12/02/2018 London News

certainly didn't stick by the

spirit.

That's it, so goodbye from me.

Good afternoon, I'm Asad Ahmad.

London City Airport and a stretch

of the Docklands Light Railway

are likely to be closed

all day after a half tonne

World War II bomb was found

in the River Thames.

Residents leaving within a 200 metre

exclusion zone of the airport

were evacuated last night,

as the Royal Navy tries

to make the device safe.

The airport was supposed to handle

16,000 passengers today.

Tolu Adeoye has been

in the area this morning.

You can probably see

the empty runway behind me.

Normally, you would expect planes

to be coming and going

every 20 minutes or so.

But every flight has been cancelled,

after that World War II bomb

was discovered yesterday morning

at 5am at King George V dock,

next to the airport.

We understand around 260 arrivals

and departures have been cancelled,

affecting 16,000 passengers.

The Met and the Royal Navy

are working to make this bomb safe.

It's weighing in at

around 500 kilograms.

We've heard from the CEO

of City Airport, Robert Sinclair.

He's apologised for

the inconvenience to passengers.

There is also a cordon in place,

a 200 metre cordon,

which is affecting local residents.

Many of them have been moved

into emergency accommodation.

Now, this airport runs domestic

and European flights.

Airlines including Flybe,

CityJet, Lufthansa having

to cancel flights today.

We understand some flights have been

moved to neighbouring airports,

Southend, Stansted airports,

but still, lots of

disruption for passengers.

A number of roads have

also been cordoned off.

Motorists are advised

to avoid the area.

The DLR has been suspended between

Woolwich, Arsenal and City Airport.

We understand the Woolwich

Ferry is running.

Now, it isn't uncommon to find

World War II bombs across London.

It is unlikely they will explode,

but they do pose a risk,

which is why precautions like these

have been taken.

City Airport believe

the schedule should be back up

and running by tomorrow.

And just to remind you that you can

get all the latest travel news

affecting that part of London

and elsewhere on BBC Radio London

or take a look at our Twitter feed.

Real animal fur labelled as fake fur

has been found on sale

in London's markets.

A BBC London investigation

found items, which upon

further examination,

contained rabbit hair,

racoon dog and mink,

at stalls where buyers thought

the fur was fake.

Animal rights campaigners

say animal fur is now

being farmed on such

a scale that it's cheaper,

than its "fake" alternative.

Alex Bushill investigates.

Our investigation starts

here, Camden market.

One of the most famous

markets in the world.

And with a secret camera,

we joined the crowds

looking for a purchase,

a coat with a fur trim.

This is the coat that

we have just bought.

It even has a label on it

saying 100% polyester.

So, no animal fur here then.

Only one way to be sure.

Dr Phil Greaves is the country's

leading microfibre expert.

So we asked him to run

all the tests needed

to find out for sure

if this

was real fur or faux fur.

What is it?

It's animal fibre, because it's got

the structural features that

only animal fibres have.

It's got an external margin

of scales, internal structure,

pigment within the fibres.

It's of two coats, and the fibres

taper towards their tip.

That's 100% certain?

100%.

In all, we bought garments from 17

stalls and shops from across London

from Stratford to Shepherd's Bush

market, from bobble hats to key

rings and shoes with pom-poms.

Again and again, we were sold

fake fur that turned out

actually to be real fur.

And again in Shepherd's Bush market.

And then in Stratford,

many of those stallholders say that

at that price it has to be fake fur.

Real fur, they say, is expensive.

Well, not any more.

According to the Humane Society,

and animal rights charity,

According to the Humane Society,

an animal rights charity,

that is a common misconception.

They say, in fact, real

fur can now be so much

cheaper than synthetic fur.

I think a lot of people think

that fur is expensive,

and would look at a £10 bobble hat

and not think for a second

that it could be real fur.

And we just encourage people

to really be careful not

to sleepwalk into buying real

fur and supporting it.

We asked everyone who sold us

real fur as faux fur

to explain themselves.

Some simply didn't comment,

like these two, so we don't know

if they themselves were victims

duped by their suppliers.

Others, like this lady,

said she was shocked

and that she relied on the label

and was assured by her supply

and that she relied on the label

and was assured by her supplier

it wasn't real fur.

She has now removed

the items from sale.

Which all leads to one

inescapable thought.

If so many of the shops and stalls

that sell fur don't really know

what they're selling,

how on earth are we, the consumer,

to know what the fur trim

on our coat or the bobble on our hat

is really made of?

Alex Bushill, BBC London News.

And you can see more on that story

on Inside Out London.

Tonight at 7:30pm on BBC One.

A clutch of Britain's finest actors

star in a new film shot,

in part, on a council housing estate

near Tower Bridge.

Finding Your Feet stars

Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie,

and Joanna Lumley among others

and it's about a middle-aged

snob, let's say, who finds romance

in the most unlikely place.

Wendy Hurrell has more.

In her posh Surrey home, Sandra puts

on a party for her husband's

retirement, and looks forward

to a new life with him.

I've been planning our retirement

for the last 35 years.

Except, those plans

come to an abrupt stop.

What the hell's going on?

We were just...

It's not what it looks like, Sandra.

So, Imelda Staunton's

character moves in

with her sister, living in quite

different surroundings on an East

London council estate.

KIDS SHOUT.

How important do you think

it is that films such

as this one are made,

where there are central

female characters

of a more mature age?

You've cornered the

market, quite frankly.

LAUGHTER.

I'm trying to get into her audience.

I need her audience!

I watched again one of my most

favourite films, All About Eve,

and I saw Bette Davis

being interviewed before,

and she was saying that her life

was being, you know,

paralleled in the film.

Because a woman of 40...

And she talks about she'd just

turned 40 three months ago.

That's it.

For women, for actresses,

in those days, that was it.

And so, I'm thrilled to be

able to say that I think

things are changing.

I really do.

Finding Your Feet is in

cinemas from next Friday.

Go on Sandra, give it to him!

Wendy Hurrell, BBC London News.

They must have had so much fun

making that film.

Now the weather with Kate.

Good afternoon, it was a cold start

this morning, people waking up

to quite a widespread frost,

but also waking up to this,

clear blue sky and sunshine.

Not much cloud throughout

the course of this morning.

We will see a bit more bubbling up

into this afternoon,

some decent, sunny spells,

but it will still feel rather cold.

It should stay dry.

There is a slim chance you may

get a bit of a shower

and some thicker cloud,

could be wintery over higher ground.

Most places staying dry.

Temperatures getting

up to eight Celsius.

Overnight, that shower

risk continues as it

works its way up from the south.

It could feel wintry.

Lengthy, clear spells will mean

the temperatures will get cold again

with a minimum of 0 Celsius.

A bright start for some,

but quite quickly that cloud

will move in and with it, the rain.

Turning into a rather

wet and breezy Tuesday,

not very pleasant at all and not

feeling especially warm, either.

The maximum between

three and six Celsius.

That rain will clear away overnight

on Tuesday and we will get a clear

start for Wednesday morning.

Chilly but gradually this front

arrives through Wednesday afternoon

and we will see it turn rather

wet and breezy.

All change, though, for Thursday,

some slightly milder air moves in.

Temperatures getting

up to 11 Celsius.

We should see the return of some

sunshine for Thursday, as well.

That's it.

Victoria is here at 6:30pm tonight

with our early evening news.

Plenty more on our Facebook page

and Twitter feed throughout the day.

Until later, I hope

you enjoy your afternoon.

Goodbye.