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That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me and on

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BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where xou are.

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The gang jailed for forcing more than a hundred women into a life

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of prostitution, trafficked from Eastern Europe to work

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It is hugely exploitative. Behind each of these cases is exportation.

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The Met says it's the largest trafficking casd they've

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Surpassing their 2007 peak, house prices in the capital rise by more

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After this firearms officer wins a race and sex discrimination case,

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now calls for an investigathon at Scotland Yard.

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We talk to musician Will.i.`m about his love of technologx

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as he opens his first ever exhibition.

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All of this art, it is for the community. I want to be part of all

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of this wonderful activity that is happening here at the Barbican.

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A gang has been sentenced to a total of 55 years in what

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Scotland Yard has described as the largest trafficking case it's

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At least 120 women were brotght from Eastern Europe to work

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Today the judge said the gang had made hundreds of thousands

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Figures from the Met show the number of people being trafficked

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But many believe the real numbers could be much higher.

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He was the ruthless boss of a gang that kept women as sex slavds. Today

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he was locked up for 12 years. His accomplice was sentenced to ten

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years. Their money`laundering or five years. This man watch them go

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down. His girlfriend was ond of their victims. I wish they could

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have got a life sentence. They've taken people's lives away. The

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majority of them are really poor. They recruited women by prolising

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them a better life. They got the opposite. We are talking about the

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extreme end of sex, unprotected and dangerous sex acts. That is probably

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as much as we want to talk `bout at the moment. It's hugely

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exploitative, and behind each one of these jobs is a wake of hum`n misery

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and explication. Some of thd women were forced to have sex with up to

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20 minute day. Clients pay between 30 and ?100. Most of that money went

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to the gang and to fund his lifestyle he drove a convertible

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Mercedes. He lived in a luxtry flat on Canary Wharf. Because thhs was an

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organised operation, run from a house in a leafy street. A lakeshift

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call centre would send clients to one of 40 brothels across the

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capital. Women have passports taken away and were controlled with

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violence and threats. Many `re still suffering, mentally and physically.

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They are not alone. This wolan was trafficked from Africa by a

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different gang. Her family would be threatened if she refused sdx and

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she didn't go out side the brothel for a year. She started bringing in

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men every day. Sometimes I would try to talk to the client and plead with

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them, but they would report it to the lady and she would beat me up.

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You would do anything a clidnt wanted, anything. It was hard. I can

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say I went through hell. Evdn now, when I'm sleeping, I dream `bout

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that incident. Suddenly, I wake up. That is still a reality for people

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in this city now. Because of its nature, it's a hidden crime and

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often difficult to find people that are victims of this crime. Tonight,

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a criminal gang is behind b`rs. You know there are more out there

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keeping women trapped in a life they can't escape. Coming down and going

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back up, I'm live at Battersea Power Station, where the chimneys of one

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of London's greatest landmarks are being rebuilt.

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House prices in the capital have risen

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Latest figures from the Nathonwide show the average value of a home

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in London now tops ?400,000 for the first time.

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Property prices here have increased by more than 25% in the past year.

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The BBC's economics correspondent Simon Jack reports.

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According to the UK's second`biggest lender, house prices accelerated

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again in June. Once again, there were massive regional differences.

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If we look at price rises shnce last year, the lowest was in Scotland,

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which saw 5.4% growth. In the south`west, prices rose 98%. That

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was overshadowed by a whopphng 5.8% rise in London. It is definhtely the

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case that the gap between London and the rest of the UK has never been

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wider. If you look outside of London, prices are basicallx half

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what they are in the capital. So what? Does it matter that house

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prices are double the national average? The Bank of England said an

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overheating housing market was the number one threat to the UK economy

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and a 26% rise sounds white hot So, are things getting dangerous? Even

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before these figures came ott, the Bank of England was concerndd enough

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the mortgages, relative to hncomes. The Bank of England have bedn very

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keen to emphasise they are not targeting house prices per se, they

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are worried about levels of household debt. That complicates

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matters for them, because they have to formulate a policy for the

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country as a whole and therd is only one part of the market, an hsolated

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part, London, showing this rapid growth. Two bedrooms? I don't think

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we could afford three. Wherd do we go from here? The number of

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mortgages approved have acttally been falling and there is some

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evidence that even London btyers are beginning to bolt at high prices.

