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Tonight on BBC London News: the widow of a man killed on a cycling

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superhighway says someone else will die if changes aren't made

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immediately. It was just so needless, so needless. They have to

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do something about it today. If they don't, they're negligent.

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We'll hear from Transport for London on whether they plan to

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change the layout. Also tonight: a west London

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hospital closes its A&E overnight because it can't guarantee patient

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safety. Plus, look for a job job or lose

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your entitlement to a council home - the warning from one local

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authority in London. And:

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From the pavement to the West End stage - we're with the musicians

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marking 20 years of Stomp. Good evening.

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The widow of a cyclist killed on a Cycle Super Highway says someone

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else will die if changes aren't made immediately. Debbie Dorling

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says there's "a definite design fault" with the superhighway where

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her husband died. Two cyclists have lost their lives in accidents at

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the Bow roundabout in the space of three weeks. Most recently a 34-

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year-old woman collided with a lorry.

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Flowers on the Bow roundabout. This is one of the Mayor's flag ship

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superhighways. It encourages cyclists to use this route. As far

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back as February, campaigners told TFL the junction was woefully

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inadequate. Debbie Dorling's husband died there just three weeks

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ago, an experienced cyclist. He was on his way to work at the Olympic

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Park when he was killed by an HGV turning left. Our lives have been

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devastated, and I have personally been traumatised by everything

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that's happened. When I looked at the junction, it was just so

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needless, so needless, because somebody somewhere - what possessed

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them to actually design it the way they have I just - I can't

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understand it at all. This roundabout is just half a mile from

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the Olympic site, and it's meant to be one of the main routes there for

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cyclists. A number of times TfL and the Mayor have been told of

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concerns, as we showed in August, the blue lane stops in the middle

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of the junction. Newham doesn't want the highway in Stratford yet.

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You can see the cycle superhighway ends there - a very dangerous spot,

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and cyclists are then brought on to the pavement, which doesn't appear

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to be shared use at all. Over the weekend, cyclists on a

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ride highlighting dangerous junctions held a minute's silence

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to the 34-year-old woman who died on the roundabout Friday night.

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What's your message to the Mayor and to Transport for London?

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message to them is if they don't to something about that junction today,

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somebody else will be killed, and they need to sort the traffic flow

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out. What they've done is they've actually - it would appear that

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they've actually chosen speed of traffic over safety.

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Metropolitan Police are investigating all of these

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incidents, and they'll work with trveltrvel to see if there is --

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Transport for London to see if there is anything else we can do.

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Cycling has grown. There are vast numbers of cyclists on our roads.

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We need to make sure they feel safe. Meanwhile, drivers in both

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incidents have been arrested and bailed. There is no pressure from

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politicians, cyclists and the relatives who died at this junction

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Lots more to come, including: No third runway for now - the

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villagers moving out as the threat of airport expansion remains.

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Five teenagers have been convicted of killing a 15-year-old boy as he

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arrived at school in south London. Zac Olumegbon was stabbed four

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times, twice in the heart. The group will be sentenced next month.

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Alex Bushill has been following the case and joins us now from the Old

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Bailey. Alex? Ambushed outside his school, hunted down, then murdered.

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The 15-year-old and a younger friend were confronted by a rival

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gang as they arrived at school last year. Zac Olumegbon was a member of

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the Trust No-one Gang. His rivals were the Guns and Shanks gang of

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nearby Brixton. They were armed by at least two knives. They had

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driven to the school in Norwood, specifically to stab stack Zach.

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When he saw them arrive outside the school gates, he ran into Gypsy

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Road Gardens, it was there he was stabbed twice in the heart. He

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collapsed into the arms of one of his teachers. At the Old Bailey his

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defending council said he found himself hunted down and killed. He

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had only just arrived at school. He died metres from it. As for his

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friend, he sought sanctuary inside the grounds of the school. It did

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him little good. He was repeatedly stabbed in the arm. Today four

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teens were found guilty of murder, one for manslaughter. They will all

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be sentenced next month. Thanks for that update.

