0:00:04 > 0:00:07Tonight at Six: Snow gets the better of Britain -
0:00:07 > 0:00:10a catalogue of disruption across the country.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Drivers are being told to take care, flights have been cancelled
0:00:13 > 0:00:15and there are delays on the railways.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19A big job to get things right again.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23We've covered something like 17,000 miles of gritting, which is from
0:00:23 > 0:00:28Gloucester to Australia and back, trying to keep the place moving.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31A day of fun on the snow as more than 1,000 schools in England
0:00:31 > 0:00:33and Wales shut their gates.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35And there are warnings of treacherous conditions as snow
0:00:35 > 0:00:38turns to ice for many tonight.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39Also on the programme:
0:00:39 > 0:00:41A breakthrough that brings hope for patients
0:00:41 > 0:00:46with Huntington's disease - the biggest advance for 50 years.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Manchester police launch a murder investigation after three children
0:00:48 > 0:00:52die in a suspicious house fire.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55An attempted terror attack at New York's main bus station -
0:00:55 > 0:01:03the bomber and some bystanders are injured.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Tributes to TV star Keith Chegwin pour in, as his family
0:01:06 > 0:01:10announce his death at the age of 60.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News - the full line-up
0:01:12 > 0:01:15for the Champions League, including a messy draw for Chelsea,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18who face Barcelona in the last 16.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Snow, ice and plunging temperatures have caused major disruption
0:01:45 > 0:01:49across swathes of the country today.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51More than 1,000 schools have
0:01:51 > 0:01:53been closed in Wales, the Midlands, the south west
0:01:53 > 0:01:55and other areas.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57Rail travel across England and Wales has been
0:01:57 > 0:02:00disrupted and hundreds of flights cancelled.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Tonight, conditions on many roads are treacherous.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Forecasters are warning that
0:02:03 > 0:02:08temperatures could hit minus 13 degrees overnight.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11That would make it the coldest night of the winter so far.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Our correspondent Sima Kotecha sent this report from the West Midlands.
0:02:20 > 0:02:27A blanket of snow, covering large parts of the UK. An ideal playground
0:02:27 > 0:02:31for children, many of whom have had the day off with hundreds of schools
0:02:31 > 0:02:37closed due to treacherous conditions. Here in Birmingham the
0:02:37 > 0:02:41council run schools are closed today. The local authority has faced
0:02:41 > 0:02:45criticism with some saying there was no need because roads like this one
0:02:45 > 0:02:49have been cleared throughout the day. The council says tomorrow it
0:02:49 > 0:02:53will be up to individual headteachers as to whether they open
0:02:53 > 0:02:57or remain closed and that the priority of them is the safety of
0:02:57 > 0:03:02children. It's not just here, schools and Buckinghamshire,
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Shropshire and Staffordshire have also been closed. Many roads have
0:03:05 > 0:03:10been layered with ice is making driving difficult. Some vehicle
0:03:10 > 0:03:15emergency services are claiming they've had almost 14,000 calls
0:03:15 > 0:03:22today from people struggling on the roads.Yesterday we did 14,000, 600
0:03:22 > 0:03:26of those were vehicles stuck in snow. Main advice would be take it
0:03:26 > 0:03:32very steady. Pack a few extras in the car like a blanket, and make
0:03:32 > 0:03:37sure your mobile phone is charged. Make sure you have your main
0:03:37 > 0:03:42contacts saved in phone.In south Wales to Laurie got its tyres stuck
0:03:42 > 0:03:46in the snow, while in Northern Ireland a postcard picture emerged
0:03:46 > 0:03:51on the Belfast to Londonderry route. In the highest village in Surrey,
0:03:51 > 0:03:53freezing temperatures combined with strong winds proved challenging but
0:03:53 > 0:03:59some of the locals cannot get enough.Up here we sometimes get a
0:03:59 > 0:04:04flurry but it never really settles and this is the first time in about
0:04:04 > 0:04:08three years we've had some decent snowfall.In the west Midlands and
0:04:08 > 0:04:13NHS trusts put an appeal allowed for four wheel drive vehicles to help
0:04:13 > 0:04:18stranded nurses get to hospitals.We offered a number to our colleagues
