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That's all from the BBC News at Six,

so it's goodbye from me -

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Tonight on BBC London News.

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Tackling knife violence -

the Mayor's new campaign message

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says "London Needs You Alive"-

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This is part of a package

of measures, along with schools

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playing their part, along

with police playing their part,

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along with parents, civic

leaders, youth leaders.

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All of us have a role to play

in making sure we address

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the issue of knife crime.

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We'll also investigate

what's behind the rise.

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Also tonight...

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The number of people who've reduced

the asking price of the house

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they're selling is at its highest

level in five years.

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Transforming young

lives through sailing.

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How Children In Need is helping

charities like this one.

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Everybody's talking about Jamie,

the gay teenager whose story

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of wearing a dress to the school

prom has been turned

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into a west end musical.

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Good evening and welcome

to the programme.

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I'm Claudia-Liza Armah.

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16 young people have been stabbed

to death on the streets

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of London this year -

that's up by almost 30% with some

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saying it's "an epidemic".

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Today, City Hall outlined a new plan

it hopes will help to save lives.

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The mayor, Sadiq Khan,

is using social media

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to spread the message -

but with so many violent videos

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available online glamorising knives,

will young people take any notice?

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Here's our home affairs

correspondent Nick Beake.

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Young voices from different parts

of our city, but all

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with the same message.

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After a year of more stabbings,

this is the Mayor's attempt to get

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teenagers to think twice before

reaching for a blade.

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The plea is that London desperately

needs their talents.

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Remember, London needs you alive.

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Your talent is needed,

your brain is needed,

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your intelligence is needed.

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HIP HOP MUSIC.

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The musician Bossman Birdie

used to carry a knife

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growing up in Tottenham.

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He then spent time in prison

for making a threat to kill.

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Now, City Hall have signed him up

for their anti-knife campaign.

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To me, it's a complete waste of life

and it's a waste of this beautiful

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city that we are occupants of,

London.

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When you're going around,

carrying a knife, you know,

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you're giving away your opportunity

to become something crazy.

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Three, two, one,

London needs you alive!

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This morning in Brixton Sadiq Khan

met children who have

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been posting online,

explaining why their

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lives are valuable.

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It's a campaign backed by London

rappers, bloggers and musicians.

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It is hoped their status

on social media will help

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the message get through.

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Is this actually going

to make a difference?

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Look, we've got to do

all that we can to address the issue

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of knife crime, which is rising

across the country,

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not just in London.

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This is part of a package

of measures, along with schools

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playing their part, the police

playing their part, parents,

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civic leaders, youth leaders.

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All of us have a role to play

in making sure we address

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the issue of knife crime.

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Yvonne Lawson's teenage

son Godwin was stabbed

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to death seven years ago.

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What does she make of the campaign?

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It can make a slight

difference for the younger

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generation, the under 16s.

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Whether it can make a huge

difference to the young people that

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are already engrossed

in criminality, that's

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yet to be proven.

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This positive message may well get

through to some kids in London,

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but there's no doubt it will also be

competing with many other

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negative messages online.

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We're talking about videos and music

which glorify violence,

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intensify gang rivalry,

and lead to more knife crime.

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For eight months this year,

YouTube refused the Met Police's

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request to take down

these four videos.

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Now they've relented,

apart from this one, still up today,

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which Scotland Yard claims

is encouraging stabbings.

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Bossman Birdie simply sees these

videos as a waste of time.

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You're that talented,

to sit there and write these lyrics,

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thinking of metaphors,

thinking of rhyming schemes.

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To basically make something

that is not going to go

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anywhere, purposely.

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It doesn't make sense to me.

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So, social media videos,

a force for good and bad.

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In this case, they hope

it will save lives.

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Nick Beake, BBC London News.

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So just how bad is knife crime

in London at the moment -

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and what's behind the rise?

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Tolu Adeoye has been investigating.

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These are faces of the 16

teenagers stabbed to death

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in London this year.

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Knife crime has risen by 31%

in the capital in the last year.

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It's the biggest increase in the UK.

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The latest teenager to be killed

was 17-year-old Michael Jonas.

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His father said he'd hoped

to one day to become

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a mechanical engineer.

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He's warned that anyone

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could be a victim.

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Presently, right now in the London

area you don't have to be a rude

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boy, you don't have to be in a gang,

you don't have to be among certain

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people for things to reach you.

