13/04/2014 BBC London News


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have a second baby. End of story. That's it for now. Now on BBC One,

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it's time for the news where you are.

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Welcome to BBC London News. The number of estate agents on the

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capitals high streets is on the rise. In one area in south`west

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London there are 15 branches on one street. Local traders say it's

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forcing them out because they can't afford the rents. Emma North has

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more. It is a part of London which likes

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to sign the city. Barnes boasts plenty of small businesses, a sense

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of community, and estate agents. Lots and lots of them. At the last

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count there were 15 branches on this street alone. There was nothing

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special about the property. It has certainly made business kina. We

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like the competition. There is nothing better than selling a

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property or when my manager comes in for a valuation and Chuck says the

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keys. That is a great feeling. With a lack of houses coming on the

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market, offers of hundreds of thousands of pounds above the asking

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price are not unheard of. There is a domino effect. High prices mean the

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estate agents make bigger profits. They are able to pay higher rent and

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landlords around here are putting their prices up as well. As a

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result, small businesses are finding it hard to survive. Local firms are

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all too aware of how to have ends might get. It does not bring people

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into Barnes, does it? You come here because you want to go shopping, not

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to look and estate agents. You can do that anywhere. So, we want to

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give the shops going. It is perhaps no surprise Barnes is a hotspot. But

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here in Walthamstow they are popping up to. Right across London, in fact.

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Although if there is any sign of a downturn, they could go as soon as

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they arrived. These businesses do not have a long`term plan. I cannot

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see, there is just not enough business to go around for everybody.

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People need to think very carefully who they choose to sell or let their

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homes to. But recent history shows once prices rise they don't go down.

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Even though the agents are changing the very areas they are trying to

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sell. A senior city executive has repaid

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more ?42,000 in train fares, which he's believed to have dodged by

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using an Oyster card. Southeastern Trains said the man would catch a

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train from Sussex without buying a ticket. At Cannon Street, he then

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used his Oyster card to pass through the barriers, so paying only seven

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?7.20 for an incomplete journey. He is believed to have done this for

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five years before being caught in November last year.

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Doreen Lawrence, the mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence,

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could stand as Labour's candidate for the next London mayoral

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elections in two years' time. Party insiders hinted today that talks

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have been taking place about formally approaching Baroness

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Lawrence to stand in 2016. Marc Ashdown reports.

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She spent 18 years fighting for justice after the murder of her

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son. Could Doreen Lawrence now take on the top job in London? Labour

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appears to think so. Policy coordinator broke today, she is a

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class act, going from strength to strength. People in Westminster are

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starting to tip her as a potential mayor for our capital city. Now that

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is an interesting idea. Just this week, Doreen Lawrence was named in a

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poll as the most powerful woman in the country, so it is easy to see

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how she would be a popular choice. She was not available for comment

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today, but a source told us no formal approach has yet been made.

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So, would Londoners vote for her? Yes, if she did it, I would do it.

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She's amazing, isn't she? Really amazing. It's about time there were

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more non`white representation for London. The job would put her in

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charge of The Met police, slightly awkward paps, though some would say

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she is an interesting, refreshing candidate. Of course, the job is

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complex, it covers more than policing, for which she is best

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known. ?11 billion of the budget is on transport plus hundreds of

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thousands on housing. I think candidates would want her to have a

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wide view of what she would do at City Hall. Many still see tacit jowl

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as the most likely Labour candidate, but party insiders describe Baroness

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Lawrence as an influential, dynamic campaigner who could have that broad

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appeal needed to win over Londoners and wingback City Hall.

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Well, let's take a look at the weather now with Kate Kinsella.

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After a glorious spring day, pleasant evening with sunshine. Once

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the sun sets, there is a chilly evening on the cards, temperatures

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into single figures. Blue sky and sunshine tomorrow morning. A bit of

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a north`westerly breeze, some fair weather cloud bubbling up.

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Temperatures between 14 and 15 degrees. High pressure dominates for

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the next few days. Plenty of sunshine, feeling warm during the

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day but chilly overnight. Plenty of fine, dry weather to come. That's a

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bit more cloud to the end of the week, but the wind is light and the

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temperatures stay in the mid teens. That's it for now. I'll be back just

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before 10.20pm, but for now, have a lovely evening.

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We got to 17 degrees in the sunshine in London and many places enjoyed a

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pleasant day. A different story for the zero wherein was quite wet and

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windy. You can see that cloud is moving south. Things do improve

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across Scotland. Showers become confined to the far north and the

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winds ease

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