to perhaps get weight under control? to perhaps get back to work, and it ends. is this the government having to say we will give you the medication the rest of your life? it give you the medication the rest of our life? , ., ., your life? it is a long-term investment _ your life? it is a long-term investment because - your life? it is a long-term investment because it - your life? it is a long-term investment because it is i your life? it is a long-term investment because it is a | your life? it is a long-term - investment because it is a chronic condition, obesity. we treat obesity with acute solutions such as three—month programmes. and then expect people to manage their condition. we would not do it with diabetes, give three months treatment and expect their pancreas to work again. obesity we need to look at in a chronic way so it is an investment potentially for people being on medication lifelong. that is how we need to view it. at the moment people are struggling to view it that way because they see it as a lifestyle and someone choosing to do this but we do not choose to live with obesity so we need a long—term approach and looking at that, it is approach and looking at that, it is a big thing, but if we treat people

earlier with these medications, we will hopefully not get the co—morbidity we see now and have to pay for a mate on the nhs. if we invest —— pay for on the nhs. pay for a mate on the nhs. if we invest -- pay for on the nhs. maybe takin: a invest -- pay for on the nhs. maybe taking a step — invest -- pay for on the nhs. maybe taking a step back— invest -- pay for on the nhs. maybe taking a step back further— invest -- pay for on the nhs. maybe taking a step back further and - taking a step back further and trying to tackle this may be with children to get them to eat healthy and may be exercised more so it is not a problem later in life? we and may be exercised more so it is not a problem later in life?- not a problem later in life? we are doinu that not a problem later in life? we are doing that quite — not a problem later in life? we are doing that quite well. _ not a problem later in life? we are doing that quite well. it _ not a problem later in life? we are doing that quite well. it is - not a problem later in life? we are doing that quite well. it is more i doing that quite well. it is more how people feel about themselves. we make people in larger bodies feel like they do not fit in society and we need to say it is ok not to look the same, it is about focusing on health and making sure people get nutritious food and move as much as they can. nutritious food and move as much as the can. ,., ., nutritious food and move as much as the can. , ., nutritious food and move as much as the can. ., ., ~ ., , they can. good to talk to you this morninu.

they can. good to talk to you this morning. thank _ they can. good to talk to you this morning. thank you. _ they can. good to talk to you this morning. thank you. the - they can. good to talk to you this - morning. thank you. the government said they are backing new medicine as well as taking action to look at obesity problems with measures such as restricting junk food advertising. time to check in on the news where you are. a very good morning, welcome to bbc london, i'm thomas magill. there are calls for the mayor to do more to chase up the coroner at frank has been a's inquest said he was let down by the state at numerous ways as he died last year. the 39—year—old was sent there after he illegally took a job while waiting to start university course in spain. the company that runs hamas has said it with the hope —— that runs the

centre says it is working with the mod to improve. there are calls for the mayor to do more to chase up drivers who fail to pay their ultra low emission zone fines. latest figures show that more than £370 million is owed in unpaid penalty charge notices. in a letter to sadiq khan, the london assembly called for the collection of unpaid notices to be ramped up so investment in transport services don't suffer. city hall says more than £25 million has been re—couped in the last year and more investigators are being taken on. a woman living in sheltered housing in north london says she is afraid her council is waiting for her to die before carrying out repairs to her property. sharon lawson says the floors in her bounds green flat are crumbling. haringey council has apologised and vowed to get the work done as soon as possible. potentially, it could go through the ceiling, yes. it could go through potentially. because it's collapsing here. this is what i said, you're waiting for me to die. that's my wording to haringey council. i want a decent quality

of life for the years i've got and somewhere else. the stirling price for architecture will be announced tonight. out of the six finalists four are in london ranging from the king's cross redevelopment, and the elizabeth line to a small social housing development designed by a fledgling architectural firm. let's take a look at how the tube is running this morning. there's a good service across all of the network. now onto the weather with kat. hello there, good morning to you. it's a mild start to the day. misty in places this morning, mostly cloudy skies at first, and a few showers. but as the day progresses that cloud will break up to allow for some sunny spells. i think this afternoon most of the rain particularly the heavier bursts should stay out to the west, and with that southerly airflow temperatures rise to about 21 degrees which is well above average for this time of year. but it's really through this evening that rain will start to fill in from the west. you can see the green indicating the heavier bursts. and you might even hear a few rumbles of thunder. but most of that rain should clear

