0:00:00 > 0:00:03cold air heading in a northerly direction continuing until Friday.
0:00:03 > 0:00:05On the programme this evening: direction continuing until Friday.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Mowed down on their way to a 16th birthday party.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10A drunk driver pleads guilty to killing these teenagers.
0:00:10 > 0:00:17Today the parents give their verdict.
0:00:17 > 0:00:22He's hoping to get a reduced sentence for pleading guilty, what?
0:00:22 > 0:00:29For the lives of three boys? There is no justice if that happens.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Also tonight - preparing for a bitterly cold snap
0:00:31 > 0:00:35as London and the home counties get a taste of the beast from the east.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Emergency shelter like this in Hackney have opened to help people
0:00:39 > 0:00:45who otherwise would be sleeping in below freezing conditions.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Plus how much extra would you pay for a coffee cup?
0:00:48 > 0:00:53the trial encouraging Londoners to ditch the disposable.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58Definitely a pound for 50P would stop you.It is good, because it
0:00:58 > 0:01:08worked with the plastic bags. # Think of the good times we knew...
0:01:08 > 0:01:09And enjoying a comeback....
0:01:09 > 0:01:12the revival of the Irish Dance Halls which disappeared from
0:01:12 > 0:01:14the capital a decade ago.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22A very warm welcome to BBC London News
0:01:22 > 0:01:24with me Riz Lateef.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27First tonight.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Three young lives tragically cut short - after a drunk diver ploughed
0:01:30 > 0:01:37into them on their way to a 16th birthday party in Hayes.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Today 28-year-old Jaynesh Chudasama admitted causing the deaths
0:01:40 > 0:01:42of these three teenagers by dangerous driving.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46He'd been travelling at more than 70 miles per hour in a 60 zone.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48It's also emerged that five other teenagers came
0:01:48 > 0:01:49close to being killed.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Helen Drew reports.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Three great friends - Josh McGuinness and George Wilkinson
0:01:54 > 0:02:00were both 16 and Harry Rice was 17.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03They were walking to a friend's birthday party
0:02:03 > 0:02:07in Hayes when they were hit by a car that mounted the pavement.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09All three died at the scene.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10Devastated.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12We just...
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Devastation.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17I couldn't put it into words how we feel.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20There is no words.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Ripped us apart.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27It's affected everyone, not just us, hundreds
0:02:27 > 0:02:29of friends, because that is
0:02:29 > 0:02:30how nice the boys were.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32The driver was 28-year-old Jaynesh Chudasama,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35who today pleaded guilty to three counts of causing death by
0:02:35 > 0:02:40dangerous driving.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43The Old Bailey heard he was two and a half times the drink
0:02:43 > 0:02:46driving limit, as well as having traces of cannabis in his system.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48He was doing 71mph in a 60 when it is
0:02:48 > 0:02:55thought he tried to overtake another car and lost control of this Audi.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57The maximum sentence for causing during the last by dangerous driving
0:02:57 > 0:03:00is 14 years in prison.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03We are not very happy, we would have preferred
0:03:03 > 0:03:06it going to a trial, because at this rate,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08having pled guilty, he can get a
0:03:08 > 0:03:11third of off his sentence.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14We don't feel that is sufficient enough time
0:03:14 > 0:03:20served for the lives of two 16-year-old and one 17-year-old boy.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23The local community is devastated and today the judge said even more
0:03:23 > 0:03:27lives could have been lost.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29When the three boys were hit they were
0:03:29 > 0:03:32walking with two friends and towards another three friends, they
0:03:32 > 0:03:34were all standing close together.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37The judge said this could have easily have been something that
0:03:37 > 0:03:39killed eight people instead of three, and she may well consider
0:03:39 > 0:03:43that when sentencing.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45There was a passenger in the car with Jaynesh
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Chudasama and both men ran from the scene.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Two of the friends who were there but not hit ran after the men
0:03:51 > 0:03:55and managed to drag the driver back to the scene where he was taken to
0:03:55 > 0:03:57hospital and later arrested.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59The judge will sentence him for the deaths of Josh,
0:03:59 > 0:04:01George and Harry on the 9th March.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11Lots more to come including:
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Will it be win, win for Windsor...
