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independent Scotland. That is all from the News at six, so

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are. Tonight on BBC London News. The

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Mayor explains why he wants the Met to have water cannon. If it can save

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life. If it's something that the police believe is operation Ali

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necessary, it's very difficult for us as policy makers to say, no. Some

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say water cannon won't work in London and could inflame community

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relations. Also tonight: There could be good news for 800,000 part`time

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workers who use these to get into London. We go inside Broadmoor, the

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country's most famous psychiatric hospital, as it prepares to move to

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a new site. Plus. It's an interpretation of my face, not a

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photographic portrayal of it. Sir Dere eck Jacobi on his latest role,

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being sculpted in front of a live audience. `` Dereck. Good evening to

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you. The Mayor's been spelling out why he thinks London's police force

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should have water cannon. The Met wants to buy three, ready for the

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summer, if the Home Secretary approves their use. Boris Johnson

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told the London Assembly he thought water cannon would have had limited

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use during the London riots, but that it was wrong to with hold auto

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crowd`control tool from the police that could potentially save a life.

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Could we soon be seeing this on the streets of London? Well, today, with

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the consultation underway, it moved a step closer. One person who might

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welcome such a thing is Duncan Mundell whose shop was burnt down in

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the 2011 riots. I think water cannons are a pretty good idea. The

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situation in Clapham Junction was, not only was there no water cannons,

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to police at all. The police desserted the whole area for an hour

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or two leaving the rioters to run wild. The Mayor left no doubt about

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his feelings. If it can save life, if it is something that the police

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believe is operation Ali necessary. I think it's very difficult for us,

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as policy makers, to say, no, that is not a tool you should have at

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your disposal. Compare that to his views in 2010. We don't have water

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cannon. We don't have rubber bullets. Do you think we should? I

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would be most unhappy to see us go that way. Was some unhappiness at

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City Hall. Assembly members questioned the Mayor and the Met.

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I'm not going to be stopped by a machine that moves at snail pace and

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actually if used at full force is emptied within five minutes. This is

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not the tool to catch breakaway ` This isn't the thin edge of the

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wedge between crossing that line of policing by consent and policing by

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fear. Today, Boris Johnson confirmed he wouldn't have wanted water cannon

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used against student protests. Although a future Mayor will be

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consulted on its use, he or she will not have the final decision. Like

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with all contentious operations we speak to the Mayor. Take a view. If

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he had a different view, I would want to listen to why it was. I will

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have to make the final decision. The consultation will now continue for

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four weeks and there will be a public meeting here at City Hall on

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17th February. Then it will be down to the Home Secretary to decide

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whether London gets up to three of these. Hundreds of thousands of

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part`time workers could soon benefit from flexible travelcards which

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would allow them to commute around the capital for less. After another

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change of heart by the Mayor. The Victoria Graham has more details for

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us. Victoria, we have heard of this before. The question is, will it

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definitely happen? Possibly, just possibly. This should in theory

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bemusic to the ears of 800,000 people who work part`time in London

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who use travelcards to get there. If you work full`time at the moment you

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have the benefit of buying a week travelcard at a discounted rate.

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Boris Johnson wants to extend the benefits to part`time workers who

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work say three day as week. We spoke to some part`time workers who say in

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theory it's a good idea. People tend to go outside every day. I don't

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think people tend to stay at home so much. It may or may not benefit.

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Very good idea. They have to spend a lot of money coming up for four hour

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working. Maybe half their wages go to their cards. I work part`time,

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that be would amazing. Is There you go. Most people think it's a pretty

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good idea. If you think it's a turn around, it is by Boris Johnson. Last

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October, along with Transport for London, he said it wasn't the

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sensible way forward. Fast forward just four months it could be really

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good news for flexible workers. Many are here in Strafford tonight. This

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was one of Boris Johnson's pre`election promises to get 20,000

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more people working part`time in London. There is a but though.

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No`one has seen the financial detail, who will pay for this? There

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is no business plan at the moment. As ever, the devil is in the detail.

