29/12/2017 London News


29/12/2017

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we are back with the late news

at nine o'clock -

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now on BBC One it's time

for the news where you are.

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Good evening and welcome

to BBC London News.

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I'm Claudia-Liza Armah.

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With hundreds of thousands

of people heading

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into central London for this year's

New Year Eve celebrations,

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the Met police has confirmed

there will be additional armed

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officers on patrol.

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The enhanced security comes

after a review following this

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year's terror attacks.

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And it's not just Scotland Yard,

the London Ambulance Service is also

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preparing for its busiest night

of the year.

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With the latest, let's speak

to Frankie McCamley,

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who is on Embankment tonight.

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Security being ramped up for Sunday

night's celebrations.

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Yes, absolutely. We've seen barriers

being put awe longside the pavements

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-- alongside the pavements. We've

been speaking to police who say

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there will be extra armed officers

out for Sunday night's fireworks,

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which takes place on barges in the

middle of the Thames. It's not just

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a big operation for the event

organisers. It's also a huge amount

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of planning for security and

emergency services, who have spent

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months planning for Sunday.

Last year's fireworks display,

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watched by thousands in the capital,

all lining the Thames to take in the

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sights and sounds. It's one of the

biggest events of the year, with

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preparations well under way. But

with so many descending on one area,

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security needs to be stepped up.

This year, police say a number of

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protection measures are being put in

place.

What people see as they come

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into the footprint, they will see an

effective search and secure regime.

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They'll see physical barriers. They

will see uniformed police officers.

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They will see visible uniformed

private security contractors. What

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they won't see is a number of covert

resources that are also working

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alongside us to keep this event

safe.

The Met says it's learned

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lesson that's year, following four

major terror incidents in the city,

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which left 14 people dead and dozens

more injured. Elsewhere, other

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emergency services are stepping

things up for the big event. For

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London Ambulance service, New Year's

Eve is the busiest night of the

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year. Dozens of extra staff are

going to be on shift in this call

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centre. Tear expecting to take

around 2,000 extra calls.

Everybody

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likes to party on New Year's Eve.

Simple

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We want you to be healthy. We want

you to have a great night, not a

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night in the back of an ambulance or

emergency department.

For those

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needing medical help attending the

display, the advice is not to call

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999 and find one of nine St John

Ambulance treatment centres in the

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area, including one at Westminster

Abbey, another an embankment station

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and although police say they have no

intelligence of a planned attack,

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people are being urged to stay

vigilant but most importantly, enjoy

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the show.

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A three-year-old has been seriously

injured in a collision

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with a car in north London.

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The boy was hurt while

walking on Shoot-Up-Hill

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in Cricklewood around 3pm yesterday.

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He is currently in a serious

but stable condition in hospital.

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The Met's Serious

Collision Investigation

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is appealing for witnesses.

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The driver did stop at the scene

but no arrests have been made.

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An investigation into how

Surrey Police handled allegations

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of sexual offences by Jimmy Savile

has concluded the Force

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did act appropriately.

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The police watchdog had been asked

to look into whether officers

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took statements made

by several victims seriously.

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They had told detectives the TV

entertainer had abused girls

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at Duncroft School in Staines

during the 1970s.

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Surrey Police says it accepts

there are things which should have

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been done differently in its 2007

investigation and has

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since implemented changes.

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Heartbroken friends of a woman found

murdered in North London have

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described her as a kind,

fun and life-loving person.

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The body of Uliana Tudos

was found yesterday

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afternoon in Finsbury Park.

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Police believe the 22-year-old,

who was also known as Julie,

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was murdered on Christmas Eve.

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Ayshea Buksh is at the

scene for us tonight.

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And Ayshea, we're finding

out more about Julie?

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Yes, that's right. Much of this park

has been closed for the past few

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days as police forensics search for

clues. Her body was found here.

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She'd been murdered a few days ago.

Police believe, it was found near an

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out building in a part of the park.

Postmortem has shown she was stabbed

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in the stomach and sustained a head

injury. Police believe the last time

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she had been seen alive was when she

finished her shift at a local pub in

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Camden on Christmas eve. She then

was due to come home to her flat

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near here in Finsbury Park and then

go on to friends in Enfield for

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Christmas Day. But she never

arrived. Police are ear to speak to

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anyone who may have any information

about what happened.

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We're doing typically house-to-house

inquiries. We're working closely

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with homicide command. Our focus

here as well is to engage with the

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community and try and reassure them

about this is such a rare case and

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they need to go about their

business, just be aware of their

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environment and if they have any -

you know come across suspicious

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incidents please contact us.

Flowers laid here by friends, here

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at the park, describe her as a kind

and friendly soul. Anyone with any

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information should contact the

police on 101 or 0le 00, 555 111. So

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far no arrests have been made.

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Much of the Home Counties was under

a weather warning today

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for strong winds and heavy rain.

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Parts of Surrey have been submerged,

as you can see from these pictures.

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A bridge just outside

Oxted has been flooded,

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trapping one driver,

who had to be towed.

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While a large van overturned

following a crash on the M25

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between Junction 8 and 9

near Reigate, causing long delays.

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Staying with the weather,

and I'm afraid to say

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there is more rain on the way.

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Here's the forecast

with Elizabeth Rizzini.

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Hello, good evening. There were

brighter spells around at times

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today. But a lot of wet weather too.

There's more rain in the forecast

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over the course of the weekend. Most

of this rain will fall by night.

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It's not a bad looking weekend of

weather. Certainly it's mild for

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this time of year. Now overnight

tonight, temperatures drop away at

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first and we'll see clear skies for

a time. The cloud amounts will

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increase, then we get the rain

sweeping in from the south-west.

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Some of it is heavy at times. Mostly

clearing into tomorrow morning and a

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mild start to the day. Nine or ten

degrees Celsius. Bit of a damp start

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for north-eastern Home Counties.

That cloud should clear and we'll

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get brighter spells developing. The

best of the sunshine tomorrow,

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probably towards northern Home

Counties. But it will feel mild,

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highs of 13 Celsius. A brisk

westerly wind blowing. Breezy

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throughout. Clouding over by the end

of the day. Wet and windy on

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Saturday night.

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