London Tonight: Friday 8th December

Hi there, and a thousand apologies for being late with this! The reasons, in a way, explain why we have a fascinating programme for you - in 45 minutes time!

I spent the morning at No10 Dowing Street with four London Tonight viewers. We went to hear the PM, who had just got back from Washington, talk about race relations. We had been invited to meet the man himself afterwards and, exclusively, to talk to him: just the five of us!
Hear what your fellow viewers had to say and what the PM had to say back to them.
Then I was right into the studio with Tamzin and another Tamsin (note the different spelling: my Tamzin is hot on that!). The other Tamsin is Tamsin Greig, the crazy but lovely dark haired woman doctor in Green Wing. She'll be talking about her new role with the Royal Shakespeare Company: a really fascinating and wonderful lady.
Then we were looking at Phil and Jon's amazing material from Kensal Rise and hearing about the mighty row brewing up there over broken houses and broken promises.
Tamzin is crafting her unmissable What not to Miss as I write and we'll have two terrific sports stories too.
Again, sorry to keep you waiting but I think you'll find the programme is well worth waiting for.
See you shortly!
Alastair

London Tonight; Friday 8th December

Hi there, and a thousand apologies for being late with this! The reasons, in a way, explain why we have a fascinating programme for you - in 45 minutes time!

I spent the morning at No10 Dowing Street with four London Tonight viewers. We went to hear the PM, who had just got back from Washington, talk about race relations. We had been invited to meet the man himself afterwards and, exclusively, to talk to him: just the five of us!
Hear what your fellow viewers had to say and what the PM had to say back to them.
Then I was right into the studio with Tamzin and another Tamsin (note the different spelling: my Tamzin is hot on that!). The other Tamsin is Tamsin Greig, the crazy but lovely dark haired woman doctor in Green Wing. She'll be talking about her new role with the Royal Shakespeare Company: a really fascinating and wonderful lady.
Then we were looking at Phil and Jon's amazing material from Kensal Rise and hearing about the mighty row brewing up there over broken houses and broken promises.
Tamzin is crafting her unmissable What not to Miss as I write and we'll have two terrific sports stories too.
Again, sorry to keep you waiting but I think you'll find the programme is well worth waiting for.
See you shortly!
Alastair
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London Tonight: Thursday 7th December

Afternoon all - sorry we're a bit late this evening. The small matter of a tornado - in suburban North London!! What's going on with the world??

Katie's going to be live in Kensal Green where it happened this morning - for something that lasted just a matter of moments, the damage has to be seen to be believed.

That's pretty much the bulk of the show - thanks to all of you who've sent in your pictures, we're running those along with ones our own crews have been filming - and we'll be asking Chrissie why it happened - and how significant it is.

We've got plenty of other news to pack in - AND Denzel Washington's been chatting to Steve.

I'm out of breath just thinking about it - do join us at 6, it's promising to be a great watch.

Ed

London Tonight: Wednesday 6th December

Afternoon friends of London Tonight.

Hope you're all well - we're looking to the future tonight - of the tube and in the air.
Tomorrow's tube train - judging by images and information released today - is spacier and, get this, air-conditioned!! Of course, it'll take years to happen and even then only on certain lines, but it's something - so long as it lives up to the billing!!! We want to know what you think about that one - and your horror stories too!

Air-side, the future is streamlined check-in - using biometric technology - fingerprints, iris recognition - that kind of thing. It should see an end to the queues - but do you WANT all your information on file??

On the more serious side of things, it's now a week since Laila Rezk was attacked in her home in Kingston Vale. She died a day later from her horrendous head injuries and the police have no idea who did it. Ronke's live there tonight with police as they carry out a new push for witnesses.

There's a whole bundle of other stuff to get in tonight - from the lollipop lady's big day at the Palace, to Robin Williams talking penguin..... Please don't ask me to explain - just tune in at 6.

Al, Katie and Chrissie are all in the house for your viewing pleasure - so please make it a date.

Take care

Ed

London Tonight: Tuesday 5th December

Good Afternooon,

It's a bit miserable out there so we think you'd be much happier curled up on the sofa with a cup of tea...and London Tonight !

First off - it sounds like parking heaven. In Maidstone there are no parking wardens.....you'd think that would be making a lot of drivers smile. It's actually making a lot of drivers curse. The reason, with nobody to enforce parking restrictions, it's turned into a free-for-all - cars stopping wherever they fancy blocking roads, doors, driveways etc and ultimately causing traffic chaos. The council have said they WILL take over the enforcement but red tape is holding things up. And in the meantime there are fears the current state of affairs could end up causing really serious problems for emergency vehicles.

