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Tonight on BBC London News. Two years on from the riots and the

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Tonight on BBC London News. Two is told to pay up to £50 million

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after it loses a High Court battle. Also tonight. Campaigning for more

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time to grieve. The mother whose husband was forced back to work

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time to grieve. The mother whose five days after the death of their

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son. Jack's father was told he had to go back to work after five days.

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And five days after the death of a child, he had not even buried him.

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Plus plans to create one of the world's largest sewers underneath

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the capital. Now, inspectors pour over the proposals. Following in her

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heroine's footsteps, Beverly Knight takes on the role of Whitney Houston

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claiming it was a crime which wasn't takes on the role of Whitney Houston

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claiming it was a crime which wasn't a judge has backed a claim for

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nearly £50 million brought by Sony's insurers. Tim Donovan reports. It

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burned for ten days — one of the most striking images of the violence

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and damage inflicted two years ago. It had been petrol bombed and noted

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that a mob of at least 20 young It had been petrol bombed and noted

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million in compensation for the damage and also stock of the police

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argued it was not part of a riot at well—known gang. They said things

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like it was not very noisy, it was quite quiet and did not take very

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long, over in three minutes. It quite quiet and did not take very

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taking place on a quiet industrial estate where we would not expect

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much opposition. They also said estate where we would not expect

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this was premeditated and a riot needs to be spontaneous. The judge

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said this should be seen as an act specifically, these young people

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were riotously and jewelled justly assembled together. Their actions

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can properly and objectively be described as the behaviour of an

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agitated, excited and volatile group. Not the behaviour of a gang

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of professional thieves. No one group. Not the behaviour of a gang

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interviewed today but a statement said it is immensely disappointing

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that the court has ruled this was a riotous act. There is a point of

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principle and public money at stake. ruling, saying it would unable to

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recover its losses in respect to material damage. The prime minister

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visited when the warehouse finally material damage. The prime minister

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visited when the warehouse finally reopened. The insurers had also

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rebuilt. The judge rejected this claim for so—called consequential

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enquiries continue. No one has been Both the claimants and police have

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enquiries continue. No one has been brought to justice get over what

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happened here. —— yet. Coming up. As a judge decides whether a Muslim

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woman should be forced to lift her veil in court, we hear from an MP

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A mother from Berkshire whose son died just before his second birthday

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is calling for paid bereavement leave to be made a legal right.

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is calling for paid bereavement drowning in a garden pond. His

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father had to return to work just five days after the tragedy. Now

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she's hoping to have the issue debated in Westminster. Kurt Barling

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reports. Jack was a cheeky little monkey. He was a happy—go—lucky

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reports. Jack was a cheeky little spirit and he made everybody that

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and smile. Lucy was enjoying her summer holiday with her young son,

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Jack, animal injury destruction summer holiday with her young son,

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to tragedy. I took a phone call summer holiday with her young son,

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in time, Jack had opened the back door, wandered off, climbed a wall

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and fell into the garden pond. Losing Jack was just beginning of

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the project. The family soon find there was barely any time to grieve

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before they were forced back to work. Jack's father was told he

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before they were forced back to to go back to work after five days.

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And five days after the death of a child, we had not even buried him.

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How can we possibly go back to work? The lack of time to grieve, Lucy

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believes, caused the duration of her marriage, a fate that befalls nine

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out of ten couples who lose a child. Other campaigners say that too

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often, society fails to recognise the depth of the drama involved

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often, society fails to recognise this time of tragedy. When someone

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what about the resources going into old days, it is sad, when someone

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what about the resources going into when death comes prematurely? Lucy

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Parliament to debate bereavement when death comes prematurely? Lucy

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if they need to take time off to console family members and come

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if they need to take time off to terms with their own grave, they

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will not be risking their job or their income to do so. I think that

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is the very basic right that people should expect. David Cameron lost

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his son tragically and they asked him, did you take enough time of? He

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said no. Two weeks. Some people don't even have the tragedy ——

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government offered just two weeks. But it's better than being told

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government offered just two weeks. cannot take any time off. Nothing

