0:00:00 > 0:00:00That's all from the BBC News at Six, so it's goodbye from me
0:00:04 > 0:00:05On BBC London News tonight.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07£20 million and counting to house Grenfell Fire victims in hotels,
0:00:07 > 0:00:11as a number of residents say they're still waiting - and wanting -
0:00:11 > 0:00:17permanent homes.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21Never mind the amount of money you are rowing in there, listen to what
0:00:21 > 0:00:27our needs were, that would have saved time, a lot of monetary policy
0:00:27 > 0:00:31and a lot of criticism as well and a lot of unhappiness.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32lot of unhappiness.
0:00:32 > 0:00:33Labour accuses the Tory council of "incompetence".
0:00:33 > 0:00:34Also tonight.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38The family of a builder who died in hospital after routine surgery
0:00:38 > 0:00:40want a new inquest into his death, after the surgeon's conviction
0:00:40 > 0:00:43for manslaughter was quashed.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48There has been no justice, there has been no full picture of what has
0:00:48 > 0:00:52happened. We want the truth. We want to know what happened, and we don't
0:00:52 > 0:00:55want to to happen again.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56want to to happen again.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58The 24-hour a day nightmare for residents in Fulham.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00How building work on London's "super-sewer"
0:01:00 > 0:01:01is ruining their lives.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04And we take a trip deep under the Thames to discover
0:01:04 > 0:01:05one of London's most unusual performance spaces.
0:01:05 > 0:01:15You won't believe where it is.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24Good evening.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25Good evening.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Over 20 million pounds has been paid in hotel bills to keep survivors
0:01:28 > 0:01:30of the Grenfell Tower fire in accommodation.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Kensington and Chelsea Council has met the cost, but it's understood
0:01:33 > 0:01:41the Government will repay about half of it.
0:01:41 > 0:01:4471 people died in the fire in June, with dozens of families
0:01:44 > 0:01:45still in temporary accommodation.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47The Council says it's doing all it can to re-house them,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49but opponents have called the multi-million pound spend
0:01:49 > 0:01:50"wasteful and incompetent".
0:01:50 > 0:01:57Here's Marc Ashdown.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02I managed to stop the smoke from coming in.An on the owe was one of
0:02:02 > 0:02:05the last people rescued from Grenfell Tower. As these pictures
0:02:05 > 0:02:11show he lost everything. He has finely been moved into a temporary
0:02:11 > 0:02:15flat after spending seven months in a hotel. Life is still on hold. He
0:02:15 > 0:02:19thinks the council could have worked better with residents.Never mind
0:02:19 > 0:02:21the amount of money you throw in there, but you know, the advice is
0:02:21 > 0:02:26that we could have given to them, from day one, from day two, listen
0:02:26 > 0:02:32to what our needs were, that would have saved time, a lot of money and
0:02:32 > 0:02:38a lot of criticism as well and a lot of unhappiness on our behalf.Since
0:02:38 > 0:02:44the tragedy the council has spent 21 million on hotels for those
0:02:44 > 0:02:50affected. 210 households needed rehousing, so far 188 have accepted
0:02:50 > 0:02:55a new home, some are temporary which means 22 households have yet to
0:02:55 > 0:02:59accept a home so are still in emergency accommodation. According
0:02:59 > 0:03:04to Labour Grenfell Tower would in today's money have cost about £7
0:03:04 > 0:03:08million to build so for the £21 million the council spent on hotel
0:03:08 > 0:03:13rooms it could in theory have rebuilt the tower three times over.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16I condemn the Council for its conduct before, during and after,
0:03:16 > 0:03:21they shouldn't have made these promises and give people unrealistic
0:03:21 > 0:03:27expectations if they weren't capable of delivering them. It is a
0:03:27 > 0:03:30disgraceful waste of public money and more importantly a terrible
0:03:30 > 0:03:34letting down of people who were still living in hotel, because I can
0:03:34 > 0:03:38assure you no-one wants to carry on living in hotels.Council said they
0:03:38 > 0:03:42have an army of staff working round-the-clock to try and rehouse
0:03:42 > 0:03:46families and they have spent 235 million securing more than 300 hopes
0:03:46 > 0:03:52to give people the maximum choice. So we are all individual, we are all
0:03:52 > 0:03:59human beings, of a certain age as well and therefore, we have to have
0:03:59 > 0:04:04something that is really fitting and suiting us.Antonio counts himself
0:04:04 > 0:04:07lucky, one day hopes to get on with his life. Others were not so
0:04:07 > 0:04:09fortunate.
