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London's News at 10 o'clock I'm sorry Caffrey a clear up operation is underway in east London after a nice of unrest over the death of rush and Charles who was apprehended by police last week and bottles and fireworks were thrown at police following a demonstration in Hackney the B.B.C.'s Dan Johnson is at the scene hundreds of riot officers had to be brought into conference a crowd that was setting fire to bins and mattresses throwing bottles setting off fireworks at the police there are cash machines here that have been smashed up there are scorch marks in the road some of the ball odds have been ripped out from the middle of the street so there's a cleanup operation underway here this morning president's trump has described his new chief of staff John Kelly as a true star of his administration after removing Reince Priebus from the post in a tweet the president said Mr Kelley a retired Marine Corps general had done a spectacular job as head of Homeland Security where he introduced a tougher immigration policy Daniel Lipman from the Politico Web site says the move highlights wider problems in the White House this underscores that the White House chaos in the West Wing has just continuing and writes you know are leaving the White House is not going to stop that he was not the biggest problem in the White House I think Krista not conformed to tribes expectations because it's very hard to manage a White House like the one President Trump has the Guardian newspaper is reporting that the mare of London City can has set out the possibility of Britain remaining within the e.u. . Arguing that brags it could be legitimately stopped if Labor included the pledge in an election manifesto or committed to a 2nd referendum it says his intervention is likely to fuel labor divisions on Bragg's this as the leadership is adamant that the party should respect last year's results but some M.P.'s believe it should fight for a 2nd referendum the Local Government Association has accused irresponsible retailers of passing lives at risk after a number of shops were caught selling knives to under-age customers some of the young as 13 to major supermarket chains are among the retailers which apparently broke the law. Fans of the b.b.c. Medical drama casualty are being treated to a small piece of t.v. History the 48 minutes episode being shown the c evening has been filmed with a single camera shot it's believed to be a 1st for British television now with London's weather forecast Here's Lucy Martin after a bright start to the day we have rain on the way this often a not rain fairly persistent and heavy at times the rumble of thunder not the question it's also a fairly breezy with highs of 20 degrees Celsius now seem even to the evening that rain becoming increasingly patchy say some drier intervals around that rain will clear out overnight with temperatures falling to a minimum of 13 degrees Celsius so dry and bright starts the day tomorrow some good spells of sunshine around there is the risk of seeing the odd isolated shower in the fact the north you are the more likely they showers are to be quite heavy with your drumbeat of thunder temperatures tomorrow reach him out of 20 degrees Celsius so be another breezy day b.b.c. Radio London it's 3 minutes past 10. Interesting 14 extraordinary see if you think this is London. Is not the best place to live in Full of education in the capital I asked if you have your own room this is b.b.c. Radio London. And. Good morning London I'm rubber elms. The sun is just about shining out. I think we're going to be in for a mix them very dire you when it comes to weather but I hope it's going to be an exclusively great day when. Comes to everything else. You might want to get in your garden. In which case you might want to call us up 172242008 because our resident God Now since the evens the horticulturalist extraordinary. Will be here between 1030 and 11 and we can take your calls you can help you out with your hydrangeas. So if you have any questions for us in June why not give us a ring now and you can book to spice or you can send us e-mails to Robert Elms at b.b.c. To. Know you also wants to talk compost. Singeing will be here in about half an hour from now. After that we're going to be looking at parks and gardens to parks and I shared heritage this is an exhibition of. Our shared heritage at the Mount galleries in s.w. One and that's our shared heritage of the royal parks. People come in and give us a lowdown on the latest in all of the sporting events being covered today. And then we're going to talk to a brilliant sports person mob scene right. She was a survivor of the 77 bombings has gone on to become a Paralympic athlete and she's written a book called unbroken. Oh and we need your family favorite. Family Favorites is what we do in the last half an hour of the show now on a Saturday and it relies. Yeah I do mean you were calling us up and just sharing a piece of music with us one which means a lot to your family in telling us why. So if there's a song which I thought I might be your parents use to play on a Sunday morning and you write it them but you love it now. Something that you place your kids or you will listen together with special occasions any song that means something to you and your family will play your song and you can tell us why . And I am relying on you to call us up now if you want to know to our 72242000 in fact I'd like you to call is up now. And volunteer to share your family favorite with us. So we'll have that in the last half an hour and of course in the 1st half an hour we've got some events that you can go to to see and enjoy and do over this coming weekend. I'm going to be heading off to Loftus Road. Just to stand. On high sing a little event itself the name. For my 5 year and. What are you doing today if you're doing anything today or tomorrow that you'd like to share with London give us a call about that as well. The phone numbers the same it's 020-722-4200 extension 0 you can tell us all something is happening in your neighborhood something you're involved in. Something you think London should know about. You should know that this piece of music is by the filthy 6 and it's called the blind man. The big. Thank you out. The be. The be. The band's new e.p. . Keep the beat. hours. I am or about to hew Brayshaw he was the event director of the Prudential Ride London which is a massive event in many respects a whole series of different events taking place across long the Nisser. Weekend All I knew those of us like my good so for like life on 2 wheels propelled by our own 2 legs without seeing it with the correct ribbon involve a badly bashed up elbow I'm probably not the best person to talk about cycling after awful of mine last week but anyway he's on the line I like you a good morning yeah I know. What I shall be doing 100 this year because I've often lost the accident on my bike last week and that doesn't tend to good that but hopefully going to speedy recovery Well I am back on the bike already I have been cycling into work and it is you know having taken part in this before it's a fantastic event and as I said not just one event release a whole series of events and all different sorts of cyclists is absolutely I mean the phoning from it started at 9 o'clock 'd until 4 o'clock this afternoon we have the free will I kill totally free for everybody cycling around 8 miles of traffic free right in the center of London there are 7 different festivals I'm currently in pattern on the square got the we wheel of love later on where you can. Take a look one over potentially love going out for a ride on a Tuesday to bicycle there's all sorts of stuff going on today and it really is encouraging people on 2 wheels so that that is very much I know the people who you know might cycle occasionally or don't know many cyclists is a bit scared of the roads will want to get out with their kids or whatever it might be so I find just about everybody can get on to we it really I mean it is a fantastic family day out whatever rate you whatever age you are would be used to cycling you know it's really trying to encourage people to get on to where you know it's really positive thing to help pull the thing think the fitness and yeah absolutely that it is aimed at everybody and it's totally free I'm awake and people find out where they can ride in for Don except she said that there are different areas around the city on yes if they go to the website which is w w w prevent you right London dot. U.k. And then go on 'd to the Free Cycle part of the event it's got the maps on it it's around the Strand in the city the milepost Buckingham Palace mazing activations line a green park so there's stuff going on around the route and it really is just you can come along and join in and it's totally free and all people are already out there and we had everything there are thousands and thousands of people cycling cycling around the route smiles all around it's a beautiful morning when it comes to get down now come quite sure what the weather is doing later on but stunning morning to be riding around London it really is a joy Ok so that's an event just about anybody really that can get onto a bicycle but there's also tomorrow's event which is a bit more for the hardcore cyclists I guess yeah I mean tomorrow we have round about $30000.00 people riding on the Prudential Ride London sorry $100.00 so the 100 mile event or the $46.00 Mall event and they start from the Queen Elizabeth Lynn pickpocket $545.00 they're released i Robot a 4 and a half hour period and they're going through the central london out in some cute sorry ill and then coming back to finish on the mile and then we have a professional men's right. Which this year for the 1st time ever is a world tour event some of the best cyclists in the world 'd and they start tomorrow 140 and they will finish right about 6 o'clock Ok let's come on to the progress in a minute but is it sad to say you think that the 100 is sort of become the 2nd equivalent of the London Marathon. Yes absolutely I mean we also were going to the London Marathon and. It's always been the aim to to to make this the London marathon of cycling to encourage people to get on to to Wales to give them a challenge me not to say that you've cycled 100 miles in that guy is a fantastic thing to be able to say not many people can say they've done it it is achievable Yeah I've done it I mean you know I am a cyclist but when I think with anyone is a relatively regular cyclist with a bit of effort for the phone for 2 or 3 months beforehand to get up to a 100 miles all would have thought that they definitely can and it's still trying to get people who want regularly regular cyclists to go for the 46 mile of and yet so far less have great introduction and then think right following your I could be 100 we're trying to inspire people want to wear you excellent stuff and then you said you've got the elite vice coming up as well what sort of teams and what sort of right is going to be taking part this year in yesterday should be some of the best teams we've got 14 World 2 teams so these are teams all competing in the Tour de France we've got Michael Matthews who won the green jersey obviously Team Sky will have a fantastic a range of cyclists so some of the top sprinters in the world it's probably more likely to be a sprint finish but they will be taking part tomorrow in the seating we've got the top women cyclists in the world taking place. Around the mile long the on b b c 2 this evening between 6 and 650 and that's the women's rights women's cycling is really coming into place isn't it. It is and again another area of us really trying to encourage and lead the way we're the 1st cycling event to have parity on prize money something that's really important and it really is trying to you know women's cycling is really on the up we had nor a troll Victoria Pendleton amazing role models that. Had a ball will be competing with the thing she's doing incredibly well I responded This was well some great cyclists British cyclists as well as some of the world's world's best like that now I presume it's too light to into either the 100 on the $46.00 for tomorrow it is but if you're inspired then the entry system for the $108.00 days off the event so Monday August 7th. Is when the registration system opens if you get in spot get on the website and register from Monday and of course you can always go along I'm watching to people on and it is if you've never seen a bike race is a fantastic spectacle it is I mean those taking part in the 146 and it racing it is very much challenge there raising huge amounts to charity we are 41000000 pounds in the 1st 4 years of the event and there are so many good causes that people are writing for. Blood wise is our official charity there are more than $800.00 charities being represented. During the event tomorrow by the amateurs likely. Turning south so it's just a mini mouse saying could you get my husband Tony mentioned he's feeling a bit nervous ahead of his 100 mile saga Why don't somebody for the British Heart Foundation off the suffering a cardiac arrest 5 years ago after 2 daughters are accompanying him as we'll so very proud so the whole family's doing 100 tomorrow Cameron family and that's fantastic to hear and that's absolutely inspiring story that we love to hear about and love to. To acknowledge Well look you provide him it me wounds heal I should be back on for next years are good I reckon wonderful We'll look forward look forward thing he brushes thank you very very much event director of the Prudential Ride London and it is you know I some