0:00:00 > 0:00:11Have a good afternoon.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Welcome to BBC London News.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16I'm Alpa Patel.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20Nearly £21 million has been spent keeping Grenfell Tower
0:00:20 > 0:00:24survivors in hotels, according to new figures.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27They suggest that the money spent would have been enough
0:00:27 > 0:00:31to have built the original tower an estimated three times over.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Kensington and Chelsea Council have been heavily criticised for taking
0:00:33 > 0:00:38too long to find permanent new homes for those made homeless by the fire.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Let's speak to our reporter, Caroline Davies,
0:00:40 > 0:00:42who is with me in the studio.
0:00:42 > 0:00:48Caroline, what more can you tell us?
0:00:48 > 0:00:52These questions, this issue, it has raised questions about what has been
0:00:52 > 0:00:56happening in the last nine months since the Grenfell Tower fire.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Hundreds were made homeless, not just from the tower but from nearby
0:01:00 > 0:01:06estates, and since then, the council has been trying to find homes, about
0:01:06 > 0:01:10210 households. Some were initially put into hotels and the bill is what
0:01:10 > 0:01:14the current total for the families is. Some of them have been
0:01:14 > 0:01:20permanently rehoused, about 62, others are in temporary housing, 66,
0:01:20 > 0:01:25but 82 of them are still in emergency accommodation, 82
0:01:25 > 0:01:28households, and the emergency accommodation is mainly hotels. Some
0:01:28 > 0:01:32of them may have accepted a temporary home but not moved out
0:01:32 > 0:01:36yet. There has been a lot of criticism at the council for not
0:01:36 > 0:01:40moving fast enough to get the families into homes. The local
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Labour MP has spoken about this, about the fact that without
0:01:44 > 0:01:49permanent homes, people's lives are on hold.A lot of criticism against
0:01:49 > 0:01:52the council, what are they saying in response?They point out to start
0:01:52 > 0:01:55with roughly half of the funding will come from the Government and
0:01:55 > 0:02:00they have pointed out it is not the only area they have spent money on,
0:02:00 > 0:02:15they have spent £235 million securing 307 homes.Thank you very
0:02:15 > 0:02:18much for that update.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Residents in Fulham say their lives have been ruined
0:02:20 > 0:02:23after work on a super sewer started going through the night.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Construction work on the Thames Tideway Tunnel
0:02:26 > 0:02:27got permission to operate 24 hours a day last month.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29But people living nearby say it's preventing
0:02:29 > 0:02:30them from sleeping.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35Victoria Cook has been speaking to those affected.
0:02:35 > 0:02:41For the last six weeks, the construction work here at the new
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Thames super sewer, Thames Tideway Tunnel, has been going through the
0:02:46 > 0:02:49night and local residents say it is destroying their lives.I have been
0:02:49 > 0:02:53joined by some of them to find out more. Tell me a little bit about the
0:02:53 > 0:02:59noise you are hearing.What is it like when it is bad?It is like an
0:02:59 > 0:03:03earthquake in my flat. My little girl is very scared, every night she
0:03:03 > 0:03:07wakes up and says, mum, can I stay in the bed with you? She has
0:03:07 > 0:03:11nightmares.David, you have said a similar thing. What impact is it
0:03:11 > 0:03:19having on your life?I cannot sleep. I cannot plan anything. I have very
0:03:19 > 0:03:22little energy and there is always the fear of yet another invasion in
0:03:22 > 0:03:26the middle of the night, sometimes 3am, and we do not know when it is
0:03:26 > 0:03:30coming, they do not tell us anything. It is getting impossible
0:03:30 > 0:03:35to live here now.You live nearby as well. What would you like to see
0:03:35 > 0:03:41done ideally?I would like it to stop ideally and we just want to
0:03:41 > 0:03:50sleep.Ideally night-time construction work to stop?
0:03:50 > 0:03:54Absolutely, if possible, yes, that would be an ideal outcome.Terms
0:03:54 > 0:04:00Tideway has sent us a statement this morning -- Thames. They have said
0:04:00 > 0:04:04they have done what they can to minimise disruption but they say
0:04:04 > 0:04:07they will take the new complaints into consideration and they will
0:04:07 > 0:04:12investigate to see what more they can do. Victoria Cook reporting from
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Fulham.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17The Government is being urged to increase money for schools
0:04:17 > 0:04:19to help deal with the rise in knife crime.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21The Labour MP for Croydon Central told the Commons that
0:04:21 > 0:04:24the problem had reached what she called epidemic levels.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26At least three quarters of head teachers have had to cut staff,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29special needs provision and support, like mentoring, which are all
0:04:29 > 0:04:31crucial in preventing crime.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Now that this epidemic has infiltrated our schools,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36will he admit that school cuts are threatening our
0:04:36 > 0:04:41children's safety?
