:00:00. > :00:00.Now on BBC1, it's time for the news where you are.
:00:00. > :00:20.Welcome to BBC London, I'm Alice Bhandhukravi.
:00:21. > :00:24.On the 60th anniversary of the birth of the European Union,
:00:25. > :00:31.thousands of proestors took to the streets of Westminster
:00:32. > :00:40.Our reporter Sarah Harris spoke to some.
:00:41. > :00:43.After the violence a few short days ago, a protest with peace
:00:44. > :00:47.Thousands made their way to Parliament Square - many,
:00:48. > :00:48.like pensioner Jaqueline Skelton, had never protested before.
:00:49. > :00:51.Many of her generation voted to leave in the referendum,
:00:52. > :00:54.but she sees that as a disaster for her home city of London.
:00:55. > :00:57.I think it's ludicrous that they talk about hard
:00:58. > :01:03.Brexit is just going to be Brexit and we're
:01:04. > :01:06.And that really, really frightens me.
:01:07. > :01:09.And let me say it is fantastic to see all these European flags,
:01:10. > :01:11.but the flag I really care about is this one.
:01:12. > :01:14.Speakers included Alastair Campbell and Nick Clegg on the 60th
:01:15. > :01:16.anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome,
:01:17. > :01:21.Some onlookers believe the march has come too late,
:01:22. > :01:25.with Article 50 being triggered in days.
:01:26. > :01:29.The nation is going to do it, it's going to happen on Wednesday,
:01:30. > :01:32.and maybe their efforts would have been better used to discuss
:01:33. > :01:37.The whole nation has to work this out - not stamp your feet
:01:38. > :01:43.But organisers say it is right to keep up the pressure
:01:44. > :01:46.Is it going to be a take-it-or-leave-it deal?
:01:47. > :01:55.So we're saying loudly and clearly that we believe that it needs to be
:01:56. > :01:57.democratic at the end of this process, not rushed
:01:58. > :02:01.through, and the people still need to have a say.
:02:02. > :02:03.There were flowers and a minute's silence for those who lost their
:02:04. > :02:08.Those here believe their freedom to protest is exactly
:02:09. > :02:11.That is something they are determined to preserve.
:02:12. > :02:21.Nearly a century of history will come to an end tonight,
:02:22. > :02:23.as the one remaining greyhound track in London closes its doors.
:02:24. > :02:27.The last dog races will take place at Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium,
:02:28. > :02:30.before it's torn down to make way for housing and a new
:02:31. > :02:43.These greyhound racing fans are witnessing the end of an era.
:02:44. > :02:45.After almost 90 years as a sporting venue,
:02:46. > :02:50.Wimbledon Greyhound Track is closing.
:02:51. > :02:52.To me personally and the people who follow the greyhounds scene
:02:53. > :02:55.and the owners and trainers around the country, they're in denial.
:02:56. > :02:57.They can't quite believe that it's going to happen.
:02:58. > :03:00.I'm not surprised, because it's been on the cards for quite a while.
:03:01. > :03:02.I'm not very happy, but that's something else.
:03:03. > :03:16.It falls into the category of stuff you can't fight.
:03:17. > :03:18.At least it's still going to be a stadium, so that something.
:03:19. > :03:21.But we will miss the dog track, it will be missed.
:03:22. > :03:24.The plan is to build a new stadium for AFC Wimbledon
:03:25. > :03:27.at the Plough Lane site, as well as hundreds of new houses.
:03:28. > :03:30.But many of those who have made a living at the track for decades
:03:31. > :03:32.feel London's mayor should have fought harder to keep it.
:03:33. > :03:35.He's made a mistake and time will prove it.
:03:36. > :03:37.He's made a mistake because there will be a hue and cry
:03:38. > :03:42.People will say, why did they let it go?
:03:43. > :03:44.Greyhound racing was hugely popular after the Second World War,
:03:45. > :03:48.But they've been closing since the 1960s.
:03:49. > :03:50.As crowd numbers at the dogs have dropped, there's been an increasing
:03:51. > :04:00.We have lost Walthamstow and Catford in the last sort of 15 years,
:04:01. > :04:05.There's still hope an investor could be found to build
:04:06. > :04:08.a new track in the future, or London may have lost part
:04:09. > :04:25.It is feeling really springlike. Let's get a check on the weather.
:04:26. > :04:28.Hello, hope you managed to make the most of this beautiful
:04:29. > :04:30.Temperatures today were in the mid-teens.
:04:31. > :04:33.Tomorrow we're going to do it all again for Mothering Sunday,
:04:34. > :04:35.although after something of a cool start, with temperatures well
:04:36. > :04:37.down in single figures through the night tonight.
:04:38. > :04:39.But plenty of sunshine from the start of things tomorrow.
:04:40. > :04:41.We've still got that northeasterly wind tempering things
:04:42. > :04:45.out towards the East, but inland we are looking at highs of 14,
:04:46. > :04:51.Another settled day for you on Monday.
:04:52. > :04:54.A bit more unsettled from Tuesday, but it turns a bit milder
:04:55. > :04:57.as we go through the week, up into the high teens by the end.
:04:58. > :04:59.Don't forget, the clocks go forward tonight by an hour.
:05:00. > :05:04.That's it from us, we'll be back in the evening news tomorrow,
:05:05. > :05:22.Good evening. What a belter of a day it has been. If you missed out on
:05:23. > :05:25.the sunshine, don't worry, we will get more tomorrow. The one
:05:26. > :05:31.exception, the Shetland Islands, shrouded in cloud. Elsewhere it has
:05:32. > :05:36.been a stunner. The highest temperature of the year so far, 19
:05:37. > :05:41.degrees. A beautiful shot here by one of our weather watchers. It is
:05:42. > :05:46.already cooling down and will turn quite chilly this evening through
:05:47. > :05:50.those clear skies. Dry nationwide and in the early morning the clocks
:05:51. > :05:51.go forward and British summertime begins, which means an hour less
:05:52. > :05:52.obsolete,