0:00:00 > 0:00:00wintry by the end of the week. Thank you.
0:00:00 > 0:00:05That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me
0:00:05 > 0:00:11Tonight on BBC London: so it's goodbye from me
0:00:11 > 0:00:11A so it's goodbye from me
0:00:11 > 0:00:11A special so it's goodbye from me
0:00:11 > 0:00:12A special report so it's goodbye from me
0:00:12 > 0:00:12A special report reveals so it's goodbye from me
0:00:12 > 0:00:15A special report reveals au so it's goodbye from me
0:00:15 > 0:00:16A special report reveals au pairs so it's goodbye from me
0:00:16 > 0:00:17A special report reveals au pairs are being treated like slaves behind
0:00:17 > 0:00:23closed doors.The family was really violent with each other. I felt
0:00:23 > 0:00:27uncomfortable and unsafe. I did 14 hours a day, seven days a week. It
0:00:27 > 0:00:32was too much.Now there are calls for a change in the law to offer
0:00:32 > 0:00:35more protection.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Also tonight:
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Tube bosses look at new ways to stop panic on the underground
0:00:40 > 0:00:42after the false terror alert at Oxford Circus.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Plus, cheaper bills for Thames Water customers after the company admits
0:00:44 > 0:00:45it's "let people down".
0:00:45 > 0:00:48After showing off his moves on the dance floor, we hear
0:00:48 > 0:00:50from sprinter Jonnie Peacock about how he wants people
0:00:50 > 0:00:55with disabilities to get inspired.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58And they're the new craze popping up across the capital.
0:00:58 > 0:01:08Why are igloos so hot this Christmas?
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Good evening and welcome to the programme with me Louisa Preston.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Tonight the vulnerable young women who are being treated like slaves
0:01:19 > 0:01:21behind closed doors.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25That's the view of one au pair agency in the capital.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28A BBC London investigation has found that some au pairs
0:01:28 > 0:01:30are being exploited and even bullied by the host families
0:01:30 > 0:01:32who are supposed to be looking after them.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35There are now calls for the Government to introduce
0:01:35 > 0:01:37tighter regulations to protect them.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Alpa Patel has this special report.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Some on this march are strangers.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Almost all are foreign au pairs.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49They have come to support each other and make a stand
0:01:49 > 0:01:52against exploitation and abuse.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53We meet Ellie, not her real name.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57We have disguised her face and changed her voice for legal reasons.
0:01:57 > 0:02:03She tells us about her previous host family.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06The family were very violent, they were not violent with me,
0:02:06 > 0:02:12but violent with the children.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14I felt really uncomfortable and unsafe.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17I also did 14 hours a day, seven days a week.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20It was too much and I left.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22We also spoke to Isabella, again we have disguised her
0:02:22 > 0:02:26identity for legal reasons.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30She says she worked up to 70 hours a week for just £100.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34I started at seven o'clock, I tidied, I did three
0:02:34 > 0:02:37washing machines, I cried after the first day.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41My house mum told me to go to my room, she said you work for me
0:02:41 > 0:02:43and you need to do what I want.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45After a few weeks I escaped.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48She was scaring me.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Isabella was homeless in a foreign country,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55but luckily she was put in touch with Maggie.
0:02:55 > 0:03:03She runs an au pair agency in Hampstead and found
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Isabella another host family.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08But only after she provided a clean criminal record and two references,
0:03:08 > 0:03:10something not required by the current system.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Some of them are working all hours.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14She said she was working weekends sometimes frequently,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17seven days a week.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Au pairs are entitled to two completely free days a week.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24But they get really bullied by family some of them.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27It is unbelievable.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29They told me all about it.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34Slavery is getting so much publicity at the moment,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37but some of it is going on with some of these families and the way
0:03:37 > 0:03:39they are treating their au pairs.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42The government says if an au pair is a victim of modern slavery,
0:03:42 > 0:03:48it should be reported to the place.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50it should be reported to the police.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52According to government guidelines, au pairs are not workers
0:03:52 > 0:03:55and so are not eligible for a minimum wage or paid holiday.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58They are meant to be treated as a member of the family
0:03:58 > 0:03:59and given a room and meals.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02In exchange they do around 30 hours of light housework
0:04:02 > 0:04:06and baby-sitting a week.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11In return for what is called pocket money of £70 or more a week.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15But we found online adverts that went beyond the recommended hours,
0:04:15 > 0:04:19adverts asking for excessive household tasks, and
0:04:19 > 0:04:21even proxy parenting.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25The title of the advert up here is au pair-carer.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Rosie Cox has carried out extensive research.
