croydon police station. >> yes, his murder happened in september 2020. handcuffs, but he managed to shoot an antique gun that he'd smuggled into the custody centre in croydon, south london. now, matt ratana, he was only months away from retiring and that gun was fired and it hit him in the chest and the thigh. de souza was left with brain damage. he was thigh. de souza was left with brain damage . he was actually brain damage. he was actually hit by the gun as well. a bullet struck his own neck and he actually had very he had great difficulty communicating in court during the trial before the sentencing , matt ratana's the sentencing, matt ratana's family said that their future has been robbed. and to hear that that that sentencing imposed by the judge was sue bushby, who is matt ratana's partner. she was in court for that sentencing where the judge imposed a whole life order, meaning that louis de souza will spend the rest of his life behind bars . behind bars. >> the gun would hearing in the court case, of course , he was court case, of course, he was

one located at an office block in croydon, - in the uk.n the uk. one located at an l office block in croydon, one at an estate agency in pendant and one at a restaurant in glasgow. the government says no evidence of illegal activity has been identified. but says the sites were set up without permission and their presence will have intimidated those who have left china and sought safety and freedom here. but china has moved quickly to close down alleged overseas police stations. in america, there have been arrests by the fbi. here, the government has been accused of not acting fast enough. the uk government for refuses to say whether china poses a threat. i think you will find in epoque defining challenge and we will meet with robust pragmatism. in and we will meet with robust pragmatism-— and we will meet with robust pragmatism. in glasgow they didn't respond _ pragmatism. in glasgow they didn't respond to _ pragmatism. in glasgow they didn't respond to panorama. | didn't respond to panorama. they said the accusations are baseless. china m

that police station in croydon. the man who did it was louis de zoysa and we can see some pictures now of that night. this is louis de zoysa being arrested earlier in the evening. at this point he was carrying a gun, but the police arresting him did not know it and did not find it. a little later he was taken into custody sell there and that is the moment where he took out the gun and fired it twice at matiu ratana. this gun was over 100 years old and the ammunition was home—made and he had that first shot at matiu ratana which was the fatal one. and he also then fired again for shots in total in the third one hitting his own neck and that has resulted in serious injuries to him. he uses a wheelchair now and has difficulty communicating and that was evident during his trial. and if we see some pictures now of matiu louis de zoysa. he was found guilty of murder at the trial last month and the trial lasted... there were some significant changes that took place after that. significant changes that took place afterthat.

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croydon. know . croydon.f people in the in >> and a lot of people in the in the suburbs. that's where families live. it's not like you know the centre london where know in the centre london where you the tube everywhere know in the centre london where ycyou're the tube everywhere know in the centre london where ycyou're an the tube everywhere know in the centre london where ycyou're an oxbridge,everywhere know in the centre london where ycyou're an oxbridge, youywhere know in the centre london where ycyou're an oxbridge, you kind'e if you're an oxbridge, you kind of you've of need a car and you've probably family. so you probably got a family. so you know, drop the know, you've got to drop the kids or football know, you've got to drop the ki(whatever or football know, you've got to drop the ki(whatever . or football or whatever. >> you can't even go on a date now because if you're going to go on date want to go on a date yet, you want to know exactly what's going to happen because i'm paying £12.50 before we'

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the owner of the third in croydon says the accusations against him are "baseless".e targeting its critics abroad, but should we all be worried about chinese cameras lining our streets? hikvision and dahua are two of the biggest video surveillance companies in the world... ..with combined annual profits of almost £2 billion. china's been accused of using these cameras to control and monitor the minority muslim uyghur population. cameras made by hikvision and dahua line the streets, where they're not only watching people but actively analysing them, even with horrendous features like ethnicity alerts, where they can pick people out of a crowd that they believe to be uyghur. the chinese embassy in london says the... hikvision says it... ..and... dahua says it... hikvision and dahua cameras can also be found up and down the uk. we spent months and months submitting thousands of freedom of information requests, and we found that the majority of public bodies are using chinese state—owned surveillance cameras. these companies have dominated, completely dominated, the surv