0:04:18 > 0:04:24because there's pressure on them in the moment to get patients to
0:04:24 > 0:04:28hospital. We have well-trained drivers and good vehicles that we
0:04:28 > 0:04:34are happy to lend.A quarter of the flights from Heathrow have been
0:04:34 > 0:04:40cancelled, while the port of Calais has reopened. However it says there
0:04:40 > 0:04:44are still some delays to ferry services between the port and Dover.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49The Met office says it will be an extremely cold night with some
0:04:49 > 0:04:54places experiencing temperatures of around minus 12 Celsius. Much of the
0:04:54 > 0:05:00snow will turn to ice, raising more concerns about getting out and about
0:05:00 > 0:05:01tomorrow.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Our correspondent Jon Kay is at a gritting station
0:05:03 > 0:05:08at Stroud in Gloucestershire.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11This weather was forecast, so shouldn't councils have been better
0:05:11 > 0:05:19prepared?Some councils have faced a lot of criticism, not just today but
0:05:19 > 0:05:23especially over the weekend. Here in Gloucestershire they would say they
0:05:23 > 0:05:27are doing everything they possibly can, they have been working flat out
0:05:27 > 0:05:33for days to try to keep things moving. To give you an example, this
0:05:33 > 0:05:38depot was full of gritting salt on Friday night. You can see now it's
0:05:38 > 0:05:43only half full, that's how much they have been spreading on the roads.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47450 tonnes of salt will be spread on the roads in this county alone
0:05:47 > 0:05:53tonight, that's just this county just a night. But it's not just
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Gloucestershire where they are expecting incredibly low
0:05:55 > 0:06:00temperatures over the next few hours. In the Scottish Borders,
0:06:00 > 0:06:05temperatures tonight expected to drop to about minus nine Celsius. In
0:06:05 > 0:06:10rural parts of Cheshire are expected to be down to minus 10 Celsius and
0:06:10 > 0:06:16the Met Office thinks the coldest place in the UK this evening could
0:06:16 > 0:06:21be in mid Wales, down to minus 13 Celsius, possibly even colder than
0:06:21 > 0:06:26that so you can see why there's a for salt, not just here but in many
0:06:26 > 0:06:31parts of the country. It is when the salt is spread which is crucial.
0:06:31 > 0:06:37They are trying to do their sums to follow the forecast but also data
0:06:37 > 0:06:42from sensors in the road to make sure it's not too cold or worked to
0:06:42 > 0:06:48make sure they spread the salt at the optimum time. Rush hour tomorrow
0:06:48 > 0:06:54is expected to be very difficult for commuters of all kinds. One last
0:06:54 > 0:07:00fact - if you are sprinkling salt on your fish and chips watching
0:07:00 > 0:07:04television right now, enough salt will be spread in this county
0:07:04 > 0:07:08tonight to cover 300 million portions of fish and chips. So now
0:07:08 > 0:07:12you know.Thank you very much.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Scientists are hailing a major breakthrough
0:07:13 > 0:07:16in the search for a treatment for the brain disease Huntington's.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18A research team at University College London has managed
0:07:18 > 0:07:20to correct the defect which causes the disease.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22It's being described as potentially the biggest
0:07:22 > 0:07:23breakthrough in 50 years,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26as scientists look for a way to treat this and other
0:07:26 > 0:07:28brain-wasting diseases.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Our Health Correspondent James Gallagher was given exclusive
0:07:30 > 0:07:39access to the trial and has this report.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43When you've got something that's degenerative, you know every day,
0:07:43 > 0:07:50the last day was probably better than the next one is going to be.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54This family has been blighted by Huntington's, they have seen their
0:07:54 > 0:07:59mother Stephanie, uncle Keith and grandmother lived all dying from it.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04They describe it as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and motor neuron disease
0:08:04 > 0:08:08rolled into one. Frank, his sister Sunday and also their brother
0:08:08 > 0:08:13Peter's brains will all slowly degenerate from Huntington's too but
0:08:13 > 0:08:21now they have hope. The treatment is called gene silencing. Huntington's
0:08:21 > 0:08:27disease is the result of a corrupted gene that leads to the creation of a
0:08:27 > 0:08:32toxic protein which destroys the brain. A messenger carries the
0:08:32 > 0:08:36blueprint from the corrupted gene. This treatment sticks to the
0:08:36 > 0:08:45messenger, disabling it and lowering the production of the toxic protein.
