03/06/2017 London News

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Good evening, I'm Katharine Carpenter.

Thousands of people who live along a main railway line

through the capital have been warned to prepare for 2 months

of sleepless nights at weekends.

It's all because of overrunning engineering works on the Gospel Oak

to Barking overground as Helen Mulroy reports.

It's the east-west line that carries more than 30,000 passengers

each weekday but the Gospel Oak to Barking line

would be running tomorrow.

It won't be running for the next seven Sundays either.

That's due to overrunning engineering works to electrify

the line, works which began last June.

Aside from the disruption to services, there's been further

turmoil for track-side residents, who are bracing themselves

for sleepless weekends after they were warned

much of the work will take place through the early hours

of Sunday and Monday mornings for eight consecutive weekends.

Residents who live alongside the tracks have been notified

via letter of the overnight disturbance they may face.

Aside from the usual hammering and banging that one might expect,

there are also being warned that some of the equipment that will be

used during this period has to sound horns before they are ever moved

as a matter of health and safety.

We literally are almost on the embankment.

They keep you awake at night.

It's a bit much to get on with.

I don't know what everyone else thinks but, like I say,

if you got kids or elderly people trying to get a decent night's

sleep, and if you can't it can be quite an issue.

We've been sort of taken for granted, really, in a sense.

There's not been a word of any sort of compensation

to the residents down here.

But, for those who use the line, the work is crucial.

The existing two-coach diesel trains are completely packed out

at peak periods.

With four-coach electric trains, there will be a huge increase

in capacity and just as important for people who live along

the line is the removal of all those diesel engines.

They make emissions the length of the line.

Network Rail have apologised for the delays and disturbance

but that's little comfort to passengers and residents.

It also said more line closures and further work will be needed

but as of yet they can't say when that will be.

A teenager has died after being stabbed in Camberwell.

Police were called to Southampton Way at quarter past

eleven last night but the boy, believed to be seventeen years old,

was pronounced dead at the scene.

He's the eighth teenager to die after being stabbed

in the capital this year.

Now if you get a knock on your front door just as you're sitting down

to your evening meal, the chances are it's

someone wanting your vote.

In the run up to Thursday's election, politicians

and their devotees are out in force canvassing door to door

but does it work?

Sarah Harris has been finding out.

In this digital age, it's perhaps a little surprising that,

this close to an election, old-fashioned doorknocking is still

considered such an important part of any party's campaign.

What a lovely house.

In Slough, the Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, was encouraging his

party to keep knocking right up to the finishing line.

All the evidence shows that people make up their minds

quite late on in the campaign.

So the last week is when quite a large proportion do make up

their minds and they want to know, people really want to know

what the parties stand for.

So on the doorstep you have that opportunity of having a real

dialogue and a discussion.

And it seems candidates have some worthwhile persuading still to do.

The Khan family from the Wexham area of Slough have still to make

up their mind who to vote for next Thursday and would welcome a visit

from all the main parties.

It's much better to see someone face-to-face.

It's easier to understand them.

Rather than reading the statement on the papers,

see them actually here.

And some of those who have made up their mind already

are still happy to listen just in case they've missed something.

I always open the door to them.

I know, end of the day, them doing them job, innit?

Not everyone, of course, likes an unexpected visitor

and many will be glad when it's all over.

And you can find full details of all the candidates

and where they're standing on our website bbc.co.uk/election.

The weather.

The weather.

And tomorrow's looking mainly fine and dry with sunny spells and a top

temperature of 20 degrees.

That's all from us, i'll be back tomorrow evening but until then,

enjoy the rest of your weekend.