26/08/2017

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:00:00. > :00:12.There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel,

:00:13. > :00:17.Good evening from BBC London News, I'm Victoria Hollins.

:00:18. > :00:20.There've now been four high profile terror related incidents in London

:00:21. > :00:23.in just five months, following last night's events

:00:24. > :00:27.The Met Police is asking people to look again at photos

:00:28. > :00:29.they've taken to check for anything suspicious.

:00:30. > :00:31.So will the incident and tightened security

:00:32. > :00:32.impact those planning to visit the capital?

:00:33. > :00:43.Buckingham Palace, as popular as ever with tourists.

:00:44. > :00:44.Despite many being aware that another terrorist incident

:00:45. > :00:46.is being investigated, thousands of Londoners and visitors

:00:47. > :00:50.flocked into central London amid heightened security.

:00:51. > :00:53.Normally I would be surprised, but I am surprised that I'm

:00:54. > :01:01.We get desensitised to these things and we just need to carry on.

:01:02. > :01:03.We were at Borough Market and it was packed.

:01:04. > :01:06.And he said, this is the kind of place you have to be alert,

:01:07. > :01:09.and I said I refuse to live with that paranoia.

:01:10. > :01:13.He said, no, but you can be alert, but you don't have to be paranoid.

:01:14. > :01:16.We can't prevent those events, so just keep on living.

:01:17. > :01:17.Everywhere you look, smartphones are out,

:01:18. > :01:21.and the police see this as a tool in their investigation

:01:22. > :01:25.into the terrorist incident at Buckingham Palace last night.

:01:26. > :01:28.Metropolitan Police officers are increasingly relying on people's

:01:29. > :01:32.phone images for evidence, particularly in areas like this

:01:33. > :01:34.where there are lots of people about taking footage

:01:35. > :01:40.In this case they are not just looking for footage

:01:41. > :01:43.of the incident itself, they would like people to go back

:01:44. > :01:46.and look at their pictures and see if there was any suspicious activity

:01:47. > :01:54.Thankfully, no one was hurt in last night's incident.

:01:55. > :01:58.Wendy Turner and her sister are on a coach trip to the palace

:01:59. > :01:59.and several people cancelled over security fears.

:02:00. > :02:06.I probably would have come through the park more and kept

:02:07. > :02:10.to more smaller paths and off the roads.

:02:11. > :02:13.But otherwise there will be more security here today.

:02:14. > :02:16.Extra police and steel barriers are being introduced in London.

:02:17. > :02:19.Officers continuing to put themselves in harm's way

:02:20. > :02:21.to protect the capital this bank holiday weekend.

:02:22. > :02:29.Kensington and Chelsea Council has spent more than ?6 million

:02:30. > :02:34.so far on those people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.

:02:35. > :02:37.Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show the money

:02:38. > :02:39.has been spent on emergency accommodation, counselling

:02:40. > :02:46.It's getting increasingly hard for graduates to get entry level jobs.

:02:47. > :02:49.So two young women from London have come up with an innovative plan

:02:50. > :02:56.The first stage involved a social media campaign that saw them put up

:02:57. > :02:59.posters around London with pictures of Sir Richard Branson's head

:03:00. > :03:09.Holly and Miriam will go to any heights to make themselves stand out

:03:10. > :03:17.They launched a PR stunt to boost their CVs and this is the result.

:03:18. > :03:21.So we got the Chuckle Brothers to set us a challenge to prove

:03:22. > :03:25.ourselves amongst the greats of double acts.

:03:26. > :03:28.And they told us to fly a hot-air balloon.

:03:29. > :03:33.We thought, crikey, we don't have one.

:03:34. > :03:36.So we drew Richard Branson's face on one of these

:03:37. > :03:41.The pictures appeared all over London with an open letter

:03:42. > :03:43.to Sir Richard Branson asking for his help.

:03:44. > :03:52.We are nearly 2000 feet in the air, watching people commute

:03:53. > :03:57.And this all goes to show how a small idea can become a reality

:03:58. > :04:04.On average, only 45% of interns like Holly and Miriam are offered

:04:05. > :04:09.It means there is real pressure on graduates to make their mark.

:04:10. > :04:13.They are definitely getting jobs, but it's harder.

:04:14. > :04:16.The lengths you have to go to to get an entry-level job now is much

:04:17. > :04:20.harder than it was two years or five years or ten years ago.

:04:21. > :04:24.Sometimes feels like you are on the X factor.

:04:25. > :04:25.It's definitely important to do something different

:04:26. > :04:29.Yeah, and also again it goes to show that only

:04:30. > :04:32.you make stuff happen, so if you want it, do everything

:04:33. > :04:37.The girls have now been challenged to enter a tennis

:04:38. > :04:41.They have set their sights on the US Open.

:04:42. > :04:51.Tomorrow will be another fine, dry day with spells of warm sunshine.

:04:52. > :04:56.Light winds and a top temperature 25 Celsius.

:04:57. > :04:57.That's it. We'll be back tomorrow evening.

:04:58. > :05:00.From all of us here, have a lovely bank holiday weekend.

:05:01. > :05:20.So far this August has been fairly unsettled for many, but at least

:05:21. > :05:24.some sunshine around for the final weekend of the month. Certainly the

:05:25. > :05:28.case in Merseyside earlier this afternoon. However we had a number

:05:29. > :05:31.of showers particularly across Scotland and a slightly different

:05:32. > :05:36.picture here. Already the showers are losing their energy. Whilst we

:05:37. > :05:40.can't rule out showers overnight, most places becoming dry with

:05:41. > :05:41.increasingly clear skies and with light winds that could lead to a