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Can trust in the Met Police be restored with new recruits?
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- Can trust in the Met Police be restored with new recruits?
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- 2:28
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- As part of National Apprenticeship Week, three Metropolitan Police constable degree apprentices have spoken to BBC London about their experience in the service.
PC George Zealey was a blind-fitter, but the 23-year-old is now fighting crime across west London after joining the Met. Former restaurant manager, PC Courtney Thompson, 24, says the force should be reflective of the communities it serves. And former semi-pro rugby player PC Victory Anyaoha, 24, wants to progress into armed response.
After police watchdog the IOPC published a report last week saying it had discovered "disgraceful" misogyny, discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment among some PCs in the Met, what do new recruits think of the force’s culture and whether they are part of change?
Produced by Jamie Moreland
Filmed by Dave Godfrey
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- The head nurse who also runs a food bank
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- 2:29
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- As the BBC turns 100 this year in October across the corporation we are celebrating people doing great things for their community.
One of those is Marlene Johnson, a head nurse at St George's Hospital.
As well as caring for her staff and patients Marlene helps to run a food bank in Croydon.
She said: "I genuinely feel that I want to give."
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- How paramedics are reducing hospital pressure
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- The Covid pandemic put unprecedented pressure on healthcare. At its height, the London Ambulance Service took 8,000 calls in 24 hours, 40% more than a typical busy day.
One tactic to help cope with demand is the increasing deployment of advanced paramedic practitioners. With extra training and access to more kit, they aim to treat more people on the scene or at home instead of at hospital.
Video by Marc Ashdown
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- Lockdown puppies lead to the rise of doggy day care demand
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- A rise in puppy-purchasing during the pandemic has led to a leap in demand for providers of doggy day care, as owners return to work or seek ways for their pets to make new pals.
Dom Makin, owner of The Dogfather day care centre, said he has been overwhelmed with demand since restrictions were lifted.
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- Mo Gilligan returns to The Brit School
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Mo Gilligan will be the first black host of the Brit Awards and says he will use his platform to "shine a light on others".
But first, the comedian surprised students at his former school in Croydon.
The 33-year-old is donating his fee for hosting the ceremony to Five X More, a charity which aims to improve black women’s maternal outcomes in the UK.
Mo will host the Brit Awards on 8 February.
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- The 102-year-old magician
- Runtime
- 3:00
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- At 102-years-old, Henry Lewis is the oldest member of the Magic Circle, an honorary life vice president and member of the Inner Magic Circle. After his first performed aged 8, he's travelled the world and last year even did a special show for his fellow residents at his assisted care home in north London. Henry was recently awarded an MBE from Prince William at Windsor Castle for services to fundraising and charitable causes.
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- Winter Olympics: Ice dance duo
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson are the next British ice dance duo heading to the 2022 Winter Olympics.
The pair have been training at Alexandra Palace in Haringey since 2016.
Lilah said: "When we found out that we made the team it was this huge sigh of relief of we did it, we’re on track to our dreams, everything is worth it."
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- Londoners raise thousands for restaurant ruined in burglary
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- 2:05
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Chef T, 27, who owns a Caribbean restaurant in Clapham, says he's thankful after a community fundraiser raised more than £7,000 after he was burgled.
On Tuesday, 11 January, a suspect smashed the windows and stole money and alcohol from Sugarcane London on Wandsworth Road.
The restaurant employs care leavers and opened during the first UK lockdown. Chef T said: "[The community] has given me a reason to get up in the morning."
Video by Sarah Lee and Gem O'Reilly
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- The 100-year-old volunteer
- Runtime
- 2:21
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- At the age of 100 Beryl is still serving behind the cashier and making drinks at Friends Cafe in Ealing Hospital.
Beryl started as a volunteer at the cafe 18 years ago when she moved to London after her husband died.
She said she knew no one so it became a "lifeline" for her.
Now she says she doesn't want to give up yet as she still has "a lot more volunteering to do."
