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Tonight on BBC London News:

the BBC's news teams where you are.

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A U-turn by authorities threatening

to take this 11-year-old into care

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after her mother disagreed

with doctors over how

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to ease her pain.

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It doesn't take away that hurt. They

almost destroyed my entire family.

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Croydon council has apologised.

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We'll also hear from the hospital.

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Also ahead:

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The Mayor pledges millions more

to pay for youth services

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after a spike in violent crime.

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Plus the donations which flooded

in after the Grenfell tragedy.

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We'll have the latest on whether

they've reached families affected.

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And a vision of the future -

the Museum of London explores how

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technology could shape our city over

the next few decades.

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Welcome to the programme

this Friday evening.

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This is 11-year-old Melody Driscoll.

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She suffers from rare

conditions which mean

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she could die at any time.

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Her mother says she's

in constant pain.

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BBC London reported Melody's story

at the start of the month

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after the family disagreed

with doctors over how

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to ease her pain.

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Croydon council intervened,

threatening to place

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her in foster care.

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Well, in the past few days

the council has backed

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down and apologised.

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Melody's mother says the ordeal

"nearly tore the family apart".

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Marc Ashdown reports.

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It's distressing to watch.

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But this, says her mother,

is daily life for Melody Driscoll.

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The 11-year-old suffers from a range

of complex medical conditions.

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These painful episodes can

last up to two hours.

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When she was treated

at Great Ormond Street, doctors

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prescribed strong painkillers.

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Melody is now cared

for at Kings Hospital.

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Doctors there want to wean her off

them, against her parents' wishes.

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Before Christmas, Croydon Council

intervened and threatened to take

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the family to court and place Melody

in foster care.

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Last week, out of the blue,

they did an about turn.

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It was overwhelming.

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They couldn't stop apologising.

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But as I stated to them,

that has not taken away

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everything they've put us

through since Christmas.

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I've not been able to eat,

not been able to sleep,

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I've lost so much weight.

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My boys spent endless nights crying,

thinking they are going

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to lose their sister.

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It doesn't take away that

hurt and they almost

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destroyed my entire family.

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The original letter from the council

was very strongly worded.

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It's not clear what

prompted the U-turn.

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Croydon didn't want to put anyone up

for an interview but they confirmed

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they have apologised to Melody

and her family for the distress

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caused by this situation.

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They say they have always put Melody

at the centre of their thinking

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and these cases are often

complex and difficult.

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They say they will work

with the family to find

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the best way forward.

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But the family and hospital remain

at odds over Melody's care.

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It's possible she may now be

transferred to another hospital

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and her care plan reassessed.

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Kings say all decisions taken

by their expert clinical team

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are in the best interests

of the patient and they

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will continue to work

with and support Melody's parents.

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It was never us that

put her on the drugs,

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it was specialists from

Great Ormond Street,

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so all we've done is follow

the specialist advice.

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There needs to be more of doctors

working with parents rather

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than against parents.

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Yes, they are experts but they need

to realise no one knows the child

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better than their own mum.

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Melody is a massive Ed Sheeran fan

and last year he visited

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and played for her in person.

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Her mother says it was

the happiest day of her life.

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All she wants now is

for her daughter to be

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comfortable and pain-free.

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Coming up later in the programme:

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Putting their best foot forward.

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Why this Tottenham player is helping

these north Londoners get fit.

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On the same day a 16-year-old has

been jailed for stabbing a former

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friend to death after a row

on social media, the Mayor says

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he's hoping to find £20 million

to boost youth services

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to help tackle violence.

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That's alongside the increased

use of stop and search.

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Speaking to BBC London,

he accepted that knife crime is

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too high, but also took a swipe

at the Government, blaming cuts

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for falling police numbers.

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Our political correspondent

Karl Mercer reports.

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Expect to see plenty more of this,

high visibility policing

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with a highly visible mayor,

both with a knife crime

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problem on their hands.

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It has risen more

than 20% in London.

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In the last year alone,

more than 20 teenagers were killed.

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You said when you came into office

that your number one priority

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was the safety of Londoners.

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Cressida Dick, in her first week

as commissioner said

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tackling violent crime

was what she would be judged on.

