04/03/2018 London News

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A new offence of "Causing Death

by Dangerous Cycling" could be

recommended by Ministers as early

as next week.

A review into current

road safety legislation,

follows the death of a mother,

killed by a cyclist with no

front brakes, in east

London, two years ago.

Emma North can tell us more.

Kim Briggs was on her lunch

break in East London

when she was knocked over

by a cyclist.

She died one week later.

The man who hit her was

Charlie Alliston and whose bicycle

had fixed wheels and no front brake,

which is illegal on Britain's roads.

He was found guilty of an offence

from the 18 hundredths

and was jailed for 18 months.

Today her widower said

he had no official word

of what the government plans work,

but in the past he said his wife's

death has exposed a gap in the law.

What I want is for the police

and the CPS, because this

probably will happen again,

to have a coherent law to be able

to reach for in the future.

Later this week, the government

is expected to announce that

cyclists who kill pedestrians

could be charged under a new law

similar to causing death

by dangerous driving and that

carries a life sentence.

The government says this review

will deal with all aspects of cycle

safety including a possible law

to deal with cyclist

who kill pedestrians.

But some campaign group say this

is simply not enough.

They are tinkering around the edges.

We were promised a review in 2014

of all road traffic offences

and we are still waiting for it

and now we have a limited review

just of cycling offences.

The review is due at

the end of this week.

More than 20,000 homes in London

are without water tonight.

Lorry loads of bottles have been

handed out by Thames Water

to customers in areas from north

London to south.

The company says it's experiencing

"exceptionally high levels

of demand", due to multiple bursts,

and an increase in leaks.

All households in London

are being asked to use

as "little water as possible".

This is what a resident in south

London told us tonight.

Obviously you can't shower, we can't

use our toilets, we can't wash up

our dishes, we can't wash any

clothes. We found the water was off

yesterday. We hoped it would be back

on this morning, which was not the

case. It just seems like there isn't

an end in sight at the moment and we

just want some information on when

we might get some water back.

Thousands of women -

but not just women -

marched through central London

today, to mark International Women's

Day, and call for gender equality.

Also at the march was a descendent

of one of the most famous

suffragettes of all time.

Adina Campbell has this report.

Adina Campbell has this report.

Holding banners and placards,

campaigners were keen to spread

their support for gender equality,

with help from the

great-granddaughter of Emmeline

Pankhurst, who co-founded the

suffragette movement in the early

20th century.

I think she would be

enjoying this, she would be saying

it is rarely important you are still

doing it, here we are using the

deeds not words look and is. These

were the slogans of the day. Today

it's time's up and me too. She would

recognise all of that, she would be

saying keep going and use more

traditional forms such as marchers,

and modern ones such as Twitter and

social media. There are still a lot

to be done. I think she would be

voting us forwards, not backwards.

Today's's rally has gained

widespread support from London Mayor

Sadiq Khan to Welsh actor and

activist Michael Sheen.

There is

clearly a moment going on but we

have to make sure it is not just a

moment, that it is ongoing forever,

and men have to stand up and show

their solidarity with women. It is

not just a win in's issue, it is

about having a more fair and equal

society, which everyone benefits

from.

It may be more than 100 years

since some women were given the

right to vote, but many still feel

gender equality is still a long way.

Now the weather forecast for

tonight, and the start of the week.

It will turn even milder next week,

we start off tomorrow between two

and four Celsius but watch out for a

bit of patchy frost. The best of the

sunshine will be through the morning

but then the cloud will increase,

still some bright and sunny spells

in the afternoon. The chance of one

or two showers toward central and

western areas but mostly dry, top

temperatures of ten and 11 Celsius.

That is where they will tend to stay

on Tuesday morning. More widespread

showers through the working week.

That's it from the BBC London

weekend team for tonight.

We're back from 6.30

tomorrow morning.

I hope you have a very good night.