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a very warm welcome to BBC London coming up on the
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program an historic market in nearby shops destroyed by fire stallholders
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in Kingston described the damage as devastating some say they've lost
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everything it's a town needs a fish shot down these that's hopefully a community brought together
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and we get back on the run at the moment I've
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lost everything we'll be live in Kingston with the latest also tonight.
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The race to replace Sir Keir Starmer as MP for Hoban and St Pancras, we're in the constituency ahead of tomorrow's by -election.
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Plus, a Surrey man's warning of the dangers of vape batteries after his wife's bag exploded.
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And the music, fashion
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and art of an eventful decade reflected in
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a new exhibition at Tate Britain hello
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and good evening to you first tonight we head to a
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community in southwest London affected by a huge fire destroying part of an historic market and nearby shops.
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Traders, business owners and residents are said to be shocked and saddened by the damage caused by yesterday's blaze.
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An investigation is underway into what happened at Kingston's ancient market and the whole area remains cordoned off.
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Our reporter Chris Legg is there and can tell us more.
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Hi, Chris.
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Yeah, Rids, this market is open every day it's been described as the hub of the community
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and there is real sadness here about those who work here and have had their businesses impacted.
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Now this fire took hold so quickly in the early hours of yesterday morning.
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A resident told us they saw it go from almost nothing to a fierce blaze in the space of about four minutes.
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It's believed it started in a row of market stalls
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but it affected the facade of buildings on the other side of the street
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and there are structural assessments going on behind me right now into the extent of
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that damage but all the thoughts here with the people who work on those stalls
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which are right now in ashes my colleague jem o'reilly has more scenes of devastation
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that burned through many of the stalls here yesterday four fire engines
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and 25 firefighters were called to the scene at around 4 30 a .m
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and it took them nearly two hours to put out.
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And for Tim the fishmonger, who has been trading here for 42 years, it's everything he knows.
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It's taken everything away from me.
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Yeah.
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Devastated.
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But yeah, hopefully we will build, we build.
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Yeah, because the town needs a fish shot, the town needs us.
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Hopefully a community will be brought together.
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At the moment I've lost everything.
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I've got 2 ,000 pounds worth And it's not just the stall owners.
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According to the locals here, Kingston Market is very much the beating heart of the town.
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It means everything to everyone, means everything to me, because it's just normal daily life, come round here, go to Greg's every couple of times, like monthly, just walking through it.
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It's just sad that it's happened.
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We've been coming here for, well, since the little girl, Kingston, used to come here with my mum.
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And, yeah, it's just really, really gutting, really
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that it's the shops of one like
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that i'm really shocked i think you know just coming by this market every weekend it's very vibrant
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and the people are really lovely and really kind you know
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and so just thinking about the people
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that have lost their livelihoods it's really horrible
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and really sad there are 28 permanent stall owners on this market
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and around half of those have been destroyed from the fire
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as you can see behind me many of those will have to be completely repaired
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and stall owners don't know when they can reopen.
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The Met Police have been working with London Fire Brigade
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and they say the cause of the fire is not being treated as suspicious.
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Kingston Council said they want to ensure the safety of the area and prioritise the recovery of their much -loved market.
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And for Tim, the news is devastating.
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Yeah, I put a lot of work into this.
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But it's just gone over.
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And it's a little devastation and the carnage is very hard.
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Right, yeah, we rebuild.
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Gem O 'Reilly, BBC London.
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Well, thankfully nobody hurt, but devastating for all those impacted.
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I can speak now to local resident Anmol
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and the deputy leader of the councillor Nick in our delhi
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and while you walk past here on your way to work every day what was your reaction
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when you saw the damage yesterday morning it was absolutely devastating to see
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that the market
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which is a community pinpoint for everyone here from the morning
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time it opens to the time it closes it is heaving to see
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that it has been burnt to a crisp on the side
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that is the busiest was absolutely heartbreaking
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and i really wish a speedy recovery for everyone involved in terms of business loss and anyone
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that has been affected by this yeah Nicola is there any
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any sense deputy leader of the council here Nicola Nardelli is
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there any sense of how long it's going to take for
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the market to get back on its feet we've been working
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at pace since yesterday obviously yesterday we had to keep everything shut down
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because the safety levels of it you didn't know
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if something was going to reoccur we didn't know the safety in the structure of the buildings
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but today we've managed to get some of the storeholders up
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and open tomorrow all of the other side will be up and open
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and these ones we are looking for temporary accommodations as much accommodation stalls for them to get them back up
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and running as soon as possible this is people's livelihoods
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and their businesses and it's the utmost important for us to get them up and running as soon as we can.
