0:00:00 > 0:00:00That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me,
0:00:00 > 0:00:04and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06On BBC London News this Friday night:
0:00:06 > 0:00:0930 years on from the King's Cross fire - we hear from the sister
0:00:09 > 0:00:17of one of the 31 killed.
0:00:17 > 0:00:22It is a shocking thing. Every time something like that happens, whether
0:00:22 > 0:00:27it is Grenfell, or a terrorist incident, you think of all the
0:00:27 > 0:00:30people who are getting their news.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32The blaze changed fire safety regulations on the Underground -
0:00:32 > 0:00:34we'll look at its impact.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Also tonight:
0:00:35 > 0:00:37An increase in the number of sexual assaults on women
0:00:37 > 0:00:43using taxis and mincabs - we have new figures.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45It was as high as three double-decker buses -
0:00:45 > 0:00:47the rubbish pile - finally cleared after causing years
0:00:47 > 0:00:54of misery for residents.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58And we are gearing up for Children in Need at the wizardry world of
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Harry Potter for fundraising and fun. It is going to be magical.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Good evening, I'm Asad Ahmad.
0:01:11 > 0:01:1330 years after the deadly night at Kings Cross,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16we look back at the worst fire in the history of
0:01:16 > 0:01:17London Underground.
0:01:17 > 0:01:23These are the names of the 31 people who died as a result of the fire,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26started by a single match discarded on a wooden escalator.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Well, the tragedy brought about monumental changes in fire safety.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31We'll be looking at the impact it had, but first here's Karl Mercer,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34who's been speaking to Sophie Tarassenko,
0:01:35 > 0:01:41who's brother Ivan died that night.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49He was pretty laid back, a happy-go-lucky chap, a drummer.
0:01:49 > 0:01:59Very much interested in his art and his music, his friends.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03When you go to King's Cross now, which you do, do
0:02:03 > 0:02:10you still go over...
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Yes, absolutely, I go over to the memorial and say, "Hi, Ivan",
0:02:13 > 0:02:17give him a little pat.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22It almost means more, that memorial, than his grave, which is in Dorset.
0:02:22 > 0:02:30Because that's the last place he was alive.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31REPORTER:The situation is confused.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33There have been several deaths and still people
0:02:33 > 0:02:36trapped in the underground.
0:02:36 > 0:02:42I had arranged to meet a friend at a pub near King's Cross station,
0:02:42 > 0:02:46and in fact we all got asked to leave at Russell Square,
0:02:46 > 0:02:50and everybody moaned.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53And then I got a cab to near King's Cross,
0:02:53 > 0:02:58and I could already see the first fire engines there.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01And I thought, goodness me, that looks like a big one.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05She had no idea her brother, Ivan, had been caught up in the fire, one
0:03:05 > 0:03:07of 31 people to lose their lives.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10It was the next evening.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13I was working in a bar.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16My roommate came into the bar and said, there's been
0:03:16 > 0:03:21somebody on the phone for you from St Pancras mortuary.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24And they think that your brother's in there.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26After a sleepless night with her other brother,
0:03:26 > 0:03:28they identified Ivan the following morning,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31but the search for answers was to be a long one.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36You cry a lot, for a long time.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41It's a shocking thing, and every time something like that happens,
0:03:41 > 0:03:45whether it is Grenfell or a terrorist incident,
0:03:45 > 0:03:49you just think of all the people who are getting that news,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52and the shock of it.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56You are in shock for quite a long time.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58REPORTER:Outside, the families of victims spoke
0:03:58 > 0:04:01bitterly about the result.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04It has been a complete travesty of the truth, I think.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08We came here to find out how our relatives died,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10what happened to them.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Sophie went on to become one of the lead figures
0:04:12 > 0:04:15in the King's Cross family action group.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19You want to find out why it wasn't avoided,
0:04:19 > 0:04:23why those decisions were made, for what reasons, and the drive
0:04:23 > 0:04:28is always to ensure that it never happens again.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33The sadness of it grabs you suddenly, kind of
0:04:33 > 0:04:35almost unexpectedly.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Probably not even on the day, but a couple of days before
0:04:39 > 0:04:42or after the anniversary.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47So, yes, but other than that, yes, there are still moments in the year
0:04:47 > 0:04:52where you just suddenly go...
