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Tonight on BBC London, the Mayor says he wants more police officers,

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but the Met say they can't afford it. So is Scotland Yard facing a

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financial crisis? There are fears the London Fire Brigade could be

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forced to hand over millions. tonight. A new European tax on the

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City - opposed by the Prime Minister... Tonight the Lord Mayor

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tells us why HE thinks it could be bad for the thousands of people

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working in the City. If it was brought in just in Europe and not

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the rest of the world it would be very damaging.

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As we prepare for the return of the winter flu, we take a look inside

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one of the capital's specialist units.

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And the 12 year-old schoolboy who's snapped top photographic accolades

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from the hands of his adult Good evening. Keeping police

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numbers up after next years Olympics is "unaffordable",

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according to those in charge of the purse strings at Scotland Yard. So

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the prospect of a financial crisis engulfing the Metropolitan Police

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looms over London. It means the Mayor has to look for more money to

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pay for the extra officers he's promised - and one option is to

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take millions of pounds from the London Fire Brigade. Boris Johnson

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did the same thing last year, so not surprisingly, firefighters are

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furious at the idea of having their cash reserves raided again. Tim

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Donovan reports. With the number of police officers

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falling, the Mayor is calling a accompany for help. The strings

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attached that he wants the net to ensure there are 32,000 police

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officers Prix Olympics and just over 31,000 to be retained after

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First in effect, the Met us saying that they are struggling all ready

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to keep the current level of police officers. They still have to find

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savings to fill a black hole in next year's budget. Where is the

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money to come from for more. It is a personnel staffing crisis as well.

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This was not having made a's policing deputy saw it today.

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think crisis is pitching it a bit strong. This is it the way local

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authority budgets works. There are lots of moving parts in the Budget

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we are yet to finalise. We haven't completed those, and I'm confident

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we will fill the gap. He is been heralding a 7% drop in crime on

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tubes and buses. Lots more to come, including the

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mayor gives more details about which London schoolchildren kit

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three Olympic tickets for. A bullet aimed at the height of

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London, that is George Osborne's description of a proposed European

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tax on financial transactions for banks. The Lord Mayor today added

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his criticism, but others, including the Andy capitalism

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protesters had side simples say the tax is fair. Just a week into his

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job, the Lord Mayor spoke of the challenges ahead. Top of the list,

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scene of calls from across Europe for a new tax on financial

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transactions. If it was brought in just in Europe, it would be

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damaging. Even the EU's own impact assessment shows it would cost more

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But two-thirds of that, 40 billion, would come solely from the UK.

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Others disagree, saying attacks of 0.1% is letting the City off

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lightly. This man is part of that campaign to rein in the city.

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should not be held ransom so they can get away with the kind of

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casino banking it got us into trouble in the first place. We have

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to remember their behaviour not add about a trillion of our GDP. What

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of this protest? Legal notices have been served. The City of London is

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once again trying to remove the camp, parting company with the

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Anglican Church. It is not the only issue where they disagree. They

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asking you to repent. What we will do is explain the massive good at

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the City does, social investment, charitable activities, social

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responsibilities. So he and the City remain resilient. With so many

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set against them, and increasingly abroad, it is looking a hard sell.

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Alex joins me now to explain what happens next. The Prime Minister is

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heading to Berlin tomorrow to speak to the German Chancellor to

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persuade her to try and drop this transaction tax. He knows that a

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tax reform of the scale would require all member states to sign

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up. Having said that, some member states in the euro-zone could still

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pursue this tax and push back through. If that is the case, there

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is an irony here. We could see a benefit to the City of London. You

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could see business traders emigrating from Frankfurt to the

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City of London. We are a long way off from that, and the British

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government doesn't want to see us get to that stage. We will have to

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see. Thank you. Ten protestors - three of whom are

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from London - have been found guilty of aggravated trespass after

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they occupied the department store Fortnum and Mason earlier this year.

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A sit-in was organised by the campaign group UK Uncut on the same

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day as a TUC demonstration in the capital in March.

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Lawyers for two and the double clubs were in court today over a

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row about spying. West Ham have alleged the phone records of their

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vice chairman were unlawfully obtained by a company hired by

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rival bidders Spurs. Spurs deny the allegation.