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- 'We don't know what the next variant will be'
- Runtime
- 2:12
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Staff at Ealing Hospital in west London say they are seeing more patients admitted for various reasons testing positive with incidental Covid-19, with fewer needing hospital treatment primarily for the respiratory virus.
General medicine consultant Dr Harmandeep Singh said the vaccine played a large part in protecting people who would otherwise be vulnerable. One of his patients recovering from a leg infection had coronavirus, but was asymptomatic.
However as restrictions are eased, concerns were raised about the impact of possible future virus variants.
Video by Thomas Mackintosh and Jamie Moreland
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- Taking music to isolated communities
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- The World Harmony Orchestra was created to bring musicians across London together.
But when the pandemic hit the group started performing in communities where people were isolating.
Nearly two years later the musicians are still entertaining those who may be lonely or vulnerable.
Video by Gem O'Reilly
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- HGV Driver shortage: Waltham Forest launches scheme
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Waltham Forest Council will support the training of 20 selected candidates, who will then go onto become HGV drivers, to help with the driver shortage.
A Road Haulage Association (RHA) survey of its members in 2021 estimated there is a shortage of more than 100,000 qualified drivers in the UK.
Ian McCusker is one of the twenty candidates to start on the scheme. He said: "If it’s an area of employment that needs doing, all hands to the deck really."
Video by Gem O'Reilly
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- A BEM for helping to protect shop workers
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- 2:32
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- A Co-op store manager from Essex has received a BEM for her work to protect colleagues from abuse.
Claire Saunders said: "We needed people that did abuse shop workers to face a tougher sentence."
The Co-op and Usdaw, the union for shop workers, have been working for three years for greater protection from abusive behaviour for staff.
In December 2021 the government tabled an amendment to make attacking an individual who is providing a public service a statutory aggravating factor.
This means the crime in question would be considered more serious in the eyes of a judge and could result in tougher penalties for anyone found guilty.
Gem O'Reilly reports
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- Title
- Met Police mistakenly Tasered pensioner in his home
- Runtime
- 2:10
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Roy Morton woke up to armed police raiding his home in Cricklewood, north London, last month. The 80-year-old said he was Tasered, held to the ground and arrested by officers who told him they were looking for a suspect.
The Metropolitan Police has apologised and referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). The IOPC has since instructed the Met to conduct the investigation, but said if the complainant was unhappy with the outcome he would have the right of review.
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- 'I was rescued on the way to a concentration camp'
- Runtime
- 2:32
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Ivan Shaw was five years old when his Jewish parents were arrested by the Nazis and sent to a concentration camp. He was held in a "terrifying" prison but before he boarded a train for Auschwitz, he was rescued by his aunt who snuck him away.
The Londoner, who was born in the former Yugoslavia, has now been awarded an MBE for speaking about his experience of the Holocaust in schools. He said: "We live in an increasing era of anti-Semitism, racism, extremism and hatred and prejudice. And I thought well, I should talk about my past."
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- Cheers! 🍺 Inside the 'off-licence' with no alcohol
- Runtime
- 2:32
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Laura Willoughby MBE gave up drinking 10 years ago because she felt it would take her to a dangerous place and it was affecting her mental health. The 47-year-old from Newham, east London, founded mindful drinking community Club Soda and opened an alcohol-free 'off-licence'.
The volume of no and low alcohol products in 2021 grew by almost 17% across the UK, according to IWSR Drinks Market Analysis, and one in seven adults planned to have a month off alcohol in January.
Laura said: "You shouldn't focus on what it is that you're losing, but what you want to gain in your life."
Video by Jamie Moreland
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- 'How we saved Park Lane Stables'
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- 2:35
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Natalie O'Rourke manages Park Lane Stables in Teddington, south-west London. The stables are a Riding for the Disabled Association centre, which provides opportunities to disabled people to ride, groom and be around horses.
But in January 2021, the stables came under threat of closure after the landlord decided to sell the property. Natalie fought to save the space, raising more than £1m and was awarded an MBE for her work.
Video by Jamie Moreland
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- Cost of living rising: 'I do struggle to pay my bills'
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- 2:36
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- With the biggest increase in energy prices for years and the cost of living rising, many elderly people, especially pensioners on low incomes, are finding it difficult to pay their heating bills.