10 years ago 17 year old Krista Ocloo died from acute heart failure at the Royal Brompton Hospital. The hospital's been cleared of any wrongdoing but Krista's mother still doesn't know exactly why her daughter died...and after spending the past decade fighting for answers she's set up a body campaigning for patient's rights....Glen Goodman's been to meet her.

We hear from a 71 year old mini cab driver who's calling for the same rights as black cabbies. He wants to be able to use bus lanes for example and is fed up with being fined for pulling over in the wrong place to drop off or pick up his fares. He's got other mini-cab drivers on board and they're planning to march for their rights.

We've a competition for all you Lionel Richie fans out there - come on you know you are !!

AND we'll be talking to Hollywood superstar Cameron Diaz, LIVE on the red carpet at the premiere of her new movie.

All that plus the ultimate eco restaurant, Chrissie with the weather, Robbie Earle with the build up to tonight's Champion's League clash at Stamford Bridge and the rest of the days news....

We're exhausted just telling you about it .... join us at 6 for the real thing

A&T

London Tonight: Friday 1st December

Good Aftenoon and Merry Christmas (it's the 1st of December you know).

24 shopping days .... and counting. So where are you planning to carry out this seasonal chore? Your local high street? the web? or are you planning to go up West? Well retailers in the heart of the city are determined to intice you to spend your hard earned cash with them...and they'll be telling our reporter Phil Bayles how they plan to persuade you.

Next - a tale with no seasonal cheer. In fact it's horrific. Laila Rezk was viciously attacked in her own home. The mother of two from Putney suffered serious head injuries and died yesterday. Police now want your help to find those responsible. Ronke will have the details at 6.

We've got the usual Friday fare of sports and movies...Willsy will have all the latest on the first ever North London derby to be played at the brand spanking new Emirates Stadium. While Mark Ecclestone will be splashing around in the city's sewers with the latest Aardmon creations for new movie Flushed Away. Well he'll be in the studio actually but it's a interesting image.

Jools Holland, multi platinum selling artist and all round superstar, is playing the Royal Albert Hall tonight but he's promised to pop into our studio first to tell us all about his latest album.

We've a compeition which should sort out all your christmas tree and decoration needs....there's a thousand pounds worth of vouchers poised to wing their way to you. You have to enter first though so tune in for the details.

That should be enough to keep you entertained !

We'll see you at 6

T & A

London Tonight: Thursday 30th November

Evening all!

We're topping off with a pretty serious warning tonight - we all know drugs are bad, and we all know that those who want to take them will do - regardless.
But police are really worried about the newest fashion drug sweeping part of clubland - it's killed two people in the last two months, and caused at least 15 collapses.
It's really bad stuff and we've got all the information you need to avoid it - and maybe help others avoid it too.

Onto our talking point for the night - bus drivers.
Now, we know that they do keep London running and we don't want to bash them unfairly - but anyone who uses a bus knows that they do jerk around as the stop and start - and the driver does drive off before you get to your seat. Now, a group of pensioners in Surrey is taking them on. Glen has the details - and we'd like your thoughts please.

Pigeons: Feathered Friends or Rats With Wings?
Westminster Council is firmly in the second camp and the battleground is Trafalgar Square.
Feeding pigeons there is banned, except for a small patch on the Square's north side - and the council wants to close the loophole that allows it!

We'll also be telling you which London landmark has just been sold for 400-million pounds - which means a 390-million pound profit for its former owner.

We'll also keep you entertained by speaking to legendary singer Dionne Warwick, plus one-time world and Olympic ice skating champions Torvill and Dean are with us live in the studio.

So, tune in and catch up at six o'clock.

Al & Katie

London Tonight: Wednesday November 29th

Afternoon and greetings from the hothouse of news.

And quite a popular little newsroom we are today... you see, word's gone round that star of the West Wing Richard Schiff - aka Toby Ziegler - is live in our studio tonight ... and suddenly people from all sorts of different departments are finding reasons to pop over! Who knew there were so many die-hard fans of the US political drama here.
In case you're wondering, he's soon to join the ranks of American actors on the West End stage and he's in to tell us all about it.

And as if that's not enough celebrity for you, we're also talking to the delicious Irish actor James Nesbitt live at a movie awards in town tonight.