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Others were not so fortunate.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12That's our top story this evening.
0:04:12 > 0:04:18And this is what's still to come on the programme.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22A £600 million extension but can this new vision in White City really
0:04:22 > 0:04:25buck the downward trend of the high street?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28buck the downward trend of the high street?
0:04:28 > 0:04:32The family of a man who died at a private hospital in Harrow
0:04:32 > 0:04:33after undergoing routine knee surgery is calling
0:04:33 > 0:04:36for answers to what happened, eight years after James Hughes' death.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Surgeon Dr David Sellu, who served time for his manslaughter,
0:04:38 > 0:04:41later had his conviction quashed and was cleared last month
0:04:41 > 0:04:42at a medical tribunal.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Now Mr Hughes' family want a new inquest
0:04:44 > 0:04:49to establish exactly what happened.
0:04:49 > 0:04:59Our political editor, Tim Donovan has been speaking to them.
0:05:00 > 0:05:07He was the life and soul of every party, he was very social, knew
0:05:07 > 0:05:11people from every different walk of life.For gym Hugh's daughter it is
0:05:11 > 0:05:18hard to understand let alone accept. You know, absolutely devastating
0:05:18 > 0:05:23impact on all of us for the rest of our lives.It was February 2010 and
0:05:23 > 0:05:27her father was apparently recovering well from his knee op which had been
0:05:27 > 0:05:30done here, at the Clementine Churchill hospital in harrow. Then
0:05:30 > 0:05:36he got severe stomach pain, two days past before he had surgery, for a
0:05:36 > 0:05:41perforated bowel, he died a later, why was nothing done sooner?Dad had
0:05:41 > 0:05:46to call his own GP from his hospital bed op his mobile phone, to get
0:05:46 > 0:05:50help. We know he was in agony because he spoke to people, he told
0:05:50 > 0:05:55people he was, on the phone, I can't talk, I'm in agony, too much pain, I
0:05:55 > 0:06:00can't talk. He talked about a burning sensation, he felt like
0:06:00 > 0:06:07there was flames, fire through his abdomen.For a while she thought she
0:06:07 > 0:06:11had a partial explanation when surgeon Dr David Sellu was jailed
0:06:11 > 0:06:19for manslaughters. Last year, that conviction was quashed on appeal.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23And this month he was cleared of all 11 counts by a medical tribunal. It
0:06:23 > 0:06:28wasn't held he should have operatedier, a detailed written
0:06:28 > 0:06:32judgment Maggie finds hard read and accept. She says it was never just
0:06:32 > 0:06:37about one doctor, the families concerned at the general level of
0:06:37 > 0:06:42care he got at the private hospital. If he had been anywhere else,
0:06:42 > 0:06:48absolutely anywhere else, if my dad had been in Tesco, when his bowel
0:06:48 > 0:06:52ruptured, he would probably have been alive today. If he had actually
0:06:52 > 0:06:56when he wasn't getting the response, instead of staying in that hospital,
0:06:56 > 0:07:01room, and phoning his own GP from his hospital bed, if he had crawled
0:07:01 > 0:07:05out into the street, he would probably be alive today.
0:07:05 > 0:07:11A much missed brother, father and grandfather, Jim Hughes has begun
0:07:11 > 0:07:14his retirement here near Portadown in Ireland after running a
0:07:14 > 0:07:18successful building firm in west London. His which doe says she is
0:07:18 > 0:07:22bewildered.Just don't trust the legal system. I have no trust in
0:07:22 > 0:07:27anything, and I just think, well, we're back right where we started
0:07:27 > 0:07:31but I can't even, in my mind I can't go back there, I can't think of it
0:07:31 > 0:07:35so I am left going on from day-to-day. But I am getting upset
0:07:35 > 0:07:42now because I am thinking of it, and, we are just... Nowhere to turn
0:07:42 > 0:07:45any more and I don't want any controversy, I just want to live a
0:07:45 > 0:07:50life. I just want answers to know why did he die?Which is why Maggie
0:07:50 > 0:07:55wants the inquest re-opened.The only person I can see that could be
0:07:55 > 0:07:59interested in a big picture or have the power to look at big picture
0:07:59 > 0:08:04would be the coroner, I think there is lots of failings and they need to
0:08:04 > 0:08:07be accountable. It is not retribution, we want the truth. We
0:08:07 > 0:08:11don't want it brushed under the carpet. My dad no way would have
0:08:11 > 0:08:18accepted that.Whether she gets her wish will be up to the coroner, Dr
0:08:18 > 0:08:24David Sellu said he would welcome a new hearing. The hospital added
0:08:24 > 0:08:30appreciated the family's lost was felt as acutely now as when he died.
