0:00:00 > 0:00:01But for now it's goodbye from me and on BBC One we join the BBC's
0:00:01 > 0:00:33news teams where you are.
0:00:33 > 0:00:34On the programme tonight:
0:00:34 > 0:00:36An exclusive look round new properties bought
0:00:36 > 0:00:37for Grenfell survivors.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39But the majority are still without a permanent home.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Meanwhile bereaved families deliver a petition
0:00:41 > 0:00:43to Downing Street asking the Prime Minister to
0:00:43 > 0:00:44listen their concerns.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Also tonight:
0:00:45 > 0:00:47The serial killer who murdered teenager Milly Dowler
0:00:47 > 0:00:48and two other women.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52His former partner reveals what it was like living with him.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57We will be reporting from a shelter offering beds to some of the 1000
0:00:57 > 0:01:06people in need of one right now tonight. And film Museum under
0:01:06 > 0:01:14threat of closure.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Good evening and welcome to BBC London News.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Nearly six months on from the fire at Grenfell Tower,
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Kensington and Chelsea Council says it's leading the biggest
0:01:22 > 0:01:30house-purchasing programme by any local authority in recent history.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32It's promising to make 300 new properties available by Christmas.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35But so far just 45 of the 208 families have moved into permanent
0:01:35 > 0:01:37homes, and many are expected to still be in temporary
0:01:37 > 0:01:39accommodation over the festive period.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Today, some of the survivors delivered a petition to Downing
0:01:41 > 0:01:44street calling on the Prime minister to listen to their concerns.
0:01:44 > 0:01:54Frankie McCamley reports.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Bereaved families delivering a petition to the Prime Minister.
0:02:01 > 0:02:07Their message is clear.We are saying it needs of diverse panel to
0:02:07 > 0:02:14help him. He has a lot of experience as a judge and also about fire,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17especially commercial fires of containers and things, but we just
0:02:17 > 0:02:27feel he needs a bit more information and support to help him come to the
0:02:27 > 0:02:36truthful conclusion.This is a two bedroom flat we have acquired this
0:02:36 > 0:02:49week and is going on the website. Typically you would either have a
0:02:49 > 0:02:55couple who would have a two bedroom flat at Grenfell Tower or a couple
0:02:55 > 0:03:00with a single child for a second bed.Just over three miles from
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Grenfell Tower this is one of 72-macro bedroom homes the council
0:03:04 > 0:03:14is buying. It hopes to acquire 300 by Christmas, spending £235 million.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16The pace has been very slow but equally we have been gathering
0:03:16 > 0:03:21information about what people want, but we stress we always run at the
0:03:21 > 0:03:25pace of the individual and not our place or set a dictation saying
0:03:25 > 0:03:30people must be helped by a certain time.But many don't think they will
0:03:30 > 0:03:36be in these permanent homes any time soon.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39How are you doing? So this is your home?
