24/02/2018 London News


24/02/2018

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Goodbye.

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Hello and welcome to BBC

London News, I'm Alpa Patel.

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Five homeless charities are warning

that people will die if urgent

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action isn't taken to help rough

sleepers during the winter weather

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over the coming days.

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Temperatures could get as low

as minus seven degrees tonight.

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One homeless man has

already died in Essex.

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Sarah Harris reports.

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It's business as usual

on Chelmsford High Street,

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with shoppers and buskers out

enjoying the winter sunshine.

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But a stone's throw from the main

high street, a homeless man believed

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to be living rough here was found

dead after a cold and frosty night.

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Workers are asking for support ahead

of the freezing snap expected this

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week for rough sleepers

in and around London.

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Of course I'm very concerned.

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People are going to

die on the streets.

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There are far too many homeless

people tonight who'll be lying

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on the street in this cold,

severe, minus, treacherous weather.

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People will die on these streets.

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People need to, if they can,

go out and help their fellow person.

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Harry's been sleeping on the streets

of London near Waterloo

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on and off for 15 years.

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With mental health and addiction

issues, he knows he's relying

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on the kindness of others to stay

alive when temperatures

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drop below zero.

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He's seen many friends

die during the winters.

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Mostly, like, overdoses,

found in the cold.

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I've woke up with snow on me before.

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Luckily someone actually

woke me up and went, like,

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you know, are you all right?

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Cos I wouldn't have

woke up, to be honest.

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I was that cold,

you know what I mean?

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Around a quarter of the country's

rough sleepers are based in London.

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Close to Waterloo the numbers

have gone up, according

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to council figures.

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But many, like Harry,

do have a place to go.

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I actually have a homeless hostel

that I stay at that I pay

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a certain amount every week,

but, like, most of the time I end up

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staying on the street

because I can't hack it.

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I'm too used to being

outside, you know?

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Severe weather protocol is in place

in boroughs across the capital.

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Tonight a meal and shelter is being

provided at Hackney Town Hall,

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with volunteers ready to support

rough sleepers in what's expected

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to be a challenging week

as temperatures fall.

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Sarah Harris, BBC London News.

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The sister of a man who died

in police custody has told the BBC

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she cautiously welcomes

a recommendation from the police

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watchdog that five officers should

face gross misconduct hearings.

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Sean Rigg, who suffered

from schizophrenia, died

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after being restrained at Brixton

police station ten years ago.

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His sister Marcia says

she'll continue her fight

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for justice and says

the recommendations are overdue.

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Volunteers have been out along

the River Lea this morning,

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to help clean up an oil spill,

which has spread for miles.

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The volunteers spent much of the day

near the Olympic Park putting down

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absorbent pads and looking

for wildlife coated in oil.

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Several birds have

already been rescued.

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The Environment Agency

is investigating who was behind

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the the oil slick.

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It's thought to have started more

than a week ago.

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Let's get that all-important

weather forecast -

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here's Kate Kinsella.

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Good evening.

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It's been a very cold Saturday

and temperatures set to drop even

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further over the next few days.

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For today at least, though,

we have had blue sky and sunshine

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and it's been quite a beautiful

cold, crisp winter's day,

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and conditions stay

similar into tomorrow.

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Overnight tonight we still don't

have much cloud, and with this cold

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air temperatures are going to drop

down into negative figures -

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between zero, -3 or -4

out in the countryside,

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so a bitterly cold night.

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We've still got this easterly breeze

and that's going to stay with us

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into Sunday as well.

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So a very cold start to Sunday,

that easterly wind making things

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feel particularly raw as we head

through the day.

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Plenty of sunshine, it stays dry,

with temperatures reaching five

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Celsius, but factor in that breeze

and it's going to feel much colder.

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Some snow showers expected

towards the East overnight

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from Sunday into Monday and then

for Monday itself, the Met Office

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for Monday afternoon has issued

a yellow weather warning indicated

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by this yellow area,

so mainly towards the East,

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but then as we head through Tuesday,

further snow showers expected,

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the area indicated here

by this yellow patch,

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so it's growing.

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And then through Wednesday as well,

further snow showers.

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So not only is the temperature set

to drop over the next few days,

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we're going to see some snowfall

as well, which could in turn

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cause some disruption.

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So by midweek, yes, we've got a bit

of snow around but also look

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at that temperature -

that's during the day.

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Unlikely to get much above zero.

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With the wind as well,

it's going to feel bitterly cold.

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That's it from me and the team.

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Do have a lovely evening.

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