BBC London
'If Wildlife Aid is able to continue, then my dad lives forever.’
- Title
- 'If Wildlife Aid is able to continue, then my dad lives forever.’
- Runtime
- 2:44
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- One of the UK’s biggest wildlife charities has an uncertain future, as its founder has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Simon Cowell MBE, the founder of the Wildlife Aid Foundation, has spent most of his life saving animals.
The charity and rescue centre is based on land at his home in Leatherhead but it will have to relocate once Simon passes away. They bought a pocket of derelict land by the M25 where it plans to relocate to and are in the process of turning the site into a wetlands environment, but need to raise more funds to build a visitor centre and wildlife hospital.
Now, Simon's dying wish is to raise enough money to secure the charity's future, with the campaign already being supported by Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Stephen Fry and Chris Packham.
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- Title
- Wennington wildfires: 'Seeing my house like this just makes me sad'
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Alfie Stock lost everything when wildfires ripped through east London during last month's heatwave.
His family, from Wennington, are starting from scratch after their home of 50 years was burnt to the ground.
The 26-year-old said seeing his home in ruins was really sad and strange, but that he felt detached from it now.
"I'm just looking towards the future now," he said.
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- Title
- Has Brexit squashed our edible insect industry?
- Runtime
- 2:30
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
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- Title
- Monkeypox: Three things you need to know
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- More than 100,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine have been acquired to combat the spread of the virus.
Vaccines minister Maggie Throup said most of the vaccines were being made available in London, with about 75% of confirmed cases here in the capital. While anyone can get monkeypox, the vast majority of those with the virus are men who are gay, bisexual or have sex with other men.
Here are three things you need to know.
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- Title
- The London cabbie changing lives
- Runtime
- 2:24
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A female taxi driver is on a mission to get more women cabbies on London’s roads.
Come rain or shine, from her home in Deptford, Lisa Seymour teaches women the Knowledge for free. The Knowledge was introduced as a requirement for London taxi drivers back in 1865 and as they can be asked to go anywhere, drivers must have a thorough knowledge of the capital.
With her maps at the ready, Lisa teaches woman how to learn the quickest routes through London, to help them pass the Knowledge and become licensed London taxi drivers, in what is a male-dominated industry. We went along to one of her classes.
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- Title
- 'London is a breeding ground for sexual harassment'
- Runtime
- 3:15
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Title
- Children's kidney transplants up post-Covid
- Runtime
- 2:00
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- During the pandemic many operations were delayed, with organ transplants, especially kidneys, the hardest hit area. Living donor transplants went down 60 per cent during lockdown, according to NHS Blood and Transplant. Although Covid delayed many operations, last year Great Ormond Street Hospital performed 15 more kidney transplants than normal. Five-year-old Bay was one of their patients and her family are grateful to the surgeons, doctors and nurses who made her operation happen.
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- Title
- Monkeypox: Your Questions Answered
- Runtime
- 6:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Professor Kevin Fenton, the Public Health Director for London, answers questions on Monkeypox.
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- Title
- Amber Charles: Inspired by London 2012
- Runtime
- 2:35
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- In 2005, Amber Charles was selected as a lead Olympic ambassador to accompany Tessa Jowell, Lord Seb Coe and David Beckham in Singapore for the bid campaign.
Her up close and personal experience of London 2012 inspired her to take up a career in sport.
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- Title
- Growing up in the shadow of London's Olympic Park
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- At the age of 12, Sam Ansah was a schoolboy living in a flat overlooking the Olympic Park.
The tower block on the Carpenters Estate in Stratford, was his window to the spectacle of the 2012 Games.
Sam's family was told the building was going to be knocked down amid regeneration of the area - although 10 years later, it's still standing.
We caught up with Sam, who explained how he grew up with the 2012 Games and the changes they brought.
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- Title
- 'Giving birth in the pandemic left me isolated and lonely'
- Runtime
- 3:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Women have spoken to the BBC about the "nightmare" of giving birth during the restrictions imposed because of Covid.