0:08:45 > 0:08:4946 patients had to be experimental drug injected into the fluid that
0:08:49 > 0:08:55babes the brain and spinal cord. The therapy was safe and effective, led
0:08:55 > 0:09:02by scientists at University College London, who say the results are of
0:09:02 > 0:09:06ground-breaking importance.For the first time we have the potential and
0:09:06 > 0:09:10hope for a therapy that one day may slow or prevent Huntington's disease
0:09:10 > 0:09:20completely.This is the experimental therapy. It is exciting but it is
0:09:20 > 0:09:26not a cure. It will require far more research and following patients for
0:09:26 > 0:09:32years to come. This is a brain dying of Huntington's. Doctors are
0:09:32 > 0:09:34starting longer trials to see whether targeting the protein can
0:09:34 > 0:09:41change the course of this disease for families like the Allens.If it
0:09:41 > 0:09:45works and it stops me getting any worse, that will be fantastic.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Personally I never really thought it would happen, that that would
0:09:49 > 0:09:56happen. It's all about can we stop it in other people, our children.
0:09:56 > 0:10:01Toxic proteins also build up in the brains of patients with diseases
0:10:01 > 0:10:05like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Trials are now planned to see if
0:10:05 > 0:10:09gene silencing could help these people too.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Police in Greater Manchester have begun a murder investigation
0:10:12 > 0:10:14after three children died in a house fire in Worsley.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Another child, aged three, is critically ill.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Their mother is being treated in hospital.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Detectives have urged the suspect to hand himself in.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Danny Savage reports.
0:10:23 > 0:10:30A short street of terraced houses on the edge of Manchester.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Early today, it became a murder scene, when someone deliberately
0:10:33 > 0:10:34set fire to this house.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Neighbours who knew the victims and saw what happened
0:10:36 > 0:10:40have been left deeply upset.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43I just heard people screaming and shouting, and then I just opened
0:10:43 > 0:10:51the bathroom window and just looked over, and it was just like...
0:10:51 > 0:10:53all I can imagine, like a big orange cloud.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58Just a bang and all fireballs coming from the house.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Susan Smith watched in horror as the children who
0:11:00 > 0:11:05used to pat her dog were rescued.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07All the ambulances, then the ambulances were pulling up
0:11:07 > 0:11:10at the side of our house because they couldn't get down.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11They were carrying the children to the ambulance.
0:11:11 > 0:11:18Awful thing to happen on your own street.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Very.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21A 14-year-old girl died at the scene.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22An eight-year-old boy and seven-year-old girl
0:11:22 > 0:11:27died later in hospital.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29The three-year-old girl is in critical condition.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Their mother is also seriously ill.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Police are being very forthright about what happened.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35I want to describe what this incident is.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38It's the murder - using fire - of three children,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41and we have a three-year-old girl fighting for her life,
0:11:41 > 0:11:45who is seriously ill.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47This will devastate this family forever, and words cannot describe
0:11:47 > 0:11:51what they're going through.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55And they believe they know who is responsible.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58All I will say is he knows who he is, and he should give
0:11:58 > 0:12:02himself up immediately.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04In the hours before the fire, there was trouble here
0:12:04 > 0:12:05and police were called.