people moan about road closures and all that sort of stuff but we are increasingly a cycling city and big events like this with thousands and thousands of people taking to their bikes can only be a good thing. I The brilliant pay a parent record. Still haven't got the album. But I do know he's playing the Electric Ballroom in Camden on November the 4th I would certainly put that in the not for bonfire not. Put that in the diary I hope he's put it had because it. It's been a long time says he play live and I sent him embassy in the back in the 70s with the only ones anyway but let's talk about music of a different kind because Michael Gove the director of the b.b.c. National Kister of while was presumably in while was is on the phone now to talk about today's relaxed problem Hello Michael how you all know I was actually going to roll out a whole lot because you were involved in a promo Well I thought you might be really relaxed and just sit on you sorry for and sort of conduct it from then yeah no not conducting I'm just a guy who has been emails and phone calls and you know. So what do we mean by relaxed problem what's that with a. Well relax it's a concert with an orchestra as you'd expect but it's been specifically designed for people who have disabilities learning disabilities sensory impairments that kind of thing so it's accessible to as many people as possible what does that mean in effect. Well the music has been chosen particularly so that people can enjoy it so that people can I mean you would hope people would enjoy all the problems and I'm sure they do but for some the the scale of the of a whole particularly such a large place and the music is so perhaps unfamiliar to some people that it's not as welcoming or is not as open as others that we're going to be playing today I guess it can be a bit daunting walking into that incredible space faced with this very formal orchestra and stuff you know it's a wonderful thing and I think that's the thing that we're not going to get today is a formal orchestra you're going to get an orchestra but actually they're going to be really open and welcoming in what what is there is this about attire is about presentation is about the style of music all of that all of that the musicians are indeed in color t. Shirts you can pick out which section of the orchestra is is different from from the rest of the brass or in yellow the wind or in blue the strings are in red that kind of thing so people can easily see what an orchestra is and how it's made up so we've ascertained that you're not going to be conducting today who is who's in charge as a man called grant the well in his very very experienced and capable musician and we worked with him for many years and he particularly with Andy Pitt Kok who is the soloist if you like for today they've curated and created the music and the concert performance so what what's what's the programme what people going to be here so it's a real mix of stuff we've got some core classical bits of music we've got the William Tell Overture by Rossini we've got some risky Korsakoff we've got all sorts of great bits of music and then we've also got some film music we've got Dr Who The world's happens to be the orchestra that performs all the music on Dr Who are going to play in that. When they will take you places and I know midday today at the Royal Albert Hall so 12 o'clock 12 o'clock if you want to come along I'm sure there's still tickets left then yeah there you know it's a big place is lots of space for people and what sort of ticket prices are we looking so the cheapest one is 6 pounds 6 quid the Albert Hall. And the b.b.c. Proms of a renowned for providing concerts of incredible standard for just 6 quid so yeah there's plenty of seats available for 6 quid and as you said it is aimed at everybody pretty much. Nobody should feel kind of daunted or no not at all I think what's interesting is you know the big nationals are worthless here all we can we're doing what we might call a normal concert tomorrow night we're doing Beethoven's 9th Symphony and yet this afternoon at 12 o'clock today we're doing this concert which is accessible for people who might not wish to sit through 2 hours of core classical music but instead want to know what music's about and how an orchestra sounds so the midday one is for them today will that be broadcast on Radio 3 and in fact that tomorrow is already 3 as well all the Proms on Radio 3 but yeah this one already 3 particularly there's a 1st as well Radio 3 today it's going to be audiotape scribe so people who have hearing impairments can also hear and understand what the music is as well on Radio 3 as afternoon Michael Garvey director of the b.b.c. National history of words thank you very very much and I suspect you have a fantastic day and a fantastic evening as well over at the Proms if you know in classical music is not my thing I don't have to you know kind of pretend about as you know that opera certainly isn't my thing and nor as much classical music but if you've never been to the prom you do have to go I mean it's one of those things like a Test at Lord's or you know a day when wouldn't it's just such a magnificent event and part of the London experience that if you've never been along to the problems or maybe that's a good place to start this afternoon tickets are available it's 6 quid for the cheapest tickets that you know that's worth it bargain if ever there was one so want to get is of down there at 12 o'clock today well that will mean that winter missing a little bit of the show I should remind you what you'll be missing if you go early you'll be missing Martine Wright who's a 77 bombing survivor who became a parallel power Olympic athlete and she's written a book called unbroken she's going to be able to in 121230 then between 1230 and one we've got somebody sharing their family favorite tune and we'll have a live check of the week maybe even to actually we've had some fantastic music this week all from female artists we had live music every single day all from female artists so there's a bit of gender equality. Plus we've got before that we're going to be talking to Daniel Hirshman Dr Joe McCallum on the pox our shared heritage which is an exhibition about the history of the parks and the robots here in London and then talking of the great outdoors since they Vince he said he'll be coming in in a moment he's a resident gardener of course since you must talk about compost so I want to cover minnows but he also wants to help you with your queries your questions your your problems and you go out and sell or if you would like to seeks engine is advice on how to recommend that you call is now on our choice 7 to 40000 or she can email send us an e-mail to robot elms at b.b.c. To eek I can put you for a number on the enemy can call you back and you can get to singe it so that's what's coming up in the next half an hour but now it's $1030.00 which means it's time for the news headlines here on b.b.c. Radio London brought to you by Barry Cafferty. Good morning a clear up operation is underway in east London after a nice of unrest over the death of Russian Chiles who was a pretender by police last weekend bottles and fireworks were thrown at police following a demonstration in Hackney President Trump has described his new chief of staff John Kelly as a true star of his administration after removing Reince Priebus from the post in a tweet the president said Mr Kelly a retired Marine Corps general had done a spectacular job as head of Homeland Security where he introduced a tougher immigration policy the Guardian newspaper is reporting that the mare of London city calm has set out the possibility of Britain remaining within the e.u. Arguing that brags it could be legitimately stopped if Labor included the pledge in an election manifesto or committed to a 2nd draft friend it says his intervention is likely to fuel labor divisions and brags that as the leadership is adamant that the party should respect last year's results but some M.P.'s believe it should fight for a. The 2nd referendum the Local Government Association has accused irresponsible retailers of putting lives at risk after a number of shops were caught selling knives to underage customers some as young as 13 to major supermarket chains are among the retailers which apparently broke the law London's weather clouds and rain will return from the south the stuff to new turning heavy and persistent in places highs of 21 Celsius about 70 in foreign highs and now here's Rob with the b.b.c. Radio London travel news. Looking busy around the closures for vied London barriers to laze over Blackfriars Bridge and on Black for us for Stamford and Suffolk streets as well as founding to end road also looking a little bit busy on the little bit of hope and that's open and see a bold valve a slow these closures for vide London stretch all the way from bank to Buckingham Palace including all approaches to bank junction High Holborn upper and lower temp St in Victoria embankment and Waterloo Bridge as well as to found a square and Whitehall 43 bus routes on diversion and these closures from Main in place until this evening there's also extensive closures tomorrow for the 3rd day of London with closures stretching all the way from Stratford to survey full details on Twitter at b.b.c. Travel alert also tweet me if you've got any updates or you can give us a call 807-224-2000 folks the bridge there was a crash northbound it's been moved to the side now so traffic looking a little bit better now a little bit busy but I seem to out of the ordinary a 23 still closed between stratum and Brixton for the pairs to a burst water main or those ashit to perhaps be back open again today the trains and chains posting a good service aside from the engineering works Robock sleep b.b.c. Radio London there's more travel just before 11 a.b.c. Radio up there we're getting reports of and it's. The students mostly So responding to reports the fans. 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Radio London we be talking gardening our regular regular resident ho to culture Mr doesn't actually Levy he lives on a boat somewhere in the wilds of North London but but he tends gardens throughout the city and he comes here on a regular basis to talk about it he is of course engine Stevens also known as the hanging gardener of Babylon and he's poetic guys but one of the things he's particularly good at is open you with your issues your problems your planting whatever it might be so give him a go on the tourist 72242000 or give us a call and we'll it's up to him to. Go in here. a big moment. This little one the big. Yellow got. I got a few bits of living. Thing I got up to to fight me. They. Made it. Very going my. Love. Music. Write Childs. And I knew what a beautiful morning. I mean date is I'm not sure as can be quite such a beautiful afternoon. 61. So perhaps if you've got any gardening to do you should do the early rather than late. But not yet because we're going to be discussing gardening of course with singeing Stevens this messenger Morcom back good morning robot how are you very good indeed tis a beautiful morning but we are getting rain later on we're getting this ridge where quite warm little wet climate which is quite interesting I'm carrying out an experiment because. The lawn you normally do in September October surprise really but try some trying to seed a lord no. Because we got this rain and we've got the heat so I'm going to this is my current experiment but tomorrow it's not going to rain so the time for you to get out the I suppose you assume that because of all this rain you don't have to any water of course to the pots near the house because Robert because they are in a mine shaft. Well the good side but 1st of all I think it's funny we talk about another thing I do briefly want to talk about and it sounds mad because it's we're now in full July is how dry it was in February March dry spring early spring was very very dry and what's happening is beginning to show up in shrubs didn't like it I've seen for instance weirdly 3 NATO strawberry tree 3 of them a big big evergreen shrub not liking it dying in fact a lot of other shrubs and a few little bases suffering now when you have your big ornamental agoa they go crinkly it leaves sometimes and the crinkly leaves implies incorrect watering or watering at the wrong time and I think this is all about this dry spring and we're seeing now the result over seeing the payback for a dry spring so is there anything we can. Do I do count the cyclical watering water in February water in early March I employ you actually a shrubs anyway so I'm over that this is talk about water let's talk about the soil compost I love how posts I've been hoping somebody might get some tips maybe some people remove the tips but let's talk about what do you put in it and why you should do it because it is the cycle because you are it does connect you because it is one of your it can become or should become a little private ritual of daily devotion to your garden and to the whole process of time itself. Well composed you don't do it oh no I know it's like muscle memory . Yeah I don't know. Exactly I had all of the meanings and I'm lying in the things of nature that you don't like all rolled up into one little mix basically profit but there are a lot of people out there there is a cult of the compost and rightfully so. Because it is it where you is the stuff of life it's the stuff of life it is exactly that everything from the cell is from the fungal growth through to the ground up. What we can what could be put in tea bags I love tea bags I love a little bit of eggshell not too