People may want to stereotype,

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thinking it is only the bad boy

getting stabbed. Innocent kids are

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dying.

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So why is knife crime rising?

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Perhaps surprisingly last year

the Met revealed the overwhelming

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majority of young people who carry

knives are not gang members.

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Just 20% of stabbings

are linked to them.

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St Giles Trust, which works

with attackers and victims, says

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there's been a shift in culture

among some young people,

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and more resources must be invested

to help turn the tide.

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Young people feel in fear so they

are carrying knives, carrying

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weapons, there is a glamorisation

happening on social media as well.

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Legally there are cutbacks in

services that are important,

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grassroots services such as

community centres, organisations

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keeping young people safe.

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So what about police tactics?

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We know the use OF stop and search

was curbed by the former

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police commissioner,

Sir Bernard Hogan Howe.

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And subsequently knife crime rose.

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One expert has told us

and search is an essential

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tactic but it must be

used more strategically.

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Rather than targeting a lot of very

scared kids, you need those kids on

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board to tell you who you ought to

be targeting. Then it is not nearly

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as resource intensive. The police

cannot afford to throw resources on

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the street to search people, they

need to focus their search

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operations on the hard-core of

individuals who are prepared to use

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offensive weapons to terrorise and

causes serious damage.

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Well the Met say they are using

more stop and search.

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And in a more sensitive

and intelligent way,

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including carrying out

monthly weapon sweeps.

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But they say that they can't and

won't arrest their way out of the

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problem. It is proving to be a

bigger societal challenge.

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Lots more to come, including.

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The fans paying their team's wages -

we'll discuss the future

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of non-league club, Dulwich Hamlet.

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"If the intention was to intimidate

us, the effect has actually been

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to bring us closer together."

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That's been the response of MPs BBC

London has spoken to who are among

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a group condemned by

a national newspaper this as

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"Brexit mutineers".

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More than a dozen Tory MPs have

signalled they will vote

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against government plans to put

the exact date of Brexit into law.

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Our political editor

Tim Donovan has the details.

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They woke up this morning

to find their pictures on the front

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page of a newspaper,

below a headline

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"the Brexit mutineers".

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Their leader, according

to the paper, is Dominic Grieve,

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former Attorney General

and MP for Beaconsfield.

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Alongside him, Oliver Heald,

MP for North East Hertfordshire,

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Vicky Ford from Chelmsford,

Bob Neill, MP for Bromley,

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and finally Stephen Hammond,

whose seat is Wimbledon.

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I thought it was a bit odd really.

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I've never voted against

the government before.

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But there are a number

of things in this bill

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which need to be corrected.

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He and the others have been targeted

because they want to block

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government plans to write the exact

Brexit leave date into law.

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Actually it's illogical to do this.

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The government says it wants

a freer hand to negotiate.

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By doing this the government

is actually restricting its own

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ability to negotiate

with what will be our ex-partners.

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Do you feel you're singled out?

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Well, I think it's silly.

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Some people have

classed it as bullying.

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It doesn't worry me

in the slightest.

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My job as a member of

Parliament is to represent my

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constituents and the country.

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I'd be a pretty weak person

if I was worried about the front

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page of the Telegraph.

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But another of those

accused of mutineering

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puts it more strongly.

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What I don't like is this attempt

by some parts of the press to bully

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and to muzzle dissent,

and that is a serious point.

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It's almost as bad as the attack

on the judges after they did

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what was simply their constitutional

job in the Article 50 case.

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What we are seeking to do is what's

our constitutional job as MPs,

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to scrutinise the legislation,

to do it constructively,

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and improve it.

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But some of their pro-Brexit

colleagues accuse them of wanting

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to wriggle out of Brexit.

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Absolutely not, I accept

the result of the referendum,

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even though I didn't like it.

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That's why I voted

to trigger Article 50.

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36% of my constituents work

in financial and personal services.

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It's important to them

to get it right.

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Billions of pounds of tax

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revenue comes for our public

services from the financial

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services sector.

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The last thing they want is any

heightened risk of a cliff edge.

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Time after time this isn't

about frustrating Brexit,

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we understand what people

voted last year.

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What this is about is ensuring this

country gets a good deal.

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They won't be put off,

but with feelings running high,

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the Speaker of the House of Commons

today warned that MPs should not be

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subject to threats for expressing

a political opinion.

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Tim Donovan, BBC London News.