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This market as I said open every day there's a lot
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of concern though about how the Christmas market very popular Christmas
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market here in the wider square will be impacted can you offer any assurances on that?
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I have the utmost confidence
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that the Christmas market will be here it's it's the most important thing
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and Amber will be able to to say to it is
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the hub of Kingston in those weeks coming up to Christmas it will be here
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and I'm very sure really sure and I'd like to give some assurances
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that this part of the market was will also have those tools back up there
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but if everybody could come and support the Christmas market especially this year
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because of what's gone on here it really was it was grotesque coming in
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and seeing what it was like yesterday
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so yes we're pretty sure it's all gonna be up and running in time Thank you, Nicola and Amol, for your time this evening.
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But, yeah, a real sense here today of, as Nicola said, a community coming together to help those who have been directly impacted.
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Riz.
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Chris, many thanks, Indy.
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Chris Sleg there from Kingston.
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You're watching BBC London.
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Lots more to come this Wednesday evening, including...
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Autumn may have arrived in London today with some long -awaited rain and some cooler temperatures.
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But what's the rest of the week have in store?
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I'll have the full forecast.
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In less than 24 hours, voters will go to the polls in the Hoban and St Pancras by -election.
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It was triggered, of course, as a result of the former Prime Minister and Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, resigning from his role as an MP there.
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Our political editor, Karl Mercer, has been following the race to represent this North London constituency.
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It's always attracted visitors from across the globe.
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Today it's the focus of UK politics.
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The Hoban and St Pancras seat spreads from Camden down to Covent Garden and up to Highgate.
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The fight to be its next MP is in its final moments after Keir Starmer stepped down.
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This was him winning the seat in the 2024 general election with a majority of 11 ,500.
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But Labour suffered big losses in London in May's local elections, while the Greens picked up six councils, their first in the capital.
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The Greens leader, Zach Polanski, seen here earlier in the campaign,
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is standing, promising to focus on local housing, the climate and Gaza. But despite repeated requests, he wasn't made available for interview in the wake of his
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party's decision at the weekend to pass a motion at its conference saying Zionism was racism.
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He didn't take part in the vote, which has been criticised by Jewish groups.
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He has said in a statement, anti -Semitism and criticism of the Israeli state are, and must always be, completely distinct.
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Labour, of course, is defending the seat it's held for years.
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It's rolled out some big hitters during the campaign.
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The Prime Minister has been there, the Mayor too, and yesterday, Harriet Harman.
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Since May, its candidate has been the leader of Camden Council.
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She's now looking for a step to Parliament with a focus on local issues.
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So does she think publicity over the Greens this week has helped her campaign?
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Over the last week has been mentioned to me, literally at the school gate yesterday morning.
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A couple of parents spoke about how they felt quite divisive
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and they weren't particularly happy to see what was happening there
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and I think that's maybe a message that is resonating quite well amongst residents.
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Away from the broader political realm, what do locals want from their next MP?
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For this area, I think more house,
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social housing, fixing this road from all the water that's just been gushing all over the place.
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Maybe some youth and after -school facilities for children.
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Given that it's a by -election and our former MP wasn't much use because he had his mind on other things, I guess, as being Prime Minister,
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but I think, yes, I think at the moment local issues would influence my vote.
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I think for me mostly climate and immigration.
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So, yeah, I guess they're the main things I'm looking at.
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So who can deliver?
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The voters have a wide choice, 15 candidates in all.
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The reaction to doorstep has been surprisingly positive.
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From the very beginning, people have been saying to me, we should talk about what's important to us.