0:04:28 > 0:04:36She has been trying to raise awareness about Bopara
0:04:36 > 0:04:39She has been trying to raise awareness about au pair
0:04:39 > 0:04:40exploitation for over a decade.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45The government needs to be quite frank about what an au pair is said
0:04:45 > 0:04:55is so that somebody can say actually 70 hours a week is not au
0:04:58 > 0:05:00they ought to be being paid the minimum wage.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05At the moment nobody knows where au pairs are.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08They are not registered in any way, the agencies who pays them do not
0:05:08 > 0:05:11have to be registered, so there is this unknown population.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13We need to think about how vulnerable they are,
0:05:13 > 0:05:15it is almost always young women inside people's homes.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20Not every single au pair we met had a negative story.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Anna is Spanish and looks after Isabel and Rufus in Nunhead.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25For me from the first minute I arrived here I feel
0:05:25 > 0:05:31like a member of the family.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34I always have the weekends off so I have a lot of time
0:05:34 > 0:05:37to know London and for me it is amazing living here.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38I am lucky.
0:05:38 > 0:05:44Anna 's host family work long hours, they are one of many families
0:05:44 > 0:05:46across London who rely on au pairs to
0:05:46 > 0:05:47help with childcare.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50But experts warn without tighter rules on au pairs are left open
0:05:50 > 0:05:52to exploitation with few people to turn to.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Lots more to come including:
0:05:54 > 0:05:57After a year of leaks and burst pipes, Thames Water customer
0:05:57 > 0:05:59are to get cheaper bills after the company admits
0:05:59 > 0:06:05it's "let people down".
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Tonight City Hall said they are to review how
0:06:08 > 0:06:11stations are evacuated after a false terror
0:06:11 > 0:06:13alert at Oxford Circus sparked panic on Friday.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17A leaked official report into what happened at the station
0:06:17 > 0:06:21says inaccurate information made the situation worse.
0:06:21 > 0:06:2316 people were injured in the stampede after what was thought
0:06:23 > 0:06:33to be gunfire on the platform.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38This is a Black Friday these shoppers will not forget a sphere
0:06:38 > 0:06:45swept Oxford Circus, a busy shopping area. What happened? In a leaked
0:06:45 > 0:06:52document we can reveal a timeline of what happened. At 16:39pm Oxford
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Circus station wash-out after reports received a discharge
0:06:56 > 0:07:00firearm. Six minutes later armed police arrived as the incident was
0:07:00 > 0:07:08declared the most category one. By 17:34pm it was over. TfL had been
0:07:08 > 0:07:13given permission from the police to reopen the station. The report does
0:07:13 > 0:07:17say the incident was compounded by various differing reports of what
0:07:17 > 0:07:22the incident actually was. The panic spread from the platforms up here
0:07:22 > 0:07:26onto the street level and right down to Selfridge's and there are the
0:07:26 > 0:07:34store says a surge of shoppers not items onto the marble floor adding
0:07:34 > 0:07:37to the pandemonium. Inside Selfridge's the singer Olly Murs
0:07:37 > 0:07:42tweeted there had been gunshots and on social media many posted about a
0:07:42 > 0:07:45possible terror attack. But commentators say the panic was
0:07:45 > 0:07:50understandable.To go with the herd is more than just a survival
0:07:50 > 0:07:54instinct, it is a smart thing to do. It is like outsourcing your
0:07:54 > 0:08:00cognitive powers to other people, get them to do the spotting for
0:08:00 > 0:08:04danger.With some injured in the station evacuation now the
0:08:04 > 0:08:07authorities are looking at their announcements at cheap stations and
0:08:07 > 0:08:12whether they can be improved. Clearly there is an issue about
0:08:12 > 0:08:16getting people out of stations very quickly and that is something that
0:08:16 > 0:08:21is worthy of more examination. How do we evacuate people really quickly
0:08:21 > 0:08:27in a situation where there is probably some panic.?The Met found
0:08:27 > 0:08:30no evidence that any shots were fired and the authorities are now
