London Tonight Tonight May 21st

Good afternoon and here's what's ahead on London Tonight Tonight.

We're sure you've seen them - the pictures of the Cutty Sark in flames. We've been down at Greenwich all day to capture the fight to save one of our most precious icons of maritime history.
Once she sailed faster than any other on the high seas... Today she burned almost as quickly.
Alastair is live on location with all the key interviews, and Emma Walden has been taking a look back at the history books to tell you just why the Cutty Sark is so important to London and to Britain.
So don't miss it - the pictures are amazing and shocking all at the same time.

In other stuff, Katie's poised in the studio to bring you all the other top stories in the capital. Including Desmond Tutu on a rare visit to his old stomping ground of Lewisham - and he's as full of life as ever.

Developments in Cannes have taken another bizarre twist with Tamzin Sylvester reporting on the publicity for a movie that hasn't even been shot yet.... And wait till you see the star-studded line up for St Trinians - it's got Alastair pretty excited!!!

Plus, our last ever interview with the Prime Minister - find out what he thinks of the capital as he bids Downing Street goodbye.
As you can see, it's jam-packed.

See you at six.

London Tonight Tonight Thursday 17th May

Hello and good afternoon.
We have wonderful people on the show tonight and some utter debris!

Let's start with the debris: they saw a delivery van with the doors open and the keys in the ignition, so they jumped in and drove off. When the rightful owner springs into action to defend his property, they kept going. Hear the horror of what happened next, at 6.

John Armitt is certainly not debris but is he wonderful? That is what 2012 Trio of Ken, Tessa and Seb are hoping because he is the new delivery man for the 2012 Games. Problem is he is also the man who runs Network Rail - huge public sector subsidies and, let's be frank, an improving but not perfect record for..... time-keeping! We ask him if this is a joke or a sound appointment.

Simon Harris is definitely wonderful and he's still in New York making trouble for the Mayor and lots of other Mayors from around the world. See what happened when Harris bumped into Bill Clinton in the Big Apple...

Another Bill - Billy Zane or, as we Brit chaps like to think of him, The VERY Lucky Mr Kelly Brook, doubles his luck in Cannes by bumping into Tamzin who is very definitely in the wonderful catagory!!

Glen has failed to find Gullit the Yorkshire Terrier and has given up! Pathetic! Verging on debris status but he may redeem himself at an animal sanctuary tonight: only time and the edit room will decide. I am not optimistic.

Finally, I have to declare an interest in one of our stories tonight: Henrietta and Michael Spink are friends of mine, seriously wonderful people and they have two absolutely amazing boys: Freddie and Henry. Problem is both boys were born with severe disabilities and when I say severe I am not exaggerating. Long standing London Tonight viewers have met them before as they battled with their local council to try to get the help they needed.
Anyway, it has been not so much a chapter of woes, as a whole wretched library full!
Tonight some good news for them and a documentary about them on ITV1.
It is just one of those amazing stories that lifts your spirits and, whatever problems you have, kind of puts things in perspective. I hope you share my love for, and interest in them, by the time you've finished watching.
See you at 6
Alastair & Katie

London Tonight Tonight Thursday May 16th

Hello.
Sorry this is a bit late but we had a big meeting in the newsroom today, during which we had to ingest a whole workflow of concepts designed to maximise the efficiency of the new hubs, all of which will be devoid of clutter as we explore our new adjacencies: I personally think that is rude but more in hope than expectation!
Then we had another meeting to try to and figure out what it all meant....

You know, Jose Mourinho just shouldn't have a yorkshire terrier. I don't mean this particular dog which may or may not have the right passport, visa and or certification: he just shouldn't have that breed. Jose is a wolf-hound or Setter, or St. Bernard, or Briard, or a Pyrenean Mountain Dog kind of guy. Anyway, full details of the tiff he had with the Met (who only have Alsatisans) at 6.
By the way, Ladbrokes say the dog is 100-1 against to appear at the FA Cup Final at the weekend in the Chelsea dug-out, and 500-1 against to interrupt the game! In a ManU shirt? 10-1 ON!!!!!

