they have looked at the evidence and tfl have looked at the evidence and tfl have concluded today thatere concerns around safety and security, so concerns around safety and security, so tfl have reached the decision not to renew ubers license. i fully support tfl. 40,000 drivers could be out of a job, 3.5 million londoners use it. you are supposed to be a pro—business mayor. use it. you are supposed to be a pro-business mayor. drivers and users should rightly be angry at uberfor not users should rightly be angry at uber for not playing by the rules. they are there for a reason. tfl‘s job as the regulator is to look at the evidence and decide whether somebody is playing by the rules. this is not an anti—private hire vehicle operator decision. it is not anti—minicab. it is an anti not playing by the rules decision. tfl ensure people who operate private hire vehicles do it safely and security click. people have had —— the moore have had time to reassure tfl. but they have problems with medical examinations in relation to the enhanced checks that should be undertaken and also in relation t

you are saying you have, is tfl lying?drivers have a background check done by the disclosure and barring service, and it is the responsibility and the role of the regulator, so tfl in this case, to check and licensed divers. uber and other private hire operators, we don't do that. 0nce other private hire operators, we don't do that. once a driver has been licensed by tfl, and they have granted them a licence because they have done all the paperwork, done all the tests, then they can sign up to the app. why don't you do the checks that tfl once? so tfl, they are the ones that do the checks, and they require the medicals, the background checks. private eye operators do not do any checks themselves. —— private hire operators. we make sure that they have the correct paperwork, but we do not do it ourselves. what is happening with uber? when we introduced this interview, we said this is a company that has shaken up the way people order taxis, you can orderfrom your phone, and as the way people order taxis, you can order from yo

clearly there is movement and concern that tfl doesn't want to user licence. tfl to try and uphold the road safety and women's safety, as well as passenger safety. an interesting move by tfl to try and bring more regulation. did they act soon enough? were they too lax? allowing this situation to develop, perhaps issuing warnings too late, that is what a lot of people think. the mini cab industry exploded. allegedly 3.5 million customers for uber, that is extraordinary. they will still be operating a year from now, that is what i think. they have lost their licence for the moment for not meeting the regulations, we will see. a lot of jobs at stake as well. the telegraph, buying uk property is about to get tougher for foreigners. possibly because a lot of new property is being snapped up by investors ? property is being snapped up by investors? apparently the tories didn't realise just how much unrest there is about housing and who is allowed to buy flats in london. the marketing of flats in london to the far east and elsewhere, u nfortu nately far east and else

nevertheless, tfl have deemed them "not fit and proper" to renew the licence.to be paramount. the regulator's doing itsjob. if uber customers, or indeed uber drivers, are upset or angry about this situation, don't blame the regulator for enforcing the rules. let's blame the company that flouts them. uber have said they will appeal the decision. their london licence runs out at the end of this month. jessica parker, bbc news. the mayor of london has responded to the petition, saying, "i have every sympathy with uber drivers and customers affected by this decision, but their anger really should be directed at uber." "they have let down their drivers and customers by failing, in the view of tfl, to act as a fit and proper operator." a magnitude 6.2 quake has hit the southeast of oaxaca in mexico. slight quake tremors were felt, and seismic alarms sounded in mexico city, which earlier this week was hit by the country's most deadly earthquake in decades. the us geological survey reported that the epicentre was 12 miles southeast of the city of matias romero, in the

some would see tfl's mayor of london.ck, the asset management firm, an investor in uber. some would potentially be questioning today whether the labour mayor decision to effectively ban uber isa mayor decision to effectively ban uber is a dog at his former political rival. interesting to see what the standard comes out with in net additions. to answer your question, tfl to some degree is dammed if it does and dammed if it doesn't. if at some point there is a serious assault are serious criminal issue that occurs, people will be asking questions around why it has not answered regulations. what uber must focus on doing is being more transparent and engaging its consumer base and robustly answering these questions, and it can do that, and if it can, then tfl will not have much of a leg to stand on in continuing with the band. we leave it there. thank you very much. one of britain's most senior police officers has warned the huge counterterrorism effort is placing a train on other areas of policing thatis train on other areas

