0:00:00 > 0:00:05Never give up.
0:00:05 > 0:00:06Tonight on BBC London News tonight.
0:00:06 > 0:00:12Ten years after a Norwegian student was murdered in London,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15her father sends a message to the main suspect in Arabia -
0:00:15 > 0:00:20that he's still seeking justice.
0:00:20 > 0:00:25We as a family need to know what happened to give us the opportunity
0:00:25 > 0:00:27as a family to have closure in
0:00:27 > 0:00:30And for the first time, we'll hear a response
0:00:30 > 0:00:32from the suspect's family in Yemen.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Also tonight.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Waltham Forest is chosen as the council in London to trial
0:00:37 > 0:00:43a campaign to improve integration and ease racial tensions.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45A new research unit at Imperial College will try to find
0:00:45 > 0:00:49out why thousands of babies are born prematurely in London each year.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51The photographer taking a snapshot of London's commute,
0:00:51 > 0:01:01with a mission to take pictures of every tube station.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Good evening. I'm Asad Ahmad.
0:01:09 > 0:01:17A decade after a Norwegian student was murdered in London,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20her father has told the main suspect in the investigation -
0:01:20 > 0:01:23that the case "will never go away" until justice is served.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Martine Magnussen was found strangled after she went out
0:01:25 > 0:01:29to celebrate her end-of-term exams with friends at a
0:01:29 > 0:01:30nightclub in Mayfair.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33She was seen on CCTV leaving with fellow
0:01:33 > 0:01:35student, Farouk Abdulhak, who hours later fled to Yemen.
0:01:35 > 0:01:45And as Caroline Davis reports - he's never returned to the UK.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51Laughing and smiling, recording a message for her friend, Martine
0:01:51 > 0:01:56Magnusson, studying in London when she was killed ten years ago. Today
0:01:56 > 0:02:01her father was in London to lay flowers at the place her body was
0:02:01 > 0:02:07found, in the basement of flats in great Portland Street.This is a
0:02:07 > 0:02:13place where my life was turned upside down, my family's life was
0:02:13 > 0:02:16turned upside down.Martine had been at a party at a nightclub called
0:02:16 > 0:02:22Maddix and left with a friend and classmate, Farouk Abdulhak. This
0:02:22 > 0:02:26CCTV released today shows them leaving together, the last time
0:02:26 > 0:02:31Martine was seen alive. Her body was found the next day partially covered
0:02:31 > 0:02:37by rubble. She had been raped and struggle. Farouk Abdulhak left the
0:02:37 > 0:02:41country that day and is believed to be in Yemen, a country the UK does
0:02:41 > 0:02:46not have an extradition treaty with. He has refused to return to the UK.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51I would ask him to make himself available to the authorities and
0:02:51 > 0:02:55explain what happened to Martine. We need to know what happened to give
0:02:55 > 0:03:00us the opportunity as a family to have closure in this case. Farouk
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Abdulhak is the son of a billionaire businessman. In what is believed to
0:03:04 > 0:03:12be the first statement from his family, his father said...
0:03:22 > 0:03:28This is an international case and remains high profile in Norway. The
0:03:28 > 0:03:32family and authorities believe it is important to keep it in the public
0:03:32 > 0:03:37eye to influence Farouk Abdulhak to come forward.I appeal he considers
0:03:37 > 0:03:44his position and takes a responsible position and returns. Also he has
0:03:44 > 0:03:48family and friends who can influence him and tell him to do the right
0:03:48 > 0:03:52thing I urge them to speak to him and say now is the time to come back
0:03:52 > 0:03:56to resolve this.The Mets say he would face charges of rape and
0:03:56 > 0:04:02murder if he returned to the UK. Martine's father says he will
0:04:02 > 0:04:07continue to fight.This case is not going away.I am convinced this case
0:04:07 > 0:04:10will be solved.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12That's our top story this evening, but plenty more
0:04:12 > 0:04:18to come on the programme before 7, including...