0:04:52 > 0:04:53God!
0:04:53 > 0:04:54You know.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58He should have been here.
0:04:58 > 0:05:04My mother died last year on the 18th of November, coincidentally,
0:05:04 > 0:05:09so we have two things to remember from now on, on the
0:05:09 > 0:05:1118th of November.
0:05:11 > 0:05:17I mean, I think it's pretty weird to us that she died on that very day.
0:05:17 > 0:05:22She never really got over, of course, Ivan.
0:05:22 > 0:05:32So, yeah, it's going to be a doubly sad day.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Well you can see there the huge personal impact the fire
0:05:38 > 0:05:43had, even 30 years on.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45But the King's Cross fire also had a massive impact
0:05:45 > 0:05:46on the institutions involved.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48An inquiry by Desmond Fennell reported back withinh
0:05:48 > 0:05:52a year of the fire, making 157 recommendations.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Some things, like firefighters' uniforms were changed
0:05:53 > 0:05:57almost immediately.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00But there were scores of changes on the Underground too.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Our transport correspondent Tom Edwards has been looking
0:06:02 > 0:06:06at what's changed since the fire.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Thousands use this escalator every day, and many don't know this
0:06:09 > 0:06:14is where the worst fire in the history of the Tube started.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18This is escalator four at King's Cross.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21A lit match ignited grease, eventually creating a huge fireball.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Stewart Button is now retired, but nearly 30 years ago he was one
0:06:25 > 0:06:32of the first firefighters to arrive.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35You heard a sort of dull whoomph sound.
0:06:35 > 0:06:41You could see a thick black wall of smoke engulfing them.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45It was travelling faster than they could walk.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48So what we did was, you know, we were hurrying up ourselves
0:06:48 > 0:06:51to get out of the station, we were hoovering up people, really,
0:06:51 > 0:06:54saying to people, "Get out."
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Just two minutes after they arrived, the fire had flashed over
0:06:56 > 0:07:00and engulfed the ticket hall.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05It was then that we heard, or started hearing all the screams.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10I thought there must be loads, loads of people down there,
0:07:10 > 0:07:13just scream after scream.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16The Soho station officer died in the fire.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21His locker space is left empty as a memorial.
0:07:21 > 0:07:2430 years on, and this official report still makes
0:07:24 > 0:07:26terrifying reading.
0:07:26 > 0:07:32It describes how this station full of commuters turned into a furnace.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34It also outlines how the response from the emergency services
0:07:34 > 0:07:41was hampered due to a breakdown in communication, and there
0:07:41 > 0:07:44was a lack of knowledge of the station layout.
0:07:44 > 0:07:50Transport bosses are condemned as being blinkered, the approach
0:07:50 > 0:07:53to dealing with fire as seriously flawed.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58The following inquiry led to huge changes to the Tube and the Fire
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Service's safety regimes.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Among the many recommendations - wooden escalators should be removed,
0:08:04 > 0:08:08smoking should be banned, and heat detectors and sprinklers
0:08:08 > 0:08:10should be installed.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13And crucially, the emergency services should be able
0:08:13 > 0:08:19to communicate with each other underground.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Most of the recommendations have since been implemented.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25These type of exercises are now part of training,
0:08:25 > 0:08:29and legislation ensures minimum staffing levels on deep-line
0:08:29 > 0:08:32stations, although a new radio system was only introduced
0:08:32 > 0:08:39after the 7/7 bombings in 2005.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42There isn't a month goes by in my job that we don't reference
0:08:42 > 0:08:44the King's Cross fire.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47It had such a phenomenal and beneficial effect
0:08:47 > 0:08:49on the organisation.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53So out of a desperate tragedy, good things have actually come.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56So if you stand in his great station here, one of the things that built
0:08:56 > 0:09:01this station is out of that terrible, terrible disaster.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04So our customers should be very reassured, but our thoughts
0:09:04 > 0:09:06are very, very much with the people who lost their lives
0:09:06 > 0:09:08and were injured.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11With cuts due on the Tube, the unions say they'll resist
0:09:11 > 0:09:14anything that they think could compromise safety.
