18/11/2017 London News

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A memorial service has been held

at King's Cross station to mark

exactly 30 years since the fire that

killed 31 people.

Dozens were also injured

in the blaze, which was started

by a single match discarded

on a wooden escalator.

Here's Emma North.

We are gathered here today

to remember all those

involved in the fire

here at King's Cross Underground

station 30 years ago.

This morning they came together,

families, friends and colleagues,

linked by the worst fire

in the history of the

London Underground.

We remember especially the 31 people

who lost their lives,

and the many more who were

injured on that night.

The minute's silence was broken only

by the sound of the trains below.

Then, one by one, they paid tribute.

I've never seen some

of the people before but I feel

like they're my family.

I felt the same...

Feelings again, like I am

again a 13-year-old girl,

and I was again told

that your brother is no more,

I'm again told that he's dead

and mum's crying and I'm crying,

and that feeling came back

after many, many years.

This may be one of the capital's

busiest stations but Londoners still

don't forget what happened here.

Every day, it's up to 200,000

people that pass through.

And a number of people do stop.

People stay and lay flowers.

On Thursday, there was a man that

passed and he stopped,

he read the plaque,

and he held his hand on the plaque.

The King's Cross fire changed both

the way the underground

and the fire service work.

If we think back to what we were

wearing to fight fires back then,

it was no different to what we wore

to fight fires in the Blitz.

We had yellow, plastic leggings that

softened and almost melted

when they got too warm.

Plastic...

Plastic and rubber gloves,

no different to the gardening

gloves you can go and buy

at your local garden centre.

Time has passed but today the

memories are as powerful as ever.

It was a massive fundraising effort

in London last night -

a total of £7 million raised

for Children in Need, more

than anywhere else in the country.

BBC London spent the evening

with fundraisers at

the Harry Potter Experience

at Warner Brothers Studios

in Hertfordshire.

And Sarah Harris was there.

Everyone knows you need special

powers to get into Harry Potter's

world but for Pudsey,

dozens of fundraisers

and disadvantaged children,

it was a piece of cake.

Many were there to explain why

and how they've raised so much money

for such a good cause.

Maisie.

India.

Ellie.

I was a poorly girl

when I was younger but I got

better as I got older,

and I want children

to be as lucky as me.

So Children In Need could help that.

At school, all of my friends

and everyone at school,

we wore spotty clothes.

This year, it was my idea

to bring in old pound coins.

We raised...

ALL:

£2,800!

Behind the scenes at

Warner Brothers Studios tour,

Children In Need got to share

in some magical movie history.

Children from Watford mencap joined

in the party spirit.

Without Children In Need backing,

their project wouldn't exist.

It means a lot, even

for the parents because,

unlike every other child who goes

around people's houses

for tea, these kids don't.

They don't really have

a social life as such.

We are their social

life after school.

The Christmas scene

is already set at Hogwarts.

For young carers, a chance to enjoy

themselves away from so many

family responsibilities.

Another project that relies

on your generous donations.

When they have the funding,

it helps when, like,

we are in bad places and we want to,

like, meet up with different young

carers and just talk about that,

so it's really nice that they could

help along the way with that.

A night to remember and a message

to all of you in and around

the capital who gave to help

the lives of Children In Need.

Wingardium Leviosa.

Thank you.

A look at the weather.

Tonight, cloud will thin this

evening allowing long

clear periods to develop.

Tomorrow will see a cold start

but the morning will be fine,

sunny and dry with light winds.

During the afternoon cloud

will thicken from the west

with patchy rain later.

Maximum temperature,

nine degrees Celsius.

That's it.

We're back tomorrow evening.

From all of us here,

do have a lovely weekend.

Bye for now.