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We've noticed more propertids coming on the market, prices are softer,

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not so much confidence of t`king offers forward. Less interest, few

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of us. As a result, more balance between supply and demand than we

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have seen for some time. Wotld`be buyers and the bank of Engl`nd hope

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that anecdotal evidence shows up in the numbers in the months to come.

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Lets talk to Lucien Cook from Savills, who joins me now. Xou have

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more than 20 years experience. It's not new, is it, London being more

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expensive? The gap has never been wider? That's absolutely right.

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London has, for a long period, been above the national average. Over the

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course of the cycle, the extent to which it is high varies and it is up

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by high level. That reflects the fact that London has been

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outperforming the UK for a period of nine years. Surpassing the 2007 peak

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is quite something. Some economists are warning of a damaging correction

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at some point in the next fdw years, and that is growing? Do you agree?

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House prices in London 30% `bove what they were in 2007, the third

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quarter of 2007. Certainly, what you will see as levels of house price

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growth slow. There are indications that already. Have seen the number

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of new buyer inquiries fall. At a national level, we have seen the

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number of mortgage approvals fall. Thirdly, in some of cod's indices,

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we have seen a slowing in price growth. `` Savills's. Most people

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are not in those sort of prhme markets, if you like. We know that

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wages are in no way keeping up with property prices. Families that

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already own property but ard perhaps looking to upsize, what abott them?

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One of the things we have sden is, in the last three years, thd

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difference between buying a two bedroom property, and the additional

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cost of going to a three`bedroom property, that has gone frol

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?104,000, up to ?134,000. Those are the forgotten people in the housing

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market. A lot of people concentrate on first`time buyers. It's become

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difficult for people to stax in the same area and upsize to a f`mily

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home that meets their need. They need to look to cheaper parts of

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London, and what that tends to do is spread price growth across ` wide

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area. An employment tribunal has

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criticised the Metropolitan Police for telling staff to delete internal

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findings of discrimination. The allegation emerged

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during a hearing which ruled that a firearms officer had been t`rgeted

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because she was black and a woman. Scotland Yard says it will review

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the findings, while the Mayor, Boris Johnson, said there were, whthout

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doubt, lessons to be learned. Here's our Home Affairs

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Correspondent, Guy Smith. She was publicised as a member of an

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elite Scotland Yard unit, hdlping keep Londoners safe during the

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Olympics. A positive image of reassurance and diversity. But,

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behind`the`scenes, the storx was very different. For almost ` year,

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PC Carol Howard was being shngled out and targeted by her lind

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manager, Acting Inspector D`vid Kelly. An employment tribun`l found

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his management style was overbearing, intrusive and

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unreasonable. Someone who engaged in conduct designed to undermine,

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discredit and belittle her. Today, her lawyer gave a flavour of what he

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was doing. She was absent for one day on sickness and he sent a police

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car around to check up on hdr, which he didn't do for anybody else. He

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monitored her Facebook when he was away from work one day. He blocked

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her application to leave thd department, leave his. I was

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dismayed to read the account this morning... London's Mayor, hn charge

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of holding The Met to account, promised to look into the c`se. No

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doubt there are lessons to be learned. What is more interdsting is

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that there was a deliberate attempt to cover up an internal report that

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found PC Howard had, in fact, been disconnected against. The ddtective

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Sergeant who wrote the report was asked to delete any references to

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racism and sexism. The tribtnal said they were very concerned th`t this

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might have been misleading. BBC London previously obtained figures

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about allegations of racism within The Met. Over six years, thd number

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of complaints almost tripled. But the Black Police Association said

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this latest case was worrying. I'm absolutely appalled and shocked

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that, in 2014, we can still have cases of direct the nation. The

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question now is what future this officer has in The Met. Meanwhile,

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Scotland Yard said that it was very disappointed with the judgelent and

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it had never been part of policy to delete allegations of discrhmination

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and a full review was being conducted.

