0:00:00 > 0:00:03A combination that could well cause some travel disruption.
0:00:03 > 0:00:05Coming up on the programme....
0:00:05 > 0:00:08It's revealed the man behind the Westminster terror attack had
0:00:08 > 0:00:11taken anabolic steroids, days or hour before.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13The details emerged at a hearing at the Old Bailey.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18Also tonight...
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Why the collapse of Carillion means an uncertain future
0:00:20 > 0:00:23for prisons in the capital.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27Please hold on, the bus is about to move...
0:00:27 > 0:00:30The helpful advice to passengers, which may not be so helpful as it
0:00:30 > 0:00:34plays after the bus moves.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37And we go inside the suburban house that's an incredible work of art
0:00:37 > 0:00:40and labour of love - now a museum.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52A very warm welcome to BBC London News.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59First tonight:
0:00:59 > 0:01:00The man who deliberately drove into pedestrians
0:01:00 > 0:01:03on Westminster Bridge before killing a police officer outside parliament
0:01:03 > 0:01:05in March last year had taken steroids days or hours beforehand.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07The details were released during a pre-inquest hearing
0:01:07 > 0:01:10into the death of Khalid Masood and his victims.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Families have called for their inquest to examine
0:01:12 > 0:01:14the continuing "failure" to get to grips with
0:01:14 > 0:01:15radicalisation on the internet.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Here's Marc Ashdown.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22GUNFIRE
0:01:22 > 0:01:27It was an attack on the heart of government in the heart of London.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32March the 22nd 2017, the first of five terror attacks
0:01:32 > 0:01:35on the UK last year - four of them here in the capital.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39We now know Khalid Masood had anabolic steroids in his system,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42further tests have been ordered to establish how that may have
0:01:42 > 0:01:45affected his actions.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48The families of his victims hope these inquests may lead to changes
0:01:48 > 0:01:52in the way terrorism is tackled.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Masood drove his hired four by four into pedestrians
0:01:54 > 0:01:57on Westminster Bridge at 2:40pm, repeatedly mounted the pavement.
0:01:57 > 0:02:0130 seconds later, he crashed into the Palace of Westminster.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04The first 999 call is then received.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08Half a minute later, Masood is shot dead by armed police.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10It lasted all of 90 seconds, but his rampage took
0:02:10 > 0:02:14five innocent lives.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16American tourist Kurt Cochran, teacher Aysha Frade
0:02:16 > 0:02:21and Leslie Rhodes were all hit by the car.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Romanian tourist Andreea Cristea fell into the Thames and later died,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27and PC Keith Palmer, who was stabbed inside
0:02:27 > 0:02:29the entrance to Parliament.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32The inquests of all five will be heard by the Chief
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Coroner in September.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39A separate inquest with a jury will then follow into Masood's death.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41At today's pre-inquest hearing, lawyers representing the families
0:02:41 > 0:02:45called for the coroner to examine the availability of extremist
0:02:45 > 0:02:47material on the internet and why messaging services like Whatsapp
0:02:47 > 0:02:49need to have end-to-end encryption on messages
0:02:49 > 0:02:53which can't then be read.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56The court was told they are issues which crop up again and again
0:02:56 > 0:02:58in terrorist trial after terrorist trial, which the authorities
0:02:58 > 0:03:03need to get grips with.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13Yes, there have long been calls for the security services to have the
0:03:13 > 0:03:17ability to access these private chat messages if they see fit. Companies
0:03:17 > 0:03:21like Facebook which owns Whatsapp says it has a duty to protect its
0:03:21 > 0:03:26users. Regarding online extremist videos, the family said today why is
0:03:26 > 0:03:29it radical material continues to be freely available on the Internet? We
0:03:29 > 0:03:34do not understand. That will be under the spotlight again. We learn
0:03:34 > 0:03:37today the two officers who challenged Khalid Masood will give
0:03:37 > 0:03:50evidence to the inquest but anonymously. Police body
0:03:51 > 0:03:53protection will be examined again as well. PC Keith Palmer's family wants
0:03:53 > 0:03:55to know how Khalid Masood could get into the Palace of Westminster
0:03:55 > 0:03:58behind me why the officer was alone, an armed and wearing inadequate body
0:03:58 > 0:04:00protection. Lots of questions for the inquest, due to get under way on
0:04:00 > 0:04:01September the 10th.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Coming up later in the programme...
