much, it should feel drop as much, it should feel stifling overnight. temperatures should reach the low 30s tomorrow. into the mid—20s for eastern scotla nd into the mid—20s for eastern scotland and northern ireland. not just the weekend, the heat lasts until the beginning of next week. it is 10:30am. this is bbc news with chris rogers. the headlines: three days after the devastating fire at a tower block in west london, the queen has issued an unprecedented statement on her official birthday, saying it's difficult to escape a very sombre national mood. angry residents are demanding justice for the victims of the tower block fire — but ministers have defended theresa may's handling of the disaster. the prime minister is distraught about what has happened, as everyone in the country is. we are all desperately sad, we are all angry, but of course none of us are as angry as those directly affected. hundreds of mourners attended a late—night vigil for the ‘dead and missing' as the search

for victims enters its fourth day. 30 people are confirmed dead — but that number expected to rise significantly. in other news — pc keith palmer who tried to stop the terror attack in westminster has been awarded the george medal for his bravery as the queen's birthday honours are announced. among others to be recognised is the scottish comedian and actor, billy connolly, who's been knighted. the queen celebrates her official birthday later with the trooping the colour parade. we will be there live. seven us navy crew are missing after a us destroyer collided with a container ship off the east coast of japan. we will have more on the tower block fire from my colleague ben brown in a moment but first the weekend's sport. good morning, catherine. good morning, with the first test

against new zealand nowjust a week away the british and irish lions have this morning beating the mario all blacks 32—10. leigh halfpenny kicked 20 of those points for warren gatland's side in a very cold rotorua. the saracens player maro itoje scored the only try for the tourists 15 minutes into the second half. the victory was the lions third of the tour in their five matches. there is nowjust one more warm—up game to come against the chiefs before the opening test. before the game it was confirmed that ross moriarty had left the tour due to a back injury. it comes as coach warren gatland added four wales players to his squad. cory hill, kristian dacey, gareth davies and thomas francis willjoin the set—up this afternoon. it's now two wins from two as scotland head coach for gregor townsend. and they'll remember this one for a while. they've beaten australia in sydney for the first time ever. 24—17 the final score —

as alex gulrajani reports. tussles between these two nations have in recent years been tight affairs. 0nly points separated the last two meetings so best to make an impact early. duncan taylor did just that. quick thinking catching the wallabies off—guard. finn russell, one of those heading to join wallabies off—guard. finn russell, one of those heading tojoin up wallabies off—guard. finn russell, one of those heading to join up with the lions squad in new would do the same as scotland pressed further ahead. nothing michael cheika could do about that, although his team started to find their range, israel folau scored twice as the hosts edged closer. now the wallabies were making their presence felt on the pitch and on the scoreboard. australia ahead for the first time, and going with recent form, it was close. they had won the last three encounters but this time hamish watson made sure of the victory for scotland, fast flowing rugby from the tourists, now the fourth best tea m the tourists, now the fourth best

team in the world, and perhaps a few more have crept into the thoughts of warren gatland. great win for scotland. ireland have also won this morning, playing japan, they won 50-22. england's women are the world's number one side this morning — after they beat new zealand. the red roses had beaten australia and canada already in the international series — they'll take great confidence from these results in what is a world cup year. lydia thompson, marlie packer and vicky fleetwood added second half tries to help seal a 21—29 victory. coming across a rugby world mad country is not an easy place to come and play and win, we found out the ha rd and play and win, we found out the hard way when we lost all three tests four years ago, so tonight was a showcase of women's rugby that the top two sides in the world going hammerand top two sides in the world going hammer and tom against each other and we are happy about our performance. for the first time since

world rankings began in 1986, the world's top three golfers have missed the cut at a major. dustinjohnson, rory mcilroy and jason day are all out of the us open in wisconsin. whilst they were struggling, others were making light of the huge course at erin hills. england's paul casey set the early pace, finishing on seven under. there he was joined by another englishman tommy fleetwood. they are both part of a four—way tie for the lead with the americans brian harman and brooks koepka. i have never led a us open so tomorrow will be a very cool experience. it is still only saturday and 36 holes is a long time ina us saturday and 36 holes is a long time in a us open and anything can happen, there is always ups and downs out there. but, no, with how long the course is and how long the day is i will make the most of it and being able to relax a bit. still two rounds to go in wisconsin. thanks to goalkeeper jordan pickford, england's u2is drew their opening match with sweden at the european championship