0:09:14 > 0:09:20And these changes only happened after the deaths of 31 Londoners.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25Tom Edwards, BBC London News.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28You're watching BBC London News this evening on BBC One.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Still to come tonight...
0:09:31 > 0:09:33We look ahead to this weekend's north London derby,
0:09:33 > 0:09:37with a man who's been in both Wenger and Pochetino's shoes.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45The number of women being sexually assaulted in a black taxi
0:09:45 > 0:09:50or minicab has increased over the past five years.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Figures out today, show there's been around a 50% rise
0:09:54 > 0:09:57in reported attacks, with offences including
0:09:57 > 0:09:58rape and groping.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Ayshea Buksh has more on this.
0:09:59 > 0:10:09She's in central London for us.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14These figures come from transport for London, and for the first time
0:10:14 > 0:10:18they show which companies drivers who have been prosecuted actually
0:10:18 > 0:10:23work for. Uber, the biggest private hire operator in the capital,
0:10:23 > 0:10:28features, and these figures come at a sensitive time for the company.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33Travelling around London at night by CAB is often regarded as the safer
0:10:33 > 0:10:38option, but sometimes that is not the case. Back in 2011 there were
0:10:38 > 0:10:44107 offences committed by licensed or unlicensed drivers. Last year
0:10:44 > 0:10:51that rose to 164, and of those, 31 drivers were charged, resulting in
0:10:51 > 0:10:5614 convictions. All of them were minicab drivers, nearly half
0:10:56 > 0:11:00employed by Uber.It is clear that more women have come forward and
0:11:00 > 0:11:04gone through with prosecution, which can be very difficult, and I hope
0:11:04 > 0:11:09that Transport for London and the police in London and all those with
0:11:09 > 0:11:13responsibility continue to send out very clear messages that they will
0:11:13 > 0:11:18treat sexual offences with the utmost priority.Transport for
0:11:18 > 0:11:22London's concerns over Uber's safety record has led it to revoke its
0:11:22 > 0:11:26operating licence, and the mayor has said the company's legal appeal
0:11:26 > 0:11:32could take years.Anyone licensed to drive in London should be 100% safe.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Any operator who uses a taxi hire or private driver hire in London should
0:11:37 > 0:11:41be assured that vehicle is safe. It is all about safety. The mayor needs
0:11:41 > 0:11:49to revoke the Uber's license today. In a statement, Uber said they take
0:11:49 > 0:11:53any allegations of this nature very seriously and their GPS technology
0:11:53 > 0:11:57means every trip is electronic detractor and recorded.I have
0:11:57 > 0:12:05always had a safe journey in Uber, always.Do you use others?I always
0:12:05 > 0:12:10use Uber. I think they are great.I have always thought it was the
0:12:10 > 0:12:17safest option, instead of the night tube.Black cabs?They are so
0:12:17 > 0:12:23expensive.I use them, but not normally alone. Normally in a group.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Transport for London said allegations are taken seriously and
0:12:26 > 0:12:29they work with police to bring offenders to justice and push for
0:12:29 > 0:12:32the toughest penalties possible.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34The final lorry-loads carrying what was a mountain
0:12:34 > 0:12:37of illegally stacked rubbish, have been leaving a site
0:12:37 > 0:12:38in south east London.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Nearly 20 tonnes of waste has been removed after it blighted the lives
0:12:41 > 0:12:42of neighbours living nearby.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Every last bit should be gone by Christmas
0:12:45 > 0:12:51but it hasn't been easy, as Yvette Austin can tell us.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54It was the waste pile that shocked anyone who saw it and brought misery
0:12:55 > 0:12:59to the lives of local residents.
