0:00:00 > 0:00:13and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
0:00:13 > 0:00:19Welcome to BBC London News. I'm Victoria Hollins.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23A clinic committed to helping those addicted to medication bought online
0:00:23 > 0:00:25has opened in West London.
0:00:25 > 0:00:31The NHS funded trial is thought to be the first in the UK.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34The team behind it say it's in response to a rise in drugs
0:00:34 > 0:00:35and prescription medication being bought online,
0:00:35 > 0:00:45often by teenagers.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Earlier this week, six girls from a secondary school
0:00:51 > 0:00:54in Wandsworth were taken to hospital having taken what were thought
0:00:54 > 0:00:56to be prescription drugs. Here's Caroline Davis.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58She was really intelligent, good grades, never got into trouble ever.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01She went from being a normally behaved teenager to just
0:01:01 > 0:01:02being a completely different person.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04I didn't recognise the person I was living with.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07This woman, who we're calling Michaela, found out last year
0:01:08 > 0:01:09that her daughter was taking Xanax.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10It's a medicine prescribed for anxiety.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13But like a worrying number of teenagers and young people,
0:01:13 > 0:01:14her daughter took it without a prescription.
0:01:14 > 0:01:19She was 14.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22It was like she was really drunk, zombified.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24When the effects were wearing off, she'd get angry,
0:01:24 > 0:01:26aggressive, violent. She said it was fun.
0:01:26 > 0:01:36And then she said she was doing it because it made her feel better.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Highly addictive, Xanax is also a tranquilliser.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44It's up to 20 times stronger than Valium.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47In America, it's well known and sung about in rap songs.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49But its dangers are also well documented.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51It's illegal in the UK unless you have a prescription,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54but there are worries that more Londoners are buying it and other
0:01:54 > 0:01:56perception medicines online, which is why the NHS have funded
0:01:56 > 0:01:59a clinic in Earls Court to tackle the problem.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01These additions are perception medicines for a reason,
0:02:01 > 0:02:06because they do have harms if they're taken inappropriately.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10The government told us:
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Michaela's daughter was eventually excluded from her school.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27Now she's stopped taking Xanax.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29That drug completely changes your personality and how you behave.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32And because she's not doing that now, things are better.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36They're looking brighter.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40If you asked her what she would do now, she'd say, no,
0:02:40 > 0:02:42don't do it, don't take it. It ruins your life.
0:02:43 > 0:02:44Caroline Davies, BBC London News.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49The new Education Secretary says he recognises the financial
0:02:49 > 0:02:51pressure being faced by many London schools,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53but insisted the government is giving more money
0:02:53 > 0:03:01to the education system.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Our political correspondent Karl Mercer was in Hackney.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07It was maths for these nine-year-olds and for the man
0:03:07 > 0:03:09who came to see them this morning.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Damian Hinds is the new education Secretary, out and about today
0:03:11 > 0:03:14to find out why London schools perform better than anywhere
0:03:14 > 0:03:15else in the country.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17He has much to get to grips with.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Schools in the capital may be performing well,
0:03:20 > 0:03:27but all are facing challenges of recruiting and keeping
0:03:27 > 0:03:29staff and of funding, with budgets not rising as fast
0:03:29 > 0:03:31as their costs are.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Pretty much every headteacher in London will tell you we do not
0:03:35 > 0:03:38have enough money and our budget is going to be cut?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Schools funding is going up, but I totally recognise what you say
0:03:41 > 0:03:43about the cost pressures that schools have been facing
0:03:43 > 0:03:46and continue to face.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48And that's why we are putting additional focus on helping schools,
0:03:48 > 0:03:53to see what we can do to help manage those budgets.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56In particular in the part of the budget which isn't staff cost.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Most of the cost of schools of course is employing people
0:03:59 > 0:04:02to teach the children, which is the core business.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04But there's other things that maybe more can be done
0:04:04 > 0:04:07to help manage those costs.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Despite the challenges it faces, Woodbury Down is a high performing
0:04:10 > 0:04:12school with technology at its heart.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14But faces the money and staffing problems faced
0:04:14 > 0:04:17by most London schools.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20As you've seen today, we have lots of training
0:04:20 > 0:04:23teachers in our school.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26And one of the biggest issues for them is the amount
0:04:26 > 0:04:29of money they earn every month and how much they've got
0:04:29 > 0:04:31left after they've paid colossal rent and they've had
0:04:31 > 0:04:33to pay their travel to get to work.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37The amount of money they have left at the end of the month is not
0:04:37 > 0:04:38going to get them very far.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40So would more money from government help?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42I think everybody would like more money!