For many trapped in fuel poverty and unable to afford to heat their home to an adequate temperature, it is a worrying time and could potentially have a detrimental impact on their health.
Some experts have said costs could jump further as gas prices continue to soar.
Bridgit, a retired schoolteacher from Lewisham, says the cost of living is rising but pensions aren't catching up.
Video by Rob Taylor
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- Title
- Synovial sarcoma: Encouraging others to trust their instincts
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- 2:53
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Jo Georgiou was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma in 2021 after finding a lump on her leg in 2016.
In order to get rid of the cancer, the 31-year-old from north London now has to have her leg amputated.
Jo wants her story to inspire others to trust their instinct and push for care. She said: "I always feel like, if in your gut you know something is wrong with your body, something is wrong."
Soft tissue sarcomas make up 1% of all cancers. Synovial is one of the rarest subtypes of soft tissue sarcoma - making up about 0.02% of the soft tissue sarcomas diagnosed in England. About 80 people a year are diagnosed with synovial sarcoma in England.
Source: Sarcoma UK
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- A trumpet tour raising thousands for charity
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Before Christmas, eight-year-old trumpet player Nelson was speaking with his family about how the past year had been difficult for many.
The budding musician, from Eel Pie Island, Twickenham, decided to raise money for children's charity Barnardo's, as well as cheer up NHS workers and patients, by playing his trumpet at hospitals over the 12 days of Christmas. He has so far raised more than £2,000.
Nelson had previously played his trumpet from a balcony at home during the weekly Clap for Carers during the first lockdown in 2020, where he was cheered by neighbours and became known as "the boy on the balcony".
He has been accompanied at hospitals across London by his five-year-old sister Kaja, who holds the sign, collects cash donations and supports him with some singing.
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- 'Stop-and-search left me scared of police'
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Huugo was stopped and searched by police in June 2020. He was handcuffed and threatened with a taser after which the police found nothing on him. The experience left him scared and worried about future interactions with the police.
His father, who is a youth counsellor, says that young people are feeling increasingly traumatised by these kinds of incidents with police and that it can play on their minds for a long time.
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- Title
- How to relieve 'Covid acne'
- Runtime
- 1:41
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- While wearing a face covering has become the norm in many parts of our lives, it's not without its effect on the skin around the face. Portia Goldsmith, a consultant dermatologist for Barts Health in London, says she's seen an increase in referrals of healthcare professionals for acne flare-ups caused by the wearing of tight-fitting masks and PPE. So she's offered some tips and advice on how to alleviate 'Covid acne' symptoms and how to improve the health of our facial skin.
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- Title
- Food banks: 'I go without food so my son can eat'
- Runtime
- 2:55
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- More than a third of children in London are currently living in poverty, according to a recent report by the Childhood Trust.
A quarter of the children it surveyed are also not expecting to receive a present under the tree this Christmas.
Many families are relying on food banks to feed their families.
One mother explains how she goes without food so that her son can eat.
Video Journalist: Meghan Owen
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- Soldier blinded by explosion in Afghanistan becomes jiu-jitsu champion
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- 3:45
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Former soldier Robert Long was on patrol in Afghanistan when a bomb explosion made him permanently blind. Mr Long says it meant he lost his independence and struggled to do things by himself.
But after finding a love for Brazilian jiu-jitsu and winning gold in competitions, he's regaining confidence and independence. The 34-year-old from Lewisham, south-east London, lives in Canterbury but commutes to Hammersmith, west London for training.
Video by Jamie Moreland.
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- One of the sickest Covid patients is home for Christmas
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- 3:18
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Andrew Watts was described as one of the sickest Covid patients doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital had seen. The 40-year-old black cab driver from Bexley, south-east London, began feeling ill last Christmas and returned a positive lateral flow test result on Boxing Day.
Mr Watts was admitted to the Woolwich hospital with pneumonia and spent eight months in the intensive care unit. He was in an induced coma for more than five weeks and had five episodes of life-threatening lung collapse. Medics told his family that they might have to consider turning off the life support machine.
