0:00:00 > 0:00:04easterly. Wrap up warmly if you do have to go out.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Tonight on BBC London News:
0:00:06 > 0:00:07Fears over the fight against breast cancer,
0:00:07 > 0:00:09as early detection rates in the capital are some
0:00:09 > 0:00:11of the lowest in the country.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15This could save your life.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Going for screening means that you can catch the cancer
0:00:17 > 0:00:19well before you can feel a lump.
0:00:21 > 0:00:22My mum couldn't feel anything at all, and
0:00:22 > 0:00:23she was religious about checking.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26So if she hadn't gone for the scan, it would have been too late.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Also tonight - two people have died after a fire in a flat
0:00:29 > 0:00:31above a shop in Kingston.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Snow disruption and delays on parts of the rail network.
0:00:33 > 0:00:41Were train operators right to cancel some services?
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Plus, your pictures of how a blizzard turned
0:00:43 > 0:00:50some of the capital into a winter wonderland.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Furbies as you've never seen them before.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56We meet the man behind the musical creation that's gone viral.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10A very good evening and welcome to the programme.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13First tonight - fears over the diagnosis and treatment
0:01:13 > 0:01:18of breast cancer here in the capital.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19We know, the earlier the disease is detected,
0:01:19 > 0:01:21the higher the chances of successful treatment.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24But according to a major new report, women in greater London
0:01:24 > 0:01:26are the least likely to be screened
0:01:26 > 0:01:27and early detection rates lag behind other regions.
0:01:27 > 0:01:33Tolu Adeoye has the details.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Yes, Riz.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37The figures are stark -
0:01:37 > 0:01:40every year, around 11,500 women die from breast cancer.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42That's nearly 1000 deaths each month.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46And this is concerning in London, because here the attendance rate
0:01:46 > 0:01:49at screenings was the lowest in England last year.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Just 64% of women who were invited to a screening
0:01:52 > 0:01:53attended within six months.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56And that falls well short of the national target of 70%.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59I've been speaking to one woman who says screening has saved
0:01:59 > 0:02:07the lives of several members of her family.
0:02:07 > 0:02:15So my mum has had breast cancer, my aunt, I have add, 12 members of the
0:02:15 > 0:02:20family have all had breast cancer. Her family knows more than most how
0:02:20 > 0:02:23important detecting cancer can be. She found a lump while checking her
0:02:23 > 0:02:29own breasts, but she says her mother was saved by screening.She went to
0:02:29 > 0:02:31her first possible screening appointment, slightly younger than
0:02:31 > 0:02:36the normal age, 49 rather than 50, but her turn came up, so she went.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41She had three tumours, and they wouldn't have been felt on
0:02:41 > 0:02:44self-examination, so it was important she went for screening, if
0:02:44 > 0:02:48she thought she was too busy, which she nearly did, it might have been
0:02:48 > 0:02:54too late.Greening is offered to women between 50 and 70 years old.
0:02:54 > 0:03:03-- screening. The vast majority of women survive for five years after
0:03:03 > 0:03:07screening, but many do not go, why? We know women in London are busy and
0:03:07 > 0:03:11it can be difficult to attend, and women are more transient in London,
0:03:11 > 0:03:16they move house more regularly, and if they are registering with a GP,
0:03:16 > 0:03:20their screening invitation may be delayed. And we know that London has
0:03:20 > 0:03:25higher rates of BME women, and I are cultural sensitivities about talking
0:03:25 > 0:03:30about breast screening, breast cancer, and that can make it more
0:03:30 > 0:03:34difficult for women to attend.There is some good news - although below
0:03:34 > 0:03:37the national average overall, more women are taking up screening than
0:03:37 > 0:03:41ever before. Tower Hamlets had one of the lowest rates across the
0:03:41 > 0:03:45country, but following a number of interventions that has been
0:03:45 > 0:03:48significant improvement. They include offering people second
0:03:48 > 0:03:52appointments if they don't respond to the first invitation, calling
0:03:52 > 0:03:55people before an appointment, and going out into the community to
0:03:55 > 0:03:59remind people how important it is to go for screenings. NHS England says
0:03:59 > 0:04:03it is helping local areas to improve the consistency of service for
0:04:03 > 0:04:09patients across the country. This woman says awareness is vital.It is
0:04:09 > 0:04:12so important to talk about it so other people are conscious of it,
0:04:12 > 0:04:16they know to check themselves and go for it so they can be diagnosed
0:04:16 > 0:04:17earlier.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Two men have died after a fire in Tolworth in southwest London.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Five others were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24The cause of the blaze is not yet known.
