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That is it for now. On BBC One we Good evening. A disability rights | :00:20. | :00:24. | |
group is holding a protest outside City Hall this evening against | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
Paralympic Games sponsor ATOS. Demonstrators say the Government | :00:29. | :00:32. | |
contractor, which assesses benefit claimants, it is unfairly judging | :00:32. | :00:37. | |
some people as able to work, so that they lose benefits. | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
After Patrick Lynch was assessed by ATOS, it was decided he was fit for | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
work. I had limited mobility, I was on heavy medication which would | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
make me very drowsy. I was three weeks out of hospital. He appealed | :00:52. | :00:58. | |
and the decision was overturned. But he is shocked that ATOS is so | :00:58. | :01:03. | |
prominent at the Paralympics as sponsor and IT provider. | :01:03. | :01:06. | |
somebody down the line from the Paralympics becomes ill and does | :01:06. | :01:10. | |
not fit enough to do what they are doing, they will be assessed by the | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
very company that is responsible for the Paralympics. There will be | :01:13. | :01:17. | |
no mercy shown. The Government introduced work he capability | :01:17. | :01:22. | |
assessments to replace the system of incapacity benefits. They were | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
seen as too easy to cheat. In a statement, the Department for Work | :01:27. | :01:35. | |
But leading disability charities have voiced their concerns about | :01:35. | :01:40. | |
the test as well. And the way in which ATOS staff deal with disabled | :01:40. | :01:46. | |
clients. There is a particular issue about the training who work | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
for ATOS that are undertaking the task. We feel that people doing the | :01:50. | :01:53. | |
tests are not sufficiently skilled in specific issues like mental | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
health. It has been a really big issue for disabled people for the | :01:57. | :02:02. | |
last couple of years now. ATOS carries at 15,000 assessments every | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
week. It told us it does not make decisions on who gets benefits, but | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
it insures that the service it provides is compassionate as | :02:10. | :02:16. | |
possible. Both ATOS and LOCOG say that its health care worker and | :02:16. | :02:20. | |
Paralympic involvement are two separate things. But Patrick, who | :02:20. | :02:28. | |
has another assessment in September, Now, it has been the busiest day of | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
the Notting Hill Carnival. Police are hoping for a peaceful climax to | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
the event with 7000 officers on patrol. Greg MacKenzie has spent | :02:36. | :02:46. | |
Rows of Caribbean food stalls offering a jerk chicken, rice and | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
peas, curried goat and even some rum punch. About to the dance | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
stages and the huge sound systems and you could only be in one place. | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
It's the final day of the Notting Hill Carnival. It's amazing, I'm | :02:58. | :03:04. | |
really enjoying it. It's my second Carnival. I'm enjoying it, man. I'm | :03:04. | :03:10. | |
enjoying every moment. It's amazing. It's really nice. First time this | :03:10. | :03:15. | |
year. Wicked, awesome. By the end of today, more than 1 million | :03:15. | :03:18. | |
people will have walked through the streets of Notting Hill Gate, | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
making this Europe's biggest street festival. Despite a little rain | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
earlier in the day, it has not dampened the spirits here, at the | :03:27. | :03:34. | |
48th not in -- Notting Hill Carnival. There was a visible | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
police presence, up 2001 yesterday when 98 people were arrested, | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
mainly for drug and public order offences. The most serious | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
incidents happened after carnival, with three stabbings in total. One | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
victim in his early 30s is still in hospital. In general, yesterday was | :03:52. | :03:57. | |
a very peaceful, lovely family day. We did have a number of arrests, | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
but relatively comparable to last year. Organisers say that the | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
timing of events, with the recent Olympics and Wednesday's Paralympic | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
Games could not have been better for the capital. Yesterday was a | :04:08. | :04:11. | |
great success. We were so proud to see the children come out and have | :04:11. | :04:17. | |
a great time. The Olympic teenies in the air, but, as always, the | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
Notting Hill Carnival always brings that great vibe and happiness. | :04:21. | :04:24. | |
it winds down for another year, the focus will turn to clearing the | :04:24. | :04:30. | |
streets of Notting Hill, which will occur at midnight. | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
An investigation is continuing after a Metropolitan police officer | :04:33. | :04:37. | |
was arrested on suspicion of theft. PC Richard Bent was held last month | :04:37. | :04:41. | |
after property belonging to Scotland Yard went missing. The | :04:41. | :04:44. | |
arrest has been linked to the theft of cash and jewellery from crime | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
victims who have died. The Environment Agency is | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
monitoring levels of toxic algae in rivers, lakes and canals. The | :04:52. | :04:57. | |
Regent's Canal is badly affected, the LP covers the water, putting | :04:57. | :05:01. | |
animals at risk and depleting fish stocks. Pet owners are warned that | :05:01. | :05:07. | |
it can be harmful to dogs. Residents in one of Westminster's | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
poorest neighbourhoods are fighting plans to turn a sports centre into | :05:10. | :05:14. | |
flats. The council says the Jubilee Centre is under-used and it wants | :05:14. | :05:17. | |
to build a new facility down the road. | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
They want to build flats here? Whatever, our kids are not getting | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
the flats. The local people who use the Jubilee Sports Centre in Queens | :05:26. | :05:30. | |
Park say it is a hub for the community and provides much-needed | :05:30. | :05:32. | |
facilities in this part of Westminster, next to the Mozart | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
Estate, in one of the most deprived wards in London. Many people do not | :05:37. | :05:41. | |
have transport, cars. There are lots of people that live on the | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
Mozart estate and surrounding area who can walk here. It's very easy | :05:45. | :05:50. | |
to access. The council is closing the sports centre, in favour of | :05:50. | :05:53. | |
what they say is a bigger and better want half a mile away. But | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
some of the people using it at the moment have yet to be convinced. | :05:57. | :06:02. | |
Local residents are up in arms. It hardly any surprise. There are not | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
many swimming pools this side of Westminster. The they have no | :06:06. | :06:11. | |
reason to build flats here. They could build it in bigger buildings | :06:11. | :06:15. | |
that are just standing there. They could build it in wasteland. Taking | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
on board some of the local descent, Westminster council has agreed to | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
build a new sports facilities alongside the new housing on this | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
very site. There are concerns, there is no doubt about that. We | :06:27. | :06:31. | |
want to take gained extensive public consultation exercise. We | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
have had a lot of positive feedback from people who recognise the huge | :06:35. | :06:40. | |
new investment in community sport. Equally, people that live in this | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
locality perhaps see the closure of the sports centre as being a | :06:43. | :06:48. | |
concern. 47 properties could be built on the site where the sports | :06:48. | :06:58. | |
understands. The project still A quick look at the weather now. | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
Good evening, it will be turning rather wet overnight with a system | :07:01. | :07:04. | |
spreading from the West. Out bricks of light rain for just about | :07:04. | :07:09. | |
everywhere, turning quite breezy as well. A mild night ahead, 16 or 17 | :07:09. | :07:15. | |
Celsius. It could be dry by morning, and then a pretty decent day. Highs | :07:15. | :07:20. | |
of 23 Celsius. Mostly dry, apart from a few light showers towards | :07:20. | :07:24. |