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That is all from the BBC News at 6.00pm. So goodbye from me and now

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we can join the BBC News teams where you are.

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Former boxing promoter, Frank Maloney, who guided Lennox Lewis to

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I thought maybe I could earn enough money to disappear and lead a new

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life as a female. We're at one of London's most

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famous boxing clubs for reaction How London's chief police officer

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made his first arrest as the Commissioner of the Met

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by coming to the aid of a cabbie. I saw the police and they came to my

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car and followed the guy. Plus the terrifying moment a mother

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jumped on the tracks to save her And transforming east London's

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landscape ` plans are revealed As the top policeman in the country,

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Sir Bernard Hogan Howe is used to crackdowns on criminals

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and arrest rates. But today he was actually called

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upon to make an arrest himself, his first as the

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Met Police Commissioner. It happened during

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an interview he was doing with our Victoria Hollins is in Tottenham

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where it happened. Victoria, an eventful day

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for the Commissioner? It has been a pretty action field

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adventurous day for Sir Bernard Hogan`Howe. He was on a walkabout

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from our radio station. They were on the high road in Tottenham when a

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minicab driver pulled up asking for help. He said that four men had got

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out of his car without paying and ?20,000 from him. Well one police

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officer headed in the direction of one suspect and Sir Bernard

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Hogan`Howe jumped into the nearest car and headed off to try to find

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another suspect. When he was involved in the arrest of a

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19`year`old. Earlier I spoke to the Callum Driver concerned and to the

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television and radio presenter. They all ran away and took my money as

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well. What happened then? I saw the police, I asked the police to come

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and arrest the guys. They came to my car and caught two of them. Who

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would have guessed, walking down the road? I think he was happy to get

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his hands dirty. And subsequently to get back in a police car and drive

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after the second. He was happy to go to the station and took pleasure in

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telling me about writing up his notes. And is this the first time he

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has made an arrest as Commissioner? That is right. But of course he has

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arrested a lot of people in his career, spanning several forces

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since 1979. But this is the first arrest that he is made in seven

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years. The important thing is that I made an arrest as police officer but

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never as Commissioner. I have been very slack! But today we put that

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right. The cab driver is less pleased because he is still waiting

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for his money. The Metropolitan Police will be pleased, this is the

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kind of public relations that many organisations can only dream of. But

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social media has been interesting. Some people asking does he still

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know how to do the full portion. And from one colleague of his, simply

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saying, still got it! Lots more to come,

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including inflation busting pay rises for new recruits in the City.

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A sign of growing confidence in the economy or just good news

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for bankers? A man from Crawley who beat

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a homeless man to death, and then took photos of his victim's

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body on his mobile phone, Daniel Palmer, who's 24,

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has been told he'll serve a minimum of 15 years in prison

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for the murder of Joao Esteves. This CCTV shows Daniel Palmer

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leaving Joao Esteves to death. He beat him into a state of

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unconsciousness in an alleyway. As the 45 build Portuguese man lay

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dying Daniel Palmer took a video and photographs on his mobile phone and

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sent some of them to friends. Mr Palmer clearly went there with the

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intention of assaulting someone on the trophy photographs were his way

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of recording that to show his friends, to show what he had done.

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Joao Esteves had only been in the country for four days. He

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encountered Daniel Palmer is the 24`year`old made his way home from a

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night of heavy drinking. Daniel Palmer in his defence said the

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photographs on the mobile phone had been taken by accident while he had

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been trying to defend themselves from attack by Joao Esteves. He told

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the court Joao Esteves had tried to rob him at knife`point. The judge

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said this story was a web of lies and deceit. In sentencing him to

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life in prison the judge told him, this was a quite dreadful crime. You

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killed a sad and vulnerable man. You have not shown one flicker of

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remorse. It took pleasure in the results of your hand's work on why

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else would you take the photos you did. Palmer walked away from his

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victim, lied to the fleece and wash the clothes he had been wearing on

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the night of the murder. A man who has lived most of his adult life

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involved in violence and threatening behaviour is now behind bars.

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Pictures have been released of the heart stopping moment

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when a child in a pushchair was blown onto the tube

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Within moments a woman ran to pull the child to safety before a train

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Katherine Carpenter joins me now and what exactly does the CCTV show us?

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For any parent this is the stuff of nightmares. But its transport police

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have released the footage taken last month. It shows a man leaving a

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child in a pushchair at the bottom of some steps. He then goes back

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upstairs to fetch another pushchair and a gust of wind drag the previous

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pushchair onto the tracks. Then you see a woman who appears to be the

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mother of the boy jumping onto the tracks after him. You can see that

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from a different angle there pitching onto the tracks. Then a

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woman following shortly afterwards. She retrieves the pushchair very

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quickly, throws it back up and then goes back onto the tracks herself.