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Do you accept that both

of you at the moment are failing?

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I accept that knife crime is too

high and has been going up too

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much across the country

for the last three years.

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I accept we have to do much more.

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We've already had a couple

of residents come down

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and ask what we are doing.

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The lady I spoke to

was happy to see us.

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People don't want to be found

with knives on them,

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so they are finding other ways

of storing weapons, and then

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we would try to find where that is,

and this is part of that,

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a weapons sweep.

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This way we can remove

weapons from circulation,

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and we have found a number of knives

in the past few months

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in Wandsworth, and one

firearm, so yes, they work.

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Today, a 17-year-old is being buried

who was stabbed to death.

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There are two teenagers

being sentenced for killing another

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teenager with a knife.

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With stats like that,

on a normal day in London,

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are you not ashamed of that record?

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It is heartbreaking.

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My thoughts are with the family

whose son is being buried today.

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I have attended the funerals

of victims of knife crime

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and it is tragic for the family

and affects the community as well.

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Knife crime has been rising

for the last four years

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and that is why we are tackling it.

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How is it going?

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He has handed the Met £15 million

more to tackle the issue.

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You will see more police

operations across London,

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more weapons sweeps like this,

more disruption of people

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who may be carrying knives,

targeting known offenders,

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an increase of intelligence-led

targeted stop and search.

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You know that will be controversial

and it has been already.

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You have had criticism saying

members of the black community,

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young black men, will say,

"Here we go again,

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we have seen this before,

we are going to be targeted and it

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will increase community tensions".

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None of us should pretend

that the increased use of stop

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and search will by itself

reduce knife crime.

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What I do know is that we have

a comprehensive package.

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When I speak to the victims of knife

crime, bereaved families,

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communities, they remind me

that the largest number of victims

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of knife crime are black, Asian,

multi-ethnic Londoners.

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The mayor has blamed government cuts

for falling police numbers but says

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in the next few weeks he expects

to announce City Hall money to boost

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youth services across the capital.

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I want to invest that

in services for young people,

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in the context of the massive cuts

over the last eight years

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around youth services.

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Are we talking about

20 or £30 million?

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I don't want to speculate

what the figure could be,

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but I'm hoping to find in the budget

in the next few weeks

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about £20 million which I'd

like to use for young

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people in London.

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A promise of more money and of more

of this sort of thing,

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and a sign of the real concern

at City Hall and Scotland Yard

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about one of their highest

profile problems.

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Karl Mercer, BBC London News.

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After the Grenfell fire last June,

we know how donations flooded in

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to help families.

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And we reported how, a month

after the tragedy, only a fraction

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of the donations had

reached those affected.

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But now that's no longer the case.

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According to new figures,

most of the money has now reached

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the people that need it.

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With more details,

here's Ayshea Buksh.

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Well, the latest figures focus

on the money raised and come

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from the Charity Commission

for England and Wales.

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So back in July, just a few

weeks after the fire,

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£20 million had been raised.

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But less than £800,000 of that

had been distributed.

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Since then, more cash has been

raised, but also given out.

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So the overall figure

now is £26.5 million,

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and 20.9 million of that has been

given to survivors

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and their relatives.

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So where did the money come from?

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Well, many different

charities were involved,

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but the big three appear to be

the British Red Cross,

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the Kensington and Chelsea

Foundation, and the London Community

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Foundation.

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18 other fundraisers also

were involved, including Muslim Aid,

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Family Action and the Art

for Grenfell auction.

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But that's not all

that's been donated.

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We've reported before

on the hundreds of items, clothes,

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toys and household goods that

were collected by volunteers.

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The Red Cross says over 200 tonnes

of things were handed in.

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That's a whopping 40,000 boxes,

enough to fill three

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full-sized football pitches.

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We distributed back

to the Grenfell Tower community,

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but what we also did is sell

the second-hand clothes in our shops

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and then recycle the funding

from that back into the London Fire

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Relief Fund, raising

over £200,000 from that.

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And not taking any penny in terms

of administrative charges.

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Every single penny was then recycled

back to the community.

