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Thank you.

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That's all from the BBC News at Six,

so it's goodbye from me -

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Tonight on BBC London News:

so it's goodbye from me -

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A primary school backs down

from a ban on hijabs

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after campaigners branded the policy

Islamaphobic.

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Everybody has a freedom, a basic

right to have what they believe and

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what they practice, what they are

doing.

So they should be allowed to

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wear it?

It is all about the

parents. It should be allowed.

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We'll also hear from those

who support the school's

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decision to ban hijabs.

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Also tonight:

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A rape case against a student

is dropped after two years.

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Surrey police admits

it made mistakes.

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How taxpayers in Slough will pay

millions to improve fire

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safety in this privately

owned tower block.

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A joy ride of sorts

for Wendy as the O2

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is transformed for stunt drivers.

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Good evening and welcome

to the programme.

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I'm Victoria Hollins.

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First tonight, a headteacher

has backed down

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from a ban on hijabs in her east

London primary school.

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It follows a growing

campaign which branded

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the policy as Islamaphobic.

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St Stephen's in Upton Park recently

introduced restrictions on girls

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wearing the head scarf.

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The school said the move was to help

Muslim children integrate

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into British society.

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But now that decision has been

reversed, after parents demanded

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the right to dress their children

in a traditional way.

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Here's our Education

Reporter, Marc Ashdown.

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The hijab is an important part of

the Muslim faith, worn by some women

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as a symbol of privacy and modesty,

but is it appropriate for young

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children to wear it to school? The

government leaves it to individual

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schools to set uniform policy and

last week this primary in east

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London band children under eight

from wearing the hijab, which has

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split opinion among parents.

This

school has exceeded in their

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curriculum and it was not banned at

that time, so that means the hijab

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is not a problem. Why is it a

problem?

It is all about the

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parents. It should be allowed, it

should not be banned.

It depends on

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their wish. If they want to wear a

hijab, it's OK. We don't force them.

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At eight, is it too small?

This is

not the age, eight years, not the

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age.

The headteacher has also banned

children from fasting during

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Ramadan.

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But the community seems to disagree.

A campaign has sprung up to overturn

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the ban. A petition currently has

20,000 signatures. There has been a

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further twist. At the end of the

school day, parents are arriving to

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pick-up their children and the chair

of governors has just tendered his

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resignation. He sent us the e-mail

and in it he says, I wish them

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success and I am sorry if my actions

have caused harm to the reputation

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of this fantastic school. The school

told us the uniform policy is based

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on the health, safety and welfare of

the children and they will continue

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to review the policy, working with

parents.

Nobody is forced to wear

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their hijab. Parents have the

choice. In the school, many children

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of Muslim faith do not wear their

hijab. Our main concern here was

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that we don't want to lose the right

of choice from our children, to lose

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their identity.

But some warn that

there are those who view it very

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differently.

We believe it is an

imposition made by fundamentalists

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and religious ultraconservatives who

want to control young women and

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girls. Their rationale is a very

dangerous one.

Ofsted is currently

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consulting on religious garments in

schools and will then publish

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guidance, which feels overdue.

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Marc joins me.

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So, a sensitive topic and not just

at this east London school.

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You do feel for this school. They

find themselves at the centre of

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this debate which affects hundreds

of schools across London, not just

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them. They are at odds with their

community and they have not handled

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it well, especially the way they

consulted before the decision. The

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statement does not explicitly say

it, but it does appear that they are

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now going to allow girls of all ages

to wear their hijab. That could have

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wider implications. A source at

Ofsted told me they support schools

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in deciding uniform policy, but they

would be concerned if community

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pressure pushed them another way.

They are consulting on the future of

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all this and this might act as a

cautionary tale. Things have gone

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pretty badly wrong, so the

government and Ofsted need to tread

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carefully and take notes for when

they introduce guidance for schools,

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but also about how they communicate

it across the education world which,

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let's face it, has various voices

and often loudly shared opinions.

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Thanks.

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Lots more to come, including:

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The Londoner fitted

with an artificial heart

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which she carries on her back.

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Yesterday we reported how residents

of a privately-owned

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tower block in Croydon

were being forced to pay for fire

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safety improvements.

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Now this programme has learnt that

council tax payers in Slough

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are to foot the bill for similar

work on a private block of flats.

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Around £4 million is needed to fit

new cladding and the council

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has agreed to cover the cost,

as Caroline Davies reports.

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Put a fire alarm here.