much but a bit because to me that's the bone meal it putting into bits of leaf now there is there is controversy over the leaf in the compost bin lot of people and I do as well do leaf mold mostly leaf mold separately because leaf mold is a thing in itself but I do like a little leaf I do that is that the only job than the egg on the big is that the rebate plainly playing on treaties which I might talk about in the plains you briefly but yeah so a little bit of everything is what I think vegetable peelings but not cooked vegetables although I know someone who does but vegetable oil they put cooked everything in there's a community garden in gospel or she puts in her own food waste as I'm glad Well it's a trap for us when does it yeah there's no doubt about it you will attract Mr Fox He's going to like that's a lot you know and you don't and you really want rats and Fox is not scrambling around outside your company you know one couple's little anyway. So I you know think about Andrew my chief computer my famous composter in the old Fiona is going to Fiona doesn't put any lawn clippings in for instance but I'm not going to I think it's a little bit of what you fancy little bit of everything because it's the stuff of life so a little bit of everything should go and you should have one or 2 or 3 These 2 or 3 bins so you're processing one one's writing down one you're using may ways you can all turn and move these bins Well let's pass you Dalton You see it's part of your garden and no must say they have some magnificent ones in the big community gardens I saw a beautiful you know the old and all that isn't and I think you know that would have been. Shows you how sad I am is the sexiest photograph I soar on Instagram for a long time was 3 brand new decompile spins because I just what you see that is just that's the potential you see the potential that. Well it is a little so that's a brief brief discussion on compost which we must do because it is God's work if you believe in the kind of now you got the Campaspe question Ok sort of right but then we get. It is also here for other questions questions so if you need any advice so much on your own your. I would stick to what you what you are you know is a bit of a stop on who will give us a call and I would say why 7240 doesn't get straight through to see Max in Lewisham a hell of a button's engine would like to mainly the soil in my vegetable patch and wonder what singeing thinks about green are very much so yeah he says can you recommend a variety of a heavy clay soil how to use it and the best time to plant a difficult difficult doing winter manure mustards Well 1st of all what's a green thumb in your collar of a no it's a green leaf thing that you that I the plough and now my greatest sort of green manure I was actually I call it hype like a parrot more as I call it. Called my mind go. A comforting I call it come free some fit I'm but it's actually it's all Canet it's like this blue leaf thing that does a great if you steep the leaves of Comfrey in water for 24 hours you will get the most fantastic feed feel God it's more for your feet but let's look at talk about green manure that used so over the winter for instance never mustards and there are various things you can you can get packs actually in garden centers now advertise it as a winter. And there's all sorts of different brothas of quite bitter leafy crops but what you do with Clay I'm more worried about the clay thing you see that he's got so I would prep you know you've got to break up your clay and I think you can use clay breakup as it's called in the label or you can plow in yourself a bit of shingle or call shop sand but just plow it in trying get a Till for you so what have you going to whatever these winter when your crops are and. When you say when I'm in your crops Yes you're actually plant Yeah yeah so over the winter. This kind of stuff and then you plow it back again and it riches the soil it so it's a winter it's basically a winter farm is a quite keen on it not that you would love is that essentially the same rotation sort of in a way but it's kind of full full ground management where you're trying to use plants to enrich your soil for instance beans great nitrogen fixes in the soil so in terms of the clay down there in the ocean right there on the edge of the clay ball you want to break up your clay pretty good funds on scene because if we have the 1st cool of the day from Alex in Palma's Green he's on the line now good morning to you Alex I rather think that hi Alex how are you I'm Ok thank you write . A question about hydrangeas Ok I've got quite a lot of them in the front but. I miss you think develops what looks like kind of some kind of plant is a difficult one things all over them yes the scale is it like a fluffy white thing it's almost like tiny little worms but they're all over the place yeah I think it's a type of scale Yes and I don't know what to do with them telling me different things right. They really really old they will they will they do take a bit of the sap of the plants they do when they do wake and they do we can plant a bit that I know I'm a bit more sanguine about it a bit more cold blooded about this than the most people I mean the plant will grow through them it depends how heavily develop they I mean they really really lots of them in the small from you know how how sort of how ravaged how much is there on them that almost completely covered the very top but when you start looking behind I mean they're in full bloom right has affected the blooms a little. Yes on a couple of them one of them even you know trying drain so much stuff out of it you can wipe them off although that could sound like that could be a long and detailed process with you. Insecticides that you can use try and use a. Pick one and there are. Growing successes in the organic label I recommend i like we were these kinds of things I know it sounds funny on the big white or off my butt all off somehow or other just get a clear call for get them with maybe a spray of like warm Fairy Liquid in water and something like that. But yeah I know it is something I mean I had a hydrangea is going to is affected by that the client looked it up and she was all very keen on the insecticide thing I kind of rolled down I don't know whether she actually used the systemic but that is the solution to that and what I would say is this once they will finish flowering maybe you want to start them again in other words you cut them all down and start all your plants again or you cut out all of the actual. Those parts of the thought that have the past on the menu denying them habitat then and then they have to start again it might be a bit of time does that make sense that. Someone would be the best time to go enjoy your plants enjoy your plants now you know have the full benefit of them and then I think come September something like that or I think really cut it all out cut it all out and start again and try and wipe it all off and get just isn't even the worst of it if where you think I think you can use one can use one's intuition this where is it which plants it really affecting is going to affect the flowering of because they do take the sap they do take. The chemicals being transferred up and down the plants system. As much as you possibly can and maybe use. An organic insecticide and. Plants like your wife likes for a good reason they're very very good. You know they go on and on and I was very little is young god all the macho gone around town on the. Go but you know what they really show up and they're great and apparently they're fashionable now. Do a little bit where you learned all this from how you they are you know Day is a fashionable so they go but no hydrangeas a fashionable and little ladies are right because you know what they show up and they flower for a very long time and they will flower in the shade and they will flower in clay and the Chinese scholars will they can that's the acid balance you knew this you go now you're going to say that as if I was the acid balance and soil may affect them I mean you can use for instance chelated sequestered I and to change them blue make them blue I must say I'm very tried I do like my white I drink yes I love them. And I'm looking lovely but Jeremy and Poppy is next Helen Jeremy going to give us. The pink and blue ones of the old ladies on Nov Well Ok I'll go 3 we can't get any blue they won't go blue now so they're going to go and you've got to use on what I want to do well I guess I agree so what can we do if you generate question about Kaka suite Oh yes we box yeah yeah we can go out and then round in to say where there's a there's a low wall. But she's got. You know. Going into the right that's quite a that's not that much ground on a huge amount. Some of prospect. Across you haven't. Like a tough environment for them it is probably quite tough I mean I thought they were fairly bomb proof plus they are more or less I think one thing to bear in mind is they a set of files or acacias they like oh yeah give me a bit more give me a bit more of that kind of thing so they might enjoy that Anyway I tried to spray 2 things yeah yeah. I did say is right there is a seaweed variety that does highlight it that that's my kind of feed. That's my feed you for the whole of London area. Oh great well done me yeah I did a spray of that's very oh that's very organized very impressed but if you've got the comfrey do the same make your feed with Comfrey they cut that really works. Yeah yeah yeah yeah but do you think it's do you think it's just the I think it's a hard town to line maybe yeah I think it's very alkaline let's think about what makes alkali it's red you know it's brickwork it's cement concrete all of that's going to make fuel Sile It's all very limey if you know on the surface more dances Yeah and they tip more towards the acid side so I think that leaf mold they love leaf mold Yeah yeah all black kind of thing improve the matter around their feet you know not strike matter around that yeah the laser the yellow and yeah that sounds to me like the roses that is on the fish and see if it's a yellowing that's for sure yeah clear osis sorry and that is what that's on deficiency mind magnesium deficiency to be exact Ok right so I would definitely go and find that seaweed product in the garden center but there's one that has sequestered on it because it does it quite well actually how do they absorb how they well but that's what you can do both on the leaf and at the base of the plant with yeah yeah no I do and remember if you're feeding in that way just don't do it just once do a do a program particularly for suck a cock or that we really want to show up at Christmas time so we want to really start getting it ready now right Jeremy good luck with the sweet bell and Ian Morgan is on the line Hello Andy Yes I like the ball's going on you how are you for even a day thank you sir we've just had a little life right. Before proof tips to make the stuff grow I mean it always. Looks as I described not stink. On the Go as it. Is being down for a week and a day Ok so you're not mowed yet no. It's all good don't I think another 2. Weeks maybe or more the trick at this point is keep it damp keep the damp patch damp Ok Don't let it dry out after all so where it's going to be right later on today that's fine I mean if I was in your situation now I would not be worrying about watering until probably Monday evening. Yeah so look again a Monday evening but always keep Don't let it dry out to clean the corners and the edges because that's where it will dry out so you really that's the best well I would say is this keep it damp in about 3 weeks to a month to your 1st mow quite high then a little lower the 2nd time and then mow but the best thing you can do to a lawn is most regularly Ok that like children they like routine and boundaries Ok . That's what you got to do with your little routine and boundaries and she wants a cat 36 yeah keep it just keep on keep it at least moist for the 1st month Ok Do not feed it Rasiah because we are encouraging regrowth and if you feed it it turns into this sweet rattle junkie Ok and it thinks it's going to you know Ya know I think she is getting survival feed so you know I mean there is an argument and I have done this it's quite interesting thing to do once you really got to going in about 6 weeks time maybe sort of mid September. Stop watering completely and let it go completely dry because what you do then is the most shocking thing I was so I went to interview the groundsman a hybrid and I would look the picture was just like this yellow yellow We earth and I said what's happened to the picture and what we've done to a picture I screamed of him madly and he said he's stressing the grass out. Ok And when you stress the cross out it forces it to put down deeper roots because then of course the football boots don't kick don't. Fix so much damage so you might be interested in trying to like stress the ground is not going to be how did the f.a. Cup Final know but little know you and well you never know you never know exactly why I did not you know him. In Kennington he's on the line Hello Dorothy. Good morning Dorothy how are you I'm well thank you nice to hear you good thank. Me About she will see and it's really plenty of bullets but no no no Blue has a blue and since you put it in has it flown. Well I have had a similar problem with one and it really took 3 years to get going. Ok Ok so that's the 1st thing but you might find as you might want to think it sounds a bit there's like you know what we call laterals there's a sort of very sort of quite strong vertical growth coming off some