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We're talking about safer streets, we're talking about more family homes and absolutely we've got a plan to cut the cost of living.
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Yeah, it was sixth place last time, but it was only within a few thousand votes of the others.
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So it's quite like a tight pack at the other end.
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But yeah, I think for us it's a case of bringing our message down to the south of the borough, meeting as many people as we can, picking up local issues and really championing them for people.
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That's what we do best as Lib Dems.
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This is a very tough one for reform, but we're under no illusions how tough it is.
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But we've been working hard, we've been canvassing relentlessly and we continue to canvass relentlessly within the borough and getting some good feedback from the streets.
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People want to see the change.
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Polls open in Hoban and St Pancras tomorrow at 7am till 10pm.
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We should know who the new MP is by early on Friday morning.
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Carl Mercer, BBC London.
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There is a full list of all the candidates standing in tomorrow's Hoban and St Pancras by -election on our website.
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As Carl mentioned there, the result is expected to be announced early on Friday morning.
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Join me for a special programme on BBC Radio London from 6am, simultaneously streamed on BBC London's YouTube channel.
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OK, a brief look now at some other news stories in and around the capital.
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A violent offender who killed his former partner in South London
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just days after being released from prison has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 17 years and one month.
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60 -year -old Robert Sabbat pleaded guilty to murdering 42 -year -old Dikisha Nurse at her home in Tulse Hill last October.
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The old bailey heard he had been released from Wandsworth Prison only days earlier.
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11 people have been arrested at several pro -Palestinian demonstrations in London.
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Six of those were made at student protests, despite calls for them to be postponed by the Met Police on the third anniversary of the October 7th attacks.
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Five others were arrested for inciting racial hatred in what the
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force described as a spontaneous protest outside the Board of Deputies of British Jews in North London.
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And the CCTV shows the latest incident of racing cars in Waltham Abbey in Essex, a car crashing into the corner of a house.
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Nobody was seriously hurt.
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An 18 -year -old has been arrested on suspicion of being unfit through drink or drugs.
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Residents say people are dicing with death by speeding.
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And you can see more on all of those stories on our website.
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A man from Surrey is warning of the dangers of rechargeable
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vape batteries after he says his wife's bag blew up like a firework.
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Footage of the incident on Friday was captured on CCTV in a pub near Guildford.
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Luckily, no -one was injured, but he told us his wife, who didn't want to be interviewed, was left shaking and feels it could have been far worse.
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Matt Graveling has more.
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A pub garden on Friday afternoon.
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This woman, Maz, is enjoying a drink, unaware of the batteries heating up in her bag, getting hotter and hotter until...
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How lucky we were that it wasn't worse.
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If the place had been busier, Maz wouldn't have been able to move and obviously inside it would have been catastrophic.
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Dusty says his wife escaped with very minor burns.
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Her bag, however, didn't get off so lightly.
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The original thought was someone set a firework off.
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She felt a heat against her leg, obviously saw the flames as well and just threw her bag off and ran away from everybody else as well.
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But it wasn't a firework exploding, it was rechargeable batteries to be placed in vapes, something Dusty and Maz have used for a number of years.
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I quite often keep the same type of batteries in my pocket.
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We quite often have them in the car.
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I mean, the batteries that happened were plain unbranded.
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They'd been bought from a vape shop.
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So the following day, I did some sort of online research and found some much better,
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safer batteries, obviously more expensive batteries i've now just noticed
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that they have lots of warnings on them about storage about
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not keeping them together this is the pub where dusty
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and maz were simply enjoying a drink
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when the vape batteries exploded in maz's bag dusty says he's
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relieved she wasn't more badly injured this comes after a number of warnings from waste management services
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and fire brigades about the dangers of vape batteries make sure you buy your product from a reputable retailer
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if you've already got one of these devices look for signs of issues like for example swelling of the case
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or damage or scorching on the case these are signs you need to stop using your device
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if you're charging your device make sure
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that you use a charger from a rectal source
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because we see many of these charges that are substandard
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and make sure you recycle responsibly we've had these for such
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a long time you think oh you know that's that's okay we've done it all the time
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and then all of a sudden it just happens we were lucky
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but the outcome could have been so different
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if it had been in a different environment at a different
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type of day those flames came out at quite some speed
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from the bag it was only luck the direction she was facing
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and the direction that came out that nobody around her was injured either.