0:04:18 > 0:04:21As Chelsea prepared to play Barcelona in the Champions League,
0:04:21 > 0:04:26we will watch with fans, set up to try to encourage more female
0:04:26 > 0:04:32supporters in football.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35As you may have heard earlier, the government is spending millions
0:04:35 > 0:04:37of pounds on trying to ease racial and religious tensions -
0:04:37 > 0:04:42and bring communities together.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45The only area in London which'll get some money
0:04:45 > 0:04:47is Waltham Forest.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Our Political Correspondent, Karl Mercer, has been there to find
0:04:49 > 0:04:51out why it's been chosen.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53It could be a high street anywhere in London.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Pretty typical scenes.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55A pretty typical mix of people.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00And a pretty typical mix of languages spoken here.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Waltham Forest is a borough that prides itself on the way
0:05:02 > 0:05:07its different communities get on.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10In fact just last week it was announced it would be
0:05:10 > 0:05:11London's first Borough of Culture.
0:05:11 > 0:05:17This video part of its bid to win the prize.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20What are we doing first?
0:05:20 > 0:05:20Today it won something else.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22A visit from a government minister.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25And £3 million to spend on so-called social integration over
0:05:25 > 0:05:34the next three years.
0:05:34 > 0:05:35The Communities Secretary Sajid Javid talking about his children.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38But keen today to push the need for better English
0:05:38 > 0:05:39across the country.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42That's part of what they'll spend the money on here in Waltham Forest.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43If you don't understand English, you're
0:05:43 > 0:05:47going to not be able to participate in lots of things.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52So, simple things like going to the doctors, and if
0:05:52 > 0:05:55you have to go with an interpreter, you might be embarrassed to describe
0:05:55 > 0:05:58your symptoms, or helping your children who are growing up here and
0:05:58 > 0:06:00going to school here with their homework,
0:06:00 > 0:06:02or even going to parents' evening.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06We caught up with three women currently taking English lessons.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10And now I think not very well but I think my English is good,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12I can understand and I can speak a little bit.
0:06:12 > 0:06:18But not very good.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21To work at my son's school, it was impossible to
0:06:21 > 0:06:25communicate with others.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29It's still hard but I tried my best.
0:06:29 > 0:06:36I have become confident. I can talk with someone. I can tell them
0:06:36 > 0:06:44stories. To my daughter. It is wonderful.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Today won't be this week's only social integration launch though.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48On Friday London's mayor has one too.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Local and national government talking about the same subject.
0:06:52 > 0:06:59But not necessarily on the same page.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02The government funding providing English-language across the country
0:07:02 > 0:07:07has been more than halved since 2010 so it is difficult to believe the
0:07:07 > 0:07:11government saying they think it is an important thing for social
0:07:11 > 0:07:13integration when they have not funded it properly.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14The mayor is expected to put money
0:07:14 > 0:07:24into a new family fund city hall says will help.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29Facebook is banned the pages of Britain First and those of its
0:07:29 > 0:07:36leaders. Louisa Preston has more on this. Britain First had more than 2
0:07:36 > 0:07:40million followers Facebook, which is more than doubled in the next most
0:07:40 > 0:07:44follow party, the Labour Party with just over one million and Facebook
0:07:44 > 0:07:51says they constantly warn Britain First take down hateful content.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55This comes after Twitter suspended the account of Britain First and of
0:07:55 > 0:08:00the two leaders of the group after they pasted anti-Islamic videos. We
0:08:00 > 0:08:07know the US president retweeted those videos that created headlines.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12The two leaders of Britain First were given prison sentences last
0:08:12 > 0:08:18week for hostility towards Muslims. There is an issue of freedom of
0:08:18 > 0:08:23speech and Facebook have been big on this always.They have and they
0:08:23 > 0:08:28addressed the issues straightaway. They released a statement saying we
0:08:28 > 0:08:31are an open platform for all ideas and political speech goes to the
0:08:31 > 0:08:42heart of free expression... Earlier I spoke to the founder of
0:08:42 > 0:08:50tell Mama.There is a distinction between free speech and hate speech.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54People can question religion and anything they want but this was hate
0:08:54 > 0:08:59speech targeted towards a section of the community and the leaders of
0:08:59 > 0:09:03this group, Britain First, have been convicted.The Prime Minister
0:09:03 > 0:09:08Theresa May backed the move by Facebook and also the Mayor of
0:09:08 > 0:09:11London, who is strong on tightening up regulations of the tech
0:09:11 > 0:09:18companies. His statement read Britain First is a vile and hate
0:09:18 > 0:09:29filled group. They seek intentions along these lines.
