0:00:00 > 0:00:13That is all.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Welcome to BBC London News.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17I'm Alpa Patel.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The online taxi firm Uber says it will go further
0:00:19 > 0:00:23to protect the safety of its drivers and passengers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26It comes a day after Transport for London announced new rules
0:00:26 > 0:00:29requiring private minicab companies to limit working
0:00:29 > 0:00:31hours for drivers.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34All this comes five months after Uber was stripped of its
0:00:34 > 0:00:37license to operate in London.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Emma North has been speaking to Uber and sent his report.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43I think it's safe to say that the clock is ticking for Uber.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46It has until June to prove that it is worthy of retaining
0:00:46 > 0:00:49its licence here in London, and so it's introducing a whole load
0:00:49 > 0:00:52of measures to try and prove it should stick around.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Fred Jones is from Uber.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57What are you doing to make sure that you stay in business?
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Today we are announcing the latest of a series of measures that really
0:01:00 > 0:01:04put safety at the heart of our service in London
0:01:05 > 0:01:05and across the UK.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Tell us a bit more about what you intend to do to make
0:01:08 > 0:01:09these journeys safer.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12We are announcing a series of measures, perhaps most notably,
0:01:12 > 0:01:18we are going to launch a 24/7 phone line, so drivers and riders have
0:01:18 > 0:01:20told us that they love our customer service, but the simple issue
0:01:20 > 0:01:25is that sometimes, when there is a series incident,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27they want to speak to a human to help them resolve their issue
0:01:27 > 0:01:28as soon as possible.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30That's something we are announcing.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Why do you think it's taken you so long to do this?
0:01:32 > 0:01:36It almost feels as if you are trying to catch up with what many other
0:01:36 > 0:01:37companies just do naturally.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41You are right, over the past months, we spent a lot of time listening
0:01:41 > 0:01:44to our riders and drivers, TfL, the Met police,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47and looking at what we can do to improve and change
0:01:47 > 0:01:50and make our service better for London and people across the UK.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54That's what we've done today.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57What also happened in the last 24 hours was that Transport for London
0:01:57 > 0:02:00has imposed a whole new list of measures which should make
0:02:00 > 0:02:04the amount of hours that people working for companies like Uber
0:02:04 > 0:02:05will be limited.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08That's already live, says Uber, but perhaps it's a sign that TfL
0:02:08 > 0:02:13and Uber are still working together to try and resolve their problems.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17There's been a drastic fall in the number of young Londoners
0:02:17 > 0:02:20able to buy their own homes over the past two decades.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23A study has revealed that, 20 years ago, around 47% of people below
0:02:24 > 0:02:27the age of 34 had bought a property.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31That dropped down to just 20% in 2016.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Let's get more on this.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Joining us in the studio is the author of the report,
0:02:36 > 0:02:44Andrew Hood from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46This is a problem for youngsters across the country. But particularly
0:02:46 > 0:02:54in London.London is one area in a country that has seen the fastest
0:02:54 > 0:02:58fall in home ownership in the last 20 years, simply because house
0:02:58 > 0:03:02prices have risen faster relative to the incomes of young Londoners and
0:03:02 > 0:03:07in the rest of the country, and that has carried on as house prices in
0:03:07 > 0:03:10London have continued to rise as they slowed across the rest of the
0:03:10 > 0:03:14country.Lots of youngsters missing out. What needs to be done to help
0:03:14 > 0:03:21them?The issue of housing supply needs to be tackled, to make sure
0:03:21 > 0:03:24enough houses are built to meet demand, but also to make sure they
0:03:24 > 0:03:27are built in the right places. Particularly for young Londoners,
0:03:27 > 0:03:31it's important they are built where they want to live, rather than in
0:03:31 > 0:03:38parts of the country where maybe not the jobs.We have heard this before
0:03:38 > 0:03:41about house-building. It hasn't really happened to the level we
0:03:41 > 0:03:45need. What will happen if the government doesn't intervene?It's
0:03:45 > 0:03:51challenging to think about any short-term fix. A long-term solution
0:03:51 > 0:03:55is needed but it's important because there are long-term problems being
0:03:55 > 0:03:58stored up was for example, if today's young adults go through
0:03:58 > 0:04:04their working lives without being able to buy a home, when they
0:04:04 > 0:04:07retire, will the government be able to pay their rent in London? Today's
0:04:07 > 0:04:12retirees tend to be mortgage is paid off and living in their homes for
0:04:12 > 0:04:14free.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Hundreds of young people will take part in one of London's largest
0:04:17 > 0:04:19urban talent shows later today.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24Past winners include street dancers Diversity and singer Leona Lewis.
0:04:24 > 0:04:30Ayshea Buksh reports.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Last-minute preparations at the Crib youth project in Hackney
0:04:33 > 0:04:36for their biggest night of the year.
