30/05/2014 BBC London News


30/05/2014

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Campaigners have claimed lives could be put at risk with the closure of

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They say neighbouring hospitals won't be able to cope when the

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emergency units at Hammersmith and Central Middlesex shut in September.

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But NHS bosses insist no changes are being made

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Here's our political correspondent Karl Mercer.

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Despite the chanting, the petition and banners, change is on the way

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Four A in the area are to be either shut or downgraded.

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Those at Ealing and Charing Cross will lose some services.

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This week it has been announced that those at Hammersmith and

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Central Middlesex will be shut on September 10th.

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At the moment, the A department at Hammersmith sees around 60

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Around a third of those are admitted to the hospital.

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But from September 10th, the ambulances will be going elsewhere,

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The NHS estimates 25 ambulances a day will divert to St Mary's,

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with 15 patients referred from the urgent care centre at Hammersmith.

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It says 13 patients a day will need to be admitted.

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But papers from the board meeting of Imperial College Health says

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the current capacity at St Mary's for acute admissions is already

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It says additional capacity at St Mary's is central to delivery

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It goes on this is unlikely to conclude prior to the conclusion

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That has worried the local council leader.

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Newly elected last week, Stephen Cowan mentioned the hospital

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The people of Hammersmith and Fulham tell you hand on heart,

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We cannot have bureaucrats sitting in offices making these kind

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of decisions, putting lives at risk and taking no notice of

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the electoral mandate that has been given to Hammersmith and Fulham.

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There was a promise these decisions would be made on a clinical basis.

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It says wards usually used for the winter rush will be pressed

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What we are doing is moving small teams of doctors at Hammersmith

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and moving them to larger units to provide better care over 24 hours

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a day which is much better for patients.

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They are calling for an urgent meeting with

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The Metropolitan Police has said an officer involved in restraining a

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man who later died in custody will no longer be allowed to resign.

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The force said Andrew Birks would instead be suspended, after

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the police watchdog said "accepting his resignation would prevent him

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facing disciplinary proceedings" over the death of Sean Rigg.

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Mr Rigg died at Brixton police station six years ago.

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A doctor in Haringey has been struck`off the medical register

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for agreeing to help arrange female genital mutilation.

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Dr Ali Mao`Aweys told an undercover reporter that he could

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arrange for the illegal surgery to be carried out on two young girls.

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A tribunal said he abused his position

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and should be banned from practicing.

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Plans to extend the Westfield Shopping Centre

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in west London, creating thousands of jobs and hundreds of new homes,

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But the idea has also come under fire for only making a fraction

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of the new homes "affordable" for many Londoners.

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Alice Bhandhukravi is outside Westfield for us this

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That is right. Westfield opened up here six years ago. In that time it

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has gone from strength to strength and they have opened a site at East

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London near the Olympic Park. Now they have pressed ahead with a ?1

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billion expansion with new shops. Thousands of jobs are in the

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pipeline. New homes will also be built. Westfield have committed to

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building 1300 new homes. Just 12% have been described as affordable.

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The Mayor's target is 40% of homes built by new developments should be

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described as affordable. The local MP has expressed his disappointment

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with the terms of the deal. I hope we can either persuade or insist

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that Westfield go back and look at this again. If they are going to be

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a good neighbour they have to think about not just the people who shop

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there, but the people who live there. Westfield themselves have

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said the terms of the deal are the best they can do in the current

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economic climate. City Hall have been quick to defend their approval

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of this expansion. This is an extremely expensive site to build

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on. The main advantage from our point of view is jobs. We wage jobs

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and housing in the balance when we make these decisions. It is about

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the overall economic benefit to the city. These plans are expected to

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take place within the next three years. Given that in the last week,

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Labour won control of the former Tory lead counsel, we may see

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Hammersmith Council looking to renegotiate the terms of this deal

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to increase the number of affordable homes to be built. Thank you.

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Finally, 20,000 tonnes of the Royal Navy's finest ship has moored

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in Greenwich to give Londoners the chance to have

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HMS Bulwark has come to London before it heads to Normandy next

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week, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D`Day landings.

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All tickets to visit the ship have sold out, but thousands of Londoners

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are expected to visit Greenwich just to see the 176 metre vessel which

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Well, if you're heading that way, let's find out what

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I have some good news. It should be getting brighter after what has been

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a dull week. Lots of cloud but for Saturday and Sunday, much brighter

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skies. Most of us will see some spells of sunshine. It should be

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feeling warmer as well. Temperatures have been dropping overnight

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tonight. Largely clear skies. Cloud to the west of London. We should

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just about staying double figures in the city centre. In the outskirts

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single figures. A fresh start to Saturday. Cloud will develop through

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the day. It will turn a bit grey at times. Generally, dry and bright.

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When the sun is out, temperatures climbing. Sunday will be similar. A

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bright start, cloud in the afternoon but it will get warmer. We can see

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Sunday's temperatures may be a degree or so higher. Then it is set

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to turn cooler and fresher with showers into the early part of next

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week. Enjoy showers into the early part of next

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week. Enjoy the weekend, if you can. Now the national outlook.

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Hello, lots of outdoor plans ahead. By and large, we are in pretty good

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shape. A quick look back at spring. It was the third warmest on record

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but the dullest May in Northern Ireland on record. It has been dull

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across many parts of the UK in actual fact. Scotland had some

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sunshine and parts of East Anglia and the south-east as well. Under

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the cloud tonight temperatures will stay well up. But under the clear

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skies will get down close to freezing. A dry start to the weekend

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virtually everywhere. It will stay that way for the vast majority as we

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go through the day. There will be some subtle variations around the

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UK. As funny start for East Anglia and the south-east. -- a sunny

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start. It looks fine across Scotland and Northern Ireland

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