0:09:32 > 0:09:39A vet from west London has appeared in court charged with helping a gang
0:09:39 > 0:09:40sell thousands of 'illegally bred sick puppies.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Daniel Doherty - who owns MyVet 24/7 -
0:09:42 > 0:09:46denies conspiring to commit fraud by issuing vaccination
0:09:46 > 0:09:48certificates for puppies - who often became ill or died soon
0:09:48 > 0:09:49after they were bought.
0:09:49 > 0:09:59The trial at Isleworth Crown Court is expected to last three weeks.
0:10:04 > 0:10:16Police are appealing for witnesses after a
0:10:17 > 0:10:21boy was shot in north London. No arrests have been made after the
0:10:21 > 0:10:26incident on seven sisters Rd.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Thousands of babies are born prematurely in London every year -
0:10:28 > 0:10:31and so a new research unit at Imperial College has been set
0:10:31 > 0:10:33up to find out why.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Scientists will ask if a bacteria found in some mothers could be
0:10:35 > 0:10:38the cause of early births - or if other factors determine
0:10:38 > 0:10:40when a child is born before its full-term.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Here's Sarah Harris.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42We are building the London Bridge.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Cecelia appreciates every second she can spend with her six-year-old
0:10:45 > 0:10:46daughter.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50Before she was born she had gone through 16 miscarriages
0:10:50 > 0:10:52including a 20-week pregnancy.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54So, when her precious daughter came at
0:10:54 > 0:10:5824 weeks she feared she would die too.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Yes, that was my first thought, and it was a difficult situation and
0:11:01 > 0:11:05I just kept praying to God.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07When the baby came out at 24 weeks there was
0:11:08 > 0:11:10a whole lot of torment in my head.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12I was thinking, my God, is it this time the baby
0:11:12 > 0:11:13is going to make it?
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Is the baby going to make it?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17It was really a tough time for me.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Thousands of babies are born early every
0:11:19 > 0:11:20year across the capital, many
0:11:20 > 0:11:25experience health complications and learning difficulties.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26But now scientists have secured funding to
0:11:26 > 0:11:29find out why and do something about it.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34I would say there's two reasons.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37One is the world-leading expertise and scientists that we have in
0:11:37 > 0:11:37London.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39And secondly, the multi-ethnicity that we see inLondon.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43There may be an interplay between where a person comes from,
0:11:43 > 0:11:48genetic factors, the microbes that live in our body and preterm labour.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50So, London is the perfect place to study that.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Babies weighing as little as 500 grams, or about a
0:11:53 > 0:11:55pound, can survive with intensive care.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Around 5000 premature infants are born in central London
0:11:57 > 0:12:02every year.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Scientists in laboratories will work with those born at Queen
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Charlotte's, St Mary's, Chelsea & Westminster Hospitals.
0:12:07 > 0:12:13The work that we're going to do has come from some
0:12:13 > 0:12:15findings of ours that there is a link between the bacteria that live
0:12:15 > 0:12:19in the reproductive tract and a risk of preterm birth.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21But not everybody who has these sort of abnormal
0:12:21 > 0:12:24bacteria goes into preterm labour.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27So, the question is why do some people respond and other people
0:12:27 > 0:12:28do not?
0:12:28 > 0:12:31I want to do the sprinkles.
0:12:31 > 0:12:31Sprinkles on the cake?
0:12:31 > 0:12:32Yeah.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33Wow.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37She is thriving and happy despite her early start.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Researchers want to make sure that becomes the expected
0:12:39 > 0:12:45outcome for the majority of premature babies across the capital.
0:12:45 > 0:12:52Sarah Harris, BBC London News. premature babies across the capital.
