17/03/2018 London News

very possible. Joe Wilson, BBC News,

at Twickenham.

That's it.

and I'll be back with the late

news at Ten.

Now on BBC1, it's time

for the news where you are.

Bye for now.

Good evening, I'm Asad Ahmad.

The Prime Minister

is being urged to "hit

the Russians where it hurts" -

by taking tough measures

against some multi-millionaires

and oligarchs who launder

money through London.

The call has come from the MP

for Barking, Dame Margaret Hodge -

who feels now is the time

to take action.

Here's Ali Fortescue.

Some say this is the start

of a new Cold War.

But what do cooling

relations between Britain

and Russia mean for London?

Today there have been calls

for tough action on Russian

oligarchs living in the city.

I support the measures that

Theresa May and the government

have taken so far.

But they have not hit

the Russians where it hurts.

What we have to do is take strong

action to stop the laundering

of money out of Russia into the city

and into London.

Yesterday police launched a murder

enquiry into the death of Russian

businessman Nikolai Glushkov

who was found dead

at his home in Maldon.

Detectives say there's no evidence

that this was linked

to the Salisbury poisoning.

But some say this is a moment

to clear London of Russians

suspected of corruption.

The only real impact is going to be

if we and the international

community freeze the assets

of Russian oligarchs who have

invested their money

abroad, mainly in London.

So there is a direct connection

between the wealth of the oligarchs

and the Russian government.

This is Eaton Square but it has been

called Red Square by some

because of the number of Russian

oligarchs thought to be living here.

But some say we should welcome

foreign investment in London.

They say that there are

money-laundering checks

and that the super-rich

boost the economy.

It is important to stress that not

all Russian oligarchs or Russian

businessmen are corrupt

or crooked or gangsters.

We're talking about a small number

that are politically connected

oligarchs and we have no idea

of where this money has come from.

So it is secret dirty money coming

into London, but it is a small

number of oligarchs.

So as tension between Britain

and the Kremlin builds,

pressure is mounting

on the government to

international money-laundering

in the capital.

A man has died after

being shot and stabbed on

a street in Enfield

just after midnight.

Police were called to South Street -

where the victim thought to be aged

in his 20s died at the scene.

A second man was taken to hospital.

Police are appealing

for information.

Hundreds of people have

marched to the home of one

of the country's oldest

non-League clubs -

to voice their anger

at developers trying to remove

Dulwich Hamlet FC from their ground.

Meadow Residential owns the land

where the team has played

for nearly 90 years -

and now wants to remove them.

High profile figures,

including former England player

Rio Ferdinand are supporting

Dulwich Hamlet's fight.

The Duke of Cambridge

has taken the salute

at the Irish Guards'

St Patrick's Day

parade in west London.

The Duchess was there too,

to present shamrock to officers -

at the 1st battalion's

base in Houslow.

A shamrock was also pinned

to the collar of the battalion's

mascot, Donal, an Irish Wolfhound -

who led the march.

Prince William, who is a colonel

of the Irish Guards.

The Duchess is due to give

birth to the couple's

third child next month.

Now the weather with Elizabeth.

Hello, good evening.

Many of us have seen a dusting

of snow already today

and there will be further snow

showers through this

evening and overnight.

We have a Met Office warning

out for snow and ice

for the rest of the weekend,

but that has been escalated

to Amber, the second-highest level

of alert for some places and here,

you should be prepared

for some disruption.

We are expecting bands

of snow showers to form

through the Thames Estuary,

aligned with that

cold easterly wind.

And where we get those bands

of showers, you could expect to see

accumulations of perhaps

five, ten centimetres.

But even within the bands

there will be some places that see

relatively little snowfall.

But it will be an icy

start to the day tomorrow

with temperatures down to -2,

-3 degrees Celsius.

The Amber weather warning expires

at nine o'clock but we have

another weather warning

out for snow and ice.

There could still be some

problems caused by it.

But it is looking mostly dry

tomorrow, the early snow

showers will clear away,

perhaps a few flurries.

There will be cloud around

but perhaps something a bit brighter

as we head into the afternoon.

These will be the highs tomorrow

but of course it will feel colder

than that with the wind chill.

The wind will switch

to more of a northerly

as we head into Monday.

It is looking dry, there

will be some sunshine,

temperatures five or 6 degrees.

That's it.

I hope you manage to

stay warm tonight -

and have a very good evening.

and have a very good evening.