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