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That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me

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After the murder of this little boy a report finds how he was failed

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An investigation into how a fox got into the Penguin Bay

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The campaign to save a social housing estate near Grenfell Tower.

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And a statue in memory of the soldiers killed in one

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of the bloodiest battles of the First World War.

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Good evening and welcome to the programme.

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Noah Serra-Morrison was just 13 months old when he was killed

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The family was known to children's services in London,

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but when they moved to Luton, social workers didn't properly

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Today a review into the killing found serious failings in the way

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the local authorities handled Noah's case.

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Noah was just 13 months old when life was violently cut short.

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He'd suffered multiple injuries over a sustained period at the hands

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Hardeep Hunjan was jailed for life last year.

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Noah's mother was jailed for six and a half years.

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years for causing or allowing his death but could or should

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The family moved to Luton weeks before Noah's death.

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A Serious Case Review highlighted multiple failures in the

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There is concern that information is not

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transferred between councils which means vulnerable children can slip

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Health visitors described as the crucial eyes and

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ears of the safeguarding system, but there are critical

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vulnerabilities and flaws highlighted which lead to

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It means there is no clear understanding of the

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risks the children, where there is domestic

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abuse, better training and extra resources are needed,

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the report says, to enable cases to be investigated more thoroughly.

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Melanie has been a social worker for 19 years.

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These findings were no surprise to her.

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Every Serious Case Review says the same thing - social

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workers need to step away from some of the bureaucratic processes and we

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need to be allowed to work with families more, we need to be

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allowed to spend more time on the ground.

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We are building that relationship with

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families, young people, we need to do that,

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with professionals and then in terms of information,

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I think the information would flow more easily.

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The report stresses the difficulty of dealing with difficult patients.

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No APPLAUSE Mumm waited three hours to call an

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ambulance and claimed the child had fallen.

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The NSPCC says the pressure means early warning signs can be missed.

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We talk about early intervention but what happens in reality does not

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match that. Families can slip through the net. The death brings to

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a focus the tragic cost when the system fails.

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This isn't the first case which has thrown up flaws in how

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councils treat such cases, is it?

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That's right. Throughout the report there was a mention of the Serious

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Case Review which came about after the death of a one-year-old girl in

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2013. She was massively underweight and had historic untreated injuries.

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She had been seen by no fewer than seven London boroughs. Her mother

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had moved around a lot but she was known to medical staff, police and

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social workers. That review made striking similarities to today. It

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highlights a pattern in London, insufficient handover arrangements

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mean that vulnerable families can be lost to the system when they move

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and therefore a risk of possible harm. The phrase lessons will be

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learned came out Ben and came out today. Both Luton and Ealing Council

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say this shows the need of a national guidance system on

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transferring families between barriers around the country. We have

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not had a response from the government as yet but clearly a

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tragic case and one that cannot be allowed to happen again. Yes, very

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tragic, thank you very much indeed. Lots more to come tonight.

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Including, she helped carry the flame. We here from one of the

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torchbearers five years on from the 2012 Olympics.

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Eight penguins have been killed by a fox at Chessington World

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of Adventures, according to staff at the resort.

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It's believed the animal managed to get into the birds' enclosure.

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We can speak to Dan Freedman, who's at the Surrey theme park.

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Normally at the zoo is like this one who spend millions of pounds trying

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to ensure no animals get out, on this occasion it was an animal who

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got inside which caused the problem. An urban Fox made its way into

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Penguin be aware 28 penguins were living. It killed each of them, five

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adults and three infants and then escaped. How could happen?

