0:00:00 > 0:00:00Chairman of the Conservative Party, replacing Patrick McLaughlin.
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 > 0:00:25I'm Victoria Hollins. so it's goodbye from me
0:00:25 > 0:00:26scared after an attack so it's goodbye from me
0:00:26 > 0:00:28on a shop worker that left him on life support.
0:00:28 > 0:00:32He was set upon by three young men outside a shop on the Broadway
0:00:32 > 0:00:35in Mill Hill late on Saturday night, after he refused to serve alcohol
0:00:35 > 0:00:36or cigarettes to underage teenagers.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Tolu Adeoye reports.
0:00:40 > 0:00:45Today the off licence where a worker was so brutally attacked
0:00:45 > 0:00:48in Mill Hill after refusing to serve underage youths on Saturday
0:00:48 > 0:00:49night remained closed.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52It was about 12.30 at night, a few doors down you could see the shop.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Josh King who works in a nearby salon told me
0:00:55 > 0:00:56what he knew of the attack.
0:00:56 > 0:01:02The man who is 49 years old remains on a life-support machine.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Three young teenagers come in to purchase, he asked for ID,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08they refused and he has asked them to leave the shop.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11They exited the shop, starting kicking stuff outside,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14all the bits and bobs - they have loads of fruit and stuff.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17The man has come out with a stick, tried to shoo them away,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21from what we have heard they have managed to get the stick off him
0:01:21 > 0:01:22and severely beaten him with it.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Police are looking for three suspects who ran off
0:01:25 > 0:01:29after the attack, the man was left lying on the pavement
0:01:29 > 0:01:30outside the shop.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33He was helped by passers by and taken to hospital
0:01:33 > 0:01:35by paramedics where he remains in a critical condition.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38A fellow colleague suffered minor injury.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41The attack has drawn attention to the vulnerability of shop workers.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45This man who works in a nearby phone shop told me of the aggression that
0:01:45 > 0:01:51can follow when asking young people for ID.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54We sell the vape and stuff like that which is e-cigarettes.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56To buy them you have to be over 18.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59We do get certain people coming in, if they don't have ID
0:01:59 > 0:02:01we can't serve them.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04When I ask for ID they don't give it or don't have it on them.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Police want to speak to witnesses who may have video footage
0:02:07 > 0:02:12during or after the attack.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16An academic who was viciously beaten in his home by burglars is taking
0:02:16 > 0:02:18the London Mayor to court for a judicial review over plans
0:02:18 > 0:02:21to close local police stations.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Paul Kohler suffered injuries that left him "utterly unrecognisable".
0:02:23 > 0:02:25When the police arrived, the attack was still under way.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Mr Kohler believes if it wasn't for his local police
0:02:28 > 0:02:29station, he would be dead.
0:02:29 > 0:02:37Karl Mercer has been to meet him..
0:02:37 > 0:02:43My wife and I were at the back of house. There was a knock at the
0:02:43 > 0:02:47door, four guys rushed in started beating me. Like out of a gangster
0:02:47 > 0:02:54movie.Why have you decided to kind of push the way you are going now?
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Because the police station was really important to me being saved.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01They were only eight minutes away, and now they are talking about
0:03:01 > 0:03:05closing my station and 36 others throughout London. That is wrong. I
0:03:05 > 0:03:10want to Compiegne against it.You are specific aren't you, about the
0:03:10 > 0:03:14timings, because you say actually it really did make a difference,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17because you were seconds away from being much more seriously hurt than
0:03:17 > 0:03:21you were.That is is right as the police rushed through the door he
0:03:21 > 0:03:25was about to bring down a heavy door on my head, it was seconds away from
0:03:25 > 0:03:30oblivion.Do you not buy this argument at all about it is OK
0:03:30 > 0:03:34because people will be on patrol and still come round?That is sometimes
0:03:34 > 0:03:38true of course, sometimes there will be a police car nearby and by happen
0:03:38 > 0:03:43chance they will get there in time, often police come from police
0:03:43 > 0:03:47stations and to argue they often don't is ridiculous. The mayor
0:03:47 > 0:03:52asserted they are all on patrol and it doesn't matter. Living by a
0:03:52 > 0:03:56police station I know often the police cars come straight from the
0:03:56 > 0:04:01police station.You will know the argument, they are we have been
0:04:01 > 0:04:06daelt bad hand, we don't have enough money, we would rather put the money
0:04:06 > 0:04:10into people than buildings.The mayor's approach, this binary
0:04:10 > 0:04:15approach of we will keep this station, get rid of that, is
0:04:15 > 0:04:20simplistic, you need to save the month, but needs a more measured
0:04:20 > 0:04:20approach.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21a more measured approach.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24A spokesperson for the Mayor of London said "the closures
0:04:24 > 0:04:26are the result of Government cuts since 2010.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29The Mayor has to save an additional 8 million pounds a year".
0:04:29 > 0:04:34They say: "Response times will not be affected by these closures".
