LONDON TONIGHT: Thursday London 31st

Hello!

We're topping off tonight with some comments by London Mayor Ken Livingstone about Trevor Phillips - he, of course, the head of the Commission for Racial Equality. Ken and he don't see eye to eye on multicultural issues - and you know Ken, he doesn't mince his words.

And what does your bin say about you? We're not talking hygiene - or even the personal documents you throw out with the trash... But rather a scheme that's creeping in slowly whereby councils are putting electronic chips in the bins - to monitor our waste.
Big brother gone mad? You tell us..

Piers has been inside the Primrose Hill squat that's ruffling feathers with the locals .. And strange goings on at Visit London.
At the start of today, they were talking about a celebration of "multicultural English" in Trafalgar Square tomorrow - it's even mentioned in one of today's tabloids. Now, though, they've scrapped the idea... We liked it though, so Glen's got everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about creps, yards and skets...

And you'll never believe where Chrissie is tonight - and she has a fantastic competition that you won't want to miss.

All will be revealed at 6... See you then.

A & K

LONDON TONIGHT: Wednesday August 30th

Hello there...

The Dome. White elephant, stunning landmark ... Whatever you think about it, it could soon have a whole new lease of life as Britain's first super casino. At least that's what it's hoping ... If it beats off competition from 6 other bids from the likes of Blackpool (imagine. .. Las Vegas with donkey rides.. ) . The pitches for the contract began today amid howls of protest that it's a done deal for Greenwich .. And equally loud howls from the Casino Advisory Panel that the odds aren't stacked in the Dome's favour, and that there's still everything to play for. Ben Scotchbrook's got his croupier's eye-shade on and is investigating...

We'll be hearing the tale of woe of one London family who's holiday luggage went missing for 19 days courtesy of BA . That's bad enough .. But when the bags finally turned up, everything, contents included, was ruined. Enter London Tonight, on a white charger...

Phil Bayles has been reading all about it as Londoners face the prospect of not one but two new free newspapers to fill all those hours commuting home, while Liz Wickham's been on the set of a new gritty drama in East London which is making stars of the local kids.

What with that and of course Chrissie with the weather, you've loads to look forward to ...

See you at 6 .. Al and Katie.

LONDON TONIGHT: Tuesday August 29th

Hello:
We are both back from holidays and look forward to having you with us at 6!

Hope you had a good Bank Holiday weekend.
How many of you had an extra day off???? South West Trains certainly must have made it very tempting as yet another day of disruption hit the commuter where it hurts.
The RMT Union mounted the first of three days of strike action from midnight last night: it is about putting managers to work on previous strike days as well as the continuing row over late-night transport for workers doing unsocial hours.
The boss of SWT is live to explain how it has come to this and what will happen on the next two strike days.

There's a fire in Piccadilly, as we write: it is close to the Royal Academy but apparantly that beautiful building and its pictures are safe. But we are keeping an eye on things and Faye Barker will have the latest.

Things are also hotting up over plans for London's Super Casino: the group who want to build it claim it has the support of multi-faith groups: multi-faith groups have made it clear they don't. Oops! A spin too far? Piers is at the table on your behalf.

Entertainment for the younger generation has always been big business but now the off-spring of a big businessman and one of the biggest names in rock have teamed up for teenage festivities. Peaches is Bob Geldof's pride and joy and, coming around on the conveyor belt with her is Charlotte Woodruff, Yo Sushi founder Simon Woodruff's delightful daughter. Charlotte tells all to Jon Gilbert.

Still with the stars, Michael Douglas is in town and Jasmine's been to talk to him about his latest venture on screen.

So sit back, tune-in for Sharon Osbourne at 5pm and stay with ITV for the best local and national news from 6!

K&A

LONDON TONIGHT: Friday August 25th

Afternoon,

We've a packed show tonight to get you in the mood for a long weekend....

First off, the great getaway that always goes hand in hand with a bank holiday. We'll be keeping an eye on how everything is running on the roads, rail and in the air....

The jams, the queues, the delays. Makes you wonder why we bother sometimes, and tonight we're asking how many people ARE. Have recent events at the airports put you off going anywhere ? Are you planning to hole up at home or jet off somewhere exotic. Tell us your plans.

If you ARE staying in London you won't be short of some pretty grisly company. It's a well known fact that there are more rats in the capital than people and the numbers are growing and growing...but now so are the rats. Get ready for the super-sized rodent. Where's that pied piper when you need him ? Maybe our very own Piers Hopkirk will step in with his penny whistle as he reports on this worrying trend.

