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Still cold, George. Darren, thank

you. That's all from the BBC

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Tonight on BBC London News:

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The Met Police asks

for almost £40 million

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from the Government to pay

for the Grenfell Tower

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investigation.

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We have approximately 200 officers

that will be working on that over

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the next year. We don't think it is

reasonable for us to pick up those

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sort of costs.

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Scotland Yard also wants extra funds

to pay for policing last

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year's terror attacks.

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Also tonight:

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A 95-year-old woman walks free

from court after knocking down

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and killing a cemetery

worker in Maidenhead.

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Rain as have gone up, but passengers

face widespread disruption to their

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journeys because of a fresh wave of

strikes -- rain fares have gone up.

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The details from Waterloo.

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And we catch up with Michael Palin,

ahead of a special programme

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marking his life on screen.

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Good evening and welcome

to the programme.

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I'm Victoria Hollins.

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The Metropolitan Police has asked

the Government to pay

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almost £40 million for its

investigation into the fire

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at Grenfell Tower, in West London.

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Scotland Yard says it's one

of the biggest and most complex

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inquiries in the history

of the force.

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Around 200 officers are working

on the inquiry into the blaze,

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which claimed the lives

of 71 people.

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Our political correspondent,

Karl Mercer, reports.

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They are starting to cover

the remains of Grenfell tower.

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Sheeting now up around

half of the first eight

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floors of the building.

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The rest stands as a stark

reminder of what happened

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here nearly seven months ago.

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And the political fallout

from the fire continues.

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Grenfell led to one of the biggest

police investigations ever

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mounted by Scotland Yard,

with around 250 officers involved.

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Now Scotland yard has said

it needs help to pay.

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It's put in a big bill

to the Home Office, asking

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for £11.1 million to cover the cost

of the investigation this year.

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And a further £27

million for next year.

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It says it expects to have more

than 200 officers still on the case

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over the coming twelve months.

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We don't think that it is reasonable

for us to pick up those sort of full

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cost. As we know, that sort of

investigation will go on for some

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time.

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time.

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There are worries too that the Met

simply can't afford extra spending,

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as it's already having to make cuts.

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We are still absolutely facing

savings and cuts for London that we

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are very, very worried about. We are

really worried that police officer

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numbers going dip significantly

below the 2,000 if this continues.

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The police, though, aren't the only

emergency service facing

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a big bill in the wake

of the Grenfell disaster.

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London's Fire Brigade has

also seen costs rise.

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It's in the process

of buying new equipment.

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And in the wake of the fire,

its inspectors made 520

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visits last summer to check

the safety of other buildings.

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We learned today that 188 cases

in the capital failed

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the Government's cladding safety

test - more than the rest

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of the country put together.

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No wonder, then, that

London Assembly members

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were asking for government help

for the Fire Brigade too.

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Can you update us? Have you

exhausted all your conversations

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with government around any money

that they wish to allocate you?

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Politically mindful of what you

heard this morning from the police.

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It feels like the police are having

some success, then there is no

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reason why the Fire Service should

not have that same criteria relaxed.

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The Home Office told us today that:

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"Given the unique and tragic

circumstances of this event,

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we will consider any application

we receive for funding

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from the Metropolitan Police

as a matter of priority."

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Lots more to come, including:

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Calls to identify and support

expectant mothers suffering

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from mental health problems

during pregnancy.

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A 95-year-old woman who knocked down

and killed a man after mistaking

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the accelerator for the brake has

been given a suspended sentence.

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Gertrude Lister told police

that her car "just took off"

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as she tried to leave a cemetery

in Maidenhead on

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Valentine's Day last year.

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Joe Campbell reports.

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Gertrude Lister was

driven to court today.

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She's not got behind

the wheel since she killed cemetery

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worker Paul Mills and returned her

licence to the DVLA.

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A man escorting the 95-year-old

carried a suitcase.

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She'd been warned there was a very

real possibility she would be

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going straight from court to prison.

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Mrs Lister's barrister said

it was hard to think of more tragic

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circumstances than what happened

in this cemetery on Saint

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Valentine's Day last year.

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One moment, his client had been

tending her husband's grave.

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Just a few seconds later,

she was responsible for the death

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of somebody else's loved one.

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It was as she left the cemetery

that she hit the accelerator,

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rather than the brake.