0:04:03 > 0:04:05When it comes to veganism, people are so excited
0:04:05 > 0:04:07about what they know it's done for them.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09A vegan-only pub prepares to open in Hackney where even
0:04:09 > 0:04:11the alcohol is strictly vegan.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20What will the collapse of Carillion mean for Londoners?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23As you may have seen on the 6 o'clock news,
0:04:23 > 0:04:27it's a vast organisation that employs thousands,
0:04:27 > 0:04:29and touches many aspects of our daily lives.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33The company went into liquidation last night.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36In a moment we'll explore what it means for some council services.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38First our Home Affairs Correspondent, Nick Beake, looks
0:04:38 > 0:04:40into how it'll affect London's prisons, which we know
0:04:40 > 0:04:46are already struggling.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Early hours, Pentonville prison and a drone is being used to fly drugs
0:04:50 > 0:04:55over the perimeter wall. Undercover police have been watching and swoop
0:04:55 > 0:05:00on the parcel, but drugs by delivery has been made easier in recent years
0:05:00 > 0:05:05because of broken windows on the wings. The outsource company
0:05:05 > 0:05:09responsible for fixing windows and maintaining the prison is Carillion,
0:05:09 > 0:05:14now in liquidation. Relatives visiting inmates today condemned
0:05:14 > 0:05:17conditions inside.Cockroaches in the prison, it's just not a nice
0:05:17 > 0:05:22place at all.A lot of people with a prison is not supposed to be a nice
0:05:22 > 0:05:28place.Obviously not, but they could put a bit more effort in for the
0:05:28 > 0:05:33people in there. They're living in slums.Not all of them... There are
0:05:33 > 0:05:37in there, they are doing their time because they have committed a crime
0:05:37 > 0:05:40but they don't deserve to be treated like this. You wouldn't treat a dog
0:05:40 > 0:05:48like this.Conditions are really bad, really bad.It is bad. He was
0:05:48 > 0:05:54crying on the phone. He says, smelly, stinky, everything.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59Many of the problems inside Pentonville are complex and
0:05:59 > 0:06:03long-standing. Overcrowding, underinvestment, crumbling Victorian
0:06:03 > 0:06:09buildings, but a recent scathing report singled out Carillion for
0:06:09 > 0:06:11particularly stinging criticism, saying the company was failing both
0:06:11 > 0:06:17the prison and the taxpayer. Well now, the company itself has failed.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22It comes after repeated warnings about the way Carillion was looking
0:06:22 > 0:06:27after prisons across London. At Pentonville there was a six month
0:06:27 > 0:06:31backlog of maintenance jobs, leaking sewage wasn't sorted and only a
0:06:31 > 0:06:36quarter of broken windows were replaced. At Wandsworth, more
0:06:36 > 0:06:39criticism. Some cells were not prepared for months and basic
0:06:39 > 0:06:44kitchen equipment was missing, and Wormwood Scrubs had numerous broken
0:06:44 > 0:06:50toilets, rubbish was not cleared, which attracted rats and
0:06:50 > 0:06:53cockroaches. The organisation representing prison officers now
0:06:53 > 0:06:58wants maintenance work brought back in-house.I would hope that the
0:06:58 > 0:07:01government of today has learned its lesson and will bring it back into
0:07:01 > 0:07:05the public fold. That is the ultimate ambition, I suppose, for
0:07:05 > 0:07:09all trade unions.Today at Pentonville they were sprucing up
0:07:09 > 0:07:12the outside, trying to stop the weeds coming back. It's not clear
0:07:12 > 0:07:17who will be trying to root out the problems inside that Kompany leads
0:07:17 > 0:07:18behind.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Our Political Correspondent, Karl Mercer joins me now.