of the stems you see what I mean quite a complicated blown to finish out Ok and thin it out try and focus it it's all about focusing the plants energy whatever the plant is to get it to flower and that's what I'll do the logic don't get it fit and you see all these you'll see quite a lot of sort of what I call laterals verticals in fact they are they spring up and they make the plant quite complicated inside clean them out folk you know focus the plot but be patient and love it and feed it and they love anything Ok they know Clay So I think that Clay so they saw all that you want to feed that's all feed I mean they do like old trees like I am in this town I reckon all entries in this town need a bit more on think about leaf moles and mulch in general keep it you know pay attention to it all right tell it like a tree that you love it thank you good luck Dorothy I'm going say one more for me now from Aaron who says it's about the seas but it's about Japan Ok yes she says he's a picture of my banana plantation. She's having 4 flowers she had for the 1st time ever but in the meantime my 4 year old fat has bitten the dust for no reason whatsoever and now as I can see one by one the leaves dropped off until even the new growth Drew to the whole thing looked very sad indeed it's a go I've no idea why what's happening is extraordinary because if you if there was if there was one plan that was going to survive in this town off for a nuclear explosion I would say it would be facts it just facts which is pretty much in my indestructible cloth of plonks it's a really tough leathery evergreen works everywhere what's in clay works and shade it will put up with drought so I don't really know what you do or what may be happening I don't know and by the way it's very interesting your put your butt on as I begin to flower now bananas now the beginning to fruit I predicted I'm predicting now that within 10 years we'll have all 1st been on a crop in London within a decade and I'm saying but let's go back to facts. You know. Bananas as you probably know because you've got a thing they travel on the ground they have these like they think it's out slowly and that may be the root ball of the fact he has been interfered with terminally by the ban on and off robbing on the grounds of Anonymous are in favor of the Footsie of that Terra roots on the ground it's possible it's that but the truth of the modern idea is that I'm never heard of the facts are just talking like that before they are really really really tough so. Let's look at 3 things sunlight soil and water because it's got to be one of those 3 things I don't believe it's got to all that it's like suddenly died which for instance happens to see enough that sometimes at the age of about 14 they just go on and on and they get bigger and bigger so I don't quite know what's happening to look at these 3 things some life doesn't matter because fats is will toil on and they will happily live on in the deepest shade soil so I'm thinking maybe something's travelling on the ground from the bananas interrupting the root bowl that may may prevent some kind of May prevent the actual the chemicals getting to the plant itself because it's ripple is damaged in some way. Singeing Stevens as ever so thank you very very much unhappy Goldman but now it's almost 11 o'clock time for the news headlines and the latest trouble from. 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Radio in London. And indeed here on b.b.c. London in the next hour we're going to be talking politics and sports I suppose they go together very well indeed the 1st section were dedicated to the Royal Parks and I shared heritage actually with the parks and with Phoenix Park in Dublin and a history of the royal parks here in London that's all part of an exhibition which is over at the mal galleries n.s.w. And then we'll turn our attention to today's sports and people some opposite. Will come around someone will come in know something. Some holiday as well I imagine someone will come in and tell us about what's happening in the sport today. This is just home and love this record. Joe Holman and Cyn Lou it's of you here on the show on b.b.c. 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And nothing wrong I'm right and let's talk about the parks and I'm bored joined by 2 gentlemen who have some of the most enviable homes in the world I would have thought because I'm joined by Daniel Here's some who lives in Richmond Park and I'm doing by Dr John McMullen from over in Dublin who lives in Phoenix Park I mean what could be better to live in the world in these 2 great park real institutions in a welcome gentlemen both of you and the reason you're here is because of an exhibition called pox our shared heritage which is on now the Mel galleries in s.w. One welcome both of you to b.b. Sing them very well let me begin with you Daniel and I think anyone who thinks about it for more than a few seconds is aware that one of the reasons that London is such a great city to live in is that we have so many great parks it's such a green city and the road parks are you know an absolutely central part of that. They're probably the most important heritage asset in London yet and they're the most relevant heritage asset in London we have 77000000 visitors a year to the parks that yeah wow it's doubled in just 20 years whilst all the other museums and heritage assets are struggling to keep up as the numbers parks are ever more relevant and ever more popular which creates its own issues and popular among locals among tourists among visit as among people who live nearby whatever that's the wonderful thing about them they offer all they offer everybody you see all ages all backgrounds all ability is everyone out there enjoying and having a great time which is fantastic and is that equally true of the small local parks as well as the big grand robe Oh yeah each have their own character St James is characterized by ceremonials Heidfeld pop concerts winter wonderland Richmond Park is a national nature reserve and I say see people who love to go. City and close to the . Park is model code so that scary you know. The most beautiful of all the politics everyone has their own favor and people just love the parks that's the one thing people are really passionate about their politics and look at Regent's Park the diversity that you've got the Rose Garden the opening with. Endless acres loads of sports facilities the huge new sports help role parks put in a few years ago that kids just about every sport imaginable and you get all of this out of just Regent's Park Well let's turn our attention over the water to Dublin one of at one of our sister cities I would have thought were also joined as I said today but Joan McMullen And John you're here because of the Phoenix Pollack in Dublin been involved in this exhibition Yes Robert why is that what's the link between the well the Great think is that it was a Royal Park created by Charles a 2nd back in 662 so it's part of the ride park system No it's the only right a park that now exists in Dublin and those great similarities in the management over the centuries in the various faction that in fact I can quote Daniel here is saying that there's a little bit of both London right parked in Dublin in Phoenix which you know if you can might make comparisons of comparisons on r.d.s. Which the park is most like Hi Paul would you say a little bit of everything a Richmond for instance has to do here so there's a hare to Palo there in Phoenix Park Regent's Park has got the u.s. Ambassador's residence and we have the u.s. Ambassador's residence and then in Phoenix Park so there's a little and it took Daniel to start to come in from the outside to say wow there's a bit of veg and there's a bit about the London other London Paris congregate into one and of course we were celebrate Don't 20 years with people like the end of Chesterfield for Tara Chesterfield he put up the peanuts column back in 70 in parties Decimus pork and 6 Trini Well Representative courses years around Hyde Park in particular with all the lodges and we've seen no one but that's Mr. So you actually spent about 20 years in Dublin Phoenix Park and this Phoenix Park get used in the same way as London ones though is it a much loved and much used Yes resort under small or is it in fact a lot of the similarity to Daniel is mentioned in the uses of so would apply to Phoenix Park we would have a boat and peace park alone probably be about $10000000.00 visitors a year well which is it it's escalating over the last recent period but a huge interest in sport and biodiversity other things that I knew mention now there is this exhibition what is explicitly consist of the new what people see if they go along Ok it's every media you can imagine you've got Prince photographs watercolors oil paintings 3 d. All projects you've got a video about David Asman the every top of media covering seriously is it the history of the park yes 35 centuries right of all the role parts of London right I mean I've been looking at the book that a company is in for example one of the aspects I hadn't realized because I'm Porter's military involvement in the parks for example oh yeah every time war breaks out the pol sequestered and used for a huge variety of purposes Richmond Park mobile one was used to sniper training Regents Park had a 5 acre postal mail for the troops well today oh yeah all this history is completely being concealed and we're bringing it to the public for the 1st time and the public the loving it during the 2nd World War we had the phantom squad a secret intelligence unit based at Richmond Park we had tanks running around the park it was. The Because the parts are so close to London the the army grab the more Never they go to war and use them for huge variety the lovely photograph in the exhibition of hypothesis salvaged for to preform World War 2 as fine as Phoenix Park had some similar stories to tell Yeah well we were neutral in that in the 2nd more war but the out so had a lot of barbed wire put across the bows acreage to stop planes from landing we had turf battles because of the scarcity of coal it was allotments because of scarcity of food so there was an impact there and impact and of course in the struggle in the story of Independence the abstaining played its role is absolutely right and and huge military history which is also represented we have some wonderful letters I want to map their prom Windsor up military maneuvers in the Phoenix Park in 700 $75.00 so I chose a different plane to do our mock battles but of huge interest and huge entertainment to the members of the public looking at these battles which would last for 3 days or so I mean we sometimes Hippisley in the London parks and especially I think with Hyde Park people complaining that there's too many events going on that is too many concerts there's too many corporate events is to but that's not new either is it no it's not new There's a perception of the parts being always as it is now no back in $799.00 there's a wonderful watercolor in the exhibition showing a massive military parade taking up the whole parade ground which is now where you see winter wonderland and the summer concerts not in the 19th century it was a focus of royal it's very sensibly decided that she would give some people somewhere to speak had Speaker's Corner right so it's Hyde Park has always been a place for gathering whether it be military or riots or protests or pop concerts or winter wonderland it's this is just a natural progression it's not a huge change one of the biggest challenges facing the parks would you say. Their popularity quite simply for their own good yes going back 3040 years those reports saying they'll victims of their own popularity it creates issues around erode endangered species. A lot of it comes down to I'm watching damage where people get too close to their own fate and end up the wrong the wrong end of it if. They don't appreciate that there are actually wild animals and there are there is there are always said tensions between different parties I mean I'm a cyclist and I cycle random Regent's Park in particular and you know and I understand that there's tensions between residents maybe between road users drivers pedestrians You know in the park so some people want to play sports that entire We know cricket was flying around and other people want to destroy we've got there's always going to be tensions aren't there in the parks they are and they're growing as the public as the people of not a number of people grow so to the tensions and quite simply you either start restricting the number of people well that's something people yeah there are fantastic public assets and there are free and open public resource only That's yeah it's got to be a big part of it should never have to play or queue up or whatever it is they go into the ball absolutely right they are a wonderful public asset dealing with the tensions really is a matter of education and informing people you know most people the damage they do is completely unintentional what needs to happen is to tell people about the consequences of their actions you have similar kind of issues over in government that are absolutely the same Robert term mean in terms of Ed The biggest issue probably in Phoenix Park is because it's on the main tour of para between west Dublin which was the pastor's growing urban area in western Europe at one stage in the ninety's so you get this traffic calming to remain archery truthiness park into the city center itself but there are other compensations I mean there's a better transport system around. But a lot of cars can actually park independence barrack at the moment without any restrictions so they're taken recreational spaces if you like but we've also got some called parks in the car parks can you know absolutely does run mainly on the roads and of course Dublin zoos one of the major attractions which is also in Phoenix Park itself so is a lot of people come into it so that's like Regent's Park. Yeah right as the same designer Decimus Burke designed boat cases in fact he probably got the job in Dublin as a result of doing the work and regions what's what you'll find on the move I mean I know you live in you live in one so I presume that's going to get a. Lot of biased of left and right from Paul for 20 years live next door to it for 58 years it's got to be Richmond right it's just 2 and a half 1000 acres of amazing natural beauty in the heart a lot of even if it's a dumb thing to say that one 0 yeah I've been to Dublin for 5 to you know and it's Phoenix Park is like a mirror of Richmond. Thought with elements who will central London pulse road and what about you Don't you what do you think of London's parks Yes I mean Duff and has to get. Under such a variety and we've records going back into the 19th century where our park Foreman park bailiff used to come over and have a sneak look at what was happening so we can see how to do you know London and is it better than our it's all about typing so there's a long history and a court room to do one management system moves in Paris or. The money come from who pays for the Republican good question. 