0:08:30 > 0:08:35looking at what lessons can be learned, especially
0:08:35 > 0:08:43when misinformation and panic spread so quickly.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Our home affairs correspondent joins us from Oxford Circus. What is the
0:08:46 > 0:08:52advice for Londoners in a situation like this?There was a great deal of
0:08:52 > 0:08:56confusion here last Friday and people respond in their own way to a
0:08:56 > 0:09:01possible terrorist attack. The official advice from the
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Metropolitan Police in the event of an attack is to run, height and
0:09:05 > 0:09:08tell. That is a message brought in from the United States and the
0:09:08 > 0:09:12message they have been trying to get out over the last year. There was
0:09:12 > 0:09:17evidence people ran on Friday and we saw a dozen people injured in the
0:09:17 > 0:09:23stampede. However, at no point did the Metropolitan Police issued a
0:09:23 > 0:09:27specific run, hide and tell alert in Twitter in the way they did at
0:09:27 > 0:09:31London Bridge were clearly there was a terrorist attack. On Friday people
0:09:31 > 0:09:37were making their own mind up to an extent about what to do. One
0:09:37 > 0:09:40interesting thing we heard from the organisation that represents
0:09:40 > 0:09:44businesses and shops in the West End, they are talking about whether
0:09:44 > 0:09:50there is a need for loudspeakers like they have in Tokyo to convey
0:09:50 > 0:09:53information to the public during an emergency and that is one thing that
0:09:53 > 0:09:56were discussed by police, politicians and other people here in
0:09:56 > 0:10:04the coming weeks.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07After being fined record amounts over sewage leaks and burst pipes
0:10:07 > 0:10:11across the capital this year Thames water has admitted it let its
0:10:11 > 0:10:15customers down and now they have promised to cheaper bills for
0:10:15 > 0:10:21everyone next year, but some say that is not good enough. This was up
0:10:21 > 0:10:26a street in Angel after a Thames water main burst last December. Many
0:10:26 > 0:10:29businesses were flooded and around 100 people were evacuated from their
0:10:29 > 0:10:36homes.It was all flooding up to here.Trevor Turner was one of them.
0:10:36 > 0:10:42He and his wife have not moved permanently.Whenever I see anything
0:10:42 > 0:10:47about Thames water I go, oak, not again, because it is a fearful
0:10:47 > 0:10:53thought. We watched this giant burst on the street on upper streak
0:10:53 > 0:10:58bubbling away.It is one of the incidents Thames water has been
0:10:58 > 0:11:01criticised for. The company has admitted it has let customers down
0:11:01 > 0:11:06and is unlikely to meet its targets for leaks once again this financial
0:11:06 > 0:11:11year. It has now announced it will be paying customers £40 million
0:11:11 > 0:11:15worth of penalties for past leaks earlier than required, having the
0:11:15 > 0:11:20expected annual rise in bills by around £8.It is not just about
0:11:20 > 0:11:24paying back customers early, it is a lot of incremental investment. This
0:11:24 > 0:11:29year we will not be paying dividends to investors. We will be spending
0:11:29 > 0:11:33that money for the benefit of our customers, improving our service,
0:11:33 > 0:11:39and that is the priority for us now. It has been a bad year for Thames
0:11:39 > 0:11:45Water. It was fined £20 million in March for allowing 21 point 1
0:11:45 > 0:11:49billion litres of sewage into the Thames and has paid the penalty for
0:11:49 > 0:11:55Mr leaked targets. The consumer Council for water says it must do
0:11:55 > 0:12:01better.If one looks at the track record for the last few years, there
0:12:01 > 0:12:04have been significant bursts and the leakage problems have not been met
0:12:04 > 0:12:09and they have been fined as a result of that. There has also been sewer
0:12:09 > 0:12:14flooding in the Thames Valley area. This is not acceptable to customers
0:12:14 > 0:12:18and they are starting to get impatient about the need for Thames
0:12:18 > 0:12:24Water to put this right.60% of the top team has changed at Thames water
0:12:24 > 0:12:28since last September. It is a company that looks to want to turn a
0:12:28 > 0:12:36corner and hopes to get back into target by 2020. As we have been
0:12:36 > 0:12:39hearing, children in London are more likely to do better at school
0:12:39 > 0:12:43whatever their start in life than anywhere else in the country, but
0:12:43 > 0:12:48ten years ago it was another story. Many schools were failing and pupils
0:12:48 > 0:12:55were bottom of the league tables. How have they turned things around?