nevertheless, tfl have deemed them "not fit and proper" to renew the licence.e paramount. the regulator's doing itsjob. if uber customers, or indeed uber drivers, are upset or angry about the situation, don't blame the regulator for enforcing the rules. let's blame the company that flouts them. uber have said they will appeal the decision. their london licence runs out at the end of this month. jessica parker, bbc news. the authorities in puerto rico say a failing dam is causing extremely dangerous flooding after they detected a 60 centimetre gap in its structure after days of torrential rain. more than 70,000 people live in the immediate area and officials have ordered a huge evacuation. the 90—year old structure's been broken by the weight of water following hurricane maria. the uk's overall credit rating has been downgraded over concerns about public finances and fears brexit could damage economic growth. moody's, one of the major ratings agencies, cut the uk's rating by one notch. the government says the assessment is outdated. our business correspondent jo

tfl does not reach these decisions lightly, but they have to act like a judge and look at the evidencencluded that uber are not playing by the rules. if users of uber and drivers are angry, then they should be angry at uber. the company refutes these charges and says it will appeal. we are absolutely astounded. we are going to fight this to support those drivers who will be be put out of work by this decision. we believe that consumer choice is a fundamental positive thing. that londoners should have. some consumers say safety is one of the reasons they choose uber. i use uber for when i need to get home safely on time that kind of thing. i would be a bit more nervous travelling on my own, probably not now i'm older, but when i was younger, and thinking about younger siblings and that kind of thing, it's nice to be able to know, i can track literally where they were. thank you very much, cheers. bye now. that process is really baked into the lives of millions of people and tens of thousands of drivers. but its staggering popularity has made it unpopular in other quarters. black cab dri

they are making out tfl is the bag i put uber do not want to play they are making out tfl is the bad legitimate private hire. if they do not want to play that game you drop out of the game. 3.4 million londoners are registered with the apt and a petition to get it reinstated has hundreds of thousands of signatures. uber admits mistakes. now it wants talks and to change. you are confident your dbs checks were good enough? we have been following the rules ever since we launched in london. we have been audited many times by tfl and always passed unknown request to do anything different have been made of so this is an area we need to understand better. my understanding is last week's announcement should not have come out of the blue to uber. there had been contacts between tfl and the company. i also understand tfl's concerns about uber are not yet in the public domain and could emerge during the legal appeals process. the mayor has told tfl officials to meet with the company. i welcome the apology from the global ceo of uber today. acting with humility and recognising the issues raised

the fact tfl's meet certain thresholds. the fact tfl's ta ken meet certain thresholds.nions, a lot of work ears' rights groups but is so opposed by a huge number of londoners shows this is not an easy issue. something that has an answer. it is something every city will have to find a bespoke solution to. whether you like it or not, europer‘s cheap and convenient. it is easy to use. all of that, as somebody who's lived in london for a lot of years, i used to live in south london, a cab driver would refuse to take you because he didn't like the fare, uber were a godsend. i expect uber will try to fix things. do you think there will be a compromise? sadiq khan in his latest intervention hinted there may be a compromise. i think sadiq khan will go to the labour party conference. huge cheers for tackling uber. you canner will try to fix some of the problems and we could end up with them continuing to operate much as they do. most of my female acquaintances find uber a far safer way of travelling because of the gps, the way ofjourneys are monitored, they find the drivers cour

nevertheless, tfl have deemed them "not fit and proper" to renew the licence.e paramount. the regulator's doing itsjob. if uber customers, or indeed uber drivers, are upset or angry about the situation, don't blame the regulator for enforcing the rules. let's blame the company that flouts them. uber have said they will appeal the decision. their london licence runs out at the end of this month. jessica parker, bbc news. in the last hour, the mayor of london has responded to the petition, saying, "i have every sympathy with uber drivers and customers affected by this decision but their anger really should be directed at uber. " "they have let down their drivers and customers by failing, in the view of tfl, to act as a fit and proper operator." there've been reports of small tremors in north korea, which chinese officials say could be evidence of an explosion, although elsewhere it's been deemed to be of natural origin. 0ur correspondent danny savage gave us this update from south korea. 0pinion is split over what happened to north korea in the last few hours. th

