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BBC weather website. That is it all from the BBC's News at Six.

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Tonight on BBC London: The cost of public transport is to go up. True,

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overground and bus fares will rise mostly in line with inflation. Our

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pay increases are at 1%, how can you increase travel by 3%? It is a lot

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of money to pay. We will have more details on what the rises will mean

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for your pocket. Also tonight: A 17`year`old is stabbed to death in

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North London. He is the 12th teenager murder victim this year. A

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breakthrough for breast cancer patients. It could mean thousands of

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women avoiding major surgery. Plus, striking a pose for London's

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children. How a collection of celebrity photographs will go to

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help the young homeless. Good evening. The cost of public

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transport is to go up in the New Year. Tube, overground and bus fares

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are on average rising in line with inflation, hailed by the Mayor is a

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freeze in real`time. But the price of some journeys will see a hike of

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as much as 4%. Friendly handshakes for commuters and then perhaps some

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unwelcome news. We had to put them up. It was less than expected, but

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on average Transport for London fares will go up in January by just

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over 3%. Our pay increases are at 1%, how can you increase travel by

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3%? It is not fair. 3% is not really that much, so I do not see it

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impacting me. It is a lot of money to pay is specially with the

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situation in the country at the moment. Bus, Tube and DLR prices

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will go up by 3.1%. Season tickets and travel cards by 4.1% on average.

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In the detail a mix for commuters. The rest stayed the same. A daily

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oyster price cap, there is no increase.

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I am not going to oversell this. This is still an increase, but a

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lesser increase than people might have expected. Times have been

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tough. It enables us to keep investing in our network. TfL will

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have to find ?350 million in ten years inefficiencies and increase

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commercial revenues. Hundreds of job losses are already planned on the

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Underground. Unions began balloting for strike action and its critics

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say the Mayor has you turned on fares. On the one hand Boris has

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admitted that the fare increases have been bearing down on Londoners

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and people are suffering from a high cost of living. On the other hand he

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has not dealt with the problem. Looe he says he has found savings, but

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there is a lot more he could be doing. He has two target fare

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reductions at hard pressed Londoners, particularly people who

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work part`time. Transport campaigners say today's announcement

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is a step in the right direction, but much more still needs to be

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done. Our political editor Tim Donovan

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joins us from City Hall. What is the rationale behind this fares

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package? Recognition there is only so far you can take people on this.

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These are still increases that run ahead of increases in people's

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salaries, many of which have been frozen or cut. There is

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inconsistency with the last few years where Boris Johnson made it

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clear he felt Transport for London needed certainty for investment and

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supported fare rises of 2% above inflation. He has done it this year

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without help from the Government. In the end City Hall will feel it is

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difficult to keep asking people to pay more on fares when Transport for

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London is accumulating a capital budget of about ?2.5 billion. A lot

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of it is earmarked for future projects. Perhaps they are thinking

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how can we keep on for asking for more money until these projects are

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up and running? It has been a challenging few weeks for the Mayor?

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Yes it has, not least because of the problems over cycling. It did not

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get better today in which he gave a radio interview where he struggled

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to say what the cash fare was from his local station was into work. The

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even standard described that as embarrassing. He has been challenged

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on his comments made about IQs and economic worth and on this question

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of cycling he was challenged very firmly today about what appears to

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be his view on attributing the perception that cycling is less

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safe. His view is this is down to the media and cycle campaigners. It

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has not been an easy month. There is more detail on a different range of

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fares and how they will increase on the BBC London website.

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Plenty more to night including: Preparing for the possible arrival

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of Romanian and Bulgarian migrants. We look at how it could affect the

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capital. Tributes have been paid to a

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teenager who was fatally stabbed in Palmers Green in the early hours of

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this morning. The 17`year`old has been named locally as Joshua Folkes

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who was found outside the flat he was staying in. Friends have

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described him as bubbly and always smiling. Yvonne Hall is in North

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London this evening. This is the house in Palmers Green

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where the 17`year`old was found stabbed to death and fighting for

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his life before 1am this morning. The emergency services tried to

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resuscitate him, but he died 14 minutes later. There have been 12

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young men killed by Leon London's Street this year. The detectives

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have no theories as to why he was killed. They will be in the house

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all night looking for clues, but so far nobody has been arrested.