0:08:30 > 0:08:36His daughter says she won't let the matter rest. Testify
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Testify
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Actress Liz Hurley has urged the public to share CCTV footage
0:08:41 > 0:08:43of a car police want to trace, after her nephew was stabbed two
0:08:43 > 0:08:44weeks ago in Wandsworth.
0:08:44 > 0:08:4721-year-old Miles Hurley, lost four pints of blood
0:08:47 > 0:08:50when he and a friend were attacked by a group of men following a car
0:08:50 > 0:08:51crash in Battersea.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53The image was released by Scotland Yard, who said
0:08:53 > 0:08:55it was "sheer luck" that they weren't more
0:08:55 > 0:09:05seriously injured.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Detectives investigating the death of murdered Russian businessman
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Nikolai Glushkov in Malden are appealing to drivers
0:09:09 > 0:09:11and cyclists with dashcam or helmet footage to contact them.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14The former Aeroflot airline deputy director was found strangled
0:09:14 > 0:09:15at his terraced house last week.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Scotland Yard wants anyone with footage near the 68-year-old's
0:09:17 > 0:09:27home on the 11th or 12th of March - to send it in.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34It's a common complaint among young people in London -
0:09:34 > 0:09:37that there aren't enough places to go to after school.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39And today, it's been argued that that leads to crime,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42and cuts to London's youth services in recent years is one of
0:09:42 > 0:09:43the reasons knife crime is rising.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46So the Mayor of London has decided to tackle things head on,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48while the government says its doing its bit too.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53Ayshea Buksh has more.
0:09:53 > 0:09:59Since the 60 it was a place for local children to hang out. But for
0:09:59 > 0:10:03five years now, Grove Park Youth Club has stood empty it was closed
0:10:03 > 0:10:07by the council following cuts to its budget from the Government. Local
0:10:07 > 0:10:11resident Garfield Clark has five sons and says some of them used to
0:10:11 > 0:10:21go there.Table tennis, school work, activity, so many classes they used
0:10:21 > 0:10:26to do there as well, after classes, out door, indoor, it was very good.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29So I don't know the reason they close it down.Campaigners hope to
0:10:29 > 0:10:33bring it back to community use, despite earlier interest shown by
0:10:33 > 0:10:40property developers in the site. Since it has been closed, we have
0:10:40 > 0:10:45had anti-social behaviour, a number of stabbings, including a fatality,
0:10:45 > 0:10:50which think it atrocious, it would probably cost £27,000 to open the
0:10:50 > 0:10:54doors tomorrow.New research shows over the last seven years £39
0:10:54 > 0:10:59million has been lost from youth service budget, 81 centres have shut
0:10:59 > 0:11:05down and 800 youth worker posts have closed.The austerity pressures from
0:11:05 > 0:11:09national Government is the fact they are not a statutory service, you
0:11:09 > 0:11:12don't have to provide dedicated youth centres, that is why they have
0:11:12 > 0:11:17been cut. I think the mayor has introduced a new fund, he is giving
0:11:17 > 0:11:2045 million over three years following campaigns I have run. The
0:11:20 > 0:11:26Government need to step in, and fill the rest of the gap.