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The car, rather than slowing down,

sped up, hit a verge

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and became airborne.

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It crashed through a hedge.

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Mr Mills was working

on the opposite side.

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He died in hospital less

than an hour later.

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The court heard so-called unintended

acceleration was a recognised factor

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in accidents like this,

especially involving automatic cars

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driven by elderly motorists.

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In actual fact, the over-70s

are statistically the safest group

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of drivers on our road, done by age,

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in terms of how many collisions

they have that cause injury.

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They're frail, so if they do have

one, they tend to be

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injured themselves.

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Events like this one, that

are tragic, as all these things are,

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are actually really unusual.

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Judge Paul Dugdale said these were

wholly exceptional circumstances.

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Gertrude Lister's mistake

in pressing the accelerator harder

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and harder, thinking

it was the brake, had had

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a devastating effect, he said,

on Paul Mills's family.

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As his widow, Tracey,

realised Mrs Lister wouldn't be

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going to prison today,

but her 16-month sentence

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was going to be suspended,

she stormed out of court.

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Mrs Lister herself left

without commenting.

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Joe Campbell, BBC London News.

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Strikes affecting three different

train operators serving London

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are set to go ahead next week

after talks stalled.

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The RMT union has a long-running

dispute over the role of train

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guards, which has led to a fresh

wave of strikes

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starting from Monday.

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Well, Marc Ashdown is at Waterloo

for us this evening,

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where some of the services

will be affected.

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Marc.

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Yes, Victoria, this is where the

biggest impact will be felt.

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Services run by South Western

Railway is out of Waterloo. That is

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because the RMT union has called a

series of 24 hour strikes for next

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week which will run on Monday,

Wednesday and Friday. South-western

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says they will still be able to run

about 70% of services, they hope,

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and that translates roughly two 450

trains out of here on each of those

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days being cancelled. This is about

the long-running row over the role

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of guards on trains. The RMT has a

line in the sand and it says a

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second safety grid, bar staff should

always be present on every surface.

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SWT said after talks this week, it

has promised that will happen, but

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the RMT says privately that is not

accompany it telling it and as far

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as it is concerned, the strikes will

go ahead next week, which is bad

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news for passengers around here.

I

see the point of modernisation, I

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can see the point by the union as

well, am annoyed by strikes because

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that says to me some idiot has not

done their job properly.

I am livid

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it. Coming into the New Year, 3% pay

rise and we are confronted with the

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same thing all over again.

I think

it is appalling. I'm not overjoyed

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about it, but I will try and work

from home to get about it because I

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have the flexibility to do that.

There will be other stations and

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routes affected by strikes next

week.

Yes, that is right. The same

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issue of the guards, but two

different operators. Greater Anglia

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guards will strike on Monday,

Wednesday and Friday affecting

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trains into and out of Liverpool

Street station. The company says it

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is disappointed, it bought talks

were constructed, but it will try

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and run a full service on those

days. And RMT members at Southern

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will go on a single 24 hour strike

on Monday to affect London Bridge,

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Victoria, Charing Cross and Cannon

Street. Southern describes the

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action as regrettable and says it

has invited the RMT back for talks

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but has not heard back, it thinks it

can run a 90% service. Monday night

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is the FA Cup match between Brighton

and Crystal Palace, so along with

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tens of thousands of football bands,

it could be tricky. The advice is to

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check before you travel, this is bad

news for the passengers, the biggest

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rise in train fares for five years

and now fresh disruption and

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frustration to their journeys.

Victoria. For now, thank you very

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much indeed.

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Wreckage from a seaplane

which crashed near Sydney,

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killing five members of a London

family and the pilot,

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has been recovered.

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The aircraft had been submerged

in more than 40 feet of water

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after coming down on New Year's Eve.

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It's emerged that the plane

was rebuilt after it was "destroyed"

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in a fatal incident more

than 20 years ago.

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Louisa Preston reports.

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The wreckage of the seaplane

should help to explain why

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a routine flight over Sydney,

its waterways and rugged bushlands

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bushlands ended in disaster

for a London family.

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The salvage operation

at Jerusalem Bay began

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shortly after dawn.

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Police divers used inflatable bags

to lift parts of the aircraft

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from the bottom of the Hawkesbury

River.