0:07:20 > 0:07:27We heard about prisons there.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31What about wider implications in the capital?Carillion is one of the
0:07:31 > 0:07:37biggest companies in the country so it's tentacles reach for width by
0:07:37 > 0:07:40the government's emergency committee is meeting as we speak, in the
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Cabinet Office, to look at those implications. Where do we look
0:07:44 > 0:07:53first? Let's look at what the London mayor says. These London line has a
0:07:53 > 0:08:00contract for its tracks, signalling and stations. We're told that
0:08:00 > 0:08:05contract is up for renewal. Also a maintenance contract for London
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Underground as well. The mayor tonight in the last 15 minutes
0:08:08 > 0:08:14issued a statement saying there had been planned in place, services will
0:08:14 > 0:08:18run and they will do what they can to protect jobs and livelihoods. As
0:08:18 > 0:08:21far as councils are concerned, Croydon has taken its library
0:08:21 > 0:08:25services away from Carillion. Ealing and Harris still have library
0:08:25 > 0:08:29services at Mourinho but they say contingencies are in place. Their
0:08:29 > 0:08:34libraries are open. Hounslow as its parks, allotments and cemeteries
0:08:34 > 0:08:37contract with Carillion and that was something that was brought up in a
0:08:37 > 0:08:39debate in Parliament about an hour ago.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42Will he again reassure employees affected by local
0:08:42 > 0:08:45authority contracts, such as those in Hounslow,
0:08:45 > 0:08:48that the Government will not leave them in the lurch
0:08:48 > 0:08:51and that the commitment to protect public services and suppliers
0:08:51 > 0:08:55will extend to local authority contracts, and indeed
0:08:55 > 0:08:57to services like prisons, including Feltham Young Offenders
0:08:57 > 0:08:59in my constituency?
0:08:59 > 0:09:04Feltham Young Offenders Institution is certainly covered by the overall
0:09:04 > 0:09:07contingency planning the Department of Justice has put in place.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11As regards other local authority contracts,
0:09:11 > 0:09:16the same applies as with NHS trusts, that the Government's protection
0:09:16 > 0:09:21for payments of wages and salaries to suppliers and subcontractors
0:09:21 > 0:09:23extends to those contracts too, where those are involved in
0:09:23 > 0:09:27the delivery of key public services.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31So as you say, the collapse of Carillion far reaching. Not just the
0:09:31 > 0:09:36public sector?Before we finish on the public sector I should just say
0:09:36 > 0:09:40I've been told today no NHS Trust in the capital, unlike in other parts
0:09:40 > 0:09:44of the country where we have seen hospital redevelopment is possibly
0:09:44 > 0:09:47delayed by this, no NHS contracts with Carillion in the capital. But
0:09:47 > 0:09:51as you say, in the private sector, reports on one of the London
0:09:51 > 0:09:55newspapers today saying a big private development being built by
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Carillion embarked Square in central London, some contractors turned up
0:09:58 > 0:10:02today being dogged by their bosses, don't go into work because Carillion
0:10:02 > 0:10:07on payoffs. I think that's where we might see some movement in the next
0:10:07 > 0:10:11coming days, how it will impact not just on the big institutions but
0:10:11 > 0:10:14smaller firms who were suppliers to Carillion.Many thanks for the
0:10:14 > 0:10:15update.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Next, the borough which says it's taking a more "ethical
0:10:18 > 0:10:19approach" to unpaid bills.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20What does that mean?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Hammersmith and Fulham says it's getting of bailiffs
0:10:22 > 0:10:26to collect unpaid council tax.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28But some warn that it could lead to higher debts.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Mark Jordan has been speaking to a man who lost his home
0:10:31 > 0:10:34as a result of his debt, and finding out what the new system
0:10:34 > 0:10:35could mean for residents.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Four years ago, Peter Williams brought trains to a halt
0:10:39 > 0:10:42after killing himself on the railway.
0:10:42 > 0:10:48His home had been taken away for failing to pay £1350
0:10:48 > 0:10:50over council tax debt.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53The problem was, Peter was mentally ill.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Nobody realised this at the time and as a result he was literally
0:10:56 > 0:10:58hounded to death over what was a relatively
0:10:58 > 0:11:00small amount of money.
0:11:00 > 0:11:0597% of us pay our council tax bill, but debt campaigners claim over
0:11:05 > 0:11:09200,000 bailiff visits were made in London to those who don't.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13We've not received any payments whatsoever.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16It's the councils who decide if Dave that bailiff comes a-knocking.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18It is there any difference in the way you work
0:11:18 > 0:11:21between can't pay or won't pay?
