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arrives on Friday. Can't wait! That's all from

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Tonight on BBC London News: Fresh from briefing the Mayor at City

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Hall, growing speculation that the Government's aviation advisor will

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sink Boris Island when he outlines options for airport expansion

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tomorrow. We have already been dithering for over 50 years and it

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is time for politicians to take action, because doing nothing is not

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an option. On the eve of the announcement, we look at the

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favoured airport expansion options and the impact on London. Also

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tonight: Cracking down on rogue landlords ` the first borough to

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introduce new rules to improve conditions for tenants. Plus The

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Met's mission to Romania to warn migrants not to come to London

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unless they've got a job. And from Christmas present to Christmas past.

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A look through London's festive archives. Good evening and welcome

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to the programme. Speculation around a third runway at Heathrow may well

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be over tomorrow when the head of the Government's Airports

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Commission, Sir Howard Davies, delivers his interim report on which

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airports in the South East should be expanded and how. Expansion of the

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West London airport is looking increasingly likely, something the

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Mayor is firmly against, saying it would be bad for London and the

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country. Today, Boris Johnson, who favours a multi`billion pound hub in

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the Thames Estuary, was briefed on the short list of options. Katharine

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Carpenter reports. The man with the plan. Is the island bed in the

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water? My report comes out at 7am and you will then discover which

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option we have short listed. Sir Howard Davies was giving nothing

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away jogging his briefing. What we know is he has ruled out doing

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nothing. He made it clear in October he thinks airport expansion is

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necessary, but where? The commission received 50 proposals but of the

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main options, Heathrow is one of the biggest political battle grounds.

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Airport bosses and business leaders say a third runway should be built

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with the option for a fourth one, enabling 260,000 more flights by

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2029. Opponent argue the environmental impact would be

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disastrous and there are strong indications that Sir Howard will

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have this on the short list. Another runway is an option at Gatwick,

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built to the site and would double passenger numbers. Stansted is in

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the frame for a second runway and is one of the favourite sites by the

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Mayor. Then there is the flagship policy from Boris Johnson ` an

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airport in the Thames Estuary. I can never judge if the Mayor is happy or

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unhappy. We had a very civil discussion about the options and the

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details about the assumptions about the future growth. Anti`expansion

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campaigners hope he has been listening. We understand he was

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saying there is no capacity crisis. He is pushing back on the spices and

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say you need to expand. Today, some voices seemed confident they had

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made their case and they wanted assurances that politicians would

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listen. We have already been dithering for over 50 years and it

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really is time for politicians to take action. Doing nothing is simply

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not an option. The final recommendations will be published in

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the summer of 2015. But tomorrow we will know what Sir Howard is

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thinking. Karl is here. Do we have any idea which way this is going to

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go tomorrow? Sir Howard Davies and City Hall have been tight`lipped,

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although Sir Howard did seem or as Johnson this afternoon. He will

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announce three or four options and has been a lot of reporting saying

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we expect Heathrow to be one of those. Expansion to three or even

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four runways and perhaps an extra runway at Heathrow and Gatwick.

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We're not sure if that expansion plan at Stansted or indeed the

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Thames Estuary will be included. What about the political fallout?

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Any option to expand Heathrow? It is difficult wherever you look. Both

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conservatives and the Lib Dems ruled out any airport expansion in the

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South East and Labour wanted the third runway at Heathrow and then

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backtracked and they are against it. Although they might be warming to

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this idea and there are key marginal seats for the Tories and Lib Dems

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under the flight path so very difficult for them. Also difficult

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for Boris Johnson if any of his plans are not included. He spent

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five years campaigning against the third runway at Heathrow and he has

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threatened legal challenges in the past. We shall wait and see. Thank

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you. Lots more to come, including: Dreaming of a bumper Christmas in

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the West End, but will a fund to help the high streets encourage

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shoppers to stay closer to home. For many boroughs across the capital,

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rogue landlords and squalid housing are growing problems. Now one

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council claims to be the first to introduce compulsory licensing of

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landlords. Newham says conditions for tenants have improved, with more

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than 100 landlords prosecuted in the first year. As Guy Smith explains,

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other London councils are now looking to follow their lead. Just

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some of the living conditions tenants have had to put up with.

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Landlords taking advantage of the lack of affordable housing in

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London. A relatively small kitchen and all of the families in this

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house share this one. Russell is the head of the housing enforcement team

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at Newham Council, one of the most deprived orders in the country. This

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is unacceptable with children living in a room where the means of escape

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is through the kitchen. That is very dangerous. In this part of London

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they are trying something different. It is the first Council to

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introduced compulsory licensing for private landlords. Since February,

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many have met the criteria are providing tenancy agreements and

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meeting basic health and save these standards. The council is now

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chasing the last 20% of landlords who failed to register. This

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landlord will almost certainly be prosecuted and the maximum fine is

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?20,000. This is about protecting the people and making sure

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conditions are right and there is not overcrowding and sometimes you

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get anti`social behaviour. It is about making a better place. A

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better place, perhaps. But some of the people they are trying to help

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or unhappy with the early`morning visit. They just knock on the door.

