27/12/2013 BBC London News


27/12/2013

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Scotland and turning windy in the North of Scotland were Goo

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Christmas was over before it began for this couple, whose house was

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flooded on the morning of the 2 th, and they are now talking to the

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insurers about the damage to their home. You kind of racial self when

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you walk through the front door it is devastating. `` you kind of brace

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yourself. Thankfully we are all safe, that is the main thing.

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Hundreds of homes in Surrey have been evacuated, and with half a

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dozen flood warnings in place across the south`east, it appears there

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could be more to come for many. For those returning home, the advice is

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to be prepared for the task ahead. There will be a lot of mud covering

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your furniture, and it is hugely traumatic to see that, and also your

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home will absolutely stink. Your best friend for the next few days

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are going to be a pair of Marigold gloves, do not touch anything

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without wearing gloves, because floodwater is very contaminated and

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you do not know what gems you are finding in your house. Streets

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closed to the river are still deserted with a brave few coming out

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to see the flooding. They are hoping the worst is over. In this

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playground, the water level is still coming just about up to my knees,

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and dozens of families who were evacuated from their homes because

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of these floods on Christmas Day are now desperate to get back home to

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begin the clean`up. But with more rain forecast over the weekend, it

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will take some time for things to return to normal. A mother from

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Luton has arrived back in the UK after... Margaret Finlay has been

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running an online search campaign as well as working with rescue teams in

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the mountains. A London health trust has apologised for what it accepted

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would be inexcusable failings in the handling of DNA tests at a centre

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for the victims of sexual assault. Some clients at the Haven

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Whitechapel have not had the sample sent for testing, and others have

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not had the results. It was built one decade ago to offer

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the victims of sexual assault a confidential clinic, knowing that

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complaints would be taken seriously up to one year after an attack. Last

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February, a member of staff reported a problem at the Whitechapel Haven,

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and an independent investigation was commissioned. The findings pointed

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to a whole system failure. Some of the more serious problems included

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multiple deficiencies in the treatment of some children and

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vulnerable adults. There was an oppressive, tense environment in the

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clinic, but staff were too scared to talk to their managers. And dozens

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of forensics samples that should have been sent for police testing

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were left in a fridge. But all this information only came to light this

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week following a freedom of information request. The Haven was

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closed for a while, and 90 people who were affected have been offered

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counselling, but some argue it is not enough. They needed to trust the

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case was being treated seriously, and they need to trust in the whole

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process, and I think the only thing that will do that is the

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transparency of the process, sharing in the public domain, and there

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should be total accountability in what has happened. The NHS trust

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told BBC London today that they were extremely sorry for the inexcusable

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failings at the Whitechapel Haven. They said they took swift and

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immediate action when they found out there was a problem and that the

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trust has strived for transparency throughout.

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The main train link between Gatwick Airport and the centre of London has

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been closed until the New Year. The Gatwick express service from London

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Victoria is shut for planned maintenance work and will reopen on

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the 2nd of January. Now, Peter Cockroft is here with

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what I am sad to say is one of his last forecasts for BBC London.

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Good news and bad news, and first of all the weather for the most part

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will be dry and bright this weekend. Chilly during the day, and we can

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expect a little bit of frost and fog at night. There are a few rain

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showers this evening to the north and south of us, but we should stay

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dry overnight tonight. Clear skies, winds getting later, it will get

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quite cold. The numbers in the boxes are the air temperatures, and grass

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temperatures are going to be a little bit lower, and that is the

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reason we might see a touch of frost around dawn tomorrow. Saturday and

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Sunday bring us quite a bit of winter sunshine, and this is the bad

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news ` more wet and windy weather heading our way for the start of

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next week. In fact, the winds will start to freshen and the rain will

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start to fall after dark on Sunday. So the flooding is not over quite

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yet. That is it from Peter and from me,

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we will be back in the ten o'clock news, enjoy your evening. Bye`bye.

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Good evening. What a week it has been, a stormy start, a law through

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Christmas, then a wild end to the week, had to keep up, isn't it? This

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was a vicious area of low pressure last night, but today the winds have

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been strongest across northern areas, where it is still blowing a

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gale. That will gradually subside as we go through the night, although a

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windy night across Scotland with frequent, heavy showers. A few

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showers whistling in elsewhere, but a lot of dry weather, and

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temperatures

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