0:12:52 > 0:12:58If you've just joined us, welcome to the programme.
0:12:58 > 0:13:03We celebrate a revival as a play returns to the West End to a theatre
0:13:03 > 0:13:09restored expressly for it. And in a few minutes, having had a
0:13:09 > 0:13:13decent Wednesday across many parts of the region I will have the detail
0:13:13 > 0:13:21on what Thursday has in store.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Activists who took over a building in central London to help house,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27feed and support homeless people - have today been told
0:13:27 > 0:13:30by a judge that
0:13:30 > 0:13:37they must leave.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38The group have been squatting in
0:13:38 > 0:13:40which they now call the Sofia Solidarity Centre.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43And last night alone - over 150 people used it to get help.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Alpa Patel has been down there
0:13:46 > 0:13:51It was opened up during the cold snap. Those who live here say it
0:13:51 > 0:13:55saves lives but the landlord said they have no right to be here and
0:13:55 > 0:14:01want them gone. We met Mo who has spent the last four nights here,
0:14:01 > 0:14:07otherwise he would be on the streets, he says.To be behind doors
0:14:07 > 0:14:11you know nobody will come and attack you in the street, nobody will steal
0:14:11 > 0:14:21your stuff. You feel safe inside. When you stay in the street...This
0:14:21 > 0:14:2418-year-old was originally from Romania but has been sleeping rough.
0:14:24 > 0:14:31He said they try hard to keep the place tidy and respect the premises.
0:14:31 > 0:14:37We clean everything. We are clean people. The people help each other,
0:14:37 > 0:14:42give them food.The food is like a medicine to them. Although it is
0:14:42 > 0:14:47almost empty on the first floor, we are told as many as 160 people
0:14:47 > 0:14:54stayed here last night. Among the sleeping bags and tents, their
0:14:54 > 0:14:59photographs and books. For some, this place is their home. Locals are
0:14:59 > 0:15:04worried. They told us they seen people you're dating outside the
0:15:04 > 0:15:10building and are worried about drunkenness and aggressive behaviour
0:15:10 > 0:15:20-- urinating.We have a no alcohol policy. Where possible it is not
0:15:20 > 0:15:24policed, but the volunteers are here 24 hours a day and we help people
0:15:24 > 0:15:29with their problems a lot of the day and we try to keep the place clean.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33The landlord would say it is their building. And that you have no right
0:15:33 > 0:15:39to be here.This building has been empty 15 years and we have people
0:15:39 > 0:15:44dying on the streets. Have I got a right to be here? We have created
0:15:44 > 0:15:49not just a place for people to sleep and eat but to find themselves back
0:15:49 > 0:15:54in their true selves and contributing to this, it feels we
0:15:54 > 0:15:58have created the biggest family. That family will now be broken up
0:15:58 > 0:16:03after a judge decided this evening the squatters must leave. With
0:16:03 > 0:16:08temperatures predicted to drop this weekend, these are anxious hours for
0:16:08 > 0:16:21the squatters of the Sophia Solidarity centre.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Navas snapshots of London and a look at our daily lives on the
0:16:24 > 0:16:31Underground. This urban photographer took the pictures. Wanting to take
0:16:31 > 0:16:41pictures of all 270 stations. Why? It started weirdly because on my
0:16:41 > 0:16:45commute I started realising I was taking loads of pictures and I
0:16:45 > 0:16:48actually had lots of stations, I was just taking them on the way to work
0:16:48 > 0:16:51on the way home, and I thought, no one has seen these images, they just
0:16:51 > 0:16:55stayed on a hard drive, loads of us take pictures and we don't share the
0:16:55 > 0:16:58anymore so I thought I would make the website and start sharing the
0:16:58 > 0:17:02images and became a mission to try to take not just snapshots but
0:17:02 > 0:17:07something arty at each station, something arty, interesting.You
0:17:07 > 0:17:10have certainly done that, arty and interesting. If I describe Londoners
0:17:10 > 0:17:18to non-Londoners, they are resilient, when I look at what you
0:17:18 > 0:17:22have captured around London, has it can to decide of them you were not