Simon is still causing trouble in New York: that is what Simon does, it's only the location that changes. Anyway:
"Green is the colour, environment's the theme:
why are all those lights on? It really is obscene!"
If you read that back, it is poetry: it also gives you a clue as to why you will want to see and hear Simon Harris of London vs Mike Bloomberg of NY.

Damien Steward will also explain why the one thing the Crown Estate is not, is Crown. It boasts some of the most wonderful buildings in London and some of the real dross but there is a fascinating story as to who it belongs to now and why.

Anyone who is anyone in film is in Cannes so that is where you will find Tamzin too. But don't leap on the Eurostar or head for an airport! Stay with us and we will transport you to the delights of the South of France, all things cinematographic and la belle Tamzin - live at 6. C'est very bon indeed.
The French might eat them but we celebrate them as wonderous and glorious creatures, that noble of bloodstock, the horse. In 1923, one made a rather fine fourth official too, so we are profiling Dobbins in dubbin, as the Blues take on the Reds at Wembley this weekend. Great breaking news: the souvenir shop won't be ready - isn't that a result!

See you at 6: workflow permitting, ingest our efforts at a convenient TV hub -

Alastair and Katie

London Tonight Tonight Tuesday 15th May

Hello and good afternoon.
I have a cold which, as my friends here and my entire family will tell you, is more of a drag for them than me. But I struggle on, manfully.
As does Faye, our producer, (though womanfully, to be politically correct and genetically accurate) whose acquisition of two, beautiful kittens was mentioned in last week's LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT. One of them is poorly and has to go the vet tonight: she is in our prayers - though, I must say, the kitten attracted considerably more sympathy at our planning meeting than I did.
Out of our prayers, for the best possible reason, is Roxy the kidnapped Alsatian who was being trained as a guide dog for a delightful Asian gran' when she went missing. But there is a twist you'll want to know about... Kate will unleash it at 6.

Dunsfold is a modest airfield in Surrey which keeps its potentially enormous fame very quiet.
Let me just say Casino Royale, Top Gear, Harrier jump-jets and you'll get my drift. So a helicopter with a purpose, you'd have thought, would be no problem. Wrong. Who wants a do-gooding chopper grounded and why? All will be revealed by Phil.

Simon Harris has a private pilot's licence and owns a small, light-aircraft. He is currently in New York with the Mayor to explore green issues. He did not fly his light aircraft across the Pond to reduce his carbon footprint, but he has found out the very latest on what the Great Cities of the World think they can do to Save the Planet. Is the sky the limit for Ken? "Fly Simon" tonight and find out.

What have Michael "something of the night" Howard QC MP and Ashley "So Solid Crew" Walters got in common? They both think prison works. Asher's in the studio to cast light on this curious coincidence and to talk about his documentary.

Steve is looking for more great acts for 'Unsigned' and Westminster Council is looking for more white foster parents: unconnected, I know, but both life changing if you think about it.
See you at six.

Alastair (and Katie)

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Mon 14th May

Good Afternoon All and a very happy Monday to you,

Hope you all had a top weekend and the next one doesn't seem TOO far away.

We're kicking off the week with an international flavour - the world picture if you like, with an emphasis on little old London's place in that world. We all know that mankind has generally been making a mess of our planet - it's not like it never gets mentioned on the news. And we're always getting told what we could are should be doing to make amends, but how many of us are listening to, and acting on, that advice. Er... not very many, it would seem. Well, not many Londoners are, at least. In fact, a survey Phil Bayles has been looking at shows that fewer than one in four Londoners currently do anything to avert climate change. That makes us bottom of the British table.

Love him, or loathe him, you'd be hard pushed to say that our Mayor doesn't pay much attention to climate change. This week, he's in New York along with leaders from around 40 of the world's biggest cities - looking at the ways in which London can do its bit. Let's face it, we've got a big hill to climb.

