:11 > 0:02:16the Government to match the levels of efficiency we are providing in
0:02:16 > 0:02:20transport for London and actually freeze the fares National Rail and
0:02:20 > 0:02:23do everything they can to provide the premium service people are
0:02:23 > 0:02:29paying for right now.Not all passengers are the same. In stations
0:02:29 > 0:02:35around Redhill, rail fares are also being frozen.It is only fair. We
0:02:35 > 0:02:41have suffered for a long time. No fare rise is good, it should come
0:02:41 > 0:02:46down.It is a shambles, I paid too much for a train that never gets in
0:02:46 > 0:02:56on time.I would get a deal 14 £29, noticed £31. It is a bit much.Fares
0:02:56 > 0:02:59on to pay for transport is a political decision, all have
0:02:59 > 0:03:12challenges and consequences -- fares and who pay for transport.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Two people have been charged and six arrested after four young men
0:03:15 > 0:03:17were fatally stabbed in London within 15 hours over
0:03:17 > 0:03:18the New Year period.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, says he will work tirelessly
0:03:21 > 0:03:24in 2018, and beyond, to stamp out what he called
0:03:24 > 0:03:25the scourge of knife crime in the city.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Last year, 80 people died after being stabbed here.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30The Met say they're working hard to tackle the growing problem.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33The reality is, we saw knife crimes starting to rise,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36we've spoken during the last year about our focus on knife crime,
0:03:36 > 0:03:38and we've talked a lot about the work we're doing to try
0:03:38 > 0:03:39and tackle it.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42What this does, it gives that work more impetus,
0:03:42 > 0:03:44and it particularly says to the wider London
0:03:44 > 0:03:45community, what can we all do
0:03:45 > 0:03:46to tackle knife crime?
0:03:46 > 0:03:48And as people return to schools today, go back
0:03:48 > 0:03:50into their offices to work, it's worth thinking,
0:03:50 > 0:03:52what can they do, what can they get involved in?
0:03:52 > 0:03:54From community knife sweeps to mentoring schemes,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56there's lots we can all do.
0:03:56 > 0:04:02Firefighters rescued a couple from Deptford in the early hours of this
0:04:02 > 0:04:06morning. The fire damaged the maisonette and it is believed that
0:04:06 > 0:04:10started on the wooden balcony after the careless disposal of a
0:04:10 > 0:04:15cigarette. The resident whom were trapped inside. West Ham will host
0:04:15 > 0:04:18West Brom at the London Stadium tonight in the Premier League. They
0:04:18 > 0:04:25are unbeaten in their last eight Premier League games against West
0:04:25 > 0:04:33Brom. Hundreds of Londoners have reported being disturbed by
0:04:33 > 0:04:38low-frequency noise.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41It's a phenomena known as "the hum" and the reports are being used
0:04:41 > 0:04:42to compile a World Hum Map.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Public Health England says it's aware of the claims,
0:04:45 > 0:04:46but the evidence is very limited.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Gareth Furby has more.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Lydia loves being a mother.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54But she says her life is being ruined by low-frequency noise.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59I started hearing it in my flat in Teddington,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02and it was sounding like, the lowest string of the bass
0:05:02 > 0:05:03guitar, it was like a...
0:05:03 > 0:05:04SHE HUMS.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08She called in the local environmental health,
0:05:08 > 0:05:10and she says they plotted the noises she recorded on a chart
0:05:10 > 0:05:13showing low frequencies.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16They discovered that there are very strong peaks of the hum...
0:05:16 > 0:05:19SHE HUMS.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21It's pretty much like that.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Donna says the noise in her flat is driving her to despair.
0:05:25 > 0:05:31She lives near Luton and says she first heard it about a year ago.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36If I spend too much time here, I could literally top myself, it...
0:05:36 > 0:05:38It drills into your brain that much.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42There are many theories about possible causes.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Concentrated in this corner, the noise...
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Donna believes something may have happened to cabling near her home,
0:05:50 > 0:05:52or it could be she's hearing noise from a nearby substation.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Lydia believes it's linked to mobile phone masts she can see
0:05:55 > 0:05:56from her flat window.