0:04:13 > 0:04:15The businesses hoping for a boost in the run-up to Harry
0:04:15 > 0:04:23and Meghan's big day.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28The weather warnings have been in place
0:04:28 > 0:04:30for the past couple of days and today the so called
0:04:30 > 0:04:33'beast from the east' hit, bringing with it some snow
0:04:33 > 0:04:34and bitterly cold conditions.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36And what's more - there's worse to come.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38In a moment we'll hear from the charities helping
0:04:38 > 0:04:40the capital's rough sleepers, but first to Chris Rogers,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43who's in Essex - one of the counties in our area expected
0:04:43 > 0:04:51to be hardest hit.
0:04:51 > 0:04:58Yes, I'm in the salt depot. This is the big weapon against that ice that
0:04:58 > 0:05:05is expected to form. In the latest round, 100 tonnes of salt it heading
0:05:05 > 0:05:13out to keep things moving. They have some great names the trucks. This is
0:05:13 > 0:05:18Britney Speirs and there is Alexander The Grit. They are up
0:05:18 > 0:05:23against the snow that has been falling all day. We have some images
0:05:23 > 0:05:28of white stuff falling in the capital. It started this morning. As
0:05:28 > 0:05:31temperatures drop, which they really are, that will turn to ice and that
0:05:31 > 0:05:42is going to cause problems. Has Essex got what it takes to keep
0:05:42 > 0:05:47commuters moving tomorrow. I asked councillor Ray Gooding.We can never
0:05:47 > 0:05:51say there will never be a problem, but we are doing our best to make
0:05:51 > 0:05:57sure the conditions on the road are as good as they can be. If it is as
0:05:57 > 0:06:01bad as forecast, it will be quite a difficult process. We have got to
0:06:01 > 0:06:07make a number of runs over several days and we have got the stocks of
0:06:07 > 0:06:12salt and materials to make sure we can do that. So yes we will be doing
0:06:12 > 0:06:22everything we can.While salt can battle the ice on the road, there is
0:06:22 > 0:06:28expected problems with the rail. National rail has put contingency
0:06:28 > 0:06:31plans in place for tomorrow morning. But the branch routes will be
0:06:31 > 0:06:35affected. Here are some of the routes affected from tonight. There
0:06:35 > 0:06:40will be a reduced service on C2C after 9pm tonight.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10So expect problems on the trains tomorrow. While we may bear the
0:07:10 > 0:07:14brunt of the pain of the commute tomorrow, think about those with
0:07:14 > 0:07:21nowhere to go who are living rough. They will feel the cold and Mark
0:07:21 > 0:07:28Ashdown is at a shelter in Hackney. Thank you. Spare a thought for
0:07:28 > 0:07:31anybody facing the prospect of having to face a night outside. It
0:07:31 > 0:07:37is freezing. Some fantastic work from the volunteers here at the
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Hackney winter night shelter. This runs from November to March each
0:07:40 > 0:07:46year and people can come here and there is 25 beds each night. There
0:07:46 > 0:07:52is a shower and toilet and food. They're preparing a meal for people.
0:07:52 > 0:08:05What is on the menu.We are doing a Moroccan night. We have vegetable
0:08:05 > 0:08:11tagine and couscous.Thank you. This is all part of the the mayor's
0:08:11 > 0:08:15strategy for emergency shelters so no one should spend a single night
0:08:15 > 0:08:21outside rough sleeping. Let's talk with the chair of the trustees. Take
0:08:21 > 0:08:26us through some of the work people are doing. They're all volunteers?
0:08:26 > 0:08:31Everyone is a volunteer. We have a couple of members of staff, somebody
0:08:31 > 0:08:41will be along later. But we are volunteer-run and between November
0:08:41 > 0:08:47and March we provide, dinner, bed and breakfast. During the day our
0:08:47 > 0:08:51staff help them find more suitable accommodation.People at home might
0:08:51 > 0:08:59be thinking what can I do if I see somebody sleeping rough to help?As
0:08:59 > 0:09:04well as calling up, I would encourage people if they can give
0:09:04 > 0:09:09some money obviously. This, although we are volunteer run, it costs a lot
0:09:09 > 0:09:16to run the sherment. The other thing to think about it can you spare some
0:09:16 > 0:09:26time and help us to volunteer or could you help us with fund-raising,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29transport, we need people's time. Thank you. There is a central way of
0:09:29 > 0:09:37reporting this. If you see somebody sleeping rough tonight, the mayor'
0:09:37 > 0:09:42street link system mean you can. The cold is inconvenient for most, but
0:09:42 > 0:09:51it can be life-threatening. Thank you
0:09:51 > 0:09:54A man with more knowledge than most about the weather -
0:09:54 > 0:09:55than most about the weather -
0:09:55 > 0:09:56Nick Miller joins us.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58How unprecedented is this?
