11/03/2017 London News

Eddie Jones, about to win the Six Nations again with England. Much

more on that to come throughout the evening and the rest of the news on

the BBC News Channel. I will be back with the late news on BBC One at

10pm but now it is time for the news where you are.

Good evening - and welcome to BBC London News.

A minute's silence has been held for an amateur rugby player

who died after collapsing on the pitch in Surrey a week ago.

Fellow players tried desperately to resuscitate Shawnton de four

at the Old Emanuel club in New Malden - but he died

His friends are trying to raise money to support his wife -

A minute's silence, respect and memories

a week on for the beloved team-mate who died at the club

he loved playing for playing the game he adored.

Shawnton de Four was just 34 when he collapsed

and died on the field here

His team-mates did everything they could to resuscitate him.

The cause of his death is still not known.

Shawnton was a wonderful man and a great friend

He was one of those all-round people in the

club that everyone loves, and soon as you meet

him you want to get to

as it was the winning point for a final.

You would not want him running at you and you were always

very grateful that he was on your side.

A web page has been set up by the club to raise money for his wife

and 18-month-old twins, and for people to share their memories.

Leave messages on their for Susie and the twins so that in the future

they've got something they can read how loved he was, and his friends

There is a lovely quote on there about him

strongest rum, he ate the most chicken, he played hard on the pitch

and he was a lovely man and we are all going to miss him."

?30,000 has already been raised in memory of the

Wimbledon engineer and many memories recorded for his children to know

what his team-mates called "the lion of a man" who was their father.

Sarah Harris, BBC London News, Surrey.

A couple who are raising money for their seriously ill baby son

to get treatment in America have been given ?20,000

Specialists at Great Ormond Street Hospital believe it would be best

to stop providing life-support treatment to seven

But Charlie's parents want to be allowed to take him

A teacher in south London has been praised by his students -

after revealing he was gay in a school assembly.

Daniel Gray had been bullied over his sexuality

when he was a pupil - but made the decision to 'come out'

to all his students - to show them there was nothing

He's been explaining why he felt it was so important.

This assembly hall was packed with students having their usual daily

On the big screen there was a video of me showing talking

of the video I came out to my students.

The build-up was very nerve-racking, was very tense.

As a gay man I know how important it is

to grow up with positive role models who can

support you, understand you

and help you see that it gets better.

That's why we've set up the LGBT Culture Club.

There were some shrugs, there were some smiles, a

couple of mouths fell open, but generally the reaction

was rather muted and it was only after the

assembly that the reaction became stronger and so much more positive.

I remember sitting in the assembly going, oh my God, he's just come out

But I honestly think we are the most accepting

I was quite shocked first of all but he's actually came out in

confidence and I thought that was really quite fantastic.

Everyone was talking about it but everyone

It's a good feeling to know that someone

else is different and they're OK with it.

Because I had such a horrendous experience at school it's

been really important to me to come out of the students because I think

I want to be the role model that I never had.

My secondary school experience in Basingstoke, I was

bullied every single day for being gay.

They used to call me names, they used to

push me around in corridors, all kinds of things, and I was upset

But where I am now schools know how to deal with it.

Our job as teachers is not just about

curriculum, curriculum, curriculum, it's about building young people

And that's why I've done it and I hope other teachers will see

Daniel Gray there are. Now a quick look at tomorrow's whether.

Dull and wet - we're going to have rain for much of the day,

heavy at times, feeling much cooler too, with a top

That's it from us - we'll be back tomorrow though

Good evening. Some of us managed to get some decent weather today, not

everybody but some of us. Lovely picture from a weather watcher in

Northern Ireland, Enniskillen, and in Northern Ireland we have the

warmest day of the year for Northern Ireland, 16 Celsius. The Southeast a

little warmer weather cloud broke up, 18 Celsius, but we have also had

some light rain, and