it is not tfl's faults that uber stands to have its licence revoked.flouted the rules of the road that every licensed operator in london has to abide by, and we're not talking about trivial regulations. uber has received damning criticism from the metropolitan police, for example, for failing metropolitan police, for example, forfailing to metropolitan police, for example, for failing to appropriately handle and report serious allegations of rape and sexual assault in uber vehicles. i don't think that is a way that a fit and proper operator would behave or should behave, so with uber once their licence back and wants to take part in london's taxi and private hire market and be pa rt taxi and private hire market and be part of the competition, they have to play by the same rules as everybody else. so you would like that option to be open to them, if they reform their ways, you would like them back on the streets? well, of course, because the whole point of course, because the whole point of having a well regulated taxi and privatise industry in london i

tfl refused to recognise trade union representation for 120,000 private hire drivers.d listened to us, if they had worked with us of the last five years, they would not have taken this approach, the lost a fair approach, to do nothing with uber for five years and throw them out. we are the ones that are going to pay the price. surely the responsibility for this decision today, ultimately, lies with uber, which could have been stronger in making sure that background checks are carried out and that it reported offences, criminal offences that took place within its own vehicles? yes, iam took place within its own vehicles? yes, i am very concerned about this. i was assaulted myself and took uber ten weeks cooperate with the police. the thing that was not put on the table in this decision, which is what we asked the mayor to do, was to relicense uber under the condition it protected worker rights and that it dealt with some of these legal problems with uber. he didn‘t do that. what he put on the table was the safety thing relating to criminal records checks and medical cer

tfl's consonance relate to four main areas.offences such as sexual assaults by its drivers, for which it's been criticised by the police. the way the company forms background checks on its drivers and obtained medical certificates. finally, there are concerns about a controversial piece of software which critics have argued has allowed uber to avoid law enforcement and sting operations on its drivers. this is a courageous decision by transport for london, because for some time now serious concerns have been raised about uber‘s business practices and i think the evidence has built up over a considerable period of time now to show that uber is an unfit and improper regulator. uber claims to have 3.5 million users in london but immediate concerns are for its thousands of drivers. it's a devastating decision. there's 120,000 private hire drivers in london, more than doubled that number in the last five years, all of those people are now facing unemployment, worse than that, debt associated with vehicle, commercial vehicle loans the

tfl not renewing automatically the licence forthe mac. —— uber.ce this is, and if one is down, others are prepared tojump in. this is right. this is related to lyft, an american rival to uber. they have been picking up market share in the united states and it looks like london, in addition to perhaps mexico city and toronto, have been on their list of potential cities they could target. now, given the potential to uber to lose its licence, lyft appear to be at the doorstep. and uber created a new firm, western two already exists. yes. many londoners will be pleased about this. londoners like an app, whether it is lyft will uber. yes, to three mac is already on the scene, and there is one called taxify, set up wayne eastern european entrepreneur. they are circling like sharks of these opportunities. i'm surprised i have not seen a bigger pr push by some of these others stop i suppose they are still working out their strategies. i think we will see it in the next few weeks. let's move on. theresa may's brexit... sorry, this is the independent? yes,

nevertheless, tfl have deemed them "not fit and proper" to renew the licence.to be paramount. the regulator's doing itsjob. if uber customers, or indeed uber drivers, are upset or angry about this situation, don't blame the regulator for enforcing the rules. let's blame the company that flouts them. uber have said they will appeal the decision. their london licence runs out at the end of this month. jessica parker, bbc news. in the last hour, the mayor of london has responded to the petition, saying.., "i have every sympathy with uber police have fully reopened a stretch of the m3 in both directions after it was closed for a long period today. drivers said the closure had brought "absolute chaos" between junctions nine and 11 near winchester. let's talk to our correspondent. we have heard descriptions of absolute chaos. how is it now? there seems to be some movement in one lane. that's right. the northbound carriageway has been opened for some time. the southbound carriageway reopened in the last half hour. that misery is coming to an end. there is some progres

you have, but uber haven't, according to tfl?? that is not my experience of uber. i'm sure it's not, but this is what the metropolitan police are saying. what i don't metropolitan police are saying. what ldon't understand is there is also data that has come say that uber have followed, they have had ten compliance checks by tfl right up until this last april that they passed, and then suddenly there is all these other issues that haven't been checked. i all these other issues that haven't been checked. ldon't understand, why have tfl not continue to do those checks? because up until april, they had passed all the compliance checks. james, do you wa nt to compliance checks. james, do you want to come back in here?” compliance checks. james, do you want to come back in here? i have to agree with millie. the background checks other certification, and if there is a problem there, that is transport for london's problem. drivers get those certifications as a prerequisite forgetting a license from tfl before they can work for uber. if t

