campaigners say around 15,000 families are on the housing waiting list in islington.sion zone are continuing to be vandalised. the latest incident was reported in bromley where four cameras were painted red in protest. the mayor insists the zone is needed to tackle air pollution. a £160 million scrappage scheme is still available for all londoners to claim a maximum of £2,000 per vehicle from. bob and his daughter are among the thousands of londoners who have applied but says the process is slow. she applied last monday, the 21st, the first day of the scrappage scheme, and up to today we've heard nothing. and for more on the arguments for and against the expansion of ulez, head over to our website. let's see how the tube is running at this time of the morning. there's a good service on all of the network. and just a reminder, rail bosses are advising people to plan ahead if you're intending to use the trains on friday as strike action is planned. 16 operators are affected including southern, southeastern and swr which has said the majority of its network will be close

separate islington need to have separate councils the councils are essentially the same merge them samest merge them all, get rid of all that. why have they got separate policy departments? why the policy departments? why is the policy on housing tiles different departments? why is the policy on each housing tiles different departments? why is the policy on each in using tiles different departments? why is the policy on each in each tiles different departments? why is the policy oneach in each councilferent departments? why is the policy oneach in each council just1t in each in each council just merge stuff? well, it's merge all that stuff? well, it's definitely a proven human tendency, isn't once get tendency, isn't it? once you get into thing like that, just into a thing like that, just start expand department start to expand your department regardless it regardless of how much work it has do. don't what do has to do. i don't know. what do you think? >> i think a lot of people that are in local government are in it own yeah, and it for their own gain. yeah, and i that's the problem in

tyrone dean from tottenham, on the left, and louis parkinson from islington wore masks when they tried attempts at a getaway. a south london castle with a history dating back to 1811 is being brought back to its former glory. kingswood arts were handed the keys back in 2022 when the building was disused and derelict. since then they've created an arts hub and will be offering history tours of the refurbished castle later this month. it was first built in 1811, it was a much smaller building then. and then in the 1890s it was bought by a guy called john ljohnson, who was an inventor of bovril. he expanded the building massively and added the castle—like features. so since then it's been known as bovril castle. this was youth club, it was a safe space, it was open for us. so it having that context back again, being the heart of the community, is very important. i think it is such a good place for young people creatively and just community—wise as well. let's take a look at the latest on the tubes now. there's no service on the bakerloo line between stonebridge park and harrow & wealdston

. >> and why are most mps from islington?wo actually. think of two actually. >> you very anna. >> so thank you very much, anna. >> so thank you very much, anna. >> steve and rafe. here's a question for all of your comments up the final comments coming up in the final part of my common sense crusade this joined by this week, we'll be joined by tammy peterson discuss the tammy peterson to discuss the death of shola. >> annette, sheila. annette lewis, who was denied an organ transplant because she was because she refused the covid vaccination . we'll also hear vaccination. we'll also hear about tammy's personal faith journey. stay tuned welcome back to the common sense crusade with me on tv, online and on your wireless. a woman from alberta, canada, has died after she was refused an organ transplant because she refused the covid vaccination. sheila annette lewis was diagnosed with a terminal disease in 2018 and was told that she would not survive without a transplant. now hopefully we'll be joined in a minute by tammy peterson.

if we go to kensington and chelsea and islington and hampstead, well, everyone there drives a brand newiant because they've got lots and lots of money go out to the edges. it could be as many as 3 or 4 in ten out of cars. oh and by the way, all the old horse boxes will also simply not qualify. and there are the arguments of logic. but fighting back yesterday, khan said that white van drivers should be pleased because the improved air quality will mean it's better for their health and they'll take fewer days work. it is take fewer days off work. it is some of the most condescending rubbish i think ever heard rubbish i think i've ever heard in my life. well, clive dixon is chief executive officer of the national access and scaffolding confederation . so clive , with confederation. so clive, with building sites , with employees , building sites, with employees, with contractors and, you know, whether it's hertfordshire or surrey or people are crossing this border, the whole time, aren't they? they are, nigel. >> mean, consider every >> i mean, if you consider every journey that people take

if we go to kensington and chelsea and islington and hampstead, well, everyone there drives a brand newiant because they've got lots and lots of money go out to the edges. it could be as many as 3 or 4 in ten out of cars. oh and by the way, all the old horse boxes will also simply not qualify. and there are the arguments of logic. but fighting back yesterday, khan said that white van drivers should be pleased because the improved air quality will mean it's better for their health and they'll take fewer days work. it is take fewer days off work. it is some of the most condescending rubbish i think ever heard rubbish i think i've ever heard in my life. well, clive dixon is chief executive officer of the national access and scaffolding confederation . so clive , with confederation. so clive, with building sites , with employees , building sites, with employees, with contractors and, you know, whether it's hertfordshire or surrey or people are crossing this border, the whole time, aren't they? they are, nigel. >> mean, consider every >> i mean, if you consider every journey that people take