0:04:34 > 0:04:36The Grenfell Tower inquiry has ended its contract
0:04:36 > 0:04:38with the auditors, KPMG, after campaigners claimed the
0:04:38 > 0:04:39company had a conflict of interest.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42More than 70 people had written to the Prime Minister to complain
0:04:42 > 0:04:45that the firm had worked for Kensington and Chelsea council
0:04:45 > 0:04:47and for companies involved in the refurbishment of the tower
0:04:47 > 0:04:57before it was destroyed by a fire last year.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Pub opening hours could be extended for the weekend of Prince Harry
0:05:01 > 0:05:02and Meghan Markle's wedding.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Their marriage falls on the same day as the FA
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Cup football finals - Saturday May 19th.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Licensing hours were previously extended for the wedding of the Duke
0:05:09 > 0:05:11and Duchess of Cambridge in 2011, and for the Queen's
0:05:11 > 0:05:1790th birthday in 2016.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has defended his decision to make
0:05:20 > 0:05:23nine changes to his side for their FA Cup 3rd round defeat
0:05:23 > 0:05:24to Nottingham Forest.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26The title holders were knocked out after losing 4-2.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Wenger had to watch the match from the stands
0:05:28 > 0:05:29as he serves a touch-line ban.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32It's the first time his side have gone out of the competition
0:05:32 > 0:05:42at the first time of asking in his 21 years at the club.
0:05:45 > 0:05:51I can understand when the selection is questioned, but as well,
0:05:51 > 0:05:54would be a little bit an easy excuse because we have, I think,
0:05:54 > 0:05:56eight or nine experienced international players on the pitch,
0:05:56 > 0:05:58even with all the respect against a Championship team.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02But for me it would be the wrong excuse.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04New measures to tackle the sale of unsafe laser pens,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06which can cause blindness, have been announced
0:06:06 > 0:06:07by the Government.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09It comes after an increase in incidents targeting
0:06:09 > 0:06:11train drivers and pilots- particularly at Heathrow
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Airport which has seen the highest rate in the UK.
0:06:13 > 0:06:23The new powers would include better labelling, as Daniela Relph reports.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Dangerous and reckless.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28Misuse of lasers has been increasing.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Cheaper than they've ever been and more easily available,
0:06:30 > 0:06:35the Government is now bringing in new measures to limit their use.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Two years ago, this Virgin Atlantic Airbus was to forced
0:06:37 > 0:06:42to return to the runway at Heathrow.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Shortly after take off, one of the pilots contacted
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Air Traffic Control and said his colleague was experiencing
0:06:46 > 0:06:49difficulties.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Difficulty to one of the pilots after a laser incident
0:06:51 > 0:06:54after take off and we're going to return to Heathrow.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Since 2013, there have been 150 incidents of eye
0:06:56 > 0:07:00injuries from lasers, the majority hurt were children.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02The figures show the scale of the problem.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07There were 1,258 laser incidents reported in 2016.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Heathrow Airport is the most frequent target.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14And even on the rail network there have have been 578 laser
0:07:14 > 0:07:15incidents of recent years.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18What we are doing is restricting the sale of the higher powered
0:07:18 > 0:07:28lasers, so that only they can only be sold for legitimate use,
0:07:36 > 0:07:39The new measures will include increased checks from teams at ports
0:07:39 > 0:07:40and borders and improved labelling by manufactures.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43There will also be better policing of the sale of laser pointers,
0:07:43 > 0:07:52particularly with online retailers like EBay.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57Now the weather, with Kate Kinsella.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Good afternoon.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01It's a cloudy and cold January Monday, not too inspiring.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04We haven't seen too much in the way of sunshine, just grey cloud.
0:08:04 > 0:08:14And quite a bitter wind.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19It's feeling very chilly.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21That will continue through the afternoon,
0:08:21 > 0:08:22this easterly wind blowing through, making the temperature
0:08:23 > 0:08:24feel really quite raw.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26We have got quite a bit of cloud, there's not much
0:08:26 > 0:08:27brightness out there.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28It should, however, stay dry.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31And the maximum temperature - single figures, struggling a bit
0:08:31 > 0:08:32today, five or six Celsius.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Overnight, tonight, we're going to keep the cloud,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36but it also means that we're going to keep the
0:08:36 > 0:08:37temperature above zero.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39It should be frost free tomorrow morning.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42A cloudy night could see one or two spots of light rain and drizzle
0:08:42 > 0:08:45potentially over higher ground but, again, most places dry.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47The chance of things turning a little bit murky by dawn,
0:08:47 > 0:08:49minimum temperature, as I mentioned, in single figures,
0:08:49 > 0:08:50three or four Celsius.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Not dropping too far from today's maximum.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54A rather grey start and a cold start to tomorrow.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Any mist will lift, but it will stay rather grey and rather dreary.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59It will still feel cold tomorrow as well.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01We're looking at a maximum of seven Celsius.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03A little bit of rain overnight Tuesday into
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Wednesday, clearing away.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07We should see a bit more on the way of brightness
0:09:07 > 0:09:08as we head through Wednesday.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12A bit of blue sky, temperatures make a bit of a recovery and then getting
0:09:12 > 0:09:13colder and greyer again as we head
0:09:13 > 0:09:15towards the end of the week.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16That's about it from me.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Riz Lateef will be here with our 6:30pm evening programme.
0:09:18 > 0:09:24But for now, from us all, a very good afternoon.