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We will see that in a couple of seconds. And she retrieves some bits

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that seemed to fallen from the bottom. What you cannot see is

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another tube train approaching just seconds away. She really gets back

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onto the platform with seconds to spare. And that the police are

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trying to trace the parents of the child with Mac that is right. It

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appears there was just one other person on the platform at that time.

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It is transport police said there were no staff on the platform at the

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time either. They want to trace the family because they want to check

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that the child was not hurt in any way. According to the absolute

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letter of the law the woman was trespassing on the track at the

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time. But British Transport Police did say they have released the

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pictures of the warning to others about the danger of high wind in the

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tunnels and because they do have a genuine concern for the family

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involved. A murder investigation has begun

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in south`east London after a 26`year`old man was stabbed

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to death. It happened last night on

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Eltham Road in Lee. Police believe the victim may have

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been involved in an argument with The former leader of a notorious

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London criminal gang, Terry Adams, has been ordered to pay back more

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than ?650,000 from his crime days. Mr Adams argued in court that he was

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too poor to pay the money, and was However a judge rejected this,

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saying it was likely he still had considerable assets, which he was

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using to fund a luxury lifestyle. A man has died after taking part

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in yesterday's 36 year`old, Kris Cook collapsed

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at Newlands Corner during the Surrey leg of the route

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and died from a cardiac arrest. He was raising money for

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Woking Hospice and his donations to his Just Giving

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page have now passed ?10,000. He made his name and a successful

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career in the male`dominated, macho Now the former promoter,

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Frank Maloney, who is best known for guiding Lennox Lewis to a world

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title ` is living as a woman. The 61`year`old from Peckham is

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now known as Kellie, and has described how leading a secret

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life nearly drove her to suicide. Born and bred in Peckham. Frank

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Maloney is best known to sports fans as the man who led Lennox Lewis to

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the top of the boxing world. This girl supports Lennox Lewis. But

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in the last 24 hours the 61`year`old has revealed a new life as a woman

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called Kellie. In an interview with the Mirror newspaper she discusses

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her transgender struggle and suicide attempt after feeling trapped in the

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wrong body. She credits boxing for giving her a focus during the dark

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times. Deep down I thought, maybe I can earn enough money that one day I

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can disappear and live a completely new life as a female and no one will

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ever bother me. Because in sport, once you come out of sport were soon

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forgotten. When asked how she thought the boxing world would

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react... I do not know. I cannot comment. They will make their own

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decision. Today in south London there was surprise and support. I

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thought it was a wind`up. Sunday morning, in the Daily Mirror. It is

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2014 and if you want to be who you want to be, just be it. Maloney was

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also active in politics, standing as the good candidate for London mayor

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in 2004. The party defended Maloney after refusing to campaign in Camden

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saying they were too many gay people. In 2010 there was an

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unsuccessful attempt to stand as you could candidate for barking. Today

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the announcement was welcomed by the transgender community. It is

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brilliant. It is part of an enormous great thing. No rule that says that

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boxing is any more or less likely to turn up someone in transition than a

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hairdresser. Well we have heard messages of support from across the

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boxing community today? There has been shocked as well but it is

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wonderful to see the support that Kellie has received. And no higher

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support in the boxing world as tributes came from all over the

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place including Lennox Lewis, a close friend of course of Kellie. He

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said he could only imagine what a difficult decision but had been. And

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if this is what brings true happiness, then so be it. Also BBC

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boxing commentator wrote on Twitter, Frank Maloney is possibly the

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bravest person in boxing. How can anybody give him stick? You have to

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just smile and say, go on, girl. We also have to say that Frank Maloney

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actually left the boxing world just last October. And then on top of

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that she's halfway through the process now of her agenda

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transformation. She plans to have surgery next year. A great response

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but no doubt there will be more comment in the days and months that

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follow. Heathrow and Gatwick airports today

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both reported record numbers of The news comes just

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a few weeks before the Howard Davies Commission publishes

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its recommendations on which Some are just going, others on their

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way home. It is holiday season and for the two biggest airport in

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London it has never been easier. At Heathrow July has seen the biggest

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day in its history. The world economy is growing and Heathrow is

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connected to that. And at Gatwick the numbers also keep going up. In

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the last five years we have been the fastest`growing London airport. The

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statistics tell the story. Almost 7 million passengers at Heathrow last

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month. Gatwick, 4.1 million. Next month the airports commission is set

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to announce his short list for new runways. If Heathrow is constrained

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then we are losing out as a

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