0:11:26 > 0:11:32And some of the mayor's extra funding has gone to Brixton music
0:11:32 > 0:11:37charity Raw Material it works with hundreds of young people each year
0:11:37 > 0:11:41At risk young people, educational support work with special needs and
0:11:41 > 0:11:45so on is just like, it doesn't seem to be, you talk about it but there
0:11:45 > 0:11:52isn't the money for it. So we still, what we do is keep the best kind of
0:11:52 > 0:11:57service going we can, and limit our expenditure. Although I am faced
0:11:57 > 0:12:01with staff cuts now.Lewisham Council says it continues to invest
0:12:01 > 0:12:04in youth service while the Government says it is funding
0:12:04 > 0:12:09various programmes to help young people.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11various programmes to help young people.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Westfield in White City - has become Europe's largest shopping
0:12:13 > 0:12:15centre, after opening a new £600 million extension.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18It comes almost a decade after it opened its doors in west London -
0:12:18 > 0:12:20but there are critics, eEspecially local businesses
0:12:20 > 0:12:23on the High Street and those who question the very future
0:12:23 > 0:12:28of retail stores.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Frankie McCamley is at Westfield for us this evening with more.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Frankie.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Yes, can you believe Westfield shopping sceptre is nearly ten years
0:12:41 > 0:12:48old? We have in the new £600 million extension, as you can see behind me
0:12:48 > 0:12:52the brand-new John Lewis, Primark will open soon, you can see shoppers
0:12:52 > 0:12:56are here enjoying what they have got to offer, but I have been asking a
0:12:56 > 0:13:02few people what they miss from the high street.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05The high street it was local and mostly local people you meant in the
0:13:05 > 0:13:10high street as opposed to here, there are a lot of people who have
0:13:10 > 0:13:12come from everywhere else.I don't really Miss Anything about the high
0:13:12 > 0:13:17street. I just think it is good that everything is in one place.We used
0:13:17 > 0:13:21to socialise, we would have a walk round but like I said, now we come
0:13:21 > 0:13:25to the centres like malls or centres like these where we do the same
0:13:25 > 0:13:31thing we did on the high street. As you can hear, some people saying,
0:13:31 > 0:13:37talking about what they miss from the high street. Joining me is a
0:13:37 > 0:13:40representative from Westfield. Just tell me, you have a lot of
0:13:40 > 0:13:45competitor, you have still got the high street, how you staying
0:13:45 > 0:13:49relevantBy creating what you see here today, which is a beautiful
0:13:49 > 0:13:53combination of design, retail of dining, leisure, entertainment, and
0:13:53 > 0:13:58a real place where people can connect with each other.And, I
0:13:58 > 0:14:02mean, this is another shopping centre, are there are too many in
0:14:02 > 0:14:06the country?I think as long as you deliver to what a consumer needs and
0:14:06 > 0:14:10what is important to consumers now and it is very much about creating
0:14:10 > 0:14:14that experience, and that destination, then, these types of
0:14:14 > 0:14:19shopping centres really have a role to play.Jeremy Baker, you are a
0:14:19 > 0:14:22retail expert, do you think they have got it right, do you think it
0:14:22 > 0:14:27is a thing of the past?Think they are doing very well here, they are
0:14:27 > 0:14:31fighting with Oxford Street, and there is Harrods out there,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34Selfridge, they are in battle, and they are taking on Oxford Street.Do
0:14:34 > 0:14:39you think it will stand the test of time though?Everything in retail
0:14:39 > 0:14:43disappears in the end so in about 30 years' time we will come back,
0:14:43 > 0:14:49lights are off, huge cobwebs everywhere and we will think what
0:14:49 > 0:14:54happened in 2018. At the moment it is 2018 glamour.Wonderful. Thank
0:14:54 > 0:14:58you for joining us, whether it will stem stand the test of time that is
0:14:58 > 0:15:05yet to be seen.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10Let us sigh what is still to come tonight.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Using football to change live, how Sport Relief has been helping
0:15:13 > 0:15:20youngsters in south London. And we take a trip deep under the
0:15:20 > 0:15:28Thames to discover one of London's most unusual performance spaces.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Residents in Fulham say their lives have been ruined after construction
0:15:31 > 0:15:34work on Thames Water's 'Super Sewer' started going on through the night.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Last month, permission was granted for workers
0:15:35 > 0:15:37to operate 24 hours a day, but residents complain
0:15:37 > 0:15:40they can't sleepand the noise they say is "like torture".
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Victoria Cook has been to the area to find out
0:15:42 > 0:15:52what its like for herself.
0:15:52 > 0:16:01Imagine trying to sleep next to this.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Joel and Joe Watts flat overlooks the Thames Tideway Tunnel
0:16:03 > 0:16:08construction work.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10They've been filming it at night to capture the
0:16:10 > 0:16:11noise levels.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13The line's been crossed for us.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14It's almost like a human rights issue.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19We just want to sleep.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21You should be able to sleep in your own flat.