as well , but has their islington headquarters as well, but has their latest stunt left them hangingo dry ? left them hanging out to dry? well, let's now speak to political commentator andy williams. good morning to you , williams. good morning to you, andy. i understand you're in the south of france, so you're having better weather than having much better weather than we are having here. how significant, andy, is this? it's a story that's greatly divided the nation. it really got people going on gb news yesterday , the going on gb news yesterday, the feeling of the invasion of someone's private home, the place where rishi sunak children live. it really got people shackled. but this this latest development, it's quite dramatic , the idea that greenpeace has a place at the top table in central government. now, those ties have been severed . how ties have been severed. how significant is this, do you think, charity ? well think, for the charity? well i think, for the charity? well i think in some ways, greenpeace have got what they wanted here. >> i mean, the purpose of these stunts is

riz is talking all things carnival with the founder of the indigo project, a grassroots group in islington pay by direct debit. we'rejoined byjonathan brearley, who's the chief executive at 0fgem. you are the people who designed these numbers. good morning. can you explain why the unit price, is it 7% drop? can you explain why you have chosen to drop it to that level? at}! chosen to drop it to that level? of course. what we do is look at an average household and a year ago, they were paying around 2500 for energy bills. since then, we have seen a huge drop in the wholesale price of gas. last year, government paid about £1000 above that at least on all bills. therefore the actual cost of energy was between 3500 and £4000 roughly. we have seen a change in the cost of gas and electricity and that is reflected in the price today. the price cap looks hard at underlying costs and make sure companies charge a fair price based on the cost but no more. why did you not drop it more? because the underlying costs simply have not changed. when you look at winter, costs are still high and certainly high

yeah, i think it's about time these privately educated trust fund baby islington dwellers returned to serious environmental problems like plastics and our oceans and polluted waterways. instead of trying to copy those brain dead juveniles at just stop oil and extinction rebellion. but to respond now , my superstar panel respond now, my superstar panel , the broadcaster and columnist carol mcgiffin, former chancellor kwasi kwarteng , and chancellor kwasi kwarteng, and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson . i commentator nigel nelson. i mean, if this this stunt was pathetic , number one. but then pathetic, number one. but then the irony me of the greenpeace director trying to say that ben leo wasn't invited into their office today. well, that's typical , isn't it? typical, isn't it? >> but what i find the most extraordinary thing about it is the fact that it is they there's so many things that don't add up as far as i'm concerned. they're trying to make us believe that that house has no security. right? six 30in the morning. so what? there must be cameras everywhere. i mean

and taking their cue from the islington liberal elite, bbc presenter nick robinson feigned horror whenon the today programme this morning. but actually fair play to the tory cabinet minister who for once stuck by his erstwhile colleague . watch. colleague. watch. >> do you think telling people to f off back to france who might have genuine claims to be asylum seekers who might have escaped war and persecution in do you think that is the reflection of a tolerant , reflection of a tolerant, outward facing nation? >> we're a country that believes in fairness and playing by the rules and those who don't play by the rules, who don't take advantage of those opportunities. we provide and try to jump the queue rightly cause indignation . and i think cause indignation. and i think lee was expressing that indignation in his own way. but there nothing unreasonable there was nothing unreasonable in about what he was in principle about what he was saying. shortly after number saying. and shortly after number ten confirmed they were backing lee's comments, saying the justice speaking justice secreta

and taking their cue from the islington liberal elite, bbc presenter nick robinson feigned horror whenalk, on the today programme this morning. but actually fair play to the tory cabinet minister who for once stuck by his erstwhile colleague . watch. colleague. watch. >> do you think telling people to f off back to france who might have genuine claims to be asylum seekers who might have escaped war and persecution in do you think that is the reflection of a tolerant , reflection of a tolerant, outward facing nation? >> we're a country that believes in fairness and playing by the rules and those who don't play by the rules, who don't take advantage of those opportunities. we provide and try to jump the queue rightly cause indignation . and i think cause indignation. and i think lee was expressing that indignation in his own way. but there nothing unreasonable there was nothing unreasonable in about what he was in principle about what he was saying. shortly after number saying. and shortly after number ten confirmed they were backing lee's comments, saying the justice speaking justice se

yeah, i think it's about time these privately educated trust fund baby islington dwellers returned to serious environmental problems like plastics and our oceans and polluted waterways. instead of trying to copy those brain dead juveniles at just stop oil and extinction rebellion. but to respond now , my superstar panel respond now, my superstar panel , the broadcaster and columnist carol mcgiffin, former chancellor kwasi kwarteng , and chancellor kwasi kwarteng, and gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson . i commentator nigel nelson. i mean, if this this stunt was pathetic , number one. but then pathetic, number one. but then the irony me of the greenpeace director trying to say that ben leo wasn't invited into their office today. well, that's typical , isn't it? typical, isn't it? >> but what i find the most extraordinary thing about it is the fact that it is they there's so many things that don't add up as far as i'm concerned. they're trying to make us believe that that house has no security. right? six 30in the morning. so what? there must be cameras everywhere. i mean