But before we can get to all that - we'll have a sumptuous menu of hard news to dish up, from spectacular aerial pictures of the inmates' disturbance at Harmondsworth immigration detention centre - and we're hoping to be speaking to someone who's been inside and seen what's going on.

You may remember two months ago, that terrible accident in Battersea where a crane collapsed, killing one man. Marcus has been speaking to his father.

And finally - the mysterious contents of the female handbag. They may be out-of-bounds to men - but as Ronke found today that doesn't include the police - or pickpockets! There's a valuable lesson to be learnt, so don't miss it.

Willsy & Katie will be your hosts for the evening, so please accept our invitation to be there.

Ed

Tonight's Competition

The winners in tonight's competition:

"Darren", Jamie Chamberlain, Eddie Brock, Anna Holloway, Suzan Noorooya, Caroline Barrett, Aarti Pal, Caroline Evans, Kelli Hartley, Jackie Wolf.

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Tues 28th Nov

Good afternoon,

Yesterday the men responsible for the pointless, violent death of promising young lawyer and husband-to-be Tom Ap Rhys Pryce were found guilty. Today they were sentenced. Donnel Carty got a minimum of 21 years, Delano Brown 17. Marcus Powell was there for us and will update us with what went on in court....including the reading of a statement from Tom's grief-stricken fiancee. It spoke of the "indescribable pain and absolute devastation" his death had caused. Heartbreaking.

Now...remember ex Olympic boss Jack Lemley....he quit his post out of the blue last month THEN later said reason he'd done so was because the project was "running late and over budget". Well today we got the latest in this saga. Mayor Ken has revealed the US businessman had suffered a stroke and "was not the man he'd been before", that he "wasn't on top of the job". Mr Lemley, your move !

Other Olympic News and it was a right royal affair this morning in Greenwich Park. The Duchess of Cornwall unveiled the venue for the equestrian events AND presented her niece Zara Phillips with a trophy for Equestrian Olympic Athlete of the Year.

One for men of a certain age next. The lady who made dungarees sexy and wellies footwear to covet...Yes Barbara Good, otherwise known as actress Felicity Kendal is in the studio talking about her latest stage role. We may have to restrain Mr Stewart.

Fancy a great night out tomorrow ? We can fix it for you if you tune in. The Sugababes, McFly and Amy Winehouse are waiting to entertain the winners of our competition.....The gig is at the Forum in Kentish Town, we've 10 pairs of tickets to give away.

Also in our bag of goodies....Fergie from US band "The Black Eyed Peas" talks to us about her struggles with drugs, her love for London AND her new album, Chrissie has the weather and we reveal why there are a few sore heads in the newsroom today...

See you at 6

A & T

London Tonight: Tuesday 28th November

Good afternoon,

Yesterday the men responsible for the pointless, violent death of promising young lawyer and husband-to-be Tom Ap Rhys Pryce were found guilty. Today they were sentenced. Donnel Carty got a minimum of 21 years, Delano Brown 17. Marcus Powell was there for us and will update us with what went on in court....including the reading of a statement from Tom's grief-stricken fiancee. It spoke of the "indescribable pain and absolute devastation" his death had caused. Heartbreaking.

Now...remember ex Olympic boss Jack Lemley....he quit his post out of the blue last month THEN later said reason he'd done so was because the project was "running late and over budget". Well today we got the latest in this saga. Mayor Ken has revealed the US businessman had suffered a stroke and "was not the man he'd been before", that he "wasn't on top of the job". Mr Lemley, your move !

Other Olympic News and it was a right royal affair this morning in Greenwich Park. The Duchess of Cornwall unveiled the venue for the equestrian events AND presented her niece Zara Phillips with a trophy for Equestrian Olympic Athlete of the Year.

One for men of a certain age next. The lady who made dungarees sexy and wellies footwear to covet...Yes Barbara Good, otherwise known as actress Felicity Kendal is in the studio talking about her latest stage role. We may have to restrain Mr Stewart.

Fancy a great night out tomorrow ? We can fix it for you if you tune in. The Sugababes, McFly and Amy Winehouse are waiting to entertain the winners of our competition.....The gig is at the Forum in Kentish Town, we've 10 pairs of tickets to give away.

Also in our bag of goodies....Fergie from US band "The Black Eyed Peas" talks to us about her struggles with drugs, her love for London AND her new album, Chrissie has the weather and we reveal why there are a few sore heads in the newsroom today...