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A nightclub where two women from London were crushed to death will

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not reopen to the public. Nabila Nanfuka from Neasden and Laurene-

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Danielle Jackson from Wembley were fatally injured at the Lava and

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Ignite nightclub in Northampton last month as people rushed to

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leave the building. Northampton Borough Council said that the

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license would not be re-instated after the company which owned the

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club went into administration. The Labour MP Alan Keen has died at

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the age of 73 after a battle with cancer. Mr Keen had been the MP for

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Feltham and Heston in west London since 1992. He was known for his

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passion for football, having worked as a scout for Middlesbrough before

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entering politics. A London hospital is to shut its

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emergency department overnight over concerns it doesn't have enough

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staff to run it safely. The Central Middlesex Hospital will close its

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A&E to nighttime admissions from tonight. The move comes as Health

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Service managers in the area have started discussions over what three

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local hospitals will be doing in the future. Here's our political

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correspondent Karl Mercer. Business as usual at the Central

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Middlesex Hospital this afternoon, but from this evening, things are

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changing The A&E here is to close overnight - temporarily we're told

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- because there simply aren't enough consultants here to run it

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through the night. It's a temporary closure, which was made in an

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expedient fashion because we reached a point where there weren't

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sufficient permanent members of staff overnight here for us to

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assure ourselves that patient safety wasn't going to be

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compromised. All of which is a blow to Bridie

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Ahmed, a frequent visitor to the Central Mid's A&E in and out on

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dozens of occasions over the past few years, as she lives with a

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long-term illness. It's like my second home. I spend a lot of time

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down there in outpatients and in A&E, and last weekend when I found

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out they were going to close it at nighttime, I was or Fayeed. I

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thought I have to do something about this. I need it. I don't want

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to go to the other hospital or St Mary's. I want my local hospital.

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The temporary closure of the A&E comes as local managers look to

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find a more permanent solution to the future of three local hospitals.

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Among the options suggested are plans to shut the emergency

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departments at Ealing and the Central Middlesex, moving them to

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nearby Northwick Park. That despite these words from the Health

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Secretary, when we interviewed him last month.

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Before the election, people were saying oh, the A&E department at

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Ealing is under threat, but I have no expectation there will be any

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let. Andrew Lansley has said that'lling's A&E will be safe, but

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I am afraid his track record on protecting A&Es in thereon is about

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as bad as it could be, and I'm afraid it looks like the A&E at

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Ealing will go as well. Already in the last year three have had their

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futures decided. Queen Mary's has been decided. The Union and the

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King Korge are set to go. More work needs to be done at

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looking at what the benefits are of consolidation. There are many

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benefits of consolidating services into smaller areas, but at the same

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time everything is done due to local consultation. The whole point

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of the merger is to try to make sense of a massive deficit which

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has unfortunately been around with NHS London for years now. This is

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all about trying to find wives keeping all three going sca. There

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will be a public consultation on the future of health care in north-

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west London. The decision on these hospitals expected next July.

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Tube drivers have threatened to strike at Christmas if they're not

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paid an extra �350 for working on Boxing Day. Members of the ASLEF

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Union,- which represents more 1,500 drivers, have warned of walkouts

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that could include Christmas Eve or Boxing Day itself. They are

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demanding triple pay and a day in lieu for working on Boxing Day and

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have given tube chiefs official notice of a strike ballot.

