02/08/2014

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:00:00. > :00:14.Now on BBC1 it's time for the news where you are. Goodbye.

:00:15. > :00:28.A campaigner from south London who is fighting his local authority

:00:29. > :00:31.pound incinerator in Sutton

:00:32. > :00:35.has won the backing of a High Court judge to have the plan reviewed

:00:36. > :00:38.Shasha Khan claims the council had agreed a deal with the waste

:00:39. > :00:41.firm Viridor before planning permission had even been granted.

:00:42. > :00:55.Flew in from the north, went into the southern lake. He has campaigned

:00:56. > :00:58.at this site so many times that he is friends with the local

:00:59. > :01:01.bird-watchers, beyond this site is a landfill site, where a proposed new

:01:02. > :01:04.incinerator is going to be built. Burning rubbish for Murton, Sutton,

:01:05. > :01:08.Croydon and Kingston Council 's. I Croydon and Kingston Council 's I

:01:09. > :01:12.challenge anybody who says that it is safe to live downwind from here,

:01:13. > :01:16.studies have shown that if you live downwind from the incinerator, you

:01:17. > :01:27.have got high infant mortality rates, and high birth defects. -

:01:28. > :01:33.rates, and high birth defects. -- Merton. Modern science says that

:01:34. > :01:38.modern incinerators have little to no effect on health but there are

:01:39. > :01:42.also advantages, electricity will be created for 30,000 homes, saving the

:01:43. > :01:47.four Burris ?200 million. Some argue the real issue is whether there will

:01:48. > :01:55.be enough rubbish to burn, as we eventually recycle more and more. --

:01:56. > :02:03.saving the four boroughs ?200 million. Recycling could be up to

:02:04. > :02:08.70% by 2030, that if we are at successful in achieving that, less

:02:09. > :02:10.residual waste will be available. These boroughs think they have got

:02:11. > :02:21.to act now, saying in a statement: As for Sutton Council, they are

:02:22. > :02:27.vigorously defending their planning decision, telling BBC London that

:02:28. > :02:33.they welcomed the judicial review. Just over 2000... The fight goes on,

:02:34. > :02:35.trying to raise funds through the Internet for the court case which

:02:36. > :02:39.will be heard in October. A 56 year-old man has been arrested

:02:40. > :02:43.on suspicion of sexual assault by police investigating historic child

:02:44. > :02:45.abuse allegations at two schools. The man is the seventh person

:02:46. > :02:47.to be arrested by officers investigating claims

:02:48. > :02:49.of sexual abuse and misconduct at St Paul's School in Barnes,

:02:50. > :03:01.and its prep school, Colet Court. More then one in ten Londoners

:03:02. > :03:03.is Muslim and this afternoon, thousands have packed

:03:04. > :03:05.into Trafalgar Square to celebrate It's to mark the end of Ramadan,

:03:06. > :03:11.the Islamic month of fasting, although anyone can join

:03:12. > :03:21.the celebrations. It was the music at first which

:03:22. > :03:26.brought many people to Trafalgar Square this afternoon, some had come

:03:27. > :03:31.especially to celebrate Eid, others stopped by to enjoy the festival

:03:32. > :03:34.atmosphere. I came here expecting to see loads of Asians, I am seeing a

:03:35. > :03:36.lot of different types of races. see loads of Asians, I am seeing a

:03:37. > :03:38.lot of different types of races A lot of different types of races. A

:03:39. > :03:44.lot of different people here, also liberating Eid together. She had

:03:45. > :03:49.come from Shoreditch with the brothers, sisters and cousins. It is

:03:50. > :03:57.like a reward, after fasting for the entire month. It is great to go to

:03:58. > :04:04.people 's houses, to come here, celebrate. After one month of

:04:05. > :04:11.fasting, it is great to celebrate. Today was about feasting. Food from

:04:12. > :04:14.across the Islamic world. And for the first time ever at the annual

:04:15. > :04:20.event, a fashion show, featuring designers from south Asia and the

:04:21. > :04:26.Middle East. Eid is a time when culturally, religiously, we buy new

:04:27. > :04:31.outfits, there is three days of Eid. It is a shopping bonanza for the

:04:32. > :04:35.women. I'm not Muslim but it gives us a chance to integrate, which is

:04:36. > :04:40.what London needs. I think that London is embracing it. Above all,

:04:41. > :04:42.for many families gathered around the Fountain, today was a chance to

:04:43. > :04:49.celebrate a special day together. And it should be a completely

:04:50. > :04:54.dry day for us with light winds Feeling warm as

:04:55. > :05:01.the temperature reaches 24 celsius. That is all for the moment, I hope

:05:02. > :05:13.that you have a very good evening, goodbye.

:05:14. > :05:21.It has been one of those days, Sony for some and pouring with rain for

:05:22. > :05:26.others. Locally there has been intense downpours. Further west,

:05:27. > :05:27.resolutely cloudy and wet across the heart of Scotland and