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