Also...when you make an appointment with your doctor, do you turn up ? If the honest answer is no then you are not alone. Doctors are not happy with how often their patients are no-shows and are calling for changes.

Showbiz-wise our cup runneth over. We've James King in the studio with a run down of the latest movie releases, Steve Hargrave at The Reading Festival with an assortment of musical types, David Soul and Nick Moran in the studio to talk about their new film....AND our usual Friday night roundup of things to get up to over the weekend.

After that we'll all need a lie down - good job there are three days off coming up!

See you at 6.

Tamzin and Willsy

LONDON TONIGHT: Thursday 24th August

Good Afternoon to you...

Tamzin and Ben will be 'out front' once again this evening. At the moment though they're struggling to comfort Catherine, the programme editor, who's most perplexed to hear that Pluto is no longer a planet. It's official: the International Astronomical Union says it ain't big enough. Catherine sees this as a bitter blow to her view of the universe. The rest of us thought Pluto was Mickey Mouse's dog. Anyway, planet, rock, or dog, Pluto is just outside our news patch - so we'll leave that there.

However, a story that will move everyone in the London area is the murder of Peter Woodhams, shot dead outside his own home. He was slashed with a knife 7 months ago but his distraught finacee claims the police never took enough interest in their complaint - and that had they done, he may be alive today. This evening, in her first and only in-depth TV interview, Peter's fiancee talks Ronke Phillips, and tells her what she makes of that apology.

Meanwhile, Phil Bayles has been playing with dolls. Not just any dolls, mind, but little figures dressed in different Premier League-style team-strips. They're called 'Little Hooliganz'... and the Premier League is looking into whether they've breached clubs' rights. See what you think of them.

Now, last week, it was A-level students on the edge of their seats. Today it's been the poor blighters opening their GCSE results. We've all seen TV pictures of the successful kids, screaming with delight after they see a long list of 'A's. (Congratulations, if that's you, by the way.) However, Piers Hopkirk will also report on teenagers whose results fell short of the mark LAST year, and how a Prince's Trust course has left them a lot happier THIS year.

And if it's happy endings you're after, you'll love the story of a mechanic from Blackpool who, next month, takes centre-stage at the Royal Albert Hall. Not bad, when you consider that in the meantime he found himself sleeping on a park-bench... right over the road from the Albert Hall. Liz Wickham will tell us the whole story.

Finally, after listening to cows mooing yesterday, Chrissie has been chasing a pelican today - in Kent, of all places. She'll tell us all about that... before telling us all about the weather.

From Pluto to pelicans - in one e-mail. Not bad is it? We'll try the same trick at SIX... without Pluto, of course.

T&B

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Weds Aug 23rd

Afternoon,

Tamzin and Ben are on the sofa today (Tamzin will be the one on the left)...

And our main story this evening is the scathing report listing shortfalls at Northwick Park hospital, shortfalls which led to 10 women dying while they were pregnant or shortly after they gave birth. System failure, weak leadership and poor quality of care are blamed by the Healthcare Commission. In Liz Wickham's report, we'll be hearing from the partner of one of the women who died.

Meanwhile, Ronke Phillips is covering the desperate story of a young father shot dead when he confronted a gang outside his home in Canning Town. The main suspect being interviewed by the police is only 14 years old.

Now, a video - made by an Iraqi mincab driver - shows a number of London landmarks. His defence has told the jury at Woolwich Crown Court that it was a jokey look at what the capital has to offer for relatives back home. The prosecution, meanwhile, alleges it was a guide highlighting potential targets for terrorists. Piers Hopkirk will have the details on that.

On a lighter note, we'll have be 'pitch-side' ahead of Arsenal's second leg of their European Champions qualifier against Dinamo Zagreb. The Gunners are 3-0 up so far - Robbie Earle will tell us whether he thinks that's enough. (By the way - the game's on ITV4 tonight)

Alright, a question for you now... a man who's just signed a rather large record contract with Universal believes "the ??? to be something of romance".
Is he talking about -
a) the Thames on a warm summer's evening
b) that nightingale singing over Berkeley Square
c) the tube?
Phil Bayles will be asking Chris Singleton what, and indeed, why.

Something else for music-lovers too - a chance to vote someone to glory in this year's MOBO Awards. 'London Tonight' is sponsoring the 'Best Newcomer Award'. We want you to choose between five contenders and we'll be telling you how to cast your vote.

