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That is all from the BBC News at Six. Now we join the BBC's news

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teams where you are. Tonight on BBC London News, safety

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fears after a manhole explosion in was it was very scary. We wdre

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afraid at any moment it could be a big explosion.

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We reveal a significant risd in the number of such explosions

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Also tonight, we ask the Edtcation Secretary whether the collapse of a

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free school in west London has put his flagship policy into crisis.

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Suffering needlessly, how animals used in research were badly

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Plus, a live soundtrack to a classic movie. Could this be the future of

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Good evening, welcome to the programme.

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First tonight, there are safety fears after a manhole exploded

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A lorry was set alight but no one was injured.

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It happened on Piccadilly last night.

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The health and safety executive has ordered an urgent investigation

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BBC London can reveal that the number of similar manhole explosions

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has increased significantly over the past four years, with at le`st

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has increased significantly over the past four years, with at least two

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Late`night, central London, and flames are leaping from the

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pavement. A crowd has gathered on Piccadilly. There has been `n

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explosion on the ground, and firefighters are desperately trying

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firefighters are desperatelx trying to move a lorry in danger of

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catching light, but there are more blasts beneath the surface. This

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video, obtained by the BBC, shows what they were up against.

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Eventually, firefighters moved away, although in a bizarre moment, a man

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runs towards the blazing vehicle and is pulled back by a police officer.

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Restaurant manager, Georgina, saw Restaurant manager, Georgin`, saw

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the fire last night. It was very, very scary, because we could hear

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the explosion down there, you know? We were afraid at any moment it

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could be a big, huge explosion. The could be a big, huge exploshon. The

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drama played out on the steps of the home of British film and television,

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where today workmen were repairing the damage. They have been working

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through the day to fix this particular problem, but the Health

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and Safety Executive has told us today that there are two or three of

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these problems in London evdry week. these problems in London every week.

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Few of them are as dramatic as last night's blast. Or this one hn

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night's blast. Or this one in Pimlico, but BBC London revdaled

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Pimlico, but BBC London revealed last summer how there had bden

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Pimlico, but BBC London revdaled last summer how there had been a

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last summer how there had bden a worrying increase in pavement

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explosions. Now, the latest figures we have seen show an even sharper

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rise. In 2011, there were jtst nine incidents. That tripled to 31 in

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2012. Last year, it rose to 49, and so far in 2014, only halfwax through

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so far in 2014, only halfway through the year, there have alreadx been

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the year, there have already been 64. The Health and Safety Executive

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says it has told the companx 64. The Health and Safety Executive

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says it has told the companx which delivers electricity through the

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capital to do more to protect the public. Week`old UK power's network

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directors in and had a couple of meetings with them `` we told UK

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Power. To carry out more inspections, and as a result of

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that, they have actually got a couple of dedicated teams working in

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London, just looking at these boxes and inspecting them. But checking

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and inspecting them. But chdcking all 100,000 electrical link boxes

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under the capital's pavement is no simple task. UK Power networks says

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it is investing ?10 million a year for the next eight years, and that

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the safety of Londoners is its top the safety of Londoners is hts top

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priority. No one was injured last night, but Colin Wingate spent three

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night, but Colin Wingate spdnt three months in a wheelchair, after a

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months in a wheelchair, aftdr a pavement exploded in Harrow three

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years ago. They are not doing enough to ensure that these accidents,

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incidents, call it what you like, don't happen any more, because

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sooner or later, at the ratd don't happen any more, becatse

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sooner or later, at the rate these explosions are continuing, sooner or

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later somebody will lose thdir explosions are continuing, sooner or

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later somebody will lose their life. later somebody will lose their life.

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It may be hard to imagine on a sunny day, but the wet weather ovdr the

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past few years is thought to be behind the rise in explosions. The

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prospect of water mixing with electricity in the heart of the West

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End, a dangerous combination. With the rise of these types of

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explosions, what about the safety fears associated with them? Clearly

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these were dramatic scenes last night in a busy part of town at a

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bustling part of the evening, just before 11pm. There wasn't an event

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on at BAFTA, like there is tonight, but we saw in the report thd

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potential danger of the firefighters trying to move the lorry as it

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caught fire. Presumably, the tank was full of petrol is that hs a real

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was full of petrol is that is a real risk. What the Health and S`fety

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Executive would stress is that this is an isolated case, although we

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have seen others, though thdy is an isolated case, although we

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have seen others, though they say is an isolated case, although we

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have seen others, though thdy say we have seen others, though they say we

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should not take from this that the streets of London are not safe to

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streets of London are not s`fe to walk, and also UK Power Networks,

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the company that delivers power through the capital, say thdy

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the company that delivers power through the capital, say they do 160

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through the capital, say thdy do 160 inspections every day looking at the

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electrical boxes beneath our feet, and also, remember, they have

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something like 360,000 kilometres, something like 360,000 kilometres,

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sorry, 37,000 kilometres of cable is under our feet. In terms of this

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particular investigation, we don't know the cause. We wait to see what

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was the cause of the dramatic scenes last night.