0:12:05 > 0:12:12That means the force has to refer itself to its own watchdog.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Tonight an investigation continues here at the scene and in the wider
0:12:22 > 0:12:27area. Police won't publicly named their prime suspect but scores of
0:12:27 > 0:12:31officers are out looking for him. Meanwhile friends and family are
0:12:31 > 0:12:36trying to deal with the events here. For three children to die is bad
0:12:36 > 0:12:40enough, but knowing it was deliberately started and this is now
0:12:40 > 0:12:44a murder inquiry makes it even more shocking.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Danny, thank you.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Police in New York say an explosion at Manhattan's busiest bus
0:12:49 > 0:12:51terminal during rush hour was an attempted terror attack.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53The suspect was injured along with three others.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55He had a homemade bomb strapped to his body.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00From New York, Nick Bryant reports.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05There are disturbing images from the beginning.
0:13:05 > 0:13:13It is 7:20am, the height of rush-hour, and a security camera
0:13:13 > 0:13:17appears to show an explosive device going off amidst a crowd of Monday
0:13:17 > 0:13:23morning commuters. A picture taken from CCTV appears to show him on the
0:13:23 > 0:13:27floor shortly afterwards. It was a low-tech bomb which left the bomber
0:13:27 > 0:13:30himself with the worst injuries. Three others were treated afterwards
0:13:30 > 0:13:34for minor injuries including a police officer, in what the
0:13:34 > 0:13:41authorities have described as an attempted terror attack.Police were
0:13:41 > 0:13:44called to a reported explosion, responding units found and injured
0:13:44 > 0:13:5027-year-old male. We have identified him as Akayed Ullah. He had wounds
0:13:50 > 0:13:54to his body. An investigation at the scene indicates he was wearing an
0:13:54 > 0:13:58improvised low-tech explosive device attached to his body.Coming out
0:13:58 > 0:14:03such a busy time in such a congested place, the intent appears to have
0:14:03 > 0:14:08been to cause maximum disruption. The port authority bus terminal
0:14:08 > 0:14:16serves 65 million passengers a year, this could have been so much worse.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19This was an attempted terrorist attack. Thank God the perpetrator
0:14:19 > 0:14:24did not achieve his ultimate goals. Thank God our first responders were
0:14:24 > 0:14:27there so quickly to address the situation to make sure people were
0:14:27 > 0:14:33safe.What's remarkable is that within two hours of the attack, New
0:14:33 > 0:14:38York City has returned to normal. The subways are all open and people
0:14:38 > 0:14:44are going about their business. This attack failed to cause death and it
0:14:44 > 0:14:48failed to cause much disruption. The speed at which this city started
0:14:48 > 0:14:52moving again not only speaks of its determined resilience but also the
0:14:52 > 0:14:57creeping normalisation of these kind of attacks in the world's major
0:14:57 > 0:15:01cities. New Yorkers know that their transportation systems are
0:15:01 > 0:15:04vulnerable.
0:15:04 > 0:15:09We have been learning Akayed Ullah came here in 2011 with his family,
0:15:09 > 0:15:15that he got a green card and is now a US permanent resident. What the
0:15:15 > 0:15:20police are not telling us is what his possible motivation may be.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Whether he was inspired in some way by the group calling itself Islamic
0:15:24 > 0:15:28State or whether he had a direct link with Islamic State, but at the
0:15:28 > 0:15:38moment they think he was acting alone in a very amateurish way.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Our top story this evening.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Snow has caused major disruption across the country as road,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43rail and air travel are all hit.
0:15:43 > 0:15:44And still to come...
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Six months since the Grenfell fire - how a community came together
0:15:47 > 0:15:53at the very moment it faced its gravest threat.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News:
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Tempers flare at Old Trafford.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59As City are accused of milking their celebrations -
0:15:59 > 0:16:06it's Jose Mourinho who ends up with milk on his face.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14The BBC has commissioned one of the largest surveys
0:16:14 > 0:16:20of sexual harassment at work.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23The poll of 6,000 men and women, found people working
0:16:23 > 0:16:25in the hospitality sector, self-employed workers,
0:16:25 > 0:16:26and those on zero hours contracts, more likely
0:16:26 > 0:16:33to face unwanted behaviour.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Among the other findings - 40% of women, and 18% of men said
0:16:36 > 0:16:37they'd been sexually harassed in the workplace.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Nearly one in seven women - 14% - said they've been
0:16:40 > 0:16:41sexually assaulted at work.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43And 5% of women said they were told their career
0:16:43 > 0:16:48would be advanced in return for sexual favours.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Our Special Corrrespondent, Lucy Manning, has been listening to some
0:16:51 > 0:16:53of the women affected.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57I've had people ask me to send them nude photos in the workplace,
0:16:57 > 0:17:04and you feel like nothing is going to be done about it.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06As a waitress, I experience sexual harassment all the time.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10I almost think of my work as sex work.