0:09:59 > 0:10:03.We will probably have to wait until the end of the week to put it
0:10:03 > 0:10:07in context in the recent years. But going back to a similar sort of
0:10:07 > 0:10:14weather set up in the atmosphere to 2013 and March which saw
0:10:14 > 0:10:18considerable snow in the south-east and the London area. We are just at
0:10:18 > 0:10:24the start of this process. It is good to see people getting prepared.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29There are Met Office warnings saying be prepared. Particularly in the
0:10:29 > 0:10:34east and south-east of London, where we will see some significant snow
0:10:34 > 0:10:38and different days, different people will be affected. Not everybody
0:10:38 > 0:10:42tomorrow will be wake up to a blanket of snow. That doesn't mean
0:10:42 > 0:10:46to say we won't get problems. There will be problems tomorrow coming
0:10:46 > 0:10:50into London from the east and south-east of London, but on later
0:10:50 > 0:10:56this week there could be more widespread snow affecting all
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Londoners and everyone around London as low pressure comes from the
0:10:58 > 0:11:03south. We are at the start of what could be a very eventful and serious
0:11:03 > 0:11:08week of weather.Thank you. A general sense, you will give us the
0:11:08 > 0:11:15detailed forecast later. Thank you
0:11:15 > 0:11:17The parents of a severely disabled little boy on life support
0:11:17 > 0:11:20at a London hospital say they want to take their case to
0:11:20 > 0:11:22the European Court of Human Rights.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25A High Court judge previously gave doctors at Kings College
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Hospital permission to provide only palliative care to Isaiah Haastrup
0:11:28 > 0:11:29against his parent's wishes.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31They intend to make an application to the ECHR and want
0:11:31 > 0:11:34intensive care to continue.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Preparations are well underway in Windsor for the wedding
0:11:40 > 0:11:43of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47It's being seen as a big business boost to the town -
0:11:47 > 0:11:49not just because of tourist revenues, but the endorsement
0:11:49 > 0:11:50of the royal brand.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Sarah Harris reports.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54The castle is the symbol of the Windsor brand -
0:11:54 > 0:11:57weekend home to the Queen and soon to be venue for the
0:11:57 > 0:12:01international wedding of the year.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04According to one economist, the event is a much-needed financial
0:12:04 > 0:12:08boost in uncertain times - worth tens of millions of pounds.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10If you look at the boost of the wedding in
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Windsor and in London, it's going to be huge.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17But the real boost is to Britain PLC and all the brands in
0:12:17 > 0:12:20terms of intangibles, it is very difficult to quantify that,
0:12:20 > 0:12:23but clearly a lot of jobs and a lot of
0:12:23 > 0:12:28economic activity is going to come from this celebration.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30And it's that celebration, plus the eyes of world
0:12:30 > 0:12:33being on Windsor that's leading to the production of the town's very
0:12:33 > 0:12:36own Monopoly board.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Brand experts see it as a golden opportunity to be
0:12:38 > 0:12:43associated with the Royal milestone.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47It was always a case of when not if for Royal Windsor to gets its
0:12:47 > 0:12:48own official Monopoly board.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52We were going to do it in a year or two.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56A certain event taking place in two months made it irresistible for us
0:12:56 > 0:13:00and our mission is to make this board a love letter for Royal
0:13:00 > 0:13:07Windsor and showcase it to the world.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Sending that message round the world requires an infrastructure update.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Engineers are working to ensure that communication cables
0:13:11 > 0:13:14running underneath the cobbled streets here are state of the art to
0:13:14 > 0:13:20cope with demand.
0:13:20 > 0:13:21Just higher broadband speeds for all the
0:13:21 > 0:13:23broadcasting as well.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26So beforehand it was copper.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Fibre optics is a lot faster.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32For many businesses based in the historic town west of London,
0:13:32 > 0:13:34the ceremony is the Monopoly equivalent of passing go and
0:13:34 > 0:13:39collecting 200 - not just down to tourism,
0:13:39 > 0:13:42but because of what a modern royal couple's wedding brings
0:13:42 > 0:13:50to the Windsor brand.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52It made a huge difference to the number of plastic
0:13:52 > 0:13:55bags going to landfill - so could a 5-pence charge
0:13:55 > 0:13:58on for customers on top of their coffee be enough to change
0:13:58 > 0:14:01drinking habits too?