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Should people who are not in and not actively looking for work be

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refused a council home? That's what local politicians in Wandsworth are

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proposing. This week councillors will vote on a pilot scheme that

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will change the terms and conditions for new residents moving

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in to council accommodation. But housing groups have hit out at the

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plans, saying that vulnerable people could be put at risk. Ayshea

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Buksh reports. Here in Wandsworth, there are 17,000 people living in

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social housing such as this. Their tenancy agreements mean if they

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want to, they have a home for life, and that's something the council

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wants to drastically change. The council are looking to restrict

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their social housing in the future. Anyone who is unemployed must prove

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they're actively seeking work. understand times are tough at the

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moment and jobs aren't that easy to come by. However, the one thing

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that is certain in life is if you don't bother to apply, you're never

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going to get one. What we're looking for is evidence people are

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trying to obtain work either by applying for training or applying

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for jobs. It's not the first time they have made headlines over

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restricting council accommodation. Following the riots this summer,

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they decided to evict any tenants involved in the violence. So far,

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only one family has been affected. While their son's case goes through

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the courts, the council is preparing to take action. There are

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currently 6,5 hundred people on the housing waiting list in Wandsworth.

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For the Leader of the Opposition, the councillor needs to urgently

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address the housing crisis. Part of the solution is building more

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houses and providing more accommodation. Starting to make

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rules and regulations is not really the way forward. OK. Incentivise

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people in work and some other categories perhaps, but that

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doesn't solve the housing crisis. am not in favour of reducing the

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allocations towards people who are in the greatest need. I think the

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argument is about how do we supply housing to those who are most in

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need in society? The council's Housing Committee will decide

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whether or not to introduce the scheme this week.

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The Tottenham MP David Lammy has criticised the level of financial

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help given to those whose homes and businesses were damaged during the

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London riots. He said that the response by insurance companies and

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banks since riots and looting broke out in the summer had been

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You fall on hard times, you axe -- you expect help. It is not

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acceptable that if you go to a disaster zone, people are helped

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three months later, in this country its people are standing destitute.

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The insurance companies have been woeful, shame on them. Banks were

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who were bailed out by British taxpayers are still charging

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interest on properties that are no longer standing. Shame to be living

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in Britain in 2011 and see that happen. I'm joined now by Lance

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Chinnian, whose flat was one of 27 destroyed after a carpet shop was

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set on fire in Tottenham. Thank you for coming in, do you were at that

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debate this morning. Remind us of your experience on the night your

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flat was set on fire. I was at home as most of my neighbours were, we

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knew there was rioting going on as it was all over the news channels.

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I think about 3 o'clock in the morning, our alarm went within the

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building. Within a few seconds people were banging on the door

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shouting get out, fire. We managed to get down the fire escape, there

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was already smoke coming up. When we came out of the building we

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could see the carpet shop was on fire. It must have been terrifying.

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I know you have had help with your mortgage, what about the other

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claims you are involved in? How easy or difficult has it been?

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have had a lot of support from the council. Wonderful support from a

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variety of sources. In terms of the insurance claims and the

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compensation claims for people who did not have insurance, it seems to

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be one obstacle after another. of this is because it comes under

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the Riot Damages Act, how easy as that been to claim under?

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process itself was reasonably easy in terms of filling in the form,

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submitting paperwork, trying to get evidence of what property you had

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in the flat. But it seems to have gone into a black hole. Of all the

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people who have applied that I know, not a single person has had any

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payout at all. You have had no money? No money at all in terms of

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the compensation claim. This is one big stumbling block that is

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preventing people from moving on. People are keen to put this behind

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them and move on, yet without some kind of money to start rebuilding

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our lives, it is really difficult to. We have to leave it there, but

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thank you for coming in. Still to come before 7:00pm: They have

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performed to over 14 million people and to celebrate 20 years in the

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West End, the cast of stomp put on a very special performance.

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It is a secret part of Westminster Abbey there has been closed to the

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public since the 13th century. Prince Charles is backing of a �12

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million campaign to open it up. 18 months ago, residents living in

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a village near Heathrow celebrated after learning plans for a third

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runway had been scrapped. The plans would have seen Sipson flattened.

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Such was the uncertainty that 200 people moved out, selling their

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homes to the company that owns the airport, BAA. But as Sadie Nine

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reports, the village remains in limbo because the company is still

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hopeful expansion plans will get Sipson was here long before

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Heathrow Airport and is a real village. But three years ago, it

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made the news big time. It was the scene of mass protest against a

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third runway that would have flattened the village. Sipson!

