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That's all from the BBC News at Six,

so it's goodbye from me

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Coming up on BBC London tonight.

so it's goodbye from me

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We reveal how it's not just

hospitals struggling this winter.

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One GP tells us - how NHS

London is in crisis.

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I think we are at a tipping

point at the moment,

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and the NHS is at a real crossroads.

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There's a real potential for a lot

of the services we provide

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to collapse or disappear for good.

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But despite the pressure, many

doctor's and Ambulance staff say,

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they're just about coping

- for now.

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Also tonight.

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Blood sucking parasites

in the heart of Parliament.

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How the corridors of power have been

infested with bed bugs.

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From the summer of Love to US

military testing, controversial new

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trials are planned after some claim

micro-doses of LST improve your

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brain function.

What I found is it

made me into a do it now, do it

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today kind of person and there

wasn't this potential to

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procrastinate.

And celebrating the

much maligned traffic light, how 150

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years and they are still bringing

London to a standstill to keep us

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moving.

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Good evening, I'm Asad Ahmad.

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First tonight, the winter crisis

facing the NHS in London.

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We've already heard how nationally

appointments and operations

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have been cancelled.

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Well, a London MP,

who's also a doctor,

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described conditions as the worst

she's ever seen.

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NHS bosses admit it's extremely busy

- but they say they're coping.

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It's not just hospitals feeling the

strain.

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Our health correspondent Karl Mercer

has been looking at the effect

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on the wider NHS in London -

including GP's surgeries

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and the Ambulance Service.

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So if it's OK, I'm just going to

check your blood pressure. January

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in the NHS.

How long has this been

happening for?

In the ambulance

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control room.

It was quite a

challenging day across the region

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yesterday.

And in the Winter War

room for London health bosses. While

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much of the focus is on hospitals,

it's in GP surgeries where 90% of

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patients are seen. This surgery in

Hammersmith is typical of those

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across the capital. Seeing plenty of

patients with chest infections.

It's

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still tiresome and I cannot walk

because I get so out of breath I

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have to stop.

Unfortunately if you

read the papers and watch the news

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you don't get a true picture of what

is going on. I think we are at a

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tipping point and the NHS is at a

crossroads. There's a real potential

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for a lot of the services we provide

to collapse or figured.

Towards the

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end of the week we will be reviewing

the staffing which is our real

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concern across the region...

The

London NHS bosses this is where they

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tried to tackle winter problems.

This team call around the capital's

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hospitals checking how they are

coping and if there's enough staff,

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if there are problems in emergency

departments. Many in the capital are

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urging patients to stay away unless

it's a real emergency. Sun planned

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operations will be cancelled.

If you

have an emergency I can reassure the

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public that the NHS in London is

coping well and you will be seen

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promptly. If you're a member of the

public and you've got an elective

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operation planned or an outpatient

operation planned and we have to

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cancel but I'd like to thank them

for their patience and reassure them

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will get their procedure done as

soon as we are able.

The other area

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I wanted to cover was ambulance

handover times.

For the first time a

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senior ambulance officer is in the

room with the team. It means the

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team back at ambulance control

should have more ambulances

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available to them, not stuck at

hospitals waiting to drop patients

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off.

We ask crews to go to an

emergency department that is less

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busy which gives a better experience

for patients in terms of waiting and

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also more importantly it allows us

to free up our ambulances so we can

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respond to emergency calls.

The NHS

does prepare hard for winter to

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manage its limited resources. But

these are the busiest and most

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challenging weeks of the year.

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Karl, we're often told the NHS can't

plan for how stretched it will be

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during the worst winter months -

is that actually the case?

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There is a limit. They don't know if

there are going to be flu outbreaks

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or how cold the weather is going to

be but they do plan very early.

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They'll be planning this winter from

way back last spring and will start

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away maybe in April for next year.

There are certain things they know.

