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the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we

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health correspondent Sophie Hutchinson has 8

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Tonight on BBC London News. A crackdown on one of the UK's most

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violent gangs ` 29 suspected members are arrested in Brixton. We have

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actually targeted would we consider to be senior, high`ranking members

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of the gang. The senior members, we believe, have significant impact on

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the crime committed in London. We get the view from a former gang

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leader. Also tonight: The speedboat tragedy which killed a father and

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daughter ` investigators say the accident could have been prevented.

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Growing underground ` we visit London's first subterranean farm in

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former World War Two air raid shelters.

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Plus the reunion one man has waited six years for ` to meet the

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passer`by who stopped him jumping off Waterloo Bridge. It's kind of

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just a dream, that I would ever be able to find him and thinking, I

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can't believe reunited with him and I would be able to look in his eyes

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and say thank you. Good evening. One of London's most

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notorious gangs has been targeted in a series of early morning raids. The

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so`called GAS gang is believed to be responsible for up to three quarters

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of all violent crime in some parts of south London. Today almost 30

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people were arrested in several parts of the country ` for crimes

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including supplying drugs and money laundering. The Met Police said the

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operation was aimed at 'senior, high ranking members'. Marc Ashdown

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reports. She became the innocent face of

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London's struggle with violent gang crime. One moment, she was dancing

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in her uncle 's shop, the next, sprawled on the floor, shot in the

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chest in a botched shooting. A member of South London's notorious

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GAS gang pulled the trigger. Today the police swooped on their senior

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ranks. The so`called untouchables of this gang received an unexpected

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early morning visit. At 5:30am, 700 police officers descended on

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addresses around the UK. They raided homes in Scotland, Bedfordshire,

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Essex, the Thames Valley, but the heart of this game operated out of

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South London. Nine properties were raided in Brixton. 29 people were

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arrested. The gang is suspected of drug dealing, money`laundering,

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immigration offences and serious violence. This gang in particular

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have members serving sentences for murder, shooting, attempted murder

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and serious violent and acquisitive crime. We have seen significant

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reductions in all of those offences in London but this gang and other

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gangs in London continued to cause harm in London. The tale we have

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taken out today are what we consider to be senior members. This is aimed

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at answering criticism that The Met only targets foot soldiers of gangs

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and convince and often sceptical community to share evidence. It is a

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major issue of trust and confidence in the police. In the past

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individuals have complained about gang`related individuals being

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arrested and the next day they are on the streets, so it's very

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important that the right individuals are arrested, they put bars. That's

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what happened to these three men, serving life sentences. Members of

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the gang have been convicted of a series of murders, including

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Nicholas Payton. The Met says Operation Trident,

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relaunched as an anti`gang initiative, is working, but admits

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there is more to do. Joining me now is Tracey Miller ` a

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former gang leader in south London who now focuses on helping young

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ex`offenders. Thank you for coming in. First, can I ask you, how long

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were you in again? About eight years. From what you saw today, a

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step forward, but how far do you think it goes, taking senior members

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out, how far does it go in terms of closing down again? It's a start.

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Things need to be eradicated, but I don't think this behaviour will

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eradicate all gangs, I think there will be younger ones who will want

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to step into the footsteps of the older ones. So if gangs continue to

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thrive in this way, from what you have seen, and people you talk to,

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is the problem getting worse or are we just more aware of its? A bit of

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both. It is going to get worse because you get youngsters who are

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not being raised properly by their parents, they are more aggressive

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and more hungry, so they will commit crime, taking out their opposition

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gang members. So it will get worse. What would have stopped you from

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joining a gang or taking the path you chose? For me at the time, I was

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one of those kids that had a lot of heart, what my background wasn't

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good, I didn't understand the way I was brought up. I'm grateful to an

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extent. The adrenaline rush I got from being on the streets suited me

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fine said nothing could have stopped me then. But I just urge gang

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members or kids that are wayward to take responsibility for their

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actions and find peace within. You have taken responsibility for your

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actions if you were talking to the younger you? I was so caught up in

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it, I did and understand. But I had nobly telling me, do this or don't

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do that, now there are some in a role models, these youngsters have

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no excuses. But at the same time, I don't condone gang violence but I

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understand where they are coming from, they have no other means of

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making money, they are so used to doing it that way. With a criminal

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record, you can't find work. It is what it is. Aside from the sort of

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police effort, there is always head scratching about what more can be

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done to tackle gang violence. What would you suggest? Zero tolerance,

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from police, from parents and youngsters, find peace within. We

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will leave it there. Thank you. Lots more to come including: I am on

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the boundary of Richmond and Hounslow where a row is brewing over

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where the postcode boundary should be.