0:03:39 > 0:03:45After escaping from the 13th floor of Grenfell Tower, D'Amico has lived
0:03:45 > 0:03:51in this hotel for nearly six months. He is now waiting for a one bed
0:03:51 > 0:03:55council flat.I don't really feel at home here, it's basically just a
0:03:55 > 0:04:00place for me to sleep. I've applied for about 15 properties permanently
0:04:00 > 0:04:05and haven't had the opportunity to see any of them. The reason is there
0:04:05 > 0:04:08is a priority listing to which I completely understand there are
0:04:08 > 0:04:12people who need this house more than me but the way the council is trying
0:04:12 > 0:04:17to say we are allowing people to go at their own pace, that's not the
0:04:17 > 0:04:24case. I haven't even been able to see any permanent properties.What
0:04:24 > 0:04:28does it feel like when you are playing and getting no response?It
0:04:28 > 0:04:32feels like they care more about me as a number than me as an
0:04:32 > 0:04:38individual. It is very formal, almost like them being called. They
0:04:38 > 0:04:43really don't care.The council has now given him a temporary home and
0:04:43 > 0:04:48says it's working around the clock but rehousing believed found those
0:04:48 > 0:04:54with children are its priority. Tiago is looking forward to getting
0:04:54 > 0:04:59out of here before Christmas. Six months on people might find it hard
0:04:59 > 0:05:03to believe some any survivors are without a permanent home.Exactly, I
0:05:03 > 0:05:07spoke to the leader of the Council on she said the housing situation
0:05:07 > 0:05:11has become more complex than they originally thought. Lots of families
0:05:11 > 0:05:17have decided to live separately so originally they were looking for
0:05:17 > 0:05:22around 130 homes, that has gone to 200. There are lots of things that
0:05:22 > 0:05:25need ironing out, the number of residents said the places they are
0:05:25 > 0:05:30being offered is not suitable. Others said they don't want to move
0:05:30 > 0:05:34into temporary accommodation and then again into permanent
0:05:34 > 0:05:38accommodation so they are staying in hotels. Also the issue of trust,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41people think if they move to temporary accommodation they will go
0:05:41 > 0:05:46to the bottom of the pile when it comes to permanent accommodation.
0:05:46 > 0:05:52The council say that's not the case, they are working round the clock to
0:05:52 > 0:05:56get the 300 secured by Christmas. Thank you.
0:05:56 > 0:06:04Coming up later in the programme:
0:06:04 > 0:06:10IndyCar drivers race at speeds of around 230 mph almost continuously
0:06:10 > 0:06:14for three hours. I am informed them to meet the first ever British team
0:06:14 > 0:06:17to compete in the modern era.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19The former partner of serial killer Levi Bellfield has
0:06:19 > 0:06:21been speaking to the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme about
0:06:21 > 0:06:28what it was like to live with him.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Jo Collings, who's waived her right to anonymity, revealed
0:06:30 > 0:06:32that he raped her hundreds of times saying
0:06:32 > 0:06:33"we were his property".
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Bellfield is currently serving a life sentence for the murder
0:06:36 > 0:06:38of schoolgirl Milly Dowler and two other women.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Our Home affairs correspondent, Nick Beake reports.
0:06:42 > 0:06:52Truly heinous is how Milly Dowler's family described Levi Bellfield.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56The father of 11 and former bouncer would stalk the streets attacking
0:06:57 > 0:06:58lone women near bus stops.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59He murdered 13-year-old Milly, 19-year-old Marsha McDonnell
0:06:59 > 0:07:02and 22-year-old Amelie Delagrange.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07Now one former partner has described life with Bellfield.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12It was torture most of the time.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15You know, when he was being nice you could not have asked
0:07:15 > 0:07:16for a nicer person.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21He really was a real gentleman.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Spoiled you rotten, did everything, took you everywhere,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28and then he'd just flip and the beatings, all this abuse.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29But it wasn't just violence.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Jo Collings has waived her right to anonymity to reveal that
0:07:32 > 0:07:37Bellfield repeatedly sexually abused her.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41The rapes became quite a common thing.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44It was because we were his property, we belonged to him and whatever
0:07:44 > 0:07:48he wanted, we did.
0:07:48 > 0:07:49he wanted, he did.
0:07:49 > 0:07:56You didn't say no to him and you didn't argue or question.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58You just became a shell and he just chipped away,
0:07:58 > 0:08:00chipped away and just broke it.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Do you know how many times he raped you?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05I couldn't tell you, hundreds.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Levi Bellfield is now behind bars, but last month it was alleged he'd
0:08:08 > 0:08:12confessed to two other murders.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Lin Russell and six-year-old daughter Megan were killed
0:08:15 > 0:08:1821 years ago in Kent.