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Chessington say there was no human error involved but astonishingly

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they say they had -- recently built these penguins and your home. They

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would not give us an interview on camera but this is a statement they

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put on their website. Penguin Bay was only built in 2015

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and had special measures put in place specifically to deter foxes

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and we are therefore shocked The eight penguins, five

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adults and three infants, were part of a group

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here at the resort. They are extremely popular

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with our guests and much loved by everyone here,

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especially our dedicated zoo team. The remaining penguins have been

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relocated while we make additional measures to secure Penguin Bay

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which we hope to reopen It seems that Chessington have been

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criticised about what happened? Absolutely, Arben Fox is no surprise

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in London, as common here as anywhere else in the capital. --

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urban foxes. You can see pictures of them now. Chessington say they

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believe this was an extremely cunning fox who managed to penetrate

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their defences. Animal rights activists say they should never have

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been allowed to happen. First and foremost the real tragedy is that

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these animals belong off the coast of South America and were kept in a

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tiny and inadequate enclosure in a zoo in Surrey where they could not

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even escape from this Fox. The reality is that Zeus cannot meet all

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the various nutritional, social and climate needs of animals they hold

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captive and the British public are wreaking art to the fact these are

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animal prisons who cannot ensure the safety of their inmates. An

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investigation is taking place, the penguins are being kept out of sight

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from the public at the moment, a real shame as the school holidays

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are on and lots of children would be hoping to catch sight of them. That

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is not possible at the moment. Also sad is the fact that zoos are

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supposed to protect animals like these penguins from just the sort of

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pets that happened to them on this occasion. Just -- just the sort of

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threat. A man who battered his girlfriend's

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five-year-old son to death in a London park --

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for losing a trainer -- A court was told that

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when he attacked Alex Malcolm in Catford, witnesses heard

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a "child's fearful They also heard loud

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banging and a man screaming The 39-year-old will serve a minimum

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of 18 years in prison. Police patrol cars will be equipped

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with protective eyewear, gloves and water to help officers

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treat victims of acid attacks. It comes after a spike in the number

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of assaults using corrosive 16 Plans to increase opening

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hours for shops, museum, galleries and theatres

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in the Capital have been The industry is already

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worth 26 billion pounds - and the Mayor Sadiq Khan

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hopes his 24 hour vision for the City will help bring

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about further growth to the sector and not just involve

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late night drinking. There are some parts of London where

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there is not much of a night-time economy at all and I would like to

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see the possibility of being able to even out provision to provide

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greater jobs for local workers and reduce the stress within the

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hotspots, so as to improve sustainability and bring economic

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opportunities to all parts of London.

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Next: A campaign to save a social housing estate in Kensington

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and Chelsea, the same borough in which families were made homeless

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Residents at the Sutton Estate are fighting a plan to knock it down

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and build a mix of luxury flats and affordable homes.

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They say the development will reduce the number of low rent properties.

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The houses it stays -- the housing association want to raise 13 of the

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15 blogs. Celebrities have joined the residents to voice objections.

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The proposal is to demolish the Hundred and 83 social rent homes and

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replace them with 237. That is a loss of 146 such homes. 106 private

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homes will be built, some of which will have a multi-million pound

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price tag. This is one of the newly refurbished flats. Some are in

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pretty good condition. I was shown around one house. He has lived in

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the estate for 20 years after falling on hard times. We do not

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look at the value of the home, we look at the people around us, the

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community, what it brings to London. We do not want to see a loss of

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social housing in an area smack bang in the middle of Chelsea. There are

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houses round the corner for ?70 million. We do not need any more

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million pound town houses, we do need more social housing stock. This

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is one of the empty flats and one of the problems is the bathroom is off

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the kitchen. The housing association says it means it is not compliant

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with social housing rules but residents say flats like these

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should not be demolished, they should be refurbished. Affinity

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Clarion sayyid... The deputy leader of Kensington and

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Chelsea says an appeal is counter-productive. It pits society

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in limbo until April next year which is extremely concerning in the

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current circumstances, given what has happened to bring full. But the

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council is also accused of falling well short of building affordable

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homes and criticised for taking payments from developers who can

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then get out of commitments to build affordable housing. We it not be

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better to get builders to commit to social housing needs rather than

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take the money? That is a good question and I will be looking at

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that because you are correct, it's me to be better to look at creating

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provision of social housing within the developments rather than taking

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the money. Regarding this estate, it is unlikely and appeal will be