Away from the international picture, news of a London tragedy which caught the country's attention - the murder of Peter Woodhams, the young dad shot dead on his own doorstep in Custom House last August. You may remember that he'd been stabbed 7 months before he was murdered and that his family argued the attack was never properly investigated. Well, Marcus Powell will have the latest on news that two detectives are now to face a misconduct tribunal.

Now, hands up if you were ever smoking when, and indeed, WHERE you shouldn't have been... come on, come on, you know who you are. Okay, hands up now, if you've ever been caught smoking in the 10 o'clock family service at St Pauls. Not so many hands, perhaps. Well, that's what London's church-leaders reckon - which is why they're pretty cross that they're being told to stick up 'no smoking' signs at their churches. Kate Recordon will empty the ashtray on that story.

Meanwhile, Damien Steward makes a return visit to an old water tower that's been turned into new flats... Kirstie Allsopp will be here to talk property too... Jasmin Lowson will be talking 'Booty Luv'... and Chrissie's on weather duty.

And... AND... 'London Tonight UNSIGNED' is back - if you're in a band hoping for a bash at the big time, you will NOT want to miss your chance to enter.

So, you'd better tune in at SIX.

Ben & Tamzin

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Fri 11th May

Good Afternoon

Or not such a good one if you're one of the couples who were hoping to tie the knot tomorrow at Orsett Hall in Essex.

It's a tale that will strike horror into the heart of anyone who's ever spent months planning a wedding. Imagine the scenario - everything's ready, the champagne's on ice, the dresses are hanging up, the flowers have been delivered.....and then you get a call saying the venue's burnt to the ground. This morning a blaze swept through the 300 hundred year old building, no-one was hurt but it's left dozens of wedding plans in tatters. Marcus Powell is on the scene for us tonight.

Also - do you ever need to park in central London? If so you might soon find it a lot harder to find a space. Westminster are selling off one of their car parks and looking into the possibility of getting rid of many more. A good idea? Or maybe not? Phil Bayles investigates.

Gill Hicks was the last person to be pulled alive from the Russell Square train on July 7th. She lost both legs in the bombing. Today she's back at the hospital where she was treated for a new exhibition. We find out why later.

Willsy's on his bike again - it's getting to be a bit of a habit but he's so excited about the Tour de France we can't stop him.

James King's talking movies...boxing Oxford dons and crazed zombies.

And Chrissie's got the weather for the weekend.

All that at 6

See you then,

Tamzin and Ben

London Tonight Tonight Thursday May 10th

Hello there . You can imagine what our newsroom is like today... You may have heard there was something of a political story today .... ! But we're leaving that to the national team at 6.30 ... And filling our lovely show with all sorts of other interesting and important stuff. Like the Olympics, and promises that seem to be far from being fulfilled. Remember all the talk of new facilities that will outlast the Games themselves? Well, that's all there seems to have been. Talk. And while that is frustrating in itself, it could mean the end of Olympic dreams for some youngsters who simply have nowhere to train.

A shocking story of the vandals who've wrecked the memorial garden for Mary Ann Leneghan. Remember the Reading girl who was murdered and tortured so awfully 2 years ago by a drugs gang? Well now the garden which was planted in her memory has been trashed - as if her family hadn't dealt with enough already.

In the spirit of "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" we thought we'd have our turn talking about Blair - but more specifically, where he's going to be living after Downing Street. Glen Goodman's been exploring his new address, Connaught Square, right in the middle of an area known as "Little Beirut"...

Liz has had the best job of the day, visiting and testing - all for the sake of journalism of course - a wonderful new spa in Bethnal Green, in the old Victorian Baths there. It looks amazing...

What with the weather, and Tamzin talking to Peep show duo Mitchell and Webb about their new film... It's going to be a packed show.

