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Good afternoon and welcome to BBC London News with me, Alice Salfield.

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This weekend marks the first anniversary of the night tube.

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City Hall says passenger numbers have exceeded expectations

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and it's brought an economic boost to the capital.

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Let's talk to our political editor Tim Donovan -

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one of the most used on the night tube.

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Tim, after a tricky start getting this project off the ground, is this

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There were disagreements at the start and the unions are not that

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happy. But it was here at Brixton a year ago when the night Tube started

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with the Mayor Presiding Officer ceremonials. Victoria line, Central

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line, five lines in all running this on Fridays and Saturdays. 8 million

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journeys have happened on the night Tube and about half of those are new

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passengers, people other than those who have just shifted from using

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that buses or taxis. City Hall are saying that there has been a

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significant economic boost. Well, I think it felt like a success

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from the first train rolling out of Brixton but,

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in fact, we've got an independent report now that shows there's been

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a huge boost to the economy, about 170 million this year,

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and it's supporting a lot of jobs So I think it's established itself

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very well, and in many ways has She talks about supporting jobs. Not

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quite clear what that means, if not creating new jobs but maybe ensuring

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longer hours, and more pay and so on. There had been concern among

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people living on the route of some of these lines towards outer London,

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particularly the Central line, about the noise through the night and

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potential for legal action. City Hall insist they will be moving

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ahead on this with maybe the district and Circle line in a few

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years' time but before that they want to do it on the overground,

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joining up places like Dawson and New Cross. -- Dalston.

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The number of people falling victim to a disturbing trend

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of "cyber-flashing" in public places could be higher than reported

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because women are not alerting the crime to authorities.

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The revelation from the police comes after a woman was sent

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more than 100 sexual images to her phone

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You are sitting on the tube, you're looking at your phone,

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and suddenly it is filled with dozens of obscene images.

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That is what happened to you wasn't it, Sophie?

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I was travelling home from work on Monday evening

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And when we pulled into Stockwell Tube station,

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my phone automatically connected to the Wi-Fi and I got a request

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I declined the request and got off at the next stop.

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That must have been a huge shock for you.

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It was. It was shocking.

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Initially I was quite confused about what was happening.

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And then I felt embarrassed, with a small child

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I was a little bit worried about them seeing.

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Then I just felt angry that this had happened just

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It wasn't dark. I was just heading home from work.

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Now whoever sent this has used the facility called AirDrop

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It is common left on on people's phones.

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How many women do you think this is happening to?

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So, what we found when we investigated this

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was that anecdotally, this is far more widespread

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So I was speaking to a researcher at university

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who is investigating this type of crime, and she believes

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and that women aren't coming forward and reporting it

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to the British Transport Police, either because they feel embarrassed

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to do so or because they don't believe that it's a crime

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If this has happened to you, get in touch

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They have a dedicated cyber crime unit which deals

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A reward is being offered for information that helps catch

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the person who violently attacked an 82-year-old

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woman on her doorstep, stealing ?65.

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Catherine Smith was assaulted in Streatham just over three weeks ago.

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She was followed home from a local park by a woman

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who punched her several times before taking the money.

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The charity, Crimestoppers, has put up a ?5,000 reward.

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A new company will take charge of one of the busiest railways

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South Western Railway, will replace South West Trains.

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The operator is promising 90 new commuter trains -

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designed for the driver to operate the doors -

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a move which is likely to face opposition from the unions.

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Next, it's been a summer like no other in London.

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While the investigation continues into the fire at Grenfell Tower,

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a local play centre has helped the children in North Kensington

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A special performance of Bugsy Malone had its

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one and only showing yesterday - and Caroline Davies went to see it.

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Backstage, the cast are feeling confident.

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I used to be stage fright, and now, when I did this play,

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for some reason I felt like I was doing it so easily.

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Bugsy Malone has only been in rehearsal for four days,

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but it's already made an impact on these children,

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many of whom were affected by the fire at Grenfell Tower.

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It was very terrifying to watch that happen,

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and it's not nice to look at Grenfell Tower ever again.

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Loads of people here that are doing the play

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So just people, like, they act, they express themselves

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and they forget about it and they just...

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# We could have been anything that we wanted to be...

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It's part of a free sports and arts programme for children

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Bernadette's brother Raymond died in the fire.

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He lived on the 23rd floor, so it's been good for the girls

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to come here, because it's been a real distraction for them.

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They just needed the community understanding, really.

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And I appreciate that everybody's felt what happened

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at Grenfell nationwide, but to be in the community

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and everybody's feeling the same pain.

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And the children are all feeling the same pain,

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so they can all talk to each other and comfort each other.

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I think this has given children the opportunity to forget anything

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that's gone on and really enjoy themselves, and that's what we've

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tried to deliver this summer over the last five weeks,

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and I think we've achieved that from this production

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and from the smiles on the children's faces every day.

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And, of course, it's hard not to smile when you've got a splurge gun.

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Now Lucy's here with the weather - and it can't quite make

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It is a real story of mixed fortunes today, with sunny spells and

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showers. Our Weather Watchers have been out taking photos of the

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weather near them. This, a Sunni scene from Twickenham and some blue

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sky in Old Street, looking fairly sunny, there. There is a mixture of

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sunny spells and showers. Some of those have the potential to be

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fairly heavy. There could be the odd rumble of thunder and flash of

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lightning. They are moving quickly thanks to a strong, south-westerly

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breeze. Temperatures down on yesterday with a maximum of 21.

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Yesterday we saw highs of 25. Feeling a bit fresher. This evening

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and overnight, one or two showers to look out for in the first half of

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the night. Then it will become dry into the early hours. Clear spells

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with overnight lows of 12 Celsius. Tomorrow, an improvement on today,

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sunny spells to begin with and it will be fairly breezy first thing.

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Showers to look out for but you will be fairly unlucky to catch one of

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them. Then rain will ease as we go into the afternoon with temperatures

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reaching a maximum of perhaps 22 Celsius. As we move into Sunday we

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see the remnants of Hurricane GERT pushing in from the South West and

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that will introduce humid air so becoming human to start the

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beginning of next week and not a bad day tomorrow, a mixture of sunny

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spells and showers. Thank you. Victoria Hollins will be here

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with our 6:30 evening programme. Until then though,

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enjoy your afternoon. # So get yourself ready

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This is the time # Are you up for the day?

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You up for the rhyme? # Join Len Goodman for his

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brand-new show. BIG BEN STRIKES

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Bong! Christopher Hoy singing like

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a choir boy.

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