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louis de zoysa, was convicted of murdering sergeant matt ratanna, in a holding cell, in croydon.but the judge said the attack had been premeditated and he had gone to great lengths to conceal the gun from officers. prince harry can take the sun newspaper to court over claims it used illegal methods to gather information about him according to a new ruling from the high court in london. prince harry alleges he was targeted byjournalists and private investigators working for the paper's publisher, news group newspapers. the company denies the allegations. tram operators have been fined a total of £14 million over the croydon derailment which claimed the lives of seven passengers. many more people were injured when a tram carrying 69 people derailed near the sandilands stop on the morning of november 9th in 2016. transport for london and tram 0perations limited have accepted failing in their health and safety duties. you're live with bbc news. donald trump has said his attorneys have met with officials from thejustice department they are investigating the former us president's attem

de zoysa claimed croydon. zoysa claimed diminished responses during the three week trial, but the jury took around five hours to unanimously convict him . the unanimously convict him. the decision to release double child killer colin pitchfork will be re—examined by a new parole board. the 63 year old was jailed for life after raping and strangling 215 year old girls in the early 80s. he was given a minimum sentence of 30 years in 1988. later reduced to 28 years for good behaviour and was released in 2021. pitchfork was recalled to prison two months later after approaching two young women in the streets , young women in the streets, which was later deemed flawed by the parole board. justice secretary alex chalk asked for the decision to be reviewed, saying it's vital that dangerous offenders are kept behind bars . offenders are kept behind bars. tram operators have been fined a total of £14 million over the croydon derailment , which killed croydon derailment, which killed seven people. many more were injured

tram operators have been fined a total of £14 million over the croydon derailment which claimed the livesany more people were injured when a tram carrying 69 people derailed on 9th november in 2016. transport for london and tram 0perations limited have accepted failing in their health and safety duties. the chief executive of coutts, has announced he'll step down from the role after the private british bank closed nigel farage's account. mr farage has provided documents suggesting that coutts, which is owned by natwest, closed his account because of his political views. you're live with bbc news. taiwan is holding its biggest military exercises in a quarter of a century. they reached their climax with a mock invasion of beaches close to the capital taipei, which was repelled by defending forces. the exercises are a response to the growing military threat from china and to russia's invasion of ukraine, which experts say has been a huge wake up call to taiwan. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in taiwan and watched the mock invasion as it took place. a beach in northern taiwa

tram operators have been fined a total of £14 million over the croydon derailment which claimed the livese were injured when a tram carrying 69 people derailed near the sandilands stop on the morning of november 9th in 2016. transport for london and tram 0perations limited have accepted failing in their health and safety duties. the tram driver was found not guilty earlier this year of failing to take reasonable care of his passengers. jean smith's son mark died in the crash — she says financial penalties achieve nothing. no amount of money and i suppose... no amount of money and i suppose... no amount of money and i suppose... no amount of money would have ever been enough for what happened to mark and the other six, or even the other 19 that were seriously injured. money is meaningless, it's replaceable. people's lives aren't. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, who is the chair of tfl, has said he would continue to work with the tram operator to make the transport network as safe as possible. you're live with bbc news. to west africa now where niger's army has given its backing to the tro

derailed , which killed croydon derailed, which killed seven people.ny more were injured when a tram carrying 69 people derailed near the sandilands stop in november 2016. transport for london and tram operations limited have accepted failing in their health and safety duties . mrjustice and safety duties. mrjustice fraser told the court this was undoubtedly an accident waiting to happen . the home office's to happen. the home office's routine housing of unaccompanied child asylum seekers in hotels has been ruled unlawful by a high court . has been ruled unlawful by a high court. the charity every child protected against trafficking launched legal action after claiming the arrangements are not fit for purpose . it was ruled unlawful purpose. it was ruled unlawful as the power to place the children in hotels may be used on very short periods in true emergency situations . as an aid. emergency situations. as an aid. finally, no medical cause has been given for the death of irish singer sinead o'connor, who was found unresponsive at her home in london yes

that police station in croydon.n see some pictures now of that night. this is louis de zoysa being arrested earlier in the evening. at this point he was carrying a gun, but the police arresting him did not know it and did not find it. a little later he was taken into custody sell there and that is the moment where he took out the gun and fired it twice at matiu ratana. this gun was over 100 years old and the ammunition was home—made and he had that first shot at matiu ratana which was the fatal one. and he also then fired again for shots in total in the third one hitting his own neck and that has resulted in serious injuries