See you at 6

A & T

And the winner is...

The more observant among you may have seen that at the end of the programme we used to bring up a little caption that said "Programme Of The Year". Last month we replaced it with the address of this website.

Why? Well - I always like to take that label off of our programme when the annual RTS award ceremony is close. It's all about tempting fate.

Well, the 2006 awards were last night. Thirteen of us got all dressed up (which was interesting as we had a table for twelve). And my, what a night we had. ITV London took home seven of the ten awards.

For us - the big two are the "News Story of the Year" and "Programme of the Year" awards. We knew we'd win "News Story Of the Year" - as we had all three nominations on the shortlist. We were delighted that our coverage of the Heathrow terror plot took that prize.

Then - the big one. Programme of the Year. The nominations were two for London Tonight and one for BBC London. They played the clips. They opened the envelope. And before I knew it we were up on stage picking up the award.

So when you see the title "Programme of the Year" at the end our broadcast tonight, you'll know why it's back.

Thanks for watching - we all work very hard every day to produce a programme that we hope you will want to watch.


Stuart
Editor, London Tonight

London Tonight: Monday 27th November

Good afternoon and welcome to another week of London Tonight.

Dramatic developments in the mysterious killing of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko: in the House of Commons this afternoon the Home Secretary John Reid said that radioactive polonium had been found in several more locations. It's believed they could include, possibly, an office block in the West End and at an address in Mayfair.
We'll have the latest live at 6.

Also this evening , within a star studded, action packed programme, we have the good, the bad and the ugly.
In reverse order, the ugly: Rotten landlords who don't give you back your deposit! Find out about the new law that means that will soon be a thing of the past.
The bad, and it really is bad: a promising young lawyer, Tom Ap Rhys Pryce, was walking home in January from the tube station in Kensal Green after a night out.
He was set-upon and stabbed to death. An act of ghastly violence prompted by sheer jealousy and greed.
Today, two teenager were found guilty of his murder and robbery.
Justice tempered by deep sadness for a loving family.

And the good: on the 6th Anniversary of the killing of Damilola Taylor, the great Rio Ferdinard goes public in urging youngsters to give up knives and the life-style that goes with them.

Star studded? Win tickets for Christina Aquillera's sell-out concert AND the chance to try-out her life-style: lots of pampering, a limo on call, a make-over and massage plus much more besides.
Rik Mayal auditioning would-be Tony and Cherie Blairs for his stage show of the New Statesman.
And Take That in London ahead of their big TV extravaganza on Saturday and celebrating beating U2, the Beatles and Oasis to the Number 1 slot in the album chart!

Chrissie has the weather with dramatic flooding in the home counties - you won't even want to make a cup of tea or pour another glass of champagne between 6 and 6.30!
See you then.

A & T

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Fri 24th Nov

Hello: what an amazing day!

The international intrigue and sadistic murder that has dominated the national TV and press for days finally boils down to a house, a restaurant and a hospital in London.

Alexander Litvinenko was the former KGB spook who died last night - he'd made London his home and his headquarters for attacking the Russian regime of his old boss, former spy-master and now President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. In a death-bed note, Litvinenko said it was Putin, thousands of miles away in Moscow, who ordered his death, here in London. Piers has been putting the pieces together of a story that John Le Carre and Ian Fleming would have been proud of.

Moving breathlessly on, not a little anger in the newsroom about another of our top stories: think Piccadilly Circus, think neon ads; think Leicester Square, think movie posters the size of mountains and yet more neon lights; think Trafalgar Square and, with the recent brief exception when the Column was under repair, you think... great, no ads! Not any more! And, to make matters worse some think, the ads will be on the side of St Martin's in the Fields. OK, it will pay for repairs but a price too far? Glen is on the case.

A full news round up, via continuing problems for Anton Ferdinand and a bunch of Health and Safety types at Tower Hamlets who say putting up Christmas decorations is just too dangerous so they won't be allowed, and we come to last nights Visit London Awards: will Gordon Ramsey turn the air blue when he hears the results? You'll have to be there to find out!

As you will have to be if you want to win tickets to Christina Aguilera's sell-out gig at Wembley Arena. But, because it's Friday, we are throwing in the chance for you to live the CA life-style for a day with personal shoppers, trips to Harrods and a limo' at your beck and call. I'm breathless again...

