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chilly. That's all from the BBC News at six

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so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams

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where you are. The bid to expand, Heathrow and

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Gatwick go head`to`head with rival plans to build a new runway. We look

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at what it would mean if either one of the airports were allowed to

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grow. Also tonight: A life ban from teaching for a former head who spent

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thousands of pounds on school cash on herself and her family. Awarded a

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CBE and celebrated a as one of the country's top Heads, Jo Shuter has

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been told she will never be reinstated after bringing her

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profession into disrepute. Is and "not fit for purpose", a damning

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report into one of London's A departments. Plus, the green shoots

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of recovery. How gardening is helping to rehabilitate injured

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servicemen in Surrey. Good evening and a very warm welcome to you.

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London's two biggest airports have made their final bids to be allowed

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to build new runways to meet the soaring demand for air travel to and

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from the capital. Heathrow has increased its compensation package

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for those who will lose their home and say its proposal would create

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100,000 new jobs. Gatwick says its plan would keep fares low and create

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120,000 jobs. Their proposals have been submitted to the Airports

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Commission, which will recommend how best to expand UK air capacity after

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the next general election. Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, now locked`in

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a battle over who should get a new runway, with both claiming they will

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provide over 100,000 jobs, and big economic benefits. In its final

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submission to the Government's commission, a revised plan for a

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third runway at Heathrow. Part of the offer, more compensation to

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homeowners. It delivers ?100 billion of growth. It connects all of the UK

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to all of global growth. It has more support from the local community

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than opposition from the local community. It addresses a lot of the

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concerns people have voiced around emissions and around noise. It's a

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very good deliverable plan. It's a plan we can all back. Another option

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that has been shortlisted is to extend and split a runway at

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Heathrow. Many though dispute whether expansion is needed at all.

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They say an extra runway, where ever it is, would mean more noise and

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pollution. Initially, the plan was to put the runway right through

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here, this village, this the proposal it to put it further to the

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south. It means this 12th century church will be saved. Hundreds of

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homes, to the south, will still be demolished. Also the M25 will have

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to be put in a tunnel. Some believe it's the uncertainty that is the

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most damaging. The area would cease to be the community we know it

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today. The houses are blighted. You know, they are uncertain as to

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whether it would happen or not. They should tell my people and set them

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free and let them know whether it would happen or not. Says a

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recognised runway here would disrupt fewer people and delivered earlier

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than Heathrow's at no additional cost to the taxpayer. A two runway

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Gatwick will make sure the UK has the airport capacity it needs to

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deliver economic growth in the future. And make sure we have a

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truly competitive airport market, which will serve passengers, in

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terms of passenger choice and lower air fares. Is an estuary airport

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could be an option. Whilst most expect it to be dropped, the Mayor

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who backs it is still confident. Like I always say, having exhausted

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all the alternatives this country will eventually do the right thing

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for long`term prosperity and have an airport where we need it. The

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arguments aren't new, any recommendations from the Commission

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won't be until after the next election. The even then, there is no

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guarantee politicians will act on it. Many in the industry fear this

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is all an expensive delaying tactic. Plenty more to come tonight,

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including: Why some flood victims in Surrey are accusing Thames Water of

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failing to protect their properties. A top former head teacher has been

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banned from teaching for life after spending thousands of pounds of

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public money on personal expenses. Jo Shuter was found guilty of

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unacceptable professional conduct while working at Quintin Kynaston

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School in North London. Katharine Carpenter joins us from outside the

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school now with more details. Jo Shuter admitted that whilst she was

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the head here she used school funds for personal gain. Here are a few

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examples. The professional conduct panel heard she had been paid

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?28,000 for public speaking in school time. That she had pent

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around ?7,000 on her own 50th birthday party. That she had

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furniture for the school, worth around ?1500 send sent to her home

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address. There were queries raised around ?40,000 in the school's

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budget. This is made the more remarkable Jo Shuter was awarded a

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CBE and fated by politicians as one of the top heads in the country.

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What did the disciplinary panel have to say? I have the outcome here.