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One of the first pieces of the plane

to be recovered was a damaged wing,

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followed by the engine,

and the tail.

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By the time that the wreckage

was boarded on the barge,

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we saw that there was severe damage

to the plane.

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And it appeared that there had

been quite an impact

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on hitting the water.

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Tributes have been paid to the

family from Tooting who were killed

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in the crash.

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Tycoon Richard Cousins,

his two grown-up sons, his fiancee

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and her 11-year-old daughter.

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Crucial to the investigation

will be the aircraft's

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past history.

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We now know that the seaplane came

down in these waters

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20 years ago.

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We've got a range of factors

that we look at the folly

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we construct the sequence of events

that led up to the accident,

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and hopefully find factors that

contributed to the accident,

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with the ultimate goal of trying

to prevent something

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like this happening again.

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Air-crash investigators plan

to release their initial

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findings within a month,

but a full report could

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take up to a year.

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As part of our Leaving London

series, this week, we've been

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hearing from those who have decided

to turn

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their back on the capital.

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Tonight, two businesses who've

decided to relocate to Birmingham.

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Tolu Adeoye has been finding out

what the UK's second

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city has over London.

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London can be a pricey

place to do business.

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Expensive office space,

high business rates,

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soaring transport costs -

just three factors pushing some

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away from the capital.

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Many are choosing to move

to Birmingham, with more than 17,000

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new businesses registering

here in 2016, it has the largest

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economy of any UK regional city.

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We want to revolutionise access

to low-cost energy storage.

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Reusable battery company Celeron

is currently based in Hayes,

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but will move operations

to Birmingham this year.

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We have to think very

carefully about the cost

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of setting up both assembly and...

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Because we're making

things for our business.

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And also, the cost of actually

having office space.

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So we figured that it makes a lot

more sense to be setting up

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somewhere where it's cheaper,

which ultimately means

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that we have a higher chance

of success with our business.

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Tech business Oxygen

Finance has been based

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in Birmingham for 18 months.

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We've had a handful of people move

from London to Birmingham.

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A mixture with the team

that work remotely.

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But in that time, we've also

recruited 40 people.

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The company says relocating made

more than just business sense.

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The work-life balance,

so the commute is easier, shorter.

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There's a lot of investment that has

gone into Birmingham,

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so you get the same things that

you'd get in London, if not more.

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And also, you've got larger

organisations like HSBC

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and Deutsche Bank moving up.

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And with 6,000 technology

firms here, we all can't

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And with 6,000 technology firms

here, we all can't be wrong to pick

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this as our location to do business.

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Of course, Birmingham isn't the only

place tempting businesses

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away from the capital.

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Manchester's a great city.

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Leeds is a great city.

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And I can see the attraction.

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The short-term attraction.

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But the Chamber of Commerce says

London is still the best place

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to do business in the UK.

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We are a city of, what,

eight and a half million people,

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growing to ten million people.

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That is a big marketplace.

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So I think you have

to think very seriously

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before you decide that,

actually, for a small,

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short-term saving, perhaps in terms

of rents or cost of living,

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that you move out of what is a huge,

huge marketplace and a place

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where your company can grow.

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For some companies, though,

leaving London is worth the risk,

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to give their businesses every

chance of success.

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Tolu Adeoye, BBC London News.

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Still to come...

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There is a danger in these sort of

programmes that they sound a bit

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like obituaries!

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Celebrating a life on screen,

but Michael Palin has no plans

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to give up working any time soon.

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Post-natal depression

is a well known condition,

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but now a new report has found

that one in four women

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suffer from mental health

problems during pregnancy.

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The study by researchers

at Kings College London found that

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15% of those questioned suffered

from anxiety prior

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to giving birth

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while more than one in ten said

they experienced depresssion.

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while more than one in ten said

they experienced depression.

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In a moment we'll talk

to the report's author.

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First Frankie Mccamley has been

speaking to one woman

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about her experience.

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I mean I guess I didn't notice the

time I was feeling as wrong as I

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was, but during the first trimester

I had quite bad nausea and that made

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me feel quite ill. It was over the

summer as well so it wasn't ideal.

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The second trimester I was fine so I

thought it was a doddle, then in the

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third trimester I got panicky. I

went to dinner with friends and had

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to get out of the restaurant because

I felt I was trapped and needed air.