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Transport for London say they are fully behind this idea. The new

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ticketing idea should be in place by January 2015. From a busy Strafford

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station, Victoria, thank you. Coming up later in the programme: Darts

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down at the bell. The Duchess of Cornwall scores well with the locals

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in Essex. Boris Johnson has urged the Government to back European

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parliament calls for improved lorry safety, in an effort to cut the

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number of cyclist deaths. The Mayor said he was "deeply concerned" that

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the Government plans to reject moves to enlarge windscreens and windows

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to prevent blind spots. Here's our transport correspondent, Tom

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Edwards. Three cyclists have died at Bow roundabout in collisions with

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lorries. By law not HGVs have to have equipment that can improve

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safety, like the latest mirrors and side guards. Construction vehicles

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are exempt. This morning, we counted 100 lorries, 14 didn't have side

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guards. In in the three cases of the cyclists who died here, the drivers

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of the HGVs said they didn't see them. Now the Mayor wants tougher

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legislation from Europe to reduce those blind spots, in particular cab

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design. It's all glass. The windscreen is huge. Brussels a

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delegation from London has been pushing to make these kind of cab

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designs with better visibility mandatory. In k City Hall, they

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wouldn't back changes. The Mayor of London is pressing hard. British

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Government appears to be a lot less keen. They are saying they oppose

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any requirement to make this cab mandatory. We are extremely

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disappointed. The Mayor is extremely disappointed by that. I'm, you know,

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faintly bemused by, it to be honest. In London yas year of the 16 cycling

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deaths, nine involved HGVs, the UK Government say changes to European

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regulations will just mean additional bureaucracy. Campaigners

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though say it could save lives. We kind of accept the fact that, you

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know, people will just say, oh, well the driver couldn't see them, shrug

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their shoulders, walk away. No, that is not acceptable. These things are

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preventible and avoidable and we should expect everybody to do what

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they need to do. The amendments proposed will help emissions. We

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have steep emissions targets to meet by 2050, it will help with that. The

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lorries will be efficient for hauliers, they are happy. The

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lorries can be safer to reduce the amount of deaths, particularly on

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London's roads. Are many factors that contribute to cycling safety.

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Many campaigners believe something agree gaited routes are the best

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solution. The debate is now reaching beyond the capital `` segregated.

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Police officers from the counter`terrorism unit have spent

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three days searching a house in Stratford. A 36`year`old woman, who

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was arrested on Sunday, remains in custody on suspicion of an offence

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under the Anti`, Crime and Security Act. Two properties in Steatham were

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also searched on Saturday. A 19`year`old man has been on bail

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with no further action. It's housed some of the most iminfamous names in

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British criminal history. Broadmoor Hospital is preparing to close tos

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doors and move to a new purpose`built facility. The

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Victorian building will be sold off and the money used to pay for new

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hospital in to be completed in 2017. Ben Moore has been granted rare

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access to the psychiatric hospital. Still a working ward it reflects the

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Victorian attitude that patients here will were more like prisoners.

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The wards are designed as a T. So there is a long, long corridor. The

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corridor can be 75 yards long. At the end of that is a shorter

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corridor. Very difficult for nurses working on the ward to monitor the

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patients on the ward and ensure their safety and ensure the safety

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of our staff. Patients here suffer severe pent mental illness. Some

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have been responsible for the most notorious crimes in British history.

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The Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper who killed 13 women, has

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called this home for 32 years. Gangster, Ronald Kray have also past

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through the wards. Now Broadmoor is home to 196 patients, all men. This

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is a typical patient's room. As you can see, it's small, it's secure, in

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the past, has provided opportunity for patients to self harm. When you

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consider that the average stay of a patient, in the hospital was six

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years, it really isn't suitable. So the first sod of earth on the new

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site has been cut. The state`of`the`art, high`security

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institution, will stand in the shadow of the vast, Grade II listed

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buildings that will now be sold off to help pay the ?242 million bill.

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It's a variety of different things, housing, communal facilities for the

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community. Possibly some flats. Something that the community will be

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involved in, nursing home, that kind of thing. Are they going to sit well

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next to Broadmoor Hospital? I think they will sit well. We need to break

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down the stigma. Patients will move into the new hospital in 2017. At

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least one thing will remain a constant, they will still be able to

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enjoy this view. London's labour market is facing a "ticking time

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bomb" because of proposed cuts to funding for 18`year`old students who

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have taken an extra year to study. That's the claim from London

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councils which warns that is proposed cuts discriminate against

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students who drop out and change courses. Ministers maintain they're

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creating a fairer system to help all students. Marc Ashdown has more.