0:08:18 > 0:08:28However, Bellfield's former partner claims he could not have done it.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34It's my birthday the 9th of July, which is the date they were killed.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38I remember we woke up in the morning to when we went to bed that night,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41I can tell you everything we did, everywhere we went and there's no
0:08:41 > 0:08:43possible way he left my side.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44For any amount of time.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Bellfield has denied ever making a confession or committing
0:08:46 > 0:08:48the Russell murders, and this man, Michael Stone,
0:08:48 > 0:08:50who was convicted of the crimes, remains in prison.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54But the woman who says Levi Bellfield made her life
0:08:54 > 0:09:01hell is convinced he did kill other women.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Freezing temperatures has seen a surge in the demand for beds
0:09:03 > 0:09:06at homeless shelters in the capital.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07One charity in central London says last night
0:09:07 > 0:09:10was its busiest this year.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Let's get more from Chris Rogers.
0:09:11 > 0:09:21He's in Charing Cross now.
0:09:21 > 0:09:28I am at the Connection. There are two problems caused by severe
0:09:28 > 0:09:32weather for charities like this, the first is a sudden surge of people
0:09:32 > 0:09:35needing a bed, the second problem is convincing those who want to stick
0:09:35 > 0:09:40it out to come inside, get one, have some food and have a good night's
0:09:40 > 0:09:47sleep because a lot of rough sleepers decide to stay on the
0:09:47 > 0:09:50streets for various reasons, whether it is mental health problems, they
0:09:50 > 0:09:54don't like to be alone or feel intimidated by the people they share
0:09:54 > 0:09:59the shelter with. There's a lot of people out there to help tonight,
0:09:59 > 0:10:048000 rough sleepers per year, a third of them are here in
0:10:04 > 0:10:09Westminster. Before we hear more about the work of the Connection, I
0:10:09 > 0:10:13wanted to hear from a gentleman who will be sleeping rough tonight with
0:10:13 > 0:10:19a married couple who want to stick out the cold weather.I can sleep
0:10:19 > 0:10:23indoors but I choose to sleep outside, with him.We are going to
0:10:23 > 0:10:32stay together and brave the cold together.The three of them have
0:10:32 > 0:10:38been living on the streets for about four months now and that's a problem
0:10:38 > 0:10:43for Lorna, an outreach worker. It's convincing them to come inside. They
0:10:43 > 0:10:46say they find the system complicated, they feel intimidated
0:10:46 > 0:10:51by other people coming to shelters like this, how do you convince them
0:10:51 > 0:10:56to get out of the cold?We go out every night of the year to find
0:10:56 > 0:11:01people who are willing to come in but it's taking time to understand
0:11:01 > 0:11:04their reasons and listen to what concerns they might have and try to
0:11:04 > 0:11:10address each of those individually to try to understand what it is
0:11:10 > 0:11:14specifically they have concerns about. If people remain unwilling,
0:11:14 > 0:11:19we continue trying to reach them and not let them feel as if we are going
0:11:19 > 0:11:23to forget about them just because they may have their own reasons for
0:11:23 > 0:11:28not wanting to come in on one night. We find when the colder weather
0:11:28 > 0:11:32hits, it encourages people to come in and they get more of an
0:11:32 > 0:11:36opportunity to have the right kind of contact that turns into proper
0:11:36 > 0:11:40progress.That surge you get at this time of the year when people who
0:11:40 > 0:11:50wouldn't normally come to the shelter do because of the cold
0:11:50 > 0:11:53weather, it is good for you because it gives you a chance to get to know
0:11:53 > 0:11:55people in need.Yes, it has its advantages because people who are
0:11:55 > 0:11:58particularly unwilling to come to places that could potentially help,
0:11:58 > 0:12:03it's an opportunity to reach those people more easily.It looks empty
0:12:03 > 0:12:09now but you open at 9:30pm and there will be another surge. In fact there
0:12:09 > 0:12:14are 1000 people in need of a bed tonight here in London.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Chris, thank you.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19The latest bid to clean up London's toxic air has seen
0:12:19 > 0:12:21launch of the capital's second Low Emission Bus Zone
0:12:21 > 0:12:23in one of the worst polluted areas in London.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Brixton Road which runs from Streatham to Brixton
0:12:25 > 0:12:27regularly breaches EU pollution limits on nitrogen dioxide.
