08/08/2014 BBC London News


08/08/2014

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That's all from us. Now it's time for the news where

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Good evening and welcome. People living next to a mountain of waste

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in Bromley say not enough has been done to reduce the huge mound which

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they say smells like rotten coralses.

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done to reduce the huge mound which they say smells like rotten Today

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the Environment Agency `` corpses. Today the Environment Agency started

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work. Today a fire broke out. This mountain of waste has been

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towering over residents' homes here in Orpington for three years. After

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a lengthy legal battle the Environment Agency is taking action.

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Today, they have started to remove some of it. We've not been able to

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open our doors and windows because of the smell. The smells have been

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unbelievable! The house smells, you get it on your clothes, in your

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hair. It's been like rotting corpses invading your house. It is not just

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the sight and smell, the residents say there is the risk of fire. There

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has been one here today. One of 17 in the last year. It has cost the

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London Fire Brigade in the region of ?650,000. We are here on a regular

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basis. As you can see from the size of it poses risk to our fire crews

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working in the local area. There is a risk of it collapsing. It is

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estimated this vast amount of waste amounts to 20,000 tonnes. The

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Environment Agency wants to remove some of it in the coming weeks. That

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they say will make it a safe level. Some want to see the whole thing

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gone. This is supposed to be greenbelt land. We want it returned

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to a use which does not have a pile of waste that towers over people's

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houses, even over the flyover on the A 20. The site here is run by

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Waste4Fuel. The aim was originally to burn the rubbish, turning it into

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renewable energy. That never happened and the pile got higher and

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higher. Today, we took an environmental risk assessor along to

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see what he thought. It looks like a very dangerous pile that could

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collapse. It looks very unstable to me. So, I would worry about an

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avalanche of debris and waste hitting my house and my garden.

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Residents here say although they are pleased some waste is finally being

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removed, they want the whole thing gone and soon.

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A 29`year`old man from Bethnal Green has been found guilty of terror

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charges after he was found with bomb`making plans on his laptop.

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Afsor Ali was arrested while trying to board a Eurostar train using

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someone else's passport. Police have recovered three guns from a back

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garden in South London. They were concealed under a paving slab,

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surrounded by garden gnomes. Two men have been arrested following the

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raid. A man has been jailed for 13 years

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following his attempt to raid a company which stores cash, using a

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stolen digger. The plan failed because he knocked down the wrong

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wall. Raymond Betson was previously in prison for trying to steal a

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diamond from the Millennium Dome in 2000. How is the turmoil in the

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Middle East being reflected on the streets of London? Gaza may be 2,000

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miles away, but what is happening there as well as in Iraq and Syria

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is finding expression here amongst the communities of the capital.

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It maybe a sign of the sensitivity of the times that a flag can get

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this much press. Locals have found themselves quizzed on their

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attitudes to the Middle East and Gaza. Until last night, there was a

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black flag here too. Some said it was like those waved by jihadist

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fighters. One of the locals, who would talk, said the area could do

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without the attention. I don't like this in my area. I don't understand

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something which will divide the community. I don't like something

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like this at all. Also, myself I don't know what is behind it. Also,

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I don't know what is the meaning of it. I just notice a flag. Some of

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the protests, then miss placed, as far as some are concerned ` others

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just mis`spelt. This video was posted on YouTube last week. Many

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pro`Palestinian demonstrators waving flags in the middle of the Blackwall

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Tunnel. Last night, another demonstration, this time from people

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angry at the Tricycle theatre. The tension was clear and there have

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been reports of an increase in anti`accept natic attacks. ``

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anti`accept mattic attacks in recent weeks.

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Bridges which have been built and the strain, people become emotional.

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People become concerned and therefore it spills over into not

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wanting to co`operate perhaps. I am just preparing for the Sabbath which

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begins at dusk tonight. It is a time of reflection. This rabbi has much

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to reflect on. His congregation, he says, have been worried by recent

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events. He says London is coping better than other parts of Europe,

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where there has been much more violence. London has developed a

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broad understanding that we need to get on together whatever the world

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picture. People are concerned with their neighbour. And their fellow

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communities. That is something we have to work at. And London has a

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great history at doing just that. Well, it is good night from me. I

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will leave you now with the weather. It looks like Saturday is the calm

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before the storm. Quite a pleasant day in prospect, with some decent

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sunny spells. Lovely! Temperatures will respond favourably. Peeking at

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24 Celsius. That is 75 Fahrenheit in central London. Fresher on the

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outskirts. I am sure you are all aware there is a storm on its way. A

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yellow warning has been issued. Be prepared for the potential for

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disruption as this low pressure will move across the country, bringing

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wet and windy weather with it. It is a different start for London perhaps

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on Sunday. Pretty wet as that rain shifts further east. Hopefully

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improving into the afternoon. If that happens, we should get highs of

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21`22 Celsius. That is how it is looking. Have a pleasant weekend.

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Good evening. We saw some torrential thunderstorms earlier today.

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Tomorrow looks like a better day for most places. It will go downhill

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into Sunday. This is heading our way. This is a couple of day's worth

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