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Investigators have found that a TV executive and his daughter from

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Wandsworth were killed in a speedboat after he took control of

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the steering wheel from his wife. A report says the accident in Cornwall

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last May could have been avoided if his wife had been wearing a safety

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device which would have cut the engine. Duncan Kennedy reports. This

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was the moment that the Milliken family but was left spinning out of

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control. It was at Padstow in Cornwall, where they had been

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enjoying a day by the sea. All six tremors of the family were thrown

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into the water. Nick Milligan and his daughter Emily were killed.

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Tributes were left here at the family home in Wandsworth,

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south`west London. Nick Milligan worked as an executive for sky TV in

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West London. Today the official report said they were tipped out

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after Mr Milligan had lent over his wife to take control, he wanted to

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steer it away from the beach but made the boat take a sharp turn

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instead. Unfortunately the cord which should have stopped the engine

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was not being Ward... One. Kill cords are designed to be simple and

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quick. This is the kind of ribbed the family were in at the time of

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the accident, it is capable of doing more than 40 knots. It's time to go

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out, they should have a skipper attached to one of those killed

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cords so he or she is put out of action and this would happen. The

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engine cuts. Some say that kill cords should become law. This man's

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son died 13 years ago after being hit by a boat that wasn't using one.

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It's like wearing a seat belt. If you are wearing one, you are much

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safer. But you are also making it safer for others. Today the Milligan

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family released a statement saying, we are still coming to terms with

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this tragedy. The message from today's report was

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that this was an accident and kill cords are life`savers that should

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become second nature on all powerboats.

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Lorries without safety equipment to protect cyclists and pedestrians

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will be banned from London by the end of the year. The Mayor's

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proposals will ensure every HGV is fitted with sideguards to protect

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cyclists from being dragged under the wheels ` and special mirrors

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which give the driver a better view of cyclists and pedestrians.

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Hertfordshire Police say two people have died after what they're calling

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a "serious incident" on the M1 motorway near Watford. Police were

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called to the northbound carriageway between junctions five and six this

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morning, after a man was struck by a car. A second man died nearby. The

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motorway was closed for four hours and police are appealing for

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witnesses. A man accused of stealing from the

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bins of a supermarket has defended his actions and says he'll continue

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to get food in this way. He was one of three men due to stand trial

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after being caught taking discarded tomatoes, mushrooms and cheese from

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skips in Kentish Town. But yesterday the case was dropped ` as Victoria

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Graham reports. It's a story the media are making a

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real meal out of, and in all honesty, it is all Paul May wanted

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to do. He regularly forages for food, searching for discarded

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produce that supermarkets can no longer sell. If I was to live

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entirely on what I earn from bits of work that I do, tax credits can

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identify with each very much. There are others in London, and to be

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honest, there are much better skips than in Iceland. It is called urban

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scavenging and people do it for a variety of reasons. Whether it is

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reducing unnecessary food waste or just finding a decent meal. Last

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October, Paul and two other friends were caught in the act, rifling

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through a skip at the back of the Kentish Town branch of Iceland and

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was subsequently arrested. Police officers didn't have far to come to

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make the arrests since the station is next to the store in question,

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but Iceland said its staff didn't call the police, who came on their

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own initiative. Until yesterday the CPS were standing by the

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prostitution but suddenly dropped it. As recently as two ago weeks,

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they said there was a significant public interest in prosecuting and

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suddenly, we have this U`turn as a result of media and public pressure.

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The heart of all the offences is, today acted dishonestly? The

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difference these three were going to run is that they weren't at ten

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dishonestly, this was food that was thrown away by, they say, a

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profligate supermarket. Iceland so they weren't aware of any

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prosecution until Tuesday. They asked for it to be stopped but said

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they didn't condone people rifling through their prince, the say it

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isn't hygienic or safe. That won't stop Paul, though.

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Does your postcode really matter? Well, a group of residents in West

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London are bidding to have theirs changed. People in Whitton say most

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of their neighbours have been given a Richmond postcode whilst they have

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a Hounslow one ` so what's their complaint? Alice Bhandhukravi joins

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us from Hounslow, or is it Richmond? Well, I am joining you from Argyle

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Avenue, which is a long road separated by a barrier. On the side

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of the barrier, people pay their council tax to Richmond Council. If

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we walk to the other side of the barrier, people here pay their

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council tax to Hounslow. It is all part of TW three, which is

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officially Hounslow. So people on the other side of the barrier want

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to have a Richmond postcode. I spoke to one of them earlier about the

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practical problems they are facing full V last year we applied to a

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school for our eldest daughter and we applied to Richmond Council.

