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Tonight on BBC London: Imprisoned and repeatedly tortured.

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The family of a surgeon from Streatham, captured in Syria, call

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on the government to act. The Foreign Office and William Hague

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have abandoned my brother, they have left into the walls, the Syrian

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government. `` him to the wolves. Dr Abbas Khan's brother tells us why

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he fears the surgeon's life is in real danger.

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Also tonight: 25 years after the Clapham rail crash, survivors and

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rescuers come together to remember those who died.

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Child's play. The Mayor goes back to school, to announce more funding for

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nursery places. Ratty!

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And, back on stage. Sir Tony Robinson treads the boards in a

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musical production of The Wind In The Willows.

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Good evening. A surgeon from south London,

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imprisoned in Syria, claims he's not only been tortured, but he's also

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been forced to inflict beatings on others. Dr Abbas Khan, from

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Streatham, had flown to the Middle East to help with the humanitarian

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crisis last year. He was arrested within days, but has never been

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charged with an offence. His family here say they're angry at the UK

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government's response, saying the Foreign Office have left Dr Khan "to

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the wolves". Divya Talwar has been looking into what's happened.

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Doctor Abbas Khan packing medical supplies just before going into

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Syria last year. He then went into the war`torn city of Aleppo to help

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civilians caught up in the conflict. He was arrested within hours by the

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Syrian regime. His family in Britain lost all contact with him to six

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months. Doctor Khan's mother left the South London family home to

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track down her son in Syria. She managed to find him in prison in

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Damascus, weighing just five stone, barely able to walk. When my mother

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first found him, he was very depressed. He said he had suicidal

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thoughts. He felt very lost and alone which I am sure he would. It

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is a real possibility, a real possibility he may harm himself. The

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BBC has seen copies of two letters Doctor Khan gave his mother to pass

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to William Hague. In the first, he describes his torture in custody:

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In his most recent letter can he describes his declining mental

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health full the family say they have made

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repeated requests to discuss the case directly with William Hague.

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But have yet to meet him. We are very disappointed in his reaction.

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If the Foreign Office and William Hague... They have abandoned him.

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In response, the Foreign Office said:

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Doctor Khan is still being held without charge, and the family are

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trying to stay hopeful he will still be able to return to his wife and

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young children. With me is Dr Afroze Khan, Dr Khan's

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brother. With the greatest respect, Dr Khan

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would have known the risks attached with going out to Syria. He is

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accused of entering the country without a visa.

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The Syrian government isn't giving any visas into the areas which

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require medical help. He decided to go anywhere.

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He is a doctor. He was on the border regions treating people. He was told

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with news coming across there was a shortage of doctors. Did he have

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your support when he went, without a visa? I did not know at the time. If

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I was in his position and I had the skills available to help people who

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are just across the border, then I would think the same, I can do a

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small procedure and save someone's life. That is the thinking we had ``

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which would have gone through his head. We have heard the dangers he

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is in perhaps because of depression. How great is that risks

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to his life? A great risk. He has been in detention for over 12

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months. No charges have been levelled against him. He does not

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know when he will be released. He has told us in letters and through

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communication with my mother when she has met him that he has had

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suicidal thoughts. There is a real possibility he may harm himself. You

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are critical of the British government who have cut off

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diplomatic ties with Syria. What do you expect them to do?

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I know there is no direct diplomatic relations with the Syrian

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government. But other governments like the Germans, Italians and

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French, have had better dozens released very quickly, and have

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expedited that released through diplomatic pressure at the highest

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level. The British government is using a piecemeal and lethargic

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approach to my brother's case. Which is why he is still there.

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Stay with us this evening, as there's plenty more to come,

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including: Planning permission denied.

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A London academy has failed in its bid to build a boarding school in

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the South Downs for deprived pupils from the capital.

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It's 25 years since the Clapham rail crash which left 35 people dead, and

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hundreds injured. It happened during the morning rush hour when a

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commuter train ploughed into the back of another. Today, survivors,

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and those who'd lost loved ones, came together for a memorial service

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to pay tribute to those who died. Sonja Jessup's report starts with a

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reminder of how news of the crash was broadcast on the BBC.