tram operators have been fined a total of £14 million over the croydon derailment , which killed croydon which killed seven people. many more were injured when a tram carrying 69 people derailed near the sandilands stop in november 2016. transport for london and tram operations limited have accepted failing in their health and safety duties. mrjustice fraser told the court this was undoubtedly an accident waiting to happen . wildfires in greece to happen. wildfires in greece continue despite a drop in temperatures. blazes have spread across the country for more than across the country for more than a week, killing three people and causing over 20,000 tourists to evacuate roads . 61 more fires evacuate roads. 61 more fires have erupted in greece in the last 24 hours, with footage showing cliffs and trees scorched by the blazes. in albania , crews continue to albania, crews continue to battle the flames across the country's southern region , with country's southern region, with emergency helicopters dropping water on the affected areas . in water on the affected areas. in italy, the extent

tram operators have been fined a total of £14 million over the croydon derailment , which killed croydon which killed seven people. many more were injured when a tram carrying 69 people derailed near the sandilands stop in november 2016. transport for london and tram operations limited have accepted failing in their health and safety duties. mrjustice fraser told the court this was undoubtedly an accident waiting to happen . wildfires in greece to happen. wildfires in greece continue despite a drop in temperatures. blazes have spread across the country for more than across the country for more than a week, killing three people and causing over 20,000 tourists to evacuate roads . 61 more fires evacuate roads. 61 more fires have erupted in greece in the last 24 hours, with footage showing cliffs and trees scorched by the blazes. in albania , crews continue to albania, crews continue to battle the flames across the country's southern region , with country's southern region, with emergency helicopters dropping water on the affected areas . in water on the affected areas. in italy, the extent

louis de zoysa had smuggled an antique gun into the building in croydon following his arrest in septemberalmost £970 million, after price cap rises allowed it to make more money from household bills. scottishpower and edf have also announced large increases in profits for the first half of this year. minefields laid by russian troops in southern ukraine are damaging tanks provided by the west and are also hampering the advance of ukrainian troops, the general in charge of ukraine's counteroffensive in the south has told the bbc. but he defended ukraine's use of controversial cluster bombs, which are banned by over 100 countries. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale has the latest. hidden in a forest — evidence of ukraine's stuttering offensive in the south. a makeshift repair yard trying to salvage not old soviet equipment, but recently donated western armour. these us—made bradleys may have saved lives, but they've also been damaged by what's slowing them down — russian minefields. sirhiy says some can't be repaired so they'll scavenge the parts. this was the same brigade in the firs

derailed , which killed croydon derailed, which killed seven people.ny more were injured when a tram carrying 69 people derailed near the sandilands stop in november 2016. transport for london and tram operations limited have accepted failing in their health and safety duties . mrjustice and safety duties. mrjustice fraser told the court this was undoubtedly an accident waiting to happen . the home office's to happen. the home office's routine housing of unaccompanied child asylum seekers in hotels has been ruled unlawful by a high court . has been ruled unlawful by a high court. the charity every child protected against trafficking launched legal action after claiming the arrangements are not fit for purpose . it was ruled unlawful purpose. it was ruled unlawful as the power to place the children in hotels may be used on very short periods in true emergency situations . as an aid. emergency situations. as an aid. finally, no medical cause has been given for the death of irish singer sinead o'connor, who was found unresponsive at her home in london yes

tram operators have been fined a total of £14 million over the croydon derail moment, which killed seven. many more were injured when a tram carrying 69 people derailed near the sandilands stop in november 2016. transport for london and tram operations limited have accepted that failing in their health and safety duties. mrjustice fraser told the court this was undoubtedly an accident waiting to happen . jean smith, the to happen. jean smith, the mother of mark who died in the tram crash, says no fines can bnng tram crash, says no fines can bring her son back . the whole bring her son back. the whole sentencing was pointless as a family, while we appreciate that both tfl and tfl admitted liability straight away , their liability straight away, their fines are meaningless in the light of loss of life . a high light of loss of life. a high court judge has ruled that the duke of sussex can bring a claim of unlawful information gathering to trial against the publisher of the sun, but not a claim of phone hacking . prince claim of phone hacking. prince harry alleges he was targeted by journal