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can bring a lost child back but Jack's family said that proper time

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to grieve is the least that society can do to help families struck a

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tragedy like this. —— struck by can do to help families struck a

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tragedy. A nationwide appeal will be programme tonight for an Essex

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attempted murder of two of his neighbours. Francis O'Donoghue is

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being hunted by police following a shooting on a travellers' site in

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Knavestock just over two weeks ago. Two men in their 20s sustained

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gunshot wounds to the legs and chest but are now recovering from their

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transport should be frozen at the according to a group of London

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Labour MPs. If it gets the go ahead, sewerage systems in the world,

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designed to prevent effluent from ending up in the Thames. Today,

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planning officials started the lengthy process of looking at the

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proposals for the £4 billion scheme, which has already been met with

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widespread opposition. Let's get more from Nick Beake, who is by

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widespread opposition. Let's get river now. They call it the super

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sewer with good reason, it will snake through 14 different London

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people and businesses along the snake through 14 different London

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and every one of Thames water 's 14 million customers would see their

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bills go up to pay for this. Critics say it is something which will be

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far too expensive, it will damage the environment but supporters say

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metres below the city and you find the slimiest of subterranean scenes.

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The Victorians built the and 50 years ago to drain water from the

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sewage from half a million homes and years ago to drain water from the

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sewage from half a million homes and not consistent for a world leading

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city to be using its river as an open sewer. We need to build a

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project that will intercept that and take it to East London for treatment

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before it is discharged into the river. The so—called super sewer

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would run for 15 miles from Acton and Hammersmith in the West to new

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in the East. Passing through 14 London boroughs. It means digging

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down 200 feet and setting up 24 construction sites. It would take

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ten years at a cost of 4.2 young pounds. It would create the biggest

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network of its kind in the northern hemisphere. And some living along

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the path are worried. The amount of waste that will come out from this

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tunnel would be astronomical dustup we want a clean river and this has

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been proven to be ineffective so what we know is a promising to build

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Champions and critics of the Thames Tunnel came to the Barbican Centre.

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It'll be here that experts from Tunnel came to the Barbican Centre.

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planning Inspectorate will consider the 50,000 page application. 37

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different group have signed up to have their say. Building the tunnel

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will mean that 14 million customers will eventually pay up to £80 more

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each year. The former water rail glitters says that is not good value

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for money. My problem is this is just quite unnecessarily expensive.

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It could be done, and studies have shown this, but the benefits could

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Environmentalists say that the so—called living Walls could be

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Environmentalists say that the answer, trapping rainwater before it

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gets any chance to get into the sewers. Thames water says its tunnel

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the Thames and building it would is the only to stop sewage entering

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the Thames and building it would create 9000 jobs. The planning

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Inspectorate will have six months to it will go away to decide whether or

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we will have to wait about one year will be government ministers who

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we will have to wait about one year for that. Thank you. The biggest

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of wrangling. The Fire Authority ever cuts to London's Fire Service

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of wrangling. The Fire Authority today voted in favour of the plans

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being directed by the Mayor. But today voted in favour of the plans

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being directed by the Mayor. But four boroughs are still considering

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legal action against closures in their area. Here's Karl Mercer.

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legal action against closures in is what democracy looks like. At

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authority met again to decide if cuts should be made to the service.

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This not have been talking about the issue for months. Firefighters have

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been demonstrating against the plans for just as long. They started in

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January, they rallied in July. Today, it was decision day. It is

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not the buildings ever fight fires, it is firefighters. In some parts of

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London, the result of these closures means fire engines will take minutes

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longer to arrive and that will lead to danger for Londoners. In the

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longer to arrive and that will lead the chairman backed the £29 million

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saving plan that will seek ten fire stations close and loss supporting

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fire engines and 532 firefighters losing their job. Londoners have

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made it clear they don't want these cuts. Betty 4% of the people who

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responded said they don't want these cuts and these closures and they

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don't want the firefighters to go. I completely understand the proposals

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which suggest the closure of fire stations causes concern, it worries

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people and I understand that but these plans have been put forward

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are one of the most senior and experienced firefighters in the

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world. They will keep Londoners experienced firefighters in the

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The battle might take another turn. Tomorrow, seven London boroughs

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The battle might take another turn. Fire Brigade union 's will meet

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The battle might take another turn. discuss a legal challenge to the

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plans. Our message is London's firefighters have not given up and

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we want you to help support us so the battle is not over. A row that

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has lasted the best part of a year might not be over. It may yet be

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decided by the courts. A judge has backed down to allow a Muslim woman

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of men for religious reasons. Today, without removing her face veil.