0:12:59 > 0:13:05The smells when it was operational, the smells were terrible.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Couldn't open doors, windows, couldn't usual back garden.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10You had the constant threat of the fires.
0:13:10 > 0:13:16Wonderful to see it disappear.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Finally, after years of legal wrangling and after 650
0:13:19 > 0:13:29lorry loads leaving, it's nearly clear.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34It began back in 2011 when recycling firm Waste for Fuel began being paid
0:13:34 > 0:13:37to dispose of waste, but it simply stockpiled it here,
0:13:37 > 0:13:39and the company abandoned the site, with rubbish even spilling
0:13:39 > 0:13:41into a nature reserve next door.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44At its height, the waste was so high and so heavy it completely pushed
0:13:44 > 0:13:51the walls over that were erected to keep the waste in.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54We had a huge fire earlier in the year that the firemen thought
0:13:54 > 0:13:57were due to the focus of rays through a bottle.
0:13:57 > 0:14:03It burnt out all the reed beds over in the nature reserve.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05It has all cost the Environment Agency more than £4 million.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09So why was it allowed to get so bad?
0:14:09 > 0:14:13We did take really early steps, actually.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15The Environment Agency used the full range of our regulatory
0:14:15 > 0:14:21and enforcement powers to try and address the site.
0:14:21 > 0:14:27We even took the company and its directors to the High Court
0:14:27 > 0:14:29in 2013 but they ignored the High Court order and brought
0:14:29 > 0:14:30more waste onto the site.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Bromley Council, which owns the site, believes the case
0:14:33 > 0:14:35will prompt new legislation to prevent such waste
0:14:35 > 0:14:39crime happening again.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43If you drive a diesel car and want to park in the borough of Islington,
0:14:43 > 0:14:47the amount you pay is going to be £2 more than other drivers.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50It's after the council decided to introduce the borough-wide
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Parking a diesel car in Islington is about to get a lot pricier.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09It's become the first local authority in the UK to bring
0:15:09 > 0:15:12in a borough-wide surcharge for diesel-vehicle drivers
0:15:12 > 0:15:15using short-stay parking.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18It's essential that we do this to reduce air pollution...
0:15:18 > 0:15:20The council says it's to deter people from using vehicles
0:15:20 > 0:15:24which most contribute to London's poor air quality.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Our residents are breathing in these unhealthy fumes,
0:15:27 > 0:15:29and it's really leading to people suffering.
0:15:29 > 0:15:35We need to do something now, this is a real crisis.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39This diesel surcharge is the right thing to do,
0:15:39 > 0:15:41because it's enough to enable people
0:15:41 > 0:15:45to think again and to switch and to use another vehicle.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49The new surcharge will be introduced from January at all 6500 short-stay
0:15:49 > 0:15:53parking bays in Islington, so that will be an extra £2 per hour
0:15:53 > 0:16:03on top of existing fees for diesel-vehicle drivers.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05And this isn't the first bit of bad news for them.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Just last month, the new £10 T-Charge was introduced for driving
0:16:08 > 0:16:11older, more polluting diesels in central London,
0:16:11 > 0:16:13and diesel-vehicle owners in Islington
0:16:13 > 0:16:17already have to pay a surcharge for residents' permits.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Our feeling is that diesel drivers are already playing their part
0:16:20 > 0:16:21in Islington.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Perhaps some drivers who do drive diesel cars would dearly love
0:16:24 > 0:16:26to switch to a newer, cleaner, greener vehicle,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28but the cost is probably too high.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30The other thing is it's not just about diesel drivers.