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Hundred of survivors

of the Grenfell Tower have been

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given the right to take part

in its inquiry.

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The decision could give almost 400

people and organisations the right

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to provide opening statements,

highlight evidence or suggest

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lines of questioning.

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Meanwhile officials from the inquiry

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say they've

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yet to finish taking statements

from residents and firefighters.

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Plans to build a new Westfield

shopping centre in Croydon

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have been approved.

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Work will begin on the £1.4

billion project in 2019 -

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of 7,000 new jobs and

a thousand new homes.

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The complex, which will be the third

Westfield in the capital,

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will include the redevelopment

of the Whitgift and Centrale

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shopping centres.

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There's a warning tonight over

the number of mobile phones stolen

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at gigs and festivals.

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Last night people took to social

media to report around 80 phones

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being taken at one gig alone,

but it seems it's not the only

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time it's happened.

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Chris Rogers joins me now and can

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tell us more - so what

happened last night?

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Going by social media, there is a

pattern. 30 phones were taken at a

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concert last night and a similar in

Cardiff. A different band and a

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different venue on Saturday,

Alexandra Palace, a large number of

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phones stolen. We don't know if the

same people behind it but the same

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thing happens, people are pushed,

there is a surge forward and they

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noticed that their possessions have

gone missing. We've heard from three

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viewers, Suzy, Ruby and James, who

were at the concert in Reading last

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night.

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The surge came like they had intent.

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There was one point there was a huge

surge, and the whole crowd,

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everyone got crushed forwards.

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By the time it waved back

there were a couple of people

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looking on the floor,

and we thought someone

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has lost their phone.

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And then you saw more people

looking on the floor,

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and then there was a lot of people

looking around, so we thought

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this is a bit strange.

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Then we realised the girl next to me

had had a zipped pocket,

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a front pocket, phone gone.

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The girl next to her had

a button pocket, again

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front pocket, again gone.

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There was a guy who'd

lost his wallet.

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This was all just in the one surge.

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Then it started again.

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Last night I saw Royal

Blood at Rivermead.

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I put both of our phones in my front

pocket, assuming they'd be safe.

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Shortly after entering the mosh pit

I felt like I was being grabbed,

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and someone took it,

and all I was left

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with was a phone case.

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I felt really uneasy

in the crowd that night,

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and just that last Saturday we went

and saw Don Broco at Ally Pally

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in London, and one of my friends

got their front pocket unzipped

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and their phone taken out of it.

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It's not a very nice thing to do.

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A lot of people on social media,

especially Royal Blood fans. Same

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released a statement saying they

were dismayed to receive reports of

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phones being stolen in Cardiff and

warned fans ahead of the concert in

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Reading although there were more

thefts. They are urging fans to be

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vigilant and they are working with

the police and promoters to increase

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security.

Any response from Thames

Valley?

Thames Valley Police said

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they received 11 reports of thefts

from river made in Reading and a

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32-year-old man from London has been

arrested on suspicion of attempted

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theft and remains in custody. They

say that the arrest is in Malaysia

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and to some of the thefts, not all

of them. -- is in relation.

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They've been around since

1893 and are best-known

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for their distinctive pink and blue

shirts, but the future of non-League

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Dulwich Hamlet football

club appears uncertain.

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Fans are being asked to raise money

to help the team following a dispute

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between the council and the property

developers who own their stadium.

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Chris Slegg reports.

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Last night, fans of Dulwich Hamlet

came to give their support

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and anything they could afford.

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There you go, thank you very much.

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Thank you very much.

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To help a club caught in a stand-off

between Southwark Council

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and property developers,

Meadow Residential.

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It's a disgrace.

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I think this is a community club

that's very well supported and it

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shouldn't have got this far.

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I fear for the worst

when there are property

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developers involved.

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Basically this bit of land

round here is worth a lot

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of money in London.

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This stadium is owned

by Meadow Residential.

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Many fans initially backed

their vision of turning the stadium

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into flats because they also had

a vision for the football club.

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The 1,500 fans who regularly come

to games here at Champion Hill felt

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the future was bright when Meadow

Residential announced plans

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to build a brand-new stadium next

door but with the property

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developers now unwilling

or unable to continue

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funding the football team,

they fear they may soon no longer

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have a club to support at all.

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Meadow Residential have

stopped funding the club

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after Southwark Council went

to court to block their development

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plans because of a lack

of affordable housing.