The London Assembly was told a de facto maternity ward ban on partners meant new mums often got very little support.
It meant many new mothers felt isolated and lonely during a very important time in their lives.
Jennifer McKiernan has the story.
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- Title
- Commonwealth Games: Bello twins hope for beach volleyball win
- Runtime
- 1:23
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Twin brothers Javier and Joaquin Bello hope to win a medal for beach volleyball at the upcoming Commonwealth Games.
The 21-year-olds will represent Team England on home sand, having moved to London from their birthplace of Madrid at the age of 11.
The Birmingham 2022 beach volleyball tournaments take place from 30 July to 7 August at Smithfield.
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- Title
- ‘A pocket of countryside in London’
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A disused space in a West London primary school has been transformed into a children's community garden.
Taking inspiration from Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit, the aim of the garden at St Clement & St James school, is to promote the benefits of nature, and improve people's mental health.
The team behind it was set up in the wake of the Grenfell fire tragedy to bring the local community together through gardening.
BBC London's reporter Olivia Demetriades went along to see what it’s like.
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- Title
- Inside the London comedy club where heckling is banned
- Runtime
- 2:39
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Within comedy circles it's well known that breaking into the business as a female comic has been notoriously hard.
But at the Poodle Club in Sydenham, south London, they do things differently. Heckling is banned and female comics are nurtured.
Male comics are invited too, but the only thing that is not tolerated is intolerance. The Poodle Club says this means the venue is a safe platform for a diverse range of artists.
Video by Jim Wheble
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- Title
- ‘Unhidden was just one of those lightbulb moments.’
- Runtime
- 2:20
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A young Londoner with chronic health problems is helping to change the lives of people with disabilities. Victoria Jenkins founded a socially-responsible, adaptive fashion brand in her basement flat in Islington.
She set up the clothing line, Unhidden, after a stint in hospital dealing with her own journey with disability. The clothes are customisable and made-to-order, to cater for people with different access needs. Now she has big plans to extend the brand and make adaptive wear for kids too.
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- Title
- Trans Pride London: Celebration and protest
- Runtime
- 2:25
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- More equal rights and better support for the trans community - that was the call from organisers and thousands who gathered in central London for Trans Pride on Saturday 9 July. The event, now in its fourth year is partly a protest, but also a celebration. Thomas Magill was there.
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- Title
- Peaky Blinders: The immersive experience
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Do you love Peaky Blinders? If the answer is yes, then there’s a new show that will be right up your alley.
Peaky Blinders: The Rise is a theatrical show in Camden based on the popular TV series.
It’s set in London in 1920s and during this immersive performance, you get to decide whether Tommy Shelby and his family succeed in their ambition to take on the capital.
Here’s a sneak peak of the experience…
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- Title
- Arachnophobia: Could you combat a fear of spiders? - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:25
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Arachnophobia is something many people can relate to, but what if they could combat it?
ZSL London Zoo's Friendly Spider Programme aims to help people combat their fear through a combination of cognitive behavioural therapy and hypnotherapy.
Catherine Moon went from not being able to look a photograph of spiders to now being able to hold them.
She said: "I would like you to know it is possible to take courage in both hands and to do something about it."
Video by Gem O'Reilly
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- Title
- Boris Johnson: His political career in London
- Runtime
- 3:30
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Before becoming prime minister, Boris Johnson was the Mayor of London from 2008 until 2016.
Despite being remembered for his role in the Olympics and delivering projects such as the bike hire scheme, new Routemaster buses and the cable car, he was criticised for his handling of the 2011 riots and failed ideas such as the ‘Garden Bridge’.
After leaving the role of running the capital, he played a key part in the campaign for Brexit before being made Foreign Secretary and then becoming prime minister.
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- Title
- 'I feel unsafe'
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- School children in east London say they sometimes fear for their safety on their way home from class, and have been left in vulnerable situations if they’ve forgotten their free travel pass.
They’re calling on Transport for London to guarantee children will still be able to get the bus, without being charged or fined as long as they’re wearing a school uniform. They’ve been speaking to our Home Affairs correspondent, Sonja Jessup.