tram operators have been fined a total of £14 million over the croydon derailment which claimed the livesed near the sandilands stop on the morning of november 9th in 2016. transport for london and tram 0perations limited have accepted failing in their health and safety duties. the tram driver was found not guilty earlier this year of failing to take reasonable care of his passengers. jean smith's son mark died in the crash — she says financial penalties achieve nothing. no amount of money and i suppose... no amount of money and i suppose... no amount of money and i suppose... no amount of money would ever have been enough for what happened to mark and the other six or even in fact the other 19 that were seriously injured. so, yeah, money is meaningless, it is replaceable. people's lives aren't. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, who is the chair of tfl, has said he would continue to work with the tram operator to make the transport network as safe as possible. you're live with bbc news. the general in charge of ukraine's counter—offensive against russia in the south has told the bbc — that

convicted of murdering sergeant matt rar—tanna of murdering sergeant matt ratana in a holding cell in croydonthe judge said it was premeditated and he had gone to great lengths to conceal the weapon from officers. the "routine" housing of unaccompanied child asylum seekers in hotels is unlawful, according to a ruling by the high court today. legal action was brought against the home office by a children's charity, claiming the arrangements were not fit for purpose. our political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. bit of a blow for the government, jonathan? bit of a blow for the government, jonathan? , , ., ., , , ., jonathan? figures show last year 3000 under _ jonathan? figures show last year 3000 under 18-year-olds - jonathan? figures show last year| 3000 under 18-year-olds seeking 3000 under i8—year—olds seeking asylum were housed in hotels for any period of time and many hundreds of those have sometime gone missing. and the practice, as you say, was described by campaigners in two local authorities is not fit for purpose. it has been ruled by the high court today as unlawful

louis de zoysa, was convicted of murdering sergeant matt ratana, in a holding cell, in croydon.alled off this weekend following revised pay offers. workers at four firms employing baggage handlers and ground staff had originally threatened to strike from friday 28 july to tuesday 1 august. an historic royal census, known as "swan upping", has revealed a 40% drop in the number of cygnets on the river thames, compared with last year. the decline has been blamed on avian flu but also a growing problem of violence, including shootings, catapult attacks and dogs killing swa ns. only 94 cygnets were found on the five—day search. you're live with bbc news. the general in charge of the ukraine counteroffensive says his forces are struggling to overcome brushing defences and over —— move quickly. the russian minefields and defensive lines were making it difficult for military equipment including western supplied tanks and other armoured vehicles to advance. let's go live not to our defence correspondent jonathan beale. live now to our defence correspondent — jonathan beale — who speaks t

i am going to go to geoff in croydon. susie, thanks for| geoff in croydon. meds now. they work up to— because i am on meds now. they work up to eight— because i am on meds now. they work up to eight point, but there will be a point _ up to eight point, but there will be a point where everyone knows that it's going _ a point where everyone knows that it's going to be excruciating. because _ it's going to be excruciating. because what happens with people, it depends— because what happens with people, it depends on the heart. it's the last thing _ depends on the heart. it's the last thing to— depends on the heart. it's the last thing to go. i was quite surprised by it— thing to go. i was quite surprised by it all— thing to go. i was quite surprised by it all when they were telling me the last— by it all when they were telling me the last thing to go as your heart. as strong — the last thing to go as your heart. as strong as your heart is, that is how much— as strong as your heart is, that is how much pain you are going to go through _ how much pain you are goin

sentenced to life imprisonment today and convicted of murdering the sergeant in the holding cell in croydonnd the judge said the objective and premeditated we had gone to great lengths to conceal the gun from officers. 0ur had gone to great lengths to conceal the gun from officers. our home affairs correspondent was in court for sentencing.— affairs correspondent was in court for sentencing. addressed directly b the for sentencing. addressed directly by the director _ for sentencing. addressed directly by the director throughout - for sentencing. addressed directly by the director throughout the i by the director throughout the sentencing remarks that the judge looked at him almost throughoutjust looking down occasionally to read is notes. it doesn't normally engage the judge but he looks down notes. it doesn't normally engage thejudge but he looks down in notes. it doesn't normally engage the judge but he looks down in the dark and sitting in his wheelchair and when thejudge dark and sitting in his wheelchair and when the judge said that he should be taken out, there was still no reaction