0:11:21 > 0:11:23That's not my business.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Mike Thompson was a book-seller until a devastating illness meant
0:11:26 > 0:11:29he could barely work.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33His council tax debt would take his home and lead
0:11:33 > 0:11:38to recovery costs 30 times the original arrears of 2900.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43The council forced the sale of the house.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48I got just over £6,000 as my share of the proceeds.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51The other £85-86,000 was swallowed up in the debt itself,
0:11:51 > 0:11:54plus all the costs that accumulated along the way.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57The lawyers who do this business for local authorities prosper
0:11:57 > 0:12:01mightily, but the local authorities themselves actually,
0:12:01 > 0:12:04in the great scheme of things, actually lose out big time.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09At Hammersmith and Fulham Council they've begun to wonder
0:12:09 > 0:12:11if bankrupting, seizure of homes and use of bailiffs is working.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15They claim bailiffs only recover 30% of council tax debt and are getting
0:12:15 > 0:12:18rid of them from April.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20If a family's trying to keep the bailiffs away and then
0:12:20 > 0:12:23prioritises the bill for council tax, they then might
0:12:23 > 0:12:28miss their rental payment and then you're left with a homeless family
0:12:28 > 0:12:30being traumatised but then presenting the public
0:12:30 > 0:12:32sector with a huge bill, in terms of free housing
0:12:32 > 0:12:34and all the other impacts homelessness can have.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36But the bailiff industry warn Hammersmith's
0:12:36 > 0:12:43experiment will backfire.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46To dispense with the enforcement service will come at a price.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50I think that in two or three years' time the coffers will be looked
0:12:50 > 0:12:51at and the question will be asked, where's the money?
0:12:52 > 0:12:58Now, ethical debt collection in Hammersmith is about to show
0:12:58 > 0:13:01whether or not the bailiffs' knock might become part of debt
0:13:01 > 0:13:01collecting history.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Mark Jordan, BBC London News.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08And you can see more on the story tonight on Inside Out London,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11at 7.30 here on BBC One.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17It was the largest burglary in English Legal History,
0:13:17 > 0:13:19carried out by pensioners, in Hatton Garden.
0:13:19 > 0:13:24And today, Woolwich Crown Court heard the items the men stole
0:13:24 > 0:13:27from the safe deposit, back in 2015, were worth
0:13:27 > 0:13:30at least £13.6 million.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32A judge at the confiscation hearing, which opened today after months
0:13:32 > 0:13:36of investigations, will now decide how much five of the gang,
0:13:36 > 0:13:41all of whom are in prison, should be ordered to pay back.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Still to come before 7:
0:13:45 > 0:13:48A rock and roll time warp takes us straight to Memphis in the '50s,
0:13:48 > 0:13:50but you'll never guess where we really are...
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Coming up, I'll tell you how this seemingly ordinary terraced house
0:13:53 > 0:13:59in south-west London is anything but ordinary from the inside.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Before that, a new announcement on London buses designed
0:14:08 > 0:14:11to help passengers, but whose timing might
0:14:11 > 0:14:13be slightly off...
0:14:13 > 0:14:16A technical glitch is being blamed for the fact that the warning
0:14:16 > 0:14:18"to hold on as the bus is about to move" plays -
0:14:18 > 0:14:20after it's already moved.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Here's our Transport Correspondent, Tom Edwards.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Please hold on, the bus is about the move.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31A new announcement from London's buses.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33This is the 453 to Deptford.
0:14:33 > 0:14:39Please hold on, the bus is about to move.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42The problem is, the warning the bus is about to move usually happens
0:14:42 > 0:14:44when the bus is already moving.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49If the bus is already moving, that is silly.
0:14:49 > 0:14:54They put that there because the people don't hold onto anything,
0:14:54 > 0:14:56they would fall down, someone tracks to one side
0:14:56 > 0:15:00of the bus, so it is good.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03It is annoying, I think they didn't do a lot of preparation.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05They should have done a lot of preparation before setting it on.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13The new announcements have caused a stir on social media.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Not everyone likes their frequency, or the fact that they're late.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22The reason for these announcements is that, every year,
0:15:22 > 0:15:26about 5,000 passengers are injured on board buses, and about three
0:15:26 > 0:15:32a day of those are due to accelerating and braking abruptly.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Please hold on, the bus is about the move.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Too many announcements can annoy passengers.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Some transport companies have, in the past, been
0:15:43 > 0:15:45told to reduce them.
