before auctioning it off, southwark council spent £19,000 refurbishing it.so i asked them to explain themselves. it is on the market for £1 million, it hasn't been sold yet and so we believe the price we received for that property is a fair representation of its market value coupled with the fact that in the intervening period, that property is still liable for council tax. as you say, a significant amount of money was spent to bring repairs to the property and we do recognise there is an issue there and that's why we have recently set up an empty homes team, which will be specifically looking at how we make sure that process is as efficient as possible and ensure the property is ready to go back out for people on the waiting list to be able to take up. music: no skylarking by wylie southwark are not the only borough to offload homes at auction. over the past eight years, london councils have privately sold and auctioned off around 1,100 homes, with sales raking in almost £350 million. local authorities say homes are only auctioned off when refurbishment pro

southwark council says most of the original tenants have been rehoused in the borough and lessons have. but campaigners fear social housing is under threat and say they will keep up the fight. you can see more on that story with a special programme from inside out london at 1.30pm here on bbc news. just like broadchurch or baker street, the shetland islands have captured visitors' imaginations thanks to a popular crime thriller based there. they're experiencing a tourist boom because of ‘shetland' — a tv drama based on novels by author anne cleeves. as the final book in the series is released, our reporter jothohnston has been to see the set for himself. shetland. the crime drama has enjoyed worldwide success with its likeable characters, strong storylines, not to mention the bleak windswept scenery. this place looks like a much better place to come to. when you read the news, everything seems terrible and i think people are taking a wee bit of comfort in island murders! but now writer ann cleeves is bidding farewell to the popular detective. she has released a final novel, wild fire.

southwark council says most of the original tenants have been rehoused in the borough and lessons havedeveloped council estates to keep their social housing. but campaigners fear social housing is under threat and say they will keep up the fight. gareth furby, bbc london news. you can see more on that story with a special programme from inside out london at 1.30pm here on bbc news. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. good morning. it may be his last test match, but for now alistair cook, has taken a back seat in the pavillion at the oval, while the england tailenders, try to bolster a weak first innings score against india. the hosts started the day 7 wickets down. world number one rafael nadal says he will keep fighting, after he was forced to retire from his us open semifinal, againstjuan martin del potro, because of a knee injury. he's now 32, and won the french open earlier this summer, but couldn't continue playing after the end of the second set. it's unclear how long he will be out for. to keep playing, at the same time having too much

southwark council says most of the original tenants have been rehoused in the borough and lessons haveocial housing. but campaigners fear social housing is under threat and say they will keep up the fight. gareth furby, bbc london news. what's it like to be a rookie prison officer at a time of high levels of violence, drug—taking and self—harm ? two years ago a scheme to get some of britain's brightest university graduates working in jails was unveiled. so would the new recruits go the distance? last year our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw, met one of the graduates as she started work at coldingley prison in surrey — and now he's returned to find out how she's getting on. i'lljust give you a quick rubdown, mr brown. she's one of the newest prison officers at hmp coldingley, but has the confidence of someone far more experienced. sophie is one of the standout recruits on a programme designed to attract the brightest graduates into prisons. we first met her 12 months ago, when she started work. i've finished my degree. 0k. the new officers were visited by the then justice secreta

southwark council says most of the original tenants have been rehoused in the borough and lessons haveo keep their social housing. but campaigners fear social housing is under threat and say they will keep up the fight. gareth furby, bbc london news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. it has been atrocious afternoon across parts of northern england and the north midlands and parts of north wales as well but outbreaks of heavy rain. this evening, the rain will ease down time before more rain arrives towards the end of the night. you can see that away gradually, turning drier but cloudy for england, wales and northern ireland after a lovely day across northern scotland and the skies remain clear here. could be cool here, but further south, as the rain arrives across western areas, it should be milder. we start sunday on a damp note, outbreaks of rain pushing northwards and eastwards and into the afternoon a better picture, drier, brighter with sunny spells and showers across western areas and most across western scotland, where it will turn windy. temperatures across engl

southwark council says most of the original tenants have been rehoused in the borough and lessons haveouncil estates to keep their social housing. but campaigners fear social housing is under threat and say they will keep up the fight. gareth furby, bbc london news. you can see more on that story, with a special programme from inside out london at 1.30pm here on bbc news. final campaign rallies are being held in sweden today on the eve of elections that are expected to confirm a surge in support for an anti—immigration party. 0pinion polls suggest that the sweden democrats, who have roots in the neo—nazi movement, will take about 20% of the vote. neither the centre—left governing parties nor their centre—right opponents are expected to win an outright majority. let's talk now to karolina skoglund, a political reporter with expressen newspaper in sweden. she's in stockholm on the campaign trail today with the current leader of the opposition, ulf kristersson, from the moderates. you are with the moderates, following their campaign, but most of the tensions here is on the sweden democrat