0:00:00 > 0:00:00Here on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.
0:00:15 > 0:00:21Good evening and welcome to BBC London News.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24Freezing overnight temperatures have seen a surge in demand for beds
0:00:24 > 0:00:25at homeless shelters in the capital.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27One charity in central London says last night
0:00:27 > 0:00:28was its busiest this year.
0:00:28 > 0:00:33It's estimated there are 1,000 people sleeping rough
0:00:33 > 0:00:36but it can also be a struggle to reach those in need,
0:00:36 > 0:00:43as Chris Rogers report.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46I'm going to come and sit in with you.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Is that all right?
0:00:47 > 0:00:50That's cool.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Meet Paulina and Martin from Poland.
0:00:52 > 0:00:53And Ian from Scotland.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55This doorway in Charing Cross is their home tonight.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58It is quite rough, depends how you are going to prepare yourself
0:00:58 > 0:01:01for that, you know what I mean, that's the most important thing.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03The most important thing that you need to protect your body,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05that's the first thing and your mind.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07You can't let yourself to run to drugs or alcohol.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Despite the freezing temperatures, many choose the streets rather
0:01:09 > 0:01:11than a room with strangers in a shelter.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13It's warm, that's the first thing.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Anybody's better than this?
0:01:14 > 0:01:16I don't know, because like we stick together.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18So we sleep side by side.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Basically, yeah.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Like a brother of the blood, you know.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25You look after each other.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28I can sleep in doors but I choose to sleep outside.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29With us.
0:01:29 > 0:01:30With him.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Merry Christmas.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Just 200 yards away, there is a shelter with 45 beds.
0:01:35 > 0:01:43But freezing temperatures do force most to seek shelter.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Rough sleeping, like this, is the most visual form
0:01:46 > 0:01:50of homelessness but actually collecting data to know how many
0:01:50 > 0:01:52people are sleeping on our pavements tonight is really difficult
0:01:52 > 0:01:56because they come and go from shelters.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00But as the cold weather sets in like it is tonight and has done
0:02:00 > 0:02:03over the course of the week, charities are able to get a clearer
0:02:03 > 0:02:06idea of just how many people are in need of a bed
0:02:06 > 0:02:11because they come flooding into them because of the cold weather.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14The Connection Shelter is expecting to be full to capacity tonight.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16But there'll still be heading out onto the streets.
0:02:16 > 0:02:22They have various reasons for not wanting to come indoors to night
0:02:22 > 0:02:27centres or the general hostel routes but we still maintain our attempts
0:02:27 > 0:02:29to convince them otherwise, understand their reasons for not
0:02:29 > 0:02:32wanting to come inside and generally doing checks to make sure
0:02:32 > 0:02:34that they are physically capable of staying out for the night
0:02:34 > 0:02:37in these temperatures and also mentally capable as well
0:02:37 > 0:02:40in some cases.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42On Christmas Day, Euston Station will be transformed into a huge
0:02:42 > 0:02:46shelter for 200 homeless.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50While the number of rough sleepers is down slightly,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52it's because of more shelters, not fewer people in need of them.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58Chris Rogers, BBC London News.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Bereaved families have delivered a petition to Downing Street calling
0:03:02 > 0:03:06for an overhaul of the public inquiry into the Grenfell Fire.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09It comes as Kensington and Chelsea says it's leading the biggest
0:03:09 > 0:03:13house-purchasing programme by any local authority in recent history -
0:03:13 > 0:03:16promising to make 300 new properties available by Christmas.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20So far, less than a quarter of the families affected
0:03:20 > 0:03:22by the tragedy have moved into permanent homes.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Frankie McCamley reports.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Bereaved families and a survivor the fire at Grenfell tower
0:03:27 > 0:03:35delivering a petition to the Prime Minister
0:03:35 > 0:03:37asking her to consider changing the way Sir Martin
0:03:37 > 0:03:38Moore-Bick runs the inquiry.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Their message is clear.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41We're saying he needs a diverse panel to help him.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45We are for Sir Martin and he has a lot of experience as a judge
0:03:45 > 0:03:49and also about fire, especially with commercial fires
0:03:49 > 0:03:52and containers and things, but we just feel that he just needs
0:03:52 > 0:03:55a bit more information and support to help him come
0:03:55 > 0:03:59to a truthful conclusion.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Again, a lack of trust between the Government,
0:04:01 > 0:04:04the council and those affected by the tragedy.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09From the inquiry, to housing.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11This is a two-bedroom flat we have acquired this week.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14It's going on the website.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Of the 208 households, 45 have so far moved into permanent
0:04:17 > 0:04:21homes like this one but the council is trying to change that.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26Typically, you would either have a couple who would have had
0:04:26 > 0:04:29a two bedroom flat at Grenfell tower or you will have a couple
0:04:29 > 0:04:34with a child, single child for a second bedroom.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Just over three miles from Grenfell Tower this is one
0:04:36 > 0:04:40of 70 two bedroom properties the council are buying,
0:04:40 > 0:04:45it hopes to acquire 300 by Christmas, spending £235 million.
0:04:45 > 0:04:51The pace has been very slow.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53But equally, we have been gathering information as far
0:04:53 > 0:04:54as people, what people want.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57But we stress we have always run at the pace of the individual,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00not run at our pace or set a dictation saying people must be
0:05:00 > 0:05:02out by a certain time.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04But many don't think they'll be in these permanent
0:05:04 > 0:05:06homes any time soon.