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Overwhelmed by grief, a friend of the teenager stabbed to death

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outside a flat in North London just before 1am. He has been named

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locally as 17`year`old Joshua Folkes, a college student. He was

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staying in an upstairs flat in Bowes Road. His downstairs neighbour

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arrived home just before 1am and said he saw the teenager fighting

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for his life after the attack. I saw the lad lying down on the ground.

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His friend was shouting to get up and there was nothing. Paying their

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respects today, friends of Joshua who say they cannot believe he has

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gone. Always smiling, his own person. What do you mean? Just him,

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there was nothing bad about him. We were close, he always made me laugh.

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This murder follows the killing 24 hours earlier of a man in his 20s in

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Hackney. In total 12 young men have been killed violently on London's

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Street this year. His neighbour now fears for his safety. No one feels

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safe here because they are a group. There are too many groups.

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Detectives are urging anyone with any information about why

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17`year`old Joshua was stabbed to death here to contact them

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immediately. A strike that was due to take place on the Piccadilly line

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tomorrow has been called off. Members of the RMT union were due to

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take industrial action on Wednesday. The dispute centres on

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what it describes as a breakdown in industrial relations with

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Underground managers. In just under a month the restrictions on people

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from Bulgaria and Romania wanting to live and work in the UK will be

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lifted. One London council has said they will welcome those who are

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coming to work, but fear some will be a drain on resources.

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They are taking the small steps for their new lives in Britain. English

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lessons for these Romanians in west London, hoping their studies will

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reward them with new jobs. Carmen worked as a GP in Romania and

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arrived last month. I like the people and I like everything in

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England. And behind heard there are other Romanians considering new

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lives, chasing new wages. This lady is a pharmacy student studying in

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north`west Romania. I would like to try a different place for a couple

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of years may be. But what do those dreams mean in reality for councils

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in London like Harrow, still feeling the squeeze after cuts in funding

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from central Government. They will be entitled to what everyone else is

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entitled to. Schools, housing and the health service. If they are

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going to get worked and pay their taxes, they are very welcome. But we

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do not need lots more people coming in that are going to be a drain on

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our resources. This is the baptism service at a Roman Church in Luton.

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500 Romanians or live here, or legally. But some have challenges in

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skills and education. This church of England figures offer `` offers help

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to those who need it. Those who live in extreme poverty are forced to beg

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on the street in order to survive. In a month's time we will see just

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how many Romanians and Bulgarians will choose to make Londonderry

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home. Here to discuss this is Alp Mehmet

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from the campaign group Migration Watch UK and Alex Glennie from the

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Institute for Public Policy and Research. We had some concerns from

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Harrow Council about it being a possible drain on resources, but the

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issue is we do not know what to expect. It is not a case of looking

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at it as a drain or not a drain, but the fact is we reckon 50,000 a year

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will come over the next five years. Most of those will be in the London

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area. It is what the consequences of that art. You have guessed those

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numbers? It is our judgement and it is the sort of judgement we used the

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last time around when we were right and the Government was wrong. We

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said a lot more would come from Poland and other countries. It is

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different this time. Bulgarians and Romanians have been able to come

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here since 2007, so it is not the same as 2004 when people were given

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immediate access to the labour market. This time a lot of people

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are already here. It is good for the economy? Yes, it is. But we need to

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think about the impact. There has got to be more to the economy than

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whether or not we can get a cheap cup of coffee from Starbucks. What

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about the children who are going to need schooling? We are told now that

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by 2016 there will be a shortage of 103,000 places. What about the

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housing the Mayor says we need? There are practical issues that are

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raised. It will put pressure on resources? Large numbers coming into

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new areas put pressure on housing and schools. But there are controls

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in place and we have had seven years to prepare for the impact. What if

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those numbers are wrong? That is something we are going to have to

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wait and see. There are 1 million Romanians in Spain, there are a

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similar number in Italy and a lot of those are unemployed. A lot of those

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in Germany, I heard this morning from a Romanian, are not that happy.

