narrator: we're on our way to croydon in south london. in the course of just 24 hours, two young people have been killed in knife attacks here. >> this is armed police. there has to be something serious for them to be cutting through the traffic. so either they've got a call that someone has a gun in the car or someone has tried to stab somebody. narrator: gwenton sloley knows what he's talking about. he's an advisor to the police and also does community outreach work with young people with violent tendencies. they're often gang members, not even 16 years old. he is a former gang member os x time in jail himself. that was 10 years ago. times have changed. >> i think the young people have totally lost their way, and they haven't got positive role models to show them that what they're doing is wrong. they've lost their cultural identity. they don't respect anyone. because if you look, they're attacking normal citizens. in the street, on the buses. back in my day, you wouldn't be attacking someone's mum on the bus. reporter: knife attacks ha

croydon was one of the first boroughs where universal credit has been rolled out so we've had longerat a total and utter disaster it's become. but i've had a long and growing stream of people coming into my office, many of them close to tears because universal credit has forced them into debt, made it harder for them to stay in work or left many of them facing eviction for rent arrears. our local council has had to spend £3 million so far to stop people being evicted because of late payments for rent. local food banks are running out of food because of the vast increase in people having to go there going hungry because of what the government's scheme has done to them and there are thousand tenants in croydon now who have rent arrears of over three months and are at risk of losing their home because of the failures of universal credit. i'm calling for the government to cut the waiting time for universal credit and pause the roll—out. glasgow will be the last major city in the uk to be subject to the roll—out but before that, how many thousands of families, children and vulnerable peop

in croydon, they are collecting more rubbish and prosecuting more fly—tippers.overnment should do a national media campaign to make fly—tipping a social stigma, very much like we did with the anti—drink and drive campaign. and to explain the actual financial costs to taxpayers of clearing up all this fly—tipping. taking their vans to be crushed is one of the extra powers granted by government to help beat the fly—tippers. but still, across the uk, the rubbishjust keeps on coming. danjohnson, bbc news, south london. the headlines: a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in egypt's north sinai province kills 235 people. emmerson mnangagwa is officially sworn in as the new president of zimbabwe during a ceremony in harare. the eu tells theresa may it needs to see progress from the uk within ten days on all brexit issues. as we all know it's black friday — the day shoppers hit the high street and online retailers in force. our business presenter vishala sripathma has been at an amazon warehouse at tilbury in essex. greetings from essex. i am at one of anna ‘s on distribut

in croydon, they are collecting more rubbish and prosecuting more fly—tippers., very much like we did with the anti—drink and drive campaign. and to explain the actual financial costs to taxpayers of clearing up all this fly—tipping. taking their vans to be crushed is one of the extra powers granted by government to help beat the fly—tippers. but still, across the uk, the rubbishjust keeps on coming. danjohnson, bbc news, south london. tom baker has made a surprise return to the tardis to film an episode of dr who that was abandoned almost a0 years ago. strike action at the bbc meant studio scenes were never completed. now, the 83 year old actor has donned his trademark stripy scarf once more to complete the story. a dr who story which started to be filmed in 1979 that had to be abandoned halfway through due an engineering strike. there have been many attempts at finishing it. novels, audio plays, even a vhs version with tom baker explaining what happened in the scenes that were never completed. doctor, your mind shall be mine. i'm not mad about your tailor. for

in croydon, they are collecting more rubbish and prosecuting more fly—tippers.fly—tipping a social stigma, very much like we did with the anti—drink and drive campaign. and to explain the actual financial costs to taxpayers of clearing up all this fly—tipping. taking their vans to be crushed is one of the extra powers granted by government to help beat the fly—tippers. but still, across the uk, the rubbishjust keeps on coming. danjohnson, bbc news, south london. england and australia seem to be neck and neck after the second day of the first ashes test in brisbane. england were bowled out for 302 in theirfirst innings. but then their bowlers reduced the home side to 76—11, before an australian fightback. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss reports from brisbane. after a patient opening day, the ashes were about to hit the fast forward button. long queues outside the gabba, and at first, england also played the waiting game. for an hour and a half they were calm, composed. a 50 for dawid malan. what could possibly go wrong? well, pretty much everything as it turn

memorial service is due to take place today in new addington to pay tribute to those who died in the croydon those injured on board say the last year has been difficult. igo i go for igofora igo forajob, i go for a job, and there are a load of people lined up to do the same job, they will cross them off the list, as well. he had this head injury, and we have ten people with the right credentials and everything for a job, so who are they going to cross off the list first? it is going to me. —— is going to be me. so even when i get my hgv license, it is going to be a battle. a coroner has agreed to a pre—inquest review into the 1974 guildford pub bombings, after a legal bid by lawyers. five people were killed and 65 injured in the ira blast, and inquests were never concluded. a law firm acting for families of some of the victims and those wrongly convicted made submission to surrey‘s coroner. hundreds of south london homes have been without gas for five days after heating systems in four tower blocks were turned off due to safety concerns. it is the third time in two years residents have been

plans to build a new westfield shopping centre in croydon have been approved by the local council.ion was repeatedly cancelled. iris day was born with a heart defect. an inquest has heard there were a series of deficiencies in her care at colchester hospital. the coroner said staff at the hospital had failed to see iris‘ condition had been getting worse. we feel a serious majority of nhs staff who came into contact with irisy in her short life let her and herfamily down irisy in her short life let her and her family down in the worst way possible. hannah and i as parents we re possible. hannah and i as parents were made to feel like an annoyance to the nhs on the day she died and every other day she was diagnosed at 37 weeks with down syndrome. if you‘re having your breakfast, you might want to look away. students at a school in east london have been taking part in an insect—based feast. the schoolgirls tried curried cauliflower and cricket pa koras and toasted mealworm hummus as part of their entomophagy lesson, that‘s eating insects as food. it‘s part of a new initiative at hackn