0:16:30 > 0:16:31Buses, private-hire vehicles -
0:16:31 > 0:16:34those really need to be tackled in the borough as well.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38So do people living in the area think the new charge is a good idea?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Yes, I do, because it's been proven that it's really,
0:16:40 > 0:16:43really detrimental to people's health, especially young kids.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46It sounds like a moneymaking scheme to me, to be perfectly honest.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Yeah, yeah.Why?
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Just because diesel cars pollute the environment more,
0:16:53 > 0:16:57people need to make a decision as to whether they want to pay
0:16:57 > 0:17:00more in parking charges or just buy a new car.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Islington isn't alone.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Westminster Council is currently trialling
0:17:04 > 0:17:06a similar scheme in certain areas,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09so this could well be the future for more parts of London.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Tolu Adeoye, BBC London News.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17It's Friday 17th November - BBC Children in Need night.
0:17:17 > 0:17:22This is what's still to come before it all kicks off.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25As we gear up for Children in Need tonight, we'll be looking at one
0:17:25 > 0:17:31of the charities that's benefited from the money raised.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36And I will be here with the weekend forecast, another chilly evening at
0:17:36 > 0:17:39there, and if you thought the sunshine was a taste of the weekend,
0:17:39 > 0:17:43think again, lots of cloud tomorrow, blue sky by Sunday, all your weather
0:17:43 > 0:17:49coming up.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Now to a rivalry which virtually all football fans in London know
0:17:52 > 0:17:54about even if they're not part of it.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56It's the one between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal,
0:17:56 > 0:18:00and they meet in the Premier League tomorrow.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Well, a man who's experienced the fierce competition
0:18:02 > 0:18:03from both sides is George Graham.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06He's been speaking to our sports reporter Chris Slegg
0:18:06 > 0:18:10about his time in charge of the clubs.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12It's a hundred years since English football produced
0:18:12 > 0:18:15an occasion such as this...
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Such was the drama of Arsenal's 1989 title win over Liverpool,
0:18:18 > 0:18:20it's now been turned into a documentary.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22They pipped their opponents to the championship
0:18:22 > 0:18:24in the very last seconds of the season.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27George Graham was their manager.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30What a task, they've got to go up and beat Liverpool
0:18:30 > 0:18:32at Anfield by two goals, two clear goals.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Liverpool dominated, dominated English football
0:18:34 > 0:18:37at that time, and rightly so, they were the best team
0:18:37 > 0:18:40with the best players.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44But I had to sort of do my job and sell the idea of going up there
0:18:44 > 0:18:47to beat them 2-0, I had to sell it to the players.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Arsenal are no longer quite the force they were under Graham
0:18:50 > 0:18:54or in the early Arsene Wenger years, so what's missing?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56I would say they've just dipped, you know,
0:18:56 > 0:18:58from the standards they set theirself.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01I would say that they've just edged slowly, slowly away.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03With the ball, they're fantastic.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07Without the ball, not so good.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Tottenham finally finished above Arsenal last season
0:19:09 > 0:19:10for the first time since 1985 -
0:19:10 > 0:19:15do you think the power base in North London has now shifted?
0:19:15 > 0:19:19No, I don't think so, not yet.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21But I think it's on its way, and unless Arsenal
0:19:21 > 0:19:22up their their game plan,
0:19:22 > 0:19:25then I think there's every chance now that Tottenham could do it,
0:19:25 > 0:19:26could do it.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28They've got an outstanding manager, right?
0:19:28 > 0:19:32I think he's going to be one of the best.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36But the next hurdle for them is now to win some silverware.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41Which is what Graham himself did when he crossed the north London
0:19:41 > 0:19:44divide and led Tottenham to their 1999 League Cup triumph.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46His heart, though - many suspect - will always be with Arsenal.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49You enjoyed your time at Tottenham,
0:19:49 > 0:19:52but you're still desperate to see Arsenal win tomorrow?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Not desperate, no. I've got feelings for both camps.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57You'll be cheering them on, George.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00So...probably yeah, I will be, yeah.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04Tomorrow's north London derby is eagerly awaited -
0:20:04 > 0:20:06even though it can't quite top '89 for tension.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Chris Slegg, BBC London News.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13You don't need me to tell you it's Children in Need night,
0:20:13 > 0:20:17and as well as there being lots of fun and laughter,
0:20:17 > 0:20:19thousands of young people across London
0:20:19 > 0:20:23receive a huge amount of help with the money you raise.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25One of the charities that benefits
0:20:25 > 0:20:35is based at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Rewind is a ten-week project working specifically with young
0:20:37 > 0:20:40people between 11 and 16, mainly focused on those
0:20:40 > 0:20:43who are having difficulties, who might be at risk of exclusion,
0:20:43 > 0:20:47or are having difficulties with attendance and things like that.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50What?!