New alarms

and patch tests, just some of the

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changes in this flat since the

council found out the cladding on

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his building was flammable.

Many

people moved away because of the

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cladding issue, seeing the tragedy

in London. It's hard to be living in

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this location. It's been really hard

but we pray nothing happens.

The

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underground car park has been

closed, the lights in the balconies

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have been turned off, and a fire

crew paid for by the council have

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been permanently stationed outside,

as well as fire wardens paid for by

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a service charge. Now, the council

have decided to buy a company that

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owns the block and do the work

themselves.

It has taken too long

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for the company to decide what they

can do. It has been five months and

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they have not made any efforts. For

the safety of the residents, it is a

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difficult decision, but we had to

make a decision.

Some people say you

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are bailing out a private company.

Of course not, but somebody had to

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do something to make sure of the

safety of the residents.

The council

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say they hope to get some of the

money back in the long run, possibly

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through the leaseholders and also

working with the freeholders. The

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freeholders are a company who say it

is the leaseholders' responsible

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TTIP pay for the works and they are

following government advice on

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keeping the residents safe and

pursuing an insurance claim to cover

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the works. Add up to £4 million to

do the work on the whole block, it

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is a lot of money.

It has been good

of the council to cover but it is

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public money being spent and the

freeholders walking away scot-free,

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and I don't think there should be

the case.

The take older has not

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happened yet, and like other

renters, he does not intend to stay.

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They are unsafe conditions. With a

small kid of three years, I don't

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plan to continue.

You might be able

to see the block behind me and you

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might even be able to tell that some

of the lights are off, the balcony

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lights, which have been switched off

because they are so close to the

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cladding which is considered a fire

risk. We covered the situation in

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Croydon yesterday and we are in

Slough today. The situation of

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cladding is happening across London

and the UK. We asked the government

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who should be paying. They told us

they don't want to see private

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landlords passing the cost of

essential cladding work onto the

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leaseholders. That might seem simple

but we also spoke to the freeholders

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of this property. They said they

have contracts with the leaseholders

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and they believe the leaseholders

have to pay. You can see how the

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situation can get sticky and slow.

Labour have asked for the government

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to clarify if they are going to

enforce anything. You can imagine

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they are not the only ones asking.

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Surrey Police has admitted it made

mistakes when it investigated

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a rape allegation against a student

from Oxford University.

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The Crown Prosecution Service

dropped charges against

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19-year-old Oliver Mears more

than two years after his arrest

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and just days before

the trial was due to start.

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Here's Ayshea Buksh.

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He was a chemistry student from

Oxford University from Hawley in

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Surrey, and at 17 years old, Oliver

Mears was accused of rape. That was

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two years ago and today the case

against him was dropped. It is the

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fourth such case in four weeks and

has prompted another review of how

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rape cases are handled.

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So why did the trial collapse?

Surrey Police has admitted it did

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not examine his alleged victim's

diary and digital me. The Crown

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Prosecution Service has also been

criticised for delays in the

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investigation. It is the fourth such

case to be dropped in the last few

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weeks. Liam Allen was cleared in

December of multiple counts of rape.

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Another young man, also accused of

child rape, had his case dropped.

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And earlier this week, a man was

cleared when images of him in bed

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with his alleged victim were

discovered on his phone. It has led

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the Met Police to undertake a review

of rape cases, and Surrey Police,

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which investigated the Oliver Mears

case, has said they will do the

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same. But some women's groups

believe the entire system needs a

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drastic overhaul.

I know there will

be some cases where the system does

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not support the defendant. And I am

sure everyone is working hard to

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identify those. What I know is that

we have hundreds and hundreds of

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women coming to us who have

experienced rape and sexual abuse,

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who are traumatised and live with

the trauma year in, year out.

Oliver

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Mears must now rebuild his life. His

family said they were delighted at

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the result. Yesterday, the Director

of Public Prosecutions spoke to the

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BBC after meeting with senior police

officers and barristers to talk

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about this issue. She said the

problem recently as around the ever

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increasing use of social media and

all of the digital we obtain. She

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said police are obliged to pursue

all reasonable lines of enquiry but

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that does not mean going into every

avenue of your life. Surrey Police

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also said they will work with the

CPS to conduct a joint review of the

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Oliver Mears case, and they will be

reviewing all current rape cases to

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ensure allegations and

investigations are Farrelly

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investigated, timely, effective and

compliant with policy and

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guidelines. -- thoroughly

investigated.

