04/05/2014 BBC London News


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ceasefires and get a first look at tomorrow's papers on the News

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Channel. That's all from us. Stay on BBC One, it's time for the news

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where you are. Good night. Good evening.

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Welcome to the programme. A Conservative candidate for Essex has

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stood down in a row over anti`Islamic and homophobic Tweets.

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David Bishop was standing for the South Brentwood seat in the local

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council elections but has resigned from the Tory party, saying it's to

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avoid any further embarrassment. Banners in the town centre spelling

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out what makes Brentwood proud. Comments posted by the Conservative

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candidate for Brentedwood South in the local election were, he said

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himself, nothing to be proud about. On his twaiter site, David Bishop

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posted "Islam was the religion of rape and peace". Other re`Tweets

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were homophobic and he's resigned. He apologised for the real offence

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he caused. He said he let himself and his party down. He said he hoped

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the people of South Brentwood would forgive him for his lack of

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judgment. As for the local party here, they have said they acted

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swiftly and conclusively. The resignation comes only weeks

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after David Bishop was selected as the Conservative continue date for

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the Brentwood south ward. Those I spoke to in the town centre felt

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standing down was the right thing to do. I think you represent people if

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you are being, you know, prejudice to a group of people in that

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community, is wrong. Even a joke, if it's in the public domain, you need

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to take the consequences. The resignation means there won't be a

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Conservative standing in the local elections for Brentwood south later

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this month. Labour, the Liberal Democrats and UKIP will contest the

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ward. Last`minute talks to avert a further

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three days of strike action on the Tube will be held at ACAS tomorrow.

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Members of the RMT Union are set to walk out for 72 hours from 9 o'clock

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tomorrow night over plans to close ticket offices. Both London

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Underground and union bosses confirm they'll be attending the meets after

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talks broke down on Friday `` the meeting. Alongside the local

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elections this month, voters will be asked to decide which party they

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think breast represents their views in Europe. London's MEPs are

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divided, even as to whether the capital would benefit more from

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being in or out of the EU. How would the capital fare free of

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decisions made in Brussels? Labour say London would soon lose its

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preeminence as a financial centre if outside the EU.

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The City of London wants to stay in TU. They recognise the huge benefits

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they get from being part of the single market and the CBI's carried

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out surveys which show the overwhelming majority, 809% of their

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companies, want to stay in the EU. The Conservatives say people will

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only be convinced of the benefits to the capital with reform. The big

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organisations with the many lobbyists and public affairs people

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who go to Brussels every week. Of course they are in favour of it. But

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I speak to small companies and bond traders who're really worried. What

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most people want, is not in`out now, they want the chance to reform

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Europe. Of the current eight MEPs, three are Conservative, two Labour,

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while the Liberal Democrats, the Greens and UKIP have won each.

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UKIP's performance in the capital in the British Airwayses has lagged

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behind its showing elsewhere. I think London would lose a lot of the

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vibrancy and the diversity. It would lose a lot of the legislation which

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actually makes it something of a pleasant place to live, whether

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that's air quality, water quality whatever. If we were wanting to

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continue to trade with Europe which we do, we would have to accept all

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the rules and regulations, we'd have to be like Norway, but having no say

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in how the rules are made, I don't think that's a role that's fit for

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Britain. This idea that we can't exist outside of the EU is nonsense.

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London's existed for 2,000 years and we have only been in the EU for the

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last 40. London's been considered less Euro`Sceptic than the rest of

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the country, but it will soon decide whether issues like migration are

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causing more concern. Let us get a check on tomorrow's weather now.

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It's been a beautiful Bank Holiday weekend so far. More of the same for

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tomorrow, another lovely day in prospect. A cool start tomorrow

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morning. Quite a lot of sunshine around though. High cloud and by the

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end of the afternoon high cloud filtering towards us.

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Turning more unsettled through the week. Bye.

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Good evening. Bank Holiday Monday promises the highest temperatures of

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this long weekend, particularly so across the eastern half of the UK.

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We'll have some hazy sunshine too. In the west, it won't be quite so

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warm. Here, there'll be more cloud. We'll see outbreaks of rain too.

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Rain around tonight, chiefly across northern and western parts of

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Scotland. A bit here and there for Northern Ireland. It is a dry night

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with clear skies again in the south. Not as cold as recent night nights.

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Not far from freezing in parts of the south in rural areas. Southerly

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winds bringing cooler air. Temperatures rising in the hazy

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sunshine in the east. In the west however, the cloud thickens, the

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wind strengthens and outbreaks of rain move across Northern Ireland

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and trickle into western parts of Scotland. Ahead of the rain with

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southerly winds, the Moray Firth could see

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