24/12/2016 London News

Good evening- and welcome to BBC London News- I'm Sonja Jessup.

Thousands of people living in Camden have been warned their Christmas

celebrations could be disrupted by demolition work-

Network Rail has written to residents near Mornington Crescent-

saying diggers and other heavy machinery will be moving

HS2 is the ?60 billion 250 mph train line that will drastically reduce

But until then there is a lot of work involved, including over

Come on, Bessie, let's go to the park.

And avoid the noise and the pollution.

Colin and Betty are expecting four for Christmas lunch

My main upset about this is the fact they are going to be

working on Christmas Day, and I think everyone is entitled to at

least one free day of peace and quiet to be

The section of track being worked on stretches between Primrose

Hill and Euston, it's about a mile long.

All the residents alongside it have been sent this letter by

Network Rail, warning them of disturbance during the Christmas

The letter reads, unfortunately, the type of equipment

and machinery we have to use doesn't mean some disturbance is

Network Rail also say the four days of work starting

tonight at 10pm are happening now because no trains are running and

they will make every effort to do it as quietly as possible.

Everything that happens here is amplified.

So we just have to wait and see what happens.

But we have plan B, which is pack the turkey into the boot of

a car and drive to the seaside and eat it there.

So if you thought you'd escaped rail disruption at

last by staying at home this Christmas, in some parts of Camden,

Meanwhile there IS also disruption for rail passengers over Christmas.

From today- trains to and from London Paddington have been

suspended for six days- because of work to build Crossrail.

That also means there's no Heathrow Express-

between Heathrow Airport and Paddington.

Great Western Railway trains are terminating at Ealing Broadway.

A mother from Hounslow has said a special thank you to the police

officer who stayed by her side- as her son fought for his life.

Mary Creed's son Sean was stabbed in Isleworth in July-

and as doctors battled to save him- she was comforted

That night- she made him a special promise-

Mary Creed received a knock on her door

in the middle of the night that

PC O'Hara just used the word "Stabbed" and I

Her 25-year-old son Sean had a wound just a centimetre away from his

Right through the night PC O'Hara would say, Mary,

I'm going to go and see what the theatre is saying.

And every time it was, he is still bleeding,

he's still bleeding, they

I said, number one, my son will live.

And I also said, we will have apple pie and a

cup of tea together to celebrate his life.

This week, with her son out of hospital and recovering, Mary kept

her side of the bargain, taking apple pie to Hounslow police

Yeah, I always have your face in my mind for the rest of my

I've still got a copy of your letter with me, I carry it with

I've never had nothing like that before.

There you go, still carry it with me.

I penned it a good while before I ever sent

it, but I just wrote it from my heart, and then I just sent it.

My beautiful son had been stabbed, my

heart was in pieces, as you can imagine,

it was PC Stuart O'Hara who

He's an exceptional human being first, and police officer.

I've got apple pie and you still got Sean.

Josephine McDermott, BBC London News.

A quick look now at tomorrow's weather.

We're going to have a very mild Christmas Day-

but with a brisk wind- quite cloudy- perhaps

some light rain too- a top temperature of 14 celsius.

Well, that's it from us- we'll be back on Boxing Day-

but from all of us on the BBC London News team-

Hello. Nice and toasty both inside and out. It even struggling to snow

across the Scottish hills, it's so