0:12:55 > 0:12:58London has some of the tourist and some of the most affluent areas in
0:12:58 > 0:13:03the country, but no matter where you live, there is more chance of your
0:13:03 > 0:13:08children doing well here than anywhere else. Look at this social
0:13:08 > 0:13:14mobility hotspot and cold spot map of England. It ranks all 320 local
0:13:14 > 0:13:19authorities and London dominates it with 29 out of 32 boroughs
0:13:19 > 0:13:23considered hotspots. There were no cold spots. Even before reaching
0:13:23 > 0:13:26school-age children in London are getting better opportunities
0:13:26 > 0:13:32regardless of their background. This nursery and School in Hackney has a
0:13:32 > 0:13:36special mention in the report for using the extra pupil premium
0:13:36 > 0:13:41funding to give children and parents more support.We have been going to
0:13:41 > 0:13:46places like Tate modern, the aquarium and also we are on the edge
0:13:46 > 0:13:50of Shoreditch so we can look at street art and that has been
0:13:50 > 0:13:55beneficial for our children because we know they want to develop their
0:13:55 > 0:13:59speed, language and communication and vocabulary.They get to go out,
0:13:59 > 0:14:04they go on trips, they take part in gardening and those sort of things
0:14:04 > 0:14:10give you life skills.At school disadvantaged pupils with free
0:14:10 > 0:14:17school meals do well as well. Across London 51% get good GCSE grades in
0:14:17 > 0:14:23English and maths, the average across England is just 36%. In
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Kensington and Chelsea 50% of disadvantaged youngsters make it to
0:14:27 > 0:14:31university. In rural and coastal areas that is as low as 10%. After
0:14:31 > 0:14:36the London riots Pembury estate in London set up a project to help
0:14:36 > 0:14:43community cohesion. There are literacy sessions for toddlers,
0:14:43 > 0:14:47support for secondary school pupils, and a range of services for young
0:14:47 > 0:14:52parents. It has had a positive impact.It helps parents like myself
0:14:52 > 0:15:00and others to come and kids can play together.It brings the community
0:15:00 > 0:15:03together and parents together and allows everyone to integrate
0:15:03 > 0:15:10together. There is a good network. Dads' support network has sprung up
0:15:10 > 0:15:15as well.It is great there are a number of programmes for mothers in
0:15:15 > 0:15:19different estates in different areas, that is well known, but there
0:15:19 > 0:15:25is a lack of help for Dads and we are trying to readdress the balance.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29A ten year plan shows we are investing in them and their future
0:15:29 > 0:15:33and the longevity of people, feeling they are part of Hackney and it is
0:15:33 > 0:15:39that longevity of building a sustainable community.London still
0:15:39 > 0:15:43has its challenges. There are entrenched pockets of deprivation,
0:15:43 > 0:15:47high housing costs and low paid employment, all significant barriers
0:15:47 > 0:15:52to many for good jobs and even higher levels of social mobility.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Why are things still difficult for some children, especially when they
0:15:55 > 0:16:01get older?It is interesting what the council was saying about the
0:16:01 > 0:16:05project being a 10-year plan. We do not hear that offer from
0:16:05 > 0:16:09politicians. Normally it is about quick fixes, silver bullets,
0:16:09 > 0:16:16reinventing the wheel. This is a joined up thinking in the community
0:16:16 > 0:16:19and the passion in that place was really impressive. London could
0:16:19 > 0:16:25become a victim of its own success. Alan Milburn, a former cabinet
0:16:25 > 0:16:29minister, touched on it.It cannot be the case that one part of the
0:16:29 > 0:16:32country is steaming ahead with consequences that are not always
0:16:32 > 0:16:37possible. High housing costs, endemic rates of low pay, a lot of
0:16:37 > 0:16:43deprivation. London needs its fair share of resources, but it not is
0:16:43 > 0:16:49unfair resources. Resources must go to where they are needed most.Ten
0:16:49 > 0:16:53years ago Blunden had some of the worst schools and the worst results
0:16:53 > 0:16:58for students. Now it has all turned around. They have done that with
0:16:58 > 0:17:03great teachers, great leaders and lots of investment. If it is
0:17:03 > 0:17:07diverted away and politicians think the London problem is fixed, they
0:17:07 > 0:17:12could be storing up trouble. The real trick is to learn the success
0:17:12 > 0:17:15of London and implement that and improve things elsewhere but not
0:17:15 > 0:17:19take the eye of the ball in London.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Still to come this evening... Footballers, film stars and a giant
0:17:23 > 0:17:30duck. I'm at the Serpentine's New exhibition were the final paintings
0:17:30 > 0:17:36are about to be hung. Hung.