0:17:22 > 0:17:27aware of before?Londoners can actually talk to you on the tube,
0:17:27 > 0:17:32bizarrely.Now that's going too far! Go on, tell us, that does happen
0:17:32 > 0:17:35because when I take pictures people ask me what I'm doing and then I
0:17:35 > 0:17:39explained about the project and it's quite interesting because you don't
0:17:39 > 0:17:45need to be a tube geek to get interest. You see a station and say,
0:17:45 > 0:17:50I go there, that's where I met her, that's where we done this, we have
0:17:50 > 0:17:53that experience here. These pictures are sort of snapshots that connect
0:17:53 > 0:17:58all Londoners together. Trying to get all of the stations, it's funny
0:17:58 > 0:18:01because it's amazing, its quite a lot of effort to get every station
0:18:01 > 0:18:05and get something interesting.You are going around all of the tube
0:18:05 > 0:18:07stations. I know this is tough but if there was a Tube station that
0:18:07 > 0:18:13summed up London, one Tube station and you have got to go to to see
0:18:13 > 0:18:16what London is about, any one that jumps to mind?I knew that you would
0:18:16 > 0:18:21ask that one.It is a difficult question. I suppose the most
0:18:21 > 0:18:26interesting would be Bank because it is a massive station joined to the
0:18:26 > 0:18:32Monument, it has one of the only two tube stations to have a travelator,
0:18:32 > 0:18:36a flat escalator, and it's got interesting tunnels and things. But
0:18:36 > 0:18:42there's nice visual stations like James Hill and other stations.You
0:18:42 > 0:18:45know you are going to make me and all my viewers look at tube stations
0:18:45 > 0:18:49differently now.Thank you for sharing your thoughts and pictures
0:18:49 > 0:18:50with us.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Football, and Chelsea face a huge match in
0:18:52 > 0:18:53the Champions League tonight.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55They're away to Barcelona.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Chelsea will have to score if they're to make it
0:18:58 > 0:19:00through to the quarterfinals after the first leg
0:19:00 > 0:19:02at Stamford Bridge finished 1-1.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07Every single player, to play this type of game
0:19:07 > 0:19:09against Barcelona at the Nou Camp, you must be excited,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12you must be excited to play these types of games.
0:19:12 > 0:19:18A lot of my players have never played in this stadium.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19This is their first time.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24And we want to try and do our best.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28As you can imagine there is no shortage of Chelsea fans heading to
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Catalonia's capital for the match, while many more will be watching
0:19:30 > 0:19:33right here.
0:19:33 > 0:19:38Let's hear from Chris Slegg, who's with some fans in Dalston.
0:19:38 > 0:19:45This isn't a group of exclusively Chelsea fans, but it's a group of
0:19:45 > 0:19:49exclusively female fans because to my's event was organised by a group
0:19:49 > 0:19:53called This Fan Girl who are trying to encourage more female supporters
0:19:53 > 0:19:56into football. I will speak to a couple in a minute the first of all
0:19:56 > 0:20:00news on this theme today because Tottenham Hotspur have apologised
0:20:00 > 0:20:04for a survey they centre their fans in America which included a sexist
0:20:04 > 0:20:08question. Fans were asked to what extent they agreed with a number of
0:20:08 > 0:20:11statements, and one of those statements, a woman's place is in
0:20:11 > 0:20:17the home. Ottoman's pointed out that a third party put the survey
0:20:17 > 0:20:20together and they say it is a regrettable oversight and wholly
0:20:20 > 0:20:25unacceptable and apologised for the offence course. Let's speak to Amy
0:20:25 > 0:20:28and Emma if I could interrupt your football viewing. Amy Cole what is
0:20:28 > 0:20:33your response to that question sent out by Tottenham?I think it is
0:20:33 > 0:20:36great they have apologised but ultimately it is really
0:20:36 > 0:20:40disappointing. Spurs have incredible female football base, so I don't
0:20:40 > 0:20:44know, it feels like a bit of a punch in the stomach for some of their
