21/04/2014 BBC London News


21/04/2014

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about 7.20? That's it. We will be back with the

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late news at ten o'clock. Now it is time for the news where you are.

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Good evening and welcome to the programme.

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Hundreds of residents in South London have spent their bank holiday

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Monday without water after pipes burst last night. Two blocks of

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flats were affected, but there's been some dispute over who's

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responsible for the repairs as the premises were split over two

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different boroughs. Victoria Graham explains.

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The problem is simple, a burst water pipe meaning residents in these

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flats have no water. In fact, the supply was cut off at eight o'clock

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yesterday evening. The solution to that problem is a little more

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complex. For residents living here it has been an extremely frustrating

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day. Who do they call? Some residents pay their council tax to

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Wandsworth, others to Lambeth. Both councils are directing residents to

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Thames Water. Lambeth water said it was investigating to find out

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exactly who is responsible for the burst water main. Wandsworth Council

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apologised for any inconvenience and said they were working with Thames

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Water to fix the issue. Thames Water said the problem lies on privately

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owned pipe and not one owned by Thames Water but they will continue

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to support the council is as much as they can until the problem is fixed.

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In the forecast for a dry bank holiday Monday is not what some

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residents have envisaged. It has been frustrating but to be honest I

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did not have a great deal planned. It would be nice to have a shower

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and it feels like a lost day. Concierge told us there was a minor

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problem with the pipe yesterday. A plumber was called but the situation

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just got worse. When we arrived it was quite serious. A water main had

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burst which caused extensive flooding throughout that entire

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building. Crews from Lambeth worked extremely hard to isolate that water

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supply and thankfully, we have now stopped the flood water. We have

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also isolated the electrical supply. Just to assure that the residence

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above the commercial premises are safe. So no water and no

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electricity. Thames Water told us this evening that they are still

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working to resolve the problem with the help of both councils. .

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A man has appeared in court charged with murder after a young father was

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stabbed in Essex. 24`year`old Michael Haastrup from Southend was

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attacked at a flat in Braintree on Wednesday evening and died in

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hospital. A second man was also injured. This morning 24`year`old

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Luke Eva appeared before magistrates in Chelmsford and has been remanded

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in custody. Police are appealing for witnesses

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after a 24`year`old man was attacked on Saturday evening. Detectives have

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described the assault on Oxendon Street is particularly violent.

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The Home Office has said it will now allow a woman from Jamaica to come

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to London to donate her kidney to her seriously`ill brother. Oliver

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Cameron from Hackney needs the transplant,and his sister Keisha

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Rushton offered to become a donor. Initially the Home Office refused

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her a visa, saying she couldn't be trusted to return to Jamaica after

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the operation. Ms Rushton is now expected in London within days.

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A group of teenage girls from Islington have been playing in the

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2014 World Cup in Brazil for Team England. They were taking part in a

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tournament for street children in Rio which aims to bring young people

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together through their love of football. Emma North has followed

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their progress. It is as competitive and tough as

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the real tournament. And it is as much fun. This is the street child

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World Cup, held among the availables of Rio, it brings

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together people whose lives are chaotic but to love playing

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football. Among them, a group of teenage girls from Islington

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representing Team England. I am most excited about getting to see Brazil

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because it is one of the places I have wanted to go to and getting to

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learn about other people's cultures. Back home they are in care

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so they have had to squeeze in training whenever possible and

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sometimes it shows. When we first arrived, the girls were really like

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they could not believe the beautiful surroundings. The first thing they

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saw was a cockroach and they wanted to go back on the plane. We had just

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arrived that night! Our experience in the last two weeks or so has been

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intense. It is a really full programme of activities, conference,

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football and development which is really difficult for young people to

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take in. But I think what they will get out of it will be brilliant. The

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struggles of street children are universal but here there is a chance

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for every child to talk. Although we have not won a lot of Mac shows ``

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matches, we have become stronger as a team. When a team loses there are

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no hard feelings. At the end, we'll hug and shake each other's hands.

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The fact that some countries do not speak English, we can still

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communicate with them through football, dance and music. It is

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amazing. After a tough few matches, Team England made it through to the

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quarterfinals. No cup to lift but plenty more to take away.

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Now the weather with Darren Bett. Hello, today was the warmest it has

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been through all Easter but the heat has triggered some thundery showers.

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Almost anywhere could catch some rain this evening and overnight. It

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is likely to be heavy. There could be some hail and plunder in there as

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well. Difficult travelling conditions are expected. It will be

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mild as we start Tuesday. The tendency is to push the worst of the

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wet weather northwards. We may be left with one or two showers in the

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afternoon but increasing amounts of sunshine as well. It will feel

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pleasantly warm. Through the rest of the week we will maintain those

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sorts of temperatures, 17 or 18 degrees. There will be some sunshine

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but also some showers. I will be back with our late news

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just after quarter past ten tonight. Enjoy the rest of your evening.

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Goodbye. places, some thunderstorms developed

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this afternoon, initially to the west of London may have drifted

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west. Gloucestershire has been pounded by some intense downpours

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and reports of hailstone as well. We keep this zone of wet weather here

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through the night. Difficult driving conditions if you are underneath

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that and yet to make a journey home from the Easter weekend. Generally

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through the night, outbreaks of rain and turning misty and murky. Some

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clear spells in the north and west of Scotland. For most, no worries

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about a frost tonight. Tomorrow, more cloud around than today and a

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better chance of getting

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