the rest of his life in prison. 54—year—old sergeant matt ratana, was shot in the chest and leg at croydonsibility, but the judge said he'd "acted in cold blood". our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, is outside the court in northampton. yes, louis de zoysa shot matiu ratana in a police cell while handcuffed. he hit matiu ratana in the heart and then shot himself in the heart and then shot himself in the neck, causing permanent brain injuries. he is now in a wheelchair and struggles to talk. he sat impassively as matiu ratana's partner described the tormenting grief she feels and the loneliness. louis de zoysa's lawyer said because of his autism and brain injury, he shouldn't spend his whole life in prison and there should be some hope. but thejudge prison and there should be some hope. but the judge said louis prison and there should be some hope. but thejudge said louis de zoysa had shot matiu ratana in cold blood and intended to kill him and he would stick to the ruling set down by parliament that people who murder police officers who are on duty should get a whole life order

able to see l behind me some police officers and otherjournalists, and that is the extent of the croydonand the incident unfolded. —— the extent of the cordon. where we understand emergency services were called a little bit before ten o'clock this morning. as you say, it is common, but there is a substantial province from the emergency services here. there is close to two dozen ambulances, beaded assault of ambulances, beaded assault of ambulances you can see behind me or the small at first response units. —— a substantial presence. there is also a few fire brigade units as well that are parked across the common, the other side of me. it seems at this stage that the amount of vehicles are here because perhaps initially, emergency services weren't sure what they would be dealing with when they got here. it does seem from where i am standing that those vehicles, a number of them that are parked here are here on standby, just in case they should be needed. i would try to pan the camera around to show you the number of vehicles, but the signal here isn't great. in terms of the active emergen

and no service between new cross gate and west croydon/crystal palace.here. over the next few hours, the cloud is thinning and breaking, and a lot of dry and increasingly sunny weather through the afternoon. in the best of it, 22, 23 degrees. dry at first through this evening and overnight, but by tomorrow morning we have a system working its way through the west which will bring heavy pulses of rain to start the day tomorrow morning, a mild start again typically, and then on the pressure chart here's the bigger picture. there are frontal systems around, but also we do have some drier slots of weather and that looks like it will be unsettled again at the start of the new working week. so it is topsy—turvy, when you look at the outlook you can see quite a lot of unsettled weather symbols but there will be some dry weather with sunshine at times, especially later today. over on bbc radio london in a moment, riz will be getting your thoughts on ulez ahead of the high courtjudgement. that's it for now, i'm back in half an hour. good morning. welcome to break

operators have been told to pay half a million pounds in costs ahead of sentencing today over the fatal croydontransport for london and tram operations limited have admitted failing in their health and safety duties. it's thought substantial fines will be handed out at the old bailey later. police are investigating after two bottles of acid were found at north greenwich tube station. they've released this photo of two men — they say they may have information about the bottles found on tuesday afternoon in a rucksack. it's thought the acid had begun to leak and it was abandoned by the owner. anyone else who may have seen anything is being asked to contact british transport police or crimestoppers. a new production of the show "i believe in unicorns" — which is based on the book by children's author michael morpurgo — is opening tonight in the west end to mark its 10th anniversary. the show follows the story of tomas, an eight—year—old boy who doesn't like reading and school. tickets from a gala performance are going towards the charity?the reading agency, which aims to get people of all ages to

croydon, bexley, bromley, etcetera.the south, they are starved of public transport. >> okay, susan hall, thank you very much indeed forjoining us and bringing us your reaction. having been indeed, as you say at that hearing this morning in the high court. thank you. >> farage has hit out at >> nigel farage has hit out at banks making massive profits while he says treating the pubuc while he says treating the public badly. >> well, it's coming, of course, as the chairman of natwest said this morning, he regretted the fallout surrounding mr farage's account. meanwhile, natwest announcing , well, account. meanwhile, natwest announcing, well, a huge account. meanwhile, natwest announcing , well, a huge surge announcing, well, a huge surge in profits . the bank's bosses in profits. the bank's bosses met shareholders for the first time this morning. >> the bank's pre—tax profit showed significant growth, rising from the previous year, despite a fall in its share price, wiping £1 billion off the market value . our political ma