Just time to tell you we have a movie review, Tamzin's spectacular What Not to Miss and Willsy previewing the Premiership battle of the giants: Chelsea vs some bunch in Red from up north... Well, the north west to be fair!

And Robin says the gales will be even stronger than Chrissie warned last night: that'll put the breath back in you...

See you at 6!

A & T

London Tonight: Thursday 23rd November

Afternoon all.

Well! That was a very heated debate we've just had in our afternoon meeting - and it's our top story that's causing division in the newsroom.

Here's the deal. You own a property and a mobile phone company offers you a big pile of cash to put one of their masts on your roof.
Now, you don't need planning permission - so it's up to you to say "yes" or "no" - right?

But what if YOU don't live in the property - your tenants do - and they don't want a mobile mast over their heads - I mean, whatever officials say, you can't deny a lot of people are still worried about potential health risks of the masts.

Well that's exactly the situation a group of people in Wimbledon find themselves in - and they're not happy with the landlord's proposed solution: "I'll say no to the mast - but YOU have to match the money I WOULD have got from the phone company."

Who do YOU have sympathy with? Chris Rogers has been speaking to all sides.
And our email and text question tonight will be: "What's the worst thing a landlord's ever done to you or asked you to do?" Get thinking..... And keep it clean!

News-wise there's sensational footage of Britain's biggest ever counterfeiting operation - the gang got phenomenal sentences in court today; We speak to a woman injured in the July 7th bombings who was sacked by her bosses for under-performing - she says they didn't take into consideration what she'd been through and is suing.

With warnings of gales on the way, we want your help - Chrissie will have all the details - as well as the numbers you need to send us your mobile phone footage if you see anything dramatic - she's happy to give some of the best a mention on air.

And saving the most tantalising 'til last..... If you screamed for Jason Orange, or pined for Mark Owen... let them RELIGHT YOUR FIRE - in person - next week.
We have a totally money can't buy prize to give away - but you need to tune in at 6 if you want a piece of the action. And with some of the female staff in this newsroom, we're keeping the prize under lock and key just to be on the safe side.....

You really won't want to miss us tonight, so we'll see you same time (6pm) same place (ITV1).

Til then.. Yours
A&T

London Tonight: Wednesday 22nd November

Afternoon!

If you're an uninsured driver ... Beware! More than 1000 cars have been confiscated in the last few weeks in a major blitz to try to beat this crime... And many of those have ended up in the crusher. You have been warned... Marcus has all the info.

As the financial gloom seems to be gathering over the Olympics, and as you seem to be getting crosser and crosser at the prospect of having to stump up for the Games, today the organisers of the Olympics have hit back, telling us how much good the event will do the city. Tune in to Simon Harris, and see if you are convinced.

We've an extraordinary story of a mother so desperate to solve her son's death, she's turned private detective herself, to try to find his killer; the inspiring tale of a primary school in Edmonton that's turned itself round in just 6 years from dreadful to top of the league; the millionth ticket sold for Billy Elliott, Esther Rantzen live in the studio ... Oh, and Her Majesty righting the wrongs of 200 years ago in a moving ceremony with a Native American indian. In Southwark. You'd better watch at 6!

Katie and Alastair.

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Tues 21st Nov

Afternoon to you,

Time to take a look at what we're serving up in this evening's programme. Brace yourselves: there's a lot to fit in.

First up. Who cheered and cheered when London won the 2012 Olympics? Well, with the Olympics Minister, Tessa Jowell, being grilled by some MPs today, it's emerged... guess what... the preparations are already over budget - to the tune of hundreds of millions of pounds. And take another guess at who's stumping up at least SOME of that cash. Londoners. So, who's cheering now? Simon Harris has the full story.

Willsy, meanwhile, will have the latest on the Hammers going under the, er... hammer. A consortium from Iceland has bought the club for 85 million complete with its debts of over 22 million. What does it mean for the team and those who follow it...? Willsy will tell us.

And sticking with footy for the moment, we'll have a pitchside report from Robbie Earle ahead of Arsenal's Champions' League game at the Emirates Stadium.

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall have been along to Great Ormond Street Hospital today to check out a brand new wing. As for the young patients - it made their day. Liz Wickham will have the details.

Now, do you ever wonder what actors do when they're not acting..? Well, some of them, at least, play the part of 'person answering phone'. A call-centre which makes, and takes, calls for various businesses is celebrating its 21st birthday - and the only people with a hope of getting a part there are out-of-work actors. Jon Gilbert has that.