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In response to some of that

criticism as to why things were not

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distributed quicker,

a spokesperson for the London

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Emergencies Trust says

it was a complex financial

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management challenge.

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I also spoke to the Kensington

and Chelsea Foundation,

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who told me that they are in this

for the long haul, and future

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generations will still be

affected by this tragedy.

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A man has been charged over a double

murder that took place a decade ago.

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Two colombian nationals were found

with stab wounds at a block

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Two Colombian nationals were found

with stab wounds at a block

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of flats in Muller Road,

Clapham in June 2007.

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35-year-old Gonzalo Remolina

was today remanded in custody

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to appear at the Old Bailey

and the end of this month.

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Police on a raid in Essex have found

a four foot long caiman

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crocodile and 16 snakes

at a house in Westcliff.

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A scorpion was also

discovered at the premises.

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The operation was in connection

with a cannabis factory found

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in Basildon two years ago.

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Lots of reptiles

were also found there.

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Should council services be run

by a company which makes a profit,

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or a charity which runs it

for the community?

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There are concerns that vulnerable

people in Hertfordshire who rely

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on local and affordable sports

services will lose out

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if facilities are privatised.

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Dacorum Council says removing

the contract from the current

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provider will improve services.

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But a not for profit sports

groups says the sick

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and elderly will suffer most.

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Tolu Adeoyaye reports.

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Does it matter who runs

council leisure facilities?

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This centre in Hemel Hempstead

is about to pass hands

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from a not-for-profit organisation

to a private company.

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10,000 people have signed

a petition against the move.

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There are fears prices will rise,

and some services the charity has

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been running which will not make

money, will be cut.

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We are doing things like looking

after disabled people and carers,

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and offering them outreach projects.

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We are going into the local

community, running old-age pensioner

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clubs, without any profit in it,

we're just doing it because we are

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part of the community.

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So, some of those things may well

be lost in the future.

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Raymond started playing badminton

after being encouraged by one

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of the outreach groups.

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He is one of those who

signed the petition.

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Four years ago, I was

a bit of a couch potato.

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And it's only through Sportsbase,

through running these courses,

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that has pulled me out and got me

on this court and

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revolutionised my life.

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It's not broken.

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We're trying to repair it.

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The Borough Council says it cannot

yet discuss the detail of the ten

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year contract that has been awarded

to the company known

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as Everyone Active.

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The leader of the council,

Andrew Williams, says

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there is obviously a financial

aspect to the decision,

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but he doesn't think

it is inappropriate for councils

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to make money from leisure services.

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Especially at a time, he says,

when local government

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finances are tight.

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It is a stance that

has been supported by

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the Taxpayers' Alliance.

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The profit motive is an incredibly

powerful tool for getting value

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for money for these things,

and if you want services to continue

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to be funded properly

and to work properly,

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then privatising them and giving

them to people who really

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know what they are doing

is a step forward.

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The council isn't alone.

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A group which represents

not-for-profit sports

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organisations says privatisation

is becoming more common.

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A significant concern is,

a charitable model has a real core

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focus on them being public services

for public benefit,

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delivering on local outcomes,

improving pupil's well-being,

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increasing physical activity levels.

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That is their core purpose.

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A for-profit provider

is about increasing profits

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and dividends into shareholders'

pockets, and we believe

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that's wrong.

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The council says ultimately,

its decision will be judged

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on whether local people feel

the new providers deliver the top

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services and facilities

at affordable prices.

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Still to come before 7:

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Why this is state in Wandsworth was

the inspiration for a dystopian

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vision of London in a film shot

entirely by a swarm of drones.

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The owners of Brixton's

famous covered markets

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are looking for new buyers.

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It's after a deal with the owner

of Sports Direct fell through.

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There's been real concern amongst

stallholders about what the future

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of the market will be,

in an area already struggling

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with claims of "gentrification".

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Victoria Hollins is there

with more on this.