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Well one coffee chain is doing just that as part of a trial at 35
0:14:05 > 0:14:08of its stores here in the capital - with the money raised
0:14:08 > 0:14:09going to an environmental charity.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Ena Miller has more.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19. For some a takeaway coffee is the perfect start to the day, for others
0:14:19 > 0:14:25it is the trigger.I'm a megaphone and I'm not afraid to use it.To
0:14:25 > 0:14:31wage war on waste.None of these cups get recycled.Should be.How
0:14:31 > 0:14:37big is the problem? Two and a half billion cups are thrown away each
0:14:37 > 0:14:44year. Less than 1% is recycled. MPs have been calling for a 25 pence on
0:14:44 > 0:14:51levies bought in takeaway cups. Starbucks said it is listening. For
0:14:51 > 0:15:00the next three months 36 stores in London will charge an extra 5 pence.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05.It is about changing people's behaviour. Our customers want us to
0:15:05 > 0:15:10do something about reuse and recycling. There is no excuse, if
0:15:10 > 0:15:13you come in you're going to get charged for a cup or get rewarded
0:15:13 > 0:15:21for reuse.The idea is to change people's behaviour, it worked for
0:15:21 > 0:15:26supermarket with the 5 pence charge on carrier bags but will it work for
0:15:26 > 0:15:34coffee. What would you pay in order to change your behaviour in buying a
0:15:34 > 0:15:45coffee if 5 pence was addeds or 50 pence or a pound.A pound would.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50Coffee is expensive enough. 5 pence wouldn't. You wouldn't realise.5P
0:15:50 > 0:15:55probably I would think it was too little to change my mind. 50p maybe.
0:15:55 > 0:16:05But definitely a pound.The money will go to charity.It will go
0:16:05 > 0:16:10towards a recycled boat to enable young people go out on and collect
0:16:10 > 0:16:17plastic Ute out of the Thames.In three months we will see if 5 pence
0:16:17 > 0:16:21can persuade people to drink and think about the waste their coffee
0:16:21 > 0:16:31produces.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Before that though - 50 years ago it was a ground
0:16:33 > 0:16:35breaking BBC series about western art and human identity.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Now it's been remade and all this week we're looking at some
0:16:38 > 0:16:40of the civilisations that have influenced London.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Wendy Hurrell can tell us more.
0:16:42 > 0:16:49Yes in the 60s, David Attenborough was controller of BBC Two and had to
0:16:49 > 0:16:58sell the nation colour TVs and they showed western art. So Civilisation
0:16:58 > 0:17:03aired in 1969 presented by Kenneth Clarke and it defined TV documentary
0:17:03 > 0:17:10making for many years. The BBC has remade it, looking at art from
0:17:10 > 0:17:15around the world. That got me thinking about the civilisations in
0:17:15 > 0:17:19London. I had to hone it down and I have been looking today at the
0:17:19 > 0:17:24Caribbean.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Though it's changed over the years, Brixton, since the 50s,
0:17:26 > 0:17:29has traditionally been associated with people of the Caribbean.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32# London is the place for me #.
0:17:32 > 0:17:3670 years ago the Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Those 492 West Indians were some of the pioneers
0:17:40 > 0:17:41of multicultural London.
0:17:41 > 0:17:50# London is the place for me #.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55The early settlers often faced prejudice, but they were followed
0:17:55 > 0:17:58by many more who still contend with an entirely different climate.
0:17:58 > 0:17:59Understandably they've clung to the traditions
0:17:59 > 0:18:02and comforts of home.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03We have managed to embrace our cultural history
0:18:03 > 0:18:08and we've taken it with us.
0:18:08 > 0:18:08We have lived it.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12And we are sharing it with others.
0:18:12 > 0:18:18Our treats are so filled with love and authentic
0:18:18 > 0:18:20flavours that our queue was extremely lengthy.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23We rocked down to Electric Avenue, as Eddie Grant said, you know?