0:16:21 > 0:16:22Your own accommodation.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24We want to sleep at night.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27We want the noise to...
0:16:27 > 0:16:29We want very little noise if no noise.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31No noise would be the best outcome for us.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33The Thames Tideway tunnel's a major new super sewer for London
0:16:33 > 0:16:36it's designed to stop the 39 million tonnes of sewerage that currently
0:16:36 > 0:16:38overflows into the Thames every year.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Although construction has started, the actual tunnelling is
0:16:40 > 0:16:42due to begin later this year, the works and noise will then
0:16:42 > 0:16:59continue through to 2023.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01What we're doing and what we are continuing to do is
0:17:01 > 0:17:02engage with the community.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07Understand what it is we need to do.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11We've done a whole series of improvement measures already, from
0:17:11 > 0:17:13greasing pieces of equipment, from turning horns off and we will
0:17:13 > 0:17:16continue to work with them to understand what else we can do to
0:17:17 > 0:17:18minimise any disruption.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Some residents, like Marsha Brackett, have
0:17:20 > 0:17:21been given sound proofing already.
0:17:21 > 0:17:30But the noise is still getting through.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33The flats actually shake like an earthquake and my
0:17:33 > 0:17:34daughter, who is only four, she has nightmares
0:17:34 > 0:17:43and she wakes up in the
0:17:43 > 0:17:45night and asks - "mum, can I sleep with you?"
0:17:45 > 0:17:48She has to be in my bed for quite a while.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50The decision to allow 24 hour works here was given
0:17:50 > 0:17:52by central government.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54It says it's imposed strict controls on the noise
0:17:54 > 0:17:56levels here, but the local authority, Hammersmith and Fulham,
0:17:56 > 0:17:59says the type of noise coming from the site means the locals
0:17:59 > 0:18:00are still disrupted.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03It says it's now helping people with claims of compensation
0:18:03 > 0:18:04and, where it's possible, it will try and relocate
0:18:04 > 0:18:05people temporarily.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Victoria Cook, BBC London News.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11We're half-way through Sport Relief week, with millions of pounds
0:18:11 > 0:18:12hopefully being raised for vulnerable people
0:18:12 > 0:18:14across the UK and the world.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18But you only need to look around London to see how some of the money
0:18:18 > 0:18:24from previous years has been spent right here.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25Like the BigKid Foundation in Stockwell.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Chris Slegg has been down there to find-out what they do.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Hey, listen, there's zero communication going
0:18:29 > 0:18:32on with you lot as well.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Shaninga Marasha set up a mentoring scheme when he was still at school,
0:18:35 > 0:18:38it later became known as the BigKid Foundation.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Now 35, he has helped transform the lives of scores
0:18:41 > 0:18:44of youngsters in south London.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47A lot of these young people come from really challenging backgrounds
0:18:47 > 0:18:50and what we try and do is create a safe environment for the,
0:18:50 > 0:18:53a space where they can freely express themselves.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56But at the same time, we try and give them
0:18:56 > 0:18:58opportunities to volunteer, to really give back to the local
0:18:58 > 0:19:01community, to give back to the young people that they work with.
0:19:01 > 0:19:0417-year-old Weze says he struggled with anger management issues
0:19:04 > 0:19:07until these sessions helped bring structure to his life.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11I've been here for three or four years and it's
0:19:11 > 0:19:15changed me because me, I have a little bit of a temper,
0:19:15 > 0:19:18so it's helped me to control it and, you know, be welcoming to people
0:19:18 > 0:19:21who are new to football, especially here.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26The work being done here is made possible thanks to money raised
0:19:26 > 0:19:28by Sport Relief and funding from the National Lottery and
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Government through the iwill fund.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35The money from Sport Relief and the iwill fund has helped us
0:19:35 > 0:19:37tremendously because what it does is, it makes the programme
0:19:37 > 0:19:40sustainable and what the young people need is consistency.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42It's allowed us to engage with their parents, engage
0:19:42 > 0:19:43with other local organisations.
0:19:43 > 0:19:50Also give the young people opportunities to grow with us.