0:15:45 > 0:15:46TfL is now looking to improve the timings
0:15:47 > 0:15:51of the bus announcements.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53At the moment, we have linked it to the destination announcements,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55so when it says where the bus is going.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Unfortunately, depending on how busy the bus is,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00it is not timed correctly, so we are going to fix that glitch,
0:16:00 > 0:16:02because that is really annoying, and actually link it
0:16:02 > 0:16:05to when the doors close, so then it will be perfectly
0:16:05 > 0:16:09timed for the solution.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Please hold on, the bus is about the move.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14This is a trial for a month.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15The announcements will only continue if they help to cut
0:16:16 > 0:16:17the number of injuries.
0:16:17 > 0:16:24Tom Edwards, BBC London news.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29It is a lifestyle growing in less -- popularity as it is estimated there
0:16:29 > 0:16:33are three times as many visions now than there were a decade ago.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Perhaps not surprising that a new Gregan only pub is opening in
0:16:36 > 0:16:41Hackney, where even the beer, wine and cocktails of Ligue Un friendly.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46And it is not just about the food.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49In many ways, the Brook looks and feels like a London pub but you
0:16:49 > 0:16:57won't find pie and mash on the menu, or in fact any meat or dairy at all.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00I became vacant for animal welfare reasons.I have been a vegan for six
0:17:00 > 0:17:06months now and I feel much of the. Because I believe I can live without
0:17:06 > 0:17:11causing harm to other beings.I am a vegan because I love animals for
0:17:11 > 0:17:14stockthat customers are here for a special sample night. The pub
0:17:14 > 0:17:18doesn't actually open for another four days. The many here, the
0:17:18 > 0:17:25Guineas is more than just a diet, it is a way of life.I think people are
0:17:25 > 0:17:29becoming far more educated about the industry, the dairy industry, the
0:17:29 > 0:17:32impact on the environment, the impact on their health, what happens
0:17:32 > 0:17:37to the food that they are eating before it gets to them, and I think
0:17:37 > 0:17:42people are just naturally starting to move this way.Oh, vegan hot
0:17:42 > 0:17:48chocolate backs Mattanother devout follower, Radio 1 Xtra DJ Sara Jane
0:17:48 > 0:17:54Crawford. She has been a vegan three years.The timing was right for me,
0:17:54 > 0:17:58I had a few health scares, I had a breast lump removed, a couple of
0:17:58 > 0:18:01operations in the space of one year, and I was just like, you know what,
0:18:01 > 0:18:05I don't want to be eating so many hormones, consuming so much rubbish
0:18:05 > 0:18:15in my diet.She is an ambassador for Tamme one, a month calling on us to
0:18:15 > 0:18:19become beacons.Don't worry. Now I get why people become so passionate
0:18:19 > 0:18:24about whatever it is they believe in, if they feel like it will help
0:18:24 > 0:18:28people to improve their life. Not whatever it is people believe in but
0:18:28 > 0:18:32when it is actually about life and it is about having a better
0:18:32 > 0:18:37quality-of-life, and it is about love, empathy, health. You know,
0:18:37 > 0:18:41health is well.The owners say the numbers of the guns are growing and
0:18:41 > 0:18:45they are hoping some of them will find their way through the door on
0:18:45 > 0:18:51Friday.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley started a new kind
0:18:53 > 0:18:56of music in the 50s - from Sun Records in Memphis.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59It was a distinctive new sound and took over the world.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Now one rock and roll fan is trying to recreate that sound -
0:19:01 > 0:19:04exactly - from his recording studio in Essex...
0:19:04 > 0:19:09Where Wendy Hurrell has spent the day.
0:19:09 > 0:19:10# Blue moon, blue moon...#.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15It's a rock and roll time capsule.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Elvis is in the building, and we could be back to the 50s,
0:19:18 > 0:19:22in Memphis, Tennessee.
0:19:22 > 0:19:28But actually we're in Wickford, Essex, at a garden centre...
0:19:28 > 0:19:31So, Get Rhythm, with Billy, take one.
0:19:31 > 0:19:38..where Dean Amos has built his authentic vintage recording studio.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40# A little shoeshine boy never gets the down.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43# But he's got the dirtiest job in town.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46We're in the live room here, and we've got the same sound board
0:19:46 > 0:19:51as they would have used in the 1950s in all their recording studios.