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When you were at your lowest, how

were you feeling?

My lowest was

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postnatally, I was feeling anxious

all the time and stopped sleeping. I

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tried sleeping pills but nothing

seemed to really work and it brought

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on a lot of anxiety, the same

symptoms as prenatally but much

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worse and that's what made me

realise I had had anxiety during

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pregnancy as well.

Looking back, do

you think you could have had more

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help and there could have been more

help out there available?

Definitely

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in the pregnancy bit it wasn't on my

radar at all. I did NCT classes,

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they are quite far through your

pregnancy, but this wasn't something

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they covered so just awareness that

it is something you could struggle

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with is really fundamental.

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Professor Louise Howard,

who wrote the report,

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was listening to that

and joins me now.

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Thank you for coming in. We heard

awareness is key for those who

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suffer with mental health problems,

how do the medical health

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practitioners pick up on these

problems in the first place?

The

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study has shown two simple screening

questions on low mood and lack of

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interest in things can be really

helpful in the context of a general

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discussion about emotional wellbeing

as well as physical wellbeing at any

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point in pregnancy, it can help

midwives, obstetricians and GPs

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identify women who may be

experiencing not only depression

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but, as our report highlights, other

conditions as well are also common

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in pregnancy.

You mentioned this one

in four figure we talked about, how

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easy is it to say this is because of

pregnancy or it is perhaps a

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pre-existing condition?

Yes, so a

lot of research suggests some women

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indeed have already experienced

symptoms for some time but this

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might be the first opportunity for

them to come into contact with a

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health professional is and actually

by being asked will start to realise

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this isn't normal. But for other

women it may be that the pregnancy

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itself has triggered the condition.

It may be a non-planned pregnancy,

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there might be a lack of social

sports, and it may be as a result of

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rape or partner abuse so there's

lots of reasons it might happen in

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pregnancy rather than being a

long-standing condition.

What are

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the implications of these problems

are not picked up during pregnancy?

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Baby -- may become chronic, but we

also know there is evidence that

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actually during pregnancy there can

be an impact on the pregnancy itself

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through a variety of mechanisms so

early identification and treatment

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is really important.

OK, we have to

leave it there. Thank you very much

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indeed.

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Now, her story been

described as a fairy tale -

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Michelle Lawrence from Catford

was a mum, working in the city

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and training as a body builder.

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In just six months she went from

novice competitor to world champion,

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winning her title in November.

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Our reporter Jim Wheble

went to meet her.

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It's an early start in Catford,

and the beginning of a long

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day for world champion

body-builder Michelle Lawrence.

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And ten minutes later,

she's in the gym.

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It's about finding balance really.

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Do this in the morning,

go to work, come home, repeat.

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A lot of people would say,

you call that balance?

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That is balance!

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Back home for six, breakfast

prepared, lunch and dinner prepared,

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all before the working

day even begins.

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But the real magic happens

here in the evening at Stone's

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gym in Thornton Heath.

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Five, often six days a week,

it's a training schedule that's made

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Michelle a world champion

in record time.

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To be invited to the finals,

the British finals,

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and win that as well,

I wasn't expecting.

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But then to go to Miami to compete

in the world finals,

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that was really, really,

just an amazing experience for me.

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And then you won it.

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I won it.

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This is Michelle before training got

serious just over a year ago,

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not even making the cut

in her first competition.

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Come on, come on, come on!

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Then along came Imla.

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Five, let's go!

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An expert muscle conditioner,

and six months later after intense

0:19:320:19:34

hard work, this happened.

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# The minute you walked

in the

0:19:390:19:42

joint, I could see... #.

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The winner at the world amateur

finals of the drug-free athletes'

0:19:440:19:47

coalition body-building competition,

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where even lie detectors

are used to stop the cheats.

0:19:500:20:00

With a final practice

or the all-important poses,

0:20:040:20:06

Michelle's training

day finally ends...

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Due to start all over again at 4:50

in the morning tomorrow.

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What an achievement!

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He has a reputation

for being a 'nice' man -

0:20:150:20:18

though his colleague John Cleese

will jokingly tell you different.

0:20:180:20:20

Michael Palin has enjoyed more than

half a century in the spotlight.