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If you're disabled,

use a pushchair or have

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any mobility problems,

negotiating stairs or escalators

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at Tube stations can

pose huge problems.

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Today transport bosses announced

a multi-million pound plan

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to address that issue.

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It's all part of the drive

to improve accessibility

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on the Underground network.

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Here's our Transport

Correspondent Tom Edwards.

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For most travellers,

stairs are just part

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of the daily commute.

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For others, like Valerie, steps

are a big barrier to using the Tube.

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Too many stairs, often

two or three flights.

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Like Oxford Circus, at least two

flights of stairs to go up.

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Lots of people, if you've

got bags and luggage,

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it's very difficult.

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Today, it was announced a further 13

Tube stations will go step-free,

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among them, Northolt in north-west

London, where they will get a lift.

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In total, it will cost £200 million.

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Here at Northolt, it will be a lift

solution to improve access ability

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from the streets down

to the platform.

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Other stations, depending

on the environment of the station,

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sometimes it is a ramp solution,

which is a simpler install

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and a more efficient way to provide

the same accessibility.

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At the moment, 72 out of 270 Tube

stations are step-free, 28%.

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By 2022, the Mayor wants

102, 40% of stations,

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including Crossrail,

to be step-free.

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Campaigners, though, want more.

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A lot of older people think

of the Tube as something

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that is not for them,

and stairs are a big part

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of the reason for that.

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They are not the only reason,

but they are a big,

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big part of the reason.

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Today we have seen some people

really having trouble getting up

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and down these stairs

that we are standing on.

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Clearly, it's tiring, really tiring,

painful for some people.

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Ambitious plans to make

the Tube more accessible

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have faltered before.

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Campaigners are hoping that this

time there will be more progress

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to make the Tube more

accessible for everyone.

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Tom Edwards, BBC London News.

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The Deputy Chief Constable

of Essex Police has been found

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guilty of misconduct and breaching

police standards by bullying

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and threatening his colleagues.

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Matthew Horne had denied

all the allegations against him,

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including throwing a stress

ball at a colleague

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and being verbally abusive.

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Tom Stead was

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only 19 when he lost his fight to

cancer.

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Tom Stead was only

19 when he lost his

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fight against cancer.

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But his family are hoping to turn

their loss into something positive.

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He was a Reading football fan -

and tomorrow when they play

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host to Brentford -

they want Tom to be remembered

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with a minutes applause -

and the fans to raise funds to help

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others fight the disease.

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Emma Jones can tell us more.

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This is Tom Stead,

captain of his football

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team lifting the trophy

in

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celebration.

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From an early age he'd

loved playing the game.

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He was an avid fan too

following Reading home

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and away with his family.

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This is one of the last,

I guess, family

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photos that we've got,

and it just means so much

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that we actually got there.

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He's said to me on the evening,

"Dad, big thanks that you

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did that for me."

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In March of 2016, Tom

was diagnosed with a rare form

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of bone cancer, osteosarcoma,

and this Boxing Day aged just 19

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he died.

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It really is the worst thing.

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I can't even start to describe, and

the sad thing is we probably

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aren't actually anywhere

near the worst of it.

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I think actually in three or four

months we'll start to realise

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he's not here and that

will be really hard.

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Birthdays, Father's Day,

Mother's Day, those sorts of things.

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Tom's family are now appealing

to fellow football fans to

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help them raise money

for the Bone Cancer Rsearch

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Trust and Cameron's

award where Tom was treated, with

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Reading captain Paul McShane one

of many to show their support.

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There's a special bond

between a football

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club and its fans.

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Many will remember how

terminally ill Bradley

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Lowry made Sunderland supporters

smile and make a friend in former

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West Ham and Tottenham

striker Jermain Defoe.

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Teams and their supporters

often use a minute's

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applause to show their solidarity,

and it's hoped that in memory of

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19-year-old Tom applause will ring

out in the 19th minute of the

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match tomorrow.

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Tom wouldn't want the fuss.

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If he knew that was going on I'm

really not quite sure what he'd say.

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But, you know, he made us so proud

and we said it's our job

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now to make him proud.

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So, that's what we're doing.

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A short life but with some help

from football and its

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fans could still leave

a lasting legacy.

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Emma Jones, BBC London News.

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Still to come tonight.

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Fast car chases and

adrenaline-fuelled stunts

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as the O2 Arena is transformed.

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And in the weather, low or hopes for

the weekend. Saturday's gone

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backwards, Sunday was always going

to be rubbish. The full forecast if

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you've got the stomach for it is on

the way.

