0:00:00 > 0:00:15and it's going to bring some disruption. Darren, thank you.
0:00:15 > 0:00:16Welcome to BBC London News.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20I'm Victoria Hollins.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24Preparations are well under way in Windsor for the wedding
0:00:24 > 0:00:26of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28It's being seen a a big business boost to the town -
0:00:28 > 0:00:31not just because of tourist revenues, but the endorsement
0:00:31 > 0:00:32of the Royal brand.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Sarah Harris reports.
0:00:35 > 0:00:42The castle is the symbol of the Windsor brand.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Weekend home to The Queen and soon-to-be venue
0:00:44 > 0:00:46for the international wedding of the year.
0:00:46 > 0:00:53According to one economist, the event is a much-needed financial
0:00:53 > 0:00:55boost in uncertain times, worth tens of millions of pounds.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58If you look at the boost of the wedding in Windsor
0:00:58 > 0:01:02and in London, it's going to be huge.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05But the real boost is to Britain plc and all the brands,
0:01:05 > 0:01:06in terms of the intangibles.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08It's very difficult to quantify that.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11But clearly, a lot of jobs, a lot of economic activity is going
0:01:11 > 0:01:12to come from this celebration.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Even the infrastructure of the Royal town is having to be updated
0:01:15 > 0:01:19to accommodate being the centre of attention in the coming months.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Engineers are working to make sure communications cables running
0:01:21 > 0:01:29underneath the cobbled streets are state-of-the-art.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34It's just higher broadband speeds for all the broadcasting as well,
0:01:34 > 0:01:39so where beforehand it was copper, fibre optics is a lot faster.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42So it's putting in all the cable.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47Basically for faster broadcasting, faster photos, faster everything.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51For businesses based to the west of London,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53the wedding is the Monopoly equivalent of passing
0:01:53 > 0:02:00Go and collecting 200.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04It's becoming a hub for firms moving out the city.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Windsor sits to the west of London.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08It has got Heathrow Airport and it has got fantastic
0:02:08 > 0:02:09road communications.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12It has the M4 and that is the gateway to other cities
0:02:12 > 0:02:13like Reading and to the south-west.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16So it is increasingly a hub and it will benefit from this wedding.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20It is easy to assume revenues from Royal events are just about tourism.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26But some argue it is the brand that is the most economically beneficial,
0:02:26 > 0:02:31with a wedding a great way to advertise it. Sarah Harris, BBC
0:02:31 > 0:02:37London News.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Over the past two years, there have been hundreds
0:02:39 > 0:02:42of horrific cat deaths - particularly around South London -
0:02:42 > 0:02:45and police think it could be the work of one person.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47A £10,000 reward is being offered to help catch the cat killer.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Graham Satchell reports.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52This road is basically where the first murder
0:02:52 > 0:02:57that we were aware of happened.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00We're driving with Tony Jenkins, founder
0:03:00 > 0:03:04of an animal rescue charity.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06He's taking us to where it all started.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09The body was left on a neighbour's doorstep.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11And how many cases would you say you have now encountered?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13We're over 450 now.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17450?
0:03:17 > 0:03:21450, yeah.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25He needs to be caught because he's bringing
0:03:25 > 0:03:27horror to people's lives.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31You know, most people consider their cat as a part of their family,
0:03:31 > 0:03:34it's like losing a child, and it is devastating people.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35You couldn't help but love him.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37He had these big, massive green eyes.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Jane's cat, Taz, was found mutilated in her neighbour's garden.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44It was devastating, horrific.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46And I think everybody who saw him, they've been scarred.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50And I don't think...
0:03:50 > 0:03:56I think you can never erase that out of your memory.
0:03:56 > 0:04:03I just can't get that round my head, why somebody would want to be
0:04:03 > 0:04:06so vindictive to any animal and to hurt loving
0:04:06 > 0:04:07families with their pets.
0:04:07 > 0:04:08I don't understand it.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10People that start with extreme violence towards animals do
0:04:10 > 0:04:14progress, and there is a progression hypothesis in our world that
0:04:14 > 0:04:17suggests that it's like a start,
0:04:17 > 0:04:19and that they will move on and they will often progress
0:04:19 > 0:04:22to doing sadistic violence towards human beings.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26The Metropolitan Police don't know who the cat killer is.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29There have been no arrests and there are no specific suspects.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Jane's hope - that there is a breakthrough soon,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34before more cats are killed.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Graham Satchell, BBC News.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40The old-fashioned Irish dancehall is enjoying a revival
0:04:40 > 0:04:43in North West London.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Once a regular part of the life for thousands of Irish Londoners,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48promoters are recreating the atmosphere of the dancehalls
0:04:48 > 0:04:51at a social club in Kilburn.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53The evening is called the Ballroom of Romance,
0:04:53 > 0:04:54and it's proving a huge hit.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Thomas Magill has more.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00# Last night, I had a pleasant dream #.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03In Ireland, they call this a ceilidh - hundreds of men and women dancing
0:05:03 > 0:05:06the night away to traditional Irish music.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10But these people aren't in Ireland.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14This is the Galtymore ballroom, in Cricklewood -
0:05:14 > 0:05:21a popular dancehall in North London, specialising in Irish music.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24The old doors are still here, but the dance hall's gone now.