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The best friend of Stephen Lawrence gave evidence in court today. What

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did Duwayne Brooks tell the jury? He arrived in court despite his

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father dying overnight, he and Stephen Lawrence were best friends,

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they knew each other from the first day at secondary school. In April

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1993 they were waiting for a bus in Eltham. A group of white youths

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crossed the road, shouted racist abuse, and when books were slightly

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ahead of him. His words have been He then did a stabbing action with

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his hand to the jury. I understand things got quite emotional in court

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today. Plain bricks continued his evidence, and he describes what's

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He then stopped, he covered his face with his hands, he wiped away

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some tears. Here at the Old Bailey, in court 16, it was a packed court

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room, and also, a public gallery. We heard crying from there, as he

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was crying as well. Clearly, very upset Sid -- upsetting for Stephen

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Lawrence's family. He managed to compose himself and continue his

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Under cross-examination, there were inconsistencies in his evidence.

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The defence lawyer for Gary Dobson was gently questioning Duwayne

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Brooks's evidence today. Firstly, he said, that there was an

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eyewitness saying that he was grabbed by the white youths, and

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managed to escape, but today, Duwayne Brooks made no mention of

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that. Secondly, there was a statement to the police about the

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weapon, which he had initially described as an iron bar or

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rounders bat. Today he said it was a foot long and shiny. In 1995 at

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demonstrate court, Duwayne Brooks said he had seen the white youths

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and little earlier in the evening. Today, he said that he wasn't

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saying that, and he was in fact suffering from post-traumatic

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stress back then, 18 years ago. No evidence tomorrow, we will hear

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from all witnesses on Monday next week.

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To specialist units designed to treat patients specialist units

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designed to treat patients in London with severe flu have been

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unveiled, as the NHS outlines its plans to deal with the condition in

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the coming months. Details of the units were released as health

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bosses said there are no plans to extend the Flu Vaccination

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Programme to children. Alice Bhandhukravi reports.

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Many of us will get the flu this winter, and a small number will be

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unlucky enough to get it very badly. If they do, they may need to use

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this. It is an artificial lung. bring the blood in from the patient,

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through the pump, out from an oxygenated. It may look simple, but

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it is anything but, and could mean the difference between life and

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death. Sindh Thomas's is now one of five bottles across the country now

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chosen as a specialist centre to give this treatment. This makes an

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enormous difference in order it to our ability to look after the very

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sick patients. A number of patients will not survive with all the other

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types of therapy we have. With this, they have a chance. We have proven

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it, and used this last winter to help patients with swine flu. A

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number of patients who came here managed to survive. It is a sign

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the government is preparing itself for the winter flu. This was a

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nasty's memorable AD campaign. This year, vulnerable groups are again

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being encouraged to get their free flu jab. Not just the elderly, or

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people with severe health problems, but also to children. Today that

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committee told the Department of Health that there may be cannot

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recommend extending deregulation problem. They say it would be aged

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huge undertaking to include all healthy children under the age of

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17 and they would need further evidence before changing that

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position. Which is a relief to GPs, who say it would have placed a huge

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strain on their resources at a busy time of year.

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The former Prime Minister, Sir John Major has opened an extension to

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Gatwick Airport, which has been built at a cost of over 70 million

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pounds. During his visit to the North Terminal, Sir John said

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airports were the 'front door to the UK' and so it was important

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they set a good first impression. The extension is part of Gatwick's

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plan to deal with 20 million passengers a year - at the terminal

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- by 2020. Today, the four main airlines which operate at the

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capital's main airlines came together. They want the government

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to scrap air passenger duty. EasyJet and Ryanair joined forces

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

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it went up, would deter you. Side- by-side, campaigning for the tax to

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All of this at a time when UK unemployment is at its highest

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level since 1996. While the owner of Ryanair was been

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characteristically blunt. hasn't George Osborne scrapped the

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tax, because he lacks courage. tax is putting people off flying,

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he says, and that is affecting jobs and economic growth. Most other

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countries in Europe don't have it. And their passenger numbers go up.

