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13.7.07

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Friday 13th July

Woohay everyone. It's F-F-F-FRIDAY. (Sorry too much coffee.)

Ahead, we hope, a gloriously relaxing weekend. For those who like a drop... a cheeky bottle of white perhaps to waken the palate - or, if you prefer, a case of lager. And for the non-drinkers - Ribena.

Fingers crossed we'll have the weather to barbecue by, or at least, go out without galoshes... Chrissie, of course, will have a the full story - aided by Darth Vader and Princess Leia. Now, THAT's woken some of you up, hasn't it?

What about this? 'Boris Johnson WILL run for Mayor'. That certainly woke US up when we read it this morning - but, from his office today, no word of confirmation. We wait, eagerly, to hear, because - let's face it - love Livingstone, or loathe him, you have to agree when he says 'Boris as Tory candidate' would make for interesting electioneering. Piers Hopkirk will sum up the state of play this evening.

As for the rest of the programme, we start with a man who set out to kill people because he thought they were 'sinners' - you may remember the story we covered last year of a petrol-bombing on a shop in Kennington. Two men died. Tonight we have the CCTV pictures of Robert Torto as he prepares and then carries out his deadly attack - and Phil Bayles will have the full story.

Next up: a tax on old bags - not really. It's a tax on NEW ones. If the London boroughs get their way, every time you buy shopping and you want to carry it out in a plastic bag: "that'll be 10p, please". They say it'll cut down the number of plastic bags going to landfill sites and they'll spend their windfall on being even greener. Glen Goodman is our bag-man.

Damien Steward, meanwhile, will be bashing those estate agents who clutter our streets with their ugly boards... especially when they've nothing to sell, or let, at all.

We'll be also be finding out whether 'Harry Potter Five' is worth the price of a ticket... and, AND... we'll be talking to a 'Teacher' and 'The Master' about their life together on the London Stage: Adrian Bower and John Simm are in to talk about 'Elling' which is on at the Trafalgar Studios.

So... put the Pinot (or 'bena) on ice, gather round the TV, and we'll all start the weekend together - on ITV1, at SIX o'clock.

See you then,

Ben