0:00:00 > 0:00:00and I'll be back with the late news at Ten.
0:00:00 > 0:00:02Now on BBC1, its time for the news where you are.
0:00:02 > 0:00:03Bye for now.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Good evening and welcome to BBC London News.
0:00:16 > 0:00:21I'm Katharine Carpenter.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24People who lost their water supply following the recent cold
0:00:24 > 0:00:26weather have criticised the amount of compensation being
0:00:26 > 0:00:28offered by Thames Water.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31The utility company says the payments are above the minimum
0:00:31 > 0:00:33required by law, but some customers say its not enough after they were
0:00:33 > 0:00:35left without water for up to a week.
0:00:35 > 0:00:44Alpa Patel reports.
0:00:44 > 0:00:49As it has been a frustrating week for Thames water customers as vast
0:00:49 > 0:00:55quantities of drinking water ran down the drain or flooded roads,
0:00:55 > 0:01:00schools, care homes, businesses and tens of thousands of people found
0:01:00 > 0:01:05themselves without. Charlie pollard, who lives in Kennington, only got
0:01:05 > 0:01:08his water back on yesterday after being without for more than six
0:01:08 > 0:01:18days.It has essentially made the flat unliveable. You can't do your
0:01:18 > 0:01:21washing, you can't cook pasta, and you have to go out and buy bottles
0:01:21 > 0:01:26of water to fill the kettle with. Thames water are offering
0:01:26 > 0:01:31compensation and so you will get £50 if you have been without water for
0:01:31 > 0:01:37between 12 and 24 hours. 100 hours for between 24 and 48 hours, and
0:01:37 > 0:01:44£150 for more than two days. So what does Charlie think of that?If they
0:01:44 > 0:01:49are lumping in everybody 40 hours plus into the same bucket, that's
0:01:49 > 0:01:53completely unreasonable. But the second part is more the procedure to
0:01:53 > 0:01:56get the compensation, and having been hung up on and tweeting my MP,
0:01:56 > 0:02:03who has been great and acted on my behalf, but the fact we have had to
0:02:03 > 0:02:07be so proactive in getting information out of Thames Water
0:02:07 > 0:02:13meant that £150 felt unfair.Thames Water say it is right that customers
0:02:13 > 0:02:16are properly compensated and that they have worked around the clock to
0:02:16 > 0:02:23get everything back to normal. But serious questions by local MPs and
0:02:23 > 0:02:27customers are being asked. Now the regulator will investigate white
0:02:27 > 0:02:34tens of thousands of people were left without a vital public service
0:02:34 > 0:02:37for several days -- why tens of thousands of people.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39An investigation has been launched by the police watchdog
0:02:39 > 0:02:41after man fell ill and died after being restrained by police
0:02:41 > 0:02:43in South East London.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Officers say they were called to a house
0:02:45 > 0:02:47in Lewisham on Friday afternoon where they found the 35-year-old
0:02:47 > 0:02:52in an agitated state.
0:02:52 > 0:02:53The Independent Office for Police Conduct has
0:02:53 > 0:02:57begun reviewing footage from officers' body-worn cameras.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering
0:03:00 > 0:03:01a teenager in North London.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Police were called to a cinema in Wood Green
0:03:04 > 0:03:06on Thursday where they found the 19-year-old with gunshot wounds.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10He later died in hospital.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Parents whose children have to cross a busy road to get
0:03:14 > 0:03:17to school in South East London say they're worried one of them will be
0:03:17 > 0:03:19killed if improvements aren't made.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22The council says it's consulting on options to make
0:03:22 > 0:03:30the road in Beckenham safer, as Paul Murphy-Kasp reports.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Village Away in Beckenham. Families use the junction to cross the road
0:03:34 > 0:03:37to get to the nearest school, and while they managed to cross the
0:03:37 > 0:03:42road, it is not always done safely. This footage, shared locally on
0:03:42 > 0:03:46social media was shot to show the daily struggle children face.Every
0:03:46 > 0:03:51morning and evening we have to cross the road and they are taking their
0:03:51 > 0:03:56lives into their own hands. I have to get salmon to text me to let me
0:03:56 > 0:04:05know he has got to school OK. -- I have to get Sam.Bromley council is
0:04:05 > 0:04:09now consulting locals on getting a traffic refuge island. Some say it
0:04:09 > 0:04:13is not enough, that the council think it is the safest option.We
0:04:13 > 0:04:16found in many places that the refugees by far the best for taking
0:04:16 > 0:04:23all the members of the community and the firm or who will take longer to
0:04:23 > 0:04:26cross the road, it just gives them that bit more of confidence.
0:04:26 > 0:04:32Previous attempts by the council to install an island have been rejected
0:04:32 > 0:04:37by residents and road users found the average speed is below 30 mph.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42Harris Academy says it wants to work with Bromley Council on solving the
0:04:42 > 0:04:45problem, but for parents and pedestrians, a safe crossing could
0:04:45 > 0:04:48not come soon enough.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49Time for the weather now.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Here is Georgina Burnett.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Good evening. Many of us have enjoyed brightness today but we have
0:04:57 > 0:05:01had a fair share of wet weather which is set to continue for a good
0:05:01 > 0:05:0724 hours at least. Tonight some of us will see rain pushing in from the
0:05:07 > 0:05:10south-west, not affecting everyone and it will be cloudy with
0:05:10 > 0:05:14temperatures down to four Celsius. Some of us wake up to rain and we
0:05:14 > 0:05:20have fragmented bands of showery rain frustrating us, and the rain
0:05:20 > 0:05:25will be off and off, but heavy at times and generally cloudy.
0:05:25 > 0:05:30Temperature wise, we did well today. We got above 14 degrees, not quite
0:05:30 > 0:05:34there tomorrow, but still reaching 11 or possibly 12. Tuesday is
0:05:34 > 0:05:39looking like a very different day, probably rain clearing to the East
0:05:39 > 0:05:46and the cloud behind it but we are seeing sunny spells emerging.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Wednesday, chilly start, but a good deal of brightness and sunshine on
0:05:50 > 0:05:52offer. Temperature wise, sticking with double figures for much of the
0:05:52 > 0:05:54week.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57We're back for our late bulletin at 10.30.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Have a lovely weekend.