0:00:12 > 0:00:15Good evening from BBC London News, I'm Victoria Hollins.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18A father has been left with life-changing injuries
0:00:18 > 0:00:22after a family had acid thrown at them in North London.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24The 40-year-old and his wife and two-year-old son
0:00:24 > 0:00:27were attacked in broad daylight in Islington yesterday.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Police are appealing for witnesses.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35This is the spot behind me where the attack happened.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37This is a busy London street, lots of families around.
0:00:37 > 0:00:43Just behind us here, there's a children's playpark.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Yesterday lunchtime, at about 1pm, a family was walking here,
0:00:45 > 0:00:48a 40-year-old man, his 36-year-old wife and their young son,
0:00:48 > 0:00:50just a toddler, two years old.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Police said they were attacked by someone armed
0:00:53 > 0:00:55with an acid substance.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56It was thrown on them.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00The child and woman suffered minor chemical burns,
0:01:00 > 0:01:03but the man suffered much worse chemical burns, to his
0:01:03 > 0:01:04hands and his face.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Police have described his injuries as life-changing.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12All three victims were treated here at the scene by paramedics,
0:01:12 > 0:01:14and also by firefighters, who we understand poured
0:01:14 > 0:01:18water onto their faces to try to cool the burns down.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21These types of incidents are on the increase.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25There were 450 last year in London, double the number
0:01:25 > 0:01:27from the previous year.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31It is too early to say what happened in this incident in which a family
0:01:31 > 0:01:35was attacked in broad daylight by someone armed with acid.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Police are appealing for witnesses, but have not
0:01:38 > 0:01:41made any arrests as yet.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44The two fatal victims of yesterday's care-home fire in Hertfordshire have
0:01:44 > 0:01:48been identified as elderly women, a 91-year-old and an 89-year-old.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53The blaze broke out at the Newgrange Care Home in Cheshunt.
0:01:53 > 0:01:5633 people were rescued, three are still being treated in hospital.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Investigations are continuing into the cause of the fire.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Disabled patients going to two hospitals in Surrey are going to be
0:02:04 > 0:02:07charged to park from next month.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals Trust, which charges
0:02:09 > 0:02:12?3.50 for two hours, says it needs to raise
0:02:12 > 0:02:16income to "maintain and protect patient care".
0:02:16 > 0:02:18But campaigners say it's going to be a huge burden
0:02:18 > 0:02:22for disabled patients.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Hugh had a diving accident in his 20s.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Ever since, he has spent thousands modifying his home
0:02:29 > 0:02:31and on 24-hour care.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34One thing he usually gets for free is parking.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37But not at his local hospital from next month.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39I was angry.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43It just frustrates me that disabled people are going to have to pay
0:02:43 > 0:02:47when we already pay a lot of extra expenses.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51I have a huge list of expenses caused by my disability.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54I thought this was just one that...
0:02:54 > 0:02:56No, no.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58The trust says there will be exemptions for some
0:02:58 > 0:03:01patients if eligible, but it hopes charging blue-badge
0:03:01 > 0:03:05holders will raise ?140,000 a year.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09In a statement, the trust told us this decision had
0:03:09 > 0:03:10not been made lightly.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13It said it had to raise income to protect patient care.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18It said these plans were considered two and a half years ago.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19They were dropped.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22But it has had to do so now because the financial climate
0:03:22 > 0:03:24is significantly more challenging.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25It is fair enough.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27I am disabled, everybody has to pay their way.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31We are in poor times.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37We would have to sell the car to pay for the parking after a few months.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Parking is free for badge holders at most hospitals,
0:03:41 > 0:03:48but these hospitals all charge disabled drivers to park.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53From May 1st, so will Ashford and St Peter's.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55There is a petition to try to stop the plans.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Not everybody is a wealthy blue-badge holder.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02There are some people that have said that this will be
0:04:02 > 0:04:05a financial burden on them.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08In a time when hospitals are facing financial pressures as well,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11it seems inevitable that the choices they make may be unpopular.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Let's get a check on the weather with Sara Thornton.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Good evening to you.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Today's temperatures in the mid-20s Celsius something of a distant
0:04:22 > 0:04:26memory in the coming days as it will be much cooler from tomorrow,
0:04:26 > 0:04:27although predominantly dry
0:04:27 > 0:04:29as we head towards the bank holiday weekend.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32We start dry with some good sunshine in the morning but then we get
0:04:32 > 0:04:34a north-westerly wind setting in and some cloud
0:04:34 > 0:04:36bubbling up as we go through the afternoon.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Look at the spread in temperatures, down ten or more degree
0:04:39 > 0:04:41to what we saw today.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44In the coming days it is predominantly dry.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48There will be some cloud around at times and some sunny spells too.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49Not too bad in those.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50That's it.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52We're back tomorrow morning in Breakfast.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55From all of us here, do have a very good night.