0:20:200:20:23

He's been a successful writer,

actor and presenter

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in film and television.

0:20:250:20:26

Now his career is the subject

of a documentary made

0:20:260:20:28

in association with BAFTA.

0:20:280:20:29

Wendy Hurrell been speaking to him.

0:20:290:20:32

Nobody expects the

Spanish Inquisition!

0:20:320:20:34

But prolonged questioning

is expected when promoting

0:20:340:20:36

a new documentary.

0:20:360:20:38

Michael Palin dashed around

New Broadcasting House this morning,

0:20:380:20:40

straight from Radio Four to us.

0:20:400:20:44

Me talking about me

talking about myself.

0:20:440:20:46

Absolute overindulgence!

0:20:460:20:49

There's a danger, I think,

in these sorts of programmes

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that they sound a bit

like obituaries, you know.

0:20:520:20:55

Your life on screen,

I think it's called.

0:20:550:20:57

Well, you know, I'm still alive

and hoping to carry on.

0:20:570:21:00

It's a bit like getting lifetime

awards, which I've had a very

0:21:000:21:03

nice one from BAFTA.

0:21:030:21:05

But that's it, you'd never get

a second lifetime award.

0:21:050:21:08

Anything you do from now on...

0:21:080:21:11

Anything you do from now on is just

spoiling the picture.

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Stop it!

0:21:140:21:15

Stop working!

0:21:150:21:16

And I'm not going to stop

working because I don't

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know what else I'd do.

0:21:180:21:24

The comedy writing and performances

came first, perhaps

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Monty Python the pinnacle.

0:21:260:21:28

Often the scripts were bashed

out in west London.

0:21:280:21:31

We were given a second series,

which no one quite expected,

0:21:310:21:34

and we went to Acton rehearsal rooms

and there was a woman sort

0:21:340:21:37

of cleaning her step.

0:21:370:21:42

She said, "Oh, not you lot!

0:21:420:21:44

Are you doing some more?"

0:21:440:21:45

I said, "Yes, we are,"

and she said, "Oh, dear."

0:21:450:21:47

And it's in the capital that

Michael Palin has lived

0:21:470:21:50

the majority of his life.

0:21:500:21:51

I like, in a sense, the size

and scale of London because you can

0:21:510:21:54

be absorbed into it.

0:21:540:21:55

It's not like living in a small

village where everyone is watching

0:21:550:21:58

and you're the central figure.

0:21:580:21:59

So I quite like that ability

to lose yourself in London.

0:21:590:22:03

Or lose yourself at sea -

part of the documentary features

0:22:030:22:05

Michael Palin's travel programmes,

a topic his old Python

0:22:050:22:08

mate John Cleese still

playfully jibes him about.

0:22:080:22:12

Whenever he talks about my

travel documentaries,

0:22:120:22:14

he always goes Michael's...

0:22:140:22:15

HE YAWNS.

0:22:150:22:17

He does that!

0:22:170:22:22

I wish he didn't but it does

make me roar with laughter

0:22:220:22:25

every time he does it.

0:22:250:22:26

Is there one particular thing

you're most proud of?

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Yes, it's the way I fell

into the loch after being hit

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by a fish by John Cleese

in the fish slapping dance.

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It's a rather good fall

if you freeze frame it,

0:22:340:22:37

there's a nice diagonal.

0:22:370:22:39

And keeping my pith helmet

on, the boots are on.

0:22:390:22:41

It's a very military fall.

0:22:410:22:42

It looks like it's

part of the ritual.

0:22:420:22:44

You're falling by numbers!

0:22:440:22:45

One, into the canal.

0:22:450:22:49

I'm going to check that

what you say is true!

0:22:490:22:52

Then you can reverse it,

which is rather lovely too.

0:22:520:22:54

It's quite balletic.

0:22:540:22:59

Michael Palin made a TV

entrance in the '60s

0:22:590:23:01

and whether as a writer,

actor or presenter,

0:23:010:23:03

he's not finished yet.

0:23:030:23:04

See his story so far

on BBC Two this Sunday.

0:23:040:23:11

Michael Palin: A Life on Screen

is on 9pm this Sunday on BBC Two.

