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It'll be spent on fencing, CCTV

and new technology at border points.

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That's all from the BBC News at One,

so it's goodbye from me,

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Welcome to BBC London News.

I'm Victoria Hollins.

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Home owners in a south

London tower block that has the same

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cladding as that used

on the Grenfell Tower have

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been told they may have

to pay millions of pounds

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to replace its outer covering.

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The Citiscape building in Croydon

was one of 228 building

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across the country which failed fire

safety tests carried out

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in the weeks following the blaze.

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Here's our Political

Editor Tim Donovan.

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After what happened

at Grenfell Tower,

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the cladding at this block

in

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Croydon was tested and failed

the testing that was done at the

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building research establishment,

which means effectively that it is

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in breach of building regulations.

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The cost of replacing the cladding

here is said to be more than £2

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million and the leaseholders here,

they are 93 of them, have been told

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it is they who will have to foot

the bill and in some cases they are

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being asked to pay £30,000 and more

to have this work done.

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They say it should

be the freeholder, a

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significant property company,

that should be paying for this work.

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The rights and wrongs,

exactly who is

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responsible, is not entirely

clear at this stage.

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The Government has said it should

be the landlord that

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foots the bill in line with what it

said in the public sector to

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councils and so on, but the managing

agent for the owners of this block,

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the freeholders, are saying

they want some clarification and are

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taking this to a property

tribunal next month.

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It's the 50-billion-pound rail

project that will link London

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with the north of England

with a high speed line.

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But protestors on the site

of the HS2 development in Hillingdon

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don't want it to go ahead.

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Now they have been threatened

with injunctions by the transport

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secretary in a bid to prevent

their continued

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demonstrations on the site.

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Caroline Davies reports.

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Across this busy road from the HS2

site, they sit and wait.

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Protesters have been

here since October.

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I walk the streets all the time,

every day and I'm horrified,

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absolutely horrified that it's

going to go and I can't stand it.

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So yes, that's why

I'm here, to stop it.

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But it's not just about cups of tea

around the campfire.

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We have a right to remove

you from this land because it's

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not a safe place to be.

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Sit-ins on the site,

in front of the gates,

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and even on a digger.

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Now they have had enough.

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Seven of the protesters here,

like Sarah and Sofia,

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have been threatened

with an injunction to prevent them

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demonstrating on the site.

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I think their threat of

an injunction is very heavy-handed.

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I don't want to have the right

to protest being taken away from me.

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We are going to continue to protest

in whatever means...

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Supporters of the high-speed rail

line from London to Birmingham,

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Manchester and Leeds will connect up

the country, improving the economy,

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but there's been controversy

about the noise, disruption,

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route, demolition of homes,

and the effect on wildlife.

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HS2 couldn't put anyone up

for us to speak to today.

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They say this is an issue of safety

both of the people in the camp

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but also their own workers.

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They did admit the protesters have

caused delays and they say

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they have a duty to the public

to deliver HS2 on time and budget.

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We are not putting

ourselves at risk.

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We've been given this area which is

a designated protest site...

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Sitting on diggers or in front

of diggers, isn't that dangerous?

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No, we've done nothing

unsafe at all.

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Any vehicle has been stationary.

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You know, there's

been no engines on.

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Whatever happens

next, these protesters don't

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intend to end their fight.

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Surgeons at

St George's Hospital in south London

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have rebuilt the face of a woman

severely injured

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in a riding accident.

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The lower half of Libby Keating's

face was completely crushed,

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she also broke several ribs.

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It took nine surgeons ten hours

to reconstruct her face.

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Alpa Patel reports.

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Just a warning her report

contains distressing images.

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For Libby Keating, horse riding

is a way to de-stress.

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This is her riding

her horse, Barney.

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But back in October,

while out riding, Barney

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got spooked by a noise.

