30/12/2013 BBC London News


30/12/2013

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industry. We are back with

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North Wales and Northern Ireland. Perhaps try and brighter m

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Good evening. Detectives investigating the death

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of a young mother who was found on fire in a South London street are

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speaking to two people who tried to save her. Police aren't treating her

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death as suspicious, but say they're still trying to find out what

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happened. Tributes to a young mother. Those

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who knew her came to pay their respects. She was such a lovely

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person. She is the definition of a strong woman, she has gone through a

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lot. She always put a smile on everybody else's face, she does what

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she can for her family. It is not clear what happened. We understand

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that the woman ran out of her house behind us, she was on fire.

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Neighbours heard screams as she ran across the road. She ran down the

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lane, across the level crossing, where she fell, and police

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understand that three people try to help her by putting out the flames.

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There are still many questions that surround her death, but two of the

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three people who tried to help her now helping police with their

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ongoing investigation. London Fire Brigade is to start

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charging hospitals, airports and other organisations if crews are

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called out to more than ten false alarms in a year. The service says

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it attended more than 25,000 false alarms last year, at a cost of

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nearly ?40 million. An everyday sight and sound, but,

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say London's Fire Brigade, too many of the alarms it's called out to are

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a waste of time. Now it says it's had enough, and repeat offenders

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will be getting a bill. The Fire Brigade says it will charge ?290 if

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it is called out to false alarms more than ten times a year. If the

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plans had been in place last year, they'd have raised ?800,000.

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London's hospitals alone would have had to pay nearly ?500,000 for 1,700

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false alarms. Top of the list was St George's Hospital in Tooting, with

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136 false alarms. Five more hospitals had more than 90. We would

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be perfectly happy if we did not have to charge a single penny to any

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organisation in London. What this is about is making sure that when a

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fire alarm goes off, it is taken seriously, when it does not need to

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go off, it does not go off, and to make sure that our fire crews are

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either training or available for real incidents, rather than sitting

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backwards and forwards across London, going to fall Salaam is all

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automatic fire alarms. The changes come in on New Year's Day. The NHS

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said today the number of false callouts was going down, and said it

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was the responsibility of staff only to call the Fire Brigade in a

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genuine emergency. A South London school is leading the

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way in the fight against homophobic bullying. The Government

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acknowledges it's a serious problem and is beginning to tackle the issue

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in secondary schools. But some activists believe the work needs to

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start much earlier. We would get text messages, phone

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calls. Here in Suffolk, teachers encourage children to talk about all

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kinds of hurtful behaviour they may experience. People making other

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people feel unhappy because they are gay. They found the negative use of

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the word gay is used by junk children, and payments have been

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supported in making a stand against it. `` young children. We have run a

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couple of workshops. The reaction has been positive and supportive

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throughout. Ben Cohen's foundation aims to stand up to bullying of all

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kinds. He says it is never too early to discuss even hurtful homophobic

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language. There is a way of doing it, that is not an age at which you

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cannot talk about it. It is important, if it is done sensibly,

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any issue, it is about acceptance and understanding. The Minister for

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women and equality is encouraging secondary schools to carry out

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research into homophobic language and bullying. She accepts this as a

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first step and there is much further to go. There will be a yacht of

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young people who might have same`sex parents or relatives, friends, older

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siblings who are gay, and so it is understood as part of the society we

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live in, and I am sure there will be a lot of schools that take this

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forward. But we have got to start somewhere, so we are starting where

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we know there is a definite problem, in secondary schools. It is up to

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individual schools have jumped to stop the debate, but here in south

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London, they are showing how positive the discussion can be.

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Residents in Highgate have until tomorrow to try to save a historic

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house that's under threat of being knocked down. Athlone House was

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built in the 19th century, but has since fallen into disrepair. The new

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owners say it's unrealistic to save it, but campaigners believe they

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have a duty to restore the building. Once home to troops suffering from

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shock shock during the First World War, this house was later turned

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into a secret RAF training base. But at the turn of the century, it was

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sold to private developers, and these photos show part of the

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building had started to decline. It is best seen from up here, in

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Hamstead Heath. It is a view enjoyed by many who come here to stroll,

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walk their dogs or taking the skyline. But the owners want to

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demolish the house and replace it with a luxury mansion. The

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development would include an underground swimming pool, and roof

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terrace. It is a plan that has rattled one of the more famous

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Ramblers. The heat is always under threat, it has been from the minute

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it was created, developers want to creep in and take it over, and it is

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taking away one of the great spaces of London. The Council gave the

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developers permission to build flats within the grounds of the house, so

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long as they restored the house. The flats were built but the renovation

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was never started. The owners argued because the house was in such poor

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condition, it was not realistic to restore it. Planning inspectors

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agreed it could be replaced if the new building had a high standard of

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design. The council says because of this, it can no longer in force the

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restoration, but those fighting to save the house do not agree. You

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cannot have people coming in and destroying historic buildings

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because they want something Falkirk, large, ostentatious in its place. It

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sets a dangerous precedent. Those wanting to preserve this patch of

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history have until tomorrow to raise their concerns with Camden Council.

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It has been horrible out there this morning.

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Yes, 50 mile now wind and rain. It has calmed down nicely. There might

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be a touch of Frost first thing, but it will be clouding over. The

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temperatures will pick up again. It is a rerun of what we have just had.

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We wake up tomorrow with the cloud. The rain moves through, accompanied

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by squally wind, but it will clear away, with some sunshine. The main

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rain is out of the way for the midnight fireworks. It will be

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windy. A wet and windy New Year's Day.

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That's it from us. We'll be back at 10:25pm tonight on BBC One. Hope you

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can join us then. Goodbye. Another day off strong winds, heavy

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rain and flooding. At least things are quiet at the moment. The rain

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has cleared off and the wind is lighter. There might be some ice in

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Scotland, but through the night, the wind picks up, lifting temperatures,

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but more heavy rain pushing in. The rain band is not quite a significant

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us today, but it will leave surface water flooding. Some heavy bursts

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clearing Northern Ireland by first light. It reaches the east coast by

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the time we get to lunchtime, after a few morning showers. The wind is

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falling lighter, easing down from the gusty nature. A bit of sunshine

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through the

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