LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: 13th Oct 2006

'Afternoon to you.

First up: what could be lurking in your loaf?

There's a safety alert at a Kent bread factory, after pieces of glass and a needle were found in the packaging for Kingsmill loaves. Accident? Sabotage?

The police and food standards watchdogs are investigating - we will, of course, have the very latest.

We now know the first winners AND casualties of the capital's newspaper war.
Circulation figures for The Evening Standard, London Lite and The London Paper have been announced.
The Standard's putting a brave face on them - but can it really be happy with how it's fared against the two new freebies?

And we've just got the name of the firm that's emerged as a favourite to build London's multi-million pound Olympic Stadium.
It's already had a hand in creating a landmark sports venue in north London - but don't worry: it isn't the team behind Wembley (or we might have to start thinking about our Olympics being in 2013..in Cardiff!). Talks have begun with the Team McAlpine Consortium, which is in line to be named as the venue's design and construction company in the New Year.

Tamzin's had a sit-down with Hollywood funnyman Chevy Chase, as he prepares for the Secret Policeman's Ball at the Royal Albert Hall tomorrow. Find out what he has to say about being involved in a British comedy institution.

Willsy will be delivering all the best sports news, as usual - including reaction from Spurs and England goalkeeper Paul Robinson to THAT blunder. He apparently says he can't understand why he's getting so much stick.

And we'll also be marking your cards about the very best of the weekend's entertainment - including our movie man James King's assessment of the latest releases.

See you at six!

FREDDIE (where's the) STARR..? by Ben Scotchbrook

"Over to Ben now who's live in Camden. Ben..." says Katie in the studio.

"Up yours..." may have been a somewhat unorthodox way to kick off, but that was the sort of mood I was in.

You see, I was at the Proud Gallery with Martin (one of our cameramen) to cover an exhibition celebrating 40 years of the Sun's front pages. Sounds great, and if we're honest, the 'love it or loathe it' champion of all-things tabloid has printed some crackers over the years, not least, "Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster".

Anyway, as Martin and I walked in, we were looking forward to doing a live wandering round a gallery... rolling in a bit of a pre-recorded interview with former editor, Kelvin MacKenzie... and THEN chatting live with Freddie Starr: the big question - did he or didn't he? Excellent. That's what had been planned - that's what we were looking forward to.

Only, as we're lugging the camera-kit up the stairs to the gallery, the phone goes, and news-editor Lizzie tells me "Freddie's not coming. His agent says he's decided not to do it. He won't get in the car and he's turned his phone off". While I'm saying "B****r", Lizzie doesn't have time for such niceties and is already phoning around for someone to fill our 'live-sized' hole.

Meanwhile, Martin and I are walking into the gallery - only the gallery is a barn-like marquee on top of a building, with blow-ups of Sun frontpages sprawled around the edge. (Anyone who found themselves out and about on this particular Wednesday may remember the heavens not so much opening as emptying across London - which explained the army of people mopping up and putting out heaters.) Don't get me wrong - Sun-lovers should go see, but it just wasn't the TV-tastic environment we always hope for.

So, gone was wandering around the gallery: seats in the way, digital link wasn't going to work here. Gone too was Freddie (behaves like a) Starr: I frankly no longer care WHAT he snacks on. And teetering on the edge was the 3 and half minutes I'd been asked to supply for the programme: that has to merit a loud "B*****r".

However, all was not lost... while Martin and I wandered and wondered how we were going to bring a bit of life to this rather damp looking live, Lizzie had chased one of the six PR companies (could the Sun make a headline out of that?) who in turn had chased Kelvin MacKenzie... who in turn had agreed to do a turn... again. Now, there aren't many journalists who've wanted to hug MacKenzie over the years but when he was standing there, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with me, I could even have given him a light peck on the cheek. So...

"Over to Ben now who's live in Camden. Ben..." says Katie in the studio.
"Up yours... Delors", I say. As if I'd say "Up Yours" to Ms Derham, live on air. Round the office may be.

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: 12th Oct 2006

Good afternoon one and all.

It is not the lead story, in the sense that it isn't the most important news story, but it is the one that most people in the Office have been talking about most, if you see what I mean.... (apart from the spoof video by a Birmingham Labour MP about the leader of the Conservative Party - for that, stay with ITV1 After London Tonight!)...........but back to the Not The Lead Story story: Spurs fans blame the grass, a poor pass from a ManU player...Gooners and pretty well everyone else say it was all the fault of the TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR goalie who had turned out for England against Croatia but then boarded a space-ship to another planet: all you need to know at 6.

Now what we are leading on is a fascinating mix of terror related tales: all interesting in their own right, even more interesting when taken together.A Willesden man pleads guilty to plotting acts of terror at home and abroad; a woman tells her emotionally powerful tale of how she realised the love of her life hadn't survived the terror attack in Bali; London's finest turn out to unveil a plaque in memory of the victims of terror here in London; and the case against the Met' over the killing of Brazillian Jean Charles De Menezes will procede despite interventions by the Met' Police Authority and the Attorney General. A potent mix.

We also have Summer and Smoke, the Tennessee Williams revival in the West End starring, among others, Ms Rosamund Pyke, the beautiful double agent in Bond movie Die Another Day.

And some boxing, with a twist...

Top it off with a Polish language paper for London's growing polish community and Chrissie's weather and we can't think of a thing that is missing.

Hope you agree and join us at 6.

K&A