20 years ago. 100 percent who most of the funding came from came from government. And that has decreased which is why you're now seeing things like winter wonderland. Yeah stop the parks are having to generate income they generate about 2 thirds of their income to his really interesting number for you. The cost the taxpayer of all these world halls with some 7000000 visitors a year is just a 1000000 a year yet seems incredibly cheap for what we get it is you getting a visit to a royal Paul for just 14 pence I mean you could have 20 visits the roll parks or cup of coffee show now it's the best value and I think they are valued by them and there's only the treasure that the moment you try and change anything the opera because if you think about it right you know Hyde Park probably the most valuable real estate in the world I would have thought. They would Central Park in New York whatever you know how much could you if you said Oh Miss just siphon off 10 percent of it 20 percent of it to build some luxury facts you know you would get away sums but the minute you did I think they'd be riots on the streets I think you probably be looking at civil war. I think we don't fight for that but. It's not going to happen this b. That there have been attempts over the centuries one monarch who go on a. Prime Minister. What would be the cost of enclosing a poll for private use Wow And the response was a very witty only a crown my. Beautiful tell people how they can go to the exhibition where is and all that stuff it's galleries which is right by on the mile and it is open until 11 or goes between 10 am 5 pm And just like the parks it's very fantastic and if people come over to Dublin Yes we have a very nice visitor center there a mile and a half from the city center Robert so public transport and it's also free of charge and it's managed by a government body called the Alps of Public Works. Thank you both very very much a pleasure. a protest over the death of Russian Chiles after he was detained by police the mare of Hackney Phil Glanville fears an increase in community tensions bottles and fireworks were thrown at police following the demonstration in Hackney it's a marriage that u.k. Universities have a pension fund with a deficit that has grown to more than 17000000000 pants the largest in the u.k. 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God they put the team to nothing in the forest against the wall. And d.c. Such as London. Radio was a voice in. The road that was one of our highly a paid. Position to say at this point but obviously had no. Expenses spared for the pre-season football trial Nick go with his hit from the sports team of course and you know before we look at what's happening today it will kick self again next week while only exists in a Friday night $711.00 or $94.00 f.m. Digital radio commentary of Nottingham Forest against Millwall on the Friday then on Saturday we got q.p.r. On digital writing against Reading we're up at Sheffield United we Branford in his Community Shield on Sunday and we're off you know it feels like it has it does actually feel like it hasn't been away when you have an odd number year obviously no European Championships or World Cup So we've had little poles so if you've done your pre-season training now you fit well now this is interesting because today today but as you as you know that the stand bowls tribute match is taking place at Loftus Road and we're going to be bringing the program from there I know you're going along as well it's going to be a wonderful occasion at Loftus Road if you are in the vicinity or the money goes to Stamboul which is a. Very very great thing indeed So if you have a it were to loosen after a spell round Westfield I'm sure they'll be very pleased to see you at Loftus Road and we're going to do the program from there but today for Aussies like you know like in the theater it's a full technical rehearsal so we've got all the all the games covered all the pre-season friendly but at some point you know we might have to stop and put some extra lights out you know so that's all I'm telling you today we're going to bring you all the sort of the flavor of q.p.r. Again form with which is that the Stan pre-season friendly we're going to hear from those Ferdinand and Don Shanks who is a great friend as well he's going to talk to us and about him which is going to be great but then we've got reporters at Arsenal Brantford follow Millwall Charlton Wimbledon and like Nauruans games as I said as a as a run through you know the director is going to sit back essentially and let it happen but we might forgotten something we might have to put an extra prop in every now and again so bear with us when there's the Premiership joining in week after next was that the 3rd 12th 13th I think we've got you know with what how does Phil town of the 1st visitors select the Selhurst Park which I'm sure he's got the Crystal Palace fans something with exam and I'm not calling that a relegation. 6 points in. Part because that will incur the wrath of your Crystal Palace supporting listeners So yes a couple of weeks but you know all of it starts in the front and it starts on a Friday night this is even more but not because of television but because not him not not him should cricket have a match on the Saturday and so they've moved the football Well yeah I mean generally football stands in the way of nothing you know football to play football then football gets played but apparently because Trent Bridge and the city granting him a virtue next door to each other if you know that part the world they can have them both playing and so they've shifted the football which is which is extraordinary is why we started Friday evening and not just because a certain satellite television company has dictated it which is bizarre So today I stop off this right will see you there I'm hosting an event in the suburbs so I understand well you may see our reporter Jamie Hill frantically interviewing all of the great and the good as I said which are who are going to be in if you have one more and Russia will warm them up for us would if it wasn't very France's only absolute definition to get here from Les Ferdinand to keep your fans want to know how it's all going pre-season it why is it Loftus Road the director of football as he's known in those parts will be talking to us and Don Shanks hopefully will now he's been really interesting on the money raising Yeah so yeah I think you'll probably be really out but the time we speak Jim it to a clock but it's it's going to be a great day and then other said yes a kind of full technical dress rehearsal we've all got our costumes on we've all had our makeup done all the lighting and sound is in place we're just going to go for a big run through so we match fit for Saturday you covering in the us today the cricket here we're going to have regular updates and against South Africa which is rather not sleep always actually going to have a look this morning and I want to know I have a lot of look this morning so I don't know what my of all collapse last over not forgotten the tube it was all going pretty well but I haven't even checked actually what the situation of my being an amazing day yesterday for and I know people are very excited about that sort of thing because you know a lad coming in into a fairly desperate situation yes we can but Real know this is not when I was at school again. We had a 10 year 1015 years of being quite good and now all of a sudden it feels like I'm 14 come out of double math and found in a former part but have a good father but it's like a way to play that up there it appeared that both of us have our weaknesses but isn't there a point here I mean you know just to talk about give a 2nd of course but I think this is worldwide so many players now are conditioned to playing 2020 cricket and want a cricket they forgot how to defend they still got mad to stay there and be boring nurdle out a little. It's not a skill that gets you know any other forms of Kirk and it's not skill that's valued it was tever i.e. You know it was Chris Tucker you know you do making 30 on 3 days a week well well yeah because that the whole process but the whole concept now you're right is that they these batsmen are thinking and they probably think themselves if I go and smash 160 balls yet someone in the i.p.l. Is going to give me loads of money to go in plain India whereas if I score 30 runs that you know over 4 sessions Robertson Nic in there pipe and say but you're not going well well pater well play good good cricket but everyone else we can call this is dull but you and I will be thinking this is but if you probably have written that someone in the law is going to stick around don't you just me and then you know the crash by one of his all very good but basically said Africa are doing exactly what you've said 15 to 8 so so things are Room things aren't going terribly well for them but you're absolutely right the whole business of 5 because no one but us and no one cares about 4 week a week but it's all that it's 2020 and Test match here which are so different so you play 2020 all year round virtually And then for 5 matches in the summer you're supposed to be cautious and clever about your cricket and you know leave leave the good balls and hit the bad balls but no one's explained this to the England top 6 Ok you could do as well as hosting events today Robert if you could it's an officer if you put down the I will give them a lesson on how to bat properly we might there may be a 4th or 5th day of this Test match which would be quite something they have a great of an Aussie at Loftus Road. 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For the moon the fantastic Nucingen other thing is a brilliant record by the blown monkeys I 1st tried that yesterday because it literally landed on my desk yesterday it's not even officially out yet to the 25th of August but you heard it well I presume you heard it here 1st I can't imagine anyone else with a party yet and I do think Dr Robert is a great songwriter and it's really good that he's back with the band and back absolutely back home form so they are great piece of music we were talking earlier on about the road parks in London and I realized I don't know which one I'm going alone on and bridges Park is a row part and I Hyde Park is a world apart and I said James is a role Park one of the others what's the full list of rural parts Regents Park Hyde Park since James's Park Green Park is a real Park one of the of this mall is Victoria Park or a part or not I don't think I don't do you know does anyone know Can anyone tell me the full list of the rude parks in London is there any of misstep there must be. 87242000 if you can help me out in my regal park. So I've got. Bridge unspoiled and sometimes leaves town. Richmond nervously And we're talking royal Paul x. Regents Park Hyde Park Richmond parks and James's Park and Green Park green parks Colby I mean it's almost on a doorstep this is true or is it to me the green park doesn't have any flowers in it I mean it doesn't have any flowers in it because now the story the argument on that whether this is true or not nowadays is that whatever King it was he was on the throne at the time used to go for me is Mr Ace and he take a flowers that you picked in from the Paul. And so his wife who was the queen old that you are doing King's wife had flowers taken out of green Paul so the last man can pick flowers on the way to go take to his mistress which is a lovely story is it true. Let's talk to Catherine in Berkeley Hello Catherine I rather tell you if you've got another world for me we haven't got granite. Granite chin we've got the mean time they did. They put a lot of the tree in it right and this is always been a row by our Greenwich Park I mean sorry Well as far as I know because it was it had Greenwich palace yet and it was used to be used by King Henry v.i.i.i. And he keeps hunting dogs on the Isle of Dogs and then he used to hunt so it runs all the way from the river that will not quite with it because it will enable college yet to raise you know the park right up Blackie and I have to say it