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Are are a if you're in South London,

you might think of heading on a

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Friday night, to Brixton Market, 140

mostly independent retailers and

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restaurants. It is a must as popular

in the evening now as it is for

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shoppers in the daytime although I

think it is fair to say that a lot

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of the shops are shutting for the

evening now. The owner of these two

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site has had them on the market for

around £30 million. In November it

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was believed the owner of Sports

Direct had done a deal to buy the

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sites, and it was causing quite a

lot of consternation in the area. It

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has been confirmed today the deal is

now off the table and will not be

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sold. The market will be not -- will

not be sold to the owner of Sports

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Direct. I have spoken to a trader

here who said the uncertainty,

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because the market is still for

sale, it is bad for the traders and

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bad for the wider area too.

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They don't have a faith

in the long term here,

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so if another opportunity arises,

they feel that it's best

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to take that opportunity,

because who knows

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what's going to happen here?

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Because if it is bought by somebody

wanting to develop it,

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they will knock down the shops.

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Now, this is two sites that are

still up for sale, still a fairly

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hefty price tag. This error is

listed and there is a lot of effort

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here to try and raise money for a

local buyout of this to try and

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secure the future here. The

uncertainty is not helpful for

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traders around here, they really do

not know what is going to happen,

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but the mood seems to be, we will

carry on for now and wait and see

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what the future holds.

Victoria,

many thanks.

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To football, and among the London

team is hoping to move a step closer

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to FA Cup glory this weekend,

Tottenham. But could a big upset by

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a much smaller club stop them from

going all the way? Emma Jones spoke

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to one of the Spurs players who is

lending a helping hand to a project

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which encourages people to get fit.

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An exercise class

with a special guest.

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This is Tottenham midfielder

Erik Lamela visiting

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a Shape Up For Spurs class.

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It is a programme set up by the club

to help local people learn

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about being fit and healthy.

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Fashion designer Jackie Dublin

says it hasn't just

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changed her appearance,

but her whole lifestyle.

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I feel great, and what is happening

now is that everybody

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is looking at me and they can

see the difference.

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They are saying,

"Jackie, you look great!"

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And I'm saying, "I feel great!"

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And, you know, the feeling,

you cannot pay for that.

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It's such an amazing feeling,

to feel healthy and strong.

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And if Eric appears a little

reluctant to take part,

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it might be because he only recently

returned from a hip injury,

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an injury which meant he didn't

play for over a year.

0:17:350:17:40

It was so hard to be out.

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But it is football, it can happen.

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I had an injury, I need to respect

the times after the surgery,

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and now, I'm back again

and I am enjoying it.

0:17:520:17:57

Next up for Spurs, a trip

to Newport County in the FA Cup.

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The League 2 side have even

added a temporary stand

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for the extra supporters.

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Excitement for them as they aim

to cause a cup upset.

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I'm confident.

0:18:100:18:12

I want that to rub

off on the players.

0:18:120:18:14

I want them all to believe

that it can happen, because,

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you know, you only have to look

at previous years

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when it has happened.

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So, I'm sure that we are going

to give it a good go, and hopefully,

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Lady Luck is with us.

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But there is probably a more

genuine belief that Tottenham

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could be on course to lift

the trophy this season.

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We need to go forward,

in all the competitions,

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try to win one trophy this season.

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Because I think we have a very good

squad, and I believe in this team,

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that we can achieve something.

0:18:430:18:47

Spurs are currently using Wembley

as their temporary home.

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Might they be there in May

to celebrate FA Cup success?

0:18:500:18:54

Emma Jones, BBC London News.

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Imagine the capital -

30 years from now.

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Surveillance drones across

our skies, driverless cars,

0:19:020:19:05

skyscrapers taller than

we've ever seen before.

0:19:050:19:08

They're some of the visions

of the future in a new exhibition

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at the Museum of London.

0:19:110:19:13

Wendy Hurrell has been

to find out more.

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At the Museum of London,

after delving into the capital's

0:19:160:19:18

past, the present is a nice sit down

and a cup of tea.

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But the future is over here. This is

a new display that imagines what

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London might be like just a few

decades from now. Fantastical future

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is by artists, designers, architects

and film-makers.

0:19:380:19:40

In The Robot Skies creates a world

controlled by surveillance drones.

0:19:400:19:43

The film itself was shot using them.