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This is not just about housing conditions, it is also about

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ensuring landlords pay income tax on renting properties. Even immigration

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officers are here, checking identities and whether tenant are

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illegally in the country or not. These are multiple occupation and

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they can have 30 people in them, sometimes up to half of them don't

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have any status to be in the country. Newham Council is preparing

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to prosecute more than 130 landlords and other errors are reportedly

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watching this scheme closely. `` other landlords. A man has admitted

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making a bomb threat on a passenger plane which was forced to land at

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Stansted Airport. A man from Enfield has been jailed for life for

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murdering his wife at their home ` 38`year`old Minta Addidoh stabbed

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Akua Agyueman with a kitchen knife in November last year in what was

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described as a fit of rage and jealousy. She died from her injuries

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two months later. He will serve a minimum of 17 years. A man has

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admitted making a bomb threat on a passenger plane which was forced to

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land at Stansted Airport. The Sri Lankan Airlines plane was flying

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from Colombo to Heathrow in September when a passenger was

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overheard claiming that something was on board the flight in the hold.

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49`year`old Alan Patey pleaded guilty at Chelmsford Crown Court. He

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will be sentenced in January. It's one of the busiest road bridges in

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London. Consultation has begun on proposals to close Putney Bridge for

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up to a year for essential maintenance work in 2015. But local

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residents and businesses claim it will cause traffic chaos in South

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West London. Ayshea Buksh reports. It is a listed structure designed by

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the famous Victorian engineer, joseph Basil Jett. Putney Bridge

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opened to the public in 1886 but it is set to close for repairs. The

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council says the waterproof membrane which protects it needs urgent

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attention. The work has to be done but we must decide whether it is six

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months in a short period, full closure, or a slightly longer period

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of 11 months and allowing bosses to move across. Across the river, the

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local authority are less enthusiastic. Full and Putney are

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plugged into the same economy, people go to schools and on both

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sides of the bridge, it will be really disruptive. This local mother

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believes both options will be tough. I think the traffic jams and the

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bottlenecks will not be better than closing completely so if I had the

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choice, I would say the quicker option and more painful, but get it

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over with. We travelled through Hammersmith to the side of the river

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and in the middle of the afternoon it is already pretty congested. It

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is feared any closure would create more traffic for this part of

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London. And according to the local campaigner, he fears when it

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reopens, the needs of cyclists could get overlooked. This is the most

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important bridge for cyclists in south`west London and they must find

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a way of finding cycling ways to solve problems. Cycling should be

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used. Repairs will cost ?1.5 million and they are planned for the year

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after next. Consultation with residents and local businesses has

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begun. A former personal assistant accused of defrauding Charles

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Saatchi and Nigella Lawson has told the court she was given a bank card

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to buy whatever she wanted. But she escaped criminal told the court it

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was used to withdraw her salary and was not given strict rules about its

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use. She and her sister deny fraudulently using credit cards. A

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London Assembly report says lessons must be learned from a fire on one

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of the London doctors in September. The report recommends that the

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company should make us news where life jackets. It suggests that the

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company and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency should be

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regularly tested on how to manage any evacuation. From the New Year,

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temporary work restrictions on Romanians and Bulgarians who come to

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the UK are being lifted, which some believe will place an increasing

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strain on public services. As Gareth Furby reports, Metropolitan Police

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officers have travelled to Romania to try and discourage locals from

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moving to Britain without guaranteed work. This was a camp at the old

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Hendon football club and last summer, after complaints from

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neighbours, it was raided by police. What emerged was out of 68 people

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evicted, 65 came from a Romanian village. Panorama has followed and

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Met Police officer, Chief Superintendent Adrian Asher, back at

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the village, to find out why so many came to London. How many people live

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your? Seven? And what about the toilet and washing? It is a delicate

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assignment for the officer. Once he has discovered why so many from here

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came to the UK, he advises them why they should not return to London

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unless they can support themselves. And even when, work restrictions on

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Romanians are lifted in the New Year. We know that if you come to

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the UK without any job to go to, you are at increased risk of being

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exploited or being a victim or perpetrator of crime. Then he goes

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to the home of a man evicted from the site in London and he knows

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why. So many from this village headed to the same place. Your

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cousin was a first and he went? And he phoned you? How many people from

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here? Do you know? Maybe 400? Thank you for letting me into your home.