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For example for every degree the

temperature drops they know there

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will be a 1% increase in the number

of people going into hospital. They

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know if there has been a cold snap,

the week after they expect more

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cardiac arrests and strokes. Two

weeks after that colds that they

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will see more chest complaints. They

can juggle resources quite quickly.

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I think most of the people will say

it doesn't matter how many plans you

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make you will need resources. Speak

privately to a lot of NHS managers

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and they will say we need more

resources.

Thank you.

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He time now is 6.34.

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Plenty more to come before

7pm, including this.

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We'll be speaking to the London

boxing champion fighting for the

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right to remain in the UK as the

Home Office seeks to deport him to

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Nigeria.

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The Mayor of London wants more

schools to take up his offer

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of free "knife wands" -

as part of his bid

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to cut knife crime.

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So far, only 70 schools

have signed-up to use

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the "portable metal detectors" -

paid for by City Hall.

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Here's our Education

Reporter, Marc Ashdown.

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This is all part of the Mayor's

major crackdown on knife crime,

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which he launched back in June.

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As part of that, all secondaries

were invited to apply for one

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of these knife wands.

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Now, this is what they look like,

similar to when you go

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through airport security.

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They can detect if someone

is carrying a metal

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object such as a knife.

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They give headteachers a bit more

leeway than knife arches to use them

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when they actually suspect a pupil

of carrying a knife,

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rather than just scanning all pupils

as they go into school.

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The Mayor's Office hopes it

will help convince young people

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they are in far more danger carrying

a knife than not.

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The headteachers I've

spoken to are very keen

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to ensure their schools

are safe places.

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If schools are safe places,

that's where children

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and young people can learn,

and they can achieve

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their aspirations and really

fulfil their talents and dreams.

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I do understand that some

schools may feel it might

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create a bit of a stigma,

but what I would say as a parent,

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and I'm a mother of four children,

is I want to know that the schools

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my children go to are safe.

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We've learned today that so far 70

schools in the capital have signed

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up for these knife wands.

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There are about 500 secondaries

in Greater London, so only

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about 15% of schools so far

will be using them.

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For heads, it's all

about perception.

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They don't want to be seen

to be too over-the-top,

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too heavy-handed, and scare parents.

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But there's a growing collective

feeling that some kind

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of action is needed.

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I think it's definitely not sending

out the message that

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schools are dangerous,

I think it's doing quite

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the reverse actually.

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It's reassuring parents that

when they send their child off

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to school, they are safe places,

but there's also additional security

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which reflects the modern times,

and that's at the discretion

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of the school or college leader

as to how that is deployed.

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I think parents are likely to think

this is a really good step forward.

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Sadly, four young men were killed

in London during the New Year's Eve

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celebrations this week.

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It means 80 people in total

were stabbed to death

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in the capital in 2017.

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The Mayor's crackdown isn't

without its critics,

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who say gangs hide weapons outside

school grounds and argue more should

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be done to tackle the root

causes of knife crime.

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But Sadiq Khan again described it

as "a scourge" this week,

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and vowed to bring the full force

of the law down on anyone caught

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using one for a crime.

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A champion boxer from north London,

who had hopes of fighting for Team

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GB, faces deportation back

to Nigeria - a country

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he left as a child.

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Bilal Fawaz says the Home Office has

"sabotaged" his life

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by never giving him a visa -

even though he was allowed

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to represent England in the ring.

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Chris Slegg is at the gym

where Fawaz trains -

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to speak to the man himself.

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Chris.

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This is Stonebridge boxing club

WebCam pot learnt many of the skills

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that turned him into an England

champion. It's also the gym where he

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was arrested by immigration

officials and held that a detention

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centre until yesterday when he was

released on bail. The Home Office is

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seeking to send him back to Nigeria

where he was born. We can speak to

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Bilal now. You've represented

England boxing but you're being told

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you can't stay here, how does that

make you feel?

It makes me feel

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hurt. Representing a country and

when you need help it hurts, I feel

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abandoned all over again.