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- Title
- 'I need to find out what happened to my Mia'
- Runtime
- 3:15
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Mariano Janin's 14-year-old daughter Mia killed herself after she saw bullying messages on her phone the night before she died in March 2021.
Her father now wants parents to be able to see any messages or videos a child may have seen on social media before they died.
Currently social media companies do not have to hand over the accounts to police unless compelled to do.
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- Title
- From an eating disorder to body confidence- BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Nicola Chan, a fitness coach from North west London, had non-purging bulimia and disordered eating.
Now after recovering, she's helping others to deal with their body image and confidence, using fitness and mind set.
Nicola said: "I want to be that voice that I was looking for, for someone else."
Video by Gem O'Reilly
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- 50 years of Pride
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- It’s a big year for the Pride movement and the LGBT+ community, it’s half a century since the first parade here in London.
Andrew was there at the start, in 1972 and Kelvin will be attending the Pride parade for the first time this weekend.
We met them to hear about their individual experiences of coming out and being part of a community spanning generations.
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- Title
- The Artist behind the Intersex-Inclusive Pride Flag
- Runtime
- 1:37
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Heading to Regent Street this weekend? If you look up, you’ll see 100 new Pride flags to mark 50 years of Pride in the UK.
Valentino Vecchietti redesigned the Progress Pride flag, creating the first Intersex-Inclusive Pride Flag, which includes a new yellow triangle and purple circle, to reflect the intersex community.
After going viral online, the design was welcomed as the new Pride flag and was recently included in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant, making history for LGBTIQA+ inclusion.
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- Title
- Living with autism in London- BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:50
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- What's it like living with an invisible disability in London? In the UK one in 100 people are on the autism spectrum and there are around 700,000 autistic adults and children. (Source: National Autistic Society)
Barrington Campbell was diagnosed as autistic at 30 years old. Growing up he said he struggled making friends and felt isolated.
Five years later he's created Kagai Games, designed to provide tabletop games and events for people with social anxiety. He said: "I wanted to provide a space that was inclusive for everyone with social anxiety."
Video by Gem O'Reilly
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- Title
- Invisible disability: Inflammatory bowel disease- BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:37
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- What's it like living with an invisible disability in London? 540,000 people have inflammatory bowel disease in the UK and more than 69,000 of them are in the capital.
Some people say the lack of toilets is the worst thing about living in the city. (Source: Crohn's & Colitis UK)
Bethany Jacobs has Crohn's disease and now lives with a permanent stoma bag. She said: "I think you do need to break down those barriers and open up these conversations where we talk about invisible illnesses such as Crohn’s disease."
Video by Gem O'Reilly
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- Title
- Invisible disabilities: Chronic conditions
- Runtime
- 3:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- What is living with an invisible disability like in London?
Chronic conditions like scoliosis make up around 18% of non-visible disabilities in the UK.
Emily had to have spinal fusion surgery for her scoliosis, now she's helping others through pilates and pain management.
Gem O'Reilly reports
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- Title
- Disabled man carried to flat after lift broke down
- Runtime
- 3:12
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- A disabled man living in Harrow, north-west London says he feels like “a prisoner in his own home” after he had to be carried to his flat on the sixth floor. Adam Gabsi has multiple sclerosis and uses a wheelchair and the only way to get in or out of his building is by lift - which he claims is regularly breaking down. He's now developed a fear of not being able to leave his block without assistance if there's an evacuation
Reporter: Tarah Welsh
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- Title
- Tackling Tube and rail strikes
- Runtime
- 1:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Tube workers have gone on strike as part of the biggest rail strike in 30 years, causing major disruption to Londoners.
About 10,000 London Underground staff joined in the strike, claiming proposals by bosses will cut jobs, change working agreements and pensions.
Transport for London advised people to avoid travelling throughout the day, with all Tube lines affected.
The national rail strikes also hit the number of London Overground and Elizabeth line services running.
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- Title
- Sudden unexplained death in childhood: 'Why did my beautiful son die?'