Andrew said he was badly affected by the virus because he was in remission from lymph cancer after successful chemotherapy treatment. His lungs improved over the next few months and he came off the ventilator in June 2021.
This Christmas he is recovering at home, where he has been reflecting on his experiences over the past year.
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- Christmas carolling for Great Ormond Street Hospital
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- 2:14
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- A choir has been created to produce a Christmas carol that includes elements of British Sign Language and Makaton - so those with sensory difficulties are able to get involved.
In an effort to make this Christmas more inclusive, the Sign of the Season project is working with Great Ormond Street Hospital to highlight the importance of music and the arts this time of year.
The project aims to raise money for the hospital and celebrate their new Sight and Sound Centre.
Video by Gem O'Reilly
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- Title
- Representing black heritage at Christmas time
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Charlotte Lewis was born to Black British parents of Jamaican heritage and Christmas for her is one of her favourite times of year.
But as a child growing up in London, she saw little to no representation of black heritage in Christmas traditions, such as seeing Santa.
So Charlotte created 'Noir Kringle', a grotto with black Santas. She wants it to be positive for children to see representation at Christmas time.
Video by Gem O'Reilly
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- Title
- I Actually, Love London - Tomfoolery's latest poem
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- 2:48
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Poet Tomfoolery went viral in lockdown for his poem ‘The Great Realisation’, which focused on the lessons of lockdown and was shared worldwide.
Since then, Tomos Roberts as he's also known, from South London, has been writing poems to lift spirits throughout the pandemic.
And this Christmas he’s written a very special poem about London, Actually.
Filmed by David Perella
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- Boxing with the Met Police
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- In an effort to try and regain public trust, the Metropolitan Police have been helping young women in Peckham learn boxing to try and steer them away from being groomed by gangs.
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- 'Covid stopped my life-saving operation'
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- 2:52
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Lara Wahab has type 1 diabetes and needs a life-saving kidney and pancreas transplant. But despite matching organs being found, she says her hospital couldn't do the operation because no intensive care beds were available.
The 34-year-old from Crouch End, north London, had been told the wait would be about 12-15 months, but disruption to the NHS due to the Covid-19 pandemic means she's been waiting for more than two years.
Lara thanked "amazing" NHS staff, but blames unvaccinated people for taking up beds. She says those who can be vaccinated should have the Covid jab, or risk using hospital resources that others need.
Figures from last month showed 825 out of 3,480 patients in intensive care beds across England had Covid - with most of these people unvaccinated.
Sara Randall, chief operating officer at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: "Our clinical teams make every effort to secure an Intensive Care Unit bed po...
- Title
- Braille letters to Santa
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Christmas is Aadam's favourite time of year but with a visual impairment through Fraser Syndrome he can sometimes be left out of celebrations if they aren't accessible.
Now The Royal National Institute of Blind People is producing letters in Braille, which allow Aadam to write to Santa, which is one of his favourite parts of Christmas, especially when he gets a letter back in Braille.
Aadam wants Christmas to be more accessible for blind children and adults.
Video by Gem O'Reilly
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- Title
- "I wanted to learn how to live with cancer and help others too."
- Runtime
- 2:30
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- When Judith was diagnosed with cancer in 2018 she felt that everyone was ready to help her to die, but she was determined to live.
She felt that she didn't have her treatment plan communicated properly and found that there were many others in her situation.
The annual NHS National Cancer Patient Experience Survey measures differences in the satisfaction of treatment for cancer patients. It found 14% fewer people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds (compared with white backgrounds) felt that their care plans were not explained to them in a way that they understood.
Because of this, Judith created 'From Me To You' - a group which focuses on helping black cancer patients navigate their care and giving them access to further information.
Video by Gem O'Reilly
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- Title
- Take a walking tour of London's Christmas lights
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Every year, London's Christmas illuminations bring in locals and tourists from miles around into the city centre to see what's on offer. This year, a tour company is taking people on a walking tour, guiding them through the West End's Christmas offerings.