0:20:50 > 0:20:55They would work with a director or a practitioner on a script,
0:20:55 > 0:20:57or they might devise a piece of theatre on their own,
0:20:57 > 0:21:00and then over the next two or three weeks shape that
0:21:00 > 0:21:02into what would become a performance.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05I'm going to smash you...
0:21:05 > 0:21:08My name is Ahmed, I'm 13, I've been coming
0:21:08 > 0:21:11to the Rewind Project for seven weeks.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14To be fair, it's like...
0:21:14 > 0:21:22It feels better when I have, like, a school week and then go
0:21:22 > 0:21:24here on Friday, it's the best day of the week,
0:21:24 > 0:21:26and then on Monday, back to school fresh.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29OK, so this is our theatre, come and take a seat.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32The money from Children in Need allows us to create interventions
0:21:32 > 0:21:36into their lives that helps them get back into school.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Help them with attendance, and really change the path
0:21:38 > 0:21:41that they might have been going down.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45So today we're going to talk about power...
0:21:45 > 0:21:49It's an amazing experience, to look at a particular young person
0:21:49 > 0:21:52that starts with us, is scared of coming into the theatre,
0:21:52 > 0:21:57or just doesn't know what's going to happen,
0:21:57 > 0:22:00and watch them change and grow over the ten weeks
0:22:00 > 0:22:05to become these confident, brave, incredibly artistic
0:22:05 > 0:22:09young people.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12And for them to be so proud of the work that they make too,
0:22:12 > 0:22:16that work, for me, is little bits of gold dust.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19You know, we know, fundamentally, we are changing lives,
0:22:19 > 0:22:23and it's an incredible thing to be a part of.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27Well, tonight for Children in Need, Riz has headed to Hertfordshire.
0:22:27 > 0:22:37Somewhere very special.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Hello to you and the children behind you!
0:22:42 > 0:22:47I know, thank you very much indeed, welcome to the great hall at
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Hogwarts, look at the welcome everyone is getting. Many people
0:22:50 > 0:22:54will recognise it from the Harry Potter films, this is a piece of
0:22:54 > 0:22:58movie history, but tonight it is where BBC London is hosting Children
0:22:58 > 0:23:02in Need, and we will be meeting lots of the wonderful fundraisers and
0:23:02 > 0:23:07charities from across the capital. The enthusiasm here is amazing, who
0:23:07 > 0:23:15is excited to be here?!Yes!And it is not like they have not dressed
0:23:15 > 0:23:21for the occasion, look at this, who are you supposed to be?Hermione.