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Matt Graveling, BBC London.
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To some other stories on the BBC News app in Essex, why there could be a block on more vape, barber and mobile phone shops in Southend -on -Sea.
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Plus the Froyo craze here in the capital, why it's back causing long queues at frozen yoghurt stores.
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And how a football superfan changed his name to be Mr Dorking Wanderers in honour of his Surrey tea.
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Those and other local stories on the BBC News app.
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Next, more than 250 films from 88 countries are to be screened across the capital
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because the BFI London Film Festival opens today for its 70th edition.
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With red carpets and big names in showbiz, it can bring a boost to the industry.
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It starts at the Royal Festival Hall, And that is where we can join entertainment correspondent Lizzo Mazimba.
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Hi there.
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Yes, thank you very much.
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The next week and a half are going to be jam -packed with so many films and events.
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And the person responsible for it all is joining me now, festival director Christy Matheson.
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So, first of all, not for the first time, opening with a film that's so London -based with Elsinore.
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It feels really appropriate, doesn't it, having something that celebrates the London community in the 1980s, starting off this festival.
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Indeed, and we are mere a stone's throw away from the National Theatre, which is where much of the story that is in the film tonight takes place.
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And so it feels very special.
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This film has had a wonderful reception in North America, and it feels really special to bring this film home to London.
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Andrew Scott already being talked about as an Oscar contender, but as well as Elsinore, what have you got coming up? do you have highlights
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that you think people should be looking out for indeed we have a terrific film called being human
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and this is the new film by sean header she made a wonderful film a few years ago called coda
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and this is a terrific film about a woman called judith human
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and it follows the story of activists who in 1977 had
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a 28 -day sit -in of a government building mark ruffalo
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stars in the film it's it's a wonderful film about passion and drive and you see these incredible activist, but it's also very funny.
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So I would definitely say that is something that I would encourage people to see.
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We also have another wonderful film by the great American documentary filmmaker Sam Collard, and he's made a wonderful film on Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
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It's called Tutu, and you really get an insight into what an incredible man Desmond Tutu was, not just his public persona,
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and not just a man who really is very renowned for that healing journey that South Africa went on post -apartheid, but a man just full of joy
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and you get to see a lot of his family life
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and it's a it's a really wonderful film
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so I would encourage people to to go
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and meet him more in person to see that wonderful film and
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and then I would also say we have some great TV
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we do series as part of the London Film Festival
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and I'm very thrilled because we will be joined by Steve Coogan Rob Brighton
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and Michael Winterbottom they are going to come
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and bring us the trip to the Northern Lights
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which is the next installment of their very hilarious road movie come food journey
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and briefly what is your intention with a festival like this
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is it bringing in big stars is it having undiscovered gems
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is it something for everybody it really is i mean we love the fact
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that we have you know so many films in the festival
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that people are already talking about as being part of the academy awards race
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which is thrilling we have a lot of great talent who are coming to join us
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but for everybody you know we're a public festival and
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so there's so many first -time directors screening there's films from over 88 countries represented in the program
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so So I really feel like come
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and see a film from a country you've never seen a film from before
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and come and see a film that has your favourite movie star in it and you'll have a great time.
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Christy Matheson, thank you very much.
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As I said...
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That was Lizzo Mazimba on a very lively red carpet talking to the director of the BFI London Film Festival
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and actually staying with cinema and the uncertain future of Beckenham's Grade 2 -listed Odeon, which is set to close after almost a century.
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Its owner wants to turn it into a church.