0:20:44 > 0:20:49female fans.How did you come to set up This Fan Grl and what are you
0:20:49 > 0:20:52trying to achieve?It was a photography series to start with,
0:20:52 > 0:20:56last season we went to every single Premier League club in the country
0:20:56 > 0:20:59and photographed the women of every single club and we got to speak to
0:20:59 > 0:21:02them and tell their stories and understand their experiences of
0:21:02 > 0:21:06being a female football fan in this country.Emma, some people would say
0:21:06 > 0:21:10there is no shortage of female fans at grounds today. Is there really a
0:21:10 > 0:21:14need for a group like yours? Totally, if you googled female
0:21:14 > 0:21:17footballers you would still get a lot of sexualised images from the
0:21:17 > 0:21:21big brands and from the bigger teams, from the FA, what we want is
0:21:21 > 0:21:26a bit more 5-a-side getting stuck in, Gresini is, lace up your boots
0:21:26 > 0:21:33females, there must be a change from the top-down. -- Grassi knees.We
0:21:33 > 0:21:37did a survey recently and we found that over 50% of women experienced
0:21:37 > 0:21:41sexism whilst at a football match. So, it shows there is a need for
0:21:41 > 0:21:46groups like This Fan Grl and there needs to be a bit more solidarity
0:21:46 > 0:21:50and females getting involved with them.I need your prediction for
0:21:50 > 0:21:55tonight, Chelsea against Barcelona, how is it going to go?2-1,
0:21:55 > 0:22:01Barcelona, I am a Spurs fan.I think Barcelona might just do it.Enjoyed
0:22:01 > 0:22:06tonight's game. Not much confidence for Chelsea but we have since and
0:22:06 > 0:22:09cracking Chelsea- Barcelona games over the years and hopefully another
0:22:09 > 0:22:14one to not. Kick off at 7:45pm, live commentary on BBC 5 live. Chris in
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Dalston, thank you.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Over 70 years after the classic David Lean film,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21and a decade after it was last on stage in London,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Brief Encounter is back.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26It's about a married woman who's life becomes complicated
0:22:26 > 0:22:27after a chance meeting with a stranger
0:22:27 > 0:22:28at a railway station.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Emma North has been to the Empire Cinema on Haymarket,
0:22:31 > 0:22:36where the production is on.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40We leaned upon the parapet of the bridge and looked down into the
0:22:40 > 0:22:40water.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42It is cinema's great story of forbidden love.
0:22:42 > 0:22:43Cold?
0:22:43 > 0:22:44No, not really.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Happy?
0:22:46 > 0:22:49No, not really.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Where a stiff upper lip hides swirling
0:22:53 > 0:22:57emotions, all to the soaring music of Rachmaninov.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00Brief encounter has been billed as the most romantic
0:23:00 > 0:23:05British film ever made.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Now it is back on the London stage after a ten
0:23:07 > 0:23:11year gap.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13But where Alec and Laura's screen love story burns under the
0:23:13 > 0:23:17surface, in this adaptation you get a glimpse of what could have been.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Love and particularly forbidden love is timeless.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Throughout our history as human beings there has
0:23:23 > 0:23:25been love that has somehow been forbidden,
0:23:25 > 0:23:30or judged, or seemed to be wrong, for whatever reason.
0:23:30 > 0:23:40And outside the auditorium, they let loose, also.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43When the audience walk in we have a live band, and
0:23:43 > 0:23:44they are welcomed in.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46So I think straightaway we set up a world that
0:23:46 > 0:23:49is kind of 1938 and what it would
0:23:49 > 0:23:50have been like going to see that film.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53This isn't just about the revival of a play, it is about the
0:23:53 > 0:23:55revival of an entire building.