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30 million less passengers came to Britain in the last five years.

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Contrast that with Europe, 66 million more people came into

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Europe, so this is very, very uncompetitive for Britain.

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government says airlines benefit because there is no VAT on flights.

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After freezing the tax this year, he's planning an increase for 2012.

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Air passenger duty generates �2 billion a year for the Treasury.

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There's no way the Chancellor will scrap the tax. But the airlines

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hope, at the least, he may agree to a freeze or a very small increase

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when he delivers his Autumn Statement for. Still to come. Snap

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happy. The Hertfordshire schoolboy impressing judges with his award-

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winning wildlife photography. 3, 2, won it.

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And find out how Pudsey got on when he took to the West End stage for

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There may be millions of tickets for next years Olympics, but

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massive global demand means they will still be the hottest tickets

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in town. That's why Boris Johnson is urging schools in the capital

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not to waste any more time in applying for the 125,000 free seats

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which have been earmarked for London's school children. So far,

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only around a half of schools have applied, as our Political

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Correspondent Karl Mercer reports. The mayor at the Bexley academy to

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tell schoolchildren which parts of the Olympics they may be able to

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see for free. This is a school where sport plays a big part in

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proceedings and it has been encouraged to join a scheme to try

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and get some of the 125,000 tickets on offer. The school has signed up

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for the free tickets programme and, in one borough, Enfield, every

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school has done the same, but across London, is more mixed force

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of Kensington & Chelsea, for example, a quarter of the schools

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have so far signed up. The ones to have signed up 100% are doing

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exactly the right thing for their pupils. This is about motivating

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children to want to go and see a fantastic festival of athletics.

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But selling the programme to London's schools is proving as

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tricky as getting an Olympic mascot through a narrow door. 40% of

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schools are not yet signed up. Maybe today's announcement of what

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tickets are on offer will help a little. And it goes something like

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this. There will be 23,000 tickets for events in the Olympic Park.

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With a further 18,500 for other London venues. 18,000 tickets will

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be for the football at Wembley. With 5,500 for venues outside

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London. The biggest chunk of tickets though. Some 60,000 will be

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for the Paralympics. Yes, there's been a lot of hype in the media

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over the fact it's on our doorstep so we are looking forward to it.

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prefer rowing. I would like to see swimming. My major sports star is

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Rebecca Adlington. Schools have until mid-December to sign up for

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the scheme. Saracens Rugby Club have scrapped

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their plan to play their home Heineken Cup game against Biarritz

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in South Africa next year. The Aviva Premiership Champions say the

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game will now take place in London. And any UK-based supporters who

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have already booked air tickets and accommodation to Cape Town will be

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compensated. The match was to be the first Heineken Cup match to be

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played outside Europe. Harry Redknapp could be back at

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work next week for the home Premier League match against Aston Villa.

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He underwent heart surgery two weeks ago and its hope of he will

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return. There aren't many 12 years olds who

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have been taking photographs for half their life and are already

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good enough to have their first public exhibition. But that's just

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part of the story behind Sam Kaye from Hertfordshire, who bought his

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first camera on eBay at the age of six. And last month he become the

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youngest ever member of the Royal Photographic Society to gain a

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distinction. Sarah Harris has been to meet him.

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While other youngsters of his age may be playing computer games, San

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spends his time in the Hertfordshire countryside searching

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out the perfect picture. He's had a camera in his hand since the age of

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six and now, aged 12, his talent has already been recognised by

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Royal Photographic Society. Usually, I go out for about four hours at a

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time, but they always want to do it because I look at it like I'm

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always pleased with the end result, so it's worth it. Over the last two

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years, he has been shortlisted for a number of national photographic

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competitions, sometimes even up against the adults with years of

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experience. He bought his first camera on eBay and is particularly

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proud of a picture I took a fox cub despite getting so close to wild

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animals. He says he's never scared, as his mother is always near by.