does feel regal Oh yeah it does it's beautiful the best you know as a milk London even I have to admit I think the best view in London he's standing next to Wolf's shadow statue at the top of Greenwich that yes that is absolutely beautiful and it's a real magnet for a pretty area for everybody who lives in apartments and stuff like that it will be full on a day like Day picnic cyclists cases walkers don't tough a cyclist because that will help something like that but it's very tough for runners and you did a 10 k. In that park. Catherine lovely. Day or I forget Greenwich Park so we've got Regent's Hyde which means James is green in Greenwich any more for any more well let's see what Tom on there on the dogs go eyelets all. You do and now you've got one more which are never would have go go bush people which is way. Down the Richmond on the one right I think around there but the. One reason I was going up because just because you said it was Green Park from the week beginning the 21st of all starting to be great in shape I'll get out and I dive in Green Park are you serious Yeah because I run much to park in farming on the docks on the farm manager there and in conjunction with. Coronation Meadows project and the robbery survival trust we're going to be great in cheek red reaching in Green Park for a week on the 21st of August 7 days from then how many shapes we can have about half a dozen of 4 different grades you know that just going to be because the thing is nowadays with. The well that is you know sheep are a much more economical way to keep the grass down and I do still want form for want to you know sites polluting it running now isn't that and it's also an ISIS thing to look at as well as saying I will people be able to come up and see your shapes Yes we have the sheep will be in a pen and it's also asked I sort of area the part of the meadow that they're going to be great and can be fenced off. So you may come down and have a look and how are you going to get them over there you can develop mistreats of London not not quite you know I haven't got a border collie. We're going to be here I've been in there and back every day and they're going to be Oh really so they're going to slate you and then no more house yet and then they've got bigger they're going to they're going to be like most people in London they're going to be commuting to do that work every day from the all the docks they'll be commuting to Green Park doing that day's work which is in the grass and then coming back in the 8th and excellent stuff thank you very much for that so she keeps in the Roebuck someone tell me more about bushy Pollock because that's the final one of the list the definitive list these regions hide which means James is green granite bushy I don't I don't think I've ever been to bushy bog it's not in Bush easy which is just to confuse matters Bush is a name so what food why is nowhere near this is it this is for the Bushies I mean is it physically bushy tell me more if you know the bushy part and you're a bit you I of Bushy Park you know it be immoral and that tell me more about it I'd love to knock. 72242000. 4 When. 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She's called Joanna Levy and that's the real thing I looked up a means in it and on the moral pucks website it says in some in 46 up a sometimes these was officially won the green Pollock we don't know the exact reason for the new one but it may be because at the time the part was an open meadow with future use or it might that back to a tile about King Charles the 2nd Then his wife apparently she discovered Charles and picked flowers in the park and given them to another woman in revenge the Queen ordered the every single flower in the pot should be pulled up a known more plum seed and said the study there was still no formal flower beds in the green part so even I don't quite know if it's true or not but it's certainly a story that does the rounds about the Green Park I don't know yet whether the bushy public is bushy but Christine in Kingston is new then she going to tell me more about Alec Christine. Hello Roper So 1st of all for those of those ignorant north Londoners amongst us where is Bushy Park it's just the other side of Kingston Bridge gone so if you go over Kingston Bridge you would go right to go to Teddington and you turn left to go to Hampton Court Palace I was going to say you must be quite near Hampton Court down there absolutely so literally go around the roundabout the kinks and bridge this is turning immediately off to the right and then you drive then over on the outskirts of Bush and there's a cut through Rosalie from one side of the park to the other 2 and you come out right opposite Hampton Court Palace I know I know where that he's been I mean your topic fountain in the middle with water all around it's a lovely part lots of air in there this is that you have there was no I didn't know that oh yes yes yes they're in there as well and I say it brings you right opposite Hampton Court Palace and it does allow Cruise use a lot I think a lot of talk will take you there and there's a cafe in there and you know I'm near Richmond Park myself but I don't actually go in the pub but drive straight is the cut through when you've been taking turn and you can cut right through it's cut through to Hampton Court white Ok so I know exactly where you are now and do we know why it's called Bush in polls I only see only sleep don't know but I know during war times they will during the war time there was I think there was lots of all me or something billeted in there was own and my husband said to me next torture is a National Physical was National Physical a portrait right there was and that was all to do with it that's all gone now but I think part of part of it is still the same silence or but yes I'm sure troops were stationed in the park during the war on thank you Christine so now we all know Oh Marie saw Merissa says Robert the plural of sheep sheep sheep and it's a miracle no Muriel we are now to the prophetic to usually always just occasionally . It's just a project to have a talk here on the show we've got Martin Wright coming in to talk to us she was a 77 survivor who became a paralegal para Olympic athlete and she's written a book called unbroken But now time for the news headlines and the latest travel round up from. B.b.c. Radio London the latest travel news so extensive vocal is stretching all the way from bank to Buckingham Palace today for vide London it's the Free Cycle days to write London tomorrow there's closures all the way from Stratford to Subway at the moment all those approaching bank junction a closed off along with High Holborn upper and lower temp street Victoria embankment Waterloo Bridge Whitehall and she found a square $43.00 bus routes around diversion or terminating early so almost all buses from central unsatisfactory in some way there aren't a laser over Blackfriars Bridge and on Blackfriars votes Stamford Suffolk streets and both very busy Theobald's photo also looking slow as is traffic around Parliament Square also looking rather busy over Tower Bridge that just lifted in the past 15 minutes or so and it's due to lift a couple more times this afternoon the next one is at heart 12 the a 23 Brixton Hill still closed off between stratum and Brixton Water Lane for the pairs to a burst water main and then we busy on the western side of the m 25 and the m 25 anticlockwise approaching the dolphin tunnel looking off a busy and he updates you can tweet at b.b.c. Travel alert or you can give us a call 72242000 the trains and she was posting a good service aside from the weekend and generic. B.b.c. Radio London there's more trouble at half past. On digital radio in c b. I g point 9 and in this crazy news station. B.b.c. . A.v.o. Launder. London's Misa 12 on Barry Caffrey far works were thrown at police in Hackney last night during a protest over the death of Russian Chiles after he was detained by police bottles and fireworks were thrown at police following the demonstration the mayor of Hackney filled Glanville fears an increase in community tensions I think that was. The relationship sometimes with the place very very hard. Not one of the reasons. We say during the wait I think there would be not relationship making sure contact with the police is intelligence led around stopping so I think it's really sad if it's disruptive that people lie from Trip air in fact many presidents Trump has described his new chief of staff John Kelly is a true star of his administration after removing Reince Priebus from the post Mr Priebus his departure coincides with a fierce attack by the president's new communications director and the nice Scaramucci recused him of leaking information to the press the Local Government Association has accused some retailers of passing lives at risk after a number of shops were caught selling knives to underage customers trading standards officers who carried out test purchases in London described the results as alarming among the blades sold to children as young as 13 was a machete Simon Blackburn is from the associations safer and stronger communities board illegal to sell much to anyone marriage to the right tree and there are a reasonably heavy penalties prescribed in law for that blood doesn't appear to be providing that a sufficient deterrent a major supermarkets have failed as well as smaller resellers it's a marriage that you can universities have a pension fund with a deficit that has grown to more than 17000000000 pounds the largest in the u.k. 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The sounds of London changed banks is London I don't believe that you need to carry a knife to get respect from people right now is streaming by a full 3000 of them sounds like it's a great time to story this is b.b.c. Radio in London. Indeed it is and apparently the full list of World parks is regions hard which means James Green granite bushy but also the look of the Kensington Gardens Brompton summit Victoria tower gardens nobody where there is good. The Square Gardens emergency including promoters who study go that's the full list this is. Could never be used. A mortuary and of my lawn. Bono's. Could claim to dreary. You. Used. A porch. Of my. Former coach. And never see the. Moose. Suit. The mold I. Would say. The Mikoyan in Judo. And leave wouldn't be. The good soul of gold. But the sky. Suits your. Thoughts your. Mother in law. It would say. A Michael. Would leave the good. That the sky. Through true. Love. Met Moamar and the beautiful portrait of my love and after me I'm already deep in conversation with the lady sitting opposite me because we've got a lot in common we come from the same the world we went to the same school all are instantly different incarnations it was all in your grammar school for boys when I started then they moved in some of the girls but a little later they moved everybody up to Mill Hill County and that's exactly when Martin Roy joined and the reason she's joined us today she's got a book out called unbroken It says my story of survival from 77 bombings to Paralympic success and she's here with us now Marty Moore come to the show morning so let's start school let's get back clearly your Deca you just get the. Yes yes yes definitely definitely a couple what I say at least and the school removed but it's you joined up to new here yeah no I mean you are until the last rehearsal it no no no in age where I'm quite right so yeah I'm very proud of my rate it's been a been an orphan I'll come and go yeah when I went to jail and county high and then went to the depths of East London to do my am degree and where were you going on that on 77 to also talk just I mean you know this is what the book's about yeah so so took a liking took the my version of that morning as I was on air Yeah well when the story broke this is why the complete one of the reasons why I wanted to write the book is because that day I believe no no from from what people say to me is it didn't just happen to me you didn't have to be on the cheap you didn't have to be on the bus for it to affect you you've got your memories you know there's other people will always remember who they were trying to get hold of what they were doing why they couldn't get hold of them so really that was one of the reasons why I wanted to write because I felt like it was my responsibility to share that because everyone will always remember it where I was going that morning was it was that it was a normal morning I was on the way to work and where was that Were you headed that was I was off to tell him in St Catherine's dock international marketing manager. And I would say it was a normal morning but actually it wasn't hopefully people remember what happened on the 6th of July and that was. You know we we found out London and won the Olympic and Paralympic bid Well I certainly remember because we were doing the show live from church elders square and I can honestly claim scientists to for any self aggrandizement that I was the 1st person in Britain tonight that we'd won the Olympics because it was being put put put up on to a television screen in your Fargus square and I was sitting there doing it for the radio and the radio fade came through just a fraction of a 2nd quicker than the television feed so when you see the film that you hear someone this really high pitched embarrassing squeal and that was me because I was the 1st person in. Well I certainly don't because everyone thought Paris should go yes I know and that's why that is my last working memory you remember when they had come for our Remember in front of these huge screens jumping up and down in celebration