a day after completing a record 30 million pound move to everton, pickford produced a vital penalty save with ten minutes remaining to help england draw 0—0 in poland. they face the hosts and slovakia in their remaining group games the queen's birthday honours have recognised a number of figures from the sporting world as well. double olympic rowing champion heather stanning who won her second olympic gold in rio last year with helen glover is now an obe. lions prop rory best has also been awarded an obe. the coach who guided great britain's women to hockey gold in rio, danny kerry, has received an mbe — as has world superbike champion jonathan rae and northern ireland football captain steven davis. and judy murray receives an obe too. that is all the sport for now. you can keep up—to—date with those stories on the bbc sport website, including reaction to the lions win over the mario all blacks. bbc.co.uk/ sport and i will have

more in the next hour. we are going to return to our top story now, three days after the tower block fire in london many residents remain angry, demanding justice for the victims of the fire, but also for more information. theresa may coming underfire but also for more information. theresa may coming under fire for her handling of the disaster. let's get more on that now from our colleague ben brown who is in west london with residents. ijust i just saw ijust saw a i just saw a placard on the ijust saw a placard on the road next to where i am saying stay away misses may. at this methodist church, one of the emergency centres near grenfell tower where aid is still being processed and distributed, there will be a big service here tomorrow and another service here tomorrow and another service at a catholic church around the corner at midday today to remember those who are dead and missing. the prime minister has been talking about the disaster. she has promised a £5 million government fund to help those affected by the

fire. this is what she told emily maitlis last night on bbc newsnight. we are committed to make sure that people have as far as possible in the borough and neighbouring boroughs, some people may want to go to another part of london where perhaps they have a greater support network and where they have friends and relatives. we are ensuring that within three weeks people will be rehoused, so they have a home to go to. i ask you again, do you accept that you misread the public mood, the level of public anger, you didn't go and meet residents and they really resented that? this was a terrible tragedy that took place. people have lost their lives and others have lost everything, all of their possessions, their home, and everything. what we are doing is putting in place the support that will help them. but it is a terrible tragedy. i have heard horrifying stories from the fire brigade, from

police, and from the victims themselves, who where in that tower and also from other local residents, some of whom of course have not been able to go back to their homes either. what i'm now absolutely focused on is ensuring that we get that support on the ground. as i say, government is making money available, we are ensuring that we are going to get to the bottom of what happened, we will ensure that people are rehoused but we need to make sure that actually happens. that was the prime minister speaking last night to emily maitlis. so many dead and missing. the bbc understands 70 people may be either dead or missing. the official death toll currently is still 30. let's talk to michael hillier who has a friend who was in grenfell tower, your friend raymond

friend who was in grenfell tower, yourfriend raymond moses bernard, 63—year—old man, tell us about him and your worries. my worries are that everything is very bad and i am worried that he is not alive. there isa worried that he is not alive. there is a lot of people who are grieving for him right now. my family and friends and relatives, who i know of, and he was a very loving man. he a lwa ys of, and he was a very loving man. he always used to make sure that people we re always used to make sure that people were cared for and looked after. yes, he was very loving. where was he living? which floor? he was living on the 20th floor. quite high? yes, quite high. can you tell us high? yes, quite high. can you tell usa high? yes, quite high. can you tell us a bit about moses? he liked doing horse he was very funny, he loved his food, he always made sure that whenever we were hungry, or if something were to happen, we were

a lwa ys something were to happen, we were always looked after. he used to know my family very, very well. are used to live on the eighth floor, 85, i was there with my mum, and everyone from the block loved him, and other people. it was very one community, it was very tight. there was never no trouble here. young people, they used to play on the grass before this thing was built and have little barbecues and it was very nice. the longer time goes on obviously and you hear nothing of him the more worried you must be. yes, definitely, i was up most of the night, and i was thinking, how am i going to get down here? i was speaking to relatives, i was speaking to relatives, i was speaking to relatives, i was speaking to his other partner which wasn't there at the time, which is really positive. in the same sense it was very sad. i just put all my

heart out there, which for all the people, it has touched us all, i am really sad. we share your distress, thank you so much. let's bring in the minister, you are helping to organise this emergency effort. the community is organising itself, we've been overwhelmed by the way which from the outset local people simply arrived, not knowing each other, that is why we wear name badges, simply to offer their expertise for their local community and it has been remarkable how much diverse backgrounds have been able to work together through all of the questions and confusion. thank you for joining questions and confusion. thank you forjoining us. michael long, the methodist minister. i will hand back to the studio now, the latest from the shadow of the grenfell tower.