0:23:110:23:21

One person has been injured and is

being treated for bruising after a

0:23:220:23:27

giant inflatable ball raised above

the centre of Oxford Circus became

0:23:270:23:30

untethered possibly due to high

winds. It's part of the Lumiere

0:23:300:23:40

London Festival. The council say

they are working with emergency

0:23:400:23:43

services to assess and manage the

situation. We are told the ball has

0:23:430:23:48

gone back up again, the roads have

reopened. This is the scene in the

0:23:480:23:52

area now, you can see the traffic is

moving, but it will be busy for some

0:23:520:23:57

time in the area.

0:23:570:23:59

Now the weather with

Sarah Keith-Lucas.

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And as

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And as we have just heard, very

windy.

0:24:040:24:06

The wind will gradually ease as we

had through tonight but we've had an

0:24:060:24:16

unsettled time recently. This was

sent in from Bromley earlier in the

0:24:160:24:20

day. As we move through this

evening, we will see windy

0:24:200:24:24

conditions over the next few hours,

you can see the proximity of the

0:24:240:24:28

isobars, and an approaching weather

front from the west set to bring

0:24:280:24:32

weather for the second half of the

night. Still pretty windy

0:24:320:24:36

conditions, later tonight we see the

arrival of some heavy squall a

0:24:360:24:40

showers with hail mixed in, then

during the early hours of Friday the

0:24:400:24:44

winds will fall lighter and it will

stay mild. Foremost, free. There

0:24:440:24:51

could be a touch of frost in rural

spots. The bit of a mixed day with

0:24:510:24:56

sunshine, still some showers moving

through on the breeze west to east,

0:24:560:25:00

perhaps on rain to the north of

London during the afternoon but many

0:25:000:25:04

seeing a good deal of dry weather

with temperatures around eight or 9

0:25:040:25:08

degrees. Slightly cooler than it has

been in the cooling trend, continues

0:25:080:25:14

into the weekend. Friday night set

to sea fog and mist developing too.

0:25:140:25:19

During the early hours of Saturday,

you can see the mist and fog around.

0:25:190:25:25

It stays fairly great throughout the

day with rain on the cards as well

0:25:250:25:28

but we will start to see brighter

spells lifting the mist and fog and

0:25:280:25:32

later in the day. Temperatures

pretty much what we have seen over

0:25:320:25:36

the last few days, perhaps a touch

caller at around seven or 8 degrees.

0:25:360:25:42

Then we see high pressure building

through the second half of the

0:25:420:25:46

weekend, across all of the country,

keeping the weather is dry and

0:25:460:25:50

settled. Sunday is set to be the

better day of the weekend, most

0:25:500:25:54

showers clearing awake and a return

to something more sunny, but colder

0:25:540:25:58

as

0:25:580:25:58

to something more sunny, but colder

as well.

0:25:580:26:01

A bit confusing, I have to say.

Thank you very much indeed.

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Tonight's main headlines now...

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The BBC understands that one

in eight patients taken to hospital

0:26:080:26:11

by ambulance in England so far

this winter has had to wait more

0:26:110:26:14

than half an hour to be

handed over to NHS staff.

0:26:140:26:16

The target is fifteen minutes.

0:26:160:26:18

One of the country's most prolific

sex offenders is to be released

0:26:180:26:20

from prison on licence.

0:26:210:26:22

John Warboys, who was known

as the "black cab rapist",

0:26:220:26:24

is thought to have committed dozens

of rapes and sexual assaults

0:26:240:26:27

on female passengers.

0:26:270:26:31

Scotland Yard has asked

the Government for almost

0:26:310:26:33

40 million towards the cost

of the investigation

0:26:330:26:35

into the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

0:26:350:26:38

The Met has also asked

for additional funds to help

0:26:380:26:41

policing following last

year's terror attacks.

0:26:410:26:45

A 95-year-old woman who knocked down

and killed a man at a cemetery

0:26:450:26:48

in Maidenhead after mistaking

the accelerator for the brake has

0:26:480:26:51

been given a suspended sentence.

0:26:510:26:56

And homelessness charities have

criticised the leader of the council

0:26:560:26:58

in Windsor for suggesting that rough

sleepers should be cleared

0:26:580:27:00

from the town before

the royal wedding in May.

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That's it.

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I'll be back later during the ten

o'clock news, but for now

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from everyone on the team

have a lovely evening.

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Goodbye.

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