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Plenty more ahead tonight, how building a new London is helping to

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unearth a significant insight into the city's past.

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The Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has been criticised

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It comes after the government blocked the setting

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Fulham Boys was due to open in September but problems with suitable

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premises means around 100 ptpils have now been left with no school

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they have had an induction sports day. The boys have their unhform,

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but suddenly no school. The government has withdrawn funding

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from full boys school, a few weeks before this new free school was due

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to open. It has left pupils and parents devastated. Other schools

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that we have as other choicds parents devastated. Other schools

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that we have as other choices are that we have as other choicds are

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completely full now. We have that we have as other choices are

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completely full now. We havd no completely full now. We havd no

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choices. There is no democracy in choices. There is no democr`cy in

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being able to choose the future of your child's education. Thex have

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absolutely stuffed us. I think your child's education. They have

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absolutely stuffed us. I thhnk it your child's education. Thex have

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absolutely stuffed us. I think it is absolutely stuffed us. I think it is

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all blinkered, the council blamed the government, the government

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blames the counts of educathon, the government, the governmdnt

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blames the counts of education, they need to work together and think

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about the actions they are doing. These are 10`year old boys. It is

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their education, their future they are playing with. This is where they

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were due to open. The special are playing with. This is where they

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were due to open. The special needs school is moving out and full boys

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school has a guaranteed two years not more, before the developer who

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owns it plans to build. Sullivan school was earmarked as the eventual

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permanent site, but when Labour won the local election, they reversed

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Conservative plans to close it. The full head insists that should not

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matter. They have come he says, a matter. They have come he says, a

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business plan hailed by ministers as the best they have ever seen.

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Whatever political side of the fence you come down on, you obviotsly

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Whatever political side of the fence you come down on, you obviously want

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you come down on, you obviotsly want to have the best schools in your

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rough. That is what we are offering, I am going record on the BBC that if

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this is not outstanding in two years time, sacked me. That is how

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passionately I feel about this being an outstanding school, and for it

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not to see the light of day is a travesty. All this, then, does

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appear to expose a fundamental flaw in the Education Secretary's free

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school revolution. If a local school revolution. If a loc`l

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authority can derail it at the last minute it is not say much about the

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free school policy? The free school policy is there to supplement and

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augment what local authorithes policy is there to supplement and

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augment what local authorities do. augment what local authorities do.

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If you have a Labour local `uthority If you have a Labour local `uthority

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and they want to pursue a particular and they want to pursue a particular

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agenda, I have to respect the verdict of the ballot box and we

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have to do everything we can. Luckily we have in the Mayor of

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London, a Conservative Meier, who has backed free schools who when

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other free schools have been difficult in the past, has liberated

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sites. I am determined we whll find a site of this marvellous group of

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people. They are meeting tonight, if they get 100% of the support of the

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parents, will you be happy to open? We need a permanent site. The

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council maintains it is a government position, which amounts to `

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position, which amounts to a stand`off. There remains in the

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middle 100 boys with no school. A former aide to David Cameron has

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appeared before magistrates, charged with making and possessing

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indecent images of children. The charges against Patrick Rock,

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who's 63 and from south`west London, He was granted conditional bail

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and will appear in court again Four people are to go on trial

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in connection with alleged `ttacks of three women at the

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Cumberland Hotel in April. Three men and one woman appdared

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today pleaded not guilty on several counts of attempted

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murder, burglary and handling stolen They'll appear

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in court next October. It's emerged that

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a black firearms officer, who won a bullying case against Scotland

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Yard, is facing an assault charge. Earlier this week,

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PC Carol Howard won her case Earlier this week,

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PC Carol Howard won her casd at an employment tribunal, after claiming

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sex and race discrimination. Today, it's been revealed that

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she was suspended following her Her lawyers say the action

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against her amounts to further One of the UK's leading resdarch

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institutions could have its licence reviewed, which allows it to carry

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out experiments on animals. A government investigation

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into Imperial College London found that animals were allowed to

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"suffer needlessly", and they failed to maintain legal

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animal welfare standards. The university says it's record

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on animal welfare has improved. Students at Imperial College

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conducting experiments on animals, allegedly without supervision.

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Behind the camera, an animal rights campaigner, posing as an employee.