0:12:27 > 0:12:35Here's our Transport Correspondent Tom Edwards.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37On Brixton high street, the Mayor today met local
0:12:37 > 0:12:40campaigners Mums For Lungs.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42They welcome his plans to run only cleaner buses
0:12:42 > 0:12:46here, but they want more action.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49I worry about the future, growing up in this area, and whether it
0:12:49 > 0:12:52will affect their health.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55We really hope that with the huge numbers of buses running
0:12:55 > 0:12:59down this road, that it would make a difference.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01The corridor is a great thing but we can see
0:13:01 > 0:13:02there's lots more they can do.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Brixton High Street is heavily polluted, in part due to the high
0:13:05 > 0:13:06number of diesel buses.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Now only ones that meet the latest engine standards
0:13:09 > 0:13:12will be able to use this route.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15We can't clean up all the buses across London, we are doing
0:13:15 > 0:13:17it is one area at a time.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19The dirtiest areas go first.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Putney was first, Brixton is second.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24We've learnt the lessons from Putney.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27It takes longer than we thought to retrofit the buses,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30but we've made sure the buses in Brixton have been retrofitted
0:13:30 > 0:13:34or they're new hybrid buses.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37The first low emission bus zone was Putney High Street.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40City Hall says emissions have dropped there.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Although initially, the more polluting buses
0:13:44 > 0:13:46were moved onto other routes.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51Wandsworth Council said it was just shifting the problem.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54And there are similar concerns now in Lambeth.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57The concern is that they just move it, that it displaces
0:13:57 > 0:14:00the dirtier buses elsewhere, I mean what do you say to that?
0:14:00 > 0:14:02It is a valid concern.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05This is a London-wide problem and we shouldn't be displacing buses
0:14:05 > 0:14:08to other parts of London but also to get rid of all polluting buses
0:14:08 > 0:14:14that actually travel in London.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Transport For London says diesel buses are being phased out
0:14:17 > 0:14:19and business groups say the low emission bus zones
0:14:19 > 0:14:22are a step forward.
0:14:22 > 0:14:29We want people to be lingering on the high street, to be sitting.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33You want the place to have an extra buzz.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35More cleaner bus zones are planned, while
0:14:35 > 0:14:42calls to clean up London's air seemed to be increasing.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Next this evening, the BBC has gained
0:14:44 > 0:14:47unprecedented access into the world of male sex workers.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49There are around 100,000 male and female sex
0:14:49 > 0:14:53workers across the UK.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56As many as 20,000 of those are believed to be men
0:14:56 > 0:14:58with nearly half of those working here in the capital.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00Michael Cowan has been speaking to two men
0:15:00 > 0:15:04working in the industry.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06It's early afternoon in East London and Daniel has just finished his
0:15:06 > 0:15:10first appointment of the day.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13After dropping out of university, he turned to sex work and has been
0:15:13 > 0:15:19doing it full-time for the last decade.
0:15:19 > 0:15:28I see mainly single men, a large proportion of them are gay and
0:15:28 > 0:15:30out, but also a lot of them are married.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34I charge massage rates of £100, but most of my customers have
0:15:34 > 0:15:38paid £150 for a single hour and then for successive hours they pay an
0:15:38 > 0:15:41extra £50.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45For an overnight, they'd usually pay £250, but maybe upwards
0:15:45 > 0:15:47if they wanted to play for longer.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50For that money, is that whatever the client wants?
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I have boundaries which are usually on safe sex and
0:15:53 > 0:15:58drug taking.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00But for others drug taking something an integral part of
0:16:00 > 0:16:01the job.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Chemsex is a growing trend where drugs are used to heighten
0:16:04 > 0:16:07sexual experience.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10For Toby, who works in London, 50% of his clients
0:16:10 > 0:16:11are for chemsex.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13The drugs of choice are the illegal methamphetamine crystal meth
0:16:13 > 0:16:14and the psychoactiveGHB.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16What is the chemsex scene?