0:04:24 > 0:04:31Yvonne Hall has more.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35The burned-out remains of the building where two men lost their
0:04:35 > 0:04:40lives this morning. Fire broke out in a flat above a wine and food
0:04:40 > 0:04:44store in Tolworth near Kingston just before 5am. A loft conversion next
0:04:44 > 0:04:50door also caught fire. Other homes nearby had to be evacuated. It took
0:04:50 > 0:04:5450 firefighters nearly three hours to get the blaze under control. The
0:04:54 > 0:04:58area has been called and off all day with work now under way to make the
0:04:58 > 0:05:03damaged building safe. -- cordoned off. These officers are still tried
0:05:03 > 0:05:07to contact all the relatives of the men who died here before releasing
0:05:07 > 0:05:11their identities. -- police officers. Five people who live in
0:05:11 > 0:05:15the flat survived but were taken to hospital suffering from the effects
0:05:15 > 0:05:19of breathing in smoke. They have since been released. Meanwhile,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22police and fire investigations are under way to find exactly how this
0:05:22 > 0:05:29blaze started. Yvonne Hall, BBC London News, Tolworth, near
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Kingston.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35A father of four from South London who posted homemade videos
0:05:35 > 0:05:38on the internet glorifying the Islamic State group has been
0:05:38 > 0:05:38jailed for three years.
0:05:38 > 0:05:4050-year-old Gary Staples from South Norwood loaded up clips
0:05:40 > 0:05:42showing armed IS fighters and Osama Bin Laden.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45He was found guilty of seven counts of encouraging terrorism and one
0:05:45 > 0:05:49count of disseminating a terrorist publication last month.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Coming up later in the programme:
0:05:52 > 0:05:54The artefacts that reveal more about the cultural history
0:05:54 > 0:06:00of some of the capital's diverse communities.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08The wintry conditions have caused some serious disruption
0:06:08 > 0:06:10in some parts of the capital,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13with rail services in the east the worst hit.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16More on that in a moment.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Even central London saw a five-minute flurry,
0:06:19 > 0:06:21which delighted many who captured it on camera.
0:06:21 > 0:06:27Here are just some of the pictures you've been sending in.
0:06:27 > 0:06:33MUSIC PLAYS
0:06:54 > 0:07:00There is no where I come from.Quite exciting, quite enjoyable.I have
0:07:00 > 0:07:04been in London since last year, and it is the first time I have seen
0:07:04 > 0:07:10this much snow.I am from Spain, it doesn't snow much there either, so I
0:07:10 > 0:07:12am excited for the snow.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51So looking lovely.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54If you weren't trying to travel on parts of the transport network.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57There was disruption, although not as much as was expected.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Stations in Essex and Kent did see delays and cancellations,
0:07:59 > 0:08:04as our transport correspondent Tom Edwards reports.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06This time-lapse footage from a tower block shows a snow storm
0:08:06 > 0:08:09engulfing the Greenwich Peninsula.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Blizzards and snow showers came and went throughout the day
0:08:12 > 0:08:14in London and the Home Counties.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Sometimes it was localised, sometimes thick.
0:08:17 > 0:08:23It meant central London looked more like Moscow at times.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27And out in Essex, commuters this morning faced cancellations
0:08:27 > 0:08:29and delays on the trains.
0:08:29 > 0:08:35It's a bit of a worry that it's going to be cancelled last minute
0:08:35 > 0:08:37when you've already got here, especially because I planned
0:08:37 > 0:08:38this for like a month.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39They're doing all they can.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41The main trains going through are working,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44it's just the little stations that are struggling at the moment.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45This evening, I think it's going to be
0:08:45 > 0:08:47quite difficult getting back, so I don't know.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50I think a lot of people who are working in London are
0:08:50 > 0:08:51probably going to really struggle.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54An amended timetable was brought in by Network Rail
0:08:54 > 0:08:56and the train companies.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57They thinned out services.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01It meant they could use more of these.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I think we were right to make contingency plans,
0:09:03 > 0:09:08and also to warn customers what they were going to be,
0:09:08 > 0:09:13and what the levels of service were going to be.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15I also think we were quite right now,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18when the weather hasn't proved as bad as it was predicted,
0:09:18 > 0:09:20to start reinstating services.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22At some stations like Chelmsford, it took over an hour
0:09:22 > 0:09:24to get on a train as they were full.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28And the overground and TfL rail also suffered.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31On the roads, ice did mean some tricky driving conditions in places,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34and longer journeys.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36The M20 was just gridlocked.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39We tried to go some backstreets, and basically it was just even
0:09:39 > 0:09:42worse, so we had to turn around and come back due to the weather.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45We'll just have to see what the weather's like when we get
0:09:45 > 0:09:48a bit further east, so...