through quite quickly. by the end of the night it's looking much drier for us. there is going to be a lot of cloud lingering. our temperatures will fall away to around 1a to 15 degrees, another very mild start to thursday morning. thursday, once that low cloud breaks up, the rest of the day is looking much drier with some sunny spells and there will be variable amounts of cloud with some sunny spells on friday. and it is looking largely dry. that's it from me. there's more on the bbc news app and on bbc radio london hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. bbc news has seen footage of numerous collisions between pedestrians and cyclists at bus bypasses, sometimes known as floating bus stops. this is when the stop is separated from the pavement by a cycle lane. the design is intended to protect cyclists but some charities say

they can be dangerous, especially for blind people and are asking for them to be scrapped. a warning that this report, from our transport correspondent sean dilley, starts with a collision. brutal and shocking and all in the blink of an eye. behind the blurring, a look of horror, anguish and surprise. his young eyes closed, he's on the verge of tears. he was seen to limp away. well, this is where that incident happened in elephant and castle in central london. you can see the theory, can't you, that cyclists are protected from danger by being separated from the road behind me. but i'll be honest, it's quite noisy here. and as somebody who's completely blind, it's very difficult to know how i'm supposed to navigate this without possibly stepping in front of a cyclist or back into the road.

campaigners say that incidents like these mean some vulnerable people just don't use floating bus stops. they're not slowing down, so that cyclist didn't know whether we were going to be crossing the road or not. they rang their hell, but they're not slowing down. tanya greenwell teaches mobility skills to visually impaired people. i've had one of my vision impaired clients who is a very experienced and confident traveller normally say that she was literally fearing for her life, trying to find how to get back onto the pavement. these activists from the national federation of the blind are handing a petition to number 10 later. they want to see an end to all floating bus stops. just put the bus stop on the pavement. can cyclists see? they can. can cyclists safely stop? they can. cyclists can take an alternative route. cyclists can do that, i don't have this option. i can't see great distance. so if i'm stood off getting

off a bus, i cannot see anything at the side of me. so i don't know until they come right on top of me that they are there. it's difficult to know how many accidents have happened at bus bypasses. transport for london say there were just a handful of reported collisions, fewer than the number reported to bbc news. the department for transport doesn't collect figures, but it says... "we will work with disability groups and local authorities to ensure all safety and accessibility concerns are taken seriously." mike van erp, better known to social media users as cycling mikey, thinks bus bypasses do far more good than harm. in my view, floating bus stops are a large safety gain. if you're going to mix any sets of road users, the two least dangerous to mix are probably pedestrians and cyclists because they're both vulnerable, they're both slower. mixing vulnerable road users and heavy motor traffic is not a very good prospect for safety.

the majority of cyclists we observed did slow down for floating bus stop users, but a significant number did not. don't worry about any cyclists, we'll deal with it. forward. my guide dog and i were nearly struck during filming. stop! if my colleague didn't shout at me to stop, this would have hurt. good boy. floating bus stops work best when everyone looks out for each other. but as we've seen, not everyone can. sean dilley, bbc news. let's speak now to guide dogs uk's chris theobald and duncan dollimore from cycling uk. the images that report so shocking. they are terrifying for everyone, but especially for people with sight loss who did not know that they are