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a change of government, the plans were scrapped and Sipson celebrated.

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Even though they won a great victory, people started to move out

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in huge numbers. You are off? yes. Moving to Cowley. We are

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moving because we need a bigger house. Could you not change this?

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You could, but the amount of money it was going to cost to do that,

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and the fear of pumping that much money into a house that could be

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knocked down in five years' time and you won't get the money back.

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This maxed -- mass exodus is nothing new. Academics have been

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researching this age-old phenomenon and it is known as planning blight.

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When you go for big infrastructure plans, it is very difficult to get

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plans agreed. In that process, people get nervous about hanging on,

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and so you blight an area. Their decision was made easier by BAA,

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they offered them a good price for their properties. 300 home owners

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were eligible and an amazing three quarters of them took it up. BAA

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are now renting out those properties on short-term lets.

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don't want to leave the village, I am pretty heartbroken about leaving

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it. We wanted to buy another house in Sipson. We contacted BAA and

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asked if we could buy one of their properties and they said they are

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not selling. We asked BAA why they insist on only renting out the

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properties that they now own. business community nationally, and

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trade unions and the aviation industry's still believe there is a

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strong case for expansion of airports in the south-east, and a

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third runway is an option that is to be considered. Until the

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Government comes up with a clear plan of how they are going to

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address this urgent need, a third runway remains an option. It would

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be premature of us to sell those properties and have to buy them

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back. It seems that Sipson still has a very uncertain future. It is

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a shame. I have had 20 years here. I don't really want to go. It is a

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complete shame that it has come to this. Sibson was a beautiful place

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to live. Not good. -- sipped some Former Sipson resident Pauline

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Kenny, ending that report by Sadie Nine. And you can see the full

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story on Inside Out London. That's tonight at 7:30pm here on BBC One.

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Chelsea defender John Terry says it's his duty as England captain to

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face allegations that he racially abused QPR's Anton Ferdinand. The

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Football Association and the Metropolitan Police have begun

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investigations into the alleged incident at Loftus Road last month.

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Terry, who didn't play in the 1-0 win over Spain on Saturday, will

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captain tomorrow's match against Sweden at Wembley. It is the

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biggest honour off all, I am very fortunate to be captain. Once were

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out there, the fans are always one. The fans are great and always will

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be. There are different supporters to come to watch England, I get a

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couple of cheers but I got a great response when I warmed up by the

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A �12 million campaign has been launched to open up one of the

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capital's best kept secrets to the public. And now Prince Charles has

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added his support to it. Which is perhaps not all that surprising as

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the building in question is, in effect, his local church. Gareth

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Furby is at Westminster Abbey for us now. Gareth, sounds intriguing?

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Yes, it is. You can't often say this, but this is a genuinely

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secret part of London. Somewhere the public haven't seen since it

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was billed back in the 13th century. Today, I was lucky enough to get a

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sneak preview -- since it was built. It involved a steep climb and

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descent of this building. London's tourists must have explored every

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inch of the abbey. Surely there are no secrets left. But there is one,

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and it is through this door. There are 78 steps to climb. I have

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counted everyone. And that awkward access is the reason why the try

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for him... It means third layer, has been off-limits to the public.

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Now the late poet Sir John Betjeman said the view from here was the

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best in Europe and he may have had a point. I think it is an amazing

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view, I think it gives you an extraordinary vision of this

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remarkable Gothic building. What is also remarkable are the faces on

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the walls. Again, hidden from public view and dating back to the

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13th century. Is mirrored -- represent a king, and a good way

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Monk but it is part of the decoration -- it might represent a

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king, and Abbott or a monk. This is a grotesque. There is a great

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medieval tradition. Sometimes it was to remind people, to frighten

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them, to remind them of the need to lead good lives. Much of Britain's

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history is remembered within these walls, so why keep some of it

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hidden? Prince Charles has now backed a campaign to raise �12

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million to open the third layer. want to open up this space, we want

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people to have the experience of coming into this secret part of the

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Abbey, and we want to display up here a great many of art treasures.

