23/08/2017 London News


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Welcome to BBC London News. I'm Alice Salfield.

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The body in charge of running Grenfell Tower before the fire,

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has been stripped of its power over the local estate.

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The decision comes as the Prime Minister met victims of the fire,

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and the local council unveiled some of the new homes it's bought

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for Grenfell survivors. Here's Karl Mercer.

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From the chandeliers shop across Kings Road, these early flats chose

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-- Kensington and Chelsea cancel as bored as new homes for victims of

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the Grenfell Tower fires. There are 30 homes here, bought for around ?20

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million. Three families from Grenfell have said they want to live

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here. Today, the leader of Kensington and Chelsea visited the

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site. The morning after Grenfell residents had met the Prime Minister

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to tell her I were unhappy they were with the council response to the

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fire. I spoke to the Prime Minister this morning. I accept there is a

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legacy of lack of trust left over from how the council performed after

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the fire. But look here, look at what we are doing today. Look at the

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flats, the quality of the offer, the fact so many people have engaged

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with us. We getting there. I accept it is slow but we're getting here.

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The Prime Minister revealed she told residents that the body that rend

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Grenfell Tower for the council would be stripped of its power over the

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estate. I was able to tell them that the tenant management organisation

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will no longer have responsibility for the Lancaster West housing

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estate. People were pleased to hear that. What we were also able to do

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was to hear from some specific issues that individuals had at that

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meeting. The council said it will eventually take over all of the

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stock from the organisation but will do so in stages. So far, only nine

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of 180 families that need rehousing have accepted permanent new homes.

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A man from Hertfordshire says his pregnant wife faces

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They met in the UK while she was studying here.

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The Home Office refused her visa on the grounds that they could live

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together in China - something they say is impractical.

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Sarah Harris has been to meet the couple.

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Precious moments studying every detail of their final scan. Their

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first child is due next month. But this married couple, living in their

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own comfortable home in Saint Alden 's, have been told by the Home

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Office there is no reason after their baby is born they shouldn't

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move to China. I just burst into tears. I couldn't even tell her what

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had happened I was that distressed. I really thought it would go through

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this time. It is so heartbreaking it has not gone through. I was waiting

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for my husband to come back. It has destroyed our world, hasn't it? Yes.

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The couple married in November after falling in love earlier in the year.

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When they applied to extend Wanwan pots Visa, it was refused. They are

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rejecting her application on the grounds that they want us to move to

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China. My wife has been going to classes. She has a good support

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group. It is heartbreaking. In a statement, the Home Office says the

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Visa has been refused because it didn't meet immigration rules.

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However, she can remain in the UK to have her baby. This immigration

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expert says rules are rules. Before entering into relationships

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with migrants, you need to know whether they have the correct amount

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of leave. Especially having children. You are supposed to plan a

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Visa application. It would have been prudent if they had the Visa sorted

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first and then decided to make a family. The couple deny any rules

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have been broken and will keep fighting to stay here in the home

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they have created further young family.

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A 10-year-old girl has managed to fight off a sex attacker,

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after he assaulted her as she walked in woodland.

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Surrey Police have released this computer generated

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It happened in Claygate early last Thursday evening.

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Police say the victim escaped by kicking the man, who then ran off.

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Police say they're making every effort to identify the man,

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and have stepped up patrols in the area.

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The Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford is going to charge

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disabled people for parking from next month.

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It'll cost Blue Badge holders ?4 a visit.

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The hospital has apologised, but says it's had to "make difficult

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decisions when budgets are under pressure".

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Disability campaigners say the charge is unfair.

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Lots of disabled people are unable to use public transport. They have

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to use a card to get it. There is no choice. What disabled people have

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fought for over the last 20, 30 years, are being pared away, and we

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are moving back to a situation where macro we were the lowest and poorest

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in society. Designs being considered

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for the rebuilding of an 18th Century mansion in Surrey

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which was destroyed by fire Clandon Park House was left

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as a burning shell nearly Now six teams of architects

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from across the globe have put forward their plans to restore

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the site, as Matt Treacy explains. An electrical fire has quickly

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spread through the grade one A treasured mansion

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reduced to a shell. Today sitting under 30

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miles of scaffolding, the inside of the house is ready

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to be rebuilt. Doing the right thing

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is incredibly important. And what we do today and how

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that is viewed in 50, Teams of architects from around

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the world have reimagined how the inside and surroundings

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could look. The aim is to open more

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of the house than ever before. Six have been short listed

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and all have been asked to bring This is the marble Hall, the most

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significant room in the house. We would be looking

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for a like-for-like It was just a wonderful space,

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twin height, Baroque, and with the magnificent room that

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would form the entrance to Clandon Refurbishment on this

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scale do not come cheap. But it is hoped some

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materials salvaged from A panel of experts and locals will

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select the winners in the autumn. The winning design will not

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necessarily be the final design but that team will work

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with the National Trust to create Looking forward to seeing it

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restored. A warm start to the day. Time now to find out

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what the weather's up Good afternoon. A cloudy few hours.

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The sunshine did tease us first thing. One of a Weather Watchers was

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out and about and captured this picture. Thank you for all your

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pictures. We should see more sunshine as we head into the next

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few hours. A very pleasant afternoon. A light westerly breeze.

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Temperatures getting up to 25 Celsius. Still feeling moggy. If you

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are not a fan of humidity, pressure conditions tonight. It will not be

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as warm as it was last night. Temperatures dipping down to 1213

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degrees. Looking try with clear spells overnight. Into tomorrow, it

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will be feeling fresh from the start. And still a lot of sunny

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spells around. A lot of dry weather on the cards. Varying amounts of

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cloud. Temperatures quite a lot lower than they have been in recent

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days. It is a similar day for Friday. A lot of dry weather over

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the next few days. And always some sunny spells. On Saturday and Sunday

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we take in some warmer air. That could trigger some thundery showers.

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However, if you escape those showers, you could get away with a

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very pleasant bank holiday weekend. But Alice Bhandhukravi will be back

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with all the latest at 6.30 tonight. For now though, from all of us

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on the lunchtime team, have a lovely afternoon.

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