0:00:00 > 0:00:00It'll be spent on fencing, CCTV and new technology at border points.
0:00:00 > 0:00:11That's all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me,
0:00:11 > 0:00:17Welcome to BBC London News. I'm Victoria Hollins.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Home owners in a south London tower block that has the same
0:00:19 > 0:00:22cladding as that used on the Grenfell Tower have
0:00:22 > 0:00:24been told they may have to pay millions of pounds
0:00:24 > 0:00:27to replace its outer covering.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30The Citiscape building in Croydon was one of 228 building
0:00:30 > 0:00:32across the country which failed fire safety tests carried out
0:00:32 > 0:00:36in the weeks following the blaze.
0:00:36 > 0:00:42Here's our Political Editor Tim Donovan.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46After what happened at Grenfell Tower,
0:00:46 > 0:00:48the cladding at this block in
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Croydon was tested and failed the testing that was done at the
0:00:52 > 0:00:54building research establishment, which means effectively that it is
0:00:54 > 0:01:00in breach of building regulations.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04The cost of replacing the cladding here is said to be more than £2
0:01:04 > 0:01:08million and the leaseholders here, they are 93 of them, have been told
0:01:08 > 0:01:16it is they who will have to foot the bill and in some cases they are
0:01:16 > 0:01:19being asked to pay £30,000 and more to have this work done.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23They say it should be the freeholder, a
0:01:23 > 0:01:29significant property company, that should be paying for this work.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31The rights and wrongs, exactly who is
0:01:31 > 0:01:33responsible, is not entirely clear at this stage.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36The Government has said it should be the landlord that
0:01:36 > 0:01:42foots the bill in line with what it said in the public sector to
0:01:42 > 0:01:45councils and so on, but the managing agent for the owners of this block,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48the freeholders, are saying they want some clarification and are
0:01:48 > 0:01:58taking this to a property tribunal next month.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02It's the 50-billion-pound rail project that will link London
0:02:02 > 0:02:04with the north of England with a high speed line.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07But protestors on the site of the HS2 development in Hillingdon
0:02:07 > 0:02:08don't want it to go ahead.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Now they have been threatened with injunctions by the transport
0:02:11 > 0:02:12secretary in a bid to prevent their continued
0:02:13 > 0:02:14demonstrations on the site.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Caroline Davies reports.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Across this busy road from the HS2 site, they sit and wait.
0:02:19 > 0:02:25Protesters have been here since October.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28I walk the streets all the time, every day and I'm horrified,
0:02:28 > 0:02:36absolutely horrified that it's going to go and I can't stand it.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38So yes, that's why I'm here, to stop it.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41But it's not just about cups of tea around the campfire.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44We have a right to remove you from this land because it's
0:02:44 > 0:02:46not a safe place to be.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Sit-ins on the site, in front of the gates,
0:02:48 > 0:02:53and even on a digger.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Now they have had enough.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56Seven of the protesters here, like Sarah and Sofia,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58have been threatened with an injunction to prevent them
0:02:58 > 0:02:59demonstrating on the site.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01I think their threat of an injunction is very heavy-handed.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05I don't want to have the right to protest being taken away from me.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08We are going to continue to protest in whatever means...
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Supporters of the high-speed rail line from London to Birmingham,
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Manchester and Leeds will connect up the country, improving the economy,
0:03:13 > 0:03:15but there's been controversy about the noise, disruption,
0:03:15 > 0:03:19route, demolition of homes, and the effect on wildlife.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21HS2 couldn't put anyone up for us to speak to today.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25They say this is an issue of safety both of the people in the camp
0:03:25 > 0:03:27but also their own workers.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30They did admit the protesters have caused delays and they say
0:03:30 > 0:03:40they have a duty to the public to deliver HS2 on time and budget.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42We are not putting ourselves at risk.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44We've been given this area which is a designated protest site...
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Sitting on diggers or in front of diggers, isn't that dangerous?
0:03:47 > 0:03:48No, we've done nothing unsafe at all.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Any vehicle has been stationary.
0:03:50 > 0:04:00You know, there's been no engines on.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Whatever happens next, these protesters don't
0:04:05 > 0:04:06intend to end their fight.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Surgeons at St George's Hospital in south London
0:04:08 > 0:04:10have rebuilt the face of a woman severely injured
0:04:10 > 0:04:11in a riding accident.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13The lower half of Libby Keating's face was completely crushed,
0:04:13 > 0:04:14she also broke several ribs.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17It took nine surgeons ten hours to reconstruct her face.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18Alpa Patel reports.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23Just a warning her report contains distressing images.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25For Libby Keating, horse riding is a way to de-stress.
0:04:25 > 0:04:34This is her riding her horse, Barney.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36But back in October, while out riding, Barney
0:04:36 > 0:04:37got spooked by a noise.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40We were going through a wood with trees going past my head very
0:04:40 > 0:04:43close, and I came off him deliberately to try and get out
0:04:43 > 0:04:48of harm's way, and unfortunately he swerved and we think ran me over.