0:19:430:19:47

The first film, as far as we know,

was entirely shot using

0:19:470:19:50

autonomous drone systems,

and that was important for us,

0:19:500:19:54

because it was really about trying

to see the city through the eyes

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of a drone network,

which is monitoring it

0:19:580:20:02

and controlling it.

0:20:020:20:06

Two young people are confined

in opposite towers and fall in love,

0:20:060:20:08

communicating by a drone they hack.

0:20:090:20:12

It was filmed on the Somerset

Estate in Battersea.

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It's brutalist, it's a lot

of hard surfaces, it's very

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confronting and uncompromising.

0:20:180:20:22

And particularly we chose this one,

because there are two extraordinary,

0:20:220:20:25

imposing towers that became

the perfect setting

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for our narrative.

0:20:280:20:30

And we had one of our characters

in one tower and another

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in the other tower, and we were able

to get our drone to sort of dance

0:20:330:20:37

back and forth between them.

0:20:370:20:40

So, a familiar setting and story,

and this exhibition takes

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what we know now, what we know

from history, and uses them

0:20:430:20:46

to explore what happens next.

0:20:460:20:49

No-one can predict the future,

so the best way to do that

0:20:490:20:53

is to exaggerate a reality

that we live now, stretch it,

0:20:530:20:57

then project it into the future.

0:20:570:20:59

So, this way, we can create

a hypothetical scenario

0:20:590:21:02

and we can look into these issues.

0:21:020:21:05

It's a future that

doesn't seem so far away.

0:21:050:21:07

A lot of the technology

is already here.

0:21:070:21:10

They are going to be a really

important part of our lives.

0:21:100:21:13

They are soon going to be

as ubiquitous as pigeons

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in a city like this one.

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And that's something that we need

to be talking about.

0:21:170:21:20

London Visions, at the Museum

of London, is on until April.

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It suggests that the future isn't us

all heading to Mars -

0:21:240:21:27

it is a much more grounded

reflection on life.

0:21:270:21:30

Wendy Hurrell, BBC London News.

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Today is Australia Day,

a date marked by the thousands

0:21:340:21:37

of Australians living

here in the capital.

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Historically and controversially, it

represents the birth of the colony,

0:21:400:21:44

and has evolved to become

a celebration of

0:21:440:21:46

the country and its people.

0:21:460:21:48

Well, fair to to say, the Aussies

aren't shy of a good party,

0:21:480:21:51

and one of the largest in London

is in Clapham, where

0:21:510:21:54

we can join Asad Ahmad.

0:21:540:22:03

It is not even seven o'clock, which

is really leave for Australians are

0:22:030:22:09

celebrating Australia Day tonight on

Friday night in London, but around

0:22:090:22:12

1200 of them are expected to come

here. One of the things they can

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enjoy is Australian food. What is

Australian food?

This is called a

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sizzler, a piece of white bread with

a sausage, some ketchup and some

0:22:220:22:26

onions. Goes great with a cold beer.

And I'm sure you will be selling

0:22:260:22:30

lots of them tonight. Good luck with

that. One other thing they have

0:22:300:22:35

here, they phoned them specially in,

is a whole load of snacks. These

0:22:350:22:39

look like normal crisps to me but

they come from Australia. We have

0:22:390:22:46

some Australian ladies here. Good

evening. Do you recognise these?

0:22:460:22:50

Yes, we do!

While I open them, what

would you be doing if you're in

0:22:500:22:59

Australia this evening?

It depends.

Sometimes I would be at home,

0:22:590:23:04

sitting on the porch of my dad,

playing guitar, some Aussie

0:23:040:23:08

favourites, that might be some beach

cricket, hanging out with family and

0:23:080:23:12

friends and celebrating the day.

But

here you are in South London.

Yes,

0:23:120:23:18

we come here and find all the other

Aussies and have a big party.

I will

0:23:180:23:23

leave these with you. Enjoy them!

Very cheesy! One other thing the

0:23:230:23:31

Australians are doing is rubbing

salt into English wounds here when

0:23:310:23:33

it comes to cricket. There is a

cardboard cutout of Steve Smith, the

0:23:330:23:40

Australian captain. Mike, you have

been in London for 20 years. I was

0:23:400:23:44

hoping he would be an England fan by

now!

