11/06/2017 London News

So in London, like the rest of the country, there's no shortage

of analysis when it comes to reasons for Friday's general election

result, with London becoming even more Labour than it was before.

Chelsea and Fulham's Tory MP Greg Hands believes his party didn't

focus enough on what it can do for London, whereas Labour is riding

The mood on the street in Kensington this weekend,

where Labour has taken over, a seat where the average salary

But the new MP says money wasn't everything in this election.

They vote for social value, and their morals, values,

whatever you want to say, and it's community.

This was home to David Cameron's so-called Notting Hill set,

which dominated Government for much of the past seven years.

David Cameron still comes down this street for coffee.

He is not necessarily warmly welcomed, actually,

because of the mess that he brought with his vanity project of saying

This is now the political map of London.

In 90% of Labour's wins, they secured a majority

Jeremy Corbyn appealed to young voters, and picked up support

in a city which voted to remain in the EU.

In London, people were furious that Theresa May's approach wasn't

to say, "I'm going to reach across now to Remainers and bring

It was, "Remain people, you need to sit back and be silent,

and in fact, the only patriotic thing you can do is to give me

a mandate to do whatever it is I choose to do."

But one senior London Tory says it wasn't really about voters turning

against Theresa May's particular brand of Brexit.

I'm not in the business of blaming individuals.

What I'm saying is that we do need to look at our message

for London as a whole, we do need to have a good

offer on the economy, we do need to be thinking about some

of these issues that are very particular to London,

like the private rented sector, housing, where I think

And as the Conservatives try to claw back support,

could a proven vote winner in London come forward to lead from the front?

You leave us there with the million-dollar question.

Is it about when and not if Boris launches a leadership campaign?

Talking of timing, it has taken Boris Johnson three days to come out

and give his full support to Theresa May. He did that this afternoon,

saying that everyone should support her. He remains the bookies'

favourite. There was talk about a possible leadership bid in the

papers on his part. This was the man who once described his chances as

becoming the Prime Minister about as likely as him being reincarnated as

an olive. Boris Johnson will be mindful that last year his

leadership chances were torpedoed. This time round, if it's necessary,

he wants to make sure that the timing is absolutely spot on. Thank

you. An EasyJet flight to London

was diverted when the pilot was alerted to a "suspicious

conversation" about All 151 passengers on the flight

from Slovenia were evacuated A backpack was also blown

up as a precaution. Three men arrested have been

released without charge. A family with young children

are among dozens of people evacuated from flats in Golders Green

after a fire broke out The cause isn't yet known,

although fire investigators remain at the scene,

from where Helen Drew Several hours after it

began, the fire at this building in Golders Green

was still going strong. Local residents had been watching

as those inside were rescued. There was a lady trying to get out

of the window on the side. They were taken down by the ladder

on the side by the fire brigade. 15 people were taken to hospital

with minor injuries. The fire brigade was called

at around 7:30am, and the building on fire has a kosher supermarket

on the ground floor, so when they arrived they had to use

specialist cutting equipment to get Above are flats, as well as some

offices, and fire engines have come from all the surrounding

London boroughs. Our office is above the shop

that is currently on fire. Today's warm weather

has played a part. At the moment, as you can see,

it is a very hot day. That's why we've got

so many crews here. We rotate the crews

as often as possible. It's two separate buildings,

both with three floors. The police say because of

the extensive damage, they are expecting it to take

a while to establish Let's get the forecast

now from Georgina. There are a couple of showers

around, but otherwise, and mainly dry night tonight with clear spells.

Breezy as well. The wind picking up through the day, and that continues

into tomorrow. A breezy start to tomorrow. Varying amounts of cloud

around, and one or two isolated, light showers. Temperature is not

quite where they were today. Highs in the high teens, but rising

through the week, peaking on Wednesday.

Good evening. For those of you who sure flowers today, they were on the

punchy side. Some spells of rain pushing across Cumbria and

Northumberland now. Close to an area of low pressure here. In the North

West of Scotland, they will be there or thereabouts throughout the night.

England and Wales, only isolated showers. Many will be dry. Fresher

tonight compared to last night. Into Monday morning, some blustery winds

to come. Close to gale force wind the central belt of Scotland,

north-east coast of Northern Ireland and western coast of northern

England. Some showers, but not quite as heavy and widespread as we've got

at the moment. If you catch a shower elsewhere across England and Wales,

they will be very