0:00:00 > 0:00:14That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me -
0:00:14 > 0:00:15Welcome to BBC London News. so it's goodbye from me -
0:00:15 > 0:00:18I'm Katharine Carpenter. so it's goodbye from me -
0:00:18 > 0:00:20The Metropolitan Police has asked the Home Office to pay
0:00:20 > 0:00:22for its investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25The force says it submitted a claim to cover overtime and extra costs
0:00:25 > 0:00:28and says it will need millions more in the next financial year.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Lets get more from our political correspondent Karl Mercer
0:00:30 > 0:00:32who joins me now.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40This news emerged this morning, the London assembly are looking into the
0:00:40 > 0:00:46mayor's budget to see if he can pay to what he wanted to do. The finance
0:00:46 > 0:00:50director of the Met said look, Grenfell cost a lot of money, in the
0:00:50 > 0:00:57last year since the fire in June it cost 11.1 million so they have asked
0:00:57 > 0:01:02the home off fires that, they think they will get it. She said look, we
0:01:02 > 0:01:04have 200-250 officers is working on this investigation, it is going to
0:01:04 > 0:01:09cost a lot of money, they will work on it through the next year, they
0:01:09 > 0:01:13will ask for an additional £27 million this is what she had to say.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17We do think and we have approximately about 200 officers
0:01:17 > 0:01:21that would be working on that over the next sort of year, we continue
0:01:21 > 0:01:24think that it is reasonable for -- don't think it is reasonable for us
0:01:24 > 0:01:29to pick up the full costs as we know that the investigation will go on
0:01:29 > 0:01:33for some time.Last year was a challenging year for the Met. They
0:01:33 > 0:01:37are not only asking for money for Grenfell.200 officers is involved
0:01:37 > 0:01:41in that but we had four terror attacks last year, which dragged in
0:01:41 > 0:01:45resources and bumped up the amount of overtime the Met has had to pay,
0:01:45 > 0:01:50so they are going to the Government and asking for an additional 7.8
0:01:50 > 0:01:53million to cover all that extra overtime, something they are not yet
0:01:53 > 0:01:58sure they are going to get all of, but all this comes in the context of
0:01:58 > 0:02:03a funding squeeze for the Met, they have to save 400 million there are
0:02:03 > 0:02:10warnings that officer numbers could fall well below the current 30,000.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12A 95-year-old woman has escaped jail after knocking down and killing
0:02:12 > 0:02:13a cemetery worker in Maidenhead.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Gertrude Lister was driving off after tending her husband's
0:02:16 > 0:02:18grave on Valentine's Day when she pressed her car's
0:02:18 > 0:02:19accelerator instead of the brake.
0:02:19 > 0:02:2347-year-old Paul Mills died from extensive injuries -
0:02:23 > 0:02:29earlier his wife left court in fury when the judge handed
0:02:29 > 0:02:31down a suspended prison sentence to the pensioner.
0:02:31 > 0:02:39Joe Campbell was in court and sent this report.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43The judge said these were wholly exceptional circumstances. Gertrude
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Lister 's mistake in pressing the accelerator harder and harder
0:02:46 > 0:02:52thinking it was the brake had had a devastating effect he said op Paul
0:02:52 > 0:02:56mills' family. The car had struck a verge and become airborne, crashing
0:02:56 > 0:03:01through a hedge, where it hit him. He died just over an hour later. The
0:03:01 > 0:03:06car then careered on through other hedges and across a car park before
0:03:06 > 0:03:12striking some bushes where it final claim to rest. Counsel for Mrs
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Lister said it was difficult to think of more tragic circumstances,
0:03:15 > 0:03:19where one minute she had been tending her husband's grave on
0:03:19 > 0:03:24Valentine's Day, and the next, she had been responsible for causes the
0:03:24 > 0:03:29death of somebody else's loved one. Mr Mill's widow Tracey stormed out
0:03:29 > 0:03:33of the public gallery on hearing the judge say he planned to suspend the
0:03:33 > 0:03:3816 month sentence for two years. Mrs Lipser who arrived at court with a
0:03:38 > 0:03:45suitcase packed ready to go prison, left without making any comment.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47As part of our leaving London series, we've been hearing
0:03:47 > 0:03:50from businesses turning their back on the capital to reduce
0:03:50 > 0:03:51their overheads elsewhere.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Tolu Adeoye has spoken to two businesses which have decided
0:03:53 > 0:03:58to relocate to Birmingham.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00London can be a pricey place to do business.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Expensive office space, high business rates.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Soaring transport costs just three factors pushing some
0:04:04 > 0:04:08away from the capital.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Many are choosing to move to Birmingham.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12With more than 17,000 new businesses registering here in 2016,
0:04:12 > 0:04:21it has the largest economy of any UK regional city.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25We want to revolutionise access to low cost energy storage.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27This reuseable battery company is currently based in Hayes
0:04:27 > 0:04:31but will move operations to Birmingham this year.