0:09:48 > 0:09:51hopefully, we'll make it on time.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Most transport in the capital hasn't been badly affected yet,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56although there will still be apprehension from commuters about
0:09:56 > 0:10:02what lies ahead later this week.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Well, let's pick up with Tom at Victoria Station.
0:10:06 > 0:10:16What's the latest?
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Very busy here, actually, at Victoria Station, big crowds
0:10:19 > 0:10:23gathering, and a lot of delays and cancellations. You might, for
0:10:23 > 0:10:28example, be able to make out the train to Orpington cancelled,
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Ramsgate also cancelled, lots of people standing around, waiting to
0:10:32 > 0:10:36find out when next train home is going to be. As for the restrictions
0:10:36 > 0:10:39brought in by Network Rail, there has been a little bit of criticism
0:10:39 > 0:10:45of those behind-the-scenes. The phrase as I have heard, overkill,
0:10:45 > 0:10:50too draconian, way over the top. Network Rail, though, they are a bit
0:10:50 > 0:10:56dammed if they do, dammed if they don't. They said to me, we are not
0:10:56 > 0:10:59weather experts, our information comes from the Met Office. There is,
0:10:59 > 0:11:04though, a little bit of good news for commuters - those restrictions
0:11:04 > 0:11:09out into East Anglia, denied they have been lifted, and TfL Rail and
0:11:09 > 0:11:12the overground are getting a little bit back to normal. The big question
0:11:12 > 0:11:17now is how long that is going to last. Riz.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22OK, thank you very much indeed. We heard that they are not weather
0:11:22 > 0:11:28experts, but Nick Miller is, thanks for joining us again. Variations,
0:11:28 > 0:11:32really, is what we seen, hard to predict, puts a lot of pressure on
0:11:32 > 0:11:36guys. That is the case with snow showers,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39and that has been the forecast over the last couple of days, some areas
0:11:39 > 0:11:43have add snow shower after snow shower, particularly in the east of
0:11:43 > 0:11:49London, where as others have had a dusting, that brief snow shower in
0:11:49 > 0:11:52London, maybe one centimetre out of that. That is what the weather said
0:11:52 > 0:11:55is delivering at that moment, that big variety continuing with further
0:11:55 > 0:12:02snow showers. -- we are looking at Thursday and Friday for an area of
0:12:02 > 0:12:06snow, some doubt about how much we will see on Thursday, but likely to
0:12:06 > 0:12:11get some snow on Friday, a longer period of snow. How heavy? That is
0:12:11 > 0:12:14open to debate, we will keep across that, but the transition from
0:12:14 > 0:12:18showers, hit and miss Komla more of us seeing a longer period of snow
0:12:18 > 0:12:25later in the week.And a detailed forecast later, thank you.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Wormwood Scrubs is again under the spotlight,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29just months after a damning report into conditions there.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Now, the family of a 46-year-old prisoner who recently killed himself
0:12:32 > 0:12:34there believe he was let down by the prison management.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39Marc Ashdown reports.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40Four weeks ago, an inmate at Wormwood Scrubs
0:12:40 > 0:12:42was stabbed to death.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Outside, we spoke to worried relatives of other
0:12:44 > 0:12:47prisoners at visiting time.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51I'm terrified what's going to happen next.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Whoever's been visiting today, they are all really shocked.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57This is Sarah today.
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Tragically her partner died at the prison on Friday.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00He took his own life.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03She believes the authorities let him down.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06They could have done more, yes, cos I was concerned and they said
0:13:06 > 0:13:09to me that they would monitor him every day, and I don't
0:13:09 > 0:13:10think that was true.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12So, he was on hunger strike? Yes.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17And I don't think that was true, that he was getting monitored.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Her partner was jailed after he became abusive
0:13:20 > 0:13:23at a betting shop last year.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25After a short sentence, he was due to be deported
0:13:25 > 0:13:26to his native Sri Lanka.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30He had been refusing to eat.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33The Prison Service has offered its sincere condolences
0:13:33 > 0:13:39and says a full independent investigation will be carried out.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42No more prison deaths!