0:17:36 > 0:17:43Jonnie Peacock has had amazing success as a Paralmpic sprinter,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45but many will recognise him for his latest achievements
0:17:45 > 0:17:46on the dance floor.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49As the first person with a disability to take part
0:17:49 > 0:17:51in Strictly Come Dancing, he's more inspired now than ever
0:17:51 > 0:17:53before to get more people with disabilities moving.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Sara Orchard has been to meet him.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Jonnie Peacock's favourite dance on Strictly was the Jive,
0:17:57 > 0:18:03and it's easy to see why.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Are you missing the sequins?
0:18:05 > 0:18:12Missing the sequins?
0:18:12 > 0:18:16I'm still finding sequins, yeah.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17Yeah.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18Still around the house.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21You still kind of go around and there's something
0:18:21 > 0:18:22that gets uncovered.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25My bum's got its own Twitter account now - so that's nice!
0:18:25 > 0:18:30Jonnie and his bottom became the eighth celebrity to leave
0:18:30 > 0:18:33the hit show and has been inundated with messages
0:18:33 > 0:18:34of thanks, particularly from the disabled community.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38That was one of the biggest reasons why I wanted to do the show.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42You know, I really wanted to kind of go out there and change people's
0:18:42 > 0:18:44perceptions on what they thought an amputee, a disabled person
0:18:44 > 0:18:45could and couldn't do.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48You know, I had people doing the Jive and the Quickstep who had
0:18:48 > 0:18:51to have ice baths because their body was so sore.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52Mine was fine, you know!
0:18:52 > 0:18:53It could handle that.
0:18:53 > 0:18:58As one show finishes, Jonnie is invited on to another.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02Nominated for the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year Award
0:19:02 > 0:19:08after the double Paralympic Champion took T44 100 meters victory
0:19:08 > 0:19:10at the World Parathletics Championships in London.
0:19:10 > 0:19:112017 really meant a lot to me.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14I think it meant more to me than Rio.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18I think going back into that stadium, were it all started,
0:19:18 > 0:19:22in 2012, to manage to do it on that stage again was probably the second
0:19:22 > 0:19:23best memory that I've ever had after 2012.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26So it's really nice to kind of get recognised for that.
0:19:26 > 0:19:27You can do this.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Jonnie is undecided if he'll compete at next year's European,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32but he is championing a walk around Eton Dorney Lake in
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Windsor next month.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36There's a lot of disabled people at the moment who are at home,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38perhaps they believe there's not an event for them.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40This is the event for them.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44This is the event were they can come out, they can have fun and just
0:19:44 > 0:19:45get out of the house.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Jonnie won't be dancing, but the Winter Wonderwheels event
0:19:47 > 0:19:48takes place next weekend.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Sara Orchard, BBC London News.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56Fantastic.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Now you may have seen these popping up across London,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Plastic Igloos seem to be the latest craze in the capital.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05You might not think as the temperature drops small ice
0:20:05 > 0:20:07domes would be a popular choice for Londoners.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09But as Gareth Furby has been finding out, they're not
0:20:09 > 0:20:10quite what they seem.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13On the rooftops in London it gets very cold at this time
0:20:13 > 0:20:16of year as the sunsets, but some people aren't bothered.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Under a bit of plastic, the world looks very different.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Angelica Martin, from Epping, in Essex, works as a host
0:20:20 > 0:20:21welcoming people inside.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23This is the igloo.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26We have snow all over the tables and all over the floors,
0:20:26 > 0:20:27we've got blankets.