Not a chance! I have been here

0:23:440:23:49

for 20 years, it has only

strengthened my resolve for

0:23:490:23:53

Australian cricket.

There is a

serious aspect to the day. What is

0:23:530:23:56

that about?

A number of people

believe that the date is wrong.

0:23:560:24:01

Particularly the landing date. What

people would like to do is sort out

0:24:010:24:06

our culture and our music --

celebrate our culture and music, on

0:24:060:24:13

the 8th of May.

Let's see if that

happens. I know you are playing here

0:24:130:24:18

tonight, I will let you get your

guitar ready, maybe you can play us

0:24:180:24:22

out in a moment. This party is going

on until three o'clock in the

0:24:220:24:27

morning, lots of drink and people

dancing. If I am a bit late for the

0:24:270:24:30

late news, you know where to find

me! I will leave Mike to play out.

0:24:300:24:37

We certainly do not have the

Australian weather!

0:24:540:24:58

Darren is here with a check on the

weekend weather.

0:24:580:25:04

Darren is here with a check on the

weekend weather.

0:25:040:25:04

What a start. This began, we have

some change, much more cloud around.

0:25:040:25:11

Quite windy conditions as well but

it will be miles. -- it will be

0:25:110:25:18

mild. Some session around, pretty

decent day, another lovely picture

0:25:180:25:22

across the Thames. But a great deal

of cloud at the moment. It will turn

0:25:220:25:26

chilly quite quickly. You can see

the cloud we had earlier and how it

0:25:260:25:31

has broken up across many areas.

Some clearer skies right now,

0:25:310:25:36

temperatures falling because the

winds are quite liked. It will be

0:25:360:25:39

colder than it was last night,

probably the coldest it has been all

0:25:390:25:42

week. With temperatures not far away

from freezing, there is the risk of

0:25:420:25:47

some frost, but also the risk of

some mist and fog too. But it

0:25:470:25:52

shouldn't last long because the

winds will freshen fairly quickly,

0:25:520:25:55

cloud amounts increasing, probably

dry for most of the morning, some

0:25:550:25:58

outbreaks of rain in the afternoon.

And it will be turning quite windy.

0:25:580:26:03

But temperatures higher than today,

maybe up to around 10 Celsius or so.

0:26:030:26:07

Tomorrow night, you can see the

temperatures are not going to fall

0:26:070:26:13

very much. Eight or nine Celsius

with a lot of cloud. We start cloudy

0:26:130:26:17

on Sunday and that is the way it

will stay for most. A little

0:26:170:26:22

sunshine now and again. Brisk

westerly winds. But temperatures

0:26:220:26:26

continue to climb. Very mild air

with temperatures of about 13 or 14.

0:26:260:26:31

It is not going to last because we

have a weather front moving down

0:26:310:26:35

from the North. That means that as

we head into the beginning of next

0:26:350:26:39

week, we will start with more cloud,

some strong winds are some outbreaks

0:26:390:26:43

of rain. Drier on Tuesday but notice

throughout, there will not be much

0:26:430:26:48

sunshine!

0:26:480:26:51

throughout, there will not be much

sunshine!

0:26:510:26:54

Some breaking news. The release of

John Worboys, the black cab rapist,

0:26:540:26:59

from prison, has been put on hold

after victims won the first step of

0:26:590:27:03

the legal challenge. The Parole

Board provoked fury when it

0:27:030:27:07

suggested his release after a decade

in prison.

0:27:070:27:08

A reminder of our main headlines.

0:27:080:27:10

Donald Trump has told

the World Economic Forum in Davos

0:27:100:27:12

his mantra of "America First"

doesn't mean "America alone"

0:27:120:27:14

and that the US wants to be

a partner in building

0:27:140:27:17

a better world.

0:27:170:27:22

Croydon Council has apologised

to the parents of 11-year-old

0:27:220:27:25

Melody Driscoll after threatening

to take her into care -

0:27:250:27:27

after they fell out with doctors

over how their seriously ill

0:27:270:27:30

daughter should be treated.

0:27:300:27:31

That is it for now.

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