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A man has been arrested in west London on suspicion of arranging

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funding for terrorism as part of an investigation led to Syria. A man

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was arrested by counterterrorism officers and is being questhoned at

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a south London police station. Officers said 12 addresses were

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being searched as part of the investigation, one in Hertfordshire

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and 11 in the West London area. Final planning permission h`s been

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given to Luton airport to increase the number of passengers from 1

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million two 80 million a ye`r by 20 21. It's part of a ?100 million

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developer and of the airport, expected to create more than 50 0

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jobs. Imagine living next to a 20,000 tonne pile of rubbish will

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stop people living close to a waste site in Bromley say they cannot open

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their windows because of thd smell. They are furious after a High Court

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judge threw out the latest legal challenge from the Environmdnt

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Agency against the company responsible.

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For more than three years, ` rotting mountain of waste has cast ` shadow

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over this quiet cul`de`sac hn Bromley. A stinking heap, 40 feet

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high, estimated to be 20,000 tonnes. This is supposed to be a waste

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transfer station, where rubbish is brought in, separated and then taken

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away and turned into electrhcity. But here, it is just piling up and

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up. Judges have already told the site operators to get rid of all of

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the combustible waste. In the latest legal twist, the High Court has

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thrown out a challenge against the company. I'm absolutely horrified.

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It's an absolute blot on thd landscape. We are having to live in

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the punishing conditions, dtst, dirt, flies, rats and a complete

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carbuncle on the landscape. Is not yet clear on which grounds the

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Environment Agency lost its latest legal efforts to clear the site

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Waste4Fuel says it wants to shift the rubbish but can't afford it The

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local MP says a loophole nedds closing. I've written to thd Prime

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Minister asking him to meet me and two other neighbouring MPs, so that

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we can look and say, I feel that there might be a gap in the legal

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framework of these sites. That's going to require some joined up

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approach by a number of govdrnment departments and agencies. W`ste Fuel

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has argued, so far unsuccessfully, that it should be allowed to bring

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in even more waste so it can generate cash to pay for thd removal

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of all of the rubbish. The Environment Agency says it will do

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everything in its power to reduce the waste to a lawful level and is

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considering what further legal action it can take. For people

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living here, there is no end in sight. Just a very large pile of

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rubbish. Still to come: It might be `

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Championship without Andy Mtrray, following his departure frol S W 19,

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but we'll be looking at how some of London's young hopefuls havd been

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getting on in London. Yellow rattle and I'll be talking to Will.i.am

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about his new project. Battersea Power Station's chimneys

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are a familiar landmark on London's Now all four of them are about to be

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dismantled only to be rebuilt once And developers say they'll look

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identical to how they did bdfore. Can you see the chimney

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on the far left? We are going on a journey to

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a part of London that everyone knows It is a long climb

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and our guide is the man We are going to run

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our heads through here. Waiting for us, quite a bit closer,

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a landmark that many Londondrs have I can see the power stations, the

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football stadiums, the London Eye, The reason we are here is bdcause

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work is now starting on the plan to take down and rebuild Battersea s

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crumbling power station chilneys. We will do that in four foot

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increments which is exactly how the The generators and

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the machinery that once filled this But the chimneys are here to stay,

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at least the replicas will be. At a cost to the site developers

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of ?11 million. It featured in the closing ceremony

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of the London Olympic Games. It was one of the eight London

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buildings in the closing ceremony. The new chimneys are

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designed to last 100 years. Watch the skies to see them

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come down and go back up. And Gareth's still there thhs

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evening, with a pretty uniqte view. It certainly is very special which

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is perhaps why people are prepared to spend many millions of pounds on

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new penthouse apartments whhch are going to be built on top of this

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famous building. Let us look at the view. We have the Shard, thd City of

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London, the Houses of Parli`ment and the London Eye. The engineers will

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start demolishing the chimndy and then rebuilding it bit by bht. We

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are told this process will take about two years at the only change

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will see is that the paint will look a lot cleaner because it is a bit

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tatty at the moment. To Wimbledon now,

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and it wasn't the quarterfinal we were hoping for with defendhng

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champion Andy Murray knocked out Let's see how some

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of our junior hopefuls have fared. As you might expect, a little bit

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flat, as sense of shock aftdr Andy Murray's defeat. After two straight

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set finals it is disappointhng to see him go out in the quartdrfinals,

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but Wimbledon is not only about the British men's number one. Wd have

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had Junior Wimbledon today. Past winners include Roger Federdr and

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Laura Robson, and seven youngsters from in and around the capital

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scheduled to play today. First up were Jamie Malik and wrecked

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personnel `` Rett Purcel. They had at least a set. This is what they

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had to say afterwards. It is great being a British junior. You aspire

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to come play here. There is a great atmosphere. All of the road behind

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you. So many people. It is great to play here. Hopefully I will be able

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to take the crowd and will not have as much pressure. It sounds as if

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they got plenty out of the experience. We also had Max Stewart

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and his partner who lost. Anna Brogan is in action at the loment.

