Hello you -
So, we've made it to the end of the week. A short one, yes, but the fact is some of us have been working very hard already this year while numerous others haven't lifted a finger since 21st December. Honestly - that's not what made Britain great, is it?
One of the things that used to make Britain great was our love and respect for animals. You may have seen our report last night telling the sad story of numerous four legged Christmas presents being abandoned - and the stirling work being done by the RSPCA to find new, caring, homes for them. Well, tonight we've another story of cruelty involving dogs, but this is where owners use their dogs to scare and even hurt people - owners who don't keep their potentially very dangerous dogs under control. Well, one London authority is saying that if that happens in one of their council flats or houses , they could lose their dogs and even their homes. Wandsworth council would also like to see the return of dog licences - at a proposed cost of
£500 - bit of a leap from the old days of 37.5p, eh?We'll also be looking at the issue of gangs on our streets. Gangs that sometimes are defined by the streets they live in, or the block of flats. And woe betide people who live in other streets or flats. It's thought such divisions could lie behind last week's murder of Nassirudin Osawe in Islington. So, 'where you live' appears to be breeding the dangerous tribalism in the capital, but why... and what can we do about it? We'll take a look this evening.
Onto something a little lighter of a Friday... Banksy. Love him? Loathe him? Have absolutely no idea who he is? Well, some call him a glorified graffiti artist. Others, just a graffiti artist. Oh, alright - SOME people say he's the cutting edge of modern art... or something. The bottom line is there are enough fans to make his works rather valuable and one if them has now left a wall in a Portobello with a price tag of
£1 million.We'll also.... look at two new movies coming to a cinema near you this weekend... round up what else the capital offers from now until Sunday evening... and Chrissie will tell us whether we should plan to be in or outside.
We'll have it all wrapped up for you with graphics and theme music - at SIX.
Ben & Salma