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Just after 8am this morning, as the rush hour in London was at its peak,

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two commuter trains carrying more than 1000 passengers collided. 36

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people are now known... All hell was let loose. It was like

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being in the washing machine, being spun round and around. Lee Middleton

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was in the front courage of the train which ploughed into the back

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of the 7:18am to Waterloo. The people sitting behind him and in

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front of him were killed. I was pinned to the bottom of the carriage

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with a big iron bar which came across and pinned me down. I

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thought, it's curtains now. He was pulled from the wreckage by fire

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fighters. 35 others died. So long as we live, they too shall live. Today,

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survivors and families who lost loved ones gathered to remember

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them. 25 years have passed, but for many the anniversary is still

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painful. Sometimes, it is helpful, sometimes

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it is not. We thought we would do the big one. Sorry. Nicola lost her

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uncle. I heard there was a train crash. As I found and spoke to my

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dad, he said Ray was on it and we were waiting to hear. It took two

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days for us to find out they had found him and he was dead. It was an

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eerie silence in the scene. People were trapped between

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carriages, seating, penned in. Passenger Marilynne Robinson was in

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such shock, she got out of the train and went to work. It was only later

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when a policeman told what had happened, that it finally sank in.

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He walked up to me and said I looked dishevelled. I said I needed a

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copy, I had been in a train crash. He said the one where the people

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died. I collapsed. I couldn't walk. The official accident report found

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faulty wiring was to blame, a rail worker had one day off in 13 weeks.

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93 recommendations were made, including a limit on working hours.

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An awful lot has changed since that tragedy, with the signalling has

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done, the training of staff. It is now the safest railway in

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Europe. By any measure. We are not complacent, there is more we still

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want to do. So many here, today was not about blame, but remembering

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those they had lost. The clap and well crashed 25 years

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ago today. `` the Clapham rail crash.

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Two men have appeared in court, after heroin worth ?40 million was

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found in a Jaguar, in Romford. Detectives from the National Crime

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Agency say nearly 200 kilograms of the drug was hidden inside the car's

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bumpers, wheel arches and dashboard. 32`year`old Noman Qureshi from

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Bradford, and 34`year`old Israr Khan from Luton, have been charged with

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conspiracy to supply heroin. The average London salary fell by

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more than 2% last year, to ?41,500. While salaries in the country as a

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whole rose by 0.5%. But the figures from the Office of National

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Statistics show Londoners are still out`earning the rest of England. The

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average wage across the country is ?27,000.

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Several London boroughs have the best performing primary schools in

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the country, according to the latest exam results. The performance is

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measured on new literacy and numeracy targets set by the

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government. Over 60% of ten and 11`year`olds achieved average or

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above`average scores in every borough, except in Enfield, Waltham

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Forest and Barking and Dagenham. Many parents find it difficult to

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get childcare in London because of the huge expense involved. The

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result: We have fewer working mothers in the capital than anywhere

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else in the country. So, to help create more spaces for children at

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nursery, which could help with childcare, every London borough is

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being given ?250,000. But will that be enough to make a difference?

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Helen Drew reports. Playtime in Peckham before getting

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down to business and announcing funding for London councils to

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increase nursery places. Three and four`year`olds get 15 hours free

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childcare week. But, at the moment, that doesn't always help parents.

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Half of London childcare places are in schools which mean they are often

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only open 9am to 3pm. If you work, those hours just aren't long enough.

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The new funding from the Department for Education is designed to help.

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We want more to open from 8am until 6pm so parents can pay for extra

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hours or take their 15 hours free in more convenient time slots, maybe

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over three days so it can be combined with a part`time job. It

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will help because I am a working mum. 9am to 5pm. It makes it highly

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to pick up the kids later. It is about time, to invest in education.

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Now I have to finish work at 2pm to pick them up. If they finish at 6pm,

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I can finish at 5pm. That would be brilliant, I love the idea. It is

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however only a one off amount of ?8 million. It won't replace the

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funding which has been lost since 2010 in cuts to the local authority.

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In London, families have some of the highest childcare costs in the

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world. Compared to elsewhere in the UK, many families don't have

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extended families because they have moved from within the UK `` UK or

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overseas. It sounds like a drop in the adoption `` ocean. It is a

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recognition of the problem. Women want to be able to work but can't

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find the child care they need. It is a crucial stumbling block for the

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London economy. The government is changing free childcare next year to

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incorporate even more to`year`olds from low income families. While

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critics welcomed the funding, they say London's problems with nursery

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places is likely to get worse. A south London academy has failed in

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its bid to build a boarding school in the South Downs for deprived

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pupils from the capital. The Durand Academy had planned to bus teenagers

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from Lambeth to the school near Chichester. The idea had government

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backing, with ministers saying it was "innovative". But the South

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Downs National Parks Authority today refused to grant planning

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permission. Chris Rogers has been following the story, and joins me

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now. This isn't just a set`back for one school, this is a set`back for

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the government? That is right, a big setback for a

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very big scheme by the government. They are offering to invest in any