0:19:51 > 0:19:57Mike's mixers and recording equipment was salvaged from the US.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00This is what they call an Ampex 350, which is a 1950s, mid-50s,
0:20:00 > 0:20:08tape recorder, and it was the same model that Sam Phillips
0:20:08 > 0:20:10at Sun Records to record Elvis on.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12# ... When you get the Blues,
0:20:12 > 0:20:14come on, get rhythm, when you get the Blues #.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17But it's not a museum, I mean all this stuff works.
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Everything works, yeah, I won't have anything
0:20:18 > 0:20:19here that doesn't work.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20Everything works.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Now what he didn't know when he was carefully repairing this
0:20:23 > 0:20:26kit and creating the right 50s ambience was that down the road
0:20:26 > 0:20:30in Southend another Essex boy had just acquired the worldwide rights
0:20:30 > 0:20:35to the Sun Records songs.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40He is putting on a show at the Southend Cliffs Pavilion
0:20:40 > 0:20:43with these boys singing the hits of Elvis and Johnny Cash.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47They're here today to record an accompanying soundtrack.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50It is going to be released on the Sun Records label,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52for the guys here to have the opportunity
0:20:52 > 0:20:54to record their stuff on that label.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59Sun was out before Motown.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Sun was out before Stax.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Sun was out before Atlantic, so you've got all the other labels
0:21:05 > 0:21:09to follow, but the original, the start of rock and roll
0:21:09 > 0:21:15was where Sun was.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Which explains the obsession to create a studio like it for 4000
0:21:18 > 0:21:28miles away in Essex, and find again that 50s sound.
0:21:36 > 0:21:42575 Wandsworth Road.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45From the outside, perhaps hard to believe, it's been described
0:21:45 > 0:21:46as a spectacular hidden gem.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49But the intricate work behind this door is a labour of love by a poet
0:21:49 > 0:21:51and civil servant who lived there.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54When he died, he left it to the National Trust and it's
0:21:54 > 0:21:56already inspired one composer who's won an award for music
0:21:56 > 0:21:57she wrote in the house.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Helen Mulroy has been to take a look.
0:22:00 > 0:22:05So here we are in south London on a seemingly ordinary suburban street,
0:22:05 > 0:22:11outside what appears to be a seemingly ordinary terraced house.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16But 575 Wandsworth Rd is anything but ordinary.
0:22:16 > 0:22:23MUSIC but ordinary.
0:22:28 > 0:22:37#Singh, although the excitable's heart... The hand-carved fretwork
0:22:37 > 0:22:47interior of this house was the life's work of this poet.He came to
0:22:47 > 0:22:50London in the early 60s.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53He came from western Kenya but he'd been at school in Nairobi, and he'd
0:22:53 > 0:22:54done his degree in architecture.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56This started in the mid-'80s.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58He bought it and it was in a really -
0:22:58 > 0:23:00as he'd say himself - parlous state.
0:23:00 > 0:23:07He started doing some carving in order to just cover up the damp.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11He put a little bit of filigree work and then he carried on from there.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15It took 20 years. There was extraordinary. And all done with
0:23:15 > 0:23:16that one tool.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20This was his passion but also he was creating his own world.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21Unsurprisingly, the house has inspired others
0:23:21 > 0:23:22for the last two years.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Through the London Symphony Orchestra, it's had
0:23:24 > 0:23:26an artist in residence and Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian has
0:23:26 > 0:23:29just won a British Composer of the Year award for this piece
0:23:29 > 0:23:35of music, which she wrote in the house.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40MUSIC
0:23:40 > 0:23:43They invited me to be here for two years -
0:23:43 > 0:23:45not living here, sadly, but responding to the house,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48its history, the acoustics, and all of the art that had been
0:23:48 > 0:23:53created, and his poetry as well.
0:23:58 > 0:24:06I also sampled, like, recorded elements of the house,
0:24:06 > 0:24:08including these inkwells and the thumb piano as well
0:24:08 > 0:24:09to create this lilting
0:24:09 > 0:24:11sort of gentle rhythm, which goes underneath the soprano voice.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14It was a lovely feeling to sort of make a musical home
0:24:14 > 0:24:16here because that's another thing that really inspires me
0:24:16 > 0:24:19about the place, someone who has come to this country and made
0:24:19 > 0:24:22a wonderful life and work and career here as well.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24And the National Trust hopes the house will continue to inspire.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27It's open for pre-booked tours from March through to October.