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It's said that some people

wear their heart on their sleeve.

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But for Selwa Hussain

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it's more a case of

carrying it in her back.

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The 39-year-old from Ilford

in East London is the first

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woman to have left a UK

hospital with an artificial heart.

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She's been speaking about how it's

allowed her to spend

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time with her loved ones

until a donor is found.

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Here's Ena Miller.

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When my daughter was six months

old I got severe water retention

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and then the chest pains started

and the

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breathing problems,

and other symptoms.

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I was really worried

because I had a feeling it was

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something serious.

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They told me that I would need

a heart transplant but

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I was so unwell for a heart

transplant that they had to give me

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a total artificial heart.

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Specialists at Harefield Hospital

in Middlesex said it was their last

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chance to save Selwa's life.

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It's the only centre

in the UK that uses the

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device as a treatment

for patients with heart failure.

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It costs £86,000.

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But how does it work?

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The pump in here

pumps here into this

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tube and then these tubes go

into my stomach and then those two

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tubes lead to the plastic heart.

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The portable device is able to keep

blood flowing around her body.

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Selwa needs round-the-clock care and

whilst the artificial heart keeps

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her alive, it's also given her time

to reflect on her experience.

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There's a lot of things

that I realised when I

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was on that deathbed,

and one of them was to really not

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care about things that we get

stressed about like boiler

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problems or, you know,

car problems, or people problems.

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I really do appreciate

life a lot more now.

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Heart failure was horrific and I'm

just glad to not have those

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symptoms anymore.

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Eight years ago, gymnast

Reiss Beckford was one of the stars

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of the England Commonwealth Games

team.

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He won three silver medals.

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Fast forward to 2018

and the athlete from Essex,

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is hoping to make history

by going to this year's

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Commonwealth Games, this time

representing Jamaica.

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Jonathan Park has the story.

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What time do you start work today?

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11.

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Preschool.

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Oh, you're doing preschool?

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Yeah.

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In this household they're ticking

off the breakfasts until the

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Commonwealth Games.

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Reiss is blazing a trail for Jamaica

and his loved ones will watch his

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every move.

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Hopefully my girlfriend Olivia

and my mum and dad are going

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to come out to watch.

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Welcome to Reiss Beckford's

second home, this

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athletics club in Basildon.

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First up, a morning run.

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A challenge for Reiss and co.

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He was just seven when he joined

the club going on to

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compete internationally

for Great Britain and England.

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But now he's a Jamaican

gymnast who is going the

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extra mile.

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We, normally on a first day,

we'll do it in about seven

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minutes, would you say?

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About seven minutes.

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That's on a fast day.

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So, yeah, around seven,

eight minutes is our average.

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Yeah, we've found this really

does help us, and yeah,

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it's our little secret that we do

that most other gyms don't do.

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OK, guys, right, so,

as we know, tomorrow,

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routines for everybody, right?

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Although not officially announced

yet you're looking at Jamaica's

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gymnastics team for

the Commonwealth Games.

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Just Reiss, who will become

the first male to compete for

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the country at the so-called

friendly Games.

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How many times have

you done that routine?

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Probably quite a few times.

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We practise, like I say,

everything most in big repetitions

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so that when it comes to the big day

you're confident in what

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you're doing.

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Reiss has always had

bags of ability.

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Here he is eight years ago in Delhi

representing England at the

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Commonwealth Games.

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He returned home with

three silver medals.

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But this time he's

doing it all by himself

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without any lottery funding.

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without any Lottery funding.

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It shows how serious

he is and how committed he is.

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The club are helping him,

we've given him a role

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in the club.

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He's actually coaching the women,

so he is developing as a

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young coach whilst representing

Jamaica as a gymnast.

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It's doubtful there will be

a hard-working athlete

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in Jamaica's team come

the Commonwealth Games in April.

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It's the latest adrenaline-fuelled

spectacle to come to London.

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This time the high speed chases

are happening in a specially

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transformed O2 Arena.

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The live show of car stunts

are based on the film

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franchise Fast and Furious.

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Wendy Hurrell's been trying it out.

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Vin Diesel shotter action hero

stardom after the first Fast and

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Furious, the ninth and tenth have

been announced. Film stunts that

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could never be done live, or could

they? This is real car theatre

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inside the O2 auditorium. The

storyline is a classic goodies

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versus baddies with actors, giant

screens and props set the scene and

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eliminating the floor clever 3D

mapping. Then behind the wheels, and

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11 strong team of experts stunt

drivers picked from the 2000

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auditions.