Obviously

the Home Office has rules it has to

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apply. You arrived in London when

you are 14 but you were brought here

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illegally, do you accept that?

I was

brought here illegally. The Home

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Office knew my whereabouts so I came

as a minor, unaccompanied minor with

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somebody. I never knew anything

about the legalities and procedures

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about anything like that. Ever since

then I've always had an Appeal Court

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case going on so I've never been

illegal.

The Home Office also points

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out your criminal record. You have a

number of low-level convictions,

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driving without insurance,

possession of cannabis. Would you

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agree you haven't helped your case?

I haven't helped my case but the

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problem is a man isn't judged by

what he's done in the past but what

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he is trying to do to rectify what

he's done in the past. That's what

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I'm trying to do, all I wanted a

second chance. I've never robbed a

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bank, I don't want to kill anyone,

I've never raped they let people

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like that in the country. I am not a

criminal, I was a naughty child. I

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was a naughty kid.

The Home Office

have given us a statement today,

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there is no deadline for when this

case could be resolved. Bilal

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remains in limbo until that point.

The Home Office points out an

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independent immigration judge is

hearing the case. They say a

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condition of his bail is he must

report to the Home Office readily

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and beyond that they say they can't

comment, as the case continues.

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STUDIO: Pranking. -- thank you.

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Thieves have stolen almost

£1,000 from a woman

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in a bank queue in Barking.

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One suspect distracted the victim

with a conversation, whilst other

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gang members took almost £1,000

from her bag.

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Police want the public

to help identify the trio

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in these CCTV pictures.

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Homeless families in London claim

they're being pressured

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to accept offers of housing

outside the capital.

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So, BBC London visited a family

who had to spend Christmas

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and New Year in a hotel,

because they refused to accept

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an offer to move to Essex.

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A housing lawyer says

the current lack of

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affordable social housing

here is contributing to the crisis,

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as Chris Rogers reports.

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Since September, this tiny hotel

room has been home to Naomi,

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her mother, two sisters

and her baby boy.

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The family have been living in hotel

rooms like for three years.

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The cameraman is on one bed,

I am on the second,

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you are on the third.

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I mean, there is hardly any...

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Room to move.

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I don't know how you live like this.

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We literally live

on top of each other.

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The total family income just

about covers the £400 a week

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charge for this room.

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Despite eviction and job

losses in the family,

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their local council only agree

to save them from homelessness

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when baby Taylor was born.

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You know what people

are going to say, they're

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going to say when you're in this

situation why expand the family?

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They said that, well,

the only way we'd become a priority

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is if one of us got pregnant,

if we were disabled or if we've

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just come out of prison.

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So I can understand that,

but I mean, at the same time,

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I'm of the mindset that

being in the situation,

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I've still got to live my life.

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This East End born and bred

family were offered social

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housing in Southend,

42 miles away from their part-time

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jobs and community.

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If we have the financial backing

behind it, and the job,

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the two main things,

then no problem, we could go

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and move to Southend.

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There would be no problem.

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Naomi has launched a legal challenge

against Barking and Dagenham council

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to rehouse them in east London.

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The council told us...

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The consequence of the family

refusing to move to Southend

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means their duty to help ends.

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London councils have long been

accused of social cleansing,

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forcing the homeless,

the poor and those on low

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incomes out of London,

allowing the wealthier,

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middle and upper-class families

to move into areas that have long

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been impoverished and run down.

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Up to 2000 families in temporary

accommodation are uprooted

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from their communities every year,

some hundreds of miles away.

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London Councils, which represents

all our local authorities,

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blame a lack of affordable housing,

and told us a majority

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of the placements are

on the capital's borders.

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But local authorities are legally

obliged to rehouse homeless families

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in or close to their borough.

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I think that dramatic steps have

to be taken to create a stock

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of affordable social housing.