but a lot of people now are waking up to the fact that because of tfl's ruling, there are issues that like that is to get within the regulations themselves. are there people in there who are a little bit hypocritical, who are denouncing uber, or amazon, and actually have their apps on their phone? is that a possibility? it's definitely a possibility! there's always hypocrites. i think so, yeah. obviously i can't speak for everyone. but i think so, yeah. can you say that louder? yes, most likely! you're putting me on the spot, here! joining me now are paul mason and phil collins. do you use uber? no. out of principle? no, out of inertia and laziness and being a bit of a luddite. was it right for labour to take on uber? i think that's one way of framing it. i think this is tfl which has come to the decision, we will see, sadiq khan has sanctioned that decision so far but we will see. in the specific instance there arelots of things uber needs to address and the ceo has apologised for some of the practices. i don't think it's quite as stark as labour taking on uber. this starts with uber

it reported them to tfl but not the police.y not doing it, trying to protect their reputation. i don't think they have a reputation, but what they have got they will try to hang onto. steve mcnamara, thank for coming in. well, if it was not for all the other news today, my guess is that this whole programme would have been about sunday's election in germany. they don't come along very often, and even though angela merkel always wins them, they are still very important for the direction of europe. 0ur diplomatic editor mark urban is in berlin for us. it's a measure of the power and influence that germany holds in europe today that everyone is looking to sunday's election. whether it's brexiteers hoping angela merkel will get talks going in brussels, remainers that she'll find a way to keep britain in, president macron hoping to re—start the continent's franco—german motor — or a host of other leaders — everyone will be watching berlin. we know polls are dangerous these days, but what everyone expects is that angela merkel will b

as far as i understand it, the british transport police and tfl are on it and they will be updating their get more information. earlier my colleague sophie rayworth spoke to two eyewitnesses — emma stevie, who was on the train at the time of the explosion, and local resident katy llewellyn—jones. i got on the train and within five seconds, the doors, you know, were closing and we just heard the loudest, scariest screams coming from what sounded like the carriage right next to us and loud men shouting "run". so when people shout run, you run. we just all ran to for our lives. we just all ran for our lives. we didn't know why. we didn't hear an explosion. i thought acid had been thrown around or something, i just thought why. and we got to the steps and it was just the worst. it was a proper human crush. we all got stuck in. there was a woman underneath me, there was a lady saying she was pregnant. there was a little boy, his face had got smashed into the step. it was like it was just like... i was holding on to the railing in a foetal position, trying not to put my weight on anyone but the

uber also denies all of the allegations made in tfl's announcement and says it will immediately appealould take many months, so serial users of the app shouldn't fret about their morning commute just yet. matthew thompson, bbc news. an 18—year—old man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder over the parsons green tube terror attack. 30 people were injured in last friday's attack, which left one woman with serious burns. earlier, our correspondent adina campbell sent this report. well, this afternoon 18—year—old ahmed hassan has appeared here at westminster magistrates‘ court charged with attempted murder following the terrorist attack in parsons green in south—west london last week. in court, he confirmed his name and address, which is in sunbury, in surrey. the 18—year—old was arrested in dover last week, a day after the attack. this afternoon, police have now confirmed that he has been arrested and charged with attempted murder, relating to rail passengers on the district line tube train last friday morning. he has also been charged with maliciously using an explosive dev

. —— tfl. let's speak to our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz.—cabs on grounds of the way it reported serious criminal offences, amongst other things also the background checks, the way they were being done. uber reacted to that quite strongly, saying they thought it was restricting consumer choice to do that, that it was giving a name to london for being anti—innovation, they started a petition, an online petition that's gone at more than —— got more than 750,000 signatures. today we got a letter from the world head of uber, darakkurasharki. he said we've got things wrong, we must also change, as well as challenging this in the courts, it's hisjob to help uber write it next chapter. they'll work with london to make things right and show humility. now, the publication of that letter, the mayor's come back and said, well, ok, he's told transport for london that they should meet with the head of uber, he welcomes the apology that they've acknowledged the issues that uber faces in london and that even though there is this legal process that's going

