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This is London's only gay bookshop - BBC London
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- This is London's only gay bookshop - BBC London
- Runtime
- 5:16
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Gay's The Word is London's only gay, lesbian and feminist bookshop and this year it celebrates 40 years of serving the LGBTQ+ community. Take a look behind the scenes and hear about its storied history as well as meeting the characters that make it a unique part of London's LGBTQ+ culture.
Video by Paul Murphy-Kasp.
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- Should same-sex education be compulsory? - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:51
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Author and illustrator Olly Pike believes his childhood would have been much easier if he had same-sex education in school.
However, Izzy Montague does not feel her child should have to learn about same-sex relationships.
As a Christian, Ms Montague said her view was challenged when her son felt compelled to take part in a gay pride event at his south London school.
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- Why Shakespeare is being remixed with slang - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:00
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Intermission Youth Theatre are remixing Shakespeare's Othello with urban slang to get more young people interested in his work.
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- Can you party without plastic? - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:09
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- London promoter Tail & Twist have thrown an "eco disco". They claim it's London's first ever single-use plastic-free party. The guests were given reusable metal cups on the door, they used straws made from avocado pips and even the glitter was plastic-free.
But with deliveries arriving shrink-wrapped, how possible is it to party without plastic?
Video by Jamie Moreland and Ellie O'Donnell.
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- This bus driver tried to save lives during the London Bridge attack - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Anton Sobanski, known on YouTube as DoubleDeckerAnton, was driving the number 43 bus across London Bridge as the attack took place on 3 June 2017. He spoke to BBC London about how he tried to help save lives.
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- How to catch a pickpocket on the Tube - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:49
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- We went undercover with police to see how they catch pickpockets and ask why the number of reports of theft on the Tube has increased by 80% in the last three years.
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- How toxic is your commute? - BBC London
- Runtime
- 5:12
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- A school in south-east London is trialling out backpacks that measure pollution to see how bad it is, so we decided to try one for two weeks to see how much pollution our transport correspondent was exposed to while working across central London.
Tom Edwards reports.
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- Setting off smoke pellets to test fire safety - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:28
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- A resident left traumatised by his view of Grenfell Tower carried out a safety test in his block of flats which he claims shows fire doors are not working properly.
Paul Croucher ignited smoke pellets on the 11th floor which sent smoke up to the top of his 17-storey block in west London in just 90 seconds.
Westminster Council said it was in the process of replacing all fire doors on the estate and warned Mr Croucher that his actions had alarmed neighbours.
Gareth Furby reports.
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- How social media influencers have changed shopping - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- London's High Streets have been suffering with reduced footfall and spending.
Some retailers have gone out of business or are closing less profitable stores to reduce costs.
Others are trying to bring people back to the shops by using popular Instagram "influencers" such as Zoë de Pass.
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- Why these refugees are learning stand-up comedy - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The "No Direction Home" stand-up comedy gigs and workshops hope to help refugees to express their feelings about what has happened in their lives.
The events, started by Tom Parry and run by Counterpoints Arts at Camden People's Theatre, also try to bring communities together, help break communication barriers and teach people English.
Suhail Patel reports.
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- Getting thrown off a flight for having a nut allergy - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:35
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- British holidaymaker Josh Silver says he was 'thrown off' a Turkish Airlines flight after he told cabin crew he has a nut allergy. They said it was for his own safety, but Josh now wants all airlines to ban nuts.
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- Pay whatever you want for an egg at this cafe - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:00
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- This cafe lets you pay whatever you think your food is worth, or whatever you can afford. It's in an attempt to get the community to support itself.
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- Why these girls were put off playing sport - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:44
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Evidence that body image, bullying and peer pressure are a barrier to young women participating in sport, has prompted the release of a film about basketball called 'Watch what I can do'.
Video by David Faye.
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- Grime Gran: How the 'Nandem' began - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Margaret Keefe is an 80-year-old rising star on the grime scene. She's friends with some of London's most popular grime stars like Ghetts, and it's all because of her grandson Roony, AKA Risky Roadz. She's become knows as the Grime Gran.
Video by Jamie Moreland.
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- Community memorials to Grenfell - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- A garden, a silent walk and a memorial mosaic - these are just a few community-made projects dedicated to the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.
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- This mind-reading tech is helping stroke victims speak again - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:19
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Alisha was 26 years old when she had a stroke that resulted in her having a language disorder called aphasia, leaving her unable to say her own name.
Aphasia is a condition that makes it difficult to understand and formulate words, meaning Alisha had to learn how to speak again.
But now the first aphasia clinic in the UK, The National Brain Appeal Aphasia Service, has opened and it's using groundbreaking technology to help stroke survivors across London.