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Thank you. Today, the London Chamber of Commerce said opening up the

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labour market to Romanians and Bulgarians in the New Year would be

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beneficial to the economy. The major reason London firms are employing

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migrant workers in so many numbers is because they need them. They need

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the skills they have. Some disagree. Big business wants to drive down

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costs and maximise office so it wants cheap labour. As this officer

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discovered, it is a complex issue which will play out in the New Year.

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And you can see the full story tonight on Panorama ` The Romanians

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Are Coming. There are eight. In days until

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Christmas, but with tough competition, many smaller high

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streets are struggling in tough economic times. Today a London

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Assembly committee has been looking at whether ?50 million spent by the

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mayor to improve the capital's town centres is helping keep shoppers

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closer to home instead of the West End.

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London's West End. Like any high street, it is struggling against

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tighter purses and wallets and a change in shopping trends. The

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internet and large American`style shopping centres are having an

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impact. At here, retailers can rely on tourism, early dazzling new sales

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and those who still like a browse. I like to feel the clothes and see the

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people industry and stop and have a glass of wine with my friends. I

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have not spent more than last year, because I am waiting for the offers

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to kick in. That is when I will spend. Although there has been a dip

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in numbers compared with this time last year, retailers are optimistic

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that there will be a last`minute surge during pre`Christmas sales.

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Meanwhile in outer London, high street is dying. In Willesden

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Green, they have even cancelled the Christmas lights. As the high street

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loses its shoppers, Tony's barbershop loses trade. They are

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treating it like central London, and it is not right to look at it like

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that, because the area is going dead. The mayor has ploughed more

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than ?50 million into regenerating high streets across London over the

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last two years. Brent Council was awarded a grant of ?500,000 for

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Willesden Green. The money has been spent. The aim of the project was to

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have a holistic approach to rid generation. So we used vacant

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properties to make the high street nicer. The London Assembly's

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regeneration committee has examined the use of the mayor's out of London

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fund and say it is working, but more needs to be done. What high streets

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are for and how they are used is changing. For example, we heard at

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the meeting today that in Harrow, there was a disused supermarket that

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has not been used for eight years, with free parking in front of it.

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That is now becoming a low`cost gym. Still to come tonight: bringing

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festive cheer to those less fortunate ` the schoolchildren

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helping to deliver 38 tonnes of residence.

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And I will tell you what else will bring you festive cheer, if not the

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weather ` a look at London Christmases past. That and the

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weather later. Plenty of football news today. Sara

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Orchard is here. Let's start with managers leaving, because it is not

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just Tottenham who are without a boss. Yes, we will be talking about

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championship side Watford, because it was announced that Jan Franco

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Zola has resigned. He said in a statement on the club's website that

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the decision is in the best interests of the team. It has been a

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privilege and pleasure to serve this club and I am sure we will see each

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other again. Last season, the team reached the championship play`offs,

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but this season, they are 13th in the table. And the sacking of Andre

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Villas`Boas, how have fans reacted? They have not been surprised. It

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comes after yesterday's 5`0 loss to Liverpool and also after lots of

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money was spent during the summer by Andre Villas`Boas. After that game,

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I went down to the ground to see who might be taking over. Probably

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Capello or Baldini. I don't know. Hoddle, maybe? It is hard to see. We

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will find out soon enough. No new manager has been named yet, but we

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do know that the planned for Wednesday night, when Tottenham

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Hotspur will be hosting West Ham, the Tottenham technical coordinator

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will be taking charge of the side. And a quick word on today's

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Champions League draw? It is the last 16 of the Champions League, and

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with Arsenal and Chelsea in the mix, Arsenal arguably with the harder

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draw. Now, for one group of primary school

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pupils from north London, this Christmas is not just about

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receiving presents, it is also about doing their bit to help other

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children. They have been wrapping presents that will be given to

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youngsters spending Christmas in an orphanage or a hospital. It is part

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of a charity project that aims to deliver 38 tonnes of toys across the

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capital by Routemaster. Christmas came early for these 10``year`olds

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from north`west London. On a trip out from class, they found

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themselves in a room full of some of the best toys on the market. But

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they understood that they weren't for them, but for other children

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less fortunate than themselves. It's just out of the kindness of our

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hearts. We are just helping people. It is nice for people in hospital to

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put a smile on people's faces. Teachers have been explaining to

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children about the true meaning of Christmas, and although some parents

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may find it hard to believe, staff say giving has been just as exciting

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for them as receiving. We have done a lot of carol singing and

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fundraising, but this is the first time they have come to somewhere

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like this and had the opportunity to pick things out that will be given

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directly to people that need it. Once the toys are wrapped and put

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into stockings, they are taken by bus to hospices and hospitals across

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London. It is all supported by companies. That is what makes it

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possible. We don't take donations from individuals. We don't shake a

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can in your face. We feel that is intrusive and we don't like it when

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that happens to us, so we would rather take help from big companies

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and give it to those who need it. One of them is two`year`old

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Sebastian from Beckenham, who has been treated in hospital for

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pneumonia for the last nine days. At St Thomas's today, his present dream

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came true. Thank you. The stuff we have seen and the people we have met

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have been amazing. I am sure it is amazing all year round, but it is

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more special at Christmas. And the kindness is catching. Sebastian's

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parents won't be sending the adults in their family presents this

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Christmas. They will be making a donation to the hospital instead.

