15/04/2014 BBC London News


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Good evening and welcome. A new design of lorry, aimed at

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reducing the number of cyclhsts killed in collisions has bedn

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approved by the European Parliament. Last year, 14 cyclists were killed

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on the capital's roads with nine of those incidents involving HGVs. If

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Westminster agrees to the changes, lorries will need bigger windows and

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rounder fronts. Gareth Furbx reports.

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Cycling home from central London this evening, and many who commute

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use their bikes `` using thdir bikes will be delighted that the Duropean

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Parliament wants lorries made safer. It seems crazy there have bden

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designed the way they have for so long without anyone realise it was

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asking for trouble. Anything that can improve everybody's safdty has

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got to be a good thing. Verx pleased to hear about it. The main danger in

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London has come when heavy goods vehicles turn left with a cxclist on

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the inside, in the driver's blindspot. Doctor Katharine Giles

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died like this in Victoria ` year ago. The inquest heard the driver

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could not have seen her. Thhs could be the truck of the future, with the

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standard Euro MPs want. Arotnd CAP fronts and bigger windows for better

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driver visibility, something Boris Johnson has also been calling for.

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He is delighted. This is a very good day for a cyclist in London and

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across Europe. Lorries kill and injure hundreds of cyclists who will

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now be at much less risk if this goes through. Alex McVitie was

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killed in 2000 cycling to work in the City, when a cement lorry turned

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left. Her mother hopes the new standards will be introduced by law.

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To lose a child in that way is horrific and even more so if you

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discover that it didn't need to happen, that there are ways of

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preventing this. How long whll it be before we see these new lorry

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designs on the streets of London? The European Parliament wants the

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design changes enforced for all new lorries by 2022, but Europe`n

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governments must agree with the rules before they can becomd law. We

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are concerned the British government has said that they do want to

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negotiate and water down sole of the proposals. We are not sure why they

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are doing this. That would put back the safety argument and the

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development of safer lorries by years or decades. The Department for

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Transport said making HGVs safer is a priority for the government.

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Today's phot is just one stdp in the process. `` today's phot. A way

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forward would still need to be agreed in Europe.

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Human bones have been found buried under a driveway in south London.

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The remains, including what is believed to be part of a sktll, were

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discovered by workmen in Riddlesdown Road in Purley yesterday. They have

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since been confirmed as hum`n, and have now been sent to

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anthropologists to determind how old they are.

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London's councils have used CCTV to fine motorists more than ?280

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million over the past five xears. The data compiled by a camp`ign

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group shows that Camden Council raised more than ?30 million. The

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Government says it'll clamp down on what it is sees as an abuse of the

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technology. But councils sax the cameras improve safety and deny

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they're using them just to raise money.

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House prices in London have risen by their fastest rate for nearly seven

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years, according to the most recent figures. The data from the Office

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for National Statistics shows that over the last 12 months, thd average

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cost of a house in the capital has increased by 17%. That's thd highest

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year`on`year rise since Julx 20 7 and nearly double the UK avdrage.

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A family who own a sheet metal factory based next to Tottenham

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Football Club is refusing to relocate, meaning a scheme to

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improve White Hart Lane could be jeopardised. The plans, which

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involve redeveloping the arda around the club, have clashed with the

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manufacturing firm's own pl`ns to expand.Many millions of pounds of

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development funds are now at stake, as Warren Nettleford reports.

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Archway Sheet Metals have bden operating for more than 30 xears. If

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you have had a late night about one of their machines probably cooked

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it. The premises are in the shadow of the Spurs ground but if the club

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have their way they would bd forced to move. This is why ` the scale of

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Tottenham's ambition with a new stadium and retail space. What it

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does not show is that if thd factory state it would be in the middle of

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the pitch. This site is derdlict, but there were other factorhes and

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industrial units. The comp `ny have plans of their own. They employ 20

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people and want to expand and say they have Planning Permission Bill.

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If they are regenerating thdy are taking away jobs at the samd time as

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creating jobs. We are already here and this is our home. We can

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regenerate and give local pdople the choice to work in Tottenham. We

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don't object to them developing not at all, but we wanted to be fair,

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that is all. Tottenham are waiting on the result of a public

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consultation which began last year. Haringey's council's attend`nt ``

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attempt to use a compulsory purchase order will be investigated. Spurs

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say the new scheme is cruci`l to kick`starting the regenerathon of

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the local area. The solicitor representing the family has

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reservations. The role of compulsory purchase is not to stifle good young

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businesses. The role of CPO is not to support wealthy commerci`l

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enterprises like Spurs. It hs here to support the public interdst.

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Tottenham see these expansion plans as vital for them to challenge the

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top clubs in Europe. If the government decides not to b`ck

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them, those plans could be on hold. Well it's good night from md, now

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here's. Here's Louise Lear with the London forecast. Good evening. We

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have seen some beautiful spring sunshine in recent days, but it has

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been chilly first thing. We will see a similar story tomorrow. Yds, more

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sunshine but a cool start. Tnder clear skies, temperatures are

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falling away. In rural spots we will see overnight lows of two or three

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degrees. It will be a beauthful start to the day with sunshhne

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coming through and that is how it was day. Southeasterly winds, so

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hopefully warmer. This is a summary and the look at the National

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forecast. The sun has set on another beautiful

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day. Like last night, temperatures have taken a nosedive this evening.

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It will be a cold night for the middle of April. Temperature is well

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down into single figures in towns and cities. Across eastern England

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in rural spots, close to freezing. We are expecting another frost

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across many parts of England and where. For Northern Ireland and

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Scotland, temperatures were covering later in the night but for most of

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us, a cold but sunny start. The last one for a while. We will see cloud

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increasing across Northern Ireland and Scotland, the breeze freshening

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and rain heading into the far north-west. Further south, a sunny

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day for most of England and Wales. Clouds are rare and temperatures

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will bounce back nicely. On

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