Lemar though does NOT have to worry about work drying up. With a bagful of awards to his name, and his records in rather a lot of people's collections, he'll be in the studio talking about it all.

Plus: Chrissie will be giving us the weather forecast - on ice. We kid you not.

See you at SIX.

Ben & Katie.

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Mon 20th Nov

Hello and welcome to another week of London Tonight.

We start with chaos on London transport but end with high hopes for a new departure. Metronet are in deep ordour again for falling badly behind with engineering work at the weekend and causing endless strife on the tube this morning. A strike by some bus crews added to the pandemonium - I am amazed any of us got here! Piers has the details, assuming he is able to get to his location.

The upbeat element is the launch of a consultation on a cross-London tram network, and the interesting twist is that the route in North-South. Answers on a postcard to TfL please! Simon Harris is our "clippy" tonight.

Still with the transport theme, Westminster Council are removing many of their parking meters because some people out there have started the process already! Take a chain-saw to them and the bad guys can yield as much as £20k a street: I always thought parking was too expensive! Anyway, they are going to try texting instead which does seem a good idea.

We also have the good idea of some of the big hotel chains talking to some of the homelessness charities about how they might help with one of London's most enduring and unacceptable problems. It isn't just a hand-out: it's brain-storming for some lasting solutions as Damien will explain. We're up for that, too!

Beyonce has been talking to Steve Hargrave and we have a thousand pounds worth of shopping to give away, with a personal shopper to help you blow the lot at Debenhams.

Chrissie's weather and the rest of the days news are also in the mix.

Compelling reasons, we hope, for you to be with us at 6!

A & K

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Fri 17th Nov

It is Friday, but you know that.

So, Alastair and Tamzin hereby issue you with their customary invitation to an hour of great news and entertainment on ITV1.

What you might not know is that our fantastic Peoples' Millions feature comes to a glorious end tonight: another winner you voted for and the best runner-up. We've really enjoyed doing this with the Big Lottery Fund people and it has warmed even the hardest hearts to see the faces of the winners when Glen tiptoes in with a cheque that is bigger than he is under his arm. We're going to give you a lovely reminder of the unbridled joy the winners showed when they got the goodies from him. Not a dry eye in the house!

We are also taking a look at the Euro Millions Lottery: 28 of the top 40 busiest ticket sales sites are in London, and most of them are in Canary Wharf or the City! Haven't they got enough already???? Marcus seems to think so. (Truth to tell, we have a little newsroom flutter on it too - but, given top ITV News West Ham fan Ken is in charge, relegation rather than riches seems the most likely outcome...)

We'd like to relegate, from the human race, the people who have been smuggling rare and endangered creatures and letting some of them die. It is a hideous story but one Ronke will tell with compassion if not a little anger.

James will tell us what he thinks of Casino Royale and Willsy has all the sport including a great competition for youngsters who fancy their chances in training with the tennis prodigy Andy Murray.

A round up of the rest of the news and Robin with his surreal weather would seem to bring it to a perfect outcome.

Just need that winning line and we WON'T see you next week: so, see you at 6 ...... AND on Monday, probably!

A & T

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: 16th Nov 2006

Good afternoon,

We start Thursday's programme with a murder that could have been, in fact SHOULD have been prevented.. Denis Finnegan was killed as he cycled through a London park. Stabbed to death by John Barrett, a mentally ill man who should never have been at liberty to kill. Tonight we've details of what an inquiry has called "serious failures" on the part of Springfield secure hospital in Tooting.

We've also a gruesome tale of a Surrey pig farmer who's today been sentenced to life for murdering his wife, even though her body has never been found. The jury heard testimony from his ex-wife that he'd threatened to kill HER and feed her to his animals. Marcus Powell has more at 6.

Our very own Olympic Athlete (otherwise known as political correspondent Simon Harris) has taken a plane to sunny Barcelona, to catch up with Seb Coe and Tessa Jowell on a fact finding mission. It's been a bad few weeks for the team....as costs seem to spiral out of control. Can they learn anything from our Spanish friends ?

And a showbiz double Whammy...first Sting tells us of his work for the Princes Trust. Then (much to Alastair's over-excitement) Nelly Furtado joins us in the studio for a chat about her win at last night's World Music Awards and Michael Jackson's bizarre appearance there.

All that AND we give away thousands of pounds to a very deserving cause with the latest of our People's Millions cheques.

We'll see you at 6

Tamzin and Alastair