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The most shocking footage shows live rats being decapitated, and

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experiments on other animals without anaesthesia. The Imperial College

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said the allegations are unfounded, but it was this undercover

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investigation that sparked a government enquiry into anilal

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government enquiry into animal welfare standards here. The report

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by Home Office investigators found other issues, highlighting `

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systematic failure at Imperhal College, leading to animal suffering

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needlessly. The Home Office, in our opinion, has been far too slow to

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react. It had not taken under opinion, has been far too slow to

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react. It had not taken unddr cover react. It had not taken unddr cover

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investigation by animal protection organisations to undercover these

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incidents of animal suffering. In fact, the Home Office visited

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incidents of animal suffering. In fact, the Home Office visitdd the

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fact, the Home Office visited the institution 15 times that ydar

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fact, the Home Office visitdd the institution 15 times that year and

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institution 15 times that ydar and they did not do anything, they were

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waiting to have a meeting. Since this footage was shot, the Hmperial

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College say they have invented a comp rancid action plan to hmprove

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standards `` comp rancid action plan, and they say they are shocked

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it is not mentioned in the Home Office report. The strongest action

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the Home Office could now t`ke Office report. The strongest action

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the Home Office could now take is to the Home Office could now t`ke is to

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revoke the University's license. revoke the University's license.

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Their investigators to single out an unnamed individual with overall

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responsible T for animal welfare. University's license holder.

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The government's being urged to re`think plans to make it easier

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for people to let out property on a short`term basis.

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Resident groups in Westminster are angry th`t

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a 30`year`old law, requiring owners to get licences, is to be scrapped.

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They claim it could ruin local areas and decrease the supply

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Our Political Editor Tim Donovan has the story.

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They get an enormous number of deliveries of linen very early in

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the morning... In Marylebond, according to Amanda here, there is

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ever more coming and going. They arrive noisily late at night, they

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sometimes have noisy parties. People staying short periods, more

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disturbance for her and other permanent residence. You don't think

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you are being very precious here? You know, this is London, a bustling

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city? This is also a residential community, and I don't think I am

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being precious at all. We need community, and I don't think I am

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being precious at all. We nded to being precious at all. We need to

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have a balance. For many ye`rs, there has been a requirement for

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people to get a license for lets of up to three months but now the

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government is getting rid of it as part of a clear out of regulations.

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I would like the government to make an exception for Westminster,

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because of the nature of thd because of the nature of thd place,

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because it is such an attraction for people to come here. At least leave

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Westminster council with the tools Westminster council with thd tools

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to deal with the worst of the excesses. Short lets attract higher

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rents, but with minced council and local MPs fear that deregulation

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will affect local communitids. local MPs fear that deregul`tion

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will affect local communities. It will affect local communitids. It

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will mean that properties, streets, blocks of flats get increashngly

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pressurised into turning over into pressurised into turning over into

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the short`term let sector, `nd that the short`term let sector, `nd that

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is bad news for residents and residential property. Air BMB

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is bad news for residents and residential property. Air BLB is an

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residential property. Air BMB is an online marketplace for travdllers

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seeking short`term lets around the seeking short`term lets arotnd the

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world. It says 80% of its London users are people letting out their

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own homes just a few weeks xear own homes just a few weeks year.

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They are during it just oncd in They are during it just once in

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awhile, `` doing it, so I don't see it as a problem. That is what these

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groups tell me is happening increasingly in central London.

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groups tell me is happening increasingly What we are offering is

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something great for London. Having people come into new neighbourhoods

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is also bringing business to local businesses that would not h`ve that

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businesses that would not have that part of the Torah is coming in. The

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government says the success of the company shows just how outdated

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current rules are and in a statement, added:

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The impact on the heart of London will be watched closely.

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Still to come this evening, the new exhibition exploring London's

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bridges. We take a trip down the Thames. And continuing their series

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celebrating classic films, the Royal Albert Hall presents West side story

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with a live orchestral performance. us a glimpse into London's past

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With so many construction projects taking place in London,

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archaeologists say an increasing archaeologists say an incre`sing

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number of significant discoveries are being found. Jean MacKenzie

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reports. Beneath the shiny surfaces and building sites of London, there

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is a past which needs to be brought out of the ground before new

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foundations can go in. As the city's oldest railway station is

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rebuilt, archaeologists havd been rebuilt, archaeologists havd been

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excavating an area they thought they excavating an area they thought they

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would never understand. This particular trench, we had to go down

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six metres below where we are standing. Right at the bottom, we

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found 17 timbers which were cut down in the first century, forming a

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place which marked the very edge of the Roman island of Southwark. We

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know the centre of that settlement was at Boro high street, but this

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now gives an indication of how large it was. Finding that very edge of

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the settlement, it is like a's it was. Finding that very edge of

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the settlement, it is like `'s in it was. Finding that very edge of

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the settlement, it is like `'s in a haystack, it was a fantastic find.

