29/01/2018 London News


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That's all from the BBC News at One

- so it's goodbye from me -

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and on BBC One we now join the BBC's

news teams where you are.

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Good afternoon. I'm Asad Ahmad.

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Parts of the London Underground

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are said to be loud enough

to damage people's hearing.

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BBC London measured

noise levels which,

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on one stretch of the Central Line,

was equivalent to that

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found at a rock concert.

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Gareth Furby has been investigating

for this special report.

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Meet Roberta.

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She's now wearing earplugs

whenever she travels

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on the London Underground.

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It's deafening.

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It's definitely not

good for your hearing.

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You're losing your

ability to hear slowly.

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But could this be true?

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Could the noise levels be bad

for unprotected ears?

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To get some idea, I measured ten

lines in central London

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using calibrated sound meters

supplied by UCL, and on some

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lines, there's no doubt

it can get very loud.

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OK, so this is the Victoria line

heading towards Stockwell and it's

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absolutely deafening.

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And here we are on the Northern

line, and once again it's

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really loud, I mean,

I'm having to shout!

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Can you actually hear me?

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It took one week to get

all the measurements

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and, as the results started coming

in, I was advised to wear

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hearing protection.

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The data was uploaded to a computer

at the UCL Ear Institute

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and analysed by Dr Joe Sollini.

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The Central line has the loudest

section out of all of the Tube lines

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and it basically gets as loud

as almost 110 decibels.

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To put that into perspective,

that's approximately as loud

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as going to a gig or a rock concert.

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The three loudest sections

were on the Central line

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from Liverpool Street to

Bethnal Green, on the Northern line

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from Camden Town to Euston,

and on the Jubilee line

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from North Greenwich

to Canary Wharf.

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Also, on average, the Victoria

line is the loudest,

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followed by the Jubilee,

Northern and Central line,

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at or above 85 decibels.

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Which, if this was a work

environment, would be considered

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so loud that you would have

to wait ear defenders.

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so loud that you would have

to wear ear defenders.

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I think what these measurements show

is that the Tube is sufficiently

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loud to warrant further

investigation and certainly shows

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it can be loud enough

to damage people's hearing.

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Transport for London says noise

levels on the Tube are monitored

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and they're below those set

by the Health and Safety Executive,

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whose guidance suggests such levels

are highly unlikely to cause any

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long-term damage to

passengers' hearing.

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We're confident that nobody

out there is exposed

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to an unsafe noise level.

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Of course there are parts

of the network that are noisier

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than others but you would need to be

exposed to that noise

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for a significant period of time

for it to cause any hearing damage.

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One of the things we're doing,

of course, is to look at things

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like quieter track fastenings

so we grind the rails,

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we replace the rails.

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All of that is designed

to give a smoother journey

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but also a quieter journey.

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And even though Transport for London

says it's highly unlikely

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there will be any effect,

the UCL expert who analysed our data

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this passengers hearing this...

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says passengers hearing this...

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MECHANICAL GRINDING AND WHIRRING.

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..day in, day out could think

about taking precautions.

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Gareth Furby, BBC London News.

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And you can see more on that

on Inside Out London

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tonight at 7:30pm on BBC One.

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Or take a look at our

website or Facebook page.

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Nearly 1 million jobs are said

to be at risk in London from robots.

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A think tank has predicted huge

changes in the way we work

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because of technological advances,

but not all of it is bad news.

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Joining me now is Paul Swinney

from Centre For Cities,

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who are behind the findings.

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1 million jobs going

from humans to robots.

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What kind of jobs?

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In terms of jobs being lost it tends

to be in retail or customer

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services. Amazon last week opened

their first automated supermarket

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some changes like that. On the plus

side we will see jobs in new areas,

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high-paid jobs in London which will

be able to withstand this storm.

Are

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we going to lose jobs overall or

gained jobs?

We will see an

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expansion of jobs. Despite seeing

one in six jobs at risk of

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declining, we will see a further

expansion and there will continue to

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be a powerhouse not just in the UK

economy but in a global economy.

How

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do we prepare for this change?

This

is crucial because not everyone will

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win from these changes and we have

to make sure people are prepared for

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this change.