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that metroland and the fear that there to be non—stop there was going to be non—stop housing between croydonton remember brighton and you remember all the time. i don't the stuff at the time. i don't think that's absolutely true. and think you a very, very and i think you put a very, very good point there. we can build and build, we must and we should build, we must build. what it must be is build. but what it must be is more sensitive and actually more in and with what in keeping and in tune with what we the in planning. we used we call the in planning. we used to the prevailing style to call it the prevailing style of street. and has to be of the street. and it has to be that not these ghastly little boxes hillside made out boxes on the hillside made out of tacky to the area in of ticky tacky to the area in terms of materials and size. >> what people actually >> also what people actually want what we've been want and what we've been providing smaller properties providing is smaller properties with no outdoor space. increasingly it's actually the polls show people want bigger properties wit

oh, and in croydon and bedford. oh, and in croydon and david in watford.s to us. gb views that gbnews.com or tweet me at news. right onto me at gb news. right onto another caught my another story that caught my eye. today, is to eye. now today, italy is to erase the names of lesbian mothers from their child's birth certificate in a crackdown against same sex parenting and surrogacy . and now the move is surrogacy. and now the move is led by prime minister giorgia meloni, who disapproves of the lgbt. plus couples raising children together . she says the children together. she says the country's laws do not allow children to have two mothers. so basically they take one of the mothers off the birth certificate same unions certificate. same sex unions were legalised in italy in 2016, granting many rights to married couples, but stopped of couples, but stopped short of permitting adoption permitting marriage and adoption amid opposition the amid fierce opposition from the catholic . so let's see catholic church. so let's see what panel make that. what my panel

discrimination after a male colleague had nerf gun wars in office and this woman, sarah longman, out of croydon herjob. she was making over £90,000 a year. she sued for sex discrimination after complaining her male colleagues at this construction thing, which was mostly men. yeah >> were shooting around with nerf guns. >> mark dolan, michigan and. and what does she do? she she goes to a gun . government tribunal . a to a gun. government tribunal. a tribunal instead of, i believe people should be allowed to be hired at will. fired at will quit at will. >> i mean there are certain things i mean, you know, i think in an ideal world. >> yeah. freedom of association. but there are certain perhaps like sensitivities that like cultural sensitivities that could be observed. but there were other women in this office who no, fine. it's who said, no, it's fine. it's just the guys mucking about, you know, that men know, why is everything that men do, it's just men do, anti women, it's just men just existing. >> it somehow guns ? >> is it somehow guns? >> is it somehow guns? >> like they were like >> it's n

operations fined 4 million at the old bailey for health and safety failings, which led up to the croydonthat is a big fine. >> that is a big fine. >> that's a lot of money. but the trouble is, bev dawn, that will mean that the taxpayer in london pays that paying for that. >> yeah. no, absolutely. >> yeah. no, absolutely. >> incompetence for transport for london. and we'll have to pay for london. and we'll have to pay it. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and you know what that means? our council tax will go up even higher. >> exactly. and they'll need to find ways of raising money, find more ways of raising money, which low emission which means ultra low emission zone talk that they may >> all that talk that they may not it, but they will bus not expand it, but they will bus gates charge you to gates that charge you £60 to drive through. fine. so drive through. i know. fine. so we'll bring you more on that as we'll bring you more on that as we it. but that's breaking news. >> yes. no, absolutely. still on the theme, electric the transport theme, electric bikes should be bikes and scooters should be r

family from croydon are also— meanwhile, david's family from croydon are also concerned about the croydon them thousands money which they say bnev— thousands money which they say be ben-b— thousands money which they say they don't have.— thousands money which they say they don't have. our little boy, jjv they don't have. our little boy, jj, if— they don't have. our little boy, i, i be— they don't have. our little boy, i, i be nas— they don't have. our little boy, i, i be nas a— they don't have. our little boy, jj, if he has a seizure for many bimes— jj, if he has a seizure for many bimes as— jj, if he has a seizure for many bimes as anv— jj, if he has a seizure for many times as any epileptic will mew,— times as any epileptic will mew, ne— times as any epileptic will know, he has— times as any epileptic will know, he has to- times as any epileptic will know, he has to go to hospital by emergency— know, he has to go to hospital by emergency ambulance and that biebiem — by emergency ambulance and that bvebiem means— by emergency ambulance and that problem means that that his mum gees— probl