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Excavations have revealed mtch about London in the Roman era and beyond.

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Most of what is found will come here, to the Museum of London,

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taking this an exciting time. The taking this an exciting time. The

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amount of material, in terms of data and new fracked 's, which are

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pouring into the museum, is just phenomenal. Over to the west, we can

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now trace back hundreds of thousands of years. Last month, archadologists

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found evidence of a prehistoric campsite at the home of the new US

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embassy. There were Stone Age tools, along with charred remains of a

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campfire. We are looking at burnt clay, pretty much. What are the odds

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of having that preserved? It is a fleeting moment, somebody passing

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fleeting moment, somebody p`ssing across a plain, stopping to make a

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camp. It is amazing. With so much going on, the scope for such

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discoveries is enormous, especially with projects like Crossrail,

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spanning right across London. A team of volunteers is scouring rdcords to

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of volunteers is scouring records to try and identify thousands of

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skeletons they are wrecks you. This was a labourer who was killdd by

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skeletons they are wrecks you. This was a labourer who was killed by a

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was a labourer who was killdd by a fall from a house. This was in 1679,

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after the great Fire of London. The poor man comes to a grisly end. When

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you look at these very earlx you look at these very earlx

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records, you can see it lived you look at these very early

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records, you can see it livdd out in the daily lives of people, through

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the burials, which is fascinating. As London continues to upgrade,

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the burials, which is fascinating. As London continues to upgr`de, we

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will learn more about those who lived and worked in the city before

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lived and worked in the citx before us.

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Meanwhile, it is quite a structure, and it celebrated its 120th

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anniversary this week. Tower Bridge is one of a number of landmark

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is one of a number of landm`rk crossings which are the focus

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is one of a number of landmark crossings which are the focts of a

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crossings which are the focus of a new art exhibition. Sonja Jdssup has

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new art exhibition. Sonja Jessup has got a great vantage point this

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evening. Absolutely. We have seen evening. Absolutely. We have seen

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lots of people ping to take photographs of Tower Bridge, but

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also stopping halfway across the bridge to take pictures of this

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wonderful city Panorama which opens up to you when you are on the water

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on a glorious day like this. You can see gang Hall and HMS Belfast, with

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the Shard as well. `` you can see the Shard as well. `` you c`n see

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City Hall. London's bridges have changed not just the way we never

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gave our city, but also the way we view it. The river splits the city

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in half and opens it up. When you in half and opens it up. When you

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get on a bridge, that is whdn you get on a bridge, that is whdn you

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can get that visual sense of the City of London. It is why the Museum

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of London Docklands has decided to of London Docklands has decided to

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celebrate bridges in a new exhibition. 18th`century citizens

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crossing the river by horse and carriage hang beside commuters

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crossing the river by horse and carriage hang beside commutdrs from

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carriage hang beside commuters from different ages. Artists havd

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carriage hang beside commutdrs from different ages. Artists have kept

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different ages. Artists havd kept coming back to London's crossings.

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People forget how incrediblx People forget how incrediblx

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important bridges were. It opened up the south from the north. This

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historian's love of bridges is hard to beat. Westminster Bridge, 1860s,

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to beat. Westminster Bridge, 18 0s, and below it, there is a wonderful

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melancholy. Above is light `nd and below it, there is a wonderful

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melancholy. Above is light and life, melancholy. Above is light `nd life,

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below it is gloom. London's bridges, he says, have secrdt lives.

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Tower Bridge, now a tourist favourite, originally had a more

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built into it. There was so much death associated with it, not so

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much suicide, but people falling off boats, drowning as they were going

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about their daily lives. Ond about their daily lives. One

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photographer climbed inside London Bridge. Inside London Bridge,

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photographer climbed inside London Bridge. Inside London Bridgd, it is

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like being underground. There are walkways which link it all tp.

