23/10/2016 London News


23/10/2016

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A stand-off between armed police and a man in his name

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materials at his home has ended safely tonight.

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Officers raided the house in Northolt this evening

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80 people living nearby werd moved to temporary accommodation

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Our correspondent Catriona Renton is there for us tonight.

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After 8pm this evening the situation came to an end. The stand-off lasted

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for almost 70 hours. Police were called on the early hours of Friday

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morning to say that a man w`s in his property on his own with wh`t was

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described as hazardous substances. The police said they believdd that

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was probably petrol and othdr combustible materials. Attelpts were

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made over the weekend to negotiate with the 46-year-old man and police

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said that they had concerns for his well-being and believed that he was

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in crisis. When those negothations failed this evening they finally

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felt that they had to force entry into the property. The man has now

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been arrested on suspicion of the cultivation of cannabis, affray and

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offences under the explosivds act. He has been taken to a west London

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police station where he is currently being detained.

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What about the residence, what for them now?

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The cord and has been taken down in the last hour. Those 18 people who

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have been out of their homes have been able to return. -- cordon.

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Police say they are happy about this incident has been resolved without

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anybody coming to harm. Thanks very much.

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In a bid to tackle rogue landlords, the Liberal Democrats are c`lling

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for a London-wide licensing system for all people who

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A few authorities already do this, such as Newham, although its yet

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to be decided if its scheme will continue.

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Our political editor Tim Donovan reports.

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A surprise inspection by officers from Newham Council.

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Every landlord in the borough needs a licence to operate.

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You won't be able to smell this but there is quite a serious gas

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leak in this property and wd think it's coming from the cooker.

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We have a room here where everyone in the property is smoking.

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And then we've got a very thght kitchen with a cooker blockhng

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According to research by the Lib Dems, Newham

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is the toughest council in London with 286 prosecutions

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against landlord in the last year there are figures for.

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That accounts for some 70% of the total in the capital,

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which contrasts with 16 boroughs that each prosecuted

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A further eight didn't prosecute anyone.

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What I want across London is there just to be

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Landlords can offset the cost against their tax return,

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so it doesn't actually cost them any more.

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What it does mean is that it enables local authorities

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to have the officers in places can take action where it's needdd.

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Mandatory licensing is not a good idea, says

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the organisation representing landlords.

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So, a lot of landlords see it as unfair.

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In Newham, out of the 22,000 landlords that have been licensed

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only four percent of them are deemed as being of concern.

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And I would hope that the local authority could use their existing

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resources to find that relatively small number of

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But the government has not xet agreed to extend Newham's scheme.

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I'm going to wait to see the evidence first.

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I think it's my job obviously to look at the evidence

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of what they've done and thdn take a decision at that point in time.

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But what I do want your viewers to be clear about is

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that the government is absolutely determined to crack down

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It looks for the moment that the choice will be left

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Let's have a look at the we`ther now with Sara Thornton.

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I hope you enjoyed seeing stnshine today. I think we have cloud in the

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forecast for much of this wdek. Tonight we have cloud coming in from

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the south. We start with it tomorrow morning and it stays with us for a

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good deal of the day. Not significant rain coming out of it

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but perhaps a bit annoying drizzle at times. Temperatures around 1

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degrees. Middle part of the week, lots of dry weather, some cloud but

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a south-westerly wind means it will be milder for you with highs on

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Wednesday or 15, 16 degrees. Thanks very much. We'll be back tolorrow

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with BBC breakfast. From me and all of the weekend team, have a very

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good night.

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