in croydon, they are collecting more rubbish and prosecuting more fly—tippers.ike we did with the anti—drink and drive campaign. and to explain the actual financial costs to taxpayers of clearing up all this fly—tipping. taking their vans to be crushed is one of the extra powers granted by government to help beat the fly—tippers. but still, across the uk, the rubbishjust keeps on coming. danjohnson, bbc news, south london. england and australia are neck and neck after the second day of the first ashes test in brisbane. england were bowled out for 302 in theirfirst innings. but then their bowlers reduced the home side to 76 for four, before an australian fight back. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports from brisbane. after a patient opening day, the ashes were about to hit the fast forward button. long queues outside the gabba, and at first, england also played the waiting game. for an hour and a half they were calm, composed. a 50 for dawid malan. what could possibly go wrong? well, pretty much everything as it turned out. malan's swish sparking a collaps

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in croydon, they are collecting more rubbish and prosecuting more fly—tippers.ive campaign. and to explain the actual financial costs to taxpayers of clearing up all this fly—tipping. taking their vans to be crushed is one of the extra powers granted by government to help beat the fly—tippers.

bleed on the brain. 17—year—old reker ahmed suffered life changing injuries when he was attacked in croydoneast london council estate is to go on display at the victoria & albert museum as a way of showcasing brutalist architecture. the three storey section includes two flats, exterior facades and interior staircases. it's been acquired from robin hood gardens in poplar, which is going to be demolished. the v&a describes it as a "significant example of the brutalist movement", which emerged in the ‘505. a roman temple, which has been painstakingly reconstructed beneath the ground in the heart of london, is opening to the public next week. the temple of mithras was first uncovered in the 19505, but was moved to make way for building work. it's now been reinstated at its original site beneath the new bloomberg headquarters near mansion house. archaeologists are used to taking things apart, not putting things back together, so it was a big challenge, but we are really fortu nate challenge, but we are really fortunate because the original excavation drawings were excellent and because there has

he was brought up a very respectable young man in nearby croydon which where his father was a considerable figure was made under sheriff of the county. no mean position. and his father's friends were the elite gentry of worcester, especially now he's been educated on kings college worcester which was the premier boys school and his future seemed assured to his parents and that he had an apprenticeship to well-known princes in london, thanks to his father's connections. his parents had been married at saint bride's church suggesting there was a connection with the printing history and yet edward chose to effectively run off and become part of the illegal puritan publishing community in leiden and a bastion of respectable life in england. and he not only printed the illegal puritan literature, criticizing the church of england he joined the little church becoming worthy nottingham charlotte john robinson which have the mayflower and has had an extraordinary influence on the history of the world. well why was edward on the first place.? i think he was fascinated by the new world even before h

not in the last seven years since i moved out of croydon, when i grew up in cou dorntion cou ntless whenink, yeah. stop and search has your support? yeah, fully. if it's going to stop all the killings out there because it has been ridiculous this year. so if it's going to stop the killings it has got my full support 101%. it's going to stop the killings it has got my full support 10196. what about you, lillian? i'm concerned about you, lillian? i'm concerned about how stop and search is carried out. so if they are going to use this as a weapon towards fighting knife crime, then it has to be done reasonably and we do have to have transparency and we do need to know that the information, the statistics on stops that they are carrying out: in order to be able to hold anybody accountable in the end? yes. you train met officers. you are a former gang member yourself. you turned home office advisor. when can an officer stop somebody? it's not when, it is how you do it. i myself support stop and search, but it's about how you make that person feel when you're stopping and searching them. it is

you can go from croydon to central london in 20 minutes.ws people down, takes a long time to get to work, difficult for business to get in touch with clients, they should be upgraded so that you can improve the productivity of those areas. and i want to know if you are putting your money where your mouth is. if we look back at london, 1.3 billion spent in london, you say the links are better, birmingham will get £250 million, what do you say to those who say that there is this north— south divide. those who say that there is this north- south divide. this is part of the long—term industrial strategy which is for the first time looking at those connections between the smaller towns and the big cities. what we will set out next week is a whole series of measures so that places right across the country will have more funds themselves. the mayor of the west midlands here has been campaigning for precisely this. 0ne been campaigning for precisely this. one of the things he wants to do is connect the light rail from the black country, riley hill

police were called to whitehorse lane in croydon on sunday evening following reports of a collision involvingd. tomorrow is the 13th anniversary of the king's cross fire. 31 people, including a firefighter, died when a smoker dropped a match into the steps of a wooden escalator that led from the piccadilly line to the ticket hall of the underground station. what was originally a small fire suddenly erupted with explosive force and devastating consequences. there was nowhere to go. when we we re there was nowhere to go. when we were down in that tunnel, in that walkway, the heat was so intense, you couldn't. .. you walkway, the heat was so intense, you couldn't... you wanted to get out and run. you couldn't. it would have been worth standing up. all you could do was just get down as close to the floor as you could and just wait for the worst to pass. it's children in need this evening and and pudsey bear isjoining us at warner brothers studio tour in hertfordshire. every year hundreds of charities are helped by the money you donate. charities like the rewind project at the lyric theatre in ham