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What will happen to those in Spain and Italy? That is not taken into

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account. The restrictions will be lifted in other countries. Germany

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will be attractive and France, Spain and the Netherlands. There is

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nothing to say they will all come to Britain, is there? There are a lot

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more coming here than to other countries. We think 50,000 will end

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up here. A final thought to you, Alex. I think there is too much

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emphasis on the numbers. It is more important to think about the impact

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that this will have and to prepare properly for the areas which will

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see larger numbers like London. Thank you.

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Almost half of Londoners say they know or suspect someone who is a bit

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of a mystic violence. The survey is part of a national campaign to

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encourage victims to seek help. The charity refuge says one in four

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women will experience violence in their lifetime. Alice Bhandukravi

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has been speaking to one woman about Herrick 's periods is. He was

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kicking me in the stomach and he put his hands around my throat and said

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this time I really will kill you. Wendy Turner Webster endured

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physical and psychological abuse from her first husband for seven

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years. She said she stayed because she felt worthless. You are reduced

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to nothing in that kind of relationship. You have no

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confidence. You have no strength or mental ability to extract yourself

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from that situation. You have probably been brainwashed to such an

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extent that you believe you cannot stand on your own two feet. In a

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recent survey, almost 50% of Londoners said they knew what they

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suspected somebody they knew was living in an abusive relationship. A

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third of those asked said they would not know where to turn to for help.

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The survey by Avon as part of the campaign to shine a light on

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domestic violence. It is being fronted by Jamelia who suffered

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abuse at the hands of a partner for four years. Domestic abuse is not

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restrict it to a certain class or age. It happens to any woman,

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anywhere at any time. Unfortunately, for most of us, we probably know

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someone who is going through it right at this second. The charity

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Refuge says expert help is at hand. For Wendy, thankfully it is all in

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the past. She has a new husband unloving family and wants other

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women to know there is a way out. `` and a loving family.

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Find out how you can take home a famous musician while raising money

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for homeless families stop breast`cancer patients.

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Breast`cancer patients may then if it from a new type of research. They

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could receive more targeted treatment in the future as Katharine

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Carpenter now reports. Professor Louise Jones has spent

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nearly 20 years studying cancer of the cells which can develop in the

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milk ducts. It is the root cause of most breast cancer. Around 4800

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people are diagnosed with this type of cancer every year. In around half

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of them it will turn into something more serious known as invasive

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arrest cancer. Until now, researchers have not been able to

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tell who will be affected. `` invasive breast cancer. Now a team

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at Barts have found this `` a particular molecule is to blame.

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Testing patients will give a better idea about whether this breast

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cancer will develop. This gives us a better idea about how these early

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diseases behave. We will be able to separate the ones that perhaps we

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can leave and just watch and monitor, and those who really do

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need treating. That was not an offer on choice for Laura Simons when she

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was diagnosed eight years ago. Doctors could not tell her whether

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it would become invasive cancer so she had a mystic may. Women like me

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will have much more information say the prospect of having radical

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surgery will be much more reduced and that is very good news. I wish

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that information had been available when I was having treatment but I am

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pleased it will be available for the future. Professor Jones' research is

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funded by the charity breast Cancer campaign. It hopes testing for the

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molecule will be able `` will be available in five years time.

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Football, and tonight sees Crystal Palace manager take charge of his

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first home game. Both teams are under pressure.

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Crystal Palace are rock bottom of the Premier League and West Ham are

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three points above the relegation zone. Tony Pulis is taking the role

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for the first time. He is confident he can turn things around. Two games

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coming up. We are hoping we will get some breaks this time, that we will

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create the chances that we did the other night and get the breaks. We

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need a break as much as anything else. Good luck to Palace and West

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Ham. Also a new manager at Crawley. They have confirmed the former QPR

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boss John Gregory is taking over there. And on another note, not long

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until the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Yes, the short list for

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the young Sports Personality of the Year were announced today. Some of

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those were from the capital. Dina Asha Smith turns 18 tomorrow. She

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won gold at the European Championships. Also Jessica Judd, an

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18`year`old from Canvey Island. She got a golden European Championships

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over 800 metres earlier this year. Amy Marron one a gold`medal and

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silvers at the Paralympic Championships and Amber Hill, the

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youngest record`holder of her sport of shooting has been short listed.