0:05:24 > 0:05:30It first opened in 1952 and, along with other venues such
0:05:30 > 0:05:32as the National in Kilburn, the Gresham in Archway,
0:05:32 > 0:05:34and the Hibernian in Fulham Broadway, it featured
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Irish show bands and country singers, often playing to huge
0:05:37 > 0:05:44crowds of revellers.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47For many, the halls were a place to find work, a flatmate,
0:05:47 > 0:05:52or even the love of your life.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55It took a long time to arrive, but it arrived in 2003.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57When I met my husband, Declan, who's sitting here.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58It was actually 2002.
0:05:58 > 0:06:06Oh!
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Whenever it was, times changed and the dancehalls closed.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10This is the Galtymore being demolished in 2008.
0:06:10 > 0:06:18It all seemed like the end of an era.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21But something rather wonderful is happening just behind the Church
0:06:21 > 0:06:22of the Sacred Heart, here in Kilburn.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Every Monday night, one of the performance
0:06:24 > 0:06:27from back in the day - a man known as McGinty -
0:06:27 > 0:06:29is single-handedly attempting to revive the old dancehall tradition.
0:06:29 > 0:06:38He's turning its social club into the Ballroom of Romance.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I know some people who come in here and they've got a stick,
0:06:41 > 0:06:46and they're walking in.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49And as soon as the music starts, they're up dancing on the floor.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52You know, they reckon I'm a faith healer as well.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54So how does it actually compare to the original dancehalls?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Well, Declan and Patricia have come back to trip the light
0:06:57 > 0:06:58fantastic once again.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01It reminds me of 40 years ago, the music, you know what I mean?
0:07:01 > 0:07:02It hasn't changed.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07The atmosphere is much the same.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09And you see something like this that's a throwback
0:07:09 > 0:07:11to the old Galtymore old days.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13There's no doubt McGinty's created the atmosphere these revellers
0:07:13 > 0:07:15remember from the old days.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17He just hopes that maybe, one day, a new generation will also
0:07:17 > 0:07:26discover his Ballroom of Romance.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29And you can see more on that story on 'Inside Out London'
0:07:29 > 0:07:33tonight at 7:30 on BBC One.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34Now the weather, with Kate Kinsella.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42A cold start and the temperature will drop even further over the next
0:07:42 > 0:07:48few days. Good afternoon. This morning, we saw a little snow, a
0:07:48 > 0:07:51scene of what is to come. Some light dusting is and heavy snow through
0:07:51 > 0:07:57the rush hour this morning. It left a bit on cars on some roads and it
0:07:57 > 0:08:00has been coming and the showers have been feeding in. We have seen breaks
0:08:00 > 0:08:06in the cloud as well and brilliant sunshine, but yes, we will see snow
0:08:06 > 0:08:10for the rest of the afternoon and showers and for much of this week as
0:08:10 > 0:08:14well, but the consistent thing is the temperature. It feels bitterly
0:08:14 > 0:08:18cold over the next few days. Into the afternoon, we still see one or
0:08:18 > 0:08:22two showers and the Met Office has a yellow weather warning for snow
0:08:22 > 0:08:26showers today and into the evening and overnight. They may become more
0:08:26 > 0:08:30frequent. Cloud feeding in from the North East on a brisk north-easterly
0:08:30 > 0:08:36wind which is making things feel very cold. A maximum of two, three
0:08:36 > 0:08:42Celsius. With the wind chill, much colder. Showers continue into this
0:08:42 > 0:08:46evening and overnight, perhaps becoming heavier and more prolonged
0:08:46 > 0:08:50in Essex, South East London, Surrey and Kent. In those places, the Met
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Office has upgraded the weather warning to amber for the night-time
0:08:54 > 0:09:00period and into Tuesday morning. Elsewhere, a yellow. -3, -4, maybe
0:09:00 > 0:09:05even further. A bitterly cold start with further showers feeding in
0:09:05 > 0:09:08parts of the East and across all areas, this yellow weather warning
0:09:08 > 0:09:14is extended. Tweet cold Winter game, the temperature similar. One or two
0:09:14 > 0:09:21much colder. Showers feeding in from the East, it gets colder and further
0:09:21 > 0:09:22snow showers towards Thursday and Friday.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Thank you.
0:09:25 > 0:09:26That's about it from me.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Riz Lateef will be here with our 6:30 evening programme.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30But for now, from us all, a very good afternoon.