28/02/2018 London News

6-1 in the end to Tottenham

and a game notable for video

replace, but one that Rochdale fans

may not want to watch again.

Good evening.

may not want to watch again.

I'm Asad Ahmad.

may not want to watch again.

Well, if you thought we had severe

weather conditions today, it looks

like it's about to get worse.

Yet more heavier snow

is predicted for tomorrow,

with at least one major train

operator getting their advice

in early telling commuters

not to travel tomorrow

unless absolutely necessary.

We'll have a full forecast

for you shortly, but first,

looking at how we've all coped

today, here's Tolu Adeoye.

Still this evening, as had

happened throughout the day,

the Beast from the East repeatedly

hit the capital.

Thick snow flurries there one minute

quickly disappearing.

There were tricky journeys and icy

roads for those who made it to work

as they tried to get back home.

There have been delays.

Southern Trains have been delayed.

The bus is delayed.

Crazy day.

They clean the windows,

we've got too much snow.

We've been there about four hours.

I'm not going to go home

now because I think

the trains are too delayed.

So I'm going to wait for a bit,

and work a bit later.

First thing, Londoners woke up

to a blanket of snow.

In East Dulwich this driver slid

down Dog Kennel Hill.

Buses didn't run on some routes,

this one came off the road,

and those that did run were packed.

I think snow is going to cause

disruption anywhere.

I understand it being a difficulty,

but I think by this point

you would hope they'd have prepared

a bit better for it.

I mean, it was known ahead of time

that it was going to snow,

they could have done a bit

more prep work.

Main routes were driveable,

but icy side roads caused problems.

Airports also cancelled flights.

This was Stansted.

Further out of the capital

there was more disruption.

Chelmsford was eerily quiet.

No one was going anywhere with bus

routes suspended and trains

delayed or cancelled.

For those determined to get

to work it wasn't just icy

tracks causing delays.

Due to the weather,

they can be frozen shut.

I've been called to

a few of them today.

With nearly 200 schools

closed across Essex,

many parents had to stay

and work from home.

My daughter was off school today,

so I had to stay working at home,

so we've come out in my lunch break.

Do you think you'll be

back at school tomorrow?

I hope not, but maybe.

Back in central London,

these were some of the scenes.

This is usually a view

of the Thames at Blackfriars.

In the Square Mile it

hasn't snowed since 2014.

There, they worked through

the day to grit roads.

Since Sunday, we've put down

about 60 tonnes of grit

just in the Square Mile,

and we've got on average on a daily

24-hour shift about 150

workers working to do that.

This time-lapse footage shows London

being hit by the snowstorms.

The bad news for commuters

is more snow is forecast.

Tolu is at Victoria Station for us

tonight, with some useful travel

advice for tomorrow.

Tolu.

We can seize snow is still on the

ground, what's the advice as far as

travellers concerned? -- we can see

that snow is still on the ground.

Lots of disruption to travel, even

tonight at Victoria, cancellations,

delays. Lots of people onshore when

they will make it home. Trains

running in rush-hour with -- lots of

people aren't sure when they will

make it home. We've had advice from

Southern, South Eastern and South

West trains. They will be running a

revised timetable. South-eastern has

advised some people to work from

home where possible. TfL has run a

decent service. They say they've

been able to run the underground

well enough and bus routes have been

running. This is the advice they

gave about their services tomorrow.

We're going to have our gritters

out on the road system,

we've got teams overnight making

sure that the rails are de-iced,

that the trains can

keep running and so on.

But I would encourage people

to check before you travel,

because you never know,

there could be localised disruption

to you when you want to go

travelling in the morning.

Sound advice from TfL. These snow

showers are quite localised and can

be quite heavy. It's hard to predict

exactly what is going to be

happening with journeys. The advice

is to check well before you travel.

Thank you.

Other news now, and hundreds

of teenagers gathered at a church

in West London today

for the funerals of two friends

killed by a drunk driver.

Harry Rice, Josh McGuiness

and George Wilkinson were struck

as they walked to a birthday

party last month.

Tonight their parents

said their grief is like a "life

sentence", and they want the driver

to be given one too.

Here's Katharine Carpenter.

A final journey along

familiar streets.

On this, the bleakest of days,

friends and strangers in Harefield

paused to pay their respects.

These were local boys, and their

deaths have been devastating.