0:17:10 > 0:17:15He's drunk, and tries to come onto me wearing this like bathrobe.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17He's disgusting.
0:17:17 > 0:17:22For many young working women, the question is not IF they've been
0:17:22 > 0:17:25harassed doing their job, but how many times.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28It's one of those things where there are so many examples of it,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31it's difficult to choose one.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34It's difficult to even pick one thing because it seems so ingrained
0:17:34 > 0:17:37into every interaction you have.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Honey Jamie worked in gyms, but had to leave the industry due
0:17:41 > 0:17:44to harassment by men and women she worked with.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48The BBC's poll of 6,000 people, the largest survey on harassment
0:17:48 > 0:17:53at work, found 40% of women said it's happened to them.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56I was a teenager at the time, so I thought, almost in a way
0:17:56 > 0:18:00as well, that this must be just what it's like to have a job.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02This is what it's like to be a young woman.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04This is normal.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07A work contact of mine who wasn't in my company,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09a colleague from somewhere else, decided to stick his
0:18:09 > 0:18:12tongue down my throat, completely uninvited.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15She has the text sent by the senior colleague
0:18:15 > 0:18:16who lunged at her.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18I'm like, you don't remember trying to kiss me?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20He's like, "Oh, my God, I'm devastated.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21"No, not at all.
0:18:21 > 0:18:22"I'm so sorry.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25"I've never done that in my life."
0:18:25 > 0:18:28The BBC's poll shows that 10% of women have experienced
0:18:28 > 0:18:31harassment in the last year.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Is that something you find surprising?
0:18:33 > 0:18:38No.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40I don't think it's getting any better with time.
0:18:40 > 0:18:47I just feel like it's more normalised.
0:18:47 > 0:18:48I think women just accept it more.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Not necessarily.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51People might think it's surprising that so many women
0:18:51 > 0:18:54are still being harassed in this day and age.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55I can't imagine...
0:18:55 > 0:18:57When the whole #MeToo happened, it was not a single one
0:18:57 > 0:19:00of my girlfriends that was remotely surprised at how many
0:19:00 > 0:19:01people spoke up.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04The majority of my male friends just looked at me and went,
0:19:04 > 0:19:06I had no idea that this was so common.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Female flexible workers are the most likely to suffer harassment at work,
0:19:10 > 0:19:14with nearly 60% saying they've experienced it.
0:19:14 > 0:19:19I guess you just feel less worthy in precarious work.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21I suppose there's more people in our generation
0:19:21 > 0:19:24who are working like this.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Nilufer prepares to head to her waitressing job.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31She works in the industry with the most harassment.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34The poll shows women in hospitality have experienced
0:19:34 > 0:19:36the most harassment, where more than half have
0:19:36 > 0:19:39suffered it, followed by the service industry.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41High rates of harassment were reported in the public
0:19:41 > 0:19:44sector and also in retail.
0:19:44 > 0:19:49I was pouring a bottle of wine for one guest,
0:19:49 > 0:19:52and a bit of wine splashed out onto his hand,
0:19:52 > 0:19:56and he told me to lick it off.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58The poll found few have spoken out.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Of those women who say they were harassed at work,
0:20:00 > 0:20:04just 25% reported it to anyone at all.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06I know that I never reported it.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10I left two jobs because I didn't feel confident enough
0:20:10 > 0:20:13to report what was happening.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Do you think the high profile cases are going to change it
0:20:16 > 0:20:18for women in the workplace?
