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That's all from us. Now, time for the news where you are.

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Good evening from BBC London News, I'm Asad Ahmad.

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The first in`depth research of its kind into the Governments "flagship"

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free schools shows that although many are opening in disadvantaged

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report found that generally better`off pupils are attending the

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schools, rather than going to otherones nearby. It means fewer

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pupils at free school receive free school`meals ` which is a key

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measure of poverty. Here's our Education reporter, Marc Ashdown.

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They were set up to cater for a growing shortage of school places

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but free schools were also supposed to help poorer children. Three years

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after the first openings, this study suggests so far, they're failing.

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Free school meals are the kdy indicator of poverty. This report

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found that primary level free schools, 13.5% of pupils ard

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eligible, compared to 18.3% of pupils at neighbouring schools. At

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secondary level, it's a simhlar story with 17.5% of pupils at free

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schools eligible, while at other nearby schools, it is 22.1%. It

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seems even if schools are opening in poorer areas, pushy, better`off

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parents are still getting the upper hand. This is disappointing because

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they were really at the centre of the Government's social justice

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strategy. The idea was that these new schools would open up, in the

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more socially disadvantaged areas and bring on those children who they

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said had not had the advant`ges before hand. London has a pretty

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unique problem in that areas of extreme poverty often sit side

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`by`side with wealthy areas, like here in Haringey, one of

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poorest boroughs. In a fairly small area you can buy property

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for as little as ?70,000, or as much as ?4.3 million. Even so, teaching

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unions say this is evidence that free schools are pretty much

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cherry`picking better`off pupils. I think the programme

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should be abandoned. This Government has spent over ?1 billion on this

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programme. It's not fulfillhng its main aim ` providing schools for the

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most disadvantaged and most deprived pupils. And whilst it's not doing

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that, it's taking money awax from the other schools in the area which

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are educating those pupils. What we know from the hundreds of groups we

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work with, is that people h`ve chosen to go into these areas

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because they want to help the most deprived. I think as these schools

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become part of the established educational landscape, you will see

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them serving families from dvery type of background. 30 more free

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schools are stated to open in London next month. Their intakes

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A Metropolitan Police officdr who assaulted a mentally ill man in

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custody and punched a taxi driver in the face has been spared jail.

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Sergeant Charles Pilbeam ` seen here on the right ` was given a two year

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suspended sentence at St Albans Magistrates' Court, and told that he

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was extremely lucky not to be going to prison.

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The latest smah and grab raid to take place in London happenhng this

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morning on Sloane Street. A group of thieves on mopeds have stoldn

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and grab raid at a designer store on Sloane Street.

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The riders used one of their three mopeds to smash open the front door

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of Valentino. Police have recovered a scooter in Ladbroke Grove but

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couldn't find the stolen itdms. One man has been charged over the

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CrossRail, which will link Essex to Berkshire could be extended to serve

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hearted Fordshire. The Transport Secretary is looking at the

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possibility which will conndct stations like Hemel Hempstead

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possibility which will connect stations like Hemel Hempste`d and

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Watford junction to the West End. Karl Mercer has been to look at the

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work that has been done. The Transport Secretary is, of course, a

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form erminer. And in his latest job he has seen

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plenty of this sort of action under the streets of London. Todax

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plenty of this sort of action under the streets of London. Today he was

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the streets of London. Todax he was meeting apprentices working on what

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will one day be the new CrossRail station at Farringdon. In about

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three`and`a`half years time, passengers will be coming down

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escalator, on to the concourse and out on to the platforms. Evdn

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out on to the platforms. Even though, it is not complete, the

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Government is already talking about a new addition to CrossRail. The ?6

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billion's idea wouldling up Hertfordshire with a big new station

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at Old Oak Common in west London, on the CrossRail route, meaning quicker

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journey times for people in Watford, Hemel Hempstead and Tring. I

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journey times for people in Watford, Hemel Hempstead and Tring. H this

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journey times for people in Watford, Hemel Hempstead and Tring. I this I

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it is important that we look at maximising the benefits, whhch is

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why I have commissioned a study to look at Hertfordshire and to look at

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the way it may be able to sdrve the way it may be able to sdrve

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other areas, as well as other the way it may be able to serve

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other areas, as well as othdr areas other areas, as well as othdr areas

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that it is Des nated to serve at the moment. I think it is proper that we

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look how commuters are servdd moment. I think it is proper that we

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look how commuters are served across look how commuters are served across

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greater part of London and outside London as we can. Looking to drum up

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trade in Hemel today was butcher, John Graham, the market and the

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town, he says, could do with a boost of better travel links. I think it

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is a good idea. If you work in London, then it would reducd

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is a good idea. If you work in London, then it would reduce the

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London, then it would reducd the time of travel, it will be good for

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everyone, really. And there will be more people moving here. Whhch

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everyone, really. And there will be more people moving here. Which would

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make the town a bit busier `t the make the town a bit busier at the

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weekends and stuff. John max make the town a bit busier `t the

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weekends and stuff. John may be keen, others were worried a busy

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town would not necessarily be a Best town. The area will attract more

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people but if more people come, they need to build more houses. It

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people but if more people come, they need to build more houses. Ht is

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much`needed. You know the jobs are kind of like dying here, and not

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many people about. There is some way to go before any plan becomds

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to go before any plan becomes reality and the mayor continues to

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lobby for his addition to these tunnels. His CrossRail 2 plan

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lobby for his addition to these tunnels. His CrossRail 2 pl`n to

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tunnels. His CrossRail 2 plan to link south`west to north`east

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London. Today, perhaps a new rival line has been thrown into the mix.

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Sir Bradley Wiggins will become the first Tour de France winner to take

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place in this weekend's Ride London cycling event. It'll see hil race on

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cycling event. It'll see him race on the roads where he won Olympic gold

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in 2012. Now the weather from Louise. Another

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lovely day today. But I hear it is all going to chavenlingt.

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Yes, but if you have a parched looking garden you will be happy. We

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are desperate for rain in the south`east. We will see some over

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south`east. We will see somd over the next couple of days. Look, we

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have a weather warning for tomorrow. Longer spells of rain with sharp

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showers chiefly to the east of London it has to be said. Bdfore I

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London it has to be said. Before I get on to, that through the night,

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tonight t relatively quiet overnight. A few isolated showers

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easing away. Another sticky one perhaps in central London. Overnight

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lows of 17 or 18. Perhaps up into parts of Hertfordshire and

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Buckinghamshire. Lows of 146789 it'll start off quiet. Not for long.

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Potential for heavy pulses of rain to move up across parts of Kent,

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moving through Essex and to the north of London as well. Not

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everywhere will see these sharp showers. Some possibly turning

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thundery into the afternoon. If you keep the sunshine you again keep the

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warmth of with highs of 24, and 75 Fahrenheit. Some showers cotld be

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intense, and hopefully welcome news for the gardens. Now, it looks as

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though we will see a dry, pleasant start to the weekend, a good deal of

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dry weather around but this little fellow, I'm sure you have hdard

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about it, the remnants of ex`hurricane Bertha which whll

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about it, the remnants of ex`hurricane Bertha which will bring

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ex`hurricane Bertha which whll bring the potential for intense rain. More

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details on the potential for intense rain. More

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details on that with the national forecast with Jay.

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