11/03/2018 London News


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You can see more on all of today's

stories on the BBC News Channel.

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Have a very good night.

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Good evening and welcome

to the programme,

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I'm Katharine Carpenter.

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People who lost their water supply

following the recent cold weather

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have criticised the amount

of compensation being

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offered by Thames Water.

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The company says the payments

are above the minimum required

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by law but it comes as the industry

regulator, Ofwat, is set

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to investigate why thousands

of homes and businesses went

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without water for up to a week.

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Alpa Patel reports.

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It has been a frustrating week

for Thames water customers as vast

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quantities of drinking water ran

down the drain or flooded roads,

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schools, care homes,

businesses and tens of thousands

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of people found themselves without.

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Charlie Pollard, who lives

in Kennington, only got his water

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back on yesterday after being

without for more than six days.

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It has essentially made

the flat unliveable.

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You can't do your washing,

you can't cook pasta,

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and you have to go out and buy

bottles of water

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to fill the kettle with.

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Thames Water are offering

compensation and so you will get £50

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if you have been without water

for between 12 and 24 hours.

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100 hours for between 24

and 48 hours,

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£100 for between 24 and 48 hours,

and £150 for more than two days.

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So what does Charlie think of that?

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If they are lumping in everybody 48

hours plus into the same bucket,

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that's completely unreasonable.

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But the second part is more

the procedure to get

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the compensation, and having been

hung up on and tweeting my MP,

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who has been great and acted

on my behalf, but the fact we have

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had to be so proactive in getting

information out of Thames Water

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meant that £150 felt unfair.

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Thames Water say it is right that

customers are properly compensated

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and that they have worked

around the clock to

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get everything back to normal.

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But serious questions by local MPs

and customers are being asked.

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Now the regulator will investigate

why tens of thousands of people

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were left without a vital public

service for several days.

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A 31-year-old man has been arrested

on suspicion of murdering

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a teenager in North London.

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19-year-old Kelvin Odunuyi was

attacked inside a cinema

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in Wood Green on Thursday.

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A man has died after being

restrained by police in south-east

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London. Offices say they were called

to the house on Friday afternoon

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where they found the man in an

agitated state. The Independent

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office for police conduct are

investigating.

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Parents whose children have to cross

a busy road to get to school

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in South East London say they're

worried one of them will be killed

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if improvements aren't made.

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Bromley Council says it is

consulting on options to improve

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safety as Paul Murphy-Kasp reports.

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Village Way in Beckenham.

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Families use the junction

to cross the road to get

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to the nearest school,

and while they manage

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to cross the road, it is not

always done safely.

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They are taking their lives

into their own hands.

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I have to get Sam to text me every

morning to let me know

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he has got to school OK.

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Bromley council is now consulting

residents on introducing

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a traffic refuge

island like this one.

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We found in many places

that the refuge is by far the best

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for taking all the members

of the community, indeed the infirm

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or anyone who will take

longer to cross the road,

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maybe pushing a buggy,

it just gives them that

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bit more confidence.

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Previous attempts by the council

to install a crossing have been

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rejected by residents and road users

found the average

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speed is below 30 mph.

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Harris Academy says it wants to work

with Bromley Council

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on solving the problem.

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But for parents and pedestrians,

a safe crossing couldn't

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come soon enough.

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Now the weather -

here's Georgina Burnett.

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Good evening.

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There was some

sunshine around today.

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A little bit of blue

sky but also some rain.

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We'll see some more tonight,

coming up from the south-west.

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That will be cloudy with

temperatures down to four Celsius.

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Some rain around tomorrow as well.

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Showery rain for much of the day,

some dry spells as well,

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and temperatures getting up to 11

Celsius.

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Tuesday is a little drier

after the rain clears

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the east in the morning.

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And Wednesday, after a chilly start

should see some sunny spells, too.

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That's all from the late team.

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Goodnight.

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