See you at 6!

xx

London Tonight Tonight Wednesday 9th May

Good afternoon:
Our producer, Faye, is taking delivery of two kittens this evening: not the most important event, I concede, but WE have heard so much about it we felt it was only fair that YOU were informed too.
Pop group Squeeze had a celebrated hit song , Cool For Cats, some little time ago, and they are back with a bang: in part to celebrate Faye's great news, they are live in the studio with us tonight.
Ellen MacArthur is a wonderful yachtswoman who famously raced around the world in a twin-hulled racing yacht which some call a Catamaran - the feline reference here is genuinely coincidental. Well she's been on the Thames and is organising a series of races across Europe. More anon.

On the weightier side of the agenda, Police in the West Midlands and Yorkshire have arrested four people including the widow of the 7/7 mastermind Mohammad Sidique Khan: they are being held at Paddington Green and we'll have the latest from there and, we hope, from Birmingham and Yorkshire.
Still no good news about little Madeleine McCann, missing for 6 days in Portugal: Chelsea's John Terry has made an appeal for her safe return.
Meantime, talking of Chelsea, what were the board of directors doing, wandering around Imperial Wharf with clipboards and what looked suspiciously like architects drawings? We think you should be told, so we will tell you.

A man asked a lad to stop chucking chips at his girlfriend as they travelled home on the bus. The man responded, allegedly, by stabbing the lad in the head. He died. The girlfriend gave evidence this afternoon. Powerful stuff.
And the dregs have been busy again: an 84 year old blind woman has had the dog she was training up to be her guide stolen. More details at six so you might be able to help nail them.
Nothing on catapults, cat-o'-nine-tails, catalogues, mogs, toms or feral felines - unless, of course, there are developments!

See you at 6

Alastair and Katie.

London Tonight Tonight Tuesday 8th May

Hello - here's what's ahead at six.

After yesterday's horrific M25 crash, today the tragic stories of lives lost.
Details have been emerging all afternoon of the young men who died on Saturday night's stag do on the Surrey stretch of the capital's busiest motorway. We're at the scene live and we'll be asking just what might have caused the deadly smash.

We've also visited one of London's roughest estates today to try to understand why a young aspiring boxer was gunned down just yards from the safety of his own home. If you've got experience of Milford Towers in Catford you'll understand why his neighbours, family and friends are now living in fear.

We've got a scoop for you on tonight's show. You may remember Brian Paddick, the top copper with a chequered past. Well now he's being courted for the limelight once more. So, what's the deal? You'll have to watch to find out.

George Michael's been facing the music, and Prince is planning to perform some. Don't miss any of it.

See you at six.

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Fri 4th May

Hello.

Sorry this email's a bit later than usual. It is a bank holiday weekend so hopefully you'll let us off.

Tonight - elections - and the new ring of blue around the capital - as the Conservatives gain control of a number of councils in Surrey, Kent, Berkshire, Hertfordshire and Sussex. Simon Harris has the story of the night - as well as the story of the councillor who's still at school. Is he really old enough to understand his area's problems?

In other news we'll tell you about the jail term for the man who murdered Peter Woodhams on his doorstep, and the frankly shocking story of burglar described as a one man crime wave, who was secretly released from jail and immediately went back to his ways - stealing from old people. Why was he released early?

Then sport, Spiderman, and a thousand voices at the Royal Albert Hall.

Finally - it's Robin who tonight brings us the weather from a beach volleyball court in Hertfordshire. He'll explain more - we think you'll find it interesting.....

That and more, on your TV at six. Just press the button marked 3. Or 103 if you're on satellite or cable. And if you can't do that - watch again at anytime at http://www.itvlocal.com

Stuart
Editor, London Tonight
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London Tonight Tonight Thursday 3rd May

Hello.
I took my daughter to An Audience With Take That: she took it very seriously and, I must say, I thought they were charming and talented young men. I have never seen Abba, but I am told Mamma Mia is a fine piece of work but whether or not Take That will lend themselves to a similar treatment as the subjects of a musical, I do not know. My daughter fears it is sacrilege but Willsy, with an open mind and a sporting outlook, went along to find out... And tried to win a place!