And what's more, Tamzin (she's been terribly busy) has been chatting to Penny Lancaster (Rod Stewart's fianc�, you know) about a new calendar she's got coming out for next year. Only, Penny's not in front of the camera. She's the one taking the snaps... of celebrities and their pets. Well, someone's got to.

So, busy afternoon ahead. We'd better get on. See you at Six.

T&B

LONDON TONIGHT: Tuesday August 22nd

Hello!

The whole spectrum of news in London Tonight this evening.

We've got the the very latest on the eleven people in court today over the alleged airliner bomb plot.
Tight security surrounded the convoys that snaked their way to the hearings at City of Westminster Magistrates Court.

We've also got remarkable pictures from the opening day of London's first camp specifically for overweight children.
Levels of obesity among the capital's youngsters are rising and one in four is now considered overweight.
The week-long camp will educate children about the benefits of keeping fit and eating healthily.

What do you do if you've got a parking space and no car?
Not a joke, but it IS a way to earn some serious money - as you'll find out.

And it could be among your worst nightmares.
A friend comes to stay for a few days - and weeks later, they're well and truly wearing out their welcome.
Well, that's exactly what happens in a new film 'You, Me and Dupree', which has its London premiere this evening.
One of its stars, Kate Hudson, WON'T be on the red carpet, to avoid any questions about her marriage split.
But fingers crossed, our reporter Steve Hargrave will to catch upwith Dupree himself, Owen Wilson.

T&W

LONDON TONIGHT: Mon 21st August

Good Afternoon,

First tonight....do you live in Haringey? If so, do you or WOULD you leave you front door unlocked or even open ? Well the Met Police Chief Sir Ian Blair has given an interview seeming to suggest that that is a safe thing to do. We'll bring you all the details on that story but we also want to know what you think....In today's capital city is it a crazy idea ... or do you think we ARE winning the fight against crime.

We also report on a new spat over a old scandal. Remember Dame Shirley Porter - who masterminded the "votes for homes" scheme back in the 80s. It led to the disgraced peer being ordered to pay back 22 million pounds to Westminster council. Now Mayor Ken Livingstone wants another pound of flesh. He's asked the Attorney General to see if there are charges that could be brought against Dame Shirley.

If you're charging up your power drill as we speak ahead of the bank holiday check out today's property piece...an expert gives us some top tips.

Win tickets to the Carling Weekend Reading Festival....where you can muck about in the mud while listening to The Arctis Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand that the Kaiser Chiefs.

And Chrissie's messing about on the river...she's fallen hook, line and sinker for a fisherman's life and she's found some really unusual place in our capital to enjoy her new hobby. Watch out for her wellies, they're something special !

That's your lot

See you at 6

Ben and Tamzin

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Fri Aug 18th

Good Afternoon!

Fridays we like and we hope you do, too.

Do'nuts at tea-time, What not to Miss and then home for the weekend.
Hurray!
So let's try and get you in the right frame of mind, too.

Some of us are going to the V Festival at Chelmsford this weekend, (the Boss is buying new wellies!) some to the Rolling Stones (Alastair won't shut up about it!) and others to the first Premiership games of the season (too many to mention!)

So, Martyn will be telling you what the weather will be like but we start with a great story for any one who may have paid over the odds for footy tickets.
Chelsea are introducing a trial scheme to mop up any spare tickets at a set price while trying to squeeze out the ghastly touts. Sharon is at the Bridge.

Tamzin has spent the afternoon with the lovely Alesha, she of Mis-Teeq fame, who's been nominated for a MOBO. So she'll be introducing her own chat with the star, this evening.

James is here and will be passing a celluloid slide-rule over Snakes On A Plane and John Tucker Must Die - seems hard on John but let's hope it doesn't involve snakes.....

Marcus is previewing the Premiership but, be warned, there will be a lot of Arsenal as well as our other great teams, including the Premiership Champs themselves, in Gooner Powell's report...

Pete Doherty has been in court again and sadly we agree it isn't really news but the judge threatening him with jail this time is..so we'll have that too.

Plus a full report on the Muslim Debate about what the Islamic Community is doing about terrorism in its midst: Piers has been listening...

So all the news, all the fun and "all" the sport, if you're a Gooner - "some" of the sport, if you're not!

Anyway, lots of reasons to be with us at 6.

A and T

LONDON TONIGHT: Thursday Aug 17

Good Afternoon,

Nearly the weekend - and for many youngsters in the capital it'll be a weekend of celebration.

