02/12/2017 London News


02/12/2017

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Adam Wild BBC News. That is it for

now,

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we are for now, back with

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the late news at 10.

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Now on BBC1 it's time

for the news where you are.

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Goodbye.

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Good evening from BBC London News.

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I'm Alpa Patel.

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There are concerns that lower

consumer spending this Christmas

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could mean difficult times

for small businesses.

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There are more than a million

small and local firms

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across London, employing tens

of thousands of people.

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But there are fears,

that as we continue to cut back,

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some will struggle to survive.

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Sarah Harris reports.

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I have those ones, the brown ones.

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For ten years Irina has

run her designer clothes and shoes

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business in central London.

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It's been a great success.

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But in the

last 12 months she's noticed a sea

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change ,both online and in her shop.

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Having had the business for a long

time, we can definitely compare year

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on year the trend where

customer spend has

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reduced, or basically

the

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customers are spending less.

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On the South Bank they

are gearing up for the

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festive season, but

according to the latest

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research commissioned

by the

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Federation of Small

Businesses, it seems

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Christmas cheer is thin

on the

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ground among their members.

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A lot of London businesses

have been having a

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tough time recently,

the cost of doing business

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is at its highest for four years.

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London was hit really

badly by this year's

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change in business rates,

a

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lot of people's bills went up

enormously, they are facing rents

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going up in many cases

and so times have been tough.

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Some small firms, though,

are bucking the trend.

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Sheila's cactus business

is going from strength to strength.

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I think if you offer something

different, it's not on

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every high street, it's not in every

other shop, people warm to it.

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I think I have been

lucky that I have

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picked the right thing.

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And even, you know,

if people don't want to buy a

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plant, they generally come

in and they will buy

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because it's green and it's healthy,

and makes

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them feel good.

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With small businesses

accounting for half of

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the capital's jobs, it is hoped

the pessimism is not

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being overplayed and the festive

spirit will lead to

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better than expected sales.

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Sarah Harris, BBC London News.

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Five men have been injured

after a car hit a group of people

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in Brixton in the early hours.

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Police believe it happened shortly

after an altercation

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between the people in the car

and some pedestrians.

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The VW Golf was abandoned

when the occupants ran off.

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Police are still at the scene

on Stockwell Road,

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which is still is still closed.

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There have been no arrests.

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Researchers from the University

College London have been

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involved in a study

which has found that

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overweight middle aged

people are more likely

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to develop dementia.

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The research found that

being overweight, reduces

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blood flow to the brain.

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Experts say the study

highlights the importance

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of having a healthy weight

in supporting a healthy brain.

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the Salvation Army in readiness

preparing extra food parcels for

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those in need, partly in the light

of the roll-out of Universal Credit

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in the town next week, there are

fears that thousands of families

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could struggle to eat if there are

delays with the new benefit payment.

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It is all locally done, the money

raised for it is from local

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donations, and then it goes to local

families and people as well. Maybe

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three weeks into December if a

family or an individual or a couple

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struggling even if they are not now

we will still be able help them. It

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has felt a bit warmer today, let's

find the weather out now, with Sara

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Thornton.

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find the weather out now, with Sara

Thornton.

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Good evening, if you've been waiting

for the much heralded milder air,

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you probably spent much of the day

today wondering where it is.

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It is coming but slowly and we've

still got the cold at the moment

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with some breaks in the cloud

overnight, the temperatures

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will fall away to

about 4 or 5 degrees.

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And there's more rain to contend

with first thing tomorrow.

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It's because we've got a couple

of frontal systems, another sinking

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towards us as we go

through the night but bear with it

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because that is mild

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air to filter in behind it

as the day wears on tomorrow.

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We'll have a cloudy

and a damp start but things

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improve all the while and you'll

notice the difference in the feel

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of things through the afternoon.

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So rain around breakfast,

coming in from the north,

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and it's tracking off

towards the south nicely and from

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lunchtime we'll start to see

breaks in the cloud,

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some brighter spells

for the afternoon and here is your

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reward, 11 Celsius, 52 Fahrenheit.

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You will notice the difference.

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At the beginning of

the week we'll keep

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that slightly milder air

with us, looks like things

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turn again though from

Thursday, colder next weekend.

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turn again though from

Thursday, colder next weekend.

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Not bad, temperature wise!

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This it from me and the team -

have a lovely evening won't you.

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Bye for now.

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Bye for now.

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