25/03/2017 London News


25/03/2017

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Now on BBC1, it's time for the news where you are.

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Welcome to BBC London, I'm Alice Bhandhukravi.

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On the 60th anniversary of the birth of the European Union,

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thousands of proestors took to the streets of Westminster

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Our reporter Sarah Harris spoke to some.

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After the violence a few short days ago, a protest with peace

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Thousands made their way to Parliament Square - many,

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like pensioner Jaqueline Skelton, had never protested before.

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Many of her generation voted to leave in the referendum,

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but she sees that as a disaster for her home city of London.

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I think it's ludicrous that they talk about hard

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Brexit is just going to be Brexit and we're

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And that really, really frightens me.

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And let me say it is fantastic to see all these European flags,

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but the flag I really care about is this one.

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Speakers included Alastair Campbell and Nick Clegg on the 60th

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anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome,

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Some onlookers believe the march has come too late,

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with Article 50 being triggered in days.

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The nation is going to do it, it's going to happen on Wednesday,

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and maybe their efforts would have been better used to discuss

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The whole nation has to work this out - not stamp your feet

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But organisers say it is right to keep up the pressure

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Is it going to be a take-it-or-leave-it deal?

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So we're saying loudly and clearly that we believe that it needs to be

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democratic at the end of this process, not rushed

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through, and the people still need to have a say.

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There were flowers and a minute's silence for those who lost their

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Those here believe their freedom to protest is exactly

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That is something they are determined to preserve.

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Nearly a century of history will come to an end tonight,

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as the one remaining greyhound track in London closes its doors.

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The last dog races will take place at Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium,

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before it's torn down to make way for housing and a new

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These greyhound racing fans are witnessing the end of an era.

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After almost 90 years as a sporting venue,

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Wimbledon Greyhound Track is closing.

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To me personally and the people who follow the greyhounds scene

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and the owners and trainers around the country, they're in denial.

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They can't quite believe that it's going to happen.

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I'm not surprised, because it's been on the cards for quite a while.

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I'm not very happy, but that's something else.

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It falls into the category of stuff you can't fight.

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At least it's still going to be a stadium, so that something.

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But we will miss the dog track, it will be missed.

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The plan is to build a new stadium for AFC Wimbledon

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at the Plough Lane site, as well as hundreds of new houses.

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But many of those who have made a living at the track for decades

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feel London's mayor should have fought harder to keep it.

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He's made a mistake and time will prove it.

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He's made a mistake because there will be a hue and cry

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People will say, why did they let it go?

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Greyhound racing was hugely popular after the Second World War,

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But they've been closing since the 1960s.

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As crowd numbers at the dogs have dropped, there's been an increasing

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We have lost Walthamstow and Catford in the last sort of 15 years,

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There's still hope an investor could be found to build

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a new track in the future, or London may have lost part

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It is feeling really springlike. Let's get a check on the weather.

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Hello, hope you managed to make the most of this beautiful

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Temperatures today were in the mid-teens.

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Tomorrow we're going to do it all again for Mothering Sunday,

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although after something of a cool start, with temperatures well

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down in single figures through the night tonight.

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But plenty of sunshine from the start of things tomorrow.

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We've still got that northeasterly wind tempering things

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out towards the East, but inland we are looking at highs of 14,

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Another settled day for you on Monday.

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A bit more unsettled from Tuesday, but it turns a bit milder

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as we go through the week, up into the high teens by the end.

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Don't forget, the clocks go forward tonight by an hour.

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That's it from us, we'll be back in the evening news tomorrow,

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Good evening. What a belter of a day it has been. If you missed out on

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the sunshine, don't worry, we will get more tomorrow. The one

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exception, the Shetland Islands, shrouded in cloud. Elsewhere it has

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been a stunner. The highest temperature of the year so far, 19

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degrees. A beautiful shot here by one of our weather watchers. It is

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already cooling down and will turn quite chilly this evening through

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those clear skies. Dry nationwide and in the early morning the clocks

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go forward and British summertime begins, which means an hour less

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obsolete,

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