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solid business plan that is school comes up with that can provide the

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kind of education children from deprived that grounds can only dream

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of. Durand Academy wanted to build Britain's first free boarding school

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in a beautiful 25 acre site in Sussex in a national park. Paid for

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by the profits of the school is already very successful private

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enterprise with an additional ?70 million from the Department of

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education. They would take 600 pupils there every week and back at

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the weekend. Planning application was turned down today mainly over

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concerns over the impact on the local environment. Planning officers

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said there was a fine balance between that and the improvements to

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buildings already on site, and opportunity for a brilliant

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education for those pupils. There have been other concerns. We have

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reported on a letter written by MP Margaret Hodge claiming the

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government hadn't asked enough questions about the Academy

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proposals. She wrote to the National audit office which looked at the

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proposal and discovered they haven't looked at the long`term running

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costs of the Academy. This is what the executive head of the Academy

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told us at the time. We have been working hard with the

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Department for months now, we were asked to look at our figures. We

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have done it time and again. We feel we have a seven year projection

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which is really strong. A comment earlier this year, what

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has the reaction been from school and government today? Michael Gove

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publicly supported this proposal and even visited the school in Lambeth

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and met some of the pupils who would benefit. Even wrote to the planning

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officers giving support to the scheme. A bizarre one sentence

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statement from the Department of education saying, we continue to

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support this initiative which would provide a unique educational

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opportunity for inner`city children. The Academy said it remains their

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firm intention to proceed with the project, but considering all the

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options available. There is more to come, including, we

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meet Matilda, she is full of water, barley and yeast. She is rather hot

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and is the latest addition to London's distillery scene. It's the

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first night of The Wind in the Willows. I'm in it, and I'll tell

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you all about it in a bit. They're the only one of London's top`flight

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teams never to have won a rugby union's Premiership, but new owners

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took charge of London Irish today saying they hope to turn the club

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into one of the most successful in Europe. Their arrival was marked by

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the signing of a leading player and talk of a possible move to a new

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stadium. The team in emerald green where Connor oh Shah once ran in the

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tries and Clive Woodward took some of his first steps in coaching. This

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is the spiritual home of London Irish. # Today, is all about trying

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to build a brighter future rather than looking back at the past. We

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are passionate London Irish supporters. We are making this

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investment on the basis of a strong business case. These men lead the

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consortium which now owns London Irish. They have already made their

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presence felt today, much to the delight of the Director of Rugby

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Brian, Smith with the signing of a World Cup winner. He is a big man,

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he can play tighthead and lose head. It's very significant day. We are

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delighted and excited about the future. Heading the consortium is

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Mick Cossan Chairman of the company that has sponsor London Irish for

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the last three years. We want to bring the club back to the top of

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the rugby world and take the branding globally around the world.

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That's what London Irish will be to us. Is it just a coincidence this

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takeover happened a week after Brentford got planning permission

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for their new stadium. Will you have talks about them about a possible

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ground share? I think everyone is allegedly speaking to Brentford. We

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are contracted to the stadium to 2 2020`2025 season. With all the

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support we have, the people around us, the people that we want to bring

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with us on this, it will be a fabulous journey. Big plans and bold

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ambitions to bring the team nicknamed the exiles back in from

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the cold. Gin has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity recently

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partly helped by the change in the law which has allowed London 's

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micro distillers to supply pubs an bars across the capital. A company

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in Battersea has decided to bring another spirit back to the capital,

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whiskey. It hasn't been produced here for more than 100 years, well,

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that was the case until this morning. At 7.00 am this still

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produced London's first drop of whiskey in more than a century. We

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are looking for a little bit of fruitiness. We want to see the

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potent stuff subsiding and clean out. We are looking for the malt, a

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little bit of chocolate, orange. This is the only distillery in the

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capital to be awarded a license to make spirits, unlike the

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manufacturer of gin, which involves adding flavour to alcohol, whiskey

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has to be made from scratch. This is mill barley, we feed it in, the

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barley drops in while we feed in hot water. The hot water extracts the

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sugars from the barley. We run the barley hot water mixture over to our

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fermenters. We add yeast. We transfer from there to Matilda our

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whis ski still and we end up with the spirit. Has enjoyed a recent

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surge in the number of micro`distillers. The question is,

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how good are the products? I would say the quality which we are getting

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from the small distillers these days is extremely high. The people who

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are setting them up have done their research. They have studied and read

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the books, asked experience distillers what to do. The knowledge

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of making great spirits is out there. Today's little moment of

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excitement was just the beginning of a waiting game. This has to age in a