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There is the argument,

and some people argue

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this very passionately,

that if you are reliant on the state

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you live where you're told to live.

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Well, that's good enough in part,

but there's plenty of cases

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of households who are working

in London, who are going out, paying

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taxes, working as care assistants,

teaching assistants.

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The glue that pulls

our society together.

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The reality for more than 50,000

homeless families in London is live

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like this or face moving out

of the capital.

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Chris Rogers, BBC London News.

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It's Wednesday, 3rd January

and you're watching BBC

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London News on BBC One.

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If you've just joined us, welcome.

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This is what's still to come.

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Blood sucking parasites

in the heart of Parliament.

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How the corridors of power have been

infested with bed bugs.

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And celebrating the much

maligned traffic light.

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How 150 years on they're

still bringing

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London to a standstill -

to keep us moving.

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If you think of the drug LSD,

the heyday of '60s counter culture

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might spring to mind -

complete with free

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love and long hair.

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But now "micro dosing

kits" like this

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are available on the internet -

which allows tiny amounts

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of the drug to be taken.

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Even though LSD is a Class A drug -

with a seven years jail sentence -

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some Londoners are openly admitting

to using it in "micro doses".

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They claim it improves

"concentration and creativity"

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and so Imperial College London,

is hoping to carry out clinical

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research on any benefits or dangers.

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Katharine Carpenter reports.

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Their recreational use exploded

in the swinging '60s, but western

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science had had an interest

in psychedelic drugs for

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decades before.

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They were used in

psychiatric medicine.

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After receiving

a small doze of LSD...

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And the CIA conducted mind-control

experiments with hallucinogenics.

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Now, scientists in London

are hoping to carry out a new

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study of psychedelics, because of

what is known as micro-dosing.

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Micro-dosing is taking

a very small dose of

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a psychedelic such as LSD

or

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magic mushrooms with the aim of

boosting creativity and productivity

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or mood.

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So it doesn't give you a full

recreational experience.

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It keeps you engaged

and relatively sober,

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but it helps you work better

and more productively.

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That is the theory anyway.

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Rosalin tried it for a month

in 2016 with a substance

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she said was legal at the time.

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What I found was that

it made me into a

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kind of do it now, do it today kind

of person and there wasn't this

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potential to procrastinate

and put off tasks.

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I had just started a new job

and I was going through some

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anxieties in my personal life and it

really made me able to kind of

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put those behind me.

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Even though micro-dosing

with these substances is

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illegal, selling kits online showing

users how to measure and

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test drugs isn't -

this one's on sale for around £20.

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But opponents say micro-dosing

it irresponsible -

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not only could it land you in jail,

there is always the risk that you

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will get the dose wrong and it

could have serious side effects.

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Drug policy campaigners,

the Beckley Foundation have

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researched LSD's effect

on the brain before.

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They say we shouldn't

dismiss micro-dosing

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and are teaming up again

with Imperial College London

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to study 20 users in the world's

first

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lab-controlled experiment.

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We're looking at whether

micro-dosing with

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LSD can reduce the symptoms

of depression and anxiety.

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One of the arguments

is going to be that you

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are basically encouraging people

to do something illegal.

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Well, we don't wish

to encourage anyone to do

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anything illegal.

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All we are doing is reacting

to the reality that many

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people are micro-dosing currently,

taking a Class A substance

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with very little understanding

of its relative harms and benefits.

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So we're doing front line

science to really find

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out what those harms

and

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benefits really are.

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The study still needs funding

and ethical approval, with

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the use of psychedelics

as controversial as ever.

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The mother of all parliaments has

experienced the mother

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of all 'bed bug infestations'.

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A Pest Control expert says

the parliamentary parasites

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had become resistant

to certain pesticides.

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Sarah Harris reports.

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In the corridors of power lurk

parasites, intent on sucking

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blood to stay alive.

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That's not a metaphor,

for these are the culprits.

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Bedbugs.