london's mayor sadiq khan has asked tfl to make themselves available for talks with uber — after theirl is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder — over the stabbing of a woman at a school in north lincolnshire. time for the sport. hello, good afternoon to you. gordon strachan has named his scotland squad for the world cup qualifying matches next week. no major shocks, lien cooper has been recalled, cammack two is one of six celtic players in the squad. after back—to—back wins against and lithuania malta early in the mud, scotla nd lithuania malta early in the mud, scotland go into the final two matches knowing that victory in both games would all but guarantee a play—off spot. gareth mcauley is backin play—off spot. gareth mcauley is back in the northern ireland's squad for next month's qualifier. he has not featured in the teams in the limped off against demi back in june. george saville, john marnoch midfielderjordan jones. fever‘s unexpected new term on poppies as common sense. england, scotland, wales and northern ireland will find for the use of the poppy. they deemed it to

more simple principles at sta ke, there are more simple principles at stake, which is that you entrust tflu do not adhere to the rules, you do not get to do the thing you want to do. but they want to turn the art event into something else. —— the argument into something else. and as you said earlier, you know, uber has such a reputation for so long, and over the last year, because of issues in america, they have been dragged into a lot of unsavoury and questionable headlines, so there are some big issues. the article is also saying, and it is over a lot of the papers, it is making the point that in other cities, cardiff, edinburgh, liverpool, york, making the point that those cities may look closely at what happens in london, but a poor cod of black cab drivers would be very series, is that really practical in london? —— a boycott of black cab drivers. we will take a com pletely black cab drivers. we will take a completely different tack, this is brian connolly, who is in strictly come dancing this year, and he is talking about the effect it has had on him so far. that two page spread is i

tfl doesn't reach these decisions lightly, but they've got to act like a judge and look at the evidencee evidence and concluded that uber aren't playing by the rules. if users of uber and drivers are angry, they should be angry at uber. the company refutes these charges and says it will appeal. we're absolutely astounded and we're going to fight this to support those drivers that will be be put out of work by this decision and we believe that consumer choice is a fundamental positive thing that londoners should have. some passengers say the reason they use uber is cost, yes, but also safety. i use uberfor when i need to get home safely, on time, that kind of thing. it's quite nice to be able to know, that i know that i can track literally where they were. it's going to be a pain in the backside, then i would be taking these black taxis, and they're super expensive. thank you. thank you very much, cheers. now that process is really baked into the lives of millions of people and tens of thousands of drivers, but its staggering popularity has made it unpopular in other quarters. black cab

london's mayor sadiq khan has asked tfl to make themselves available for talks with uber after the taxi app's ceo apologised for mistakes it said the company has made. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm hugh ferris. the premier league record breaker, west brom's gareth barry, is set for a record 633rd appearance this evening. the fa says "the right procedures are in place" to prevent a repeat of the circumstances leading to mark sampson's sacking. and president's war of words with the nfl over players who kneel during the national anthem stretches into a fourth day. welcome to sportsday. great to have your company. it started more than 19 years ago for number 18, but the number that matters for gareth barry is 633. tonight, if selected, he'll set a new record for premier league appearances, beating ryan giggs‘ mark for his fourth club west brom in their match at arsenal. joe lynskey reports. he is the premier league's history boy, the midfield metronome whowhose success boy, the midfield metronome whowhose success than three decades. gareth bar

sadiq khan defends the tfl decision not to renew the licence for taxi at uber, as over 500,000 peoplesed. iran says it has successfully tested a new ballistic missile, in defiance of us president donald trump. jeremy corbyn arrives in brighton at the start of the labour party conference. this whole section of rail is nothing but tuxedos. thousands of costumes from the royal shakespeare company go on sale. sir patrick stewart goes through the wardrobe to share some

tfl said the company was not fit or proper to hold a licence.t was also the week that minister theresa may called for technology companies to go further and faster in removing extremist content from the web. the prime minister also called for social networks and search engines to find ways to take down terrorist materials within two hours of publication. and history was made this week as an electric vehicle broke a world record by travelling more than 1,000 miles on a single charge. the ao—foot—long test bus travelled 1,102 miles on a testing ground in indiana. the company behind the bus has not revealed how fast it was going, though, saying it travelled slow and steady. and a while ago, we told you about the tragic demise of our good friend, steve, the robot security guard who sadly perished in a washington fountain. well, steve's parents are back and have spawned a new breed. the k7 has been specifically designed to fight crime in large areas with difficult terrain. will it suffer the same ill fate as steve? 0nly steps will tell. ah, that is t