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One thing they will have to build is a lift, as even the journey down

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can be awkward. They will have to find the money to

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build a lift that fits with the architecture, and that alone will

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cost a lot. The Abbey is adamant the money can now be raised, now

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that Prince Charles is on board, and they say this could happen as

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soon as 2014. It's the West End show which began

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life on the streets of London and went on to take banging, knocking

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performance today in the square where it all began. Our

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entertainment correspondent, Brenda Emmanus, reports.

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Matchboxes. Brooms. And bins. Just a few of the simple props that

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along with their unique synchronised movement and physical

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comedy have made Stomp a worldwide sensation. Today, the trip by in

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Covent Garden Piazza, with a special performance celebrating 10

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years in the West End -- the troupe are in. This is where I started as

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a street performer years ago. All week, we worked there, earned our

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money and it was one of the first places where we did a routine with

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the big dustbins. Over 14 million people have experienced this award-

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winning show, which has seen the cast involving everything from

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advertisements and major awards ceremonies like the Oscars to

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performances on world stages, including several performances in

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London. I think rhythm and humour are universal languages and if you

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put them together, you get something that hits to the core. It

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is great, because there is no barrier with language, any

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nationality can come and see it, which suits the West End and New

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York. It means we can travel all over the world and communicate with

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different people. You make it look very easy, how difficult is it?

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When we first begin, it is really hard. You get into the show, it

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takes about a year, I would say, until you have a better

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understanding of what you have to do. Is it important that a show

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like this is in the West End? Definitely. It needs different

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stuff. I am a West End Wendy, I love West End shows, the old stuff,

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the new stuff, but Stomp is very different. 20 years of playing

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loudly and proudly together, with enough success to warrant four

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touring companies around the world, home fans can feel the noise at the

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ambassadors Theatre. We have just a few days to go until

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Children In Need and we'd love you to help us raise money, simply by

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having a good night out. Last year we invited you to watch Pudsey on

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the West End stage with the team of Jersey Boys. Before that, he joined

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Mamma Mia. This year, Pudsey will join a Gala performance of the

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musical Rock Of Ages on Wednesday, and you can be there too. To find

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out how just go to our website, bbc.co.uk/london, where you'll can

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Now, let's take a look at the weather with Peter.

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You look like you are wrapped up warmly.

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I am. What a change. Over the weekend we had the lovely autumn

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sunshine. Today our weather has reverted to type, some poppy --

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proper November anti cyclonic gloom. This week, a dull, bank start.

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Don't despair because as we go through the week, very gradually

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skies will brighten and by the end of the week, it won't feel quite so

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chilly. This evening, the mist and drizzle is closing in, the cloud is

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shrouding the tops of the North Downs. Already some fog on the

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higher parts of the M25. The cloud shrouding tops of the Chiltern

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Hills as well, fog as the M40 climbs up past High Wycombe. Watch

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out for that have -- if you are driving. Overnight, it will turn

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quite chilly, minimum temperatures of six or seven. We have mist and

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drizzle to contend with. Tomorrow morning, a bit of deja-vu, but I

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think the day will dry up and brighten up by the afternoon. Some

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light grey sky, perhaps a bit of blue. If we get some sunshine

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breaking through, the temperature will lift to 11 or 12. We have been

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hovering around 10 degrees. Midweek and a bit brighter on Wednesday,

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perhaps the odd shower to the north of London on Thursday. The outlook

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for the end of the week, temperatures heading back into the

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mid-teens, just in time for next Tonight's headlines: two men, Gary

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Dobson and David Norris, have appeared in court charged with the

:27:26.:27:31.

murder of Stephen Lawrence, 18 years after the teenager's death.

:27:31.:27:34.

The court has said that new scientific evidence will be central

:27:34.:27:37.

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