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She and her partner won the first set and are in a tie`break hn the

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second. Anastasia McKeever hs also playing later tonight. Not ` great

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day for Britain's leading lhght and not a great day so far for our

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youngsters, but hopefully brighter days ahead.

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School children in north west London have swapped the classroom for a

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The pupils from Ruislip High School are being given special lessons to

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help mark the centenary of the start of the Great W`r.

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We thought the war would be over by Christmas.

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The whole of Ruislip High School have had a role in this particular

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project to build a trench where the canteen used to be.

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In Year Nine, students go to the battlefidlds and

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they learn all about the trdnches so we took research from the Ydar Nine

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photographs in France and worked with RAF Northolt very closdly

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The walls were made in technology lessons,

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The pupils have performed readings and sent letters abroad.

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It is a commemoration through education.

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It is hard because it could have been me having to help.

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Kids even younger than me had to do their part.

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I had family fighting in World War I so that affected me and I w`s

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This is certainly an English lesson with a difference.

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The school says all departmdnts have used the trench as a teaching tool.

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Science have had bombs and smoke going off.

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They have taken an interest and it has brought the events

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We are still fighting hard and losing men.

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We knew nothing of the proposed peace treaty, the armistice.

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Volunteers from nearby RAF Northolt have also been taking part

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and other schools will be vhsiting the trench in the next thred weeks.

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He's best know as a musician and more recently a judge on thd BBC

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is also a self`styled geek, with a love of all things technological.

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So much so, he features in an exhibition

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at the Barbican, celebrating the development of digital ledia

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Our Arts Correspondent caught up with him at today's launch.

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Using 2`D and 3D technology, the director of this project has

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projected Brixton inhabited by a robot workforce. It forms p`rt of an

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exhibition at the Barbican. The difference was we are looking at the

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whole range of digital tools. Everything emanates from code. This

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show features interactive art works alongside exhibition based displays.

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Despite being a natural attraction for technology geeks, it has

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something for everyone. Inspiring gamers, movie fans, families and

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lovers of art. It looks at five decades of practice starting in the

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1970s so there's going to bd classic arcade games which people c`n play

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around with. The Barbican h`s a long history of engagement with digital

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creativity but this exhibithon is its most comprehensive look at how

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the arts have been transforled by digital technology, bringing

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together a range of artists pushing boundaries in their fields hncluding

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musician will.i.am. This experimental collaboration dxplores

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the connection between analog and digital music in a live gallery

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experience. This is a great environment and ensemble of creative

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people coming together and putting installations for the Barbican. I am

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so proud to be a part of crdative people excited about their product.

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Popular culture forgot about museums. Hopefully installations

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like this will inspire other creative people and popular culture

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back to museums. The exhibition runs until September.

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Let's head back to Wimbledon for a check on the weather.

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The weather has helped to lhft the mood after Andy Murray went out A

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little bit of load this aftdrnoon. We have that around but the next

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couple of days will see a rdturn of the blue skies. It will be ` fine

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night, no rain expected, drx lengthy clear spells. Temperatures down to

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11 degrees Celsius. It will turn cooler in rural areas. A frdsh feel

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first thing in the morning. It is going to be a cracking day. There

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will be a little bit of clotd here and there and the sunshine lay be

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hazy. There may be more of ` breeze tomorrow but overall a beautiful

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summer day and warmer. Tempdratures set to climb to perhaps as high as

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27 in the centre of London, that would make it the warmest d`y of the

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year anywhere in the UK. Thd UV levels will be high and pollen

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levels are claiming so take note of that, grass pollen levels expected

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to be high or very high. Frhday is another cracking day, plentx of

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sunshine, a bit more cloud hn western areas as we go throtgh the

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day and temperatures in the high 20s. For Wimbledon there is the

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possibility of a little bit of rain on Saturday, but hopefully ht will

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clear during the afternoon. Plenty more fine weather to come.

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From us here, thanks for watching and have a lovely evening.

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