Neither Tamzin nor I are ardent football fans, though her lovely husband has something in common with Delia Smith and it is not the ability to produce a perfect Victoria sponge. But we are both in total sympathy with the fans who queued all night for tickets for the FA Cup Final (at Wembley, as things stand) only to find that when they got there, the cupboard was bare.

I don't know how many of them threw their toys out of their prams but a mother was entitled to do just that with whatever was in her child's pram when an unimaginative, unhelpful driver refused to let her, her child and the pushchair board "his" bus (he was a bit that way) using the back-door. He caused fear, panic, mayhem and anger in the woman and lots of the other passengers too. Hear how at 6.

He may need anger management or maybe his problems go back much further. Who knows.
But, in a serious attempt to keep our kids on the straight and narrow, the Met have suggested the brothers and sisters of Gang Members should be plucked from the arms of temptation and given help from Social Services. We all agree it is an interesting idea. We don't all agree it would work. So, we're mounting a debate on the programme and would love to hear from you, once you've heard the arguments, what you think.

Then we'll all chill out with a bit of Classic Brits: nothing like a nice aria to round the evening off.

See you at 6.

Alastair and Tamzin.

London Tonight Tonight Wednesday 2nd May

Hello!
We're kicking the show off tonight with a fascinating insight into a world many of us need to learn more about - fundamental Islam. Ed Husain tells us all about his experiences when he became radicalised as a teenager .. And then how he got out. Emma's been to meet him - you really should watch. It's terrifying, interesting stuff.

Outrage at an MP's jokes about the 7/7 inquiry today. Gales of laughter in the house do not sit comfortably with the father of one of the bombers' victims. We speak to him.

A marvellous tale of one viewer versus a parking warden .. Oh we LOVE these stories! Imagine .. Your new baby is screaming, you pull into a quiet side street to breast feed .. The engine is still running, and you guessed it .. There's a overly eager warden with you in his sights. It's unbelieveable .. But don't worry, we've been on the case!

Chrissy's been looping the loop on a Red Bull plane, Jasmine's been wtih Maroon Five .. I tell you, it's all here!!
See you at 6.

x

London Tonight Tonight Tuesday May 1st

Hello..

After yesterday's convictions of the Fertiliser bomb plotters and the revelations of their links with the 7/7 bombers.. Today, the inevitable recriminations. We've all the latest on the 7/7 survivors' calls for a public inquiry.

700 police officers, 30 arrests... It's been a busy day for the country's coppers. A massive international operation to grab animal rights extremists has been a massive success. Liz Wickham's been following the dramatic developments.

A wonderful story for any fans of Finding Nemo, Jules Verne, the Big Blue... You get my drift. For the first time, a rare species of coral has been successfully bred in captivity. And no, I didn't know that you could breed coral, either! It's amazing for all sorts of environmentally exciting reasons.. And the pictures are awesome too. So tune in!

We've got football in the form of Chelsea v Liverpool - away. All the colour and controversy of the Kop ... We've also got the extraordinary tale of how the piano saved one bad lad's life.... Really! There is no limit to the power of music, as you'll discover.

And just to back that point I'm sure, we've got the lovely Beverley Knight in the studio to talk about her new album.

See you later!

Katie and Alastair. X

London Tonight Tonight Monday 30th April

Hello.
What a day: the more you think about it, and the implications of it, the more terrifying it becomes:

At 11.16 am, this appeared on the computer screens in the news-room:
"Omar Khyam found guilty at the Old Bailey".

And then, 30 minutes later, this:

" It can now be revealed that Mohammed Sidique Khan, the ringleader of 7/7 was a close associate of Omar Khyam when he was one of Britain's top terror targets and in the final stages of his plotting. Khyam also met another of the July 7 bombers, Shehzad Tanweer".

