11/04/2014 BBC London News


11/04/2014

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Good evening and welcome. The chaos at Gatwick on Christmas Eve should

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be "a wake up call for all airports across the UK". More than 11,000

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passengers were affected by delays and cancellations because of a power

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failure. Today the Transport Select Committee says there was "confusion"

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and a "lack of information" at the airport. Our transport correspondent

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Tom Edwards has the story. Gatwick this morning and families

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jetting off for the Easter break and so far, nothing unusual. The queues,

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I think, and the procedures, but the airport seems OK. It's evident from

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past errors, listen to the public. We've never had an issue. Nothing

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disastrous has ever happened. I think they do quite well on the

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whole. We try to deal with this calmly. We know there are people who

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have been here over seven hours. This was Christmas Eve, when more

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than 11,000 travellers were affected by long delays and cancellations.

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Eventually, police had to ask airline staff to leave baggage

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reclaim for their own safety. Not everyone got home for Christmas. We

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have been here since ten past nine, and we found out our flight was

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cancelled because of the work we have done. A lot of flights have

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been cancelled. I am trying to remain positive. Hoping I will get

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home. The problems were caused by a river bursting its banks, which

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knocked out power in the North terminal. As it was Christmas Eve,

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the airport tried to avoid more cancellations by moving flights to

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the South terminal. That had never been done before. There were only

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four buses to transfer passengers. Today's report found there was a

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lack of information and a lack of clarity about who was in charge and

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there was confusion over compensation. Incidentally, Gatwick

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have said they would never try the same thing again. Transport Select

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Committee says the incident should serve as a wake`up call to every

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airport in the UK. Passengers simply didn't know what was happening, that

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is because there was not a proper contingency plan. That must never

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happen again. There should be a proper contingency plan put together

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by the airport, the airlines and all those involved in the airport, so

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that passengers welfare is put first. That did not happen on

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Christmas Eve. Gatwick says it is spending ?30 million strengthening

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its flood defences and improving its contingency plans. To make sure the

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same thing does not happen again. Four men are beginning life

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sentences for the murder of an innocent sales assistant who was

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caught up in a bloodthirsty feud between two Turkish gangs in north

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London. 21`year`old Cem Duzgan was shot eleven times as he played pool

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with friends in 2009. Chris Rogers joins me with more details.

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Is Cem Duzgan was playing with friends at a Turkish social club in

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Hackney, a Turkish gang had been holding a so`called Council of War

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meeting with members at the Pound shop on Tottenham High Road. They

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were planning a revenge attack on a rival gang. That night, the gunman,

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Blaize Lunkula, 28, walked into the club and shot Cem Duzgan 11 times

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with a submachine gun at close range. He was told he would serve at

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least 35 years. Three other men, Yusuf Arslan, Ndombasi Makusu and

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Christian Barabutu were also sentenced for life after being

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convicted of murder. It is a horrifying case, more horrifying

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because Cem Duzgan was killed in a mistake of mistaken identity. He was

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caught between two rival gangs, the Hackney Turks and the Tottenham

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Turks. Courts across the country will go

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digital in two years after a successful pilot of a paperless

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system at Bromley Magistrates. Ministers say it's helped speed up

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criminal cases and save money. Sarah Harris reports.

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This is CCTV footage. This is just a demonstration, but Bromley

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Magistrates Court have been leading the way, showing that by doing away

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with bundles of paper and embracing new technology, the justice system

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is more efficient. The policing minister came to see for himself.

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He's been so impressed by the feedback here he's pledged ?75

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million a year to make sure courts across the UK are operating

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completely digitally by 2016. The magistrates say it's transformed the

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way they can operate. It means that fewer cases collapse on the day. It

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means because they can interview witnesses remotely, more witnesses

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turn up they get better results. Body cameras already in use in the

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USA are about to be piloted by the Met here, with 500 devices being

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used to collect evidence. It's all costing millions of pounds up front,

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but it's expected to save money in the long run. We reckon we will be

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able to generate around ?500,000. A quarter of that will go into

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technology in the next couple of years, so we're funding that to

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ensure the police are able to fight crime in a way that is fitting in

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the 21st century rather than the 19th century. But not everyone is

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convinced all this technology will be secure. Alistair Ewing

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investigates computer hacking from his London bureau. It's possible

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people could sell their services such as organised crime to hack in

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and try and get these details. Hacking into a top government

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computer would be very difficult. It's very important the government

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implement the system correctly first time round, to make sure the proper

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level of security are installed. The government insists information will

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be secured with time and money being saved, bringing justice into the

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digital age. It is good night from me and I will

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leave you with the weather with Sarah Keith`Lucas.

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It is good night from me and I will leave you with the We had fine

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spring sunshine today. There is more on the cards for the weekend. It is

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largely dry through both days. There will be some sunny spells on offer

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through the day tomorrow, after a chilly start. We have quite a cold

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night outside tonight, with light winds and clear spells. Temperatures

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in rural spots down to near freezing. In the middle of London,

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temperatures holding up at seven or eight degrees. After the chilly

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start of Saturday morning, plenty of sunshine on offer through the course

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of the morning. In the afternoon, cloud filters in and it should say

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`` it should stay generally dry. 14`15d. A similar day on Sunday, if

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you are planning on running the London Marathon. After a cold start,

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highs of 15 Celsius and staying generally dry. This is the outlook.

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Largely dry, elsewhere across the UK, Alex Deakin has the National

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forecast for you. Good night. Good evening. This weekend should be

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a little brighter than last weekend. Most of us will see spells of

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sunshine. Across northern Britain as well as any sunshine there will be a

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brisk breeze developing some rain. In the south, generally it should

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stay dry with spells of sunshine. In the South at the moment we have

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largely clear skies. Hence another cold night. Further north, the wind

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is increasing and the cloud bringing persistent rain across western

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Scotland. The breeze, rain and cloud keeping it miles. In the south

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again, five - six, in towns and cities. In rural areas, not far off

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freezing. A chilly start to the weekend. Generally sunny across the

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south. It will cloud over through the day but we should hang on to

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sunny spells across East Anglia and the south-east. The sun has got some

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power in it, it will start to lift the temperatures. By 9am the cloud

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is thickening across North Wales and north-west England. Rain will spread

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its way south across Scotland and Northern Ireland. There could

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