Is an absolute treasure.

That's the only way

I can describe him.

He was just a treasure,

because he was so kind.

We have our own life

sentence now of just pure...

It's like torture every day.

That's how I can

describe how I feel.

It's like Groundhog Day every day.

I just don't know, I don't know

what we're going to do.

The teenagers, described

as cheeky and fun loving,

were mown down by a speeding drunk

driver a month ago.

They were with others on their way

to a birthday party.

Today, hundreds of their friends

gathered for their funeral.

Young shoulders carrying

a heavy burden.

A church so packed, some stood

outside in the snow.

Teenagers do get a bad

press, but they...

All their friends, what they've done

from the minute of this crash,

they've arranged and organised

events, they've got the whole

community within a day,

they wrote to the Council,

got the Council to reduce

the speed limit.

They also described the boys

who stopped the fleeing

car driver as heroes,

and say from now on their focus

will be campaigning for tougher

sentences for those who kill

behind the wheel.

This won't go away,

as far as we're concerned.

We will take this to the highest

courts in the land, and then

to the European courts if need be.

There has to be

justice for the boys.

Katharine Carpenter,

BBC London News.

Our condolences to the families.

Scotland Yard, which is

investigating allegations of sexual

assault against the media mogul

Harvey Weinstein, says a tenth

complaint has now been made.

Officers say it's alleged

that the film producer assaulted

a woman in Westminster in the 1990s.

Mr Weinstein has always denied

having non-consensual

sex with any woman.

Back to the snow now.

And yes, it brings difficulties with

travel and keeping yourself warm.

But most of us would admit -

that it's got its upside too -

and it can bring out our competitive

spirit as well.

Chris Slegg spent the day outside,

and teachers, take note

of what you're about to see first.

You might want to copy it tomorrow.

Are you ready?

CHEERING.

Staff, are you ready?

CHEERING.

Go!

If snowball fighting was a sport

at the Winter Olympics, the children

at Alleyn Court Prep School

in Southend would win the gold.

They don't believe

in snowball bans here.

In fact, the pupils

take on the teachers.

Well, London's very own

Winter Olympics is not just

about snowball fighting.

We've got the first snowman World

Cup going on here in Regents Park.

Over there, Team Mexico,

and they're taking on,

to my right, Team GB.

Look at that! This could be big.

It

depends how much free time we have.

It could be a snowman.

How are the

opposition getting on?

This is our first snowman

ever in the world.

You see that we aren't experts

in constructing snowmen.

Go!

Meanwhile, over on Primrose Hill,

competition in the luge was intense.

The champions, though,

surely had to be local

duo Daisy and Misty,

whose school had been

closed for the afternoon.

We've been doing this

together since we were four.

We've done years of just

going into trees and things,

but now we've mastered it.

Others, though, certainly haven't.

No medal there.

Back at the snowman

making competition,

there are surprise champions.

The final whistle goes,

this is the end product.

Team Mexico's first ever snowman.

It was definitely teamwork.

Why not do something

fun on a Wednesday?!

Fun on, this very snowy Wednesday,

has not been in short supply.

Chris Slegg, BBC London News.

You can keep across all the latest

with us tomorrow morning.

So let's see if tomorrow might be

as much fun for those people.

Ben has the forecast,

and details about Storm Emma.

Ben has the forecast,

and details about Storm Emma.

Good evening. There could be some

more snow on the way, not only

tomorrow but into Friday as well.

Quite a few snow showers passed

across the capital. As we go through

the evening, still some of those

snow showers are coming in from the

east. Pretty brisk wind, it doesn't

feel pleasant if you are out there

through the early hours of Thursday

morning. Temperature wise we are

looking at overnight lows of -4, -5,

maybe -7 or minus eight. Not as cold

as last night but it will feel

bitter if you happen to be out and

about. Tomorrow, a Met Office Yellow

Warning for some snow to come at

times through the day. Pretty windy

conditions as well. As we go through

the data you can see a largely fine

start. Not as many showers as we had

this morning but then an increasing

chance we will see some areas of

snow pushing up from the south.

Probably nothing desperately heavy

but we could see a fuse centimetres

in places. Those temperatures will

struggle to get much above freezing.

Some spots will stay below. Add on

the strength of the wind and it will

feel subzero. The potential for

something a bit milder as