0:00:00 > 0:00:04we are back with the late news at quarter to ten -
0:00:04 > 0:00:13Goodbye.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Good evening, I'm Katharine Carpenter.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Thousands of people who live along a main railway line
0:00:18 > 0:00:21through the capital have been warned to prepare for 2 months
0:00:21 > 0:00:24of sleepless nights at weekends.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27It's all because of overrunning engineering works on the Gospel Oak
0:00:27 > 0:00:33to Barking overground as Helen Mulroy reports.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35It's the east-west line that carries more than 30,000 passengers
0:00:35 > 0:00:38each weekday but the Gospel Oak to Barking line
0:00:38 > 0:00:42would be running tomorrow.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45It won't be running for the next seven Sundays either.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48That's due to overrunning engineering works to electrify
0:00:48 > 0:00:51the line, works which began last June.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Aside from the disruption to services, there's been further
0:00:53 > 0:00:56turmoil for track-side residents, who are bracing themselves
0:00:56 > 0:00:59for sleepless weekends after they were warned
0:00:59 > 0:01:02much of the work will take place through the early hours
0:01:02 > 0:01:08of Sunday and Monday mornings for eight consecutive weekends.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Residents who live alongside the tracks have been notified
0:01:10 > 0:01:15via letter of the overnight disturbance they may face.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Aside from the usual hammering and banging that one might expect,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22there are also being warned that some of the equipment that will be
0:01:22 > 0:01:26used during this period has to sound horns before they are ever moved
0:01:26 > 0:01:30as a matter of health and safety.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32We literally are almost on the embankment.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34They keep you awake at night.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37It's a bit much to get on with.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39I don't know what everyone else thinks but, like I say,
0:01:39 > 0:01:43if you got kids or elderly people trying to get a decent night's
0:01:43 > 0:01:46sleep, and if you can't it can be quite an issue.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49We've been sort of taken for granted, really, in a sense.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51There's not been a word of any sort of compensation
0:01:51 > 0:01:56to the residents down here.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00But, for those who use the line, the work is crucial.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02The existing two-coach diesel trains are completely packed out
0:02:02 > 0:02:05at peak periods.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08With four-coach electric trains, there will be a huge increase
0:02:08 > 0:02:10in capacity and just as important for people who live along
0:02:10 > 0:02:13the line is the removal of all those diesel engines.
0:02:13 > 0:02:19They make emissions the length of the line.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Network Rail have apologised for the delays and disturbance
0:02:21 > 0:02:26but that's little comfort to passengers and residents.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27It also said more line closures and further work will be needed
0:02:27 > 0:02:36but as of yet they can't say when that will be.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38A teenager has died after being stabbed in Camberwell.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Police were called to Southampton Way at quarter past
0:02:40 > 0:02:43eleven last night but the boy, believed to be seventeen years old,
0:02:43 > 0:02:46was pronounced dead at the scene.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48He's the eighth teenager to die after being stabbed
0:02:48 > 0:02:52in the capital this year.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56Now if you get a knock on your front door just as you're sitting down
0:02:56 > 0:02:58to your evening meal, the chances are it's
0:02:58 > 0:02:59someone wanting your vote.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01In the run up to Thursday's election, politicians
0:03:01 > 0:03:04and their devotees are out in force canvassing door to door
0:03:04 > 0:03:06but does it work?
0:03:06 > 0:03:10Sarah Harris has been finding out.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13In this digital age, it's perhaps a little surprising that,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17this close to an election, old-fashioned doorknocking is still
0:03:17 > 0:03:22considered such an important part of any party's campaign.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23What a lovely house.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25In Slough, the Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, was encouraging his
0:03:25 > 0:03:30party to keep knocking right up to the finishing line.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32All the evidence shows that people make up their minds
0:03:32 > 0:03:36quite late on in the campaign.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39So the last week is when quite a large proportion do make up
0:03:39 > 0:03:42their minds and they want to know, people really want to know
0:03:42 > 0:03:43what the parties stand for.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46So on the doorstep you have that opportunity of having a real
0:03:46 > 0:03:47dialogue and a discussion.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50And it seems candidates have some worthwhile persuading still to do.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54The Khan family from the Wexham area of Slough have still to make
0:03:54 > 0:03:57up their mind who to vote for next Thursday and would welcome a visit
0:03:57 > 0:04:00from all the main parties.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02It's much better to see someone face-to-face.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07It's easier to understand them.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Rather than reading the statement on the papers,
0:04:09 > 0:04:13see them actually here.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16And some of those who have made up their mind already
0:04:16 > 0:04:19are still happy to listen just in case they've missed something.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21I always open the door to them.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26I know, end of the day, them doing them job, innit?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Not everyone, of course, likes an unexpected visitor
0:04:28 > 0:04:38and many will be glad when it's all over.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40And you can find full details of all the candidates
0:04:40 > 0:04:46and where they're standing on our website bbc.co.uk/election.
0:04:46 > 0:04:52The weather.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53The weather.
0:04:53 > 0:05:00And tomorrow's looking mainly fine and dry with sunny spells and a top
0:05:00 > 0:05:01temperature of 20 degrees.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04That's all from us, i'll be back tomorrow evening but until then,
0:05:04 > 0:05:04enjoy the rest of your weekend.