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like being underground. There are walkways which link it all up. So

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you can look down and see the river below you and the boats passing

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underneath. This film`maker takes us under the bridges, with a drama

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exploring the echoes. And could there be room on the river for this

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new "Garden Bridge"? Londondrs are still dreaming up new ways of

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crossing the Thames. Now, those pictures for the proposed new garden

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pictures for the proposed ndw garden bridge represent a vision that it

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would stretch between Templd and the would stretch between Templd and the

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South Bank. That would be a pedestrian bridge. There ard also

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proposals for a new road rage in east London. So the views of the

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river could be changing even more in the future. `` for a new road

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bridge. Taking a classical lusical bridge. Taking a classical lusical

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film like west Side Story, accompanied by a live orchestra in

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the Royal Albert Hall, has perhaps unsurprisingly been a hit with

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audiences. Critics say enhancing the experience in this way could change

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the way we watch our favourhte the way we watch our favourhte

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movies. Renderer `` Brenda Emmanus movies. Renderer `` Brenda Emmanus

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reports. The 1961 film adaptation of West Side Story is often fe`tured in

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the top ten musical films of all time. Its popularity has provoked

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the Royal Albert Hall to restage its unique presentation of the classic.

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This weekend, the auditorium will be This weekend, the auditoriul will be

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packed with fans who have come to see their favourite film in high

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definition with a live orchdstral performance. It is part of the Royal

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Albert Hall's ambition to provide memorable experiences for vhsitors.

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According to critics, it works. Nobody notices sound in the cinema.

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Movie soundtracks just play away and manipulate our emotions, but

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actually there is something remarkable about hearing music of

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this quality being played by an this quality being played bx an

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orchestra of this quality, which really adds something to the event.

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really adds something to thd event. The orchestra in question is the

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royal fill our moniker concdrt royal fill our moniker concert

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Orchestra, seen here rehearsing for the shows which commence thhs

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Friday. They will provide the live score with the original dialogue

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from the film intact. It is different from their day`to`day work

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in the concert halls of London. This music is very rarely played live.

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Such is the popularity of these events that more than 100,000 people

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have now enjoyed performancds of Star Trek, Lord of the rings,

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Singing In The Rain and Fantasia. I think more and more events are

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think more and more events `re happening in different ways, as we

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realise that there is a technology which allows us to do that. West

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Side Story is at the Royal Albert Side Story is at the Royal @lbert

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Hall until Sunday. Now, if you like the hot we`ther,

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Hall until Sunday. Now, if you like the hot weather, it

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Now, if you like the hot we`ther, it has been gorgeous. Let's go and get

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the forecast with Alex Deakhn, at Wimbledon. Yes, it has been

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sensational today, the warmdst day sensational today, the warmest day

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of the Championships, the w`rmest of the Championships, the w`rmest

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day of the year so far. We got to 28 in Essex, and widely across London

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we have hit 25`26. Tomorrow, more of the same, perhaps a bit more cloud,

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but it will stay fine. Throtgh the night, we will see barely a cloud in

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the sky. Generally it stays dry There will be long clear spells, it

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will be a beautiful evening. It will be a bit warm again tonight. And it

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is not going to be cold tomorrow, far from it. Temperatures whll be

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far from it. Temperatures will be jumping up as the day goes on, it is

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going to be another sparkling day. 20 of blue sky. A little bit of

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cloud, across parts of the west in particular for the afternoon. There

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is just the very small chance of a few thunderstorms in Kent, but it is

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just a very small chance. It is by and large another cracking `nd hot

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one. It could be even hotter than today. Not good news if you are

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suffering with the pollen ` high levels again tomorrow. It h`s been

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really troublesome over the past couple of days. But good news for

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you, levels will be dropping as we go through the weekend. Rain will be

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arriving on Friday evening, a showery start to Saturday. Those

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showers should clear away for the afternoon. At Wimbledon, thd risk

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showers should clear away for the afternoon. At Wimbledon, the risk of

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afternoon. At Wimbledon, thd risk of showers both on Saturday and Sunday.

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A reminder of the main headlines ` security has been stepped up at

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Britain's airports, as Amerhca warns of a credible terrorism threat. The

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extra checks come amid fears that Al`Qaeda in Syria and Yemen are

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developing bombs which could be smuggled onto planes. Patients in

:26:53.:26:56.

England are less satisfied with the service they get from their GP and

:26:57.:27:00.

they were here you go, according to a study by the Department of

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Health, which found there was Health, which found there w`s

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dissatisfaction over opening hours and making appointments. Thdre

:27:06.:27:08.

dissatisfaction over opening hours and making appointments. There are

:27:09.:27:08.

and making appointments. Thdre are safety fears after a lorry burst

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into flames last night on Phccadilly following a manhole explosion. It is

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thought an electrical fault was to blame. And the Education Secretary

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has been criticised over his flagship schools policy aftdr the

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Government blocked the setting up flagship schools policy after the

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Government blocked the setting up of a free school in Hammersmith,

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leaving 100 pupils with no school place for the next academic year.

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And that is it for now. Thank you very much for joining us. Asad Ahmad

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will be back with our late news. will be back with our late news

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Good evening.

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