Tonight we will be asking, if the Security Services knew that, why did they not do more to stop 7/7 happening.
We'll talk to the friends and families of those who suffered and died on 7/7 to find out what they think.
We will also reflect the fact that the Police have had a really great result today, too. Had Omar Khyam and his gang not be stopped, the Ministry of Sound and Bluewater shopping centre might have been levelled, with countless deaths and injuries across the south east.

We also have the story of the little boy, desperate for a transplant, whose ethnic background makes that a lot more difficult.
We'll also have an old friend back with us who is living proof of why bone-marrow donations are literally a matter of life and death.

And we'll be reporting on why Kate Moss is causing queues in Oxford Street.

So I think it's all there but the top bit will knock your socks off.
Hope you can be there at 6.

Alastair and Tamzin.

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Fri 27th April

Hello, good afternoon, and roll on the weekend!

If you're thinking of some Oxford Street shopping this weekend then beware - part of the capital's famous shopping street is likely to be shut. It follows a massive fire there last night. We have the pictures - they show shoppers fleeing in panic as flames tore through the New Look store (that's the one next to Marks and Spencer between Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road). No-one was hurt - which is something of a miracle. See the fire unfold tonight at 6.

Also - fortnightly bin collections. It's a hot topic - especially as the weather hots up - will it mean stinky bins and rats? And why are London councils largely ignoring the trend? We investigate.

The Tour de France is coming to London - we're live in Blackheath with lots on this tonight.

Plus James King talks movies, and Tamzin talks to Robert Carlyle - him from The Full Monty and Trainspotting.

That and much more - on London Tonight at six.

Stuart
Editor, London Tonight

London Tonight Tonight Thursday 26th April

Good afternoon - it's all a bit of a mess tonight: baked beans all over the place, up-turned buses and smoke and soot draping Deptford. Katie is on assignment so let me try to tidy things up a bit.

Faye, our lovely Producer, likes hers with HP or Worcester sauce. I said I preferred them with a bit of grated cheese on top, and we both confessed to having eaten them cold after a bit of a night on the town. Cilla Black advertised them and kids make unnecessary jokes about them. Hugh Grant, ALLEGEDLY, throws them at paparazzi photographers or so the snapper claims. A lesson in culinary arts or the science of ballistics? All will be revealed by Simon at 6.

I once had a film crew at my house doing Through the Keyhole. My dog Charlie flattered Lloyd Grossman and ran off with the lighting-man's cardigan. When they came into the house they put cotton bags over their shoes and left everything as they had found it. Very sweet and we remained apologetic about Charlie's behaviour in the garden.
When the company who made the film 28 Weeks Later revisited London, they managed to wreck what they hadn't wrecked the first time they came to make 28 Days Later. God knows what they'll do if they ever make 28 Years Later.
And I don't know if it's a good movie or not, but it's certainly great pictures: Chrissie will guide you through.

Deptford is a wonderful and fascinatingly historic bit of London which, alas, caught fire this morning: no-one was hurt but the borough is looking a bit Great Fire of London-ish again as Jon discovered.

Our favourite Harrow School boy, who went into space, is back and talking to us from the Science Museum. Is there life out there? Are the aliens nicer than the kids he went to school with in Harrow? Tune in to find out at 6.
Willsy, who wields a mean putter, is hoping to avoid the rough this evening: that's progress...

Chip chip.

Alastair

London Tonight Tonight Tuesday 24th April

Good afternoon and here's what's ahead on London Tonight Tonight. We're packed full of news this evening.

Seven years ago Lucie Blackman disappeared thousands of miles from home. Her family fought constantly for justice, flying backwards and forwards from Sevenoaks to Tokyo to try to find her killer.
Then they thought they'd found him. Today, a court in Japan told them they were wrong.
We hear from Lucie's father about what he thinks happened, and from Lucie's mother too about the bitter recriminations destroying her family. It's a tough story to watch.