Gem O'Reilly reports
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- Naked pint: London's nude pub - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The Coach and Horses in Soho says it is the UK's first pub to be granted a nudist licence. For the first time, they're having a naked singalong to try saving the pub from a chain takeover.
Video by Jamie Moreland.
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- A classical cellist adds her own RnB vibe - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:52
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Ayanna Witter-Johnson took up the cello when she was a teenager and since became a classically trained musician.
However, the north Londoner has added her own RnB vibe to her music, singing and dancing as she plays the instrument.
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- What is the Barbican estate? - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- In 1969 the first residents moved into the Barbican estate.
It was built as a residential zone after the area was destroyed by bombs in World War Two.
Fifty years later residents are celebrating the history of the estate and its "unique spirit".
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- Eating "delicious" meals out of the bin - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:38
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Have you fed Andrew? He eats your leftovers to show how much food is wasted.
The Food Standards Agency advises against consuming food from bins because "there’s a risk of dangerous bacteria".
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- D-Day: "The heroes are down there" - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:43
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- It's 75 years since the largest military land, sea and air operation ever attempted.
Thousands lost their lives in the battles and Fred still sees the faces of those who didn't make it.
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- What actually happened on Trump's UK state visit - BBC London
- Runtime
- 4:32
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- US President Donald Trump has visited London his 2019 state visit. But with the UK trip surrounded in controversy, what actually happened? From a baby blimp flying in the sky to a banquet with the Queen, this was a state visit like no other.
Produced by Jamie Moreland
Reporters: Gareth Furby, Katherine Carpenter, Karl Mercer
Footage: BBC and Reuters
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- D-Day: Topping the charts with a song to remember - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:51
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Hundreds of veterans have gathered in France to honour the sacrifice of those who died in the D-Day landings.
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- Window cleaning London's tallest skyscrapers - BBC London
- Runtime
- 3:12
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- What's a typical day like at the Leadenhall Building in London? How do they clean the windows? Who makes the food?
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- The disabled mixed martial arts group fighting for change - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:58
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Jonathan Buffong set up Mixed Martial Arts for Reform and Progression in London with the aim to give disabled, deaf and blind fighters a chance to develop their fighting ability.
He aims to use the sport to encourage positive mental health and infuse confidence in individuals.
Gem O'Reilly reports
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- How the UK's tiniest eco warriors are trying to save the world - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Teenagers across the world are striking from school to campaign against climate change. But in Hackney, the protesters are even younger. Five-year-old Sunday is one of the UK's youngest climate change warriors and says she wants grown-ups to stop harming the environment.
Video produced by Jamie Moreland.
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- How 30 years of child abuse turned into a support network - BBC London
- Runtime
- 3:47
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The victims of a man who abused them when they were girls have set up a website to help other survivors. The women say they have found comfort by sharing their stories.
They were all abused by the same man - Michael Murphy, a former music tour manager, from Lewisham, London, who was jailed for 16 years in February 2019.
Katherine Carpenter reports.
If you have been affected by sexual abuse or violence, help and support is available at BBC Action Line.
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- Why human blood is being cycled around London - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- To reduce pollution, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust are trialling bicycle couriers to deliver blood samples between their hospitals in London.
Charlotte Franks reports.
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- She delivered a message to Churchill and is still thrill-seeking now - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:44
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Mollie Macartney was just 16 years old when she joined the Women's Royal Naval Service.
More than 70 years on, she's still looking for adventure and this time she's taking flight.
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- Uncovering one of London's Victorian treasures - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:44
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- For 134 years this jar was left deep in the grounds of Chase Farm Hospital.
Now after being found by the hospital workers, the contents of this time capsule are being described as the raw materials of Victorian history.
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- How this 98-year-old got her first solo art exhibition - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:01
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Luchita Hurtado is 98 years old. Born in Venezuela, she has been painting her own life. Now her first solo art exhibition has opened at London's Serpentine Galleries. It's called 'I live I die I will be reborn' and is on display until October 2019.
Video by Jamie Moreland & Michael McKenzie.
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- Rapping for Great Ormond Street - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:47
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- A seven-year-old boy from Epsom has found a special way to thank the hospital that changed his life. Joe Humphrey, who has a form of cerebral palsy, made a rap video with his brothers to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. Linzi Kinghorn went to meet him.
He hopes the money raised will help the hospital's play therapists and in turn benefit other children in a similar position to him.
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- Could football solve London's maths problem? - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:13
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- YouTube star Jeremy Lynch from the F2 Freestylers is helping children learn numbers through football.
He also hopes that The Numbers Game - a partnership with the charity National Numeracy and Santander - will encourage children to be more open about their difficulties with numeracy.