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settled until next year. It used to be the scene

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of traffic jams and pollution, but the former site of the A3

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at Hindhead has now been recognised Six years ago the Hindhead

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tunnel was completed, The old road was removed,

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and the habitat restored, in what has been one of the biggest

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environmental projects of its kind. Snaking around the talk of the

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Devils punchbowl beauty spot at Hindhead, the A3 once made its

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presence felt by six years on with the landscape restored, visitors

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have to look hard to see even a trace of the old road. There A3 was

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roaring through and we would not have been taking a group of ladies

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across there because it was horrendous. The Hindhead tunnel has

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taken traffic underground. It opened in July 20 11. Natural England along

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with the National Trust and highways England have worked together to help

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reclaim the old road. The Hezbollah lot of clearance of woodland and

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scrub. Of management to improve the habitat and the natural scrub which

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is on the site so that things are more able to have the chance to move

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across the landscape. The changes mean this heathland is no longer cut

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off from the Devils punchbowl. The area is more welcoming to wildlife.

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It is a haven now, I come here crickets. When the road was here,

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you were just here traffic and police sirens. So it is enjoyable

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for the public as much as a wildlife. Highways England is

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expected to announce its preferred route for the controversial

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Stonehenge tunnel soon. It says it has learned lessons about working

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collaboratively. There is definitely different views and sometimes it can

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be considered frustrating but working together you come up with a

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far better solution and we are doing that at Stonehenge now. This was one

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of the first places the National Trust back -- bought back in 1985.

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The trust is no able to give visitors something much closer to

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the natural vision of serenity now. Right London returns to the streets

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of the capital. It begins with the BMX Grand Prix on Friday. 100 years

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on from the bloodiest battle of the First World War, I will find out how

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Londoners remember those who fault. It was billed as the

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greatest show on earth - It was billed as the greatest show

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on earth - a stadium built for 80,000 spectators,

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world records set and a promise

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of a sporting legacy for London. This week marks five

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years on from the start It all began with the torch bearers

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- starting on Mount Olympus One of those who carried

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the Olympic flame was She's been remembering

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that special day. You only ran about 250 metres

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so I had a running action that kind of looked like I wasn't

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going anywhere and the police officer said to me,

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could you run faster? I literally went as slow

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as I could so this moment in time would last as long as it possibly

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could and the police officers had to walk

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because I was going so slowly. I was surrounded on that day by some

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incredible people so the young lady that I passed the flame

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onto was a young career and she was looking

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after her disabled sister. I think being a torch

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bearer helped to connect The crowds that came out,

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it became very real, the Olympics and people started to get

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very excited about that. Farah is going to make it two gold

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medals for Great Britain. We were there in the stadium

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for Mo Farah winning his 5000 gold and 80,000 people cheering

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for your athletes, it is a sound that just goes through your body,

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it is an out-of-body experience. A lot of positive things have come

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out of the Olympics, specifically with the work that I do

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in schools, there has been a PE premium so funding that goes

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on primary schools to support PE, school sport and physical activity,

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that has been If London hosted the Olympics again,

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I would be absolutely ecstatic. I did believe at the time

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it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and it will not happen

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again while I am alive. However, if it did,

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what a fantastic thing it would be. Olympic Committee, we would love

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to host it again, all the facilities It's cycling's equivalent

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of the London marathon. Some are among the best

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in the world, some are relative beginners -

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this weekend 100 thousand cyclists of all standards will take

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to the streets in and around the capital in the fifth

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year of Ride London. It begins on Friday with a BMX event

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on the former Olympic Park, from where Chris Slegg

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sent this report. These are some of the 216-year-olds

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who will be competing at the BMX Grand Prix on Friday. Why did you

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decide to keep doing BMX on the programme? This is the venue from

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the 2012 Olympics and this is the legacy. We have over 100,000 people

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on bikes and BMX is Fast Furious six fine and inspires the next

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generation of children and that is what it is all about. The men's

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elite race on Sunday had world tour status for the first time, explain

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what that means. That means we get the best teams and riders. We have

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14 of the top teams, London wants to be the capital of sport and having

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the best cyclists and this event as part of the whole festival of

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cycling is putting London at the heart of the capital of the world of

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sport. Even if you're not involved, there are a lot of road closures.