In other stuff...
There've been more terror arrests across the capital. Liz is digging to find out all she can.
Victoria station's getting a makeover - Phil took a hit for the team and went to be a sardine for the morning, to see for himself what rush hour is really like at one of our busiest stations.

And then there's Nicole Kidman's husband on being Nicole Kidman's husband... Chrissie Reidy running around a field with a bunch of police dogs... And a hundred year old man who bet on his OWN longevity. His story will really leave you with a smile.

Don't miss any of it, at six.

London Tonight Tonight Monday 23rd April

Afternoon, devoted followers of fashion...

Tonight's show is full of battles.

First up, the battle to get round the course at yesterday's marathon, only to find that some of the stations had run out of water! So, despite the copious warnings about record temperatures, the runners were left quite literally high and dry!
We'll be asking the boss of the race why the contingencies weren't good enough to cope.

Then there's the Newspaper Wars. The fight over your freesheet has just got nastier. London Lite and The London Paper square up over distribution. It turns out they've caught each other on camera throwing thousands of copies in the bin! Cue a PR battle.

St George fought a dragon and won! And despite his heroics hardly any of us know that today is his special day. Find out what the Mayor plans to do about it.

There's a battle on to get the best price for your home... Meet the estate agents with a new weapon - the Home Video!
Plus... Spiderman tackling the villains to save the world... Like I said, Monday's alright for fighting.

Join Katie and Al at six.
Your favourite Programme Editor, Faye.

LONDON TONIGHT TONIGHT: Fri 20th April

Hello from the London Tonight Friday team.

This evening we start with a fascinating look at pirate radio. New research from regulator Ofcom reveals that more than 800,000 Londoners are tuning in each week - and in some London boroughs more than a quarter of adults are listening. What does that say about the current mainstream radio stations? We've been investigating, and we've had exclusive access inside one of the stations today.

Where do you put a big bronze statue of Nelson Mandela? That question has caused a five year row - but the model of the former South African president now has a home. Or it will do soon, anyway. Find out where officials have finally decided to put it at six.

It's Marathon weekend - we're live on the course with advice for those running - and those watching.

Arsenal are playing in the UEFA cup final tomorrow. With a twist. We won't give the game away now, but it's an interesting story.

There have also been developments at Chelsea this afternoon - we'll keep you updated.

James looks at this weekend's movies - and then soul legend Alexander O'Neal is with us in the studio.

Don't miss the programme - it's Alastair and Tamzin with you this evening - and we're live at six.

Stuart
Editor, London Tonight

London Tonight Tonight Thursday April 19th

Good afternoon.

It's terrifying stuff. I bet most of you commute to work if you're reading this .. And I bet a fair amount of you fight every morning and evening to get a seat on the train. Well, new research today shows you're right to. Unbelievably, 8 years on from Ladbroke Grove, our sister documentary show, The London Programme, has commissioned the first research into what actually happens to passengers in train crashes. And that research, using clever simulations of crash test dummies, finds that if you're standing on a train, you're much more likely to be injured or killed. And this at a time when even with new carriages, more people than ever will find there's standing room only. We'll have all the details for you at 6.

Crime figures out today .. And as usual, the devil is in the detail. Headine figures are pretty postitive, but dig a little deeper, and you find that black on black homicide is up 20 percent. We've been to the communities most affected to get reaction, and Ronke's taken their thoughts right to the top - Sir Ian Blair.

We think there might be funny goings on at Arsenal. As rumours fly about David Dein's departure and boardroom splits, we've sent Marcus Powell, a committed Gunner, to investigate. Could Arsenal be about to become the next US owned football club?

And Steve Hargrave's been out in the sunshine, catching a few gigs and drinking beer. And he calls it work! It's the Camden Crawl, and he hooked up with Travis .... It's a hard life.

The gorgeous Robin is with us with the weather ("why does it always rain on him," asked Alastair at the meeting .. Which I thought was really quite witty!)

See you at 6.

Katie and Al. X