0:16:16 > 0:16:18It basically involves getting high and having sex
0:16:18 > 0:16:22together, often for extended periods of time.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23That would normally be the case.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26That's possible because of the drugs we take.
0:16:26 > 0:16:34For a few hours, it won't be a constant process, but in
0:16:34 > 0:16:36other cases it will last for a weekend or,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39you know, several days.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41While the two men we spoke to are Londoners,
0:16:41 > 0:16:4380% of all the capital's sex workers are migrants.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Research seen by the BBC also found that 20%
0:16:45 > 0:16:49of men they spoke to felt isolated.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Do you have people who you consider friends in your life?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54I would say only through my work, yeah.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Because that's where I do most of my socialising.
0:16:58 > 0:17:05So you have a few clients who become close friends.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07In 2015, the Government launched a drive to get
0:17:07 > 0:17:11sex workers paying tax.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13It's one way of increasing sex workers legitimacy, but they still
0:17:13 > 0:17:16face stigma from society, including their own friends and family.
0:17:16 > 0:17:24Michael Cowan, BBC London News.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Still to come before 7.00pm:
0:17:27 > 0:17:29The kebab shop, opposite the Roundhouse in Camden,
0:17:29 > 0:17:33with legendary status.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37This week hosting an artist who works on a very unusual canvas.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Coming up in the next few minutes, it looks as though the weather's
0:17:40 > 0:17:43going to turn a little bit milder in the next couple of days, but
0:17:43 > 0:17:46it could well be that we lose our blue skies.
0:17:46 > 0:17:56I'll have all the details for you in just a few minutes.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00It's considered one of the most dangerous motor sports in the world,
0:18:00 > 0:18:06with IndyCar drivers maintaining almost continuous speeds
0:18:06 > 0:18:08of over 200 miles an hour.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Today, a motor racing team based in Farnham, in Surrey,
0:18:10 > 0:18:12announced they would become the first British team
0:18:12 > 0:18:15in the modern era to enter a car into next year's series,
0:18:15 > 0:18:17with ex-Formula One driver Max Chilton at the wheel.
0:18:17 > 0:18:24As Sara Orchard reports.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26The IndyCar Series, raced in North America and, for some,
0:18:26 > 0:18:28the most dramatic form of motor racing.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32In my opinion, IndyCar is probably a little bit more exciting
0:18:32 > 0:18:35because we get to race on overalls.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38We race up to speeds of 240 miles an hour, for 500 miles.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41So, you know, F1 gets those speeds for a few seconds,
0:18:41 > 0:18:45but we do 500 mile races at that speed.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50As a former Formula One driver, Chilton has been racing an IndyCar
0:18:50 > 0:18:53for two years and joins Carlin in 2018 to become the first
0:18:53 > 0:18:58British team in the series.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00It's the premier level of racing in North America so, obviously,
0:19:00 > 0:19:02there's thing things that we haven't done before.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05So it's a real step up on all levels, really,
0:19:05 > 0:19:07but it's a step up that we're ready for as a team.
0:19:07 > 0:19:17Here at the Carlin Race Shop there are trophies here, here and here.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19In fact, this building screams success from the likes
0:19:19 > 0:19:22of Formula Two and Formula Three, but as Carlin have long been
0:19:22 > 0:19:24considered a launch pad for countless F1 drivers,
0:19:24 > 0:19:27like Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg, why go into IndyCar?
0:19:27 > 0:19:32Predominantly, Formula One is dominated by manufacturers such
0:19:32 > 0:19:34as Mercedes and Ferrari and privateer teams like us can't
0:19:34 > 0:19:36really compete at that level.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39We're not really interested in just making up the numbers
0:19:39 > 0:19:42or being on the grid, we want to be competitive, and in
0:19:42 > 0:19:43IndyCar we can really do that.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Carlin are taking a risk, but so is Max every time he gets
0:19:46 > 0:19:49into a car, with two British drivers having died taking part
0:19:49 > 0:19:52in the last decade.
