:00:00. > :00:00.Eddie Jones, about to win the Six Nations again with England. Much
:00:00. > :00:08.more on that to come throughout the evening and the rest of the news on
:00:09. > :00:13.the BBC News Channel. I will be back with the late news on BBC One at
:00:14. > :00:21.10pm but now it is time for the news where you are.
:00:22. > :00:23.Good evening - and welcome to BBC London News.
:00:24. > :00:31.A minute's silence has been held for an amateur rugby player
:00:32. > :00:33.who died after collapsing on the pitch in Surrey a week ago.
:00:34. > :00:36.Fellow players tried desperately to resuscitate Shawnton de four
:00:37. > :00:39.at the Old Emanuel club in New Malden - but he died
:00:40. > :00:42.His friends are trying to raise money to support his wife -
:00:43. > :00:46.A minute's silence, respect and memories
:00:47. > :00:49.a week on for the beloved team-mate who died at the club
:00:50. > :00:51.he loved playing for playing the game he adored.
:00:52. > :00:53.Shawnton de Four was just 34 when he collapsed
:00:54. > :01:01.and died on the field here
:01:02. > :01:05.His team-mates did everything they could to resuscitate him.
:01:06. > :01:07.The cause of his death is still not known.
:01:08. > :01:10.Shawnton was a wonderful man and a great friend
:01:11. > :01:13.He was one of those all-round people in the
:01:14. > :01:15.club that everyone loves, and soon as you meet
:01:16. > :01:16.him you want to get to
:01:17. > :01:22.as it was the winning point for a final.
:01:23. > :01:25.You would not want him running at you and you were always
:01:26. > :01:27.very grateful that he was on your side.
:01:28. > :01:31.A web page has been set up by the club to raise money for his wife
:01:32. > :01:33.and 18-month-old twins, and for people to share their memories.
:01:34. > :01:37.Leave messages on their for Susie and the twins so that in the future
:01:38. > :01:40.they've got something they can read how loved he was, and his friends
:01:41. > :01:44.There is a lovely quote on there about him
:01:45. > :01:49.strongest rum, he ate the most chicken, he played hard on the pitch
:01:50. > :01:52.and he was a lovely man and we are all going to miss him."
:01:53. > :01:54.?30,000 has already been raised in memory of the
:01:55. > :01:57.Wimbledon engineer and many memories recorded for his children to know
:01:58. > :02:00.what his team-mates called "the lion of a man" who was their father.
:02:01. > :02:05.Sarah Harris, BBC London News, Surrey.
:02:06. > :02:08.A couple who are raising money for their seriously ill baby son
:02:09. > :02:10.to get treatment in America have been given ?20,000
:02:11. > :02:14.Specialists at Great Ormond Street Hospital believe it would be best
:02:15. > :02:19.to stop providing life-support treatment to seven
:02:20. > :02:22.But Charlie's parents want to be allowed to take him
:02:23. > :02:27.A teacher in south London has been praised by his students -
:02:28. > :02:29.after revealing he was gay in a school assembly.
:02:30. > :02:31.Daniel Gray had been bullied over his sexuality
:02:32. > :02:35.when he was a pupil - but made the decision to 'come out'
:02:36. > :02:37.to all his students - to show them there was nothing
:02:38. > :02:48.He's been explaining why he felt it was so important.
:02:49. > :02:51.This assembly hall was packed with students having their usual daily
:02:52. > :02:56.On the big screen there was a video of me showing talking
:02:57. > :03:00.of the video I came out to my students.
:03:01. > :03:02.The build-up was very nerve-racking, was very tense.
:03:03. > :03:04.As a gay man I know how important it is
:03:05. > :03:06.to grow up with positive role models who can
:03:07. > :03:07.support you, understand you
:03:08. > :03:16.and help you see that it gets better.
:03:17. > :03:18.That's why we've set up the LGBT Culture Club.
:03:19. > :03:20.There were some shrugs, there were some smiles, a
:03:21. > :03:22.couple of mouths fell open, but generally the reaction
:03:23. > :03:24.was rather muted and it was only after the
:03:25. > :03:31.assembly that the reaction became stronger and so much more positive.
:03:32. > :03:34.I remember sitting in the assembly going, oh my God, he's just come out
:03:35. > :03:39.But I honestly think we are the most accepting
:03:40. > :03:46.I was quite shocked first of all but he's actually came out in
:03:47. > :03:48.confidence and I thought that was really quite fantastic.
:03:49. > :03:50.Everyone was talking about it but everyone
:03:51. > :03:55.It's a good feeling to know that someone
:03:56. > :03:57.else is different and they're OK with it.
:03:58. > :04:02.Because I had such a horrendous experience at school it's
:04:03. > :04:06.been really important to me to come out of the students because I think
:04:07. > :04:09.I want to be the role model that I never had.
:04:10. > :04:11.My secondary school experience in Basingstoke, I was
:04:12. > :04:12.bullied every single day for being gay.
:04:13. > :04:19.They used to call me names, they used to
:04:20. > :04:22.push me around in corridors, all kinds of things, and I was upset
:04:23. > :04:28.But where I am now schools know how to deal with it.
:04:29. > :04:30.Our job as teachers is not just about
:04:31. > :04:32.curriculum, curriculum, curriculum, it's about building young people
:04:33. > :04:39.And that's why I've done it and I hope other teachers will see
:04:40. > :04:52.Daniel Gray there are. Now a quick look at tomorrow's whether.
:04:53. > :04:56.Dull and wet - we're going to have rain for much of the day,
:04:57. > :04:58.heavy at times, feeling much cooler too, with a top
:04:59. > :05:03.That's it from us - we'll be back tomorrow though
:05:04. > :05:21.Good evening. Some of us managed to get some decent weather today, not
:05:22. > :05:25.everybody but some of us. Lovely picture from a weather watcher in
:05:26. > :05:29.Northern Ireland, Enniskillen, and in Northern Ireland we have the
:05:30. > :05:34.warmest day of the year for Northern Ireland, 16 Celsius. The Southeast a
:05:35. > :05:38.little warmer weather cloud broke up, 18 Celsius, but we have also had
:05:39. > :05:39.some light rain, and