. | trams in the south in croydon. don't live in trams in the south in croydon. i don't live in the city. if you _ transport like walking and cycling. if you want to improve your mental health— if you want to improve your mental health i_ if you want to improve your mental health i would recommend engaging in some of— health i would recommend engaging in some of those things. that health i would recommend engaging in some of those things.— some of those things. that is really not what it is _ some of those things. that is really not what it is about, _ some of those things. that is really not what it is about, i _ some of those things. that is really not what it is about, i think there i not what it is about, i think there are many people like me who are struggling with this. this are many people like me who are struggling with this.— are many people like me who are struggling with this. this goes back to what i struggling with this. this goes back to what i said. _ struggling with this. this goes back to what i said, we _ struggling with this. this goes back to what i said, we need _ st

discrimination after a male colleague had nerf gun wars in office and this woman, sarah longman, out of croydonhe lost herjob. she was making over £90,000 a year. she sued for sex discrimination after complaining her male colleagues at this construction thing, which was mostly men. yeah >> were shooting around with nerf guns. >> mark dolan, michigan and. and what does she do? she she goes to a gun . government tribunal . a to a gun. government tribunal. a tribunal instead of, i believe people should be allowed to be hired at will. fired at will quit at will. >> i mean there are certain things i mean, you know, i think in an ideal world. >> yeah. freedom of association. but there are certain perhaps like sensitivities that like cultural sensitivities that could be observed. but there were other women in this office who no, fine. it's who said, no, it's fine. it's just the mucking about, you just the guys mucking about, you know, everything men know, why is everything that men do, it's just men do, anti women, it's just men just existing. >> is somehow guns ? >> is it somehow guns? >> is it someh

morning, jumping in car and driving , for in your car and driving, for instance, from wimbledon down to croydoning back, he thinks that's outrageous , that you have the outrageous, that you have the freedom of movement . he wants to freedom of movement. he wants to dictate your movement and keep you get cameras. >> you've got cameras. >> you've got cameras. >> meanwhile, where you are. >> meanwhile, where you are. >> he's driving around. is it is it a land rover? >> oh, yes, a range rover or something fancy like that. >> he's got 3a3 car convoy, i think . there >> he's got 3a3 car convoy, i think. there you go. >> one, 1—1 rule for them. the rest for the rest of us. how about the times newspaper? now let's see what they're leading with. act on every with. now we will act on every crime. chief constable pledges more to tackle more resources to tackle shoplifting and car theft. about time. daily express army under fire over delays in housing migrants . iweekend poll boost migrants. iweekend poll boost for starmer as sunak backtracks on net zero. the independent it's could it be coming home? lyons

morning, jumping in and driving , for in your car and driving, for instance, from wimbledon down to croydoning back, he thinks that's outrageous , that you have the outrageous, that you have the freedom of movement . he wants to freedom of movement. he wants to dictate your movement and keep you get cameras. >> you've got cameras. >> you've got cameras. >> meanwhile, where you are. >> meanwhile, where you are. >> he's driving around. is it is it a land rover? >> oh, yes, a range rover or something fancy like that. >> he's got 3a3 car convoy, i think . there >> he's got 3a3 car convoy, i think. there you go. >> one, 1—1 rule for them. the rest for the rest of us. how about the times newspaper? now let's see what they're leading with. act on every with. now we will act on every crime. chief constable pledges more to tackle more resources to tackle shoplifting and car theft. about time. daily express army under fire over delays in housing migrants . iweekend poll boost migrants. iweekend poll boost for starmer as sunak backtracks on net zero. the independent it's could it be coming home? lyons