actually crossing a cycle path to get their bus stop. haw actually crossing a cycle path to get their bus stop.— actually crossing a cycle path to get their bus stop. how much are you heafina get their bus stop. how much are you hearing about — get their bus stop. how much are you hearing about it? _ get their bus stop. how much are you hearing about it? yes, _ get their bus stop. how much are you hearing about it? yes, we _ get their bus stop. how much are you hearing about it? yes, we hear- get their bus stop. how much are you hearing about it? yes, we hear from. hearing about it? yes, we hear from auide do hearing about it? yes, we hear from guide dog owners. _ hearing about it? yes, we hear from guide dog owners, but _ hearing about it? yes, we hear from guide dog owners, but we _ hearing about it? yes, we hear from guide dog owners, but we are - hearing about it? yes, we hear froml guide dog owners, but we are getting it from our trainers as well that it is increasingly difficult to get on a bus and live your life. the point was to make _ a bus and live your life. the point was to make it _ a bus and live your life. the point was to make it safer _ a bus and live your life. the point was to make it safer for - a bus and live your life. the point was to make it safer for cyclists, | was to make it safer for cyclists, to be separated from traffic, but it has inadvertently made it more dangerous for pedestrians. like any infrastructure _ dangerous for pedestrians. like any infrastructure on _ dangerous for pedestrians. like any infrastructure on our— dangerous for pedestrians. like any infrastructure on our roads, - dangerous for pedestrians. like any infrastructure on our roads, as - dangerous for pedestrians. like any infrastructure on our roads, as theyj infrastructure on our roads, as they are not designed in accordance with the design guidance, and they are not properly consulted upon, they can cause issues. the problem we have had in the uk is, a system, but stop bypasses, which has been widely used across europe without difficulty, has been introduced, and we have not had communication about how people are supposed to use them.

we have assumed people will understand. lots of these have been installed without full compliance with design guidance. they had has not always be proper engagement with groups like chris is in relation to those people who need to use these. what should change when it comes to design? one of the problems is that they are all at the same height, so they are all at the same height, so the bike lane is the same height as the bike lane is the same height as the pavement so it is not immediately obvious. the pavement so it is not immediatel obvious. . ., ., immediately obvious. there are a lot of thins in immediately obvious. there are a lot of things in the _ immediately obvious. there are a lot of things in the design, _ immediately obvious. there are a lot of things in the design, including - of things in the design, including raised _ of things in the design, including raised levels at the bus stop, different— raised levels at the bus stop, different colouring, better warning signs. _ different colouring, better warning signs, advance sides in respect of those _ signs, advance sides in respect of those hus— signs, advance sides in respect of those bus stops, that in the guidance _ those bus stops, that in the guidance but not always followed. if you arrived — guidance but not always followed. if you arrived in london as someone who had not _ you arrived in london as someone who had not been _ you arrived in london as someone who had not been cycling in london a few years— had not been cycling in london a few years ago. _ had not been cycling in london a few years ago, and you hired a higher bike years ago, and you hired a higher hike and — years ago, and you hired a higher bike and you are one of these, you would _ bike and you are one of these, you would come — bike and you are one of these, you would come across it for the first time, _ would come across it for the first time, it— would come across it for the first time, it would not be obvious what you are _

time, it would not be obvious what you are supposed to do. it is same for gestures — you are supposed to do. it is same for gestures getting off buses. we assume _ for gestures getting off buses. we assume that people understand the system _ assume that people understand the system and we need a better system for communicating how these work. we need hetter— for communicating how these work. we need better engagement. too often counciis— need better engagement. too often councils assume that a consultation is telling _ councils assume that a consultation is telling people what they propose to do and _ is telling people what they propose to do and asking what people think about— to do and asking what people think about it _ to do and asking what people think about it. engagement with groups, representing disabled people, requires — representing disabled people, requires proper leading full engagement. that is time consuming, it is resource — engagement. that is time consuming, it is resource heavy, and it needs to be _ it is resource heavy, and it needs to be done — it is resource heavy, and it needs to be done and it has not been done well enough. so to be done and it has not been done well enough-— well enough. so what should they chance? well enough. so what should they change? we _ well enough. so what should they change? we a _ well enough. so what should they change? we a lot _ well enough. so what should they change? we a lot of— well enough. so what should they change? we a lot of agree - well enough. so what should they change? we a lot of agree with i well enough. so what should they change? we a lot of agree with al well enough. so what should they i change? we a lot of agree with a lot of oints. change? we a lot of agree with a lot of points- we _ change? we a lot of agree with a lot of points. we did _ change? we a lot of agree with a lot of points. we did a _ change? we a lot of agree with a lot of points. we did a big _ change? we a lot of agree with a lot of points. we did a big piece - change? we a lot of agree with a lot of points. we did a big piece of - of points. we did a big piece of academic research, and we think there needs to be much better guidance. there needs to be, this needs to be stopping roll—out until it is properly discussed. there

