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replace Priti Patel as International

Development Secretary.

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Welcome to BBC London News.

Development Secretary.

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I'm Sara Orchard.

Development Secretary.

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A remembrance service has taken

place in New Addington this morning

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to pay tribute to those who died

in the Croydon Tram crash last year.

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The tram overturned speeding

on a tight corner at Sandilands

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killing seven people

and injuring 51.

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Marc Ashdown has more.

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One by one they laid flowers. To pay

tribute. To reflect. To support each

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other. And to remember their loved

ones. Seven Londoners who exactly

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one year ago boarded a tram and lost

their lives.

There has not been a

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minute of any hour of any day in

this last year he has not been in

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our thoughts.

One families suffering

shared by an entire community, every

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face here has a story. Bereaved

families, survivors and those who

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simply whether in this quiet corner

of London devastated by tragedy. I

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year may have passed but emotions

are still raw.

Sometimes I cry and

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nobody knows how to feel. 23 days

before today I have had a of

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flashbacks. I had one this morning

like I was on the tram again. Since

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that they have not been on a tram.

On a cold and drizzly morning I saw

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some amazing people do some truly

courageous things.

A difficult day

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for the emergency services who one

year ago battled in horrendous

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conditions trying to save lives.

Everyone was working so hard

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together. To do the best that we

could. For the people on the tram.

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And number of our staff are members

of this community, they have worked

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for the Ambulance Service for a

number of years and I think they

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have felt the impact of that as much

as the people directly involved.

The

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plinth here and another to be

installed near the crash site is to

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be a permanent memorial inscribed

with the names of those who perished

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so they can be permanently

remembered.

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So one year after the tram crash,

how are the survivors coping?

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And what changes are being made

to the tram system to make it safer?

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Here's our transport

correspondent Tom Edwards

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I remember thinking to myself, he's

going a bit quick.

Matthew still

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doesn't remember what happened in

the tram crash one year ago. He

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suffered a severe head injury and

it's been a tough 12 months.

I still

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suffer from a bout of depression,

memory loss, I have trouble

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remembering things a lot and mood

swings, my wife said I have changed

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a lot in the last year. So it's been

difficult all round.

He has not

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worked as an HGV driver since. He

was on board the tram when it

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overturned. A preliminary report

found it was travelling at 46 mph on

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the corner where the speed limit is

13. Unusually investigators have

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already made recommendations. The

report into this incident is close

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to completion. As yet we still don't

know why the driver was speeding on

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this very tight corner here. The

early indications from the

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investigators are that they will

recommend some kind of automatic

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mechanism to prevent speeding and

also a system that will be able to

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detect if the driver isn't paying

attention. Since the crash it has

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emerged a number of drivers had

fallen asleep at the controls. This

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equipment has now been stalled on

all trams, it uses infrared to

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protect the driver is falling

asleep. Warning signs and further

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speed restrictions are so now in

place on tight corners. Solicitors

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say they want any more

recommendations to be implemented

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quickly.

I think the detail will be

important for them to understand

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exactly what happened and how it

happened and the next step is to

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make sure it never happens again.

The legacy from this has got to be

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that this does not happen again. I

have always said it's important that

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trams are treated more like trains

than they are like buses. It's a key

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feature and I hope those lessons

have been learned.

So was the

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changes are already being made on

the London trams, for Matthew and

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many others it will take much longer

to get his life back.

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The Surrey coroner

says he will consider

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whether the inquests of the victims

of the Guildford Pub

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bombings should resume.

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Five people were killed

in the IRA blast in 1974.

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The sister of one of the four men

convicted and then later

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acquitted has called

for the inquests to re-start.

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The families of the victims are now

being consulted on their views.

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Hundreds of south London homes have

been without gas for five days

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after heating systems in four tower

blocks were turned off

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due to safety concerns.

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It is the third time in two years

residents have been affected

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by issues with the communal heating

in four blocks on the

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Grantham Road Estate.

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About 360 homes were cut off

after a potential leak was detected.

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Hyde Housing, who have provided

electric heaters, said

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it was "doing everything it can".

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The sport of karate

will make its Olympic

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debut at Tokyo 2020,

but the hopes of some

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of England's finest youngsters

was hanging in the balance.

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The team was left on the verge

of financial ruin, but their Olympic

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dreams appear to have been revived

after a London-based billionaire

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offered to pay off their debts.

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Chris Slegg reports.

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England under 21 karate team have

just returned from the World

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Championships in Tenerife with three

medals to their name.

I was so happy

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because we have all worked so hard

and it's paid off.

The mood is more

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upbeat than a few weeks ago when we

reported on their financial

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problems.

They were preparing for

the biggest moment of the young

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sporting lives when Monarch airlines

collapsed leaving them among

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thousands of passengers out of

pocket.

Financially it put us close

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to bankruptcy.

Watching the report

at home was a cutie billionaire and

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former owner of Nottingham football

club.

I saw it on TV and I felt the

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same when I used to play in the old

days, in my country, I know how they

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feel so I was talking to my friend

and I told him, can we do something

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to help them?

So he offered to pay

off the team's debts of £40,000.

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Absolutely overwhelmed. Everybody is

overwhelmed, such a delightful

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gesture, such a wonderful gesture.

To offer to cover the cost.

He

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stepped in, it is overwhelming that

he has decided to do this for us.

I

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cannot thank that man enough, it

helped all of us because some of us

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were not able to make the trip

because of that happening and it

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caused a lot of stress for a lot of

our tweets.

He has also said he will

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consider helping fund the team in

the run-up to Tokyo 2020.

I will

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help them, if they need my help and

my support I will try to help them

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again. I love in general and I would

like to help and support them.

The

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Olympic dream is still alive.

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Now lets get a check on the weather

with Elizabeth Rizzini.

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Lovely sunrise this morning for many

of us but that was all that was

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pretty, it was damp and cold, really

quite chilly earlier on this

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morning, all of the cloud cover as

well has stuck around for most of

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us, few outbreaks of drizzle as well

and there will be more drizzle I

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think many areas as we through to

the end of the day, drifting its way

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southwards, very few spots of rain

here and they are but most of us

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staying dry and it could brighten up

towards parts of Buckinghamshire,

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Berkshire and sorry. An awful lot of

cloud around, feeling quite chilly

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from any of us, top temperatures 11

or 12. Overnight tonight, clear

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skies or a time or two, temperatures

dropping away, then rising again

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into tomorrow morning, we will start

the day tomorrow on a milder note,

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more outbreaks of drizzle, grey and

dull start to the day but tomorrow a

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lot more cheery through the

afternoon, we should see some

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brightness and sunshine develop,

fairly brisk and chilly

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north-westerly wind but temperatures

up into double figures, 10-12d. Not

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looking too bad but if you're going

out on Friday night be aware we are

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likely to see some rain and it could

turn out to be quite heavy, that'll

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stick around and to Saturday, over

the weekend we are going to see a

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northerly wind develop, it should be

mostly dry after Saturday morning,

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lots of sunshine on Saturday but

feeling cold, highs of only 9

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degrees.

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That's about it from me,

Riz Lateef will be here

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with our 6:30pm evening programme.

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But for now, from us all,

a very good afternoon.

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