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The BBC Sports Centre is allowed to you of the year award is a week on

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Sunday. I feel sorry for the judges! Thank you.

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Celebrities like Emeli Sande, Jamie Cullum and will young are all used

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to having their photograph taken but the latest photograph is to raise

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money. Julia Savage can now look forward to

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Christmas. After living in a bed`and`breakfast with her son the

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young mother can now look forward to Christmas. We had to approach our

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local council. It is not knowing the system well enough, where you're

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going to live and what will happen that is why I called Shelter for

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some support. Jess is exhausted by the two`hour journey from her hostel

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to school. The latest Christmas appeal video by homeless charity

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Shelter highlights an increasing problem in the capital. 62,000

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children in London face waking up homeless or in temporary

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accommodation. We all know there is a shortage of housing in the capital

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and we have seen seven years of rising rents, cuts to wages and

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benefits and too many people are finding the loss of a job or a

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relationship breakdown can quickly spiral into losing their home. Paul

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Heneker is a London based photographer. He has collaborated

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with Shelter to produce some photographs which will be auctioned

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to raise money. The result of Paul's work is on display at a

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gallery in Hoxton. It has been four months of chasing musicians to

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produce these portraits, but every penny goes towards trying to find a

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safe and secure environment for homeless families. They get some

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good names to associate themselves with the charity and it is good

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publicist T4 Shelter and for music fans it is a one`off piece of art

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that they get the chance to bid for and hang on their wall back home.

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You can bid when the auction goes live on the charity website from the

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12th of December or view the exhibition until January.

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Great stuff, let's get a check on the weather with Peter.

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We will need to wrap up warm. I am sure you will have heard or read

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about the Arctic blast which is heading our way. Actually, for our

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little corner of the United Kingdom I think it will be more of a short,

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sharp winter shock. No sooner will be cold air have arrived, then the

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mild air will push it out of the way from the West. Rather chilly for a

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time at the end of the week. This evening, we have still got the cloud

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but at least it is dry and it will stay that way overnight. Not a lot

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changing. Here and there were the cloud is a bit thinner we could see

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temperatures getting low enough for a touch of frost on the grass. And

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it may turn a bit misty but then you will notice morning as the rain

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arriving on the freshening breeze. Not particularly heavy and it will

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move through quite briskly. Sky is brightening up roundabout lunchtime.

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Then we can expect some sunny spells for the afternoon. We are probably

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looking at a maximum temperature of eight or nine Celsius tomorrow. That

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leaves us with clear skies overnight. Temperatures will tumble.

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You will notice the blue appearing on the map and that is the frost on

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the grass. Here and there we will see a temperatures very close to or

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below freezing. It will be a cold start Thursday. Temperature

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recovering as the wind freshens and brings us cloud. We will probably

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have some rain after dark. That rain will clear skies again by Friday.

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With the wind of ten to 15 mph, it will feel more like freezing. Some

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rain on the way. It will get colder and we can expect some frost and a

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bit of fog that night. Thank you. The main headlines:

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British students are falling behind their global rivals according to an

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international league table released today. The UK failed to make the top

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20 nations in tests taken by 15`year`olds in maths, reading and

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science. The boss of RBS has admitted that

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the bank has failed to invest properly in IT systems for decades.

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Hundreds of thousands of people were unable to use their credit and debit

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cards for three hours yesterday because of an IT fault.

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The jury in the trial of two men accused of killing Fusilier Lee

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Rigby in Woolwich earlier this year has been shown images of one of the

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alleged attackers with bloodstained hands speaking to passers`by.

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Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale deny murder.

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More on the day's stories on our website and I will be back with our

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late news. From all of us on the team here, thanks for watching and

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have a lovely evening.

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