The A Level results are out - and they're good - in fact for the 24th year running they're the best results ever. One in four grades was an A.....and of course that means the traditional dumbing-down debate has kicked off. Meanwhile - it seems the popularity of the Baccalaureate is rising here in the capital. Could this be the answer for the critics of the A Level ?

Also - are our hospitals geared up to deal with a major incident ? Since the July 7th bombings that's become an increasingly important question...and it seems the anwer is no. A new study has found that most senior doctors admit they're not prepared to deal with another emergency like that one.

Fancy a day mucking out monkeys or washing wallabies ? Well if that's the kind of animal magic that tickles your fancy you're in luck because London Zoo are now selling tickets to do just.

Chelsea fans, we're getting Frank with Mr Lampard..Paul Larsmon chats to the Blues hero about his career so far.

And ....If you're already planning your bank holiday weekend - and have a DIY project in mind - then our compeition could come in very useful...

All of that and the rest of the capital's breaking news at 6.

A and T

LONDON TONIGHT: Wed August 16th

Hello

Tonight a story that might get your goat (more on goats later with Chrissie by the way)...but this is a tale we can't quite believe in the London Tonight office.

Vince Cipollone went away for a month on business, leaving his car, fully taxed and MOT'd, parked perfectly legally outside his North London home. When he got back the car was gone. Stolen you might think. No. towed away by Haringey Council. Now he's struggling to get it back AND being charged for the privilege of having it in the pound. Well we're trying to get to the bottom of this for Vince. We'll have the full story at 6.

Also....TFL's new TV ad campaign. It's suposed to tell us to check our routes before we travel to make sure engineering works or the like aren't going to hold us up. Critics say it's a waste of millions of pounds of tax payers money. What do you think?

The MOBO awards are on their way...we'll give you the lowdown on the nominees AND give to the chance to go....

It's a big night for John Terry...we go back to the new England Captain's Dagenham routes...and ask, is Barking and Dagenham a breeding ground for leaders ? Coucil big wigs seem to think it is.

And of course those goats we mentioned. They're cute, they're very rare and they're live with Chrissie later. Hope she's got her wellies on !

See you at 6.

A & T

LONDON TONIGHT: Tuesday Augist 15th

Afternoon,

It's been six days since the alleged plane bomb plot was foiled. The knock-on effects are STILL causing problems. But now everybody's starting to count the cost.

Passengers have not only had holidays disrupted but many, it seems, have lost their bags. For the airlines and BAA the questions are...Who's to blame and who's going to foot the bill, will it end up being the passengers ? We'll be putting those questions to the spokespeople of two major airlines.

Away from that....The fantastic tale of an off duty policeman who was in the right place at exactly the right time to save a life. Steve Edmed was having a heart attack as Dale Opensaw rode past on his bike. Dale administered CPR. Steve is now recovering in hospital. Liz has been to speak to them both.

We take our last look at the lessons we can learn from Athens in the 2012 build-up. Today's focus could be especially interesting to you if you live in Stratford....

If your a Kasabian fan - a treat. We're backstage with the band at Brixton Academy just before they go on.

And if you fancy going to the MOBO awards we've a great competition for you.

All that and Chrissie with the weather, what more could you want.

See you at 6'Oclock

A and T

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Monday August 14th

Hi - from Alastair and Tamzin!

We hope you had a good weekend. Lots of people, this end, needed the break after the tension of the Damilola verdict on Wednesday and then the amazing story about the alleged airliner bomb plot on Thursday and Friday.

And, perhaps no surprise, the people running our airports still have their under-garmets in a twist over safety: Government Ministers were saying one thing while the boss at Heathrow said another. It's pretty well sorted now but we've the Big Boss of the British Airports Authority on the programme to ask why, when it concerns something as fundamental as airline safety, it wasn't a Rolls-Royce operation.
Lots of you may still have a holiday to take and we know lots of you work at the airports or for the airlines so we think you'll want to know. Ben will have all the very latest details.

A gruesome story that shook us all last week was the suggestion that the Croydon garden of a convicted paedophile may hide the remains of two youngsters. Well, today the police start the ghastly business of proving or disproving that suggestion: Jon is there for you.

Simon is still in Athens reflecting on the lessons that London 2012 can learn from the most recent Games. It's a stunning city and Simon's produced a beautiful piece: you'll enjoy it.

Define the classic female cat-walk model: six-foot-something; size six or eight; East London accent, aristocratic looks......
It's all a lot of tired cliches isn't it?
But that is the sort of image that dominates the market and especially the glossy mags. Well, a new agency on the block plans to shake that up a bit by giving the beautiful women of the sub-continent a better break. Ronke's been strutting her stuff with the wonderful women of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh who certainly aren't too sexy for the cat-walk....