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These four college students are on vastly different courses, but have

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one thing in common, they were all study A`levels at their old schools,

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for various reasons dropped out. They gave me a second chance. I was

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waitressing full`time. I thought that was it. Then the college really

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has opened my eyes to a lot more. If you have to get it right first time,

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no guarantee can you do that. You can't possibly know what you want to

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do straightaway. In future, students in similar positions might not have

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the choice. Colleges like here in barking say 17.5% cut in funding for

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18`year`old learn mean second chances will be impossible to come

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by. It's not been thought through. A reduction in public funding that is

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targeting 18`year`olds. The majority of whom in London. These young

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people are the people closest to the workplace. They are forensic science

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technicians, master plumbers, electrical engineers. With the

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skills that the London employers are calling out for. The Government says

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the changes will affect less than a fifth of 16`18`year`old students and

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amounts to an average reduction of 2% across all institutions. London

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has some of the highest numbers of young people not in education,

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employment or training, some say it threatens to create a ticking time

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bomb. In London we have a dis disproportionate number of

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18`year`olds from lower income backgrounds at college studying.

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Anything that deters them from staying in education or funding

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their education at 18 is bad news for London and for London's jobs. If

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I hadn't come to this college, I probably would not have got very

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good grades in my A`levels because I wasn't very motivated. Education

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should 100% be free, everyone should be entitled to it. The changes come

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into effect in September. Pressure is growing on the Government to have

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a rethink. If not, a quarter of the students at this college alone face

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an uncertain future. Still to come: It's an interpretation of my face,

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not a photographic portrayal of it. Sir Dereck Jacobi on his latest

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role, being sculpted in front of a live audience.

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back in football now and two big Premier League games which could

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affect the top of the table. Warren Nettleford is that White Hart Lane

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where Tottenham take on Manchester City.

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Already they have scored more than 100 gold this year so far and two of

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their strikers have scored more than 20 goals. Last time Manchester City

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beat Tottenham by 6`0. However, Tim Sherwood has changed things around

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and out of six games he has won five. He won away at Manchester

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United. He will be hoping that players like Emmanuel Adebayor your

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will step up tonight and perform at their best and he hopes that will

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lead to a greater sense of belief. Huge belief, to be able to walk away

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tomorrow with three points, and the players would know that we can

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compete. In their minds they think they can. It is one thing thinking

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you can and going out there and doing it. Meanwhile a London derby

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at Stamford Bridge which could also change things?

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Chelsea take on West Ham and if Chelsea win this game, and if

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Manchester City failed to beat Tottenham, Chelsea could find

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themselves at the top of the league. If West Ham win, they will be out of

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the relegation part of the table. The Jose Mourinho was saying it was

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all about building for next season, but he did say he hoped West Ham did

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not get relegated. They have got good players, they have got good

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experience and being a London club, even being a rival, but being a

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London club I hope they stay. The only thing standing in West Ham's

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way is Jose Mourinho's formidable home record. He has never lost a

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home Premier League match, so it is a big challenge for West Ham, but it

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should be an interesting game at Stamford Bridge and also here at

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White Hart Lane. It is not how you normally see them,

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but the Prince of Wales and that that is of Cornwall saw a slice of

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life in Essex. They enjoyed a pint in a pub, but also had a taste of

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high culture with workers from the Royal Opera house. This report

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contains flash photography. It is perhaps not the most glamorous of

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settings, but in the shadow of the bridge bearing his mother's name,

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Prince Charles came to see how the artistic men and women of the future

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are learning their trade. High house production Park has been

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open for four years and a couple met producers and directors who will be

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building the stages and lighting the light in our theatres to come.