- Runtime
- 4:02
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- We know about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome – or 'cot death'. Research and awareness campaigns have led to thousands of babies lives being saved. But virtually nothing is known about the sudden death of children over the age of one. 'Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood' claims around 40 lives each year. Where otherwise healthy children die - often in their sleep. It’s extremely rare, but it's devastating - and there are now calls for urgent attention to help save young lives. Sharon Barbour has been hearing from one mother about her son Louis.
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- Title
- Finsbury Park terror attack: 'Dad was happy 24/7'
- Runtime
- 3:15
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- It's five years since the Finsbury Park terror attack of 19 June 2017, when a man drove a van into a group of worshippers outside a north London mosque. Makram Ali was killed and several other people were injured.
Mr Ali's daughter Ruzina Akhtar has been speaking about his love for life, in her first interview about the impact of what happened that night.
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- Title
- Inside London's location houses
- Runtime
- 2:33
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Londoners are turning their homes into colourful, instagrammable maximalist destinations.
Why? The growing need for aesthetically pleasing spaces that look good on the grid has given home designers a boom in business.
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- Title
- Living in the shadow of Grenfell Tower - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Five years on from the Grenfell Tower tragedy the people living and working in the community share their stories.
David O'Connell, Piers Thompson and Louie talk about how it makes them feel seeing the tower every day.
Piers, a DJ for Portobello Radio, said: "It is sitting there reminding you every day of what happened and what is yet to happen."
Video by: Frankie McCamley, David Faye, Gem O'Reilly and Leana Hosea.
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- Title
- Grenfell: The Kids on the Green- BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Kids on the Green was originally set up as an emergency response to the Grenfell Tower fire.
Five years on it has developed into a community service that allows young people to gain art qualifications, develop their skills and improve their wellbeing.
Many of those involved were impacted by the disaster and say Kids on the Green is "a second family" to them.
Video by Gem O'Reilly
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- Title
- Grenfell: A photo series from the survivors and bereaved - BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Feruza Afewerki started 'Gold & Ashes' after losing her sister and niece in the Grenfell Tower fire.
The book is a photo series from the Grenfell community, featuring 56 survivors and those bereaved from the disaster.
Feruza said: "It's changed us so much and so it was important for us to tell it for ourselves."
Video by Gem O'Reilly and Leana Hosea
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- Title
- Is this Transport for London's biggest fan?
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Could this be TfL’s biggest fan?
Ben Couillet moved to London three years ago and has already collected hundreds of pieces of Transport for London merchandise worth more than a thousand pounds. His top three pieces are a rare TfL LGBT pin badge, his Bakerloo/Central line shoes and his Central line night tube map.
The London Transport Museum sells over £2.5m worth of items a year and Ben is first in line when something new is on offer and says he has some way to go before completing his collection.
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- Title
- Bruising bananas to create elaborate works of art
- Runtime
- 2:19
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Artist Anna Chonjnicka bruises the skin of bananas to create elaborate drawings that she shares daily on her social media.
Her artwork ranges from landscapes and portraits to social justice messages and even the TV cartoon character Homer Simpson.
But the fruit don’t go to waste. After she has documented her pieces, she then eats the banana to complete the creative process.
Video by Rob Taylor
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- Title
- The smart glasses helping partially sighted people see properly
- Runtime
- 2:49
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Wearable technology has become a big part of our lives, but new advances in the field are making it possible for partially sighted people to see more clearly.
Two brothers Lucca and Sonny from south east London have the degenerative condition retinitis pigmentosa and they recently got to try out specialist eyewear that could one day help people with all kinds of visual impairments. Paul Murphy-Kasp has the story.
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- Title
- Party at the Palace: A 'survival guide' to the Platinum Jubilee
- Runtime
- 1:16
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Diana Ross and George Ezra headline a star-studded concert at Buckingham Palace marking the Queen's 70 years on the throne. The Party at the Palace on Saturday evening sees Prince Charles and Prince William making speeches to pay tribute to the Queen.