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barrel where it will get its golden colour, by the way. It will be

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Christmas 2016 before anyone gets to taste it. What a year it has been

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for the man who became famous for playing Blackadder's dogsbody,

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Baldrick. Tony Robinson was knighted in the Queen Queen's Birthday

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Honours list, now Sir Tony has decided to leave television for a

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while to try the London stage for the first time in years. What made

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him want to do it? It's a production of The Wind in the Willows. Here

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comes Rattie. Rattie and friend in the much`loved production of The

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Wind in the Willows. This time out of its usual home and onto the

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Duchess Theatre Stage for its first commercial transfer. Tony Robinson

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steps into the role of the author, Kenneth Graham. Is it a tale you

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have had personal relationship with, that you have much loved? I won an

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award from the ducks ditty that comes from The Wind in the Willows,

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I was 10. I had read the book by then. When I left drama school it

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was about the same play I was in. `` the first play I was ever in. It

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keeps coming back to me. Long successful television career has

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meant the role of narrator is the first time for Tony treading the

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boards for 16 years. I was surrounded by theatre. My parents

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and my grandparents generation were terribly influenced, not just by

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straight theatre, but by music hall. There wasn't a great divide in those

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days, they would see everything. His much`loved character, Baldrick, in

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Blackadder, is one of many career successes that contributed to the

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actor receiving a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours this year.

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First of all, we didn't know it was going to be the success it was. It

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could have been another of those shows that you put your heart into

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and nobody watches. What was different was the calibre of people

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I was working with. Nobody knew who Stephen Fry or the rest of them were

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in those days. I was working with people at the top of their game.

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Tony's popularity in the West End theatre transfer is hoping to bring

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in new audiences. Before the weather, a message for our many

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viewers in Surrey. From today you can tune into your local radio

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station BBC Surrey on digital radio. New DAB transmitters for BBC Surrey

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and local commercial radio stations were officially turned on in Epsom

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this morning. Nearly 800,000 people will be able to receive the new

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service. Listeners will need to rescan their digital radios first.

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If you want to check that you can get DAB coverage where you live, you

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can do so on the website getdigitalradio.com: Now the

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weather: There is milder weather on the way. It hasn't arrived quite

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yet, a chill evening. It's foggy too across parts of Essex, Kent and

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Sussex. It's no surprise to find that that is where the lowest

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temperatures are at the moment, just to the east and to the south of

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London. Temperatures will rise tonight, the fog will disappear as

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the breeze freshens, the cloud will thicken up with rain moving in from

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the west by dawn. Temperatures will start at around five Celsius, we

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will end the night with temperatures not far away from 10 degrees. The

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milder weather will move in towards us over night tonight. It will bring

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rain. You can expect wet weather during the morning. It will be with

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us for the early rush. We should see things drying up and brightening up

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from around about late morning. Lunchtime, that is when temperatures

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are likely to pop`up to a mild 11`12 Celsius. Having said that there is a

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another spot of rain heading in towards the afternoon that will be

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with us for the evening rush. The rain should clear away tomorrow

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night. The skies will clear and the breeze will ease a touch. The for

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some of us, it will get cold enough for a touch of frost on the grass on

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Saturday morning. Saturday, a dry day, a good deal of sunshine to look

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forward to for the start of the weekend. More rain heading our way

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on Saturday night. That should clear away quite quickly on Sunday

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morning. However, it is going to leave quite a lot of cloud around.

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Sunday will be a cloudier day than Saturday. Some rain coming our way,

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bringing us milder weather by day, but still cold enough for a touch of

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frost on the grass at night. Thank you. Before we go, let us have a

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reminder of the main news headlines: Bond Aviation, the company which

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operated the helicopter that crashed into a pub in Glasgow nearly a

:26:45.:26:48.

fortnight ago has temporarily grounded 22 aircraft of the same

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model in the UK. The judge in the trial of two former personal

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assistance of Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi has told jurors to

:26:56.:27:01.

ignore complimentary remarks made about the TV cook made by David

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Cameron. The Prime Minister's office won't comment on the judge's

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remarks. A surgeon from south London, imprisoned in Syria, claims

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he is not only being tortured, but has been forced to beat others. Dr

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Abbas Khan from Streatham flew to the area to help with the

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humanitarian crisis, despite being arrested he has never been charged.

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25 years since the Clapham rail crash which left 35 people dead and

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hundreds injured. Today, survivors and those who lost loved ones came

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together for a memorial service to pay tribute to those who died. That

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is it. I hope you can join me during the 10.00pm news on BBC One, good

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night.

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