19/04/2014 BBC London News


19/04/2014

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celebrity as we see here on the streets. Two sides of the modern

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monarchy. There's more throughout the evening

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on the BBC News Channel. I'll be back at 10:10pm. Now on BBC One

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time for the news where you are Goodbye.

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Good evening from BBC London News. A 50`year`old gardener from e`st

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London has been remanded in custody over what the Metropolitan Police

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describe as one of the biggdst gun hauls ever. 30 firearms werd seized

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on Wednesday. Dean Stokes from Leyton appeared at Thames

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Magistrates' Court charged with possession of a pump action rifle

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and ammunition without a certificate. As the boating season

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gets underway, river users `re being urged to take extra care on the

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Thames. The Environment Agency says the recent heavy rain has ldd to

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stronger currents and higher water levels than usual upstream from

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Teddington. Nicola Ford reports A beautiful blue sky, bright warm

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sunshine and smooth waters. Very inviting for those who enjox the

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river. Looking at this lock, it s hard to believe that just two months

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ago we had the wettest wintdr on record. But two miles away parts of

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the Thames were badly flooddd and although the rain may have stopped,

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the water still remained, creating a fast`flowing current. The

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Environment Agency says it's this that can pose a hidden risk. It

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looks fairly placid at the loment. The flows have declined since the

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floods earlier in the year, but we are very susceptible to the impact

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of any further rain. The river will respond quickly and we want boaters

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to be aware that just a couple of days of heavy rain and the river

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could be a strong stream ag`in. More than 2.5 million tonnes of water

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came through the River Thamds this winter, which is greater th`n two of

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London's biggest floods combined. And although it looks relathvely

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calm at the moment, water is still coming in from nearby tributaries.

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The lock master, Ralph, is `n old hand at working these locks. He says

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he's seen a few disasters when river users got out of their depth during

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the floods. Seen boats that have become powerless because thdy've

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perhaps got plastic bags or ropes wrapped around the propeller.

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Because all these things ard in the river when it's flooding and once it

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gets wrapped round the propdller, they are powerless. They go with the

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flow of the current and we have to go out there and rescue thel.

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Repairs to the locks were fhnished just in time for the boating season

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to begin. It's hoped there'll be as much sunshine now as there was

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rainfall over the winter. A south American giant bird has been

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spotted in Hertfordshire. The six`foot Rhea escaped from ` small

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holding last month. People `re being warned not to approach it. Ben Bland

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reports. Golfers out today in North Herts,

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but the missing bird was kedping its head down. This is the creature

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keeping everybody interested. Not everyone has been able to gdt so

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close. One local grabbed thdse images of it. I was out with my kids

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and I spotted her and took ` photo. Where you worried about your safety?

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No, I was quite happy. The bird is owned by Joe Clark who has three

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others. She is astonished it has gained worldwide attention, and she

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says it would

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