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Manager Gavin Rose says he may soon

not have enough money

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to pay his semiprofessional players.

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We've been told that the club

will be responsible

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for finding the wages, etc.

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We're working with an organisation

basically telling us

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what action we can take,

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how much is coming through the door,

without us knowing.

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Meadow Residential insists

they are not to blame

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for any financial problems,

adding:

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The Mayor of

London Sadiq Khan has said

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he is deeply concerned

by the club's predicament.

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The fans are remaining resolute.

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Hopefully there's

a short-term solution.

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This sort of thing can only be

short-term but hopefully it

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will keep the club going long enough

to find a long-term

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answer to the problems.

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The hope now is that somehow

a deal can be struck.

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Still to come tonight.

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Transforming young

lives through sailing.

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How Children In Need is helping

charities like this one.

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The number of homes for sale

with reduced asking prices

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is at its highest level in five

years - with nearly half

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of sellers dropping the price

by an average of 7%.

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It might be a good time

for buyers to secure a deal

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in the run-up to Christmas -

but when you need £64,000

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for an average London deposit,

what can young couples do to get

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themselves on the property ladder?

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Marc Ashdown can tell us more.

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As sure as the leaves fall,

in Autumn house prices follow.

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Is this the property they're

thinking of reducing?

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That's the one, yeah.

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But this year has seen

the highest number of owners

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reducing their asking

price since 2012.

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I think a combination perhaps

of a bit of uncertainty,

0:17:370:17:40

perhaps Brexit talks,

interest rates going up,

0:17:400:17:41

people thinking are they going to go

up a lot higher and by how much,

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can I still afford it.

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Plus the time of year as well.

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Those are the main factors, I think.

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For many in Generation Rent,

there is a long way to go to even

0:17:530:17:56

get on the housing ladder.

0:17:560:17:57

Agents Strutt and Parker have

published a few self-help

0:17:570:17:59

suggestions, or sacrifices.

0:17:590:18:04

If you ditched one night out a week

you could save £6,000 a year.

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But if you are staying home,

don't get a takeaway.

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That could save you £2600 a year.

0:18:150:18:20

Stop buying food on the go.

0:18:200:18:22

Binning the shop-bought lunch

could save you £2500 every year.

0:18:220:18:24

Stop upgrading your phone every

year, that's another £154 saved.

0:18:240:18:34

Stop playing the lottery

every week, £832 saved.

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And finally, if you're

thinking about jetting off

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for a summer or winter break,

don't, and that'll

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save you another £700.

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In just five years a couple

could save up a staggering £64,000,

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the average needed for a deposit

in the capital.

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I fear that a lot of the time

we just get into these habits

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of spending money because it gets us

through, and we see other

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people doing it, and it

becomes very normalised.

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But actually, if we do a review

of our finances right

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across the board and actually

question where the money is going,

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and it can be in big areas

as well as in small areas,

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then you can feel that

much more empowered.

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In six months' time,

with the green shoots of spring,

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prices usually pick up.

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By then a couple could have said

goodbye to a life of fun,

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and hello to six grand in the bank

towards their dream home.

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Mark Ashdown, BBC London News.

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Not long to go before

Children In Need.

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Pudsey's excited.

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The big day is this Friday.

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Last year, millions

of pounds were raised.

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Which helped many charities right

here in the capital.

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Among them, the Ahoy

Centre in south London.

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Now it works with disadvantaged

young people teaching them life

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skills through sailing

on the Thames.

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All holding on?

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Yes.

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Three, two, one, nice and gently.

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One of the mottos we have

at the Ahoy is, whatever

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is on the outside, whether that's

family pressures, or stuff

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with schooling, or anything

like that, we leave that

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at the door.

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You come in, we're here to sail

and have fun and learn.

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My name is Zak, I'm a senior

instructor at the Ahoy Centre.

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I first came here

when I was about 12-13.

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And now I run the

apprenticeship programme.

0:20:170:20:19

A lot of the people who come here,

myself included, didn't do

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amazingly well at school.

0:20:220:20:25

I've got dyslexia.

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But when it comes to the more

practical side, I feel

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I excel a lot better.

0:20:290:20:30

The water's not at its cleanest

right now, so we're not going to be

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going on the water unfortunately.

0:20:340:20:37

But there's still lots of fun stuff

to do on land, isn't there?

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Yeah!

