17/02/2018 London News


17/02/2018

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Now on BBC One it's time

for the news where you are.

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Good evening, I'm Asad Ahmad.

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For the first time police have been

given powers to charge,

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fine or imprison people who hang

around a housing estate in east

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London, even if they haven't

actually committed a crime.

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The court order allows officers

to take action in order

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to keep residents safe.

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And it could be rolled

out across London.

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Here's Sarah Harris.

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Leaving his flat at Bentworth Court

in east London isn't an option

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for pensioner Malcolm Bass.

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Gangs congregating outside have

physically attacked him on four

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separate occasions and stolen

from his twice.

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Despite the injuries,

he's determined to play

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down the violence.

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There was a group

of them in the block.

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I've asked them to leave.

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One of them has knocked me down

and they started kicking me,

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you know what I mean?

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But it wasn't that bad,

so I've taken more than

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a kicking in my life.

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Now the police, working

with Tower Hamlets housing,

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have secured new legislation

from the courts to arrest people

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who loiter in the hallways here.

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It means they can charge,

fine or imprison people

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for just being here.

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It's the first time these orders

have been used in the capital.

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We carry out random daily patrols

on a number of occasions,

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throughout the day, each day.

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There are occasions

where in previous times

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where we've seen people here,

we've had to eject them

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from the premises.

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This gives us that extra

tool to make sure they

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don't come back again.

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Malcolm hopes it means his elderly

neighbours can get out

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of their flats again before

it's too late.

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I buried a 97-year-old

lady in the last year,

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she'd lived here since it was built.

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Even then she was scared to come out

of the door at night

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to talk to her neighbours,

which is wrong.

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It's not fair.

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It's hoped the new order will be

used in other residential

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blocks across the capital.

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Sarah Harris, BBC London News.

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As well as showing off the latest

styles and drawing in billions

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of pounds of investment,

London Fashion Week is also

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attracting demonstrations

and protests on various issues.

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The attention the catwalks get

is increasingly seen

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as a chance to voice opinions.

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Here's a snapshot of

some of the topics.

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You should frack off!

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Vivienne Westwood using the start

of London Fashion Week

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to make her message heard

against fracking for gas

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in Surrey and elsewhere.

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Nearby protesters made their voice

heard too, at a topless demo

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about the increasing use

of fur in fashion.

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The topless protest people

might think is shocking,

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but you know what is shocking?

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The fact that people wear bits

of completely tortured,

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brutalised animals and they think

this is normal.

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There's also the issue of plus-sized

models arguing against the use

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of size zero models on the catwalk.

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Recycled plastic is also

a feature at Fashion Week,

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with designers saying

they want to make a political

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statement by using it.

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And abuse in the industry

is also being talked about.

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The London model Adwoa Aboah

says there is real fear

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among both men and women,

but the fashion industry

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says it's on the case.

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We've created a model first

initiative and this is very much

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in response to the Me Too campaign

that started at the end of last

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year, that has built

on the incredible work we've done

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already to make sure models

are looked after here in the UK.

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London Fashion Week,

complete with protests,

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is on until Tuesday.

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Now the weather forecast

with Elizabeth.

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Good evening, it almost felt like

spring at times today, lots of blue

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sky and sunshine despite a cold and

frosty start. Another frost is

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possible tomorrow morning and it

will feel a bit cloudy as well.

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Overnight tonight the best of the

clear skies will be out towards the

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east. This is where we'll see the

lowest temperatures tomorrow

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morning. The mist on fog is possible

that will readily lift and clear.

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Cloudy day than today, the best of

the brightness will be through the

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morning. Top temperatures 10-11.

It's going to be a cloudy, damp but

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mild start to the new working week.

Some outbreaks of light, patchy rain

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and drizzle on Monday. It's going to

turn drier but colder with a chilly

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easterly wind taking hold.

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Just before we go, let me tell

you that Chinese New Year

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celebrations are taking place

in central London.

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This was what it looked like in

China Town in Soho a short time ago.

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2018 is the Year of the Dog,

which means anyone born this year -

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according to Chinese tradition -

will have the characteristics

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of being communicative

and responsible at work.

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I won't tell you what year I was

born in, it definitely wasn't the

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year of the dog!

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That's it for now.

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Have a very good evening.

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