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of men for religious reasons. Today, the judge allowed her to enter the

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dock after first being identified by the judge allowed her to enter the

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dock after first being identified by a female police officer. It is

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elitist controversy surrounding Islamic dress which surrounds the

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face feels like the burka and also Islamic dress which surrounds the

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face feels like the burka and also Katherine Heseltine, Chief Executive

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committee. Do you welcome this move? exception. There can be legitimate

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reasons why a judge might ask a woman to remove her veil. However,

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that should not be a green light to have some French style general and

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where we all end up with the fashion police on the streets of Britain are

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telling women what they cannot wear. Philip, that is what you want to

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say? You want to ban this in public? I do and this is very worrying

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jewellers wearing veils and what unveiled? People want to see justice

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country. Do you really want to spend police time arresting women

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because of the clothes they wear? covering their faces in public. It

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is quite clearly aimed at the tiny minority of Muslim women. Do you

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feel you are discriminating against a whole group of women? There is

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full—face balaclavas. This can be growing concern about the number of

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full—face balaclavas. This can be religious reasons, is it? Nowhere

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as they please. This does not harm religious reasons, is it? Nowhere

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as they please. This does not harm Britain should be a free country.

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We should have better things to Britain should be a free country.

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than worrying about a piece of material that a tiny number of

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women choose to wear. What do you make of the argument that women

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women choose to wear. What do you not want and cannot remove it in

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the presence of men? Why should they not wear the veil? Part of

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the presence of men? Why should British way of life is smiling,

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waving and saying hello to people you pass in the street. You cannot

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do this if people cover their faces. How miserable this can she would be

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if more and more people covered their faces. You want it to make

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people happy quest that yes, I do. Is Britain not a free country? ——

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people happy? I have known people who contribute greatly to their

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communities and a very much part of Many thanks indeed. Still to come...

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The high price of being a football fan in the capital when it comes to

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tickets, and pies. Coming up: We the musical, which we are both

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involved in a would like to tell you more about. Do not move because

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it will be awesome. For 350 years, recognisable in the East End, as

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pie and mash or pearly kings. Then it went out of business — a victim

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of the 1980s financial crash. Now though it's back, heading up a

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resurgence in real ales which has opening in London, double over the

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There is something brewing in the east end. A once famous giant of

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the industry has been reawakened. east end. A once famous giant of

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London's newest Brewery is one of London's newest Brewery is one of

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its oldest. Truman's first opened leading the resurgence says it

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heyday where we have a huge range. There are a vast amount of flavours

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and it is exciting. The process There are a vast amount of flavours

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simple and precise. This is a giant at that. Bitters moulted barley

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simple and precise. This is a giant water. In a fortnight, this will

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turn into 10,000 pints. —— it is malted barley. It seems when belts

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are tight, quality counts over quantity. It is very expensive.

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are tight, quality counts over you want a couple of memorable pts.

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People are looking for quality. There are 50 breweries in London.

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Truman's used to be everywhere. There are 50 breweries in London.

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overstretched and closed down. There are 50 breweries in London.

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original East were cryogenically One noticeable change is that women

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Older women still like it. The kids come in and they won ails

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different trend. —— they want. Can a new found love of traditional

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corner? Londoners pay the most to tipples help landlords turn the

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corner? Londoners pay the most to watch live football. That is the

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findings of the price of football Arsenal tops the charts once again.

