21/09/2014 BBC London News


21/09/2014

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People around the world have been taking

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Here in London thousands joined a march

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Gareth Furby followed one family from Cricklewood who

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For this family, this was a special day for two reasons. They were

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joining the march. We are not eco-wariers, but the way we are

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living is unsustainable. And it was mum's birthday. Happy birthday. I'm

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40 and that is grown up and this felt like a grown up thing to do.

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They joined thousands of people on the London march and joining them

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for the rally the singer Peter Gabriel, who says he is switching to

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a greener lifestyle. I'm going to look at my house, and the studio and

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see what we can do in terms of making that, changing energy sources

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and look at the way I conduct myself and how how much energy I consume.

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Perhaps with our festival, with tours. But how do the organisers

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deal with measurements that show something happened recently to the

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long-term trend. More than 15 years ago for some reason temperatures

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stopped rising. The majority of the world scientist say that is a

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temporary pause and climate change will accelerate. For one family it

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was a day out to remember and a happy birthday for much. -- for mum.

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In the wake of the Scottish no vote, devolving more power to Scotland,

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Wales and Northern Ireland has been pushed up the political agenda.

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But what about the other UK assembly - the one here in London?

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Should City Hall enjoy extra powers in the near future?

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London has twice the population of Scotland and an economy nearly three

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times the size. So when Scotland was offered more powers, it was

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inevitable it would want some too and on Friday morning it was hinted

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that that maybe on the cards. It is important we have civic agreement

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about how empower other cities. Rightly so say some Conservatives.

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London will need to stand up as well, as well as England and that

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includes us making sure that we have sufficient powers to ensure that

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London has a fair deal. London already has its own Assembly which

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has powers over transport and policing. So what more does it want?

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Well, particularly the ability to hold on to more of the taxes it

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raises and it says these could be used to build more homes and on

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infrastructure projects. At the moment, 93% of the money London

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raises in taxes is handed over to the Government. Compare that to

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another capital city, New York. Which is awe lod to keep -- allowed

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to keep half. Could the layers of Government mean it diss not ready

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for devolution. The trouble is the Assembly and the areas are not the

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same. There are different layers of bureaucracy. This may not be

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London's biggest obstacle. As the Prime Minister's focus will be gets

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a good deal for MPs across England. I don't think it would be right to

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give the powers to London that go to Scotland as a whole. I think they

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should reside for England as a whole and that is what my post bag is

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saying, people want justice for England. We are fed up with not

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being on the map and not having a voice. London may have to wait its

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turn in this devolution give away. The clear up is continuing after

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flash floods at the weekend. It is the second time it has happened in

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13 months. Some blame the rebuilding of promenade in Essex.

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Thousands of people queued for hours this weekend for the chance to see

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inside some of the most interesting buildings in the capital.

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Open House London allows people to explore places that are

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The Leadenhall building, known as the Cheesegrater,

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Visitors were rewarded with a ride up 48 floors to see some magnificent

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Well a nice day in London, let?s find out what next week has

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It has been a fine day, if feeling fresher than it has done. And

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tonight it will feel fresher still. Feeling cooler than recently, thanks

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to the clearing skies. It means a bright start for Monday morning if

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chilly. 10 Celsius first thing. But the son will get temperatures up

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into the high teens by the afternoon. Thanks to the sunny

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spells. High pressure will dominate for the next few days. For Tuesday a

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bit more cloud moving in. So a slightly milder night Tuesday into

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Wednesday. But it is dry and temperatures reasonable during the

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day. Chilly at night. That's it I'll be back just

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after 10.20. Good evening. After a fine day, a

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fine night in prospect. And with clearing skies, a chilly night at

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that. The satellite tells the story, how cloud has built during the

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course of the day. Particularly on into the afternoon. But we run the

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sequence and you can see it thinning and breaking and it is those

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clearing skies that will through the evening, but particularly in the

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small hours allow our temperatures to fall. With mist and fog forming

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in one or two areas. But nothing widespread. The temperature is the

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biggest stories. For towns and cities lows of

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