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Here is a reminder of the longest event on Sunday. It starts in the

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Olympic Park and heads out to Chiswick, way out to Forest Green.

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That is just one of the events. Do look at the right London website to

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see about the closures. It might affect you. Why is BMX the spot for

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you? It is all about how competitive it is for you? I love being

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competitive. It is also about going round the country and meeting new

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people and making new friends, it is good fun. What do you think it will

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be like to compete here on the former Olympic costs? It is so

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exciting, I am so happy everyone will come here. There will be lots

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of people and the jumps looked really good. Good luck, we look

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forward to seeing all of you in action. The cycle events go on all

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weekends. The BMX Grand Prix is Friday.

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It was one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war

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in which nearly half a million troops were killed or wounded.

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The Battle of Passchendael saw the British launch a series

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of failed assaults against German forces in Belgium.

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Today, relatives of some of the soldiers who died attended

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the unveiling of an art installation made in honour of the victims.

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Over the top and into the unknown, this was the Battle of

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Passchendaele, one of the bloodiest episodes of the First World War.

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100 years on, a specially commissioned

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sculpture was unveiled in Trafalgar Square.

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Rebecca's great-grandfather and his son were killed on the same

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They were both in the same battalion and when Ronald was

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wounded, the father set out to find a doctor.

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He was insistent he would get help but unfortunately he was

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shot as he went out to find the doctor by then Ronald was dead

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500,000 people were wounded or lost their lives.

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biggest and bloodiest battles the British Army has ever fought.

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It is important because it shows how intense and appalling the First

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It was one of the darkest years in British history.

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Driving rain turned the battlefield into a city of mud which drowned

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The sculpture is to remember the men who

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It is not the only way Passchendaele is being

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To help the next generation understand the brutality

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of the battle, the British Legion has created these videos.

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Like these cadets, they want the public to

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You get more respect for how horrific it

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All the effects are so much more real like the

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It definitely gives depth to the knowledge you are gaining.

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You get to see lots of different bits around you.

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Also the information is given to you, you take it in much better. The

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mad soldier will be worn away by rain, falling to the air. But

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hopefully the memories it invokes will not wash away so quickly.

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Now let's check on the Weather with Wendy.

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It was nice to see the sunshine after yesterday. When the cows sit

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down in the field, the rain is imminent. There is no scientific

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basis for this whatsoever. However, there is rain on the way. As it

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comes in, it will turn breezy. That will be a future for the rest of the

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week. This satellite pictures shows a swirl of cloud at the top. This

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cloud is melting away. It fragmented to let us see the blue sky

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underneath. Then we see this which will bring rain for tomorrow, not

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much of it. We are going to see, through the night, some breaks in

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the cloud with more pitching in from the west all the time. It will be

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quite a warm night, temperatures around 22 or 23 degrees. 16 degrees

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in central London tonight. We start the day tomorrow with some hints of

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brightness first thing, if you're up early but it will quickly cloud

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over. The bees will pick up and the rain will come in, towards noon. It

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is going to be fragmented all the time, it will be light and patchy.

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Temperatures will struggle under the cloud. By the end of the day, parts

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of society and west of London will see a return to sunny skies as the

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front moves away from us. These might be the scenes we see towards

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the end of the week, perhaps not as many showers as captured by the

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weather watchers on Saturday. They will be about however, dotted about

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on Thursday, mainly light, one or too heavy. Temperatures roundabout

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right for the time of year, still breezy and unsettled so not perfect

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weather but typical for the country, I think. Thank you.

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The mother of Charlie Gard is back at the High Court to date to allow

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her to take her son home. I will be back later with the ten o'clock news

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but do have a lovely evening.

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