any rabbits pulled out tfl the hat -- out of the hat?omething for eve ryo ne snp attempting to have something for everyone in what nicola sturgeon announced today in the chamber of the scottish parliament. behind me there is an awful lot of detail to pick. i thought the announcement on electric cars was interesting. she was saying how there was a hope to phase out all the petrol and diesel ca rs phase out all the petrol and diesel cars eight years ahead of the uk government, an ambition to make scotland's longest road the a 9 close to 300 miles long running up the spine of scotland an electric highway. headline—grabbing interesting policies but the nitty—gritty stuff is to do with education, the proposals to hand more powers to head teachers, their proposals and criminaljustice, a presumption against short—term sentencing and of course, as you say, frank's law, personal care for those who need it who're under 65 yea rs of those who need it who're under 65 years of age free of cost. the snp say they'll support what they feel is fit but al

khan said he had sympathy with uber drivers and customers but the company had failed — in the view of tflsigned a petition to reverse the decision and the company says it will appeal. for the 2017 event, 550 men and women will be taking part, representing 17 nations. the latest headlines coming up and sport as well. that's join the other side of the newsroom with the latest weather. it's not looking bad. a reasonable day today. miles from just about everyone with temperatures reaching a high of 21 celsius. what did significantly vary from place to place was how much sunshine you should soar. with england under a sheet of cloud as we re england under a sheet of cloud as were pa rt of england under a sheet of cloud as were part of northern ireland, scotland. for scotland's other good pa rt scotland. for scotland's other good part of wales, the midlands and southern edwards were out of the sunshine. it was a glorious day for a number of us. the bridge is reaching the 70s are high mark. not bad at all. but the next 2a hours, this weather fronts will be trying to push across the uk. it's going

it is not tfl's fault that uber stands to have its licence revoked.debacle lies firmly and squarely with uber. they have flouted the rules of the road that every licensed operator in london has to abide by, and we're not talking about trivial regulations. uber has received damning criticism from the metropolitan police, for example, for failing to appropriately handle and report serious allegations of rape and sexual assault in uber vehicles. i don't think that is a way that a fit and proper operator would behave or should behave, so if uber want their licence back and want to take part in london's taxi and private hire market and be part of the competition, they have to play by the same rules as everybody else. the labour faithful are gathering in brighton for what mr corbyn has said will be the party's biggest—ever conference. he has denied being "bounced" into giving london mayor sadiq khan a slot by the party's conference arrangement‘s committee. our political correspondent eleanor garnier is in brighton for us. allen, give us a sense of what dele

khan said he had sympathy with uber drivers and customers but the company had failed — in the view of tfl the two main party leaders in germany will make their final appeals to voters today before sunday‘s elections. the chancellor angela merkel‘s centrist party have a clear lead in the polls. in what is now a familiar picture across europe, both mrs merkel and the social democratic leader, martin schulz, are urging voters to shun the anti—islam, anti—immigrant rhetoric of right—wing candidates that have gained support in the run up to the election. and we‘ll have full coverage of the elections in germany on the bbc news channel tomorrow. britain‘s biggest warship, hms ocean, has arrived in the british virgin islands to provide support for those affected by hurricanes irma and maria. there are now more than 2000 uk military personnel working on the relief effort, making it the largest british deployment anywhere in the world. from there, jeremy cooke reports. into the disaster zone, hms ocean off the british virgin islands, straight to work delivering aid where it is desperately needed. f

khan said he had sympathy with uber drivers and customers but the company had failed, in the view of tfltor. more than half a million people have signed a petition to reverse the decision and the company says it will appeal. more than half a million people have signed a petition calling for transport for london to reverse its decision to stop the minicab booking service, uber, from operating in the capital. iran says it has successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of up to1,200 a new ballistic missile with a range of up to 1,200 miles. as we have just been hearing, jeremy corbyn has arrived for this year's party conference, saying it will be the largest ever staged. sadiq khan defence transport for london's decision not to renew the licence for taxi at hoover, as over half a million people signed a petition calling for it to be reversed. the ratings agency moody's has downgraded britain's long—term credit rating. it says it made the decision because of the economic uncertainty caused by the brexit negotiations and the likelihood that the public finances would become weake