needs to be clearer guidance on crosses, curb heights to make it clear, and on tactile paving so the textured paving we see around, that needs to be consistent so there is better contrast. until there is better contrast. until there is better evidence to make these things safe, we do not think they should be rolled out. ., ~ , safe, we do not think they should be rolled out. ., ~' , , ., rolled out. you think they should sto rolled out. you think they should step them _ rolled out. you think they should step them right _ rolled out. you think they should stop them right now? _ rolled out. you think they should stop them right now? when - rolled out. you think they should stop them right now? when we | rolled out. you think they should - stop them right now? when we looked at the evidence _ stop them right now? when we looked at the evidence that _ stop them right now? when we looked at the evidence that had _ stop them right now? when we looked at the evidence that had been - at the evidence that had been accrued, and the consideration that had been given to people with vision impairmentand had been given to people with vision impairment and people with disabilities, and there is very little evidence there, planners and councillors are going and putting these different designs and layouts there, notjust a bus stop bypasses, without really considering how they can be made safe for everyone. that needs to be addressed urgently stop right there is a question as well about cyclists behaviour in this. irate about cyclists behaviour in this. we saw in that clip that cyclists were not slowing down, they were just ringing the bell and assuming they had right of way. at any sort of

junction, cyclists need to slow down and be aware of who is around them. i am not here to represent people or defend _ i am not here to represent people or defend people behaving irresponsibly. unfortunately we have irresponsible people on our roads and some — irresponsible people on our roads and some of them are riding bikes. you can— and some of them are riding bikes. you can design out some of the behaviour— you can design out some of the behaviour you don't want to see by better— behaviour you don't want to see by better design but i take the point that there are some issues regarding behaviour~ _ that there are some issues regarding behaviour~ i— that there are some issues regarding behaviour. i am that there are some issues regarding behaviour. lam not that there are some issues regarding behaviour. i am not here to defend that and _ behaviour. i am not here to defend that and it — behaviour. i am not here to defend that and it needs to be addressed. but these — that and it needs to be addressed. but these bus stop bypasses were put in because _ but these bus stop bypasses were put in because you cannot have a system of protected — in because you cannot have a system of protected cycle lanes on a route into a _ of protected cycle lanes on a route into a city— of protected cycle lanes on a route into a city or— of protected cycle lanes on a route into a city or town that follows the same _ into a city or town that follows the same route — into a city or town that follows the same route as a bus stop if you don't _ same route as a bus stop if you don't have _ same route as a bus stop if you don't have some kind of system at the bus— don't have some kind of system at the bus stop. otherwise you you have a protected _ the bus stop. otherwise you you have a protected cycle lanes that ends after _ a protected cycle lanes that ends after 100 — a protected cycle lanes that ends after 100 metres and starts again. in after100 metres and starts again. in london— after 100 metres and starts again. in london they have got a network of protected _ in london they have got a network of protected cycle lanes with these which _ protected cycle lanes with these which has meant a massive increase in cycling _ which has meant a massive increase in cycling with all the health benefits that brings. the probably

only thing that we disagree with, chris— only thing that we disagree with, chris says — only thing that we disagree with, chris says we need new guidance, but we say— chris says we need new guidance, but we say that— chris says we need new guidance, but we say that we need better compliance of the guidance that already— compliance of the guidance that already exist and better engagement with councils to engage with the process — with councils to engage with the process. is with councils to engage with the rocess. , ., ., , with councils to engage with the | process-_ our process. is that the answer? our evidence is _ process. is that the answer? our evidence is the _ process. is that the answer? our evidence is the guidance - process. is that the answer? our evidence is the guidance is - process. is that the answer? our evidence is the guidance is not i process. is that the answer? our i evidence is the guidance is not good enoughin evidence is the guidance is not good enough in terms of the size of the crossings, the tactile paving, in terms 1409