(10 Aug 2011) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of burnt shops at Clapham Junction
2. Mid of worker stabilising burnt building
3. Mid of burnt facade of store building
4. Wide pan across street with shops damaged from riots
5. Mid of shopping street in Clapham with stores boarded up
6. Wide exterior of hairdresser ''Toni & Guy'' with shop window boarded up
7. Wide of Monica Teresi, 35, assistant manager of ''Toni & Guy'' hairdresser, inside shop
8. Mid of damaged shop window
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Monica Teresi, 35, assistant manager of ''Toni & Guy'' hairdresser:
"Well, of course, we fear about losses, obviously, because it''s a loss of earnings and everything like that. But obviously, we will see with the insurance company, what they say really, and take it from there. Yes, very bad."
10. Wide of boarded up shop
11. Wide of James Dalton of the Association of British Insurers, talking to assistant
12. SOUNDBITE (English) James Dalton, Assistant Director, Property, Motor & Liability, Association of British Insurers:
"We''re facing claims of over a hundred (m) million (pounds, or 160 (m) million US dollars) at the moment, and that number is probably going to go up."
13. Cutaway of hands
14. SOUNDBITE (English) James Dalton, Assistant Director, Property, Motor & Liability, Association of British Insurers:
"It''s a very old piece of legislation, it''s from 1886, so it''s a 125 years old, but it''s stood the test of time. The reason that act is there is so that people can claim compensation from police when there''s been a riot. What we''ve asked the government to do is extend the period of time in which people can make claims under that act. Currently it''s fourteen days, we''ve asked the home secretary to extend that to 42 days."
15. Close up of man looking at damaged window pane of book store
16. Mid of three men removing damaged window pane
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Ulrike Warner, 70, head of book store at Clapham Junction:
"If no one would have helped us out, we would have had to keep the store bordered up. If you are not insured, which we are not, we are not insured. The other people are insured, and they would surely lose some trade."
18. Wide exterior of damaged book store
19. Mid of people walking down street alongside damaged store
STORYLINE
After days of rioting in London, shopkeepers and business owners were assessing the damage on Wednesday and protecting their livelihoods against further destruction.
Four days of riots have already cost businesses and insurers hundreds of (m) millions of pounds. The cost to Britain''s reputation - and its lucrative tourist trade in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic Games - may be incalculable.
London''s historic centre, visited by (m) millions of tourists a year, has been almost untouched by the riots which hit a handful of inner-city and suburban areas. That hasn''t stopped images of flaming buildings and shattered shops under headlines like "London''s burning" flashing around the globe.
The looters'' targets ranged from corner stores, stripped of booze, cigarettes and candy, to chains selling youth-friendly gear such as sportswear retailer JD Sports, music-seller HMV.
"Well, of course, we fear about losses" said the assistant manager of a hairdresser in Clapham.
The shop was insured, but besides a broken front window and destruction within the shop, the owner is facing losses in earnings.
The Association of British Insurers says insurance companies are expecting losses of "over 100 (m) million pounds (160 million US dollars)" from the mayhem.
"If no one would have helped us out, we would have had to keep the store bordered up," she said.
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