Plus, a look at helping those in low wage employment get a home even if their "take-home" isn't all it might be....

And Chris on the victims of flash flooding in Chobham with Chrissie on why it happened and whether it will happen again.

See you at 6!

A&T

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Fri 11th August

Good afternoon.

I am so sorry this is later than usual but it has been another of those days!
The trials and tribulations of yesterday, what with the bomb plot, house searches and arrests, rolled over into today. What threatened to be the most devastating attack involving our biggest airport is still sending shock-waves across the capital - for people planning their holidays and for people who work at the airport, especially those who work for airlines.

Tonight, we'll keep you right up to date on the investigations, with Walthamstow still a hub of that police and security work.
We take a look at what it means for the tourist industry because we know a lot of you work in travel, hospitality and tourism.
And we take another look at what it has been like trying to fly out of London's airports today.

But perhaps the most important thing we are doing tonight is to look at what it means to be a Muslim living in London: most are law-abiding members of our richly diverse community. Some are willing to take their lives to take others' lives. What puts you in either camp if you are a Muslim? Can you make the distinction, in your mind and in your heart, if you are not a Muslim? We'll talk to a leading Muslim and invite your opinions, the most powerful of which we'll read out at the end of the show.

As always on a Friday, Tamzin will have her little master-piece What Not to Miss; James takes a look at the movies and Steve Hargrave, from ITV Entertainment, also takes a look at Lady in the Water, an intriguing new movie which some love but many hate.

Nearly the Last Time to win tickets for the Stones, a week on Sunday...
... And Chrissie's weather.

What more could you want?

See you at 6!

A and T

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Thurs 10th August

Good Evening.

It's Stuart here again - I'm the Editor and I'm writing this because Alastair is rather busy at Heathrow right now.

It was flashed by the Press Association at 05:57 this morning. They send stories - or "wires" - to newsrooms around the country.
The flash this morning read:

PA-1 POLICE Terror
A major terrorist plot to allegedly blow up aircraft in mid-flight has been
thwarted in a joint pre-planned intelligence led operation by the Met's
anti-terrorist branch and security service, the Metropolitan Police said today.
end

That pretty much set up the day.

Tonight - Alastair's live at Heathrow with the latest as it unfolds.

We'll bring you the story of the day. The latest on the police operation. We're in High Wycombe where ordinary looking suburban homes are being searched.
We'll show you how Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted were brought to a virtual standstill. And we'll have advice for those due to travel in the next few days.

It's an extraordinary story - join us for a special programme tonight - and the ITV Evening News follows straight after us with even more.

That's an hour of special coverage - only on ITV1 from six.

Stuart

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Weds 9th August

Hello

Dramatic developments this afternoon as the verdicts came back in the Damilola Taylor manslaughter trial - Danny Preddie guilty; Ricky Preddie guilty.
Finally, six years after that beautiful, smiling little boy was stabbed in the leg and left to bleed to death in a Peckham stairwell, justice for his family.
We'll be live in Peckham and Ronke Phillips - who's followed this tragic case from the start, has the detail.

And Jon Gilbert has an incredible exclusive interview on those macabre claims that a suburban house in Croydon could have the bodies of two children buried in the back garden. Can't say much more at the moment.

Simon's been to Athens to see what lessons we can learn about how to make our Olympic Games a success - and two years since theirs ended, you'll be shocked at the state of some of their venues.

We're giving away more Rolling Stones tickets - we're too good to you!

See you at 6.
Al & Nina

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Tues 8th August 2006

Hello.

It's the Editor here, just for a change, as Alastair and Nina are
preparing for a busy programme right now.

As I write this we're still getting the full details of a really nasty
accident on the M25 - the story that's emerging is not a nice one. Glen
will be live with the latest.

We're also live in Croydon where a garden is set to be dug up by police
- following a tip off that human remains are buried there. The pensioner
who used to live at the house was jailed for abusing children.

Also tonight - the streets where rubbish is piling up because of a
strike by refuse operators - or binmen, as they used to be known. It's
causing a right stink. Literally.

Plus we're pitchside ahead of Arsenal's game tonight, and Patrick Swayze
is in the studio. Yes, him off Dirty Dancing. But please, no one say
anything about baby being in the corner. It's been said in the newsroom
about a thousand times today.

Our Rolling Stones competition was so popular last night - we're doing
it all again tonight.

Join Alastair and Nina at six.

Stuart