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Because we had the Hounslow postcode, we fell out of the

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catchment area. And you're paying more? Yes, we are paying ?200 extra

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a year. That is one of the residents who believe they ought to be part of

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Richmond. Not all the residents agree. One of the people who has to

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deal with this regularly is an estate agent. Do you face the

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problem when you are speaking to people buying houses around here? A

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lot of people enquire for specific roads and postcodes. They are

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looking to be in the catchment area for certain schools. Other issues as

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well. It is primarily the schooling. We have heard already there is an

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approximate premium of ?200 to be in Richmond in terms of council tax but

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there is a difference also in house prices. What is the difference

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between Richmond and Hounslow? If you were on the Richmond side and

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marketed as TW2, you are probably looking at ?30,000 more on your

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house price than if you were on the other side. Thank you for talking to

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us. We have had a statement from the Royal Mail and they say postcodes

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are there to ensure an accurate delivery but they do not normally

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change postcodes. The debate goes on. Thank you.

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Staying with housing now because residents of a Buckinghamshire town

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say they will fight any move to build on their green space. It comes

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as part of a secret proposal to build a so`called garden city near

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Gerard 's cross. The government has denied it would impose such a

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developing `` Gerrard's Cross. Imagine it was being planned near

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your town. I would be very surprised. It is a

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rumour which has swept through Gerrard's Cross. Enough is enough.

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It began with a newspaper report of secret government plans for a garden

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city near here. I do not know anyone who thinks it is a good idea. We

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were shocked. Where on earth are they going to put it? The parish

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council was straight on to the local MP who also happens to be in the

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Cabinet. He says I have made enquiries and I am satisfied no such

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proposal exists. The problem appears to have gone away. I still think we

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have to be aware of it. I do not think it is serious but we have got

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to give it credence and make sure we are in a position to react if it

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does happen. It is often an insight to the likely reaction anywhere the

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green belt is threatened. Letchworth in Hertfordshire was the original

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garden city. Started in 1903, now with 30,000 homes. The vision was to

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create places people wanted to live and work in, to create places which

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were enjoyable towns and combine the rest of town and country `` the best

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of town and country. The Lib Dems are worried about support in their

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heart lands. We ask the housing minister whether he would ever

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impose a garden city plan? Absolutely not. This is about local

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community is about local communities being confident about them shaping

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their areas. We trust local government, local businesses to make

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those choices. It is not about top`down secret documents which have

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been talked about. It is about having confidence and trust in local

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people. But this businessman and Conservative peer says garden cities

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are needed and he is offering a quarter of ?1 million for the best

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design. This prize is about getting people to build inspirational cities

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people want to live in and how they can be financed and built with the

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consent of the local population whose lives they will disrupt. It is

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that fear of disruption and polite, often turned into fierce protest

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which will remain the biggest obstacle.

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Still to come this evening: It is the last surviving tea clipper and

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one of the world's most famous ships. Now the Cutty Sark becomes

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the newest studio Theatre. It's got to be one of the most

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unusual places to grow herbs and vegetables. But that's what's

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happening in tunnels beneath the Northern line once used as World War

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II air raid shelters. The produce will then be sold across the

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capital. It's even got the backing of one of London's top chefs. Tarah

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Welsh has the story. Unless you knew it was here, you

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would never know that deep beneath Clapham, down 179 steps, are the

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beginnings of an underground farm. It has got a kick at the back. The

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idea is to keep food local and it has got the approval of a master

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chef. We will be growing vegetables which can be delivered to the

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restaurants or supermarkets within 24 hours. Super, super fresh. That

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will save money and mean it is also less wasteful and very flavourful.

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It is ticking all the boxes. Getting the environment right has taken two

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years but the entrepreneurs behind the idea say this type of farming

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will complement, rather than replace traditional methods. For us, it is

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absolutely perfect, we are not affected by adverse weather which

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you can see a lot at the moment. We are 33 metres under the ground. The

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Northern Line runs above us. These used to be a bomb shelter but now

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just the end of the tunnel is being used to grow produce but it is

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thought eventually eight tunnels will be full of veg two is applied

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to London. You can create a farm in your area. In Brooklyn, nearly every

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roof garden is sustainable. They have their own vegetables and

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beehives. I think it is only starting now but I think it will go

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crazy. There is a long way to go yet but the farm needs ?1 million of

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investment. This mission and starred chef thinks this business has the

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potential to grow. `` Mission Lynn starred chef.

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Performances are taking place in London's newest theatre ,which also

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happens to be a 145`year`old ship. The Cutty Sark in Greenwich is

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hosting cabaret, comedy and drama below deck. Our entertainment

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correspondent, Brenda Emmanus, has been onboard to see what's going on.