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We are based on the border

of Deptford and Greenwich,

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so there are some families that

might be a bit more

0:20:430:20:46

disadvantaged than others.

0:20:460:20:47

So that is partly

the people we take in.

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We also take in people

with learning difficulties.

0:20:510:20:53

Our main demographic

is 8-12-year-olds right now.

0:20:530:20:56

Hi there, my name is Emmanuella.

0:20:560:20:58

We go sailing, and I like coming

here because I get to learn new fun

0:20:580:21:02

stuff with my best friend Esther.

0:21:020:21:07

My name is Esther, I just finished

my three-week stage one course,

0:21:070:21:14

and happily I passed.

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When I'm on the water

I feel like I can be free,

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I don't worry about anything.

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ALL TOGETHER:

Ready!

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Sometimes it's just good to go

places and not always be at home.

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The money that has been raised goes

towards helping young people

0:21:310:21:34

either find a hobby,

or find something

0:21:340:21:36

they wish to continue.

0:21:360:21:38

For these kids, not only

are they learning new skills,

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but they're also socialising.

0:21:410:21:42

So they develop friends

they never would have had.

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Lovely stuff.

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So that is just one example of where

your Children In Need money goes.

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Remember, you can join

us on the big night,

0:21:530:21:55

this Friday, November the 17th.

0:21:550:21:56

Pudsey will be there too, of course,

0:21:560:21:58

at Warner Brothers Studio

Tours in Hertfordshire,

0:21:580:22:00

along with some very special guests.

0:22:000:22:01

You can be there too -

just tell us what you're

0:22:010:22:04

doing to raise money.

0:22:040:22:05

Details of how to get

in touch are on your screen.

0:22:050:22:10

And now a story which started life

as a documentary and ended up

0:22:110:22:14

as a West End musical.

0:22:140:22:16

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

follows the life of a gay teenager

0:22:160:22:19

growing up in an ex-mining town,

who decided he wanted to wear

0:22:190:22:22

a dress to his high school prom.

0:22:220:22:24

He had the full support

of his mother, but not

0:22:240:22:26

everyone was so accepting.

0:22:260:22:29

Wendy Hurrell has been speaking

to him, his mum and the actor

0:22:290:22:31

who plays him at the Apollo Theatre.

0:22:320:22:40

No haters please, no haters.

0:22:400:22:44

High school prom was the most

spectacular occasion Jamie

0:22:440:22:47

could think of to reveal his drag

queen alter ego, Fifi La True.

0:22:470:22:50

Close friends were supportive.

0:22:500:22:51

I'd give him a dance.

0:22:510:22:52

But he faced prejudice.

0:22:520:22:53

There was one particularly strong

comment from a parent

0:22:530:22:55

to the teachers, who initially

barred him from the party.

0:22:550:22:58

I know there's a lot

of insults you can get,

0:22:580:23:00

but the word "disgusting" to me hurt

the most that you could ever say.

0:23:000:23:03

But the reaction that

I got from my peers,

0:23:030:23:06

even the people who I wasn't really

friends with, came out

0:23:060:23:10

of the prom and said

if you don't let Jamie in,

0:23:100:23:12

we're not going in.

0:23:120:23:13

It was amazing.

0:23:130:23:19

Fairy tale fodder for a musical.

0:23:190:23:22

Everybody's Talking About Jamie has

travelled south from Sheffield

0:23:220:23:24

to the West End in London.

0:23:240:23:27

The front man of band

The Feeling wrote the music.

0:23:270:23:31

It's the story about a mum

and her son, and how

0:23:310:23:33

they support each other and get

on with each other.

0:23:330:23:36

It's about being 16,

getting to that age and trying

0:23:360:23:38

to figure out what kind of grown up

you're going to be.

0:23:380:23:43

It's our life, and to see it

being played out there

0:23:430:23:45

is like being in a tumble dryer,

to be honest!

0:23:450:23:49

They say it's been surreal to see

themselves on stage.

0:23:490:23:54

Odd too, for to the actors.

0:23:540:23:55

Every actor dreams of playing a real

person at some point,

0:23:550:23:58

but you always assumed it'd be some

sort of historical

0:23:580:24:00

figure who's long gone.

0:24:000:24:01

Not someone who's very

close to you in age

0:24:010:24:03

and who lives around

the corner from you!

0:24:030:24:05

LAUGHTER.