0:05:56 > 0:06:02I wanted to investigate the hum myself...
0:06:02 > 0:06:04But another theory now being considered by some researchers
0:06:04 > 0:06:07is that some people may develop unusual sensitivity to some types
0:06:07 > 0:06:10of low-frequency noise.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Lydia says environmental health told her the frequencies recorded
0:06:12 > 0:06:19in her home were not normally heard.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22And Richmond Council says its officers didn't witness any
0:06:22 > 0:06:24noises, so could do nothing.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26They cannot find the source of the hum, so they couldn't
0:06:26 > 0:06:28help me any further.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31But Lydia and others are now making use of a data gathering
0:06:31 > 0:06:33project on the internet, called the World Hum Map,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36where people can mark the place and time where they say they heard
0:06:36 > 0:06:45the noise - and in the London area, there have been hundreds of reports.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47There are some people who are suffering very badly.
0:06:47 > 0:06:53The actual number of people who, under the right conditions,
0:06:53 > 0:06:55might be able to detect it could be much higher,
0:06:55 > 0:06:58simply because of the mass of level of noise and vibration that
0:06:58 > 0:07:00London itself produces.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Public Health England says its noise specialists are aware of claims
0:07:02 > 0:07:05about low-frequency noise and health effects, but the evidence concerning
0:07:05 > 0:07:06their impact is very limited.
0:07:06 > 0:07:16Gareth Furby, BBC London News.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21A serial killer has pleaded guilty to murdering his former girlfriend
0:07:21 > 0:07:26in his Islington home. The 64-year-old Theodore Johnston
0:07:26 > 0:07:31admitted killing the mother of four and a grandmother by beating her and
0:07:31 > 0:07:35throttling her. He will be sentenced on Friday.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37And a mental health therapy programme at a primary school,
0:07:37 > 0:07:39which uses a dog to help children feel more comfortable,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42has proven so successful that the number of mental health
0:07:42 > 0:07:43referrals has dropped to zero.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Max, the cockapoo, and a team of trainee paediatric counsellors
0:07:46 > 0:07:48work with troubled children through play and art
0:07:48 > 0:07:50at Highgate Primary School, and his presence encourages them
0:07:50 > 0:07:55to feel more comfortable.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57Now let's get the weather with Georgina Burnett.
0:07:57 > 0:08:03Hello there.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06A bit of a damp afternoon, but the stags in Richmond Park
0:08:06 > 0:08:09clearly knew the rain was coming because they were lying down
0:08:09 > 0:08:11this morning in this picture taken by Amy Rugby,
0:08:11 > 0:08:12one of our weather watchers.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Thank you very much for that.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17The rain is working its way to the east over the next few hours.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Probably only western parts of London who will get any
0:08:20 > 0:08:21brightness before the sun sets.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25Temperatures up to about ten, 11 Celsius.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Now the wind is strengthening as we head through this evening
0:08:28 > 0:08:31and the Met Office has a yellow warning in place from 6pm this
0:08:31 > 0:08:33evening until 6pm tomorrow evening, so overnight, we could see gusts
0:08:34 > 0:08:35of 40-45 mph.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Some further rain on the way as well.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Quite heavy at times too.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Temperatures down to about four, five Celsius.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41And the wind not going anywhere.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Tomorrow, a windy day again with some sunny spells,
0:08:43 > 0:08:45blustery showers and around the showers we could see
0:08:45 > 0:08:52gusts of up to 50 mph.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Temperatures tomorrow getting up to about 10 degrees Celsius.
0:08:55 > 0:08:55Temperatures tomorrow getting up to about 10 degrees Celsius.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58For the rest of the week, still fairly breezy on Thursday,
0:08:58 > 0:09:00but a dry start and fairly bright at first.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Rain on the way later on.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Then it will be getting colder as we head towards the weekend.
0:09:04 > 0:09:10Still pretty breezy.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13That's about it from me.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Asad Ahmed will be here with our 6.30pm evening programme.
0:09:16 > 0:09:21But for now, from the lunch team, a very good afternoon.