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Happy to live in chairs where humans

stay seated for hours on end,

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waiting for an opportunity to bite.

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This London pest expert says

an attempt to eradicate the outbreak

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from Parliament has failed.

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We've had a number of clients

where they've been repeatedly

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introducing bedbugs to their home,

we can get it clear

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for a couple of weeks,

then the problem comes back.

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So we started talking to people,

how do you travel to work,

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where do you work, where do

you visit on a regular basis?

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And a large number of people

were connected with the Houses

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of Parliament in Westminster.

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Staff in Parliament who suspect

they been bitten have been advised

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to refer to the NHS website.

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Bedbugs aren't dangerous,

and don't spread diseases,

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but can cause itchy red bumps

on the skin.

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In a statement, a Parliamentary

spokesperson confirmed

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that there had been a bed bug

outbreak within the Parliamentary

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estate in a number of places.

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They said an investigation had shown

it had been brought in from outside

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and hadn't originated here,

and that appropriate

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action is being taken.

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They also said they are monitoring

the rest of the estate to make

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sure it hasn't spread.

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Some companies use heat treatments

to eradicate the bugs.

0:20:220:20:24

They also strip back chairs

and sofas to make sure the parasites

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haven't made their home

hidden in upholstery.

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The problem with chemical

treatments, they say,

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is that they don't always work.

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I think with any pest species,

there's always going to be some kind

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of immunity to whatever chemical

or rodenticide you're

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going to use against them.

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So, over time, you're going to have

to upgrade to something different.

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The size of the Parliamentary estate

makes treatment difficult,

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on top of any chemical resistance

the bugs have built up.

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Some experts say only by making

the parasites a notifiable pest

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will they be eradicated long-term.

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And tonight a Parliamentary

spokesman told us the outbreak has

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now been brought under control.

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Traffic lights.

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They've been bringing us

to a standstill in order

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to keep London moving.

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Well, the world's first traffic

lights was here in the capital

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and that was a 150

years ago this year.

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Of course they've changed

a bit since then,

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but where exactly was

that first one?

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That's the type of information our

Transport Correspondent,

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Tom Edwards has.

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Tom.

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Yes it was here on Parliament

Square. I want to show you some

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hidden history. If you look up on

the side of this building you might

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be able to make out a plaque, this

says this is the place where the

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world's first traffic lights were

erected in 1868. In traffic light

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terms, this is where it all began.

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This is the world's first street

semaphore, or traffic light.

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Gas powered, it used signals

to direct horse-drawn

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carriages outside Parliament.

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Unfortunately it exploded, injuring

a police officer, and was scrapped.

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And it wasn't until 60 years later

with the rise of the motor vehicle,

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congestion was an issue even then,

that London got its first

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electric traffic lights.

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This is the same junction

where in 1925 those first electric

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traffic lights were installed,

and there are now 6,300

0:22:420:22:44

of them in the capital.

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ARCHIVE:

Representing

the City of Westminster,

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I inaugurate this new traffic

system of signals...

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Electric traffic

lights quickly spread.

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This was Trafalgar Square

ten years later.

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Not everyone is a fan.

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Sometimes you'd be stuck at a light

for a certain amount of time.

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A week later you go there,

there are roadworks down the line,

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you get caught even longer at them.

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Go to the one at Ludgate Circus,

count how long you're

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at those lights for.

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Are they a necessary evil, though?

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What's the answer?

0:23:110:23:13

Get someone that knows

what they're doing, TfL.

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There's nothing we can do, is there?

0:23:160:23:18

Just got to put up with it.

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There's too many

lights, aren't there?

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Is there?

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Yeah.

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TfL, though, say that over half

of the lights are now automatically

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controlled by a central computer,

and they reduce congestion

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and smooth traffic flow.

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About 4,500 are smart

traffic lights.