0:19:52 > 0:20:00When you're running side by side and your wheels are only a couple
0:20:00 > 0:20:03of inches apart from your team-mates or other cars, at those speeds,
0:20:03 > 0:20:05and you've got a concrete wall just to the side
0:20:06 > 0:20:07of you, it's terrifying.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09You know, I have started getting night terrors,
0:20:09 > 0:20:11which I've never had before, and that's come
0:20:11 > 0:20:12because of the stress of the job.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15But when you win, it makes it all worth it.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Carlin will join the IndyCar series for the first race of 2018
0:20:18 > 0:20:19in Florida next March.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Sara Orchard, BBC London News.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27That was a lot of trophies. Good luck to them.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Next, paintings of ordinary Londoners whom the artist met
0:20:30 > 0:20:31on the street, at Tube stations and shops.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34There's nothing particularly new about that, but you may be
0:20:34 > 0:20:36surprised at the canvas he's using and where they're
0:20:36 > 0:20:37being exhibited.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40I'll leave it to Wendy Hurrell, in Camden, to explain.
0:20:43 > 0:20:50I'm in a kebab shop opposite the Roundhouse near Chalkfarm Station.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54It's called Marathon. It has legendary status in Camden Town
0:20:54 > 0:20:58because of this room here. The back room to the kebab shop which is
0:20:58 > 0:21:07where, late at night, you could have found people like Jarvis Cocker
0:21:07 > 0:21:14having a jam session. It will be turned into an art gallery whose
0:21:14 > 0:21:17canvas is pizza boxes.They are people I see around the place who I
0:21:17 > 0:21:23think is interesting. I was having a pizza at 3am, a guy in front of me
0:21:23 > 0:21:27who was really miserable. He sat down in front of me to have his
0:21:27 > 0:21:36pizza. The pizza box was happy with crazy, funny graphics. I thought
0:21:36 > 0:21:42that was interesting. It's just going to a random pizza place in a
0:21:42 > 0:21:47part of London and saying - can I see your boxes? Sometimes they give
0:21:47 > 0:21:53it it to me. Sometimes they say no and look at me strange. They might
0:21:53 > 0:21:59think I'm a health and safety inspector. Estate agents in central
0:21:59 > 0:22:05London I asked about empty space it fell on deaf ears. I went to see Mr
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Marathon. He is nice and it works with the theme.It's on for two-days
0:22:08 > 0:22:20at the Marathon Raes raunt on Chalkfarm Road. Oliver Malin's
0:22:20 > 0:22:27takeaway dreams at the takeaway.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Now if you love cinema, you may consider a little known
0:22:30 > 0:22:32museum in south London as a hidden gem.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34It's a treasure trove of memorabillia collected by a film
0:22:34 > 0:22:38fanatic from when he was just 15 years old.
0:22:38 > 0:22:44But as Alpa Patel reports, the grade II listed building now faces an
0:22:44 > 0:22:49uncertain future.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51It is a look into a forgotten past.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53At the helm, 81-year-old Ronald Grant.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Admission for one.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55A fanatic collector of cinema memorabilia.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59It all began when he took a job as a projectionist, at the age of 15.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02I was in a warm place, being paid to watch cowboy films.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03It was paradise.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Almost 70 years on, Ronald has made it his mission to acquire everything
0:23:06 > 0:23:08and anything related to cinema.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10His collection is vast and includes this slide lantern,
0:23:10 > 0:23:14dating back to the 1920s.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15I can't focus it.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16Oh, it's the...
0:23:16 > 0:23:23This is the thing that's wrong.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25It may have been lost if Ronald hadn't given it a home.
0:23:25 > 0:23:35You see the light?
