09/08/2014 BBC London News


09/08/2014

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sunshine in again. That is it for now, now time for the news where you

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are. Train passengers have had to contend

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with the first of three weekend part-closures of a

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key London to Scotland rail route. Work on an ?81 million improvement

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plan means the West Coast Line will be closed between Euston station

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and Hemel Hempstead this weekend. It was quiet at Houston today.

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Evenly so, with hardly any passengers and even fewer trains. It

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is exactly what Network Rail wanted to happen this weekend. We are

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renewing the track and the signalling and the only way we can

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do it is by shutting down the railway completely for a very long

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time which would inconvenience a lot of people, or else do it in

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piecemeal blocks. This is what is causing all the disruption, and ?81

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million project to replace power lines, cable and track at Watford.

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When it is finished, it is hoped passengers won't notice anything

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other than a trouble-free journey. So for the next three weekends,

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there will be just this hourly Virgin service to and from the

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Midlands diverted along the Chiltern line. Network Rail says the warnings

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to passengers have been heeded for the most part. I travel to Euston

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station 34 times a week and I have not seen any leaflets or anything

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come around. I was supposed to be going back to Liverpool, I have not

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realise there are any train so I will have to delay my trip to next

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week. If you are using London Midland, this is how you get in and

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out of the capital, bus services from Hemel Stansted to Stanmore

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chewed station. -- Hemel hamster. What network rail are worried about

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is Monday, when there will be reduced services well into the

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afternoon. People are being told that their timetables will not be

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their regular ones. So the advice may be well worn but it applies more

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than ever, check before you travel and be prepared to wait.

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A three year-old girl has died after being hit by a bus in Luton.

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The collision happened just before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Bury

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Beds police are appealing for anyone who saw the incident to come forward

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-- in Bury Park. The family of a Hackney pensioner

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who was abused by a nurse are calling on the Government to

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install CCTV in all care homes. The family

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of Bridget Rees secretly installed a camera at the the Seacole Nursing

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Home in Hoxton, where they filmed The moment a frail 92-year-old was

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abused by her care home nurse. Bridget Rees was repeatedly

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manhandled in the Mary Seacole Nursing Home in Hackney last year. I

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went in one day and she said a nurse punch me in the face. And I said

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what did you do then? She said I punched her back. Her family became

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suspicious and secretly installed CCTV, hidden in this clock, in the

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NHS run home. There they filmed her being treated roughly by this lady.

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The slapping, the poking. Wood slapping her arm down. She has a big

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cut on her arm and she is slapping it down. Bellow was found guilty of

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ill-treatment and wilful neglect and given four months in prison. After

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being moved to a new care home, Bridget Rees died of pneumonia but

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her family have lodged a petition and are calling on the government to

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install CCTV in all care homes across the country. If we had been

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able to have the CCTV camera all the way through, we definitely would

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have. The sector regulator are exploring whether CCTV might be used

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in future to stamp out abuse at care homes. At the same time, though,

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they recognise they have a responsibility to protect people's

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privacy. Things like CCTV are absolutely no substitute for

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well-managed, well-trained care staff, providing day-to-day care to

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those individuals will stop the Merry Secombe care home did not have

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anyone available for interview, but in a statement they told us that

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following the incident they carried out a full investigation. They say

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they have now reviewed their recruitment policy and in short all

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staff are trained in safeguarding adults and safe practice. For Donna

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and her family the journey has only just begun. We don't want any other

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family or any elderly vulnerable person to be put on the situation my

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Nan was in. I would not want that to happen to any other person, it has

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been dreadful. Weather now, and tomorrow will start

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off wet, with some heavy bursts of rain, becoming lighter during the

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day, with some brighter spells later That's it,

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we'll be back tomorrow evening, Good evening. Conditions in the next

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24 hours may not match those of the big storms of autumn and winter but

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they will make for an unpleasant summer staples of already some

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unpleasant conditions here, wet and very windy, but it is this low tide

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on to what once was hurricane Bertha, which has now set its track

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for the UK as we go through Sunday. Arriving to some southern and

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western areas as we start the day, but let's concentrate on the

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southern half of the country for tomorrow, this is where the wettest

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and windiest conditions will be to begin with. Rain spreading across

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some parts, some of which will be heavy. Strong winds across the South

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coast and then another surge which could cause some damage pushing in

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from the west later. The most persistent rain will be in Wales and

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the Midlands, many will turn dry and brighter through the afternoon. For

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the middle half of the country, just one or two showers to start off, but

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one or two showers to start off but signs we could see some persistent

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heavy rain to the east of Northern Ireland and

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