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community venue but campaigners oppose the move
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and want it to remain as it's the only cinema in
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town Nora Fakim has the story this art deco building has
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been a cinema for almost a hundred years for generations people have celebrated birthdays
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and made memories here but now the cinema is set to close
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so how do locals feel about losing it I'm a mum
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of two autistic kids they love coming to this cinema we
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come at least once a month it's a real safe space for them
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and we don't have any other community spaces like this
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so to see it go would be really devastating i think
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it's very sad it would be a loss to the community
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so i've grown up in beckenham
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and i used to go to the cinema every half term holidays
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but i have to say over the past five to ten
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years i've barely set for inside seems quite run down inside
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i don't mind what it gets turned into i think as long as the space is used wisely.
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Odeon says Odeon Cinemas has entered a voluntary commercial agreement with its landlord
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and will cease operating from the Beckenham cinema at the end of November.
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Some locals have now launched a campaign Save Our Screens to try to keep a cinema here.
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We've been inundated with personal stories about how it's affected their lives
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and how much they love it and how much they still enjoy it
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and that's why we're passionate and that's why it's so important to us.
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Yes, it's a little run down at the moment, but I think with the right motivation we could create something really special here.
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But the building's owner has other plans.
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Citygate Church, which owns the Grade II listed building, wants to turn it into a place of worship and community venue.
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We contacted Citygate for comments, but haven't received a response.
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It's not the only historic community building in South London to find a new use as a place of worship.
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The former Streatham Hill Theatre has hosted Sunday services since 2024.
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But could there still be a way to keep a cinema here in Beckenham?
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The Beckenham Odeon is a cultural institution and an iconic landmark on Beckenham High Street.
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And we want to ensure that this remains an open cultural space for everyone in our community.
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And how are you going to keep the doors open?
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Who's going to pay for that?
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There are lots of similar examples from across London, including in Crystal Palace and Walthamstow, where a cinema has closed but the community has come together
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and kept it open as a cultural institution and that's what we want to see from the Beckenham Odeon.
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Citygate will hold a public consultation this weekend on the building's future.
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But what happens next is still up for debate.
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Norfolk Heem, BBC London, Beckenham.
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OK, time to rewind to the 1990s, an era of British fashion in the spotlight and Britpop
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and a generation of artists challenging the establishment well now an
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exhibition at Tate Britain reflects on the cultural influence of the art
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and fashion of well an eventful decade and I should warn you
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that Michael McKenzie's report does contain flashing images right from the start
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from the catwalk to the canvas the 1990s were a decade of experimentation
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and here at tate britain the spirit of the era has been brought back to life
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We're in the 90s art and fashion and the show looks at the kind of explosion of creativity across designers,
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photographers and artists in the decade of the 90s.
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It was a period when artists and designers blurred the boundaries between high art, popular culture and fashion.
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It's living memory for a lot of people which makes us kind of ripe for challenge which is interesting.
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I think a lot of the contemporary art really owes a
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lot of its dues to the artists who are making work there.
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You know, they really define the parameters of what we consider contemporary art now.
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A decade shaped by new technologies changing ideas about identity and a generation determined to do things differently.
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There was a moment of communion on the dance floor at
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that time in the 90s and that was to do with the rave scene and that was to do with particular drugs.
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The rave scene is what's kind of really known very well by that era but we've got Bangor, we've got Jungle, we've got Drum and Bass.
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For many visitors it's a chance to revisit a decade they remember
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but for younger audiences it offers a glimpse into a world before social media when fashion magazines, music and television helped define what was cool.
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People will take away how foundational that decade was for culture in this country.
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I think there's a nostalgic element but we've also, we have been critical.
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There was a lot of problems in the 90s.
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And perhaps that's why the 90s continues to have such a strong hold on popular culture.
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The exhibition opens tomorrow.
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Michael McKenzie.
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bbc london i can think of a fair few 90s songs about rain
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and it's certainly arrived in style today hasn't it well kate's
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got the weather forecast for us good evening it's certainly felt
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a little bit more like autumn today some long -awaited much needed rain for london
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and southeast but also the temperature it's taken a bit of a tumble it's felt chillier now
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if you looked out of a window at all today it probably looked a bit like this streaks of rain
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and largely grey overcast skies.
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That cloud has been quite low as well.
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It is slowly moving out of the way though as we head through this evening and overnight.