0:04:36 > 0:04:42The talent show, Boroughs United, as singers, dance groups and poets
0:04:42 > 0:04:46perform live on stage at the Hackney Empire.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50The young people come from different youth clubs
0:04:50 > 0:04:52and centres across London, and organisers say the aim
0:04:52 > 0:04:55of the event is to show the creative potential young people have
0:04:55 > 0:04:58when given the right support.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00All we ever hear is negative things about young people,
0:05:00 > 0:05:04like gang-related, this one's getting stabbed, parents
0:05:04 > 0:05:06burying their children, so we need to show the positive side
0:05:06 > 0:05:16of young people, what they actually do, because that's not been shown.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30The Crib is based at the de Beauvoir estate in Hackney.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32It works with hundreds of young people and their families.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35As well as a youth club, it runs regular workshops on issues
0:05:35 > 0:05:37such as knife crime and mental health and well-being.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Pembe Tokluhan Went to the Crib as a youngster and now works
0:05:40 > 0:05:41as a professional stage manager.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43She's been coordinating the Boroughs United event.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45We have over 200 people backstage, all volunteers.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47I think that's the difference between us.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49There are a lot of talent competitions, but there's nothing
0:05:49 > 0:05:51that specifically targets all 33 boroughs of London,
0:05:51 > 0:05:53and that's what we target, bringing everybody together
0:05:53 > 0:05:54to be one community.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Organisers hope tonight will help break down barriers
0:05:56 > 0:05:58between youngsters from different parts of London, and promote
0:05:58 > 0:06:04peace and positivity to the wider community.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Best of luck to those youngsters.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14We're just over two weeks away from the Academy Awards and one
0:06:14 > 0:06:16company from Soho is in with a good chance of winning.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20I say chance, but it's guaranteed, because the company called Foundry
0:06:20 > 0:06:24is behind the scenes of every nominee in the Visual
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Effects category.
0:06:25 > 0:06:32Wendy Hurrell has been to have a look around.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37Behind the visual effects that put us in fantasy spaceships.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Bring life to the faces of chimps.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Or take us into dystopian futures.
0:06:48 > 0:06:54Is a very clever piece of software developed in Soho.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55It is called Nuke.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59It's about really mixing the real and unreal together to make them
0:06:59 > 0:07:01look like they blend together perfectly and they are shot
0:07:01 > 0:07:02through the same camera.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04It's actually tracking where all the pixels are going
0:07:05 > 0:07:06in the image, the movement.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09So your computer, at this point, has built itself a camera?
0:07:09 > 0:07:14A virtual camera, yes.
0:07:14 > 0:07:20So that's following the path of that image over the sequence.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22You have drawn it as an old-fashioned spool
0:07:22 > 0:07:23to spool camera, as well.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Just as a nod to the olden days!
0:07:25 > 0:07:26It's true.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28In this year's Oscars, they can't lose.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Every nominee in the visual effects category has used their software.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34They've been behind a win every year for the past decade, in fact.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37But you will never see them up on the dazzling Oscars stage.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39We still get recognised, but not in that way.
0:07:39 > 0:07:45We work on the tools.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47The tools, the software, the solutions that help them
0:07:47 > 0:07:48bring that magic to the screen.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52But absolutely, we are kind of more in the background.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Foundry received this Academy plaque this week.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58For the science bit, there is a separate ceremony.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01The boffins in Soho will be watching the main event on March
0:08:01 > 0:08:04the 4th to see which of their works gets a gong this year.
0:08:04 > 0:08:10Wendy Hurrell, BBC London News.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Pretty impressive effects.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Time for the weather.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13Here's Lucy Martin.
0:08:14 > 0:08:14Good afternoon.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17A cold and for some of us frosty start to the day,
0:08:17 > 0:08:19but we've seen plenty of blue skies.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21This photo sent in by a weather watcher in Kingston this morning.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26For the weekend, Saturday looking like the better of the two days,
0:08:26 > 0:08:29mostly dry and bright with the risk of the odd isolated shower.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Sunday, a cloudy day with some rain later.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33This afternoon, staying dry and bright with plenty of sunshine,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36possibly hazy at times thanks to a bit of high-level
0:08:36 > 0:08:39cloud, with highs of 10 Celsius and light winds.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42This evening and overnight, staying dry with some patchy cloud,
0:08:42 > 0:08:44but skies tending to clear into the early hours,
0:08:44 > 0:08:46so a chilly night to come.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Overnight lows around minus two Celsius to freezing.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54A risk of a touch of frost and one or two patches of mist and fog.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55A bright start on Saturday, if chilly.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Plenty of sunshine first thing, turning cloudy into the afternoon,
0:08:58 > 0:09:03with a risk of the odd isolated shower, and highs of 11.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06For Sunday, a cloudy day to come, with the cloud tending to thicken up
0:09:06 > 0:09:08from the west and some patchy outbreaks of rain later
0:09:08 > 0:09:12and highs of nine.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14That's about it from me.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Louisa Preston will be here with our 6:30 evening programme.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21But for now, from us all, a very good afternoon.