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- Title
- The search for people to save the Houses of Parliament
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- The Palace of Westminster is falling apart and is in urgent need of fundamental repair, according to the Houses of Parliament Restoration & Renewal Programme.
With a plethora of problems including crumbling stones, cracking ceilings and warping windows - essential work is being planned for the iconic home of British democracy.
But recent research revealed a skills shortage in the heritage sector, particularly with jobs such as stonemasonry, joinery and roofing.
Restoration & Renewal bosses visited the Building Crafts College in Stratford, east London, on the hunt for fresh talent to help save the historic palace.
Video by Jamie Moreland
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- Title
- Stephen Port: Jack Taylor's sisters blame police for his death
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- 2:41
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The sisters of Stephen Port's final victim have blamed the Met Police for failing to catch the killer earlier.
Jack Taylor was the fourth young man to be murdered by Port, who administered fatal doses of "date rape" drug GHB.
The deaths were not initially treated as suspicious by police, despite significant similarities in the victims' ages, the causes of death and the location where their bodies were found.
Donna Taylor said if police had investigated the first three deaths further, they could have saved Jack's life.
Assistant Commissioner Helen Ball admitted that mistakes were made and apologised to the family.
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- Title
- Why I celebrated my 40th birthday with 29 hours of spin
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Jackie Scully thought she'd never see her 40th birthday, after being diagnosed with breast cancer aged 32. To celebrate that birthday, she attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the longest static cycling class.
The record stood at 28 hours and her team achieved 29 hours, although this is still to be officially verified. Jackie, from Greenwich in south-east London, says attempting endurance challenges makes her feel alive, particularly after having her hip rebuilt.
She previously had climbed Snowdon and Ben Nevis as well as completing the London Marathon on her wedding day. She said: "Thanks to exercise and movement, and a diary packed with little life achievements, I have found a way to live with the shadow of serious illness and turn my face to the sunshine."
So far the event has raised more than £30,000 for the Mintridge Foundation, CoppaFeel!, Mind and NHS Charities Together.
Video by Jamie Moreland
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- Title
- Women's FA Cup at 50: Meet the 11-time cup winner
- Runtime
- 2:14
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- This year marks the 50th anniversary season of the Women's FA Cup final and no one has a firmer connection with the competition than former England, Arsenal and Fulham striker Rachel Yankey. She's been sharing her memories of with Chris Slegg.
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- Title
- The performing alpacas that are retiring from public life
- Runtime
- 1:55
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Two alpacas that once appeared in Star Wars: The Force Awakens are retiring from the world of entertainment.
When they weren't starring in Hollywood blockbusters, music videos, TV adverts and even a gangster movie, Ben and Jerry thrilled visitors to their Vauxhall City Farm home.
But now they've reached that stage of life when it's time to leave behind both the adrenaline rush of acting and their busy, urban environment.
Staff at the central London farm say they'll miss Ben and Jerry when they've been put out to pasture in some peaceful patch of land.
Video by Gem O'Reilly and Jennifer McKiernan
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- Title
- Women's FA Cup at 50: Winning the cup on penalties
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The Women's FA Cup competition has come along way since the first final was held at Crystal Palace in 1971. In 1996 the final went to penalties for the first time - it was won by Croydon, and Chris Slegg has been to meet the victorious goalkeeper.
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- Title
- 'How I got my dream job with a Tube station pitch'
- Runtime
- 2:33
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Haider Malik graduated from university with a degree in banking and finance, first-class honours. But despite this qualification, he struggled to find a City job and was rejected from many roles after virtual interviews.
After "getting fed up" of not being able to let his personality come across, the 24-year-old from east London created a pop-up stand outside Canary Wharf Tube station and began pitching himself to potential employers.
Within hours he was invited for an interview at Canary Wharf Group PLC and was offered a job after three days.