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Anyone who trains here takes their skills into the wider area and it is

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not just Essex. We are on the border of a world city. London is the

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pre`eminent centre for the creative industries. They are only less than

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half an hour from central London. The jewel in the crown is the set

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building area for the Royal Opera house. Everyone was shipshape for

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the Royal line`up, but things were more relaxed once the royal couple

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had left. They are working to a song by Frank Zappa, nonetheless many

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have learnt to love opera. You build it over a few months and you go and

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see it. And once you get into it in the first 20 minutes and stay away,

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you listen to the end of the production. Bthere is a lot of pride

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seeing your work on stage and knowing it will go on tour around

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the world. We are aware that because of digital broadcasting everything

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needs to be perfect. After all that perfection it was time for a

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breather. If you have got two ruse, we can have one of each. And onto

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Purley for a pint. If that does not work, there is always darts!

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Almost 15 million people attended shows in the West End last year

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according to latest figures. The Society of London Theatre says

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overall attendance were up by 4%. It is believed to be down to the launch

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of several new musicals and plays. She has sculpted everyone from the

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Queen to Dame Edna Everage. Now Frances Segelman has just finished

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her latest commission in front of a live audience. Her subject was actor

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Sir Derek Jacobi. Brenda Emmanus has been to meet the artist and the

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sitter. A lump of clay is being transformed

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into the distinctive face of actor Sir Derek Jacobi by artist Frances

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Segelman. Twice a year the London sculptor creates work live in front

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of an audience to raise money for charity, this time for Islington

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arts factory. This must be a rather unique experience, even for you.

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Totally unique and I have never been sculpted before, certainly not in

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front of 200 people. I do not like having my photograph taken, but this

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kind of is different because it is an interpretation of my face, not a

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photographic portrayal. For two hours the stage and screen star

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posed patiently while the audience watched and France's produced her

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interpretation of her sitter. What I didn't realise at the beginning is

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that eventually when it is waxed and bronzed, I get to take it home. So,

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yes, it will be on some mantelpiece somewhere. Almost as good as winning

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a BAFTA or an Oscar. Much better. Francis at her home on Tower Bridge

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works on another famous face, entertainer Bradley Walsh. I am

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self`taught and I learned through anatomy books and going to the V and

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day and sitting there and studying all the muscles and every single

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detail in these wonderful galleries, I studied them. The house is

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littered with her creations from steel furniture to busts of the

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famous, Dame Edna Everage, Linford Christie, the Duke of Edinburgh and

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the Queen. She is the most amazing lady and I absolutely adored her.

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After the third sitting I felt close to home. Although she keeps a

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distance, she chatted all the way through the sitting. The next to be

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putty in her hand is Mayor Boris Johnson.

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That should be interesting. It is that time of the evening to get a

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check on the weather. Has it stopped raining?

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No. Is it ever going to stop?

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It is pretty grim out there. This afternoon there were 200 millimetres

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of rain through the whole of January. Around the London area it

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should be more like 54 millimetres for the entire month. There has been

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an exceptional rainfall throughout this month so far. It is not going

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to let up and there will be figures throughout the week and there is

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going to be higher numbers. More rain over the next 24 hours and

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sometimes it will be heavy as well. At the moment some heavy bursts. It

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is patchy in nature and we have got weather warnings in place for parts

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of Kent and Sussex. There will be some lulls in the rain, but

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generally there is a damp feel and we have still got that easterly

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winds and temperatures will be falling as low as two or three

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degrees, which means some of the rain might produce sleet in some

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places. It will not settle, but it is something you might see as we go

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through the evening and overnight. That rain is still with us tomorrow

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and it will be pretty gloomy. The wind is coming in from an easterly

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direction, so we maintain that fairly chilly field. The showers

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will become fewer and further in between. Then it will start to dry

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out through the first part of Friday, but it will not be for very

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long. This sweeps through on Friday night and into Saturday. It

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eventually dries off over the weekend, and there is more rain on

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the way, so it is not looking very good. The main headlines: The Bank

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of England Governor says an independent Scotland would have to

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give up some powers if it wanted to keep the pound.

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Mark Carney warned of some of the challenges ahead. The trial of the

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Coronation Street actor William Roache has heard he was an always

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perfect gentleman according to the actress and Coatbridge.

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He has denied rape and indecent assault. And the Mayor has been

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explaining why he supports plans for water cannons. Boris Johnson says

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that in crowd control situations it could save lives.

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That is it for now. Assad Ahmed will be back with the late news. Plenty

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more on the website. Have a lovely evening.

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'The cost of living crisis goes deep into people's lives,

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'deep into the way our country is run,

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