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Protesters outside Wormwood Scrubs earlier this month again raised
0:13:45 > 0:13:52concerns about conditions inside.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53Repeated inspections have flagged staff shortages
0:13:53 > 0:13:54and high levels of violence.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Families just want to know prisoners are safe.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58London prisons take people from local courts,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00and there is a churn of people coming in and out,
0:14:00 > 0:14:04so people will come in on remand or for short periods of time,
0:14:04 > 0:14:06or until they are transferred to a longer term prison.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09So there are people coming and going every day in huge numbers.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12That puts a great strain on the prison because the staff
0:14:12 > 0:14:15They are awash with drugs, vermin, they are overcrowded, filthy,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18under resourced, understaffed.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22They are not safe.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26My partner was a loving person, and...
0:14:26 > 0:14:32I loved him too much, and he shouldn't have...
0:14:32 > 0:14:36He shouldn't, he shouldn't.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38I just...
0:14:38 > 0:14:40I just wish he was with me, that's all.
0:14:40 > 0:14:47Mark Ashdown, BBC London News.
0:14:47 > 0:14:47called
0:14:47 > 0:14:54Still to come before seven:
0:14:54 > 0:15:02making music the Furby way. We meet the East Londoner who has created an
0:15:02 > 0:15:07internet hit with the 90s toy.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08We've heard about the great things that becoming
0:15:08 > 0:15:11the European City of Culture has done for places like
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Hull and Liverpool.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15So, could the same happen here for London with a new London
0:15:15 > 0:15:19borough of culture award.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Up for grabs more than a million pounds to the winning borough.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27But as Ena Miller reports - why announce just one winner -
0:15:27 > 0:15:31when you could have two?
0:15:31 > 0:15:39The London Mayor's call for action. What Boro couldst... Could prove
0:15:39 > 0:15:44that they deserve the title of Borough capital of culture and win
0:15:44 > 0:15:54the £1 million? The entries came flooding in. 22 councils entered,
0:15:54 > 0:15:58two winners for the next two years were announced at the City Hall
0:15:58 > 0:16:04today. Here is the first one.The winner of the London Borough of
0:16:04 > 0:16:12culture 2020 ghosted... LAUGHTER
0:16:12 > 0:16:22It is Brent.Our bid has been about young people and raising aspirations
0:16:22 > 0:16:26for them. Setting up that trust whether young people will be at the
0:16:26 > 0:16:31heart of it, leading from the front is going to make sure that young
0:16:31 > 0:16:35people become the next leaders Brent and London.What would you say to
0:16:35 > 0:16:38those people who think the money could be better spent somewhere
0:16:38 > 0:16:42else?Culture and arts is who we are. We want young people to be
0:16:42 > 0:16:46doing constructive and useful things rather than being led astray and
0:16:46 > 0:16:50giving criminal acts, so it is an investment in young people, in
0:16:50 > 0:16:54communities, but it also brings in jobs and taxes to our city and
0:16:54 > 0:16:59country.The Mayor's job was only done after he announced the winners
0:16:59 > 0:17:04of 2019. And the celebrations continued all the way to
0:17:04 > 0:17:14Walthamstow.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17I work with young people and the general consensus is that the
0:17:17 > 0:17:22authorities don't really care, but I think this is the perfect way and
0:17:22 > 0:17:27the perfect statement to show that, yeah, we do care.Leaving all the
0:17:27 > 0:17:30celebrations behind us, we are entering one of the spaces that will
0:17:30 > 0:17:34benefit from the award. Now, the council says the money will go
0:17:34 > 0:17:38towards developing culture and will also go towards protecting the jobs
0:17:38 > 0:17:45that create it.We need to give more studio spaces, more office desks.
0:17:45 > 0:17:55Each borough at dart-mac it seems a challenge that every borough is up.