Crowds on The Mall waited all day for the concert to start, so what's their guide to having the best Jubilee celebration?
Video by Jamie Moreland.
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- Title
- Corgis: How the Queen fell in love and started a phenomenon
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- “You see this oversized potato with these short, little legs.” 🐶
The Queen has owned more than 30 corgis during her reign, but how has she inspired a phenomenon of fans?
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- Title
- Margaret Tyler: Royal superfan and collector
- Runtime
- 2:43
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Margaret Tyler, 78, has loved the Royal Family ever since she was a child, and it's something that has formed a big part of her life. At her home in Wembley, north-west London, she has amassed almost 13,000 royal souvenirs and artefacts - tea towels, portraits, statuettes, mugs, china, plates and even slippers, plus much more.
Video shot and edited by Paul Murphy-Kasp
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- Title
- Memories of the Queen's Coronation
- Runtime
- 1:44
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Meet the 92-year-old who worked on the Queen’s Coronation in 1953.
George Vulkan was just 23 years old when he served in the Royal Signals and remembers seeing the Queen on parade.
As London celebrates the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, he shares his memories and the impact participating in the Coronation had on his life.
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- Title
- London Bridge terror attack: Five years on
- Runtime
- 2:28
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- It's five years since eight people were killed and 48 injured in a terror attack on London Bridge and Borough Market. Three terrorists drove a van into pedestrians on the bridge, before launching a knife attack. Five years on, we've been speaking to two people who witnessed what happened that night and did what they could to help others.
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- Title
- London celebrated the Platinum Jubilee
- Runtime
- 2:13
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- People from all around the world have descended on London to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Many of them gathered to see Trooping the Colour, the military ceremony marking the Queen's official birthday and the first of many Jubilee celebrations taking place across London over the bank holiday weekend.
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- Title
- Carshalton's Jubilee crochet creations
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Platinum Jubilee-theme crochet creations have been popping up around the country to celebrate the Queen.
If you take a stroll around south east London, you might see the work of Carole Baker. She is known for her post box hats in Carshalton and with the help of community group, Sutton South Hello, they have adorned the Honeywood Museum with queens, corgis and carriages.
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- Title
- Sewing a quilt the size of Grenfell Tower- BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Tuesday Greenidge set out to sew a quilt the size of Grenfell Tower to remember those who died in the 2017 disaster and to "symbolise justice" for survivors and those affected.
Members of the community have contributed to the quilt, along with people from all over the world.
Five years since the fire at Grenfell Tower, Tuesday has reached her goal of the width reaching 72ft (22m). She says they will continue until the quilt is the height of the tower at 220ft (67m).
Warning, this video contains some upsetting scenes.
Video by Gem O'Reilly
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- Title
- Future proofing London's firefighting
- Runtime
- 2:44
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- BBC London has been behind the scenes of a training exercise at Hereford House in north London to see how things like drones, smart apps, taller ladders and smoke hoods are helping change not just the way fire in high-rise blocks are tackled, but also how lives are saved.
Video by Paul Murphy-Kasp
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- Title
- The Elizabeth line opens- BBC London
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The £18.8bn railway - known as the Elizabeth line - links Reading and Essex via central London.
Transport for London said 130,000 journeys had been made on the line by midday on Tuesday.
Passengers have been using the Abbey Wood to Paddington section of the line, with journey times between the two cut by almost half.
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- Title
- Elizabeth line: explained
- Runtime
- 1:20
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Elizabeth line opens officially at 06:30am on Tuesday 24 May, but what can commuters expect when using the service? BBC London's Paul Murphy-Kasp has put together this guide.
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- Title
- Inspiring young women to become firefighters
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- After a fire ripped through her father’s business, Chloé Cassar witnessed first-hand how firefighters battled to save what they could and dealt with a highly stressful situation so calmly and professionally.
That experience inspired Chloé to join the London Fire Brigade, one of a growing number of women firefighters. On top of her job, she’s also an accomplished weightlifter and competed at the British Championship in 2019, where she won a bronze medal. Video by Rob Taylor
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