0:20:27 > 0:20:32It's kind of like an Iceland theme.
0:20:32 > 0:20:39So we're kind of supposed to be like from Iceland.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42The snow of course is fake, but plastic igloos are now
0:20:42 > 0:20:45popping up all over London, on the rooftops and below.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47This is in Stratford, and you may also spot them
0:20:47 > 0:20:50by the River Thames.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52But they're pretty much dotted around London now.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55It's the exclusivity, we're on a rooftop.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57It gives that element of overlooking London's skyline.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01It's fantastic.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04It's apparently all proving very popular, pretty much
0:21:04 > 0:21:11booked up for months, despite the cost, including drinks
0:21:11 > 0:21:14and food, that can add up to between £80 and £600 to occupy
0:21:14 > 0:21:22for just a few hours.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Welcome ladies, can can I have your name, please?
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Martha Bell and her four friends have made the trip from Windsor
0:21:27 > 0:21:29and are paying a minimum of £80 for 90 minutes.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33It's their first time in an igloo, and they say it's worth it.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Maybe everyone does like to have a bit of private space.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Yeah, something a bit different.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39I think everyone likes the kind of winter, magical, I don't know,
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Christmassy feel as well.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Yeah, it's warm, the cider's here.
0:21:42 > 0:21:43You can cuddle up with friends.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Ah!
0:21:47 > 0:21:50I think when you look out there and you've had a drink
0:21:50 > 0:21:53and you can see all the lights and everything, I think it reminds
0:21:53 > 0:21:56you as to why the reason why London is amazing.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Of course by this time next year they may be old hat,
0:21:59 > 0:22:03but at the moment it seems an igloo is a place to be seen this winter -
0:22:03 > 0:22:04even without any snow.
0:22:04 > 0:22:14Gareth Furby, BBC London News.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16It looked good.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18She's an award-winning artist whose works have been
0:22:18 > 0:22:19exhibited all over the world.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22But until her 70s, no one was very interested
0:22:22 > 0:22:23in Rose Wylie's paintings.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Now in her early 80s, she's had her first major
0:22:25 > 0:22:26exhibition in London.
0:22:26 > 0:22:31Caroline Davies went behind the scenes to take a look.
0:22:31 > 0:22:38Rose Wylie has many memories of the Serpentine.I must have been five
0:22:38 > 0:22:45and London was under siege really. It was the time of the blitz with
0:22:45 > 0:22:50German aeroplanes lurking about.Her memory is captured in a painting,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53centre stage at her retrospective exhibition at the Serpentine. It's
0:22:53 > 0:22:56been an incredible few years for the artist, who was only recognised by
0:22:56 > 0:23:02the art world in her 70s. She doesn't mind that it took so long.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06It's just complete freedom, in a sense. You do the paintings, get on
0:23:06 > 0:23:10with them, nobody saw them. Nobody wanted them.
0:23:10 > 0:23:17You did them anyway. I think that's probably a good way of working.Film
0:23:17 > 0:23:22adverts, history, football, inspiration can strike at any time.
0:23:22 > 0:23:31It's a scene from a film. Wham I really liked was the fact that Uma
0:23:31 > 0:23:37had sliced up her victims.Do you go back to look at the images
0:23:37 > 0:23:45afterwards?No.It's from memory.I never do that. In a sense it would
0:23:45 > 0:23:49spoil the immediate effect of memory. You lose unnecessary detail
0:23:49 > 0:23:53and you then try to paint the thing that caught your eye in the first
0:23:53 > 0:23:58place.Her work is certainly not realism, but Rose has heard one
0:23:58 > 0:24:03criticism many times. Some people have suggested it's child like. What
0:24:03 > 0:24:08do you think about people who said that about your work?They say it
0:24:08 > 0:24:13until I'm so sick of it, it's not child. I dislike the criticism
0:24:13 > 0:24:18because I know it's a criticism, and I think that the person saying it
0:24:18 > 0:24:23should think a little bit harder. After decades of painting and a new
0:24:23 > 0:24:27audience waiting, this is a new memory of the Serpentine. The
0:24:27 > 0:24:33exhibition opens on the 30th November. Caroline Davies, BBC
0:24:33 > 0:24:35London News.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Right, let's find out what the weather's up
0:24:37 > 0:24:39to with Elizabeth Rizinni.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41It looked lovely there. It's getting colder.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44It looked lovely there. It's getting colder. Yes, Thursday looks special.