0:04:48 > 0:04:56This distressing image shows the extent of Libby's injuries.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59The horse's hoof essentially struck this part of her face...
0:04:59 > 0:05:01She was brought to St George's, where she coincidentally also
0:05:01 > 0:05:05works as a paediatrician, but her injuries were so severe
0:05:05 > 0:05:07the surgeons needed a photograph of her before her accident in order
0:05:08 > 0:05:11to reconstruct Libby's face.
0:05:11 > 0:05:17Our problem with any patient like Elizabeth is we have no idea
0:05:17 > 0:05:26what things were like before such a catastrophic injury.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29She has a natural count to her teeth and that has been reproduced
0:05:29 > 0:05:30in the final result.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32I would never have known that unless she'd come along
0:05:32 > 0:05:33with some photographs.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36In order to perform Elizabeth's complex operation, the surgical team
0:05:36 > 0:05:39needed to create bespoke splints to keep her jaws in place, and this
0:05:39 > 0:05:48is the lab where they were created.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51The team here support surgical staff across the whole hospital.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53So tell us the feeling on your face...
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Almost three months on, Libby is back to see Nick,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57who led the surgery on her face.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Today she has 11 plates holding her face together,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02but she is recovering well and has learned to talk, eat and drink again
0:06:02 > 0:06:10in a very short space of time.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13I'm feeling like I'm recovering, I'm feeling like I'm ready to get
0:06:13 > 0:06:16back out there and back on a horse, ready to get back to work.
0:06:16 > 0:06:17So yes, that's...
0:06:17 > 0:06:21I don't think I'd be doing any of that without the team here.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24So how are things with Barney?
0:06:26 > 0:06:28We are definitely friends.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30He hasn't disowned me for my inability to stay
0:06:30 > 0:06:32on when he runs off, and I haven't disowned him
0:06:32 > 0:06:35for standing on me so we are all good and hopefully
0:06:35 > 0:06:37I will be back in his saddle in about a month's time.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Strong winds overnight caused serious disruption
0:06:42 > 0:06:43on London's transport network this morning.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Services were cancelled or delayed after a number of trees
0:06:46 > 0:06:49fell onto rail tracks, and main roads were forced to close.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54Here's Thomas Magill.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57It's not easy to get to work when this is what greets you first
0:06:58 > 0:07:01thing in the morning.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04This was Tufnell Park earlier, closed and causing chaos for much
0:07:04 > 0:07:07of this morning's rush hour.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10In New Barnet, it was more of the same, where some
0:07:10 > 0:07:13residents woke to this - damaged fences and cars.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17And it wasn't much better south of the river in Greenwich.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19The historic wall around the park bore the brunt
0:07:19 > 0:07:23of last night's winds.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26The rail service was also severely disrupted, Southern and Great Anglia
0:07:26 > 0:07:31were just some of the rail providers hit by delays and cancellations.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32But it wasn't long before the clear up was under way.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35This is workers clearing the line in Surrey.
0:07:35 > 0:07:45The worst may be over but the clean-up continues.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It'll seem to have calmed down.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Now the weather with Georgina Burnett.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Now the weather with Georgina Burnett.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57Thankfully things have calmed down since this morning's damaging winds
0:07:57 > 0:08:02but it is still blustery through the next few hours and into tomorrow as
0:08:02 > 0:08:06well. Some beautiful weather watcher pictures with so much beautiful blue
0:08:06 > 0:08:12sky on offer, this one from Hackney. Some sunny spells this afternoon in
0:08:12 > 0:08:17between a few showers, they could be on the heavy side at times. Quite
0:08:17 > 0:08:22breezy as well still, temperatures up to eight Celsius so feeling cold
0:08:22 > 0:08:26and just becoming colder as we had through this evening. Those
0:08:26 > 0:08:31temperatures dropping off rapidly. The show was move away leaving us
0:08:31 > 0:08:35with a largely dry night and frost in moral spots with temperatures
0:08:35 > 0:08:41getting down to freezing. It is a frosty started tomorrow with a fair
0:08:41 > 0:08:45amount of sunshine around. You cannot rule out the odd shower here
0:08:45 > 0:08:50and there but for many it will be a largely dry and breezy day tomorrow.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Temperatures getting up to six Celsius. The winds don't really drop
0:08:54 > 0:08:59off until we get to Saturday but it's looking largely dry and bright
0:08:59 > 0:09:04so a lot calmer, fairly cold after a frosty start. The winds pick up
0:09:04 > 0:09:09again on Sunday along with some heavy rain coming in from the south
0:09:09 > 0:09:15west too. But that has an effect on the temperatures so where is over
0:09:15 > 0:09:18the next few days it will be feeling pretty chilly, on Sunday and Monday
0:09:18 > 0:09:22when the weather is unsettled again, we will be seeing double figures.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23That's about it from me.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Riz Lateef will be here with our 6:30 evening programme.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28But for now, from us all, a very good afternoon.