0:05:06 > 0:05:12Hi, Tiago how are you doing.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14So this is your room, this is your home.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Yeah.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17After escaping from the 13th floor of Grenfell Tower,
0:05:17 > 0:05:27Tiago Alves has lived in this hotel for nearly six months.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29I don't really feel at home here.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32This is basically a place for me to sleep.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35I've applied for 15 properties permanently, and I've not had
0:05:35 > 0:05:37the opportunity to go and see any of these properties.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Now, the reason for that is, there is a priority listing,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42which I completely understand.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45There are people who need this house more than me,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48but the way the council is trying to say that, you know,
0:05:48 > 0:05:50we are allowing people to go at their own pace,
0:05:50 > 0:05:51that's not the case.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53I haven't been offered a permanent property at all,
0:05:53 > 0:05:55haven't even gone to see any permanent properties.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58What does that feel like, when you're applying and applying
0:05:58 > 0:05:59and you get no response?
0:05:59 > 0:06:03It feels like they care more...
0:06:03 > 0:06:09..about me as a number than me as an individual.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11It's all formal like them being cold.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13They really, really don't care.
0:06:13 > 0:06:18The council has now given Tiago a temporary home.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21It says it's working round-the-clock but rehousing bereaved and those
0:06:21 > 0:06:22with children is its priority.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Tiago is looking forward to getting out of here before Christmas.
0:06:25 > 0:06:31Frankie McCamley, BBC London News.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34The latest attempt to clean up London's toxic air has seen
0:06:34 > 0:06:38the launch of the capital's second Low Emission Bus Zone.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41It's been set up in one of the worst polluted areas in London -
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Brixton Road which runs from Streatham to Brixton.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45The road regularly breaches EU pollution limits
0:06:45 > 0:06:48on nitrogen dioxide levels.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52He says his life's work has been to protect cinema history.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54A film fanatic whose love of the big screen began
0:06:54 > 0:06:57when he was just 15 years-old - has created a treasure
0:06:57 > 0:06:59trove of memorabilia, including some dating back
0:06:59 > 0:07:09to the 1920s.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13But now, his cinema museum faces an uncertain future,
0:07:13 > 0:07:14as Alpa Patel explains.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16It is a look into a forgotten past.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18At the helm, 81-year-old Ronald Grant.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Admission for one.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21A fanatic collector of cinema memorabilia.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26It all began when he took a job as a projectionist, at the age of 15.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30I was in a warm place, being paid to watch cowboy films.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34It was paradise.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Almost 70 years on, Ronald has made it his mission to acquire everything
0:07:38 > 0:07:41and anything related to cinema.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44His collection is vast and includes this slide lantern,
0:07:44 > 0:07:48dating back to the 1920s.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52I can't focus it.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Oh, it's the...
0:07:53 > 0:07:57This is the thing that's wrong.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00It may have been lost if Ronald hadn't given it a home.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04You see the light?
0:08:04 > 0:08:14Ronald set up the cinema room where we meet Ronald's partner, Martin.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30I went there and met Martin. You found someone who shared your
0:08:30 > 0:08:34passion for the past...I.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37I found someone entirely different from myself.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41I'm surprised we had anything in common at all.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43But it was a successful partnership.
0:08:43 > 0:08:44They set about protecting cinema history.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Because the cinema appeared to be in decline, we were rescuing these
0:08:47 > 0:08:50objects in order to keep a sense of social history, so that we could
0:08:50 > 0:08:56remember what it was like.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01This piece of equipment is for showing messages
0:09:01 > 0:09:04on the screen, it's for showing still slides which say -
0:09:04 > 0:09:06is there a doctor in the house?
0:09:06 > 0:09:11Will the person with car number AV 254 move it?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Like any love story, they are facing a huge obstacle.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17The building's owners have decided to sell so they
0:09:17 > 0:09:21may no longer be able to lease this space.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Absolutely crushing, that's my life's work in the gutter.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Would you set up anywhere else?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29No, no.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31If it's the end, it's the end, I'm afraid.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37Alpa Patel, BBC London News.
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Alpa Patel, BBC London News.
0:09:38 > 0:09:43A real labour of love there. Time to say good night and I will leave you
0:09:43 > 0:09:45with the latest on the weather. How is it looking? Thank you very
0:09:45 > 0:09:50much. A different story to last night. Last night bitterly cold, the
0:09:50 > 0:09:53lowest temperatures of the season so far. Tonight a different story. We
0:09:53 > 0:09:57have a band of rain across our region, going to bring some wet
0:09:57 > 0:10:02weather for a while. Much milder as well than last night. As it clears
0:10:02 > 0:10:07skies end up clearing and looks like temperatures will drop by the end of
0:10:07 > 0:10:10the night, we could see ice in places. Tomorrow it's going to be a
0:10:10 > 0:10:14grey cold start with that early ice risk. Then more rain later on with
0:10:14 > 0:10:20sunshine to end the day. A mixture. We start off on that cold night, a
0:10:20 > 0:10:25lot of cloud around. Outbreaks of rain pushing in. Some of it quite
0:10:25 > 0:10:30heavy, maybe thunder as it pushes through. Then sunshine will move in.
0:10:30 > 0:10:36A milder day, nine to ten. We will see a rash of showers pushing in
0:10:36 > 0:10:40during Wednesday. It will remain breezy. Again relatively mild
0:10:40 > 0:10:45compared to recent nights. Thursday, a dryer day. Some good sunny spells
0:10:45 > 0:10:49around, a breezy one, one or two showers but a touch cooler than
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Wednesday. Things turn much colder into Friday. We start to open the
0:10:53 > 0:10:58gates to the Arctic. Northerly winds move down. Five or six at best on
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Friday. Then it's looking cold towards the weekend with a return