0:04:42 > 0:04:45That maybe a message the new Secretary of State will have
0:04:45 > 0:04:50to get used to hearing. Karl Mercer, BBC London News.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54A large block of ice has fallen from the sky
0:04:54 > 0:04:58onto a street in West London.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00A taxi firm security camera caught the moment the block landed
0:05:00 > 0:05:02in Kew just after nine o'clock on Wednesday.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04It narrowly missed a street cleaner.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06The road is under the Heathrow flight path and it's believed
0:05:06 > 0:05:08the block of ice fell from a plane.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11It was the home of some of the best known shows on British television.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16But the doors of the former headquarters of the BBC in West
0:05:16 > 0:05:19London closed five years ago, after it was sold for a reported
0:05:19 > 0:05:22£200 million.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Now it's reopening after a major redevelopment.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Tolu Adeoye has more.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Now, in this building, the Television Centre,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31which is the hub of BBC television, over 4000 people work to make
0:05:31 > 0:05:33television programmes.
0:05:33 > 0:05:40For 60 years, Television Centre in White City was the home of the BBC.
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Get off me foot!
0:05:41 > 0:05:43From Blue Peter to the Record Breakers...
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Hello again, welcome back to Whistle Test,
0:05:44 > 0:05:46back at TV Centre this week...
0:05:46 > 0:05:48..and Old Grey Whistle Test, many classic shows were recorded here.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52It closed five years ago, and after years of redevelopment,
0:05:52 > 0:05:56its reopening, now housing nearly a thousand flats, a gym,
0:05:56 > 0:06:00shops, restaurants and an exclusive members club.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03But it is still a Television Centre.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Three refurbished TV studios will be used to record shows,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08including Graham Norton and daytime ITV programmes.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12We've done a lot of upgrade in terms of the wiring
0:06:12 > 0:06:14and all of the technology - the floor, the seating.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17The actual box, the fabric of the building has
0:06:17 > 0:06:18remained very similar.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20For the architects behind the project, working with such
0:06:20 > 0:06:22an iconic existing building presented challenges
0:06:22 > 0:06:26but also opportunities.
0:06:26 > 0:06:33We've recreated the original windows using the original design intent
0:06:33 > 0:06:35of the white operable panels within the black frames
0:06:35 > 0:06:37of the static ones.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39We've repositioned and resupported the original Helios statue
0:06:39 > 0:06:41in the middle of the fountain there.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44One of my favourite parts, I think, is the stage door,
0:06:44 > 0:06:46which is going to be the new entrants for the apartments.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49How we've managed to restore the original assets and the piper
0:06:49 > 0:06:51mural and the timber panelling and Terrazzo floor,
0:06:51 > 0:06:55I think it's all come together in a really strong and vibrant way.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58But there is quite the price tag if you want to live
0:06:58 > 0:06:59in the TVC building.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01£650,000 for the cheapest one-bedroom flat.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Apartments are limited to one per buyer.
0:07:03 > 0:07:10Just pricing the local community out of it...
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Tiana was one of the local people invited to look
0:07:12 > 0:07:15around the development, so what did she make of it?
0:07:15 > 0:07:17It's been nice to come in and see it, it's lovely.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19It makes the place look a lot better.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21White City was a bit, you know, dreary before,
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Wood Lane especially, just you wouldn't really
0:07:23 > 0:07:27stop, would you, apart from Westfield coming in.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30But I wouldn't say this is for the community really, no.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34The developers say 140 of the 950 flats will be affordable,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37sold at 25% of the market rate to those living or working
0:07:37 > 0:07:40in the area for five years.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Many who've bought, they say, want to be close to broadcasting
0:07:43 > 0:07:46history as the old Television Centre gets its new lease of life.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Tolu Adeoye, BBC London News.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52What a change.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Now the weather with Kate Kinsella.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Good afternoon.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59We started the day on a much milder note this morning.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02But with this mild air comes all the cloud and also the rain.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04It was quite a damp start.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06But towards the west of London we're starting to
0:08:06 > 0:08:08see the cloud break up a bit.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Blue sky and sunshine, or at least some sunny
0:08:10 > 0:08:12spells, as we head through the afternoon.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15As those filter in further, it's actually going to start to feel
0:08:15 > 0:08:16that little bit colder.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20In the east, we have a bit of cloud but it will start to break up.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21In the West, sunshine.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Pretty chilly as that breeze filters in.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27Seven Celsius the maximum temperature.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31That cloud will continue to move eastwards overnight,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34leaving the sky clear and cold. The minimum back down in negative
0:08:34 > 0:08:37figures, between -2 and -5. A cold crisp start to the weekend.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39And a potentially quite frosty one as well.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Yes, we start the day cold and crisp, but this mild air
0:08:42 > 0:08:44moving in from the south-west through the course of Saturday
0:08:44 > 0:08:49brings wet and windy weather. But some milder temperatures.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Like I said, sunshine in the morning, then
0:08:51 > 0:08:54the cloud will filter in. The wind will start
0:08:54 > 0:08:56to strengthen, a south-westerly, and then the rain arrives.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Yes, a sunny start, but a wet and windy end to the day.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Temperatures are around nine Celsius. A little bit milder.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05For Sunday, we lose the mild air very quickly.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06It will turn a lot colder.
0:09:06 > 0:09:12We filter in a westerly, north-westerly breeze.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14The temperature will feel chilly as we head through Sunday.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Stays quite unsettled as we head into next week.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18That's about it from me.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Asad Ahmad will be here with our 6:30 evening programme.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24But for now, from us all, a very good afternoon.