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It's damning, I have to say. It found that although Jo Shuter has

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been a force for good, it said in many respects, that she had done

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behaviour which amounted to unacceptable professional misconduct

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that may bring the profession of teaching into disrepute. It

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commented that she had shown a lack of insight into the severity and

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impact of her behaviours. Now, as a result of all of this, she has been

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given a prohibition order which bans her from teaching. She has been told

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she won't be able to ask to be reinstated at any point in the

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future. She can still appeal through the High Court. Now, Jo Shuter

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resigned from this school around a year ago, since then she has been

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made acting head of another school in Ilford. We have just discovered

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that tonight that school, King Sold man High School sent a letter to

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parents in which it said it had no alternative but to suspend her from

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post and that it was now looking for anotherle acting head. OK. Thank

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you. A cyclist has died after being involved in a collision with a lorry

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in Elephant Castle. The accident happened this afternoon and has led

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to road closures in the area. The man hasn't been identified yet. No

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arrests have been made. The former leader of Essex County Council has

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been suspended from the House of Lords for the rest of the current

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parliament over his claims for allowances. Lord Hanningfield has

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been ordered to pay back more than ?3,000 he wrongly claimed. A

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hospital in south`east London has been criticised today for failing

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its patients. There were concerns over the A department at the Queen

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Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich. Not fit for purpose, failing,

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inadequate. Queen Elizabeth A is not up the job according to the

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report today. We saw challenges with ambulance handovers. We saw some

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issues about hand hygiene. Issues about cramped and difficult

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conditions. Real challenges around the number of patients going

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through. We saw challenges around flow of patients, both through A

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and into the rest of the organisation. A long list. The

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concerns are shared by many patients. I was there 8.00pm in the

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evening I didn't get home until 2.00am. That is how long I had to

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wait. You think ` come on. They tend to people quickly. So far so good.

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Training has gone down. The attituded that I saw here and what I

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used to know is not the same. This hospital has been dogged for months

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by crippling debt and organisational change. It started in January last

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year when the Health Secretary propose downgrading the A The

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decision was deemed unlawful by the High Court. In OK Queen Elizabeth

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and Lewisham Hospitals merged. The same month Jeremy Hunt lost his

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appeal to the High Court. Finally in March this year, thanks to clause

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119, parliament voted him power in future to close hospitals if others

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nearby are failing financially. In the face of some opposition the

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Government said the powers would be used only as a last resort. For

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those in Lewisham, those changes are worrying. Now this law has gone

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through, the way it has gone through, Lewisham is part of the

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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust they could come back at us at some

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point in the future. They would be foolish to do so, but they could do.

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No hospital in England or London is safe from this clause now. As for

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the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and today's CQC report, the new Trust

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was unavailable for comment. They released a statement saying an

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action plan is in place and progress is being made. Next, residents in

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Staines whose homes were flooded this winter claim it could have been

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avoided if Thames Water had maintained a sluice gate. The

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company disagrees. It says that the flooding had nothing to do with

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maintenance and say they did everything they could to protect

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homes. You walk on the carpet and they are spongy under your feet.

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Michael is 83 and has lived here for most of his life am he had never

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been flooded until February. He didn't have insurance. He is trying

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to do the repairs himself. Total cost will end up, I would say,

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?15,000. Yeah. The which is out of the question for me. I haven't got

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?18,000. The floods have been blamed on an xraerd amount of rainfall.

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People here say they were flooded because this gate didn't work. This

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carries water towards Staines. As you can see, it's controlled by a

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number of sluice gates. One of these failed and the water carried on

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flowing down to Staines. On 9th February the Environment Agency

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asked Thames Water to close this gate. It didn't happen until three

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days later when homes were already under water. This is a log from the

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Environment Agency of what happened during the flooding. It clearly

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says, sluice eight, not functional. It also says they had contacted

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Thames Water about what to do when a sluice is broken. Thames Water have

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told us it wasn't broken at all. That it wasn't closed immediately

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because closing it could risk flooding other areas. If they needed

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to take the time to consider what to do. The impact of the floods, even

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though it was a natural event, was actually exasperated by a degree of

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under investment. The local MP has raised the issue in the Commons. I

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don't want to happen what happened in 2003, lots of floods, then

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everyone forgets about it. Then 11 years later we are in the same

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place, without really having learnt proper lessons. Thames Water

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cancelled an interview with us. In a statement said:

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the Environment Agency has supported this opinion saying information

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logged on the ground can turn out to be wrong. Those affected by flooding

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say they are still waiting for answers. Stay with us. Still to come

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tonight: The injured soldiers and how a gardening scheme in Surrey is

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helping with their recovery. Next week's election will see not just