0:24:050:24:06

He lives in the same

area of London as me.

0:24:060:24:09

That's strange, but he seems

to be enjoying it so far,

0:24:090:24:11

and I think he's quite happy

with what I'm doing, so whew!

0:24:110:24:14

Jamie's tale was first told

on TV six years ago.

0:24:140:24:18

Progress has since been made.

0:24:180:24:19

The Church of England has offered

guidance to its schools that

0:24:190:24:22

children should be able to choose

whatever they like from

0:24:220:24:24

the dressing up box,

without being bullied or labelled.

0:24:240:24:29

You should be able to be yourself,

you shouldn't be put in a box.

0:24:290:24:32

Sometimes you're just outside that

box, and that's fine.

0:24:320:24:36

And who made the box anyway?

0:24:360:24:38

Exactly!

0:24:380:24:39

LAUGHTER.

0:24:390:24:40

Smash the box up!

0:24:400:24:41

Smash it up and throw it away.

0:24:410:24:42

Wendy Hurrell, BBC London News.

0:24:420:24:47

Now let's check on the weather

with Tomasz Schafernaker.

0:24:470:24:54

It's quite mild today actually for

winter. Mild but the sky wasn't

0:24:540:25:00

pretty. It was drizzly, dull,

gloomy, horrible.

0:25:000:25:03

pretty. It was drizzly, dull,

gloomy, horrible. We'll have none of

0:25:030:25:05

that and tomorrow we are in for a

much better day. We're going to get

0:25:050:25:09

rid of the gloom. It's still going

to hang around through this evening

0:25:090:25:13

and overnight but eventually over

the next couple of days the weather

0:25:130:25:16

is going to get a bit better. Today

it was a layer of grey, it was

0:25:160:25:22

really rubbish. 12 degrees today we

managed so relatively mild. Here's

0:25:220:25:29

the groom through this evening and

tonight and here is your blobs of

0:25:290:25:33

drizzle moving through the capital.

Temperatures around nine, 10

0:25:330:25:37

degrees. Not a lot of difference

this time of year in the temperature

0:25:370:25:42

between the day and the night.

Tomorrow you could already see

0:25:420:25:48

sunshine. That's because the breeze

is picking up. They are breaking up

0:25:480:25:53

a bit but sometime during the

afternoon we could see a spot of

0:25:530:25:56

frame. Those temperatures might get

up to 14 degrees -- spot of rain.

0:25:560:26:04

And then, as we head towards the end

of the week, we could be in for some

0:26:040:26:09

frost. Those temperatures will be

dipping away. After a frosty start

0:26:090:26:13

on Friday we've got a beautiful end

to the week on the way. Gorgeous

0:26:130:26:18

sparkling sunshine out there. White

winds as well. Double figure

0:26:180:26:24

temperatures for most of us. That

means after a clear and sunny day on

0:26:240:26:32

Friday, Friday night the stars are

out, beautiful weather, overnight,

0:26:320:26:38

but that means Saturday morning is

going to be on the net he I'd.

0:26:380:26:42

Here's the click into Sunday. --

Saturday morning is going to be on

0:26:420:26:50

the nippy side. After today it's

looking better.

0:26:500:26:54

Let's get a reminder

of tonight's main stories.

0:26:550:26:57

The army is now in control

in Zimbabwe after taking over

0:26:570:27:00

the state broadcaster.

0:27:000:27:01

Armoured vehicles are

on the streets, but the military

0:27:010:27:03

insists it is not a coup.

0:27:030:27:04

President Mugabe is reported

to be under house arrest.

0:27:040:27:07

The Foreign Secretary has

held his first meeting

0:27:070:27:08

with the husband of a Hampstead

mother detained in Iran.

0:27:080:27:11

Boris Johnson pledged to leave no

stone unturned in trying to free

0:27:110:27:14

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

0:27:140:27:17

Over-indulgent grandparents

may be harming their

0:27:170:27:18

grandchildren's health.

0:27:180:27:21

The Mayor has launched a campaign

to tackle the rise in knife crime.

0:27:210:27:24

Sadiq Khan is urging young people

not to carry a weapon

0:27:240:27:27

with a new social media message

saying "London Needs You Alive".

0:27:270:27:31

That's it.

0:27:320:27:33

I'll be back later during the 10

o'clock news, but for now

0:27:330:27:35

from everyone on the team

have a lovely evening.

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Goodbye.

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