0:17:55 > 0:18:03Emma Miller, BBC London News. Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright says he
0:18:03 > 0:18:08cannot make a case for us in Wenger remaining as manager of Arsenal
0:18:08 > 0:18:22beyond the end of this season. -- Arsene. Ian Wright said the club
0:18:22 > 0:18:25should change managers as soon as possible.I want Arsenal to start
0:18:25 > 0:18:29the challenge again and to sign players that make people excited
0:18:29 > 0:18:34again, I want somebody who will come into the Arsenal board who will lay
0:18:34 > 0:18:37down the law to people, and a new manager, whoever that is going to
0:18:37 > 0:18:42be, and the players who are now on easy street literally. A few of them
0:18:42 > 0:18:45own easy street and read out properties on it. It will take
0:18:45 > 0:18:50Arsenal a few years to get back into that because remember, everybody is
0:18:50 > 0:18:53progressing right now and moving forward, all of them.Ian Wright,
0:18:53 > 0:18:56speaking there.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Next, continuing our look at how different cultures in the capital
0:18:58 > 0:18:59have influenced London.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01It coincides with the BBC's documentary series Civilisations
0:19:01 > 0:19:04about significant works of art and what it tells us
0:19:04 > 0:19:05about the people who created them.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Tonight, Wendy Hurrell reports on the connection
0:19:07 > 0:19:09between an artefact in the Wallace Collection and
0:19:09 > 0:19:19the Indian community in Southall.
0:19:23 > 0:19:30Some 300,000 people from the Indian subcontinent live in the capital. In
0:19:30 > 0:19:35Southall in west London, the colour, spice and sound of their culture
0:19:35 > 0:19:43makes snowy streets vibrant. Just up the road in Hayes, traditional
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Indian sweets are being whipped, rolled and decorated.When there is
0:19:47 > 0:19:52the birth of a child, someone is getting married or engaged,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55graduation, any time, Indian sweets are giving out just to celebrate
0:19:55 > 0:20:03with us the joyous occasions.They are named after a word that derives
0:20:03 > 0:20:11from the word for snow. This is a dagger made early in the 1600s and
0:20:11 > 0:20:16evidence points to it having been owned by Prince Koran, who became
0:20:16 > 0:20:24the Mogul emperor and commissioned the Taj Mahal.There are a number of
0:20:24 > 0:20:27things in the Wallace collection that are associated with famous
0:20:27 > 0:20:32historical figures. There is a portrait of the Prince in the
0:20:32 > 0:20:38Victoria and Albert. He he's wearing gold decorated with stones, and it
0:20:38 > 0:20:42has a duck's head over the top. It is a dagger of unprecedented
0:20:42 > 0:20:52richness. It is set with something like 2000 tiny pieces of Ruby,
0:20:52 > 0:21:01emerald and diamond is. -- diamond. It is a human masterpiece, and human
0:21:01 > 0:21:05beings dug some rare materials out of the ground and they made that.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10Its presence here tells us about the British Empire. Its combination of
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Islamic and Hindu styles reveals the secrets of the Muslim empire. Back
0:21:14 > 0:21:21at the burgeoning sweet shop empire in Southall, an opportunity for
0:21:21 > 0:21:29cultural exchange.Rocky road, Eton mess... We will be adding more
0:21:29 > 0:21:35flavours to match the continents.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37And just to say the programme Civilisations is on this Thursday
0:21:37 > 0:21:38at nine o'clock on BBC Two.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39The
0:21:39 > 0:21:42For details of events happening near you, go to the the website,
0:21:42 > 0:21:51bbc.co.uk/civilisations.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Now, you may remember these toy creatures from the late '90s.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56But trust me - you've never seen Furbies quite like this.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Because an East Londoner who prides himself on turning junk into musical
0:21:59 > 0:22:01instruments has made an organ out of them, and it's
0:22:01 > 0:22:06become an online hit.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09So we sent our very own Furby, Gareth Furby, to meet
0:22:09 > 0:22:11the musical inventor.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15We're inside a disused building of the Mile End Road in East London
0:22:15 > 0:22:20to meet a 27-year-old called Sam Battle.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22He's rapidly filling this room with electronic inventions he's
0:22:22 > 0:22:25built himself.
0:22:25 > 0:22:31This is my lair where I make things.
0:22:31 > 0:22:32Basically, I build this stuff.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35They are musical instruments, often made out of other
0:22:35 > 0:22:37people's junk.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39When I'm very lucky, I find it on the streets.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42I've never been shy of diving into a skip when
0:22:42 > 0:22:43I see one.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46And we're not recommending you do this at home,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49but this is a skill Sam's taught himself over the past six years.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51I was quite bad at physics at school,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53not very good at science, didn't get very good grades,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56but I am just very practically minded, so this just
0:22:56 > 0:23:00kind of worked.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02He's starting to make a bit of a name for himself,
0:23:02 > 0:23:11taking his inventions on tour, so here are his top three.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14In third place, the musical bike.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16With a synthesiser and a drum machine on
0:23:16 > 0:23:20it.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22In second place, the megadrone.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26I call it a megadrone because one pitch would
0:23:26 > 0:23:29be a drone, but this is
0:23:29 > 0:23:32100 of them.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35The point is to see what it would sound like.