tfl says it will reduce congestion and improve road safety, but the rac questions the move. on strike. no service on their west london line— clapham junction to milton keynes central and a limited service on some other routes. kidbrooke park road remains closed for roadworks near to the railway station. this is the last week of the works — it‘s due to reopen on sunday. let‘s have a check on the weather now with sara thornton. good morning to you. a disappointing start for us this morning. it is miserable out that, isn‘t it? not terribly heavy in the way of rain but certainly grey and damp through the morning. later on it will be brighter and it could spark a few afternoon showers. here is the culprits of the rain this morning and the rain last night. this weather front. we are and the rain last night. this weatherfront. we are in and the rain last night. this weather front. we are in a warm zone of their so it is not terribly chillier there. it is fairly cloudy, we re chillier there. it is fairly cloudy, were used to drizzly skies and murkiness around. through the afternoon

london's mayor sadiq khan has asked tfl to make themselves available for talks with uber after the taxi

over 500,000 people have signed a petition calling on tfl to reverse its decision.ck in the stratford centre on saturday night. it is believed to have followed an argument between two groups. out of over 400 acid attacks reported in london last year, over 90% of them were in the borough of newham. londoners have been found to be the least likely people to have a disabled friend, meaning disabled people in london have the highest levels of feeling isolated. research by the charity sense has led them to encourage londoners to buddy up, spending time with them and maybe becoming good friends. nfl players delivered a defiant message to president donald trump at wembley yesterday, as they linked arms and went down on one knee, after president trump said those who protest during the national anthem should be fired. fulham football club's owner, shahid khan, who also owns nfl's jacksonville jaguars, joined his players. he previously donated $1 million to the trump campaign. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there is no service on the london overground, between

tfl doesn't reach these decisions lightly, but they've got to act like a judge and look at the evidencecluded that uber aren't playing by the rules. if users of uber and drivers are angry, they should be angry at uber. the company refutes these charges and says it will appeal. we're absolutely astounded and we're going to fight this to support those drivers that will be be put out of work by this decision and we believe that consumer choice is a fundamental positive thing that londoners should have. some passengers say the reason they use uber is cost, yes, but also safety. i use uberfor when i need to get home safely, on time, that kind of thing. it's quite nice to be able to know, that i know that i can track literally where they were. it's going to be a pain in the backside, then i would be taking these black taxis, and they're super expensive. thank you. thank you very much, cheers. bye— bye. now that process is really baked into the lives of millions of people and tens of thousands of drivers, but its staggering popularity has made it unpopular in other quarters. black cab drivers

tfl does not reach these decisions lightly, they have to act like a judge and look at the evidence.ers of uber and drivers are angry, then they should be angry at uber. the company refutes these charges and says it will appeal. we are absolutely astounded. we are going to fight this to support those drivers who will be be put out of work by this decision. we believe that consumer choice is a fundamental positive thing that londoners should have. some consumers say safety is one of the reasons they choose uber. i use uber for when i need to get home safely on time that kind of thing, i would be a bit more nervous travelling on my own, probably not when i am older, but when i was younger, thinking about younger siblings and that kind of thing, it's nice to be able to know, i can track literally where they were. thank you very much, cheers. bye now. that process is really baked into the life of millions of people and tens of thousands of drivers. but its staggering popularity has made it unpopular in other quarters. black cab drivers have been campaigning for this for years, and welcom

tfl says that no personal information was collected, and hopes that it will help provide better informationl lines this morning. on the roads, and in brentford, a lane is blocked into town on the a4 great west road at harlequin avenue due to an accident. new southgate, a lane is closed on the a406 north circular westbound between bounds green road and colney hatch lane due to a burst water main. gatwick airport, heavy traffic on the a23 due to an accident at north terminal roundabout. congestion back to m23. let's have a check on the weather now. hello, good morning. it's going to feel an awful lot more like autumn today. quite windy at times. plenty of cloud, very little in the way of brightness and there will be some showery outbreaks of rain on and off through the day too. quite a blustery start, a mild start to the day and some places seeing quite a bit of dry weather through the morning, especially in eastern areas and a bit of brightness to the north as well but that reigned in a far away and having said that it will be raining all the time and drier spells through the day and that ra