0:23:21 > 0:23:27Harry Potter.What have you been doing, fundraising?Yes, I have been
0:23:27 > 0:23:32doing a run with my dad, and I did some cakes.What about you?Our
0:23:32 > 0:23:38school raised money by wearing spotty clothes.I did a cake sale at
0:23:38 > 0:23:43my school.Lovely, it is going to be a wonderful night, we are just
0:23:43 > 0:23:48gearing up at the moment. We will hear from plenty more fundraisers
0:23:48 > 0:23:52throughout the evening, lots going on, Pudsey will be doing his stuff,
0:23:52 > 0:23:56we have graphic designers from the company, we will be learning
0:23:56 > 0:23:59calligraphy, we have got face painting, and we also have a very
0:23:59 > 0:24:05special prop from the films that was used in this very place. It is so
0:24:05 > 0:24:09special that I am not allowed to touch it! It all starts at seven
0:24:09 > 0:24:13column 30 here on BBC One, we hope you will join us, it is going to be
0:24:13 > 0:24:19a magical night. -- 7:30.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23It promises to be a great night.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28I am very jealous of her being there, it is going to be great,
0:24:28 > 0:24:31thank you for your invaluable support. Now it is time to look at
0:24:31 > 0:24:40the weather forecast with Nick.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46Temperatures dropping away now, further into single figures, low
0:24:46 > 0:24:50single figures already in some spots, there will be a touch of
0:24:50 > 0:24:54frost around overnight, maybe not as sharp as it was last night, but into
0:24:54 > 0:24:58tomorrow we will be changing our skies, we will be teased with some
0:24:58 > 0:25:03early sunshine, but it will turn cloudy and still feel cold. These
0:25:03 > 0:25:08are the clear skies this evening, low single figures, some of us
0:25:08 > 0:25:12ending up at or below zero. Patchy cloud, these temperatures not quite
0:25:12 > 0:25:17as low as last night, but still enough to scrape the ice off the car
0:25:17 > 0:25:20in the morning. And we will be teased with early sunshine, but it
0:25:20 > 0:25:24is not going to last, because cloud will be increasing, a little bit
0:25:24 > 0:25:29more of a breeze compares with today, and as that cloud rolls
0:25:29 > 0:25:33across, a few outbreaks of rain, light and patchy, not amounting to
0:25:33 > 0:25:41much, but it will make for a cloudy and damp afternoon, and that
0:25:41 > 0:25:44enhances the cold feel to things, with temperatures in single figures.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Not the glorious blue sky we had today. Going out tomorrow, light
0:25:47 > 0:25:51rain for a time, but then it clears away south, clearing skies once
0:25:51 > 0:25:56again, and a frost once more going into Sunday morning. And again on
0:25:56 > 0:26:00Sunday, we have early sunshine. An area of Glasgow West on Sunday, it
0:26:00 > 0:26:07is going to try to come in, some uncertainty about when. -- an area
0:26:07 > 0:26:14of cloud to our West. The further west you are, the more likely you
0:26:14 > 0:26:18are to see cloud, more sunshine in the youth. For the latest on that,
0:26:18 > 0:26:26check out the forecast on Saturday. We are going to change the chilly
0:26:26 > 0:26:30feel next week, we are going to lift temperatures back into double
0:26:30 > 0:26:33figures, perhaps above average for the time of year, but that will come
0:26:33 > 0:26:37with plenty of cloud. When we do have some sunshine, on Sunday, make
0:26:37 > 0:26:41the most of it, because the cloud will be coming back with rain at
0:26:41 > 0:26:42times.
0:26:44 > 0:26:51There mind of the main headlines. -- there mind. Theresa May has been
0:26:51 > 0:26:56held in talks with EU leaders about the deadlock in the Brexit talks,
0:26:56 > 0:27:01Donald Tusk says Britain marched deliver more progress to move on to
0:27:01 > 0:27:05trade discussions. A light Eckhardt and a helicopter have collided over
0:27:05 > 0:27:11Buckinghamshire, the incident happened close to the village of
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Waddesdon, reports suggest there is a number of casualties. And Robert
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Mugabe has appeared in public in Zimbabwe for the first time since
0:27:19 > 0:27:23the army took control of the country early this week, opening a
0:27:23 > 0:27:25graduation ceremony as talks continued about removing him from
0:27:25 > 0:27:31power. That is it, I will be back at half past ten.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Stay with us on BBC One for a bit of EastEnders,
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Blue Peter on Strictly, and much, much more.
0:27:36 > 0:27:37It's all for Children in Need,
0:27:37 > 0:27:39and it follows a One Show special up next.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44Enjoy it - I'll see you later, goodbye.