0:18:23 > 0:18:29The Caribbean islands have always been remarkably diverse,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32populated by colonial Europeans, Africans brought by the slave trade,
0:18:32 > 0:18:36and indigenous tribes such as the Caribs and Arawaks.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38We found two intriguing artefacts that tell the story
0:18:38 > 0:18:45of those civilisations.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48So, over to the West India committee in Westminster
0:18:48 > 0:18:49and its chief executive, Blondel Cluff.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53In my hands I have one of my favourite items from the West India
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Committee collection.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58This is a Zemi, it's a very small stone artefact depicting
0:18:58 > 0:19:01the principal god of the Arawaks.
0:19:01 > 0:19:07What we have here is a sample of the fabric known as toile digire.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11It was first designed in the 1700.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13-- It was first designed in the 1700s.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16It's very popular even today.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20What many of us don't realise, even though we have it in our homes,
0:19:20 > 0:19:22is that it was invented as a form of currency.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24With which Europeans traded with African slaves.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Filling our galleries and museums, humble objects that tell a human
0:19:26 > 0:19:35history of the people that make up our city.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39In London and museums, galleries, and culture centres are taking part
0:19:39 > 0:19:43in a festival that surrounds the programme that is inspired by the
0:19:43 > 0:19:47programme. There will be lots of special events. To find out what is
0:19:47 > 0:19:51happening near you, you can go to the website. Tomorrow I will be
0:19:51 > 0:19:58looking at the treasures of India. Thanks very much.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00The Winter Olympics may have just ended.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02But we're already looking ahead to this summer
0:20:02 > 0:20:04when the London Stadium will once again host the Anniversary Games.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Two of our top athletes, who were meeting schoolchildren
0:20:06 > 0:20:08in Westminster today, say they're looking forward
0:20:08 > 0:20:10to being back on the track.
0:20:10 > 0:20:18As Emma Jones reports.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20A special games lesson with some extra tuition from two
0:20:20 > 0:20:22of Britain's best sprinters.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Paralympic world record-holder Richard Whitehead, and Britain's
0:20:24 > 0:20:30fastest woman over 100 and 200 metres, Dina Asher-Smith.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33The way she moves her arms just really, like, inspires me,
0:20:33 > 0:20:35and I just watch her technique and hopefully it'll
0:20:35 > 0:20:40improve my sprint.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43It's really good because they are so inspiring.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45You just want to be like them when you're older.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Dina is fresh from just finishing second in the 60 metres
0:20:48 > 0:20:49at the indoor Grand Prix in Glasgow yesterday.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Next up for her, preparations to be part of the England
0:20:52 > 0:20:55team at her first ever Commonwealth Games in April.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Yeah, I'd like to go down there and do well,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01we don't know who entirely we are competing against next
0:21:01 > 0:21:03because different countries have taken different approaches
0:21:03 > 0:21:04to their selection policies.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08So, we don't quite know who is going to be in the race yet,
0:21:08 > 0:21:10but I'm looking to go out there and put together a good
0:21:10 > 0:21:13performance that will set me up in a good place in the Europeans
0:21:13 > 0:21:22later on in the season.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Something else for both her and Richard to look forward
0:21:24 > 0:21:27to are the anniversary games, which will see them both back racing
0:21:27 > 0:21:28at the London Stadium in July.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31And as it is an inclusive event, both Olympic and Paralympic
0:21:31 > 0:21:33champions will be in action.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36London is such a warming environment for para sport.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37It's got an appetite for para sport.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39The athletes want to be back in that stadium.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42The spectators really get behind their performances,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45and that's what we enjoy as athletes, we want to be treated
0:21:45 > 0:21:50as athletes, not para athletes.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55It's going to be tight!
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Thousands of athletics fans have celebrated British success
0:21:57 > 0:21:58at the London Stadium already.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00There will hopefully be plenty more opportunities this summer.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01Emma Jones, BBC London News.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Turning now - to something that's enjoying
0:22:03 > 0:22:05a revival in one part of London.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Once a regular part of life for thousands of Irish Londoners -
0:22:07 > 0:22:09promoters are recreating the atmosphere of the traditional
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Irish dancehall at a social club in Kilburn.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13And it's proving a huge hit.
0:22:13 > 0:22:23Here's Thomas Magill.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27# Last night I had a pleasant dream #.
0:22:27 > 0:22:38In Ireland they call
0:22:41 > 0:22:50this a -- in Ireland they call this a ceilidh. It first opened in 1952.
