26/07/2017 London News


26/07/2017

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and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

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Good afternoon and welcome to BBC London News.

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Police are investigating yet another suspected acid

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Two men were taken to hospital after an unknown liquid was thrown at them

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I'm joined in east London, close to where this incident

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happened last night, by Rabina Khan.

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-- She is a Tower Hamlets Councillor.

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I understand you've been to see one of the victims in hospital and met

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the family last night, how is he doing?

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I was with both the families and both of the victims, as well.

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And I have to say that both young men are very good,

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The mothers have been devastated by what they have seen.

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In particular one young man whose one side of his face

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And they've both been referred to a burns unit.

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That's Shakwat Hussain, isn't it, the 24-year-old?

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Any indication as to what might have provoked this?

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We understand the person police are looking for,

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the person they have said they saw do this,

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I think that's what the statements have stated but it is best

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So that they can catch the perpetrators and make sure

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that they are brought to justice, as well.

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My part in this is to support the families, make sure

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And often in these cases we talk about legislation,

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we talk about a range of other things, but we also have to talk

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about the victim and the support they and their families need.

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In terms of trying to stop acid attacks in London,

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and across the UK, there has been a lot of talk about greater

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regulation for those who sell acid or corrosive liquids and greater

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punishment for those found carrying or using it.

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And how soon do you think this can happen?

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Sentences need to be tougher, but at the same time,

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before we even get to that stage, we need to make sure

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Councils through their trading standards can also take

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We need to also hold retailers who sell corrosive substances to be

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far more responsible with whom they sell it to.

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Thank you very much for joining us here.

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Police continue to investigate this incident last night in which two

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young men had a corrosive liquid thrown at them.

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As it stands there have been no arrests.

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A man accused of the kidnap, rape and murder of a young woman

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in Kingston upon Thames is to stand trial

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Celine Dookhran was found dead at a house a week ago.

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Mujahid Arshid appeared at the Old Bailey today -

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alongside another man, who's accused of kidnap.

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One in seven women who die within a year of giving birth

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Yet mental health problems for pregnant women and new mothers

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is still not something many people talk about.

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Now St Mary's Hospital in Paddington is trying to change this -

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and make sure women across London have the support they need.

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The most common side effect you can have

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during pregnancy is problems with your mental health.

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On the surface Pippa enjoyed two perfectly healthy pregnancies.

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But she couldn't understand why things were so hard.

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I always thought that being depressed was being

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And I ended up going to see my gynaecologist for an appointment

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And she said, I think we need to get you to see somebody.

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For every five women in the UK who have a baby,

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One in seven women who die in the first year of their baby's

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It makes you feel like you are failing, it makes you feel

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like you are not being the mum your child deserves.

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And telling someone that, that is kind of hard.

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Madeline leads a team at St Mary's Hospital who treat

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pregnant women and new mothers who have mental health problems.

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We are finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.

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This centre wants to get rid of the stigma of

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In a sense our society doesn't give women permission to become unwell or

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to be honest about how unwell they can feel.

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And many women for instance have a fear of childbirth

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or may feel estranged from their babies.

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And this feeling is very difficult to disclose.

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Thanks to ?3 million grant, this centre can now help women across

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five boroughs make their fears more normal.

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The aim is to catch the problems early so that they can

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safeguard a more hopeful and happy future for all the family.

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A man serving a life sentence for raping and murdering the teenage

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model Sally Anne Bowman in south London has admitted previously

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Mark Dixie was jailed for repeatedly stabbing Miss Bowman,

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He's appeared via videolink at Southwark Crown Court

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and admitted raping a woman in 1987- when he was 16 and attacking

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This week marks five years on from the start

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And of course it all began with the torch-bearers -

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who carried the flame to the stadium in east London.

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Among those chosen for the honour was John Lake,

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who was nominated after overcoming a brain tumour and depression.

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He's been sharing his memories of that day.

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In 2012 I was nominated to carry the torch with the Olympic flame.

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And following the surgery from that I got a very severe depression,

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and I got suicidal, and I got sectioned in 2006.

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As I was waiting for the torch what went through my mind

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One thing I found that really made me feel better was exercise.

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Running and getting the endorphins flowing through the system

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So I did the London Marathon in 2007 for the Brain Research Trust.

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In the year after that I did the Ironman triathlon.

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COMMENTATOR: No false starts, thank goodness.

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I went to see Usain Bolt run his 200 metre heat,

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So I'd been watching all of the field events,

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which were quite mad, you know, the high jump and the long

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And when Usain Bolt came in the whole stadium stood up.

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And he won, of course, he won his heat.

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It was mad to be seeing that, to be a part of that,

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Looking on, five years back, I feel like I've made

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I'm now a qualified mental health counsellor.

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My commitment to exercise is still there because I still like to get

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out and run because it makes me feel mentally better,

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It feels like a real journey, if I look back to see how far I have

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Great memories. What is not great is the weather. It does not feel like

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July, does it? Not at the moment. He did earlier.

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This was West London earlier today. A promising start with

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the low 20s with some sunshine, as well.

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Well that's all from us on the lunchtime team

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Asad Ahmad will be here tonight though with our evening programme -

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We've got a wild week of adventure planned, UK-style...

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Join us to celebrate our own home-grown wilderness.

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Ahead of his final race, the inside story of the fastest man.

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Bolt is a shining example of the best that we can be.

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A man like him is not born very often.

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There's just so much work to get to that one moment,

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