0:24:27 > 0:24:33Helen Mulroy, BBC London News.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37Time now for a check on the weather and Louise Lear is here.
0:24:40 > 0:24:47It was horrible, wasn't it? It will get better, if you want sunshine but
0:24:47 > 0:24:51I lay in bed this morning thinking it will be a horrible Monday morning
0:24:51 > 0:24:54commute, and it was. Plenty of rain making its way through. Another
0:24:54 > 0:24:58pulse arrived at lunchtime as well, thank you very much for that. And it
0:24:58 > 0:25:01some scattered showers and the showers will continue through the
0:25:01 > 0:25:04night tonight. Those were the French clearing away by drawing your
0:25:04 > 0:25:07attention to the north-west, that is where the air source is coming from.
0:25:07 > 0:25:12It will get colder but over the next few days the winds will be an issue,
0:25:12 > 0:25:16but in comparison to the weather we had last week which was very grey
0:25:16 > 0:25:19sunshine and showers, I want to stress in the London area and the
0:25:19 > 0:25:22south-east we will not see a too bad. If you watch the National
0:25:22 > 0:25:25forecast you will hear cold and snow. There will not be that bad for
0:25:25 > 0:25:29us. Through the night tonight, a real rash of showers rattling in
0:25:29 > 0:25:33from the west, 90 of them quite frequent and temperatures falling
0:25:33 > 0:25:37down to two to 4 degrees and will be a cold start, not particularly
0:25:37 > 0:25:40present out there than standing at a stop first thing in the morning. And
0:25:40 > 0:25:44we will see a day of sunny spells and scattered showers, but if you
0:25:44 > 0:25:48dodge them and get the sunshine, you may be happy with that. A few of the
0:25:48 > 0:25:50showers in higher ground across the Chilterns, maybe through the Downs,
0:25:50 > 0:25:54a bit of wet snow in there but we're not concerned about it. Top
0:25:54 > 0:25:58temperatures through the afternoon, five to 7 degrees. We pretty much to
0:25:58 > 0:26:02it all again, a chilly start on Wednesday morning. There will be
0:26:02 > 0:26:06some sunshine though as you can see first thing. A few showers, perhaps
0:26:06 > 0:26:10not as frequent as we go into Wednesday, so not a bad day in some
0:26:10 > 0:26:13respects. It will feel windy and that will make it feel quite cooler
0:26:13 > 0:26:18there. But in comparison, that blanket of cloud and miserable
0:26:18 > 0:26:23weather we had last week, I will take this any day. A change to come,
0:26:23 > 0:26:25Wednesday into Thursday, this wet weather will rattling across the
0:26:25 > 0:26:28country. They will bring severe gales for some but I think the
0:26:28 > 0:26:34London area it will be a very windy day, with gales on exposed coasts.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38But perhaps a ten mile, and there will be a little more in the way of
0:26:38 > 0:26:41sunshine coming through. Double figures return on Thursday,
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Calderwood some sunny spells and scattered showers again Friday. I
0:26:45 > 0:26:47will that again any day.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48scattered showers again Friday. I will that again any day.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Unions are urging the government to protect jobs -
0:27:02 > 0:27:04following the collapse of the construction
0:27:04 > 0:27:05and services firm Carillion.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09The company employs 20-thousand people.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10The Ukip leader, Henry Bolton,
0:27:10 > 0:27:12says he's ended his relationship with his girlfriend
0:27:12 > 0:27:14after she made offensive remarks about Prince Harry's fiancee,
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Meghan Markle.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18But he's insisted he won't resign as party leader.
0:27:18 > 0:27:19The man who deliberately
0:27:19 > 0:27:21drove into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before killing
0:27:21 > 0:27:23a police officer last year had taken steroids beforehand.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25The details were released during a pre-inquest hearing
0:27:25 > 0:27:30into the death of Khalid Masood and his victims.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34That is it for now, thank you for joining us, you are always welcome
0:27:34 > 0:27:38to get in touch on our Facebook page, and I will be back with the
0:27:38 > 0:27:41latest for you during the ten o'clock news. From me and all the
0:27:41 > 0:27:45team here, have a lovely evening, goodbye.