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It is about giving schoolkids the

skills they need for the work of

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tomorrow but also for the people who

have a job already, how we are

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refreshing their skills so they can

take advantage of opportunities that

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come about.

Will we see changes in

our environment?

I think we will and

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we have seen changes already such as

self-service checkouts in

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supermarkets. In McDonald's you can

order on a screen now. There will be

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changes in terms of how we interact

with businesses and what works looks

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like in those businesses too.

Selfish question, in ten years from

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now will I have a job?

You cannot

replace talent so I'm sure you will

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be all right for now.

You are

welcome any time! Thank you for now.

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A Thames Clipper boat has

crashed into a pier.

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It hit Greenland Pier

in Surrey Quay this morning.

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All 110 passengers got off the boat

with two suffering minor injuries.

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The Cyclone Clipper has been

removed from service

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until the cause of the accident

has been investigated.

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A previous Clipper crashed

into a pier in 2012.

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A new scheme has been launched

which aims to develop

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talented young people into future

Olympic gold medalists.

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'Discover Your Gold' hopes

to build on Team GB success

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which had its roots in London 2012.

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Tim Muffet has more.

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People who have a certain aptitude

for sport are invited to come along

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here to the Lee Valley Ice Centre

in east London and to

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demonstrate their skills,

and you never know what could happen

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because, Natalie, you are from UK

Sport, this has the potential

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to change people's lives,

doesn't it, this event?

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It does, it's a great

opportunity to try a sport that

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you could be really good at,

but you just don't know it yet.

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What successes have you had before?

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We have had multiple Olympic

and Paralympic medallists

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that have come through.

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Helen Glover, Lizzy Yarnold

etc, so if you are 15

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plus and you want to give it a go,

you can sign up on the UK Sport

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website and come and see

how good you could be.

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Natalie, thanks ever so much indeed.

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Let's have a quick

chat to you guys here.

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Where do your future dreams lie?

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I'd really like to get

into track cycling.

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And how important is an event

like this for opening people's

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minds to that possibility

becoming a reality?

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It's a really good opportunity

for anyone who's got athletic

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ability to come and try things out,

maybe something they haven't done.

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Thanks very much indeed.

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Carry on, you are working very hard.

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Let's have a quick chat to Vicky,

you are an Olympic silver medallist.

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Of course you won double sculls

with Katherine Grainger in Rio,

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didn't you, and you were spotted

through an event like this.

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Yes, absolutely.

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It was the same as this,

I saw an advert for a talent search

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and thought I was the height

they wanted me to be, so I went

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along for testing and was told yes,

you could potentially be really

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good at growing.

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good at rowing.

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Ten years later I'm still

here and hoping to go

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to my third Olympic Games.

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Amazing, isn't it?

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You didn't row before, you come

along and look what happened.

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Yes, absolutely.

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That could potentially

happen to anyone here.

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Thanks very much indeed

to you guys for coming along.

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As you can see, take

a look out to the ice.

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Potentially out there

is a future Olympian.

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Maybe not in South Korea

on the 9th of February

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but potentially in Beijing in 2022.

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Tim Muffet there.

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Now the weather with Kate.

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You wouldn't be blamed if you

thought it was feeling a bit like

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spring earlier this morning, really

mild start. Snowdrops starting to

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pop up here and there. We have seen

some sunshine this morning but cloud

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thickening. We have rain but then

that will clear. You will hang on to

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the cloud this afternoon but north

and west brightening up, and as it

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brightens the temperature will fall.

It started mild but we will end on a

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cooler note, around 7 degrees in the

north of London. Overnight the

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windfalls lighter after a breezy

day. Minimum one or two spots out

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towards the suburbs down to low

single figures. There will be some

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spots down at zero. You can expect

frost tomorrow morning but it is a

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cold, crisp start to Tuesday. Plenty

of sunshine around in the morning

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but cloud increasing from the west

through the course of the afternoon.

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Nine Celsius the maximum. The rain

pretty much stays until tomorrow

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evening, then we have outbreaks of

rain, clearing and temperatures

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evening, then we have outbreaks of

rain, clearing and temperatures

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chilly for the next few days.

That is it, more throughout the day

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on our Facebook and Twitter feed. I

will be back at the same time

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tomorrow. On behalf of everyone on

the lunchtime team, have a very good

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afternoon, goodbye.

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