The guys went on a 16

week intensive training course. I

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have to stress that wasn't to teach

them how to drive, they all came

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with phenomenal skill sets, each one

of them with different strokes. It's

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not just the driving, there are so

many things to be with a special

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effects, mapping, pyrotechnics,

everything and you have to have to

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be to the second.

Amaya at the

front? Yes! Now for a demonstration.

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Here we go! -- am I at the front?

This is literally the driver's view

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while doing the stunts.

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Look at the concentration on his

face. A poodle around the block it

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is not. That was incredible. This

man is a genius. Johnny, thank you.

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I'm genuinely shaking. I feel a

little bit sick!

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We have taken safely as far as we

can, we are trained, the cars are

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set up correctly but there is an

element of danger to it.

With

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anything that's life, you watch

movies and TV and everything but

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ultimately anything that is life has

the potential for something to go

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wrong. I think everybody buying a

ticket realises that and it is

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possibly part of the attraction!

It's the Fast and Furious live world

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premiere tonight, petrol and burning

rubber will waft through the O2 all

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weekend before they go on road trip

around Europe. Wendy

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London News.

I wonder if has recovered yet!

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Now, let's check on the weather

with Nick Miller.

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How is it looking?

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How is it looking?

Several days of lovely sunshine,

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it's been cold, you get to know we

can command you think more of the

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same, please, none of that, well,

still cold, but we will lose the

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sunshine. This is the rather

uninspiring headline for tomorrow,

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more cloud, it's going to be wet and

it will be cold. The reason for

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that, and actually the change on

Saturday's forecast because a few

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days ago it looked like it would be

OK, is this weather system which

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over the past few days has hinted it

will move further north into the UK

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before pulling away. Because that's

happening it means it is over us for

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longer tomorrow. Still nice out

there this evening. Yes, it is cold,

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a frost will kick in once again with

temperatures dropping quickly close

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to freezing although cloud will

increase later in the night as the

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weather system just starts to move

in. Those are your temperatures,

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very close to freezing. Into

tomorrow and we are going to see

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this weather system taking over and

pushing that rain across. There may

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be a bit of sleet and perhaps

somewhat snow at times into the

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Chilterns, nothing significant in

terms of the wintry weather. It will

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just be wet and cold, the winds not

particularly strong. Temperatures

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really struggling, so a raw, grey

and damp day with temperatures into

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mid to low single figures, although

clearing in time for tomorrow

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evening. Although we will keep a bit

of cloud, any of the rain will start

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to peter out. It will turn clearer

for a time on Saturday night. But

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there is a weather system coming on

Sunday. Maybe you'll wake up early

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on Sunday and think it's OK, but no,

this is coming in, the next area of

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rain will be heavy on Sunday.

Temperatures may be a little higher

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on Sunday but don't think you will

be too impressed as the rain hangs

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around for much of not all of the

day. That is how your wet weekend is

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shaping up. So, in summary, not only

will it be wet at times tomorrow it

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will be cold. On Sunday the

temperatures are technically a bit

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higher but it is stored raining. But

then, notice next week, and this is

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the big change in the weather. The

temperatures are heading up. It will

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still be unsettled next week with

wet and dry days but temperatures

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will bounce back into double

figures. If you don't like the cold

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you can look forward to that and

that's the latest forecast. At least

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we finished on some good news, I

suppose.

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Now the main headlines:

0:26:320:26:33

The government has announced

it will not challenge

0:26:330:26:35

the decision to release the serial

sex attacker, John Worboys.

0:26:350:26:37

The former black cab driver

was jailed for attacking 12 women -

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but it's suspected he assaulted

and raped many more.

0:26:400:26:44

Researchers say they've taken

a step towards a universal

0:26:440:26:47

blood test for cancer.

0:26:470:26:48

A team in America has tested

a method that detects eight common

0:26:480:26:52

forms of the disease,

in a single procedure.

0:26:520:26:54

A couple who are accused

of imprisoning, abusing

0:26:550:27:00

and torturing their 12 children

at home in California,

0:27:000:27:02

have appeared in court.

0:27:020:27:03

Police found the children severely

malnourished with some in shackles.

0:27:030:27:05

The couple deny the

charges against them.

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That's it. I will be back later

during the ten o'clock News but for

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now from everyone here on the team,

whatever you are doing, do have a

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lovely evening. Di bye for now.

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