Gem O'Reilly reports
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- These voters could change everything in the EU elections - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:21
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The European Parliament elections are coming up and lots of 18-year-olds will be voting for the first ever time. So on the verge of Brexit after three years of political turbulence, what's it like to finally have a say?
Jamie Moreland reports.
Camera operator: Leo Simmons.
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- Plastic surgery gone wrong: 'My lip was about to fall off' - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:36
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Beauty blogger Cassidy Valentine was bullied for her appearance growing up, and it took a toll on her physical and mental health.
She turned to lip fillers to help her self-confidence but the surgery was botched and she nearly lost her lip.
She's now sharing her experience with others online so that what happened to her doesn't happen to them.
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- Chelsea Flower Show 2019 - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:09
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The 2019 Chelsea Flower Show is underway and while much of the focus is on the garden designed by the Duchess of Cambridge, there are plenty of other wonderful spaces created by some of the biggest designers in the industry. Wendy Hurrell has been to have a look around.
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- Painting vulvas instead of penises - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:48
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Paintings of vulvas are popping up on doors of toilet cubicles across London. It's all part of a campaign to promote positive body image among women - specifically what's "down there".
Oliwia Bober, 23, is the artist behind the genitalia designs.
Video by Dave Faye
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- From sleeping on the streets to designing for Ted Baker - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Less than a year ago Jamal Reilly was sleeping rough on the streets of London.
Now, the 20-year-old has been recruited as a designer for Ted Baker after his talents for drawing were spotted by a homeless charity.
Gem O'Reilly reports
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- Title
- Football is still racist - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Campaigners say children as young as six are being subjected to racist abuse while playing football. Warning: this video contains some offensive language.
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- The 'boy-snatch' moped gang have been jailed - BBC London
- Runtime
- 0:48
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Members of a moped gang who threatened to hurt a woman's three-year-old son in a "shocking" attempted robbery have been jailed.
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- The strange place people talk about death - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:10
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The departure lounge was set up in Lewisham shopping centre to get people talking about death.
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- Why this bookshop is selling 'the one percent' - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:06
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A report from the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education in 2017 said that out of 9,115 children's books published that year, only 1% had a BAME main character. Now a new bookshop in Brixton is trying to give children a chance to read books featuring black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) protagonists.
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- Title
- True Cancer Bodies: 'Adverts don't show how traumatic cancer is'
- Runtime
- 3:36
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A group of cancer patients have launched a hard-hitting photographic campaign in response to “pink and fluffy” adverts by some cancer charities which they say “don’t tell the truth” about the brutal reality of the disease.
True Cancer Bodies was set up by Vicky Saynor after she saw a campaign video from the Breast Cancer Now charity, which she says used insensitive language and images. Breast Cancer Now has since apologised and has removed the video from its social media channels. But Vicky says more work needs to be done to show the reality of living with cancer.
Video by Jamie Moreland.
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- How London's poo is being turned into houses - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:09
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- New homes and factories are to be built from bricks made out of human waste.
The sewage of four million Londoners is being collected from Europe's largest treatment works in Beckton.
Gem O'Reilly went down there to see what the process involves.
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- Stopping sex workers 'waiting for business' in Ilford - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:46
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A street watch team in east London say the area is getting "out of hand" with prostitutes. They are calling on the local council to name and shame those caught kerb crawling.
Gareth Furby reports.
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- British Muslims are divided over when to start Ramadan - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:27
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- As Muslims across the world begin Ramadan, British Muslims are divided on what day they’re meant to begin their fast. One community in south London is trying to revive the Islamic tradition of moonsighting in order to determine that date for themselves.
Myriam Francois reports.
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- How story books are helping children's mental health - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:25
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Scott Cranfield wrote The Wise Bear books with the aim to help children to talk about their mental health.
He is visiting primary schools around London and reading to 5-11 year-olds.
His method involves interaction and mindfulness activities in order to encourage the pupils to be open about their emotions.
Gem O'Reilly reports
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- 'My passport gender should be non-binary' - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:26
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Jamie Windust is campaigning for non-binary people to be recognised on passports and other official documents. But the government says it has no plans to change policy.
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- Title
- Why this manspreading campaign won't be coming to London - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:25
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Campaigners want London commuters to be more spatially aware, but TfL say they won't be launching a manspreading campaign.
Sarah Harris reports.
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- The viral video of a girl trolled for dancing - BBC London
- Runtime
- 1:15
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Neil Markham filmed his daughter Ella dancing at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after Spurs lost to West Ham. Cruel internet trolls began sending abusive messages to him about his daughter. But then, the tables turned.
Video produced by Rebecca Williams and Jamie Moreland.
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