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was trying to make it more creator, getting down lower band Take meet

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with some grass and the way, to give it a different type of effect,

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and two or three cubs were play fighting together, and one went

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down really low, snarling, and that was the shot but I got. Now his

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first exhibition as open be his home in Hertfordshire. He hopes to

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raise enough money for more camera equipment. He wanted a new camera

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lens, flash for his camera, and the equipment he has got, he gets

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through working for it, so it's not the case of, for my birthday, had

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it? Any equipment he has got, he has bought. Everything has come

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from cleaning Gardens, sweeping floors and earning money. He has a

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little on the lip called his camera fund -- a little envelope. He would

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like to work a David Attenborough. Who would doubt him? Good luck to

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him for the future of. This time tomorrow, this bear will

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be taking centre stage for Children in Need. He's already bursting to

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get out. But last night he made a special appearance for us in the

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West End with the cast of Rock Of Ages. Every penny raised went to

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Children in Need, who help hundreds of young people right here in

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London. Wendy Hurrell was at the Shaftesbury Theatre to see how

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Pudsey got on. Last year, it was the Jersey boys.

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The year before, Mamma Mia. This year, Rock of Ages was pulling in

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the crowds. Of course, they were really here to see this chap. He

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arrived with some other BBC stars, gabby Roslin and Tony Blackburn.

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Stand up and show your support! they were ready to rock. Along with

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Pudsey. We've had a wonderful time, brilliant, loved it. So exciting.

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liked it when they danced. Dad has got glitter on his head. It's his

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21st birthday on Sunday. I have had to wear this for Children In Need.

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He did brilliantly, Pudsey. How could he not do brilliantly?

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think it was just what we were expecting. The crowds always go

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wild for the show, but having Pudsey there, it gave it extra that

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we always expect for Children In Need. Have you enjoyed your

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evening? Yes, it was very good, a lot of energy, great music and

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Justin Lee Collins had an American accent with a slight touch of

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Bristol. The so, a great night, but there was fund-raising to be done.

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We are going to do a cake sale and wearing spots and stripes. So the

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It all goes to Children In Need, so thank you, and well done, Pudsey.

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And if you want to get involved with Children in Need, it's not too

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late. Take a look at our website for all the details. And tomorrow

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night Wendy will be live in Hyde Park with BBC London's Children in

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Need coverage. A look at the weather forecast now

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Fantastic news, but the weather is fair for tomorrow. Pudsey will be

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hot, because that mild weather has returned, and it will stay with us

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until the weekend. This evening, we have got clear skies, but it's not

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feeling too cold down by the River Thames. Despite the fact it really

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is mid-November. And it won't get too cold, overnight, either. That's

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even with some pretty clear skies for much of the night. We may get

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low cloud later on in the night, and we may get mistiness in the

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countryside, as well, with minimum temperatures nine-10 Celsius, which

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is down to the breeze which will keep the air mixed, so we will not

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end up with cold air down at the bottom. On to tomorrow, and the

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breeze will lift the mist into low cloud, and it will break up and

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sunny spells throughout the day tomorrow. Top temperatures, 14-15

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Celsius. As I said right at the beginning, it's looking perfect for

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Pudsey's a big party in the park. At the weekend, the crowd -- cloud

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comes over as, so we will have dark grey skies in the morning, and if

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you are travelling anywhere this weekend, bear in mind if they could

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be some really dense fog patches around, so add extra time for that

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journey. The outlook is for us to hang on to the mild weather.

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Increasing amounts of cloud, as you can see there. That will have an

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effect on our temperatures. So we will stay in their teens for the

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next few days but, by Sunday, it might be slipping down to around 12

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Peter, thank you very much for that. Now a look again at tonight's main

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headlines. Stephen Lawrence's best friend broke down in court today

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while recounting the moment the teenager was killed 18 years ago.

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Duwayne Brooks said a gang of white youths racially abused them before

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stabbing Stephen. Northern Rock is being sold by the

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government three years after the government bail-out which averted

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its collapse. Virgin Money will pay nearly �750 million for the bank.

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NHS managers in England have been ordered to cut the backlog of

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patients facing long waits for treatment. 250,000 people have been

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waiting for more than 18 weeks. There are fears Scotland Yard could

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face financial difficulties as the mayor looks for more money to pay

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for the extra police he has offered. One option is to take money from

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