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thousands of councillors and euro MPs being voted in, but a clutch of

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directly elected Mayor's as well. One of those is in Watford where the

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Liberal Democrats are hoping to reverse the trend of what many polls

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suggest is falling Popp lart. The town has had a Lib Dem Mayor for the

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past 12 years and now Dorothy Thornhill is bidding for a fourth

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term. It can be tough trying to convince people you should be the

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new Mayor of Watford. No thank you. I'm standing for UKIP. We have been

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to a pro`Dorothy, it's on tape. This is the only town outside London

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where people can vote for a Mayor this year. What do they want a Mayor

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to do for them? Hold the town together and unite whatever

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communities there are in the town. Listen to the people and make sure

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that what the people want, he or she does it. I have no idea. This

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doesn't ` just doesn't bother me. The parliamentary seat here in

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Watford swings between Labour and the Conservatives. The last three

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elections have been won by the Liberal Democrats. With opinion

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polls suggesting a big drop in support for the party since the last

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election, the question now is, can the Lib Dems win the vote for Mayor

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here again for the fourth time? This is one woman who firmly believes she

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can buck the national trend, the current Lib Dem Mayor, checking the

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progress of town centre building works. One thing about being Mayor,

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you are very visible and very accountable. People know what you

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have been doing. They will either like it or hate it. There is no

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doubt who is actually doing it. I have to believe that my track record

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speaks for itself. The Lib Dems main pledges for Watford are: I will vote

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Conservative. Thank you very much. I have not had that said today at all.

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Four years ago, the Conservatives say 12 years is too long for the

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same person to be Mayor. There is no real democracy in the Town Hall.

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People now know this. The Town Hall is looking tired. There is no such

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thing as a successful politician when you stay too long. I think

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Dorothy's time is up. You need a fresh pair of eyes. Conservative

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priorities are improving local shops, cutting town hall costs and

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better facilities for motorists. We used to elect three items free of

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charge. Since the Lib Dems taken over they have started charging for

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collecting items. Labour's top pledges are:

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Proper funding for the hospital. There is an issue about the

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hospital, whether it will get built or not. No proper funding. There is

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no proper planning for the hospital. As you can see, this area is the

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most densely populated in the county. I'm from UKIP I'm standing

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for Mayor of Watford. Yes. You have my vote. It's UKIP's first vote in

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the Mayoral race here. Its candidate say he's riding high on the party's

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popularity. I'm hoping that they will think, I might as well vote

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UKIP for the Mayor as as well. Pledges are:

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For many, the Mayoral election here next Thursday will be a testing

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ground. Can the Lib Dems buck the national trend and how strong are

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their opponents? The results will be announced on Friday 23rd. In the

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European elections in London, the British National Party is fielding a

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full list of candidates, their leader, nick Griffin, says they are

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campaigning on Europe and immigration. I think there is really

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two issues people are voting about in this election. The first is

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getting out of Europe. We are saying if people go for a referendum it

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will be rigged like it was in 1975. We are just saying Britain should

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withdraw straightaway, no arguments, no referendum. Just get Britain out.

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Secondly, we are the only party which when we say stop immigration,

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we actually mean it. Football, and Tottenham have started

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the search for their third manager in two years after confirming the

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sacking of Tim Sherwood this afternoon.

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Our sports reporter Chris Slegg joins me. I suppose it was always a

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question of when rather than if? Yes, ever since Tim Sherwood was

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handed the contract he had the air of a temporary caretaker. He even

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said he felt like a supply teacher. He has always been honest, he

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labelled his players much of a muchness, had a pop at the owners,

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and today he was sacked. Is there any word on who the new man or woman

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might be? Not from the club, they have said they started their search

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but the favourites with most of the bookmakers is the Southampton head

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coach, taking an unfashionable club to eighth in the league. Also the

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head coach from Ajax. Also Rafa Benitez, and David Moyes who did a

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good job at Everton. Today we asked the former Tottenham defender who he

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would like to see given the job. I liked what Frank diverse said,

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here's coveted throughout Europe. He is a young manager who has proven

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himself in the Dutch league and done very well, but more than that I

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think he is a young manager who has proven himself in the Dutch league

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and done very well, but more than that I think here's someone who has

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what it takes building the club top to bottom. Gary Lineker stood up for

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Tim Sherwood and Twitter, saying he was refreshingly different. He said

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it always seems to be the person who runs the team and not the people who

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run the club who are to blame. Thanks very much.