0:20:18 > 0:20:21The high profile cases at the moment are what inspired me to speak
0:20:21 > 0:20:23up for the first time, because I've never
0:20:23 > 0:20:24spoken about it before.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27If famous, prominent women can be treated the way
0:20:27 > 0:20:29they've now revealed, the reality for women
0:20:29 > 0:20:33in offices, cafes and shops is still largely hidden.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Lucy Manning, BBC News.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39And tomorrow we'll be hearing from the older generation of workers
0:20:39 > 0:20:41and revealing new figures about the levels of
0:20:41 > 0:20:45harassment they faced.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47A man has been arrested on suspicion of trespass
0:20:47 > 0:20:50after attempting to climb a wall into Buckingham Palace last night.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53The Metropolitan Police said the suspect was not carrying any
0:20:53 > 0:20:56offensive weapon and the incident is not being treated
0:20:56 > 0:21:00as terror-related.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02There's major disruption at London's Waterloo station this
0:21:02 > 0:21:04evening after a track-side fire.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07South Western Railway says train services have been cancelled
0:21:07 > 0:21:09or delayed by up to an hour.
0:21:09 > 0:21:17The disruption is expected to continue until the end of the day.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20On Thursday, survivors and families of the victims of the Grenfell Tower
0:21:20 > 0:21:23fire will gather for a special remembrance service
0:21:23 > 0:21:26at St Paul's Cathedral - six months to the day that
0:21:26 > 0:21:2871 people died in the disaster.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31This week on the News at Six, we'll be featuring some of those
0:21:31 > 0:21:33affected by the fire.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Tonight, we hear about the community response
0:21:35 > 0:21:37from Reverend Mike Long, Minister of the Notting
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Hill Methodist church, which sits in the shadow
0:21:39 > 0:21:42of the tower.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45I remember a phone call,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48waking me up, from one of my church members,
0:21:48 > 0:21:51telling me that the tower was on fire.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55We're the closest church to the Grenfell Tower site,
0:21:55 > 0:21:59and when the building was opened, obviously, we were very close
0:21:59 > 0:22:02to what was going on.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04There was a huge amount of noise.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06SIRENS WAIL.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Emergency vehicles moving, the streets were full of people.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13The sights, the sounds, the smells were awful.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17I think many of us didn't want to look, at that stage.
0:22:17 > 0:22:24It was too dreadful a sight, and although we didn't know
0:22:24 > 0:22:29the number of people who'd lost their lives,
0:22:29 > 0:22:33it was very evident that the death toll would be enormous,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36and that this was a complete catastrophe.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40People were, I think, so shocked and horrified,
0:22:40 > 0:22:45they were galvanised into some form of action.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48We were inundated not only with people offering their services,
0:22:48 > 0:22:50but people coming and offering money.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53We had donation boxes very quickly up and running
0:22:53 > 0:22:57in our building, and people were stuffing notes, coins...
0:22:57 > 0:23:02Sometimes people were giving us hundreds of pounds
0:23:02 > 0:23:05so that we could then offer them out to the local community
0:23:05 > 0:23:08who needed them, people affected by Grenfell Tower.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11By early afternoon, we had put signs on the building saying,
0:23:11 > 0:23:15"No more donations, please" because the building was full.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20The scenes for the first few days were utter chaos.
0:23:20 > 0:23:26Six months on, it feels like a very long period of time since the fire.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29For some, I suspect, it's felt interminable.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32They may have only just received news of loved ones.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36The recovery operation has only just been completed.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39It still feels as though the heart has been ripped
0:23:39 > 0:23:40out of the community.
