02/08/2017 London News


02/08/2017

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Good afternoon and welcome to BBC London News.

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Weapons - including two foot-long, serrated

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"Zombie Knives" and a machete - have been found just

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yards from a busy high street in East London.

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They were discovered in Tower Hamlets, as part

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of a new scheme that asks local people to look out for

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Well, this is a new initiative in Tower Hamlets.

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We know that violent gangsters, they don't always want to carry

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around large weapons with them, for fear of getting caught.

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So what they do is, they stash them in green spaces,

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Weapons like this one, which was found in Poplar.

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And this was actually found by a member of the

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What the police are doing is enlisting the public's help to

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search these huge areas, because they can't do it

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with the officers that they have, getting the public

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involved, creating awareness and taking

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some of these weapons, and

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these weapons here, off the streets of London.

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I am joined by Detective Inspector Chris Saul,

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Chris, it seems, if we look at these weapons, that it is

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Yes, we are very pleased with the weapons we are finding. We are

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enlisting local residents, local authorities and police, mobilising

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together and accepting that it is not just a police problem or local

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authority or public problem, it is all of our problem if we can

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mobilise together, we can combat more effectively.

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And how do you train members of the public to go out with

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you and perform the sort of searches that police officers would normally

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We give them a full safety briefed tint to begin with. Then we pair

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them up to begin with with a police officer, they would walk through the

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Open space they are searching methodically, slowly and above all

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else safely. At the end, when we have found things, we get together

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and we have a debriefing and make sure everyone understands what they

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have found. OK, Chris Soole,

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thank you very much. Well, so far, they have

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conducted three searches this one of them,

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off London's streets. Well, elsewhere in East London,

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a man in his twenties was stabbed Police say two other people

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were injured during the incident, A woman whose family was fundraising

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to pay her medical bills, after she suffered a suspected heart

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attack while on holiday Heather Pyke, who was 62

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and from East London, Her family began a crowdfunding

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campaign to bring her home because of confusion

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over travel insurance. A pensioner from Essex says

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he's considering giving up his life-saving hospital

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treatment because he has to wait so long for transport

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to and from appointments. Ronald Dean goes to hospital three

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times a week for dialysis, but says he often spends hours

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waiting for an ambulance. Ron Dean is ready, but will his

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ambulance turn up on time? For three days a week,

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this is his life. He just sits waiting for two hours

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in the morning, sometimes longer, and we just have to sit

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here and wait all the time Oh, I've got used to it

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now, but it's terrible. His partner has tried to find out

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why they're often late. Not enough ambulances,

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not enough workers, Ron has diabetes and

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can't drive anymore. He is reliant on the patient pick-up

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service to make the 45 minute journey to Cambridge

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for his dialysis. Some go by taxi and,

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last year, the East of England Ambulance Service spent

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over ?1 million on cabs. There will always be teething

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problems, but when we look at the quality and the experience

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of our patients in that service, one of the ways in which we measure

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that is, what percentage of patient contacts result in a complaint

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or a compliment? Now, what that tells me

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is that in excess of 99% of patients actually have a really

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positive experience. On time today, he needs this

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dialysis to stay alive. But Ron often has to wait

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when his treatment ends and has This evening, his partner Florence

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gets ready for his return. Sometimes, that can

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be as late as 8pm. At that time, he won't want his tea,

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after nine hours away from home. A minute's silence will be held

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at the Notting Hill Carnival later this month -

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to remember the victims The Carnival route passes

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within half a kilometre Organisers say they'll halt

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the music at 3 o'clock, to show respect for their grieving

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friends and neighbours. Legoland has applied

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to build a large extension The plans include three new rides,

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accommodation and parking. Its owner, Merlin Entertainments

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Group, says it's part of a long-term Over 300 years after opening

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its doors, Britain's oldest wine merchant has decided it's finally

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time to modernise its 'Berry Brothers Rudd'

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was founded in 1698 and, for much of that time,

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it's supplied wine But as Sarah Harris has been finding

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out, the shop has now had to adapt For hundreds of years,

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this was the place in London to come Berry Brothers Rudd is the oldest

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wine merchants in the country. Kings, Admirals and artists have

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passed through its timber Centuries ago, some

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believed it to be the place One of the quirks of coming to buy

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you wine from your London merchant back in the 19th Century was that

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customers would weigh One of the famous clients

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was Lord Byron, the poet, and he was concerned

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about his weight. And he went on that not-so-famous

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diet of white wine and dry biscuits. But, you will be surprised to learn,

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it did actually work. He started out at 13

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stone, nearly 14 stone, and five years later,

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he was just over nine stone. Good wine in moderation is still

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known for its health benefits, even if weight loss isn't

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one of them. Jordi's family have kept the best

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vintages here for generations. He says most customers now

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are looking to know where their wine comes from and would rather have

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quality, not quantity. When people come in,

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if they are buying a bottle, And that wine is important to them

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and they want to be involved Online sales put many retail

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outlets out of business, but a new shop here is making

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tasting and buying wine They don't really come just

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for buying a bottle of wine. They are looking for an experience,

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to explore new regions, So for many Londoners, it seems

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coming to sample your own wine in person is not so much of a chore,

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but a retail experience. Though if you're expecting to lose

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weight like Lord Byron, A rather grey day, not much rain so

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far, but we have seen rather grey skies. They will continue to darken

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through the afternoon as the rain edges closer. You will get outbreaks

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of rain, but it will be wet and windy towards this evening's

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rush-hour. The rain moving from the South and a strengthening southerly

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breeze. It is going to become quite windy and wet through the rush hour

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and it feels fairly call, the maximum temperature 17-19dC. The

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rain continues this evening and overnight, but hanging onto the

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breeze which its North and East and through the early hours of tomorrow

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morning, the rain should clear. Clearer spells through the Thursday

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morning. Not too chilly overnight. Temperature is not dropping to bar,

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around 15 Celsius. Tomorrow, a drier day with sunny spells, we will see

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some showers, but they will blow through quickly on a south-westerly

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breeze. Riz will be here with our

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6:30 evening programme. But for now, from us all,

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a very good afternoon. The latest of our Premier League

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Premier League games in history. This is Daniel Sturridge,

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round the goalkeeper, and scores for Liverpool

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what could be a crucial goal.

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