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Now this is the progression of the rain through this morning into the first part of the afternoon.
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We had some really quite heavy bursts but you'll notice behind it
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that front clears out of the way and we've got clearer skies
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so that is making its way towards us through this evening and overnight.
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So any remnants of the cloud, any outbreaks of rain should clear.
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We're still holding on to that rather noticeable northwesterly breeze
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which could should keep the air moving enough to prevent any mist
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and fog forming but it is going to feel much chillier than it has recently possibly four celsius
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so a really chilly start tomorrow morning but we've had the clear sky
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so bright start plenty of sunshine quite a brisk autumn morning
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and really through the afternoon as well
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because we're going to hang on to the sunshine still quite breezy still a northwesterly
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and temperatures tomorrow similar to today despite
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that sunshine 14 to 16 Celsius now Thursday evening overnight clear to start with
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but then another front moves in it's going to bring more
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cloud as we head through Friday into the morning we've got some outbreaks of rain still breezy on Friday
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but that wind more west southwesterly and it's bringing in some slightly less chilly air
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so temperatures move back up again by the end of the
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week for Friday we're looking at a maximum of 19 Celsius now
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that is a cold front it's going to move out of
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the way overnight on friday introduce some cooler air as we head into the weekend
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but also some drier conditions through saturday
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and through sunday at the moment it is looking largely dry
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we've got some sunny spells through the weekend as well
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but the temperatures in the mid -teen celsius to around 15
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or 16 celsius into next week still quite unsettled
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but the temperature back up in the high teens celsius and
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that is it from us but if you missed it on our website
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and Instagram the debate over using smart glasses here in the capital
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and on BBC London's YouTube channel has London's e -bike situation gone too far from me and everyone on the team.
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Thanks very much for watching and do have a lovely evening.
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Bye -bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “071026 BBC London, Evening News”. This video has 369 sentences and 4830 words to shadow. The speech runs for 27:37. The speaker talks at a natural 175 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| cinema noun | /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/ | A movie theatre, a movie house. |
| stall noun | /stɔːl/ | A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed. |
| overnight adverb | /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈnaɪt/ | During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past. |
| dusty adjective | /ˈdʌsti/ | Covered with dust. |
| cloud noun | /ˈklaʊ̯d/ | A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. |
| exhibition noun | /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/ | An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited. |
| autumn noun | /ˈɔtəm/ | Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and temperatures and daylight hours decrease; typically regarded as… |
| sunshine noun | /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/ | The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun. |
| tate noun | /tɑːteɪ/ | Of video games, a vertical mode. |
| shock noun | /ʃɔk/ | A sudden, heavy impact. |
| encourage verb | /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ | To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit. |
| protest noun | /ˈpɹoʊ.tɛst/ | A formal objection, especially one by a group. |
| designer noun | /dɪˈzaɪnɚ/ | A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession. |
| institution noun | /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/ | A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work. |
| reflect verb | /ɹɪˈflɛkt/ | To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| back up verb | To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so. | |
| bring together verb | To cause people to do something together; to bring about togetherness. | |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. | |
| blow up verb | To explode or be destroyed by explosion. | |
| burn through verb | To use up in a hasty or destructive manner. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| come round verb | To change direction. | |
| come together verb | /ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/ | To assemble; to congregate; to combine. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- It's taken everything away from me.
- At the moment I've lost everything.
- I'll have the full forecast.
- How lucky we were that it wasn't worse.
- Who's going to pay for that?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | has been trading · We've been coming · have been working |
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to come · used to go |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | they've lost · it's been described · have had |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are said · been described · were called |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 70 contractions and reduced forms, such as we've, we're, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: sixth /sɪksθ/, southeast /sawˈθɪjst/, southwest /saʊθˈwɛst/, thrill /θɹɪl/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: exhibition /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/, sunshine /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/, shock /ʃɔk/, institution /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/, worship /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/
- Long words — get the stress right: exhibition /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/, institution /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/, constituency /kənˈstɪt͡ʃu.ənsi/, temporary /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/, immigration /ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like cinema, stall, overnight.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.