0:19:50 > 0:19:5218-year-old Nuno says sport has provided him
0:19:52 > 0:19:54with a vital outlet, having grown up in
0:19:54 > 0:19:55an urban environment.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58It's changed my life because I've been a really cooped up
0:19:58 > 0:20:01kid when I was younger, and it was going to continue to be
0:20:01 > 0:20:04the same until I found BigKid and I started coming out a lot more
0:20:04 > 0:20:07to training sessions and we're going on trips.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11I've just been enjoying the whole three years of my experience here.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14The work of the BigKid Foundation and Sport Relief -
0:20:14 > 0:20:17proof of football's power to change the lives of young
0:20:17 > 0:20:17people for the better.
0:20:17 > 0:20:27Chris Slegg, BBC London News.
0:20:30 > 0:20:35Terrific work being done there and elsewhere.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37You can watch Sport Relief on BBC One this Friday.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Good luck if you're taking part in any activities to raise money.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Every penny goes to help those most in need.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Major League Baseball is a step closer to coming to London
0:20:45 > 0:20:47after the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox announced
0:20:47 > 0:20:50they are "very close" to agreeing a deal to play a series
0:20:50 > 0:20:51here next year.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54The venue for the games will be the London Stadium in Stratford and,
0:20:54 > 0:20:57if it goes ahead, the fixtures would be the first MLB games
0:20:57 > 0:20:59to be played in Europe.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03The Queen went to the Royal Academy today to look at artwork
0:21:03 > 0:21:05which would have been hers if it wasn't sold off a few
0:21:05 > 0:21:10hundred years ago.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13She was shown paintings collected by King Charles I which were sold
0:21:13 > 0:21:17off after his execution in 1649.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21While there, the Queen opened a new redevelopment
0:21:21 > 0:21:25at the Academy and then she left, but didn't take any of her
0:21:26 > 0:21:31ancestor's artwork with her.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Good job too.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36This, believe it or not, is one of London's most famous landmarks.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39But don't be surprised if you don't recognise it -
0:21:39 > 0:21:40I'd be surprised if you did.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Because this is Tower Bridge - underground and underwater.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45The huge chamber is being converted into a performance space.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Emma North has been to take a look.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Below the grace and the grandeur, these are the guts
0:21:49 > 0:21:53beneath Tower Bridge.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Normally out of bounds to you or me, but this week this is the giant
0:21:57 > 0:22:02bascule chamber, transformed into a huge cinema screen.
0:22:02 > 0:22:07It looks like we're going to have to accept that the streets
0:22:07 > 0:22:10where we live and work are also going to be battlefields.
0:22:10 > 0:22:16Blackout tells the story of the work of two London
0:22:16 > 0:22:17policemen during the Blitz.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Their job was to wait until the all clear sounded after an air-raid,
0:22:20 > 0:22:30and then to head out to document the destruction.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Hi, I'm Rury, a third year student at The Guildhall School and I'm
0:22:42 > 0:22:43a designer for the project.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47I wanted to feel a real sense of what it was like to live
0:22:47 > 0:22:50during the blitz, to be in that space, to be among the falling bombs
0:22:50 > 0:22:53and the shock and awe of it all, and the community spirit
0:22:53 > 0:22:55that was born out of that.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56Astonishingly, this is a student project.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59The challenge set was a double one - create something of a professional
0:22:59 > 0:23:02standard, but do it in an impossible place.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06My name is Dan Shorten, and I'm a lecturer in video
0:23:06 > 0:23:08at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11It's underground, it's dark, damp, there's a lot of stairs involved
0:23:11 > 0:23:12in the descent down to the chamber.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15We have to bring in the power, we have to bring in all
0:23:15 > 0:23:17the equipment, so there's lots of physical challenges,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20but also creatively, when you're in a building like this
0:23:20 > 0:23:22that is so awe-inspiring in its own right, you have
0:23:22 > 0:23:25to make sure that you're, the work you put in there does
0:23:25 > 0:23:26justice to the environment.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Mixed in with the show are the sounds of the traffic
0:23:29 > 0:23:32above and the boats chugging by on the other side of the walls.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34It's impossible to forget where you are.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36It's not the most conventional of theatre spaces.
0:23:36 > 0:23:37For starters, the audience sits below water level,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40so it's so cold in here you can see your breath, and
0:23:40 > 0:23:43above us is the bascule.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46That's the counter weight to the bridge, so that
0:23:46 > 0:23:48when Tower Bridge opens, that great ceiling,
0:23:48 > 0:23:52which is actually part of a road, sweeps down through this chamber.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56Give the little ones a kiss on the way out the door.