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From neighbours to invited guests, local musicians perform at the

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launch of the new studio theatre aboard the Cutty Sark. The

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entertainment space follows the million pound restoration of the

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famous tea clipper. Cutty Sark has always been a business machine. What

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we have been looking to do is not only to present it as a visitor

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attraction, but to think of ways we can give it a saleable future. We

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have always had this notion that we can unpack in the lower hold, the

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idea of a studio theatre. What we did not really know was whether we

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would be able to attract the quality of artists that would be eight

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performing on this very stage. By day, the dry dock ship will continue

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as a museum attracting visitors keen to take on board the history of this

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famous ship. By night, audiences will occupy this 85 seat space, once

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packed with people will look. Is the whole idea to bring new audiences to

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the venue? Yes, it is not a data standing alone which has to have a

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show every night to make money, `` Theatre standing alone. It is a

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presentation of the Cutty Sark to the world in the hope it will bring

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more audiences and further enhance the profile of the Cutty Sark.

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Comedian Alan Davies is one of several performers and personalities

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set to draw audiences to this new venue. Ross Noble and renowned

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yachtsman Robin Knox Johnston are also won the opening programme. It

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is conjured up in the evening out of nothing so it does not compromise

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the liberty or the value or the dignity of the ship in anyway.

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It's a reunion that Jonny Benjamin has waited six years for. To thank

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the passer`by who saved his life after talking him out of jumping off

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Waterloo Bridge. After a social media campaign to find the complete

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stranger went viral, his good Samaritan, Neil Laybourne, came

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forward, thanks to his fiancee who saw the appeal. Ayshea Buksh caught

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up with them both. His hunt began on a place which

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helped some tough memories. Johnny Benjamin wanted to trace the man who

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talked him out of jumping off Waterloo Bridge six years ago. I

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wanted to thank them and show them my gratitude for what they did that

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day. With the help of a mental health charity, his appeal went

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worldwide and that stranger was found. We had a few people getting

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in touch and saying they thought that would be time. This was very

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emotional for Jonny. We asked a lot of questions and talked to Jonny

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about what he could remember. By the time we narrowed it down to Neil we

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were pretty sure we had got the right person. When they met he

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remembered him. The good Samaritan was a personal trainer from Surbiton

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who was on his way to work. Nobody else stopped. They walked past him.

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I guess it was luck that I was the right person who could say the right

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thing. After Jonny came off the bridge, the police took him away and

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Neil never saw him again. Every year I would think about it. I always

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wondered what happened to him. After Neil's intervention, Jonny who had

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been diagnosed with a skit `` a disorder sought mental health help.

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Everything came back to me. I saw myself on the bridge that day and it

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was very distressing. But then we began chatting and felt we had come

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full circle and I could close that chapter of my life. We were saying

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how nice it was to be reunited and see each other smiling. Jonny says

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he will continue campaigning on mental health issues and they will

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stay in touch. How great is that?

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Time for a look at the weather with Elizabeth Rizzini.

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There is more rain on the way. We have had it confirmed today what we

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already knew, that January has been a very wet month indeed. Across

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London and the south`east, we have had more than twice the average

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monthly rainfall for January. If you are a numbers person, that is about

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175.2 millimetres. There is more rain to come particularly into

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tomorrow evening. We have had a dull day. The showers will continue

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towards southern and eastern areas of the capital through the overnight

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period. I think towards southern and western areas, that is where we are

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likely to see some mist and fog, patches of it into tomorrow morning.

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We will see some cloud breaks. It will feel chilly. As we head into

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tomorrow morning, there will be a few showers around rather dull,

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dull, cloudy, bleak start. We will gradually see the wins pick`up. ``

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the wins pick up. That will hit us tomorrow evening in the rush hour

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when it will be a wet and windy ride home. For the weekend, it is not

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looking too bad but if you are heading towards the south coast,

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watch out, there will be some heavy showers here and some big waves

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expected. For us, it will be a breezy weekend but it will be mostly

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dry. Some good spells of sunshine. We might catch a few showers at

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times and temperatures will slowly be coming up. Thank you.

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The main headlines now: Parts of Britain have had their wettest

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January since records began, more than a century ago. The Met Office

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says some parts of England, including Kent and Devon, have

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already seen twice the average rainfall for this month.

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One of the most violent gangs in the UK has been targeted in a series of

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early morning raids. Nearly 60 members have been arrested.

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That's it for now, more news at ten o'clock, of course. Plenty more on

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our website. From all of us on the team, thanks for watching and have a

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lovely evening.

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