0:23:55 > 0:23:56It originally opened as a much bigger
0:23:56 > 0:23:57theatre in 1926.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00But, for the last ten years, it has been a multiplex cinema.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Its restoration has been a rapid labour of love.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Three weeks ago this was all purple.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11It was basically the colours of the 1970s
0:24:11 > 0:24:15triplex and we took it back to how it was in 1926, complete with five
0:24:15 > 0:24:19chandeliers.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22It was trying to give an audience an old cinematic
0:24:22 > 0:24:25excitement and adventure, whilst coming to see
0:24:25 > 0:24:28a theatre piece in the
0:24:28 > 0:24:30cinema.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Playing in an auditorium two floors above a
0:24:34 > 0:24:36working cinema, this version of Brief Encounter brings
0:24:36 > 0:24:39stage and screen together in its most literal sense.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43There is something for both fans of the film here, and those who love
0:24:43 > 0:24:44the theatre.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48Emma North, BBC London News.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52It is a classic film but one that neither Philip nor I have seen yet,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55it must be on our list. Indeed but of the British film
0:24:55 > 0:24:59industry relied on me I'm afraid it would be absolutely on its uppers. I
0:24:59 > 0:25:00really must get out more!
0:25:02 > 0:25:07Good evening, enough of my stories, our weather watchers thankfully get
0:25:07 > 0:25:10out and about, joyfully so here, I will not insult you by saying where
0:25:10 > 0:25:18that is. This was in fact a bit further north west, towards
0:25:18 > 0:25:26Highgate. Lovely day, I wish I'd seen more of it. But things are
0:25:26 > 0:25:29going downhill pretty rapidly after midnight because some very wet
0:25:29 > 0:25:31weather that has been a bit of a plague across Northern Ireland and
0:25:31 > 0:25:35south-west of England the greater part of today will be ours in the
0:25:35 > 0:25:39second half of the night. Not a particularly cold night by any
0:25:39 > 0:25:43means, 5-8 should just about cover it. If you have a very early commute
0:25:43 > 0:25:47on Thursday morning it will be wet and if you are out and about on the
0:25:47 > 0:25:51school run later on, it maybe there is lots of surface water around but
0:25:51 > 0:25:55the bay improves markedly come the afternoon. Don't hold me to the fact
0:25:55 > 0:25:59we will have a shower at 1500 to the east of Broxbourne, it is indicative
0:25:59 > 0:26:02that we may see the odd shower but look at the temperatures, De Gendt
0:26:02 > 0:26:09sort of where we were today, 11th, 12, 13, something of that order. On
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Friday, decent start to the day, a fair amount of sunshine, but again
0:26:12 > 0:26:17with a bit of warmth, spring warmth, dare I say it, and I'd better had
0:26:17 > 0:26:21because I know what's coming, 11, 12, 13 but it may trigger one or two
0:26:21 > 0:26:28showers. And then, he said ominously, it goes downhill quite
0:26:28 > 0:26:31rapidly because we tap into this may look familiar, because this is
0:26:31 > 0:26:36exactly the pattern that brought us the snow just a few days ago. We are
0:26:36 > 0:26:39going to pull in a lot of cold air right across the whole of the
0:26:39 > 0:26:43British Isles. If you're moving away from the south-east for the weekend,
0:26:43 > 0:26:47there is no escape. I think if you stay further east in the British
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Isles you have the greatest chance of seeing some snow showers but it
0:26:51 > 0:26:56is just a temporary dip in the temperatures, back to a nice 12
0:26:56 > 0:26:56is just a temporary dip in the temperatures, back to a nice 12 on
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Wednesday. Cold just in time for the weekend,
0:26:59 > 0:27:04which is a shame. Thank you very much. Now for a look at the main
0:27:04 > 0:27:08headlines on this second Wednesday in March.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Scientists, politicians and actors have paid tribute to world-renowned
0:27:10 > 0:27:12physicist Stephen Hawking, who's died at the age of 76.
0:27:12 > 0:27:17He was diagnosed with motor neurone disease - aged 22.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Prime Minister, Theresa May has ordered 23 Russian
0:27:19 > 0:27:21diplomats to leave Britain - and announced a number of sanctions
0:27:21 > 0:27:24against the country.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26It follows Moscow's refusal to explain how a Russian-made nerve
0:27:26 > 0:27:30agent was used on a former spy in Salisbury.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32That's it.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36The past half hour's flown by for me.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39I'll be back at 10:30pm on BBC One - for more.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40I hope you can join me then.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Have a lovely evening.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Bye-bye.