0:23:35 > 0:23:41If it doesn't exist, build it.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43But even that can't compare to his newest and
0:23:43 > 0:23:46most ambitious creation.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48At number one...
0:23:48 > 0:23:52This is a Furby organ.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56It takes 45 Furbies.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01I've found them in charity shops, car-boot sales.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Each of the Furbies are assigned a note,
0:24:04 > 0:24:09and they are assigned a key to sing, so they are singing in tune.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Of course, for someone who shares the
0:24:12 > 0:24:15name Furby, which has been traced back to medieval Yorkshire but was
0:24:15 > 0:24:21then adopted by a toy company, this is all quite fascinating.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22But even Sam admits he may have created
0:24:22 > 0:24:25something a little unpleasant.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27I've made a monstrosity.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32This is like Frankenstein's evil monster.
0:24:32 > 0:24:38What have I done?!
0:24:38 > 0:24:40It's already a viral hit on the internet, and soon
0:24:40 > 0:24:42they'll be joining him on tour.
0:24:42 > 0:24:50Gareth Furby, BBC London News.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53that is quite something!
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Time for a check on this bitterly cold weather, and Nick's here.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04It is about to get even colder out and about tomorrow. Here is another
0:25:04 > 0:25:08view of the snow shower that came through this afternoon. We have
0:25:08 > 0:25:15another warning out to be aware of the potential for snow. Some places
0:25:15 > 0:25:18will get nothing and others will just get a few centimetres overnight
0:25:18 > 0:25:21and into the morning. We expect the heaviest showers to be well to the
0:25:21 > 0:25:28East of us, running through parts of Essex and Kent, running through
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Surrey overnight and into the morning. You could see a snow shower
0:25:31 > 0:25:35just about anywhere. As we saw in central London today, it doesn't
0:25:35 > 0:25:39take long for that snow to accumulate to a few centimetres.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Those are your overnight temperatures, well below freezing,
0:25:42 > 0:25:45so it will feel bitterly cold in the morning. Check the situation before
0:25:45 > 0:25:49you head out in case the snow showers have had an impact during
0:25:49 > 0:25:52the course of the night on the travel situation near you. A few
0:25:52 > 0:25:56more showers in the morning, but through into the afternoon, it
0:25:56 > 0:26:01becomes mainly dry, with a bit of dry, sunny weather around. It does
0:26:01 > 0:26:04nothing for the temperature. This would be a chilly night at this time
0:26:04 > 0:26:09of year. These are the daytime highs tomorrow, so some not getting above
0:26:09 > 0:26:13freezing. Factor in the wind, this is quite breathtaking. This is what
0:26:13 > 0:26:19it will feel like at times during the day tomorrow. In two minus
0:26:19 > 0:26:22double figures. Talking snow showers at the moment, a quieter day to come
0:26:22 > 0:26:29tomorrow, but then we are watching this area of low pressure coming up
0:26:29 > 0:26:34from Iberia and pushing a spell of snow to southern parts of the UK. As
0:26:34 > 0:26:38we go into Friday, we could see more widespread snow pushing up across
0:26:38 > 0:26:41our path of the world that may be lasting some time. This is the
0:26:41 > 0:26:47outlook as we go through the rest of the week. Look how the temperatures
0:26:47 > 0:26:51head up into the start of next week. Bitterly cold now, but the end is in
0:26:51 > 0:26:52sight.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59The weather is one of our main headlines than that. Snow has caused
0:26:59 > 0:27:03major disruption in many areas across the UK. Treacherous driving
0:27:03 > 0:27:07conditions, train cancellations and dozens of flight delays. Hundreds of
0:27:07 > 0:27:09schools have been closed and there could be worse weather to come
0:27:09 > 0:27:13tomorrow. The international trade Secretary
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Liam Fox says any form of customs union with the EU after Brexit would
0:27:17 > 0:27:24be a complete sell-out for the UK. A major report has found women in
0:27:24 > 0:27:28Greater London are the least likely to be screened for breast cancer.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31London also lags behind other regions when it comes to early
0:27:31 > 0:27:35detection rates. More on the day's stories on the website, and lots of
0:27:35 > 0:27:41your snow pictures on our Facebook page. Thanks for those. I'll be back
0:27:41 > 0:27:44later during the Ten O'Clock News. Thanks for watching and do have a
0:27:44 > 0:27:46lovely evening. Goodbye.