0:22:50 > 0:23:00Along with other venues such as the National Intel Burn, it featured
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Irish show bands and country singers often playing to huge crowds of
0:23:03 > 0:23:13revellers.In comparison to the dances I was used to in Ireland
0:23:13 > 0:23:22which is basic hall it was awesome. You stood looking around because it
0:23:22 > 0:23:26was so beautiful.Massive queues. Once he got in the door that was it,
0:23:26 > 0:23:32you had an absolutely fantastic night.For many they were a place to
0:23:32 > 0:23:36find work, a flatmate, or even a love of your life.Took a long time
0:23:36 > 0:23:42to arrive but it arrived in 2003 when I met my husband, Declan, who
0:23:42 > 0:23:50is sitting here.It was actually 2002.Cut that.Whenever it was,
0:23:50 > 0:23:55Times changed and the dance halls closed. This is one being demolished
0:23:55 > 0:23:59in 2008. It all seems like the end of an era. But something rather
0:23:59 > 0:24:04wonderful is happening just behind the church of the Sacred Heart in
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Kilburn. Every Monday night one of the performance from back in the
0:24:07 > 0:24:12day, a man known as McGinty, is single-handedly attempting to revive
0:24:12 > 0:24:16the old dance hall tradition. He is turning this social club into the
0:24:16 > 0:24:24ballroom of romance.I know some people who come in here and have got
0:24:24 > 0:24:29a stick. They are walking in. As soon as the music starts they are up
0:24:29 > 0:24:35dancing on the floor. They reckon I am a faith healer, as well.How does
0:24:35 > 0:24:40it compare to the original dance halls? Declan and Patricia have come
0:24:40 > 0:24:45back to trip the light fantastic once again.It reminds me of 40
0:24:45 > 0:24:49years ago. The music, do you know what I mean? The atmosphere is much
0:24:49 > 0:24:54the same.You see something like this and it takes you back.There is
0:24:54 > 0:24:57no doubt McGinty has created the atmosphere these revellers remember
0:24:57 > 0:25:02from the old days, he just hopes that maybe one day a new generation
0:25:02 > 0:25:13will also discover his ballroom of romance. We heard from the earlier.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18But now you have the full forecast.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19romance. We heard from the earlier. But now you have the full forecast.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22It is finally here, the beast from the east, the bitterly cold wind has
0:25:22 > 0:25:27been moving in. We really felt it today. We have seen snow showers.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31There will be more of that as we go through this week. Further snow
0:25:31 > 0:25:34showers, some will get a covering at times, giving some disruption. And
0:25:34 > 0:25:41it is a bitter cold week to come. Immediate concern from the Met
0:25:41 > 0:25:47office, there is an amber warning for snow. That means be prepared.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51Some of us will wake up to some snow tomorrow morning. We have had some
0:25:51 > 0:25:56snow showers around today. Over the next few hours some of those will
0:25:56 > 0:26:00continue. But we are most concerned with this line of snow showers just
0:26:00 > 0:26:06getting going here. It will be the same areas again and again, to the
0:26:06 > 0:26:10east of London, Essex, and some parts of Medway getting it, as well.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15Anywhere is at risk of seeing a few centimetres on the ground, but
0:26:15 > 0:26:18particularly deep to the East, South East, and the rail routes coming in
0:26:18 > 0:26:24from these areas into London. The highest chance of disruption will be
0:26:24 > 0:26:28ten centimetres of snow where we have the amber warning. To the north
0:26:28 > 0:26:31and west, you might not see as much snow, perhaps some, hardly anything,
0:26:31 > 0:26:37not as much disruption. But it is absolutely worth getting up a little
0:26:37 > 0:26:40bit early in the morning, just checking your local travel
0:26:40 > 0:26:43situation, making sure that what has happened overnight and into the
0:26:43 > 0:26:49morning won't affect you too much. Bitterly cold as we start the day,
0:26:49 > 0:26:55temperatures way below freezing. As it continues tomorrow morning, snow
0:26:55 > 0:26:59showers coming in. It is far too cold for anything to melt. It will
0:26:59 > 0:27:05accumulate and blow around in places. Things will improve later in
0:27:05 > 0:27:09the afternoon, more in the way of sunshine. We are watching the end of
0:27:09 > 0:27:13the week for potentially disruptive widespread snow, maybe blizzards, we
0:27:13 > 0:27:15will keep across that as the week goes on.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16Thanks very much.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20goes on. Thanks very much. Thanks for joining
0:27:20 > 0:27:26us. Wrap up warm. Feel free to post your wintry pictures on our Facebook
0:27:26 > 0:27:26page. I will