0:00:00 > 0:00:02and his hopes for life away from the White House.
0:00:02 > 0:00:05and I'll be back with the late news at 11 o'clock.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08Now on BBC One, its time for the news where you are.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Bye for now.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Good evening and welcome to the programme.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18I'm Katharine Carpenter.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20After a decade of fundraising, a memorial has been unveiled
0:00:20 > 0:00:23in East London to honour the survivors of World War II's
0:00:23 > 0:00:28worst civilian disaster.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29173 people who'd taken shelter
0:00:29 > 0:00:32in Bethnal Green underground station were crushed to death in March 1943.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37Tarah Welsh reports.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39It was the largest single loss of civilian life
0:00:39 > 0:00:41during World War II and today, finally, something to
0:00:41 > 0:00:47remember all those killed.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50The survivors unveiled the new memorial to mark a night
0:00:50 > 0:00:57that had started like so many others during the war.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59The air raid started, so we ran to the underground,
0:00:59 > 0:01:01because we used to sleep there of a night.
0:01:01 > 0:01:08And when we got there, it was just chaos.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10This night, anti-aircraft rockets were being tested nearby.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Nobody was warned, and they assumed it was enemy bombing.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16When it fired off and there were all these different
0:01:16 > 0:01:18people getting off buses.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22So you have sort of, like, 300 or 400 people trying to get
0:01:22 > 0:01:25through this narrow door, and at that same time,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28a lady at the bottom of the stairs, holding a child, fell.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31She pulled another man on top of her and, before they could get up,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34others were falling on top of them.
0:01:34 > 0:01:40173 people were crushed to death - 62 were children.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42I heard all the people screaming and calling
0:01:42 > 0:01:43for their mommas and dads...
0:01:43 > 0:01:44SOBS.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46They were calling for their mothers and fathers and...
0:01:46 > 0:01:56We just couldn't get out.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59He was eventually pulled free, but the tragedy also
0:01:59 > 0:02:01haunts the rescuers.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Well...
0:02:02 > 0:02:08You know...
0:02:08 > 0:02:10The whole thing was an absolute nightmare.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Despite the huge loss of life here, survivors and people involved
0:02:13 > 0:02:15were told never to speak of what happened here.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17The country was at war and the government didn't want it
0:02:17 > 0:02:23to affect public morale.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25The family always talked about the terrible Bethnal Green
0:02:25 > 0:02:28underground disaster and no one knew about it, there was no
0:02:28 > 0:02:31recognition of it.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33It was all hushed up.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35But now, a lasting tribute for one of the biggest tragedies
0:02:35 > 0:02:41the capital has ever seen.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Two police officers have been seriously injured,
0:02:43 > 0:02:48after they were hit by a car in northwest London.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51They were returning to their vehicle on the North Circular
0:02:51 > 0:02:53near Brent Park in the early hours of this morning when
0:02:53 > 0:02:54they were struck.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57The driver of a white Maserati was arrested at the scene.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59London has taken the fewest number of refugees
0:02:59 > 0:03:01following the migrant crisis than any UK region.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Home Office figures show that around 400 people have been found
0:03:04 > 0:03:05homes in the capital.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07But two years ago the Government pledged to re-settle
0:03:07 > 0:03:0820,000 across the UK.
0:03:08 > 0:03:18Helen Mulroy reports.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21It's scenes like these that have forced more than five million
0:03:21 > 0:03:25to flee Syria and neighbouring countries since the outbreak of war.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Violence and persecution in parts of the Middle East are forcing
0:03:28 > 0:03:33many to look for refuge, like Layla and her family.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35They came to London this year under a government scheme that
0:03:35 > 0:03:39resettles endangered children and their parents.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44The children die, all the children die.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47My children are scared about the bomb, scared about...
0:03:47 > 0:03:53He can play in the street.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56This country, it's good for my children and for me,
0:03:56 > 0:04:06because...give us more options.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08However, of all the English regions, London has taken
0:04:08 > 0:04:10in the fewest refugees - just 400.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12And about half of the local authorities across the capital
0:04:12 > 0:04:14haven't taken in a single refugee under the main scheme
0:04:14 > 0:04:19for resettlement.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Councils say it's because existing pressures on housing make it more
0:04:22 > 0:04:23difficult in London and elsewhere.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Yet some councils have been more proactive than others.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30Lambeth have even sent a representative to Calais.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Housing is a real issue, but I think we've worked very
0:04:33 > 0:04:34closely with the community, particularly the Lambeth
0:04:34 > 0:04:39Citizens Group.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40It's a moral case.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43We can do more and we need to help people who are living
0:04:44 > 0:04:45in dire circumstances.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47But writer Douglas Murray isn't convinced resettlement in London
0:04:47 > 0:04:51is the best way to help.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54It costs around 100 times as much to look after a migrant,
0:04:54 > 0:04:56an asylum seeker, in Europe, in a country like Sweden,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59a country like Britain, than it does to pay for them
0:04:59 > 0:05:04to remain in, for instance, Jordan or Lebanon or Turkey.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07For Layla and her children, however, they're just happy to be somewhere
0:05:07 > 0:05:09safe this Christmas.
0:05:09 > 0:05:17Thank you for giving us the chance, the new life.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Let's get a check on the weather now with Sara Thornton.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Good evening.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26The rain we saw across London this afternoon clears away
0:05:26 > 0:05:28as we go through the night.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31With the clear skies, the temperatures will fall away
0:05:31 > 0:05:33again, below freezing in many suburbs.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Maybe a bit of mist and fog out towards the west,
0:05:35 > 0:05:38but most of us off to a clear, beautiful start.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Sunshine as we go through the day, highs of just four to seven degrees,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44but there is some fog forming, as we go through tomorrow evening
0:05:44 > 0:05:45overnight into Tuesday.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Very slow to clear, as well, on Tuesday.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52A much milder feel for Wednesday.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55That's all from me, but I'll be back with tonight's headlines
0:05:55 > 0:05:57at the slightly later time of 11.20.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Bye bye.