0:23:390:23:40

They use detectors in the road

to take information back

0:23:400:23:43

to a central computer,

which then channels that

0:23:430:23:45

through an algorithm to decide how

much green time different traffic

0:23:450:23:47

signals get, and link signals

together to ensure you get

0:23:470:23:50

progression along the road.

0:23:500:23:51

So traffic lights are here to stay,

and as a way of controlling

0:23:510:23:54

the roads, it all began in London.

0:23:540:24:00

The actual anniversary is on

December 8th. I'm told there may be

0:24:000:24:06

events planned here to mark the

occasion!

A traffic light event for

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December. That is one to put in your

diary!

0:24:100:24:16

Time for the weather now,

and Storm Eleanor has been causing

0:24:160:24:19

havoc across the country.

0:24:190:24:20

Tomasz Schafernaker joins me now -

and by and large London

0:24:200:24:22

escaped the worst of it?

0:24:220:24:24

escaped the worst of it?

0:24:240:24:25

In the last ten years or so we have

had half a dozen of these occasions.

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But big enough to blow some big

chunks off buildings. Let me

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showious think. Landing on a car.

Imagine that falling on somebody's

0:24:400:24:45

head. Thankfully it didn't. It is

all about cars. It happened to me a

0:24:450:24:52

few years ago. Another tree here,

this is in Kilburn. A tree fell on a

0:24:520:24:58

car. Another one as well, this is in

Harrow. Another tree. A big tree

0:24:580:25:05

falling across the roads. It

surprises me that we didn't get any

0:25:050:25:11

injuries in the capital itself.

Because these were serious winds.

0:25:110:25:15

How strong were the winds? Well one

was 73mph. Around the coastal areas,

0:25:150:25:28

such as Brighton getting something

like that nearly every other winter.

0:25:280:25:33

But in London, pretty windy.

Tomorrow, a damp start, the

0:25:330:25:37

afternoon is looking brighter. The

winds will freshen, but thankfully

0:25:370:25:41

nothing like what we have had. Clear

skies tonight and still a breeze.

0:25:410:25:46

But the winds will die away. The

rain comes back and the winds will

0:25:460:25:52

freshen again. For the early risers

it is soggy and cold at 6 degrees to

0:25:520:25:57

start the day. The winds will be

picking up a bit through the day.

0:25:570:26:02

And it will turn milder. By the

afternoon temperatures will be in

0:26:020:26:07

the teens. But the winds, 20mph, you

usually double that for the gusts in

0:26:070:26:12

London. So we could get gusts of

40mph. So it is blustery in the

0:26:120:26:18

afternoon. 13 degrees there in

central London. Here is Friday's

0:26:180:26:24

forecast, a real mess. You're

probably thinking it looks like a

0:26:240:26:28

Picasso! A lot of weather fronts and

a lot of wind on the south coast.

0:26:280:26:34

Some of the wind will move inland.

So blustery on Friday. With some

0:26:340:26:38

showers. Friday is the last day of

this unsettled turbulent weather.

0:26:380:26:49

After Friday the weather will turn

colder. We will have to get out the

0:26:490:26:53

thick coats. Easterly winds and down

to five or six degrees by Sunday.

0:26:530:26:58

Thank you.

0:26:580:27:02

Let's now take our usual look

at the main stories making the BBC

0:27:020:27:06

news headlines this Wednesday,

the 3rd of January.

0:27:060:27:07

More than 50,000 people in England

could face delays in treatment

0:27:070:27:10

to allow the NHS to deal

with the most urgent cases.

0:27:100:27:13

Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt,

has apologised to people who've

0:27:130:27:15

had their non-urgent operations

cancelled.

0:27:150:27:20

Storm Eleanor has brought

winds of up to 100mph -

0:27:200:27:22

leaving thousands of homes

without power and

0:27:220:27:24

disruption to motorists.

0:27:240:27:28

That's it.

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I hope you've enjoyed the programme.

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We've enjoyed working for you -

and we'll do it again

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at 10.30 tonight.

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