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An innovative gardening therapy unit has been opened at Headley Court

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military rehabilitation centre in Epsom. It's designed to help injured

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servicemen recover their strength, mobility and co`ordination. And some

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of their plants are going to be on display at the Chelsea Flower Show.

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Our Defence Correspondent Caroline Wyatt has the story.

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The rows planted to mark a new beginning at the opening of a garden

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centre with a difference. These soldiers are both at the

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rehabilitation centre learning horticulture as part of their

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therapy. Hayden was injured in a car accident. It is a nice change from

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the clinical physio we do. It is nice and relaxing, not only mentally

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relaxing but it gets you up and about without realising it, which is

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good physio. Horticultural therapist Carol is also working with John

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Dawson who was shot in the head whilst serving in Helmand. The

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25`year`old has been a patient here since September 2012. I love doing

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it because you come down here, it is peaceful. You do what she asks, then

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you go back to the ward and just relax. It is very therapeutic,

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peaceful. There is no stress, no one having a go at you. In recent years,

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Headley Court has treated 500 of the most seriously injured personnel

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from the war in Afghanistan, at least 200 of them amputees, and

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before that the wounded from the war in Iraq. For most the process of

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rehabilitation is a long one that can go on for years, which means

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horticultural therapy is a chance to learn something new in new

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surroundings. Carroll and the soldiers have been growing the

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plants for a charity . There is a reason behind it, it is not just

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sitting on the gym equipment. They have to focus, you have to focus on

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what you are doing. For Headley Court the number of war wounded from

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Afghanistan is going down, although some soldiers are still being

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treated here years on. This can sow the seeds of recovery and the start

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of a return to normal life for them. It's that time of the evening for a

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check on the weather with Wendy. After today's thunder, visit the

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storm before the calm? I got it the right way round? That is exactly

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what it is, and some of the showers today were really heavy, and the

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thunder was bone shaking in places. This radar picture is strewn with

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pretty colours, you can see the extent of the showers we have had

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today and there are still more to feed into our part of the world as

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we go into this evening. After that, at the same time tomorrow high

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pressure will have firmly established itself over the UK so

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for the rest of the week we will have fine weather and temperatures

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will be picking up. It will become warmer day by day. At the moment we

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have the threat of those showers. Some of them are heavy, some maybe

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thundery as we go through the rest of the evening and they may be quite

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slow moving. After midnight there is less likelihood of us seeing them

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and there will be clear skies as pressure builds. There could be the

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odd shower and fog patch in the early stages of the morning. Even

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here in London right in the centre and out into the suburbs,

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temperatures could be as low as four or five Celsius. Brown spots across

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the countryside may be even colder than that, and a touch of frost is

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not out of the question. The first thing tomorrow, it is pretty nippy

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and that may turn hazy as we go through the afternoon. There is a

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very small chance of catching a shower tomorrow afternoon but you

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would be very unlucky to get one of those. Temperatures will be climbing

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all the time, maybe 20 degrees outside of London, feeling very

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pleasant indeed. By the time you get to Thursday the chances of seeing a

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shower are almost nil. It looks like it may start a breakdown on Saturday

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but we could get away with it. Very pleasant, thank you very much. Now

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the main headlines: The Chief Executive of AstraZeneca has warned

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that the development of new drugs could be delayed if the company were

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to be taken over by Pfizer. MPs are hearing evidence on the proposed

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takeover amid worries it could damage UK interests.

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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a chef who disappeared

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from her home in York in 2009. No trace of Claudia Lawrence has ever

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been found. The parents and friends of the

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abducted Nigerian schoolgirls have begun to identify them from a video

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released by their captors. The girls were seized by Boko Haram militants

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a month ago. Both Heathrow and Gatwick Airport

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have submitted revised expansion plans for Government Approval.

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Heathrow has improved its offer of compensation to homeowners, while

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Gatwick says it plans create more than a hundred thousand jobs.

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And a former head has been banned for life from teaching after

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spending thousands of pounds of public money on personal expenses.

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Jo Shuter was found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct

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while working at Quintin Kynaston School in north London.

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That's it for now. I'll be back later during the ten o'clock news.

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Until then from all of us on the team, thanks for watching and have a

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lovely evening.

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