0:24:44 > 0:24:49More about that later. Questioned yesterday we got ten degrees, today
0:24:49 > 0:24:54was colder, but sunny. We saw seven degrees. It felt colder than that
0:24:54 > 0:24:58because of the strength of the wind. That will become more northerly as
0:24:58 > 0:25:02we head through the week and eventually north-easterly. A pretty
0:25:02 > 0:25:06looking day today, we had sunshine around. Not looking too bad. It will
0:25:06 > 0:25:09get progressively colder as we head through the week. Temperatures
0:25:09 > 0:25:13starting to drop off with that chilly norly breeze. It will feel
0:25:13 > 0:25:18even colder. Mostly dry with a risk of showers later on through the
0:25:18 > 0:25:23working week. Then it will turn milder. I shouldn't say milder, I
0:25:23 > 0:25:26should say less cold as we head into the weekend. It will be cloudier
0:25:26 > 0:25:31too. There will be cloud tonight. A patchy frost in more sheltered spots
0:25:31 > 0:25:35were we keep the clear spells into tomorrow morning. In the towns we
0:25:35 > 0:25:39are likely to hold up at three or four degrees Celsius in central
0:25:39 > 0:25:43London. That is not to say we won't see some places slip below freezing.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46There will be a frost in some places into tomorrow morning. We will have
0:25:46 > 0:25:50clear skies. Tomorrow, a nice sunny start for many of us. There will be
0:25:50 > 0:25:53more cloud around, possibly one or two light showers, not really
0:25:53 > 0:25:57amounting to very much. Mostly out towards eastern areas as we head
0:25:57 > 0:26:03through the afternoon. Here it will tend to be more cloudy. We will have
0:26:03 > 0:26:06winds. The temperatures between five and seven degrees Celsius. In
0:26:06 > 0:26:09reality, it's going to feel colder than that with the wind-chill, of
0:26:09 > 0:26:14course. As we head through to the end of the working week,
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Thursday/Friday, we will start to see more of a north-easterly wind
0:26:17 > 0:26:26develop. That could drive a few showers our way. Thursday is looking
0:26:26 > 0:26:30absolutely freezing. Showers toward eastern areas. They could be sleety,
0:26:30 > 0:26:34particularly as we head into the evening. A risk of something white
0:26:34 > 0:26:39falling out of the sky. It will be finely balanced. Milder on Friday.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44Not looking forward to the cold weather. Thank you.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Now the main headlines.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Pope Francis has used a speech in Myanmar to call for justice
0:26:48 > 0:26:49and respect for human rights.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51But he made no mention of the country's Rohingya Muslims,
0:26:51 > 0:27:01who've been forced to flee in their hundreds of thousands.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Prince Harry will marry his fiancee Meghan Markle next May
0:27:03 > 0:27:05in St George's Chapel, Windsor.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Kensington Palace said Ms Markle will become a British citizen
0:27:07 > 0:27:09and will be baptised and confirmed before the wedding.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12A BBC London investigation has found that some au pairs in the capital
0:27:12 > 0:27:15are being exploited by the host families who are supposed
0:27:15 > 0:27:16to be looking after them.
0:27:16 > 0:27:24There are now calls for tighter regulations to protect them.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26A review is to take place into the evacuation
0:27:26 > 0:27:29of the Oxford Circus station last Friday.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31That's it.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33I'll be back later during the Ten O'Clock News,
0:27:33 > 0:27:36but for now from everyone on the team have a lovely evening.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Goodbye.