0:23:40 > 0:23:46Then, it was chaotic, noisy, hot, incredibly busy.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Six months on, now, it's calmer, it's dark, it's cold,
0:23:49 > 0:23:56and it still feels as horrible.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06That was the Reverend Mike Long, minister of the Notting
0:24:06 > 0:24:10Hill Methodist church.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12The TV star Keith Chegwin - better known to fans
0:24:12 > 0:24:15and friends as Cheggers - has died at the age of 60.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18He became a household name hosting shows like Multi-Coloured Swap Shop
0:24:18 > 0:24:19and Cheggers Plays Pop.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23In a statement, his family said Keith Chegwin had passed
0:24:23 > 0:24:30away after a long battle with a lung condition.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Our entertainment correspondent, Lizo Mzimba,
0:24:32 > 0:24:40looks back at his career.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44His energy, his sheer enthusiasm, made Keith Chegwin into a household
0:24:44 > 0:24:50name.Welcome to our very special Christmas edition of Cheggers Plays
0:24:50 > 0:24:57Pop.A career on TV seemed somewhat inevitable, even in his early teens.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01He was a natural in front of the camera, in productions like this
0:25:01 > 0:25:08road safety video.Do you want to swap this?Just a few years later,
0:25:08 > 0:25:14Cheggers, as the public now called him, was sharing the screen with
0:25:14 > 0:25:20some of entertainment's most famous faces. Figures who worked with Keith
0:25:20 > 0:25:26Chegwin have been paying tribute.I knew he was very unwell. I spoke to
0:25:26 > 0:25:31him about four weeks ago, and he said he was recovering, so I didn't
0:25:31 > 0:25:37expect this. Very, very sad news. His one-time presenting partner and
0:25:37 > 0:25:41former wife, Maggie Philbin, said:
0:25:49 > 0:25:53his career did decline for a time, and the public were shocked to
0:25:53 > 0:25:58discover that he was an alcoholic, something he spoke about when he
0:25:58 > 0:26:03appeared on Celebrity Big Brother. What I'd do is all the tricks. You
0:26:03 > 0:26:08never buy a full bottle of whiskey, because you can't hide it, so you
0:26:08 > 0:26:17buy 2/2 bottles.In fact, reality TV helped give him a new outlook. He
0:26:17 > 0:26:24was able to regain much of the fame of his early career, thanks to his
0:26:24 > 0:26:30honesty, personality, and endless ability to laugh at himself. Few TV
0:26:30 > 0:26:35stars can claim to have had a top-selling chart hit, to have
0:26:35 > 0:26:38entertained and delighted millions while in their teens, and then to
0:26:38 > 0:26:44have still been doing the same for viewers decades later.
0:26:44 > 0:26:49Keith Chegwin, whose death was announced today.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Time for a look at the weather.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Here's Darren Bett.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02Good evening. The weather is calming down, but it's not necessarily good
0:27:02 > 0:27:06news, because more places will have clear skies tonight, causing a
0:27:06 > 0:27:12severe frost and widespread ice overnight and into tomorrow. This
0:27:12 > 0:27:17picture was taken in Essex, where the rain turned into sleet and snow.
0:27:17 > 0:27:23Not much rain falling today, and not much snow either. Where we had the
0:27:23 > 0:27:30snow we had sunshine today here in Wales. Moving away from the
0:27:30 > 0:27:33south-east, so skies are clearing and temperatures are falling. I
0:27:33 > 0:27:38think we will lose those it showers in the Scotland, but some still
0:27:38 > 0:27:43going in the west of England and West Wales, and in the southern
0:27:43 > 0:27:48counties as well. For most of us, very cold, very frosty, headline
0:27:48 > 0:27:55temperatures down to around -13 over those fields. A much colder night in
0:27:55 > 0:28:00the south-east. Potentially an icy start to tomorrow. Showers in the
0:28:00 > 0:28:05South West tomorrow. Increasing cloud in the west, and later some
0:28:05 > 0:28:10rain in Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Ahead of that, winds will
0:28:10 > 0:28:16be light, it will be dry, with some freezing fog patches. Coming into
0:28:16 > 0:28:25the cold air tomorrow evening, this cold front threatens the hills in
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Scotland and northern England. It allows us to draw in a westerly wind
0:28:29 > 0:28:33for Wednesday, so quite a change. Much more cloud around on Wednesday
0:28:33 > 0:28:38and quite heavy rain as it pushes eastwards. The showers will turn a
0:28:38 > 0:28:45touch wintry, but on the whole a milder day on Wednesday. Nothing as
0:28:45 > 0:28:46severe as we