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We were going through a wood

with trees going past my head very

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close, and I came off him

deliberately to try and get out

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of harm's way, and unfortunately

he swerved and we think ran me over.

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This distressing image shows

the extent of Libby's injuries.

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The horse's hoof essentially struck

this part of her face...

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She was brought to St George's,

where she coincidentally also

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works as a paediatrician,

but her injuries were so severe

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the surgeons needed a photograph

of her before her accident in order

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to reconstruct Libby's face.

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Our problem with any patient

like Elizabeth is we have no idea

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what things were like before such

a catastrophic injury.

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She has a natural count to her teeth

and that has been reproduced

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in the final result.

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I would never have known that

unless she'd come along

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with some photographs.

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In order to perform Elizabeth's

complex operation, the surgical team

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needed to create bespoke splints

to keep her jaws in place, and this

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is the lab where they were created.

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The team here support surgical staff

across the whole hospital.

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So tell us the feeling

on your face...

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Almost three months on,

Libby is back to see Nick,

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who led the surgery on her face.

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Today she has 11 plates

holding her face together,

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but she is recovering well and has

learned to talk, eat and drink again

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in a very short space of time.

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I'm feeling like I'm recovering,

I'm feeling like I'm ready to get

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back out there and back on a horse,

ready to get back to work.

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So yes, that's...

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I don't think I'd be doing any

of that without the team here.

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So how are things with Barney?

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We are definitely friends.

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He hasn't disowned me

for my inability to stay

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on when he runs off,

and I haven't disowned him

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for standing on me so we are all

good and hopefully

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I will be back in his saddle

in about a month's time.

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Strong winds overnight

caused serious disruption

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on London's transport

network this morning.

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Services were cancelled or delayed

after a number of trees

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fell onto rail tracks,

and main roads were forced to close.

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Here's Thomas Magill.

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It's not easy to get to work

when this is what greets you first

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thing in the morning.

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This was Tufnell Park earlier,

closed and causing chaos for much

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of this morning's rush hour.

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In New Barnet, it was more

of the same, where some

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residents woke to this -

damaged fences and cars.

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And it wasn't much better south

of the river in Greenwich.

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The historic wall around

the park bore the brunt

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of last night's winds.

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The rail service was also severely

disrupted, Southern and Great Anglia

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were just some of the rail providers

hit by delays and cancellations.

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But it wasn't long before

the clear up was under way.

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This is workers clearing

the line in Surrey.

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The worst may be over

but the clean-up continues.

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It'll seem to have calmed down.

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Now the weather with

Georgina Burnett.

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Now the weather with

Georgina Burnett.

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Thankfully things have calmed down

since this morning's damaging winds

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but it is still blustery through the

next few hours and into tomorrow as

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well. Some beautiful weather watcher

pictures with so much beautiful blue

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sky on offer, this one from Hackney.

Some sunny spells this afternoon in

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between a few showers, they could be

on the heavy side at times. Quite

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breezy as well still, temperatures

up to eight Celsius so feeling cold

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and just becoming colder as we had

through this evening. Those

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temperatures dropping off rapidly.

The show was move away leaving us

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with a largely dry night and frost

in moral spots with temperatures

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getting down to freezing. It is a

frosty started tomorrow with a fair

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amount of sunshine around. You

cannot rule out the odd shower here

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and there but for many it will be a

largely dry and breezy day tomorrow.

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Temperatures getting up to six

Celsius. The winds don't really drop

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off until we get to Saturday but

it's looking largely dry and bright

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so a lot calmer, fairly cold after a

frosty start. The winds pick up

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again on Sunday along with some

heavy rain coming in from the south

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west too. But that has an effect on

the temperatures so where is over

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the next few days it will be feeling

pretty chilly, on Sunday and Monday

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when the weather is unsettled again,

we will be seeing double figures.

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That's about it from me.

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Riz Lateef will be here

with our 6:30 evening programme.

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But for now, from us all,

a very good afternoon.

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