the chattering classes in islington don't realise this, but the countryside is a business.land has to provide money and employment . if has to provide money and employment. if this moorland wasn't used for grouse shooting, it would be used for the next most lucrative use which in most cases is blanket coniferous forestry. this industrial forestry. this industrial forestry is not indigenous and creates a monoculture where nothing thrives, but pine trees and midges . blanket forestry and midges. blanket forestry doesn't support the ecological diversity found in a grouse moor. it acidifies the soil and water courses upsetting the delicate balance of nature for miles around. it's the rural equivalent of an oil spill and grouse moors provide essential employment for some of the most depnved employment for some of the most deprived communities in britain. remote rural areas and former mining towns. remote rural areas and former mining towns . my father was a mining towns. my father was a gunsmith on the scottish grouse moors at leadhills, fixing the guns of the toffs, shooting th

the chattering classes in islington don't realise this, but the countryside is a business.land has to provide money and employment . if has to provide money and employment. if this moorland wasn't used for grouse shooting, it would be used for the next most lucrative use which in most cases is blanket coniferous forestry. this industrial forestry. this industrial forestry is not indigenous and forestry is not indigenous and creates a monoculture where nothing thrives, but pine trees and midges . blanket forestry and midges. blanket forestry doesn't support the ecological diversity found in a grouse moor. it acidifies the soil and water courses upsetting the delicate balance of nature for miles around. it's the rural equivalent of an oil spill and grouse moors provide essential employment for some of the most depnved employment for some of the most deprived communities in britain. remote rural areas and former mining towns. remote rural areas and former mining towns . my father was a mining towns. my father was a gunsmith on the scottish grouse moors at leadhills, fixing the

amazingly plush about their amazingly plush office, very swanky offices , office, very swanky offices, islington money, lots of trust fund dwellers mingling around that neck of the woods. but yeah, be honest, only yeah, to be honest, the only thing we can conclude from my little of their little gatecrashing of their office is what bunch of office is what a bunch of hypocrites . i'm saying i wasn't hypocrites. i'm saying i wasn't ianed hypocrites. i'm saying i wasn't invited having seen what they did that morning. to rishi sunak , lost on them , the irony wasn't lost on them . i had a bit of fun. i roamed around their office, went up a couple to couple of floors, spoke to staff, myself cup of tea staff, made myself a cup of tea . their credit, the two . and to their credit, the two directors invite me in directors did invite me in for a chat, which you'll see later on in the show. but yeah, it was good fun. but also it's important when they do stunts like this, which are, in my opinion and also a lot of viewers agree with this as well, is pale on over the is beyond the pale on over the mark. it's

an ice rink in islington will not be rebuilt after it was flooded last year, the council has confirmedn the circle line. now on to the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there. good morning. it's a much quieter day of weather today than we saw yesterday. it won't be as wet or as windy, but still a few showers around at times. and generally, it is set to stay very unsettled as we head through the rest of the week. it will also be turning cooler once again, too. but this morning, a largely dry start to the day. there are some areas of cloud, but we'll see the cloud thin and break to give us some spells of sunshine coming through. just watch out for a few showers tracking down on the now northwesterly wind. some of the showers could turn out to be heavy and it's quite a cool wind direction, too. so it could feel quite chilly, especially for the time of year in exposure to that wind and away from the spells of sunshine, top temperatures of 20 or 21 degrees celsius. the showers will tend to fade away as we head through the evening and overnight. but there's a lot more showers to come in

the former labour leader and islington north mp, jeremy corbyn, has said he'll "have a think" about standingday morning. julian ebanks—ford was found with knife injuries on kender street in new cross. a 19—year—old man was arrested at the weekend, with police appealing for witnesses to come forward to piece together what happened in the moments before the stabbing. a protest is being held today against plans by gatwick airport to bring its second runway into full—time use. it's being organised by the gatwick area conservation campaign group. it follows the news that the plan to use the existing northern runway full—time has been accepted for detailed examination by the planning inspectorate. the airport says 78% of residents who expressed an opinion support gatwick 5 plans and the newjobs they'll provide. opponents say it would ruin the environment and their villages. already there's so much pollution in this area and the extra noise, traffic, congestion would just make our lives unbearable. charlwood's a medieval village and families have lived here for generation and generation so it's not

and was he picked up by and he was he was picked up by the islington tribune, which is a local newspaperh was turned into a film. knew about james film. everyone knew about james bowen the street cat named bowen and the street cat named bob. made james bowen, who bob. it made james bowen, who was the busker whose life he said was saved by this characterful cat that we all fell £1 million. he fell in love with £1 million. he bought half £1 million house, which was called the cat, the house that bob built. and now he's because the he's saying because of the mortgage mortgage rates mortgage crisis, mortgage rates shot through the roof, he now can't afford own this home can't afford to own this home any he doing any longer. and he is doing a just, well, a money raising campaign for online financial assistance . yeah, he got £1 assistance. yeah, he got £1 million he spent. >> why has he got a mortgage? >> why has he got a mortgage? >> well , >> why has he got a mortgage? >> well, quite a mortgage. >> well, quite a mortgage. >> he didn't have any he didn't have a job. >> there were several of