0:23:56 > 0:24:04But they do get 24 hours notice before it moves,
0:24:04 > 0:24:06and the performance only lasts 20 minutes to stop everyone
0:24:06 > 0:24:07from getting too cold.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09There are 16 performances of Blackout scheduled,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12subject to river traffic.
0:24:12 > 0:24:18Emma North, BBC London News.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23That looks fabulous. Emma said it was freezing, but above ground it
0:24:23 > 0:24:27was like spring.At long last.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30was freezing, but above ground it was like spring.At long last.After
0:24:30 > 0:24:34the recent snow all those spring flowers out there, at last starting
0:24:34 > 0:24:38to respond. They are in for a shock as we go through tonight. I will
0:24:38 > 0:24:41show you. Clear skies across Scotland and Northern Ireland. They
0:24:41 > 0:24:46are working towards us. We have cloud drifting southwards across
0:24:46 > 0:24:50central parts of England. That may produce isolated showers during the
0:24:50 > 0:24:53first half of the night. Most will be dry. Clearer skies later on as
0:24:53 > 0:24:57well. With winds remaining lighter through the night, particularly to
0:24:57 > 0:25:00the north and west of London, this is where temperatures will start to
0:25:00 > 0:25:06drop the furthest. We could see a widespread frost and around the
0:25:06 > 0:25:13Downs to the west and Chilterns hfrs 2 and -3. Chilly commute. Mist and
0:25:13 > 0:25:17fog first thing. They will shift away. Lovely day in store. Best of
0:25:17 > 0:25:20the sunshine in the morning. A breeze picking up a touch through
0:25:20 > 0:25:25the afternoon. It will come from from the north-west rather than the
0:25:25 > 0:25:29north-east. Temperatures up to 10 maybe 11 degrees. Sunny spells into
0:25:29 > 0:25:33the afternoon. The evening will cloud over. A cloudier night, patchy
0:25:33 > 0:25:36drizzle to take us through Wednesday night and into Thursday. It means we
0:25:36 > 0:25:40should be largely frost-free. Not as cold as it will be this coming
0:25:40 > 0:25:44night. It should be a frost-free start to Thursday morning. Thursday
0:25:44 > 0:25:48morning, well, best of the sunshine during the first part of the day. It
0:25:48 > 0:25:52will cloud over from the west later on. Sunshine turning hazier.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56Thursday another dry day, even if the skies turn grey towards the west
0:25:56 > 0:26:00lair on. With hazy sunshine around we could see temperatures hit 12 or
0:26:00 > 0:26:0613 Celsius. There will be a mild night to take us through Thursday
0:26:06 > 0:26:11night into Friday. Outbreaks of rain spreading eastwards. The rest of the
0:26:11 > 0:26:15week we will between weather systems and into the weekend most places
0:26:15 > 0:26:20will stay dry and temperatures into double figures. Improvement of last
0:26:20 > 0:26:25week.It certainly is.Thank you for that.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Just before we go, a reminder of the day's
0:26:27 > 0:26:29main BBC news headlines.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Facebook's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has been called to appear before MPs
0:26:32 > 0:26:35to give evidence about the firm's security over personal data.
0:26:35 > 0:26:36It comes after claims that the London based firm,
0:26:36 > 0:26:41Cambridge Analytica, used personal data to influence
0:26:41 > 0:26:44the US presidential elections.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Russian diplomats and their families have left
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Stansted Airport for Moscow.
0:26:48 > 0:26:49They were expelled by the British Government over
0:26:50 > 0:26:55the nerve agent attack in Salisbury.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58An engineer from the Red Arrows aerobatic display team has died
0:26:58 > 0:26:59after a military jet crashed near RAF Valley on Anglesey.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01The pilot of the aircraft survived the impact
0:27:01 > 0:27:07and is receiving medical care.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10The cost of housing survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire in hotels
0:27:10 > 0:27:13is more than £20 million.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18Dozens of families are still in emergency accommodation
0:27:18 > 0:27:20after the blaze, that claimed 71 lives in June.
0:27:20 > 0:27:29That's it.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32If you did, join me again tonight at 10.30pm
0:27:32 > 0:27:32or the same time tomorrow.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36If you didn't, let us know why on Twitter or Facebook.
0:27:36 > 0:27:41Whatever you're doing tonight, have a very good night.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45Goodbye.