26/08/2017 London News

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Good evening from BBC London News, I'm Victoria Hollins.

There've now been four high profile terror related incidents in London

in just five months, following last night's events

The Met Police is asking people to look again at photos

they've taken to check for anything suspicious.

So will the incident and tightened security

impact those planning to visit the capital?

Buckingham Palace, as popular as ever with tourists.

Despite many being aware that another terrorist incident

is being investigated, thousands of Londoners and visitors

flocked into central London amid heightened security.

Normally I would be surprised, but I am surprised that I'm

We get desensitised to these things and we just need to carry on.

We were at Borough Market and it was packed.

And he said, this is the kind of place you have to be alert,

and I said I refuse to live with that paranoia.

He said, no, but you can be alert, but you don't have to be paranoid.

We can't prevent those events, so just keep on living.

Everywhere you look, smartphones are out,

and the police see this as a tool in their investigation

into the terrorist incident at Buckingham Palace last night.

Metropolitan Police officers are increasingly relying on people's

phone images for evidence, particularly in areas like this

where there are lots of people about taking footage

In this case they are not just looking for footage

of the incident itself, they would like people to go back

and look at their pictures and see if there was any suspicious activity

Thankfully, no one was hurt in last night's incident.

Wendy Turner and her sister are on a coach trip to the palace

and several people cancelled over security fears.

I probably would have come through the park more and kept

to more smaller paths and off the roads.

But otherwise there will be more security here today.

Extra police and steel barriers are being introduced in London.

Officers continuing to put themselves in harm's way

to protect the capital this bank holiday weekend.

Kensington and Chelsea Council has spent more than ?6 million

so far on those people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire.

Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show the money

has been spent on emergency accommodation, counselling

It's getting increasingly hard for graduates to get entry level jobs.

So two young women from London have come up with an innovative plan

The first stage involved a social media campaign that saw them put up

posters around London with pictures of Sir Richard Branson's head

Holly and Miriam will go to any heights to make themselves stand out

They launched a PR stunt to boost their CVs and this is the result.

So we got the Chuckle Brothers to set us a challenge to prove

ourselves amongst the greats of double acts.

And they told us to fly a hot-air balloon.

We thought, crikey, we don't have one.

So we drew Richard Branson's face on one of these

The pictures appeared all over London with an open letter

to Sir Richard Branson asking for his help.

We are nearly 2000 feet in the air, watching people commute

And this all goes to show how a small idea can become a reality

On average, only 45% of interns like Holly and Miriam are offered

It means there is real pressure on graduates to make their mark.

They are definitely getting jobs, but it's harder.

The lengths you have to go to to get an entry-level job now is much

harder than it was two years or five years or ten years ago.

Sometimes feels like you are on the X factor.

It's definitely important to do something different

Yeah, and also again it goes to show that only

you make stuff happen, so if you want it, do everything

The girls have now been challenged to enter a tennis

They have set their sights on the US Open.

Tomorrow will be another fine, dry day with spells of warm sunshine.

Light winds and a top temperature 25 Celsius.

That's it. We'll be back tomorrow evening.

From all of us here, have a lovely bank holiday weekend.

So far this August has been fairly unsettled for many, but at least

some sunshine around for the final weekend of the month. Certainly the

case in Merseyside earlier this afternoon. However we had a number

of showers particularly across Scotland and a slightly different

picture here. Already the showers are losing their energy. Whilst we

can't rule out showers overnight, most places becoming dry with

increasingly clear skies and with light winds that could lead to a