26/07/2014 BBC London News


26/07/2014

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There's more throughout the evening on the BBC News Channel.

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Now on BBC One, time for the news where you are

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Good afternoon from BBC London News, I'm Victoria Hollins.

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The parents of a schoolboy from Croydon who died

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after taking ecstasy have spoken publicly for the first time

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since his death and say they want lessons to be learnt from it.

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16-year-old Daniel Spargo-Mabbs died after an illegal rave in January.

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The couple have set up a charity in their son's memory,

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He was warm, kind, funny, quirky, adventurous.

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And it has been six months since he died.

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His parents had no idea their 16-year-old son Daniel was

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His decision to try ecstasy for the first time that night cost

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The door went and it was the police saying Daniel had been found

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His body temperature was up to 42, 43 degrees.

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He had so many wires and tubes and monitors.

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The best of modern science couldn't save him.

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Last week, this man pleaded guilty to supplying the drugs to Daniel

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You started a foundation in his name.

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What do you hope to achieve, what are the goals for the future?

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We just wanted to do anything we possibly could to warn other people.

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If it got Daniel, it could get other young people,

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The family have commissioned a play about Daniel's death.

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It will be performed at schools around the country.

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It feels most of the time... I just think that this is a horrible dream.

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We just don't want anyone else to be where we are.

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His parents say that if their efforts can stop one more

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young person from trying drugs, it will all be worthwhile.

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Two people have been arrested for conspiracy to commit female

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Police stopped a 72-year-old man arriving at Heathrow airport

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The man - from Uganda - was later arrested.

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A 40-year-old woman was also arrested in Hackney.

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The girl was put into the care of social services.

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Well, the Commonwealth Games are now well underway, and helping to make

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the event a success are the thousands of volunteer helpers.

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Just like at London 2012, the Games Makers have captured

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the friendly spirit of the event - a legacy that continues in London

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today with the start of the annual 'Visitor Welcome' programme.

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This year, 19 million people will visit London,

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that is more foreign visitors than any other city in the world.

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Many will have been inspired by the 2012 London Olympics and a

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Two years later, that legacy lives on with a team

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Starting this weekend, 630 volunteers in their distinctive

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pink polo shirts will be based at nine tourist hotspots.

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simply to welcome people and to help them

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We surveyed visitors last year and 98% of them said they had

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a wonderful time interacting with the ambassadors.

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Some people will go from pod to pod on their stay.

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Others will go back to the same pod every day and go,

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On duty at Piccadilly Circus today are six

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London ambassadors, including Annabel and Kelly, who both started

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I don't know if I would be doing it otherwise.

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So you are a living legacy of the Olympic Games.

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The joy of helping people, and once you help them, the smile

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And I want to give back to London what London has given to me, because

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It is time to do something positive for the country and the city.

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The team of London volunteers will be helping visitors every day

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And the weather - tonight any showers will die away

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and it'll stay cloudy. with patchy rain possible around dawn.

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Tomorrow will feel fresher, though still quite warm, with sunny spells.

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A bit of a change on the way, in fact it has already started in the

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north and west of the UK. It will be cooler, temperatures slipping back

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to where they cooler, temperatures slipping back

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to where they should be for this time of the year. Some sunshine,

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to where they should be for this time of the year. Some sunshine but

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also some outbreaks of rain. Ahead of this crowd, some sunshine and

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heat, 29 in Southampton but only 16 in the Western Isles. Heavy rain for

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a time overnight working its way deep words -- eastwards. Elsewhere,

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largely dry, particularly in southern counties. Warmer in the

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south-east, 18 or 19 degrees. Any rain on

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