Video by Jamie Moreland
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- Women's FA Cup at 50: Fighting sexism and discrimination in the 1970s
- Runtime
- 2:42
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The Women's FA Cup final takes place on 5 Dec with Arsenal meeting Chelsea at Wembley. It's the 50th anniversary season of a competition which was created by the Women's Football Association in 1970 - after they had successfully forced the FA to overturn a ban on women playing. Chris Slegg has been speaking to some of the early pioneers who fought sexism and discrimination to pave the way for future generations.
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- Title
- World Aids Day: 'I watched my partner and friends die'
- Runtime
- 9:23
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- It was a disease that changed the world - and 40 years ago this December, the first Aids-related death was reported in the UK in London. Before life-saving treatments arrived, it went on to claim thousands of lives, many of them young gay men. In this special report we speak to some of those who lived through that time.
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- Title
- Emma's story: Justice for my sister
- Runtime
- 4:38
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Emma Day was stabbed to death by her ex-partner, Mark on 25 May 2017. She had asked Mark for financial help towards their daughter and when he refused, she put in a child maintenance claim.
Mark threatened to kill Emma as a result of the claim. Emma reported his threats to the Metropolitan Police and Child Maintenance Service.
The Metropolitan Police had a warrant for Mark's arrest but did not arrest him and the Child Maintenance Service took no action. They have both admitted fault in Emma's case.
Emma's sister Lorna wants changes to be made in the dealing of victims of domestic abuse so this doesn't happen to anyone else.
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- Title
- Seriously ill teen urges others to get Covid jab
- Runtime
- 2:55
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- A 16-year-old girl who just missed out on being eligible for the Covid vaccine in August has urged other teenagers to have the jab after she was given a 50-50 chance of survival.
Areeb Khan, began having symptoms at the end of July, days before 16 and 17-year-olds were invited to take part.
She now needs to re-learn how to walk and has been forced to delay taking her A-levels. She said her four months in hospital inspired her to be a doctor herself.
Miss Khan, from Chadwell Heath, east London, said: "It was very hard for my family. I've been in hospital so long, I just want to do normal things.
"I had ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) which was a last resort. I didn't take it seriously enough before - I had no underlying conditions and even the doctors were shocked that I was so poorly."
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- Women's safety: Clubs see rising demand for self-defence classes
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Increasing numbers of women have been taking up self-defence classes, a number of clubs have told the BBC. The rise in demand follows a series of high-profile murder cases, which led to further discussions about women's safety.
Patrice Bonnafoux, an instructor at a Krav-Maga club in south-east London, said 75% of inquiries his group had received this year had been from women.
Attendees have been explaining why they decided to take up self-defence.
Video journalist: Meghan Owen
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- Title
- Getting a job as a young Londoner
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Unemployment rates in London are the highest in the country, with the number of people out of work at 5.6%. It's a tough time in the jobs market for many young people in particular. Karl Mercer reports.
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- Title
- Alopecia: 'I am brave, I am smart, I am beautiful'
- Runtime
- 2:51
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Deléna's hair began falling out when she was aged four. She was diagnosed with alopecia, a condition which causes hair loss. The six-year-old from Haringey said children made fun of her at school because of her differences.
But she decided to write a book about her experience and how she learnt to embrace her looks.
Video by Alice Bhandhukravi and Jamie Moreland.
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- Title
- London Knights: The UK's only competitive gay men's basketball team
- Runtime
- 2:35
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- The London Knights are the UK’s only competitive gay mens basketball team. Formed in 2000, the team soon started competing internationally and have won multiple titles across several international Gay Games competitions. But with no homegrown competition, one day they hope there’ll be enough LGBT+ teams in the UK to form a league of their own.
Video journalist: Paul Murphy-Kasp
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- Title
- 'Rap Club is a gateway to a better path'
- Runtime
- 3:27
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Rap Club is a charity with hubs in Croydon and Camden, helping young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to create their own material.
It receives funding from BBC Children in Need.
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- Title
- Giovanni Rose: Welcome to Tottenham
- Runtime
- 2:41
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
- Young poet Giovanni Rose has won a prestigious poetry award with his piece Welcome to Tottenham.
The teenager beat 6,000 other youngsters from around the world to win the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award.
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