0:04:31 > 0:04:37We have to think very carefully about the cost
0:04:37 > 0:04:42of setting up both assembly, because we are actually making
0:04:42 > 0:04:45things with our business, and the cost of actually having
0:04:45 > 0:04:48office space, so we figured that it makes a lot more sense to be setting
0:04:48 > 0:04:50up somewhere where it is cheaper, which ultimately means
0:04:50 > 0:04:53we have a higher chance of success with our business.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Tech business Oxygen Finance has been based
0:04:55 > 0:04:57in Birmingham for 18 months.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01We have had a handful of people move from London to Birmingham, mixed
0:05:01 > 0:05:04with the team that work remotely.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07The company says relocating made more than just business sense.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10The work-life balance so the commute is shorter,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13there is a lot of investment that has gone into Birmingham,
0:05:13 > 0:05:17you get the same things you get in London, if not more,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19you have large organisations like HSBC and Deutschbank moving up.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Of course Birmingham isn't the only place tempting businesses
0:05:21 > 0:05:23away from the capital.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24Manchester is a great City.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28Leeds is a great city.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29I can see the attraction, the short-term attraction.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32But the Chamber of Commerce says London is still the best place
0:05:32 > 0:05:34to do business in the UK.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37We are a city of 8.5 million people, growing to 10 million people.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40That is a big market place, you have to think seriously before
0:05:40 > 0:05:42you decide that actually for a small short-term saving, in perhaps
0:05:42 > 0:05:46in terms of rents or cost of living, that you move out of what is a huge,
0:05:47 > 0:05:52huge market place.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55For some companies, though, leaving London is worth the risk,
0:05:55 > 0:06:00to give their businesses every chance of success.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Pregnant women are struggling with their mental health in higher
0:06:02 > 0:06:04numbers than previously thought according to researchers.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07The team at Kings College London found that as many as one in four
0:06:07 > 0:06:09pregnant women could have mental health issues including anxiety
0:06:10 > 0:06:11and eating disorders.
0:06:11 > 0:06:21Doctors say early diagnosis is key to help support families.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29It's been described as a fairytale,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32the meteoric rise of bodybuilder Michelle Lawrence from Catford.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Over the course of six months, in between working in the City
0:06:35 > 0:06:37and being a mum, she's gone from novice competitor
0:06:37 > 0:06:38to a bodybuilding world champion.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41After winning her title in November last year, she spent some time
0:06:41 > 0:06:43with our reporter Jim Wheble, showing what it takes
0:06:43 > 0:06:44to be a champion.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48I came away the overall champion, world champion and in the pro
0:06:48 > 0:06:52division now, so I went to Miami to say I'm going to do this h I am
0:06:52 > 0:06:58going to give it my best, but real Liz wasn't expecting to come back
0:06:58 > 0:07:04World Champion.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Michael Palin wrote and performed some of the most famous Monty Python
0:07:07 > 0:07:09sketches and has become something of a national treasure.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Of course as well as the comedy roles and writing, he is known
0:07:13 > 0:07:14for his travel shows and films.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Well this weekend, his life and career is celebrated
0:07:16 > 0:07:17in an hour-long television special.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20There's a danger, I think, in these sort of programmes
0:07:20 > 0:07:22that they sound a bit like obituaries, you know,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24it's Your Life on Screen, I think it's called.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26I'm still alive and hoping to carry on.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29It's a bit like getting lifetime awards, which I've had one,
0:07:29 > 0:07:31a very nice one from Bafta, but that's it.
0:07:31 > 0:07:37You never get a second lifetime award.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Anything you do from now on, irrelevant.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42From now on, it's, no Michael, that's just spoiling
0:07:42 > 0:07:43the picture, stop it.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Stop working.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47And I'm hot going to stop working because I don't know
0:07:47 > 0:07:48what else I would do.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Michael Palin: A Life on Screen airs on Sunday
0:07:50 > 0:07:54night at 9pm on BBC Two.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59Now the weather, with Elizabeth Rizzini.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Good afternoon.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03It was a rather wet start to the day.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05We had some outbreaks of rain around for a time.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08That's now pushed its way eastwards and, for the rest of the afternoon,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10we are looking at the strength of the winds.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13We've got a Met Office weather warning out for some strong wind
0:08:13 > 0:08:16gusts, possibly as high as 50 to 60 mph at times.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18That's enough to maybe cause some damage, possibly some
0:08:18 > 0:08:19travel disruption as well.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22In the white circles, you can see the average wind speeds,
0:08:22 > 0:08:23but gusts will be a lot higher.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26There will be some brighter spells around, and it's feeling mild,
0:08:26 > 0:08:289 or 10 degrees Celsius, but a very blustery
0:08:28 > 0:08:32afternoon yet again.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35The winds will ease down as we head into this evening -
0:08:35 > 0:08:36that warning valid until 7pm.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38We may see a few heavy, thundery downpours develop
0:08:38 > 0:08:41through the small hours of tomorrow morning, but otherwise some
0:08:41 > 0:08:44clear spells around.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Lows of 6 or 7 degrees.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48A mostly dry picture by the time we wake up tomorrow morning.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51There will still be some showers around at times tomorrow,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54a bit hit or miss really.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Some brighter spells too, and generally feeling cooler
0:08:56 > 0:08:57with much lighter winds than today.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Highs between 7 and 9 Celsius.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Watch out for some showers at times, of course.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04It looks like it will be a mostly dry day on Saturday,
0:09:04 > 0:09:06but it will be feeling cooler over the weekend.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09A chilly north-easterly wind setting up and some rather cold nights
0:09:09 > 0:09:17as we head into the start of next week, but also some sunshine.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18That's about it from me.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Victoria Hollins will be here with our 6:30 evening programme.
0:09:21 > 0:09:31But for now, from us all, a very good afternoon.