was normal under them and they you know it's like to for that to come back to to London would be would be amazing so that's where I was going and that was the well that was the whole reason why I was late that morning is because that been out celebrating the night before we were colleagues and yet it was a normal morning in slightly light work I press the snooze button for 10 minutes and I know that lots of people did lots of different things that that morning so you're on a train going to work yet and do you remember the expert I mean turned completely Yeah yeah and I think it's slightly weeds that I remember sitting there reading my paper now again you couldn't pick up a paper without reading something on the Paralympics in 06 and I remember thinking Ok tickets go get tickets and then weirdly seventies later I actually took part in it but our our our member read my paper and then suddenly I had a white flash in front of my eyes and there was no warning of any kind is that is not so no no no and people other passengers and other victims of that day they said they remember huge noise huge bang I don't remember the noise I just had this white flash in front of my eyes and I had enough time this is what is slightly surreal about it I had enough time to look at this white flash and thought What the hell is going on and I can't believe I had enough time to think that because obviously it was a a nanosecond hearing it went on. And then yes and then only thing remember well I remember. Being in a place which I was he was only a few seconds later because I didn't go unconscious at that point. And you know it didn't it didn't replicate say a cheap carriage you know obviously there was darkness the smoke the screams and. I apparently was down there for an hour and a quarter while. I remember. I mean obviously again you're 1st thing is you think it's the crash time men think it's a bomb and I remember I had these brand new trainers on that morning. And they were white and I remember after the smoke cleared and people still screaming and things I looked up and I saw this boy thing it was about 830 in the air and I thought was that and he actually was my trainer with your leg on it and it was covered in you know blood and stuff so you know I knew at that point that something was was slightly wrong and then obviously. After a while you know the amazing emergency services what they did that day you know the guys that worked on the Underground on launch transport system but also for me please came where the. Was the off duty police woman that risked her own life and came through to the carriage again I can't imagine what she was faced with that day because you know. And she saved my life apparently I lost 80 percent of my blood but your animal torn a case to put around my legs and you know since oh yeah here for I mean you know I feel like crying now when I think of you know we we do all of us from that day we you know we belong to this club we were called the 77 club right and it's it's a club that you would never ever choose to belong to you know I'm glad I'm not a member. But the strength and the understanding of each other is absolutely amazing and we don't even have to tell you say anything so when I see Liz I might not see a runner on a weekly monthly or maybe every couple of years you know I see her and all we have to do is look into each other's eyes really and understand have that real understanding of what we went through that day it's so powerful I think the relationship what kicks in after that I mean obviously you know I guess for the 1st part of time it's such are an extraordinary and terrible and you know you're not thinking straight do you ever your 1st real considered thoughts when you're lying in a hospital bed or whatever yes yes that was the night that are found out that I had to amputate both my legs. And again you know Mark my family are brilliant and it's just you know this was a night that they had off they'd been with me by my side you know for 447 days in this coma that I was in and I think all the nurses said look you know you've got to you've got to go and take some rest here and obviously that night I woke up and. I remember James my intensive intensive care nurse and I was under lots and lots of drugs lots of morphine at that point so I didn't really. Really understand what was going on but I remember him saying to me Martine I have to tell you something we had to take both your legs away. And then I remember this is the 1st real memory I have or a member lifting my head which was so hard because I was so dices. And I remember looking down in this hospital bed and I remember that white blanket you know that bank it again and I remember seeing it and then nothing and then nothing was there I had half a body you know what I saw my body was where this white blanket and and it weighed on the heart of my not my body gone and our member. You know obviously thinking again what has happened and then just going back back to sleep and it wasn't really until the next day that it started to sink in I presume the 1st response is despair and you know you feel incredibly sorry for yourself and you feel the you know he's got no future and all of you know is that right yeah completely I mean need to have those why me you know he asked you I said yeah I remember thinking Why me I'm a mushy quite nice person you know was this happened to me it was happen to me and then really what was the turning point and I believe everyone is face between points every day but obviously I think when you go to something traumatic there's something that makes you realize and what made me realize was I still had a life to lead and I still had choices was the day that I found out how many people died and I had no idea that 52 innocent people would die that day because obviously I wasn't watching the news I was I was in a coma. And that really I think was the day that I said Martin you just got police have together so get on with them one point in the book you describe yourself as lucky so but I guess is that weird thing is now you are the unlucky person will be the luckiest where you are lucky to have been there in the 1st place you're lucky to have lived yet oakum lately I mean I'm so so lucky and it was like a lottery you know you didn't need to be near Ne Ne the destination to lose your life and things and where you know that there are a small for away from him Well apparently I remember seeing him you know now again I guess some achieve not to say they're not really loved no. No I don't remember that but I do count myself lucky because I now believe 12 years on the I think I was meant to be on that carriage and I don't think I could have done anything to stop it because as I said these coincidences and connections between the London bombings and the Paralympics lympics you know the whole reason was late that morning was I've been celebrated in the last thing I was reading was. About you know thinking I've got to get tickets to this I've got to get tickets to this so what point did your thought process is turned around from feeling sorry for yourself feeling despair feeling all of that to thinking you know I'm going to I'm going to make something out of this I'm going to do some I mean there's a slow process I mean you know you know I reply on No No So you know for instance that day when that when I said you know Martin pull yourself together that was the start of it but you don't start climbing climbing climbing you go up and down up and down and we all know that you need to go through those emotions in order to get through that that experience. So yes it was it was a lot of ups and downs but when I came out of hospital I think and again from writing the book broken over the last few years I realized that actually maybe I did these things out I went out and started flying you know let's fly planes I went South Africa 66 weeks aren't ski again I jumped out of planes and paper says we want to show that. Yeah I was but I never touched a volleyball in my life right for. But yeah it was doing those things that I think so I do think you did after. After I lost my leg just before the Paralympics Yeah and these were things I think I needed to take on in order for me to maybe go right well Robert you can't you can't you know you can run for a bus but can you play. You wouldn't you wouldn't trust me running for a bus ever afraid of me for it last year I suppose. So yes so so it was it was yeah it was it was during those opportunities and I realised that actually I might not be out to do certain things but I can do so much was there a conscious decision where I'm going to get water into the Paralympics or was that just know again you know was that if. Of the No it was it was it was about me trying to go back to work and not being able to well sat at the same desk that I sat before and thought you know what am I doing here and then really missing that ambition really missing that drawing up so my lovely physio Maggie. She took me to this Paralympic potential day and you tried all different sports but absolutely you could have done rowing you could have done it I know in a dumb fencing Archer I tried athletics at Royds But but sitting volleyball if anyone seen it is one of the few Paralympic sport you don't use a chair we move around on our bottoms but likely. So it's it's a real team obviously sport which for me as a person is very important but also it's a real dynamic real fast game and actually to have my legs amputated above the knee . You can see the negative really in sport when I get hurt so I have chosen this for where I am one of the fastest on court because I have anything in the way I am one of the fastest Oncor you could it sure would you know is a very technical guy and people think well you know I love standing volleyball as well but it is quite funny when you say standing volleyball players trying to play sitting volleyball because it's a very hard game because obviously you play on the floor you need to move with your hands before you play ball magic so I must say oh I don't know about a cultural image when they do it so people don't realize how much movement is involved and how important movement is and the timing because you need to use your arms to move in and then play the ball so yes it's a really exciting sport to watch to participate in and that's what really really drew me in and you know 12 years on. Let's go back to before 22 when did you know you're going to be in the Olympics it was quite late we all the festivities in the only had a program that was put together 2 years before then performing at the Paralympics so we only found out individually in June before the end of August where in the village really and so how did it feel when you for. After this extraordinary and terrible in the my yang chain of events I did yes feel it was it was absolutely amazing I mean the emotions you go for that day obviously you're so nervous the relief even you know when when when people get really what you are relieved to say yes you know you think about the hard work that you put in and they also might be no no melting you know good enough you can't either. So the emotions that they were huge but again I might put this connection in but the day I found out I was at City Hall was on top of city hall I was. On the balcony and they told me that I was in the city and what was I looking at always looking at the building directly opposite of city hall and that was my office sunglasses pumps now that was my office the I was going to on the morning of the 7th of July now if it isn't and 7 years later not 5 years later not 60 as I said but 7 years later this is why I'm obsessed with 7. I was not you know I was a participant I wasn't a spectator at those games so again I feel like I was always meant to make that journey but to go back to London after leaving on such a negative I take part in the Paralympics I mean as a said I'm where I was extraordinary as well about the Paralympics I think is that . Everyone's inevitably says of course the Paralympics are important in that sort of stuff and you saw a thought where they might not so many tickets it might have was such an excuse we were there I was there every single day it was such an extraordinary success was in it I mean again they met in London did it brilliant many ways as great as you know the moment it was it will be remembered I think because of the success because of course the importance of the Paralympic Games in 2 and I think I think as a result you know you can compare. Any city that has any Paralympics but London everyone is comparing London now what London did you know we've had Rio And again I was over at Rio as a as a reporter not not not with the team and to see the uptake of the Paralympics but yes London sold all the tickets you know usually give you more I just go to schools and colleges and things that they they did everything and since then you know I believe that London has really changed and perception that I haven't picked you know hopefully change the perception of disability or whatever been everything and it's the poor and he's opening up that conversation that's what it's about so our member an example before the Paralympics I'd be in my any supermarket and you know little boy or girl might go Mommy that gives me 2 lakes or the other girls got my legs you know and the parents are not saying that they all did this but a lot of time they can jolly Let's go to all 21 you know pick up the sugar whereas after the Paralympics that wasn't happening and we converse and the little boy would go live I mean that lady's got metal aches and then she go will remember what we saw on the t.v. Our Member when