0:23:53 > 0:23:58Ronald set up the cinema room where we meet Ronald's partner, Martin.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01I found someone entirely different from myself. I'm surprised we had
0:24:01 > 0:24:06anything in common at all.It was a successful partnership. They set
0:24:06 > 0:24:12about protecting cinema history.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Because the cinema appeared to be in decline, we were rescuing these
0:24:15 > 0:24:18objects in order to keep a sense of social history, so that we could
0:24:18 > 0:24:26remember what it was like.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28This piece of equipment is for showing messages
0:24:28 > 0:24:31on the screen, it's for showing still slides which say -
0:24:31 > 0:24:32is there a doctor in the house?
0:24:32 > 0:24:37Will the person with car number AV 254 move it?
0:24:37 > 0:24:45Like any love story they are facing a huge obstacle. The building's
0:24:45 > 0:24:50owners have decided to sell so they may no longer be able to lease this
0:24:50 > 0:24:52space.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Absolutely crushing, that's my life's work in the gutter.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Would you set up anywhere else?
0:24:55 > 0:24:56No, no.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58If it's the end, it's the end, I'm afraid.
0:24:58 > 0:25:04Alpa Patel, BBC London News.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Let's hope not.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Let's get an update on the weather with Phil Avery.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Let's get an update on the weather with Phil Avery.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Not as cold tonight, thank thrill for those without a proper source of
0:25:14 > 0:25:19heating or a good roof over their heads. This was Key, minus 4.7 last
0:25:19 > 0:25:25night we won't see the like of that again. I can't see this was taken in
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Golders Green, very arty with the ice. It was a real problem first up.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33We are not done with that, as you will see. Decent enough day. Three
0:25:33 > 0:25:39or four degrees on the thermometers eventually. Over night we cloud
0:25:39 > 0:25:44things up with rain at time. As you will see, once that is gone, the
0:25:44 > 0:25:47temperatures are set to fall again. That could lead to a problem with
0:25:47 > 0:25:53ice. There is a warning from the Met Office, north of the Thames Valley,
0:25:53 > 0:25:57I wouldn't be too precise about that, that gives a flavour of it.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01Dry start, but rain later. Don't be fooled by the bright start because
0:26:01 > 0:26:05it won't stay that way. Remember that we do have that ice warning
0:26:05 > 0:26:08until well on into the morning. The odd bit and piece coming through for
0:26:08 > 0:26:13the commute, that isn't the whole story by any means at all. If you
0:26:13 > 0:26:17missed that, you won't miss what comes later on. A really blustery
0:26:17 > 0:26:21set of showers coming through. Hail in some of those and possibly, just
0:26:21 > 0:26:25in time for the school run, it might dry up in the north and west.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Temperatures a good deal higher than today, eight or nine degrees at
0:26:28 > 0:26:33best. Here we go for Thursday, bit similar not without that
0:26:33 > 0:26:37organisation of that great belt of weather coming through. After a dry
0:26:37 > 0:26:40start there will be will be showers throughout the afternoon. You will
0:26:40 > 0:26:44notice it not as warm as it was - warm he says - as it was on
0:26:44 > 0:26:49Wednesday. Top temperature on the day probably, Thursday, six or seven
0:26:49 > 0:26:55degrees. Just to give you a flavour of what will go on through the
0:26:55 > 0:27:00weekend, it will be be pretty chilly. Temperatures double figures
0:27:00 > 0:27:02- no. We heard it. Thank you.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04chilly. Temperatures double figures - no. We heard it. Thank you.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05Recapping the headlines:
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Rising food costs, bigger electricity bills
0:27:07 > 0:27:09and higher air fares have helped push up inflation
0:27:09 > 0:27:15to its highest level for almost six years.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Britain experienced the coldest night of the year last
0:27:17 > 0:27:20night with temperatures down to minus 13 Celsius in some areas.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22The freeze has led to more disruption for travellers
0:27:22 > 0:27:24and hundreds of schools have remained closed.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Grenfell families have delivered a petition
0:27:25 > 0:27:27to Downing Street calling for an overhaul of
0:27:27 > 0:27:37the public inquiry.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39That's it for now.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40More news from us at 10.30pm.
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