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A festive Regent Street in 1960. It is just one of a series of

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photographs from the Museum of London archives, which shows how

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Londoners have celebrated Christmas in the past. And some of the

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judicial and so are reassuringly familiar. `` some of the judicial

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and is familiar. Christmas 2013, in full twinkle on

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Oxford Street. The lights first went up in 1955, captured that year by

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photographer Henry Grant. They were just as sumptuous five years later.

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From the archives at the Museum of London, these are Christmases past.

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In addition, the Museum of London Docklands has decked out their dark

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streets of 19th`century Wapping as a Victorian Christmas, complete with

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their own Santa. Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas! Pressed noses misted toy

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shop windows in the '50s and '60s, in the same way they would have done

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100 years ago in Victorian London, though the toys on Christmas lists

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then were a bit different. The horses then were like hobbyhorses.

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I'm not sure whether children would settle for that nowadays. It is more

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of a computerised world now. But the kids do like it, especially if they

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come with their grandmother. They say, "I remember one of those". The

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trip down a snowy Christmas lane continues in the old photographs.

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Londoners in 1952 at Covent Garden, picking a tree. Or a turkey at

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Leadenhall Market in 1953. Or personal moments when the gift is

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just right. As for the Victorians, this building in the Docklands was

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crucial for their enjoyment of festive sugar and spice. The docks

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aren't the first thing you think of when it comes to Christmas, but all

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the things you rely upon, the sugary Christmas cake, the oranges you hang

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from your tree or might have around a great centrepiece, all the spices

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that go into mulled wine and mince pies are things that would come

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through the docks at Christmas. They would be different from any other

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time of year, because the market changed what was needed. And of

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course, it was Victorian Christmas that stuck. St Nicholas is just as

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busy today, and you need to book to see him here over the next few days.

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In black and white, his image echoes from the past, as do those of

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everyday Londoners carrying the spirit of Christmas through the

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ages. Returning to Christmas present and

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to Wendy, who has the weather. The brolly may be up, but I bet people

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are already asking about whether it is going to be a white Christmas.

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They have indeed. Yes, at the end of November, I was asked that for the

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first time. Early signs are that it will be anything but a white

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Christmas, but we will keep you posted. In the meantime, this

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trolley tells the story. We have had lively bands of rain going through,

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and if we turn our eyes to the Bay of Biscay, a massive lot of rain is

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edging towards us. Tonight, rain for the first part and then it will

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clear away as we go through dawn. There is not much of a breeze behind

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the rain, so it will only slowly drag itself away towards the

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south`east. There will be heavy bursts. Eventually, through parts of

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Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Berkshire, it will begin to clear.

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Elsewhere, the rain will eventually clear and it should be a dry start

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to the day tomorrow. Some brightness to begin with, particularly further

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north and west, but the cloud and rain will edge back towards the

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south`east as we go through the middle of the afternoon. We have

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also lost that very mild feel we had today, despite the cloud and rain.

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Temperatures tomorrow will be around eight degrees for London and lower

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than that around the Home Counties. Midweek, we will start with dry and

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bright weather on Wednesday, but from Wednesday onwards, it will be

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quite breezy. Thursday and Friday will be bright during the day, but

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somewhat and windy weather for that Christmas getaway. `` wet and windy

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weather. A reminder of the headlines: The prime minister has

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been in Afghanistan today, meeting British service personnel at their

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base in Helmand province. He reaffirmed his pledge that most

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will leave by the end of 2014. A 22`year`old man has been remanded

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in custody after being charged with murdering the missing teenager

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Jayden Parkinson. She was last seen at a railway station in Didcot in

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Oxfordshire nearly two weeks ago. The head of the government's

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Airports Commission will deliver his interim report tomorrow, at planning

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options for expansion. A third runway at Heathrow could be

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back on the cards, something the mayor firmly opposes.

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New hand council has persecuted 134 people after its first year of

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compulsory licenses for landlords. Other councils are now considering

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following its example. And Spurs manager Andre Villas`Boas has been

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sacked following a 6`0 defeat at Manchester City last month and a 5`0

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loss at home to Liverpool yesterday. I will be back during the ten

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O'Clock News. Plenty more on our website. From

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everyone on the team, thanks for watching and have a lovely evening.

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