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the top of, not just London, but of different aspects. Arsenal Arab

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second with their most expensive Arsenal are at the top. Chelsea

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second with their most expensive tickets, costing £87. The cheapest

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one is at Crystal Palace. That is where you can pay up to £45. It

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one is at Crystal Palace. That is not just ticket prices where fans

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in London Pen the most. The survey covers not just tickets, we're

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talking about cup of tea —— cups of tea and pies. West Ham have the

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cheek of pies in London. They are £3.20. We go back to Crystal Palace

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and the newly promoted team. They pay £4 for their pies and are meant

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to be top quality. It is a locally produced pied. That is not mass

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produced. We have had a fantastic feedback to the quality of the pies.

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You need to look at the quality price on an amount of pie. We have

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had nothing but good feedback on the product. I am sure that Crystal

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Palace fans will tell you how good mentioned a handful of teams for

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the goat the website and you can find that the price of tickets,

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season tickets, pies and cups of tea. If you did not see the film,

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you almost certainly would have heard the sound track. Next to

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tread the boards in the lead role of The Body Guard at his Beverly

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Knight. She told our entertainment correspondent she had to find her

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in a diva to make her West End debut. —— inner devour. Beverley

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Knight belts out with the Houston a pastor and his queen of the night.

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Now she fits into her shoes in the Stepping into this role knowing

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kind of inspiration for me, has Stepping into this role knowing

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kind of inspiration for me, has daunting. Definitely. However, once

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interpretation of Rachel and where I thought she was and belonged in

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the story. For Tristan Kamal, who plays the bodyguard, it is beyond

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Kevin Costner fans. It has the element and the love story. The

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Kevin Costner fans. It has the script does it very cannily and

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cleverly. Tristan is probably best bodyguard? I guess I cannot seem to

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emergency assistance. Maybe one bodyguard? I guess I cannot seem to

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I will play a lumberjack all a lorry driver. The singing may have

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she had to learn to channel had been a diva. The way that Rachel

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issues commands and kind off the way she is, I could not speak to

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anyone like that. That is not my nature. That was in reach — that

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really was. The tensions and a good job fashioned love story, it is

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really was. The tensions and a good the Adelphi Theatre. Let's take

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It is looking rather interesting and challenging for me. I'm not

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sure everyone would agree with me. As for today, we did eventually

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sure everyone would agree with me. some hazy sunshine a few hours ago.

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Now the cloud is thickening up again. I think it will be tried

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Now the cloud is thickening up much of the evening but there is

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more rain on the way. —— dry. Round about 9:00pm, 10:00pm, 11:00pm,

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that is where the wetter weather about 9:00pm, 10:00pm, 11:00pm,

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that is where the wetter weather will arrive. Likely to turn a wee

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highest hills. It is not going to highest hills. It is not going to

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to 51 Fahrenheit in the centre of around 14 Celsius. From the closest

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to 51 Fahrenheit in the centre of London. Tomorrow will start of try

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degrees. Then, as the sun starts to London. Tomorrow will start of try

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degrees. Then, as the sun starts to set, the next dollop of frame will

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arrive and that is going to stay with us overnight and into Saturday.

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—— rain. It might take a wee while for that to happen and we might

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have to wait for the afternoon before the skies start to brighten

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up. We are going to see brighter skies on Sunday but also wet and

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windy weather. There will be the first major Atlantic storm of the

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autumn which will sweep across the British Isles. If you're going to

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the sea this weekend to have a look at Alex Deakin's report on the

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weather website was that you can get the latest local weather on

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weather website was that you can BBC London website. Some autumn

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weather. Not missed and mellow fruitfulness, it is the wetter and

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windier stuff. The Government has majority of the service will be

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of the shares, despite the threat of a strike by postal workers.

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President Assad has said Syria is proposals. Not due to threat of

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Prince William is to leave the military and focus on royal duties.

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Kensington Palace has announced military and focus on royal duties.

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has completed his tour as an RAF operational service. The High Court

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has ruled that London's police of Werritty must pay compensation for

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But as we have got time for. On today's stories on the website.

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From all of us on the team, thanks today's stories on the website.

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From all of us on the team, thanks for watching and having of the

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