he walked into town to catch the bus to west croydon. and there he changed to a night bus.istinctive holder all in an area where they had recently been burglaries. th where they had recently been burglaries-— burglaries. in that bag is non-medical— burglaries. in that bag is non-medical cannabis. i burglaries. in that bag is i non-medical cannabis. how burglaries. in that bag is - non-medical cannabis. how much burglaries. in that bag is _ non-medical cannabis. how much do ou have non-medical cannabis. how much do you have in — non-medical cannabis. how much do you have in their? _ non-medical cannabis. how much do you have in their? he _ non-medical cannabis. how much do you have in their? he told _ non-medical cannabis. how much do you have in their? he told them - non-medical cannabis. how much do you have in their? he told them he i you have in their? he told them he had cannabis _ you have in their? he told them he had cannabis in _ you have in their? he told them he had cannabis in there, _ you have in their? he told them he had cannabis in there, so - you have in the

organisations have pleaded guilty to health and safety failings over the accident when the tram derailed at croydonllowing the story and is outside the old bailey. lisa what can you tell us? well as you said, that sentencing of transport for london and tram operators limited is underway. >> so that's after they entered a guilty plea to health and safety failings last year. a guilty plea to health and safety failings last year . so safety failings last year. so tfl are responsible for the infrastructure for providing the trams, whereas tram operations limited, they're responsible for the actual running of the service for providing drivers. so it was . on the 9th of so it was. on the 9th of november in 2016 when 69 passengers were on board. as you say, seven of those lost their lives. and all the other passengers , but one sustained passengers, but one sustained injuries as the tram was travelling from new addington to wimbledon when it derailed at sandylands sandylands south london, travelling at 45mph in a 12 mile per hour zone. so today the prosecution, in their opening statement said the principa

i trained at what was called may day in croydon. it's now changed its name.t of my time at the royal marsden in london, and as a cancer nurse , and it was a cancer nurse, and it was actually working as a nurse. that got me into politics because i moved down to brighton and one of my local hospitals was under threat of closure and i got on board on the campaign to it. thankfully it's to save it. and thankfully it's still but it's a slippery still going, but it's a slippery slope politics once you get slope in politics once you get involved one campaign before involved in one campaign before you you're for you know it, you're standing for parliament. meant to parliament. so i never meant to stand parliament. was stand for parliament. and it was really experience the nhs really my experience of the nhs that me involved in that really got me involved in politics. you see that that qualifies you so many areas qualifies you in so many areas with your experience and include in the strikes that that go on and the thing that gets me, maria, we sit here day after day a

i know what twinkle in your eye means there, christine and mark from croydon.. very confused. >> did you tyler cat was >> did you think tyler cat was a car ? car? >>i car? >> ithought car? >> i thought we were talking about capris. no idea. we're talking look at talking about cats. look at that. of heaven. anyway, that. my idea of heaven. anyway, again, if listening on again, if you're listening on the a picture of a the radio, it is a picture of a lot of cats. a cat lot of cats. it's a cat sanctuary in cyprus. and sadly, we talking earlier about we were talking earlier about 300,000 cats, predominantly kittens, this kittens, being affected by this fatal kittens, being affected by this fatebut they visited that a lot >> but they visited that a lot of yeah, well, that's where it >> yeah, well, that's where it would well. so i'd say would spread as well. so i'd say keep them in some sort of quarantine if you can. they visited sanctuary yesterday. >> thanks very much. >> well, thanks very much. >> well, thanks very much. >> i didn't realise i'm >> sorry, i didn't

. >> that's the this poor woman in croydon. >> that's her son there. he was so distressed.s asked, do you have your bus ticket? why didn't you just show her bus ticket? >> do we know that for a fact? yes. >> as far as i hear and aware, the police are kind of all of this is that they were asked and when she couldn't produce it, you're then deemed to have broken law and she be broken the law and she can be arrested. was arrested. she was then de—arrested when she produced the ticket or she proved, the bus ticket or she proved, see what i've seen? >> and i could be completely wrong. she then proved she had paid. i mean, you don't get do you get a bus ticket anymore? no, because you tap her. >> tapped her card. >> she tapped her card. >> she tapped her card. >> and on this video, >> and you see on this video, they take her card off of they take her bank card off of her. so i just don't know. something is amiss. and i quite agree. just didn't agree. if she just didn't produce a bus ticket be produce a bus ticket to be pedantic or whatever, i can understand it. but i still don't

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