0:04:41 > 0:04:44The department is working with the Home Office and, of course,
0:04:44 > 0:04:45other stakeholders - police, Ofsted and Health
0:04:45 > 0:04:47and Safety Executive - on updating our school security
0:04:47 > 0:04:51guidance to make clear the risks of carrying knives and to provide
0:04:51 > 0:04:54advice on dealing with this really important issue.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56London boroughs have the highest number of A roads
0:04:56 > 0:05:02with potholes in England, a BBC investigation has learned.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04The three worst boroughs include the City of London,
0:05:04 > 0:05:10Westminster and Tower Hamlets.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12All three need to repair an average of 14% of their roads.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14The RAC says the number of drivers breaking down
0:05:14 > 0:05:20after hitting potholes has risen.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23All this week on the BBC, it's Sport Relief, with money
0:05:23 > 0:05:25being raised to help people in the UK and across the world
0:05:26 > 0:05:29to live happier and healthier lives.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31One project to have benefited from your donations
0:05:31 > 0:05:33here in the capital is the BigKid Foundation
0:05:33 > 0:05:36in Stockwell.
0:05:36 > 0:05:43Chris Slegg has been finding out more about the work they do.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Hey, listen, there's zero communication going on
0:05:45 > 0:05:46with you lot...
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Shaninga Marasha set up a mentoring scheme when he was still
0:05:49 > 0:05:50at school.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52It later became known as the BigKid Foundation.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Now 35, he has helped transform the lives of
0:05:54 > 0:05:56scores of youngsters in south London.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58A lot of these young people come from really challenging
0:05:58 > 0:06:03backgrounds and what we try and do is create a safe environment for
0:06:03 > 0:06:06them, a space where they can kind of freely express themselves.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09But at the same time, we try to give them
0:06:09 > 0:06:11opportunities to volunteer, to really give back to the local
0:06:11 > 0:06:15community, to give back to the young people that they work with.
0:06:15 > 0:06:1817-year-old Weze says he's struggled with anger management issues until
0:06:18 > 0:06:20these sessions helped bring structure to his life.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23I've been here for three or four years and
0:06:23 > 0:06:29it's changed me because, me, I have a little bit of a temper.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31So it's helped me to control it and be
0:06:31 > 0:06:34welcoming to people who are new to football, especially here.
0:06:34 > 0:06:44The work being done here is made possible
0:06:44 > 0:06:51thanks to money raised by Sport Relief and funding from the National
0:06:51 > 0:06:57Lottery and Government through the #IWillFund.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58The money from Sport Relief and #IWillFund has helped us
0:06:58 > 0:07:01tremendously, because what it does is make the programme sustainable.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02And what the young people need is consistency.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05So it has allowed us to engage with their parents, engage
0:07:05 > 0:07:07with other local organisations and also give the young people
0:07:08 > 0:07:09opportunities to grow with us.
0:07:09 > 0:07:1118-year-old Nuno says sports has provided him with a vital outlet,
0:07:11 > 0:07:13having grown up in an urban environment.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16It's changed my life because I've been a really cooped up
0:07:16 > 0:07:19kid when I was younger, and it was going to continue to be the same
0:07:19 > 0:07:23until I found BigKid and I started coming out a lot more to training
0:07:23 > 0:07:26sessions and going on trips and I've just been enjoying the whole three
0:07:26 > 0:07:27years of my experience here.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29The work of the BigKid Foundation and
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Sport Relief - proof of football's power to change the lives of young
0:07:32 > 0:07:41people for the better.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42What a great project.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45ow the weather with Kate Kinsella.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47How is the forecast looking?
0:07:47 > 0:07:53How is the forecast looking? A little bit warmer. I say that
0:07:53 > 0:07:56tentatively, just a little bit milder. The scene first thing this
0:07:56 > 0:08:00morning, quite a lot of cloud, temperatures down in low single
0:08:00 > 0:08:05figures, it was chilly, but gradually, the cloud has been
0:08:05 > 0:08:08breaking up, sunny spells, they will continue this afternoon, pretty
0:08:08 > 0:08:14decent breaks in the cloud. Not feeling too bad. The wind is not
0:08:14 > 0:08:18quite as raw as on the week and then yesterday. Feeling a little less
0:08:18 > 0:08:30cold this afternoon with bright sunny spells as well.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35You will feel the breeze out along the coast in parts of Essex, cloud
0:08:35 > 0:08:37in the West, in brighter spells, temperatures up at 9 degrees. Still
0:08:37 > 0:08:39patchy cloud around tonight. That will disappear. The temperature will
0:08:39 > 0:08:43drop down to zero. A frost for many first thing tomorrow. Probably
0:08:43 > 0:08:49avoiding it in central London. A lovely bright start tomorrow, plenty
0:08:49 > 0:08:55of sunshine, but quite quickly, the cloud will move in. Cloudy tomorrow
0:08:55 > 0:08:58afternoon, mostly dry, but the
0:08:58 > 0:09:00westerly breeze, different direction, touch milder, in double
0:09:00 > 0:09:07figures. Post Wednesday, this big area of yellow, coming in from the
0:09:07 > 0:09:13Atlantic, pushing away the cold blue air, getting a little bit milder
0:09:13 > 0:09:17heading towards the end of the week. And milder still into the early part
0:09:17 > 0:09:22of next week. Still showers but also dry weather too.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Not a bad week ahead.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27That's it from me.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Asad will be back at 6.30pm with our evening programme.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32But for now, from all of us here, have a good afternoon.