we went to the Paralympics and they had those plates and it's just that conversation after the game. When that was all over you know was there a downer again did you sort of feel. I see my sister which to my middle for. It was it was such a hard day and something that I never ever thought would ever happen in my life and again it was that extra special I think for me because number one being a Londoner but also it was an opportunity for me to turn around to my family and go Look I know we've been through bad times I love you you know I would behave without you but look look what we've achieved you know this is good stuff you know this is this is the good stuff. So yes so so to to be part of that was was was you know. Absolutely amazing you know to get to turn around to them so it was it was it was really important to me to go back to London but yet course after it was a bit and sometimes you're in a bubble we're really in a bubble in this village people don't realize that your athletes yet really realize what's going on outside but I remember my sister comments of 8 after the Paralympics after the last game and she is. This true depressed can you do it again next year. What made you want to write a book. Why didn't I think 77 was such a big day but everyone will remember where they were what they were doing. So I felt like it was it was my my duty really as as a result of that I also wanted to do it because I wanted to say that again to say that when something like this happens it doesn't just happen to the individual it happens to your family your friends everyone so that's really why I wanted to want to do it but I suppose maybe I don't know if one person reads this and maybe sort of looks at it and says well I'm going through a hard time. Multinational. And life is good for her now and hopefully maybe people can can take from the book that even through the darkest times you can go through the darkest time not sign it happens overnight No but if you have that belief and you have that support and you have that love I believe that you can get through anything and also more than that the you know you can get positives out can turn out on me completely I mean you know if you were said to me 12 years ago you going to be taking part in in London 2012 I would go on are you talking about you know that's never going to happen. And the book is unbroken it's a fantastic read in a fantastic story Martine right thank you very much thank you. What a fantastic guess mauled same was. It's an amazing story. It's $1230.00 here on the show we're going to be hearing somebodies family favorite. Going to be hearing live tracks of the wait but now it's time for the news headlines from Barry Caffery. London's headlines fireworks were thrown a police in East London last night during a protest over the death of Russian Chiles after he was detained by police the mayor of Hackney Glanville has told b.b.c. London that he fears an increase in community tensions it's a marriage that you can universities have a pension fund with a deficit that has grown to more than 17000000000 pounds the largest in the u.k. . The university's superannuation scheme cases for existing and retired academics and experts say universities may have to reduce benefits for members or increase tuition fees for students to fill the black hole President Trump has praised his new hires has Chief of Staff is a true star of his administration General John Kelly the former head of Homeland Security replaces Reince Priebus who resigned after he was fiercely criticized by Mr Trump's new communications director Anthony Scaramucci. The Local Government Association says its research suggests a number of shops are breaking the law by selling to underage people trading standards officers who carried out test purchases in London described the results as alarming among the blades sold to children as young as 13 was a machete London's weather cloud and rain will return from the south the afternoon the rain will turn heavy and persistent in places highs today of 21 Celsius that 70 and Fahrenheit and today with the b.b.c. Radio London travel news here's Rob Oxley. We have extensive closures bury all around the City of Westminster for vide London stretching from bank to Buckingham Palace all those approaching bank junction High Holborn are provin lower temps St Victoria embankment Waterloo Bridge Whitehall inch of square are closed office I've been taken over by cyclists 43 bus routes terminating all diverting. Blackfriars Bridge votes still there we busy as is Blackfriars Bridge Stamford and Suffolk streets Farmington votes their boards vote and around Parliament Square looking very busy also a bit busy around the Victoria one way system the a 20 three's closed between upper Tulse Hill at stratum and Brixton Water Lane for the pairs to a burst water main resurfacing still underway with the aim to get that back open at some point later today there's 8 bus for it's on diversion the western side of the m 25 very busy in patches around Heathrow clockwise is slow from junction 9 at lever head anticlockwise is queuing for Junction 21 at the m one trains and posting a good service aside from the weekend engineering works any updates you can tweet me at b.b.c. Travel alerts from Oxley b.b.c. Radio London there's more travel just before one. Guard and when b.b.c. Radio London asked me to cover the 1st thing I ask is Is it going to be. My gosh I need security when I just get the best bits where I get some total cold. It's a Sunday morning you can expect to keep 2 people in finding out what's going on in London. This is b.b.c. Radio London this Sunday from 9 am. And here on b.b.c. Radio the mob still got 25 minutes to go so we're going to play some great music and we're going to hear a great piece of music from one of you because it's a family favorite That's what's coming up. After a bit of the. Tom Caught. Off. To. Dusty Springfield and the look of love here only one shot. About this time every Saturday we'll be doing it for a little while now we find out about a piece of music that's really important to you and your family we call it family 5 rich and it's one children that means a lot whether it might be to you from your parents or to your kids or from your siblings or whatever it might be and the person is going to tell us about the piece of music you write is Trish who's currently in Folkston probably does a candid girl is that right Trish Ohio but yes indeed I was actually going Kentish Town and age of 11 with Camden 21 lived out. West Hampstead. To say hello. Girl never know. That I found her in Croydon for about 30. 3000000000 around London from the allies Absolutely I am a London and see London is here anyway do. You see the sweetest. Jealous about this piece of music 1st or is this a win would you 1st heard this teeth I probably were calling about the age of 5 I would think I know it's very new and they were 4. And my mom used to play regularly proving once one that I maybe when my dad wasn't in because you know she had a love with our children probably. Sing to my time things like the boy. Living really yeah. I'll be intrigued what do you Bridget said knowing how way out you know the whole title thing aside Yeah well she just had this material and. It was incredible what she. Started out with time and then she took my tape a page and then I have. I mean I'm amazing she's made all my clothes. We're pretty hard up and she would make me love interest to serve which is kind of out working for companies so yeah so in in the in the in the in the living room but it did you know wherever it was yeah or you know. The house I was born in town just Town. We had a child to buy in Probably 959 that my dad just couldn't wait the small amount of money and I had a look back. Oh my goodness don't do it never do. It's a full. Do you know when I was born in is actually still there and I always think of the song you know that you guys play whenever I. Whenever I think of my mom and and when she would would you when you would a tree night job right would you have this is on fashion the people's music would you have always loved your record Well I kind of always loved that one but some of the like Frank Sinatra I couldn't get my head around of course now I love it and of course because it's the same woman you know my mom used to play all right she's the playwright Charles I'll play all of those will I not known if he was alone and the same he passed away. Yeah actually what I did. You know about what my dad did the workload but you just take out a stone which is equalizing now because that was his favorite for how long we have a topic what this track is yes and what it is it's a necking couch so what would you just play this one track was there was a best of the greatest hits you know it was you know the big 033 and yeah and they did scratch quite easily with me and you know the 4 of us would have manhandled improperly spaced. And you know. My dad couldn't stand it anymore. So I tell the story a good bit yeah I just picked it up. And said I never want to hear that. We could be a bit well let's hope he's the sort of man that would come back and say he was sorry 'd but he never bought a new one and we all for the saved and fortunate. She didn't like to say. What he was really when he was out look we could play Now we did have to keep it secret Yeah we should tell people what your family fiver is when I fall in love but . Trish think you're. Of the Sun. When I leave my dog. Arado never. Saw a dog. And the moment. I. Was. Glad. Is when the odd ball and dog. With. Moon. How could anybody object to listening to that setting that Margaret Margaret sent me an email saying how lovely to hear when I fall in love It was my mother's favorite too I mean t. Is says Margaret Don't cry. The. To. And close to you here on the room I'm shown b.b.c. Radio London I'm nearly done as you know I'm heading off to w 12 for Stanley's day but I've still got 2 pieces of music to bring to you and they were both live on this show this week we have a friend along through the picture. Appeared on the show this week we had an arena Pallo Alison Moyet Joanna Leigh I me steal Indigo Girls or brilliant or female which is fantastic. And I could've played anyone or any 2 of those as live tracks of the week so I was just picked randomly in the room good really good. First I'm going to go with the Indigo goes because it was just a move to have them in been going for a very long time and they're back in town I think they're playing gigs this weekend them is it 7 somebody tonight and tomorrow I think it was yesterday and some of. The assembly holds I'm a came in and they played live for us and they sounded like this with a check in total share them. Or call a. Dream on this and. I There's one track burning in far flung or turn and not fall the soffits or been one shred. To dong. Every bit as good as all remembered it. Indigo Girls live on their own show and that's if you go. It's our Facebook page you can see them live because we filmed a little bit of it and so you can watch them playing that and you can see how he live and how mobile and just sitting there in the studio it really is so visit the place Facebook page to have a look at that and also while you're at it send me some a mouse so me some e-mails with Notes and Queries and I know we do this all the time but this is this is like doing the housework notes in queries please for Wednesday so if you have any Notes and Queries you can email Robert Elms at b.b.c. Doc. Most agrees for Wednesday cover to cover for Thursday so cover to cover suggestions gratefully received please same e-mail address exactly and then also ideas for the 4 for on Friday and while you're at it if you want to do. A family favorite you can always email about that as well if you want to say I'd love to do that next week we don't you know and thus far we've just been relying on people ringing up during the day but if you want to book your place great lovely makes our life easier and also we always need volunteers to be co-curators on a funky for it is well so we rely on you lot on the show is genuinely interactive and says that but it is if you listen to it you'll learn just that much of these so the e-mail address is the same for all of them cover to cover for 4 Notes and Queries funky Friday Family Favorites whatever it is you fancy taking part in is robot dot elms at b.b.c. Dot co dot. Ok I'm going to play you one more live piece of music from Alison Moyet who came in to sing for us she was on great form She's lovely as well Anderson and she came in and she to some cold the rarest birds of a great weekend. This town forget. Remembering. When to believe. Everything easy. Eat. To get. The city wall. But great gown. Had to do both. When. Fixing. To Rome. Radio lines and the latest travel news votes around the city and Westminster are closed off provide London's closures stretch from bank to Buckingham Palace including all votes approaching bank junction High Holborn upper and lower Thames Street Victoria embankment Waterloo Bridge Whitehall and she found a square white hole commonly a sea of cyclists $43.00 bus routes on diversion or terminating early and many more bus routes around central London delayed there's delays over Blackfriars tower and Westminster bridges Stamford and Suffolk streets are looking slow as is Farrington road sear bolts road and Parliament Square the western side of the m 25 very busy past Heathrow this afternoon with queues clockwise from junction 9 at lever head anticlockwise from Junction 1221 of the m one a 23 Brixton Hill still closed off between up atolls Hill and Brixton Water Lane for very surfacing work after a bird.