thank you. the tragedy in west london and the terror attacks recently in london and manchester have led to an unprecedented message from the queen to mark her birthday. in a statement she said, it was difficult to escape a very sombre national mood in the light of recent tragedies. today should continue to be a day of celebration for trooping the colour to mark the queen's official birthday. that mood is likely to be affected by recent events. let's speak to our royal correspondent nicholas witchell who is there. we have already seen unprecedented moves by the queen and the royal family in the light of recent events and we are likely to see more changes today, understandably, nicholas. yes, what we will see in about two minutes from now is a minute's silence their own horse guards parade. you can see the footguards

are formed up on horse guards parade, and in this introduction into the programme this morning at 10:45am there will be a one—minute silence on horse guards parade, just before the queen leaves buckingham palace where i am. she will be leaving buckingham palace immediately after the silence and make her way down the mall dressed in its usual ceremonial garb, union flags the length of the mall looking up flags the length of the mall looking up towards buckingham palace. there are large crowds here, many of them visitors to this country who have come out and discovered this major ceremony, one of the biggest ceremonial events of the year, the queen's birthday parade taking place this morning. but it is at this moment for reflection on the victims of g re nfell tower. so, the queen and the duke of

edinburgh leading this one—minute of silence at buckingham palace where the household cavalry are drawn up ready for the queen's procession down to horse guards and silence kept, as we saw, on horse guards where the horse guards will be trooping the colour, the colour of the ist battalion of the irish guards. this moment of solemn reflection on the events that have occurred in london this week, and indeed as reflected in this unprecedented statement from the queen this morning, the series of terrible tragedies which have occurred in the united kingdom in recent months. reference of course to the terrorist incidents as well as to the fire at grenfell tower. it is those events which have marked this normally happy day, a day of

celebration normally a trooping the colour will take place as normal. but it is, as the queen noted in this statement, issued by buckingham palace this morning, it is difficult to escape a very sombre national mood. hence that moment of silence observed just a moment ago. now, let us observed just a moment ago. now, let usjoin our colleagues on bbc observed just a moment ago. now, let us join our colleagues on bbc one for some of the commentary for trooping the colour and huw edwards. the duchess of cornwall and prince harry and duchess of cambridge in the first carriage emerging from the palace. on a sunny but rather sombre morning following that national silence led by the queen. there we

have in the second carriage the duke of york, the earl of wessex and the duke of york's daughters. the crowds acknowledging the first carriage and the second as it passes, and in the following carriage we have the duke of gloucester, the duchess of gloucester and the duke of kent. the duke of gloucester, the cousin to the queen, the duke of kent, cousin to both the queen and the duke of edinburgh. service procession is slightly later than usual because of that minute's silence, making its way along the mall in glorious sunshine, big crowds already gathered, and later of course there will be even greater crowds back at the palace following the parade for the appearance on the balcony of the entire royal family and a very impressive birthday

fly— past of and a very impressive birthday fly—past of the royal air force featuring some 29 aircraft, that is all to come. the duchess of cornwall in the first carriage, earlier this month, three days after the attack on london bridge she was with the prince of wales at the royal under the hospital visiting members of the public there who were injured in the london bridge attack. last week the duchess of cambridge watched the kernel‘s review when the duke of cambridge oversaw the parade as colonel of the irish guards. the royal salute sounded by this field offices trumpeter joe the royal salute sounded by this field offices trumpeterjoe gregg of the lifeguards. this year her majesty celebrated her 9ist birthday

in april attending her 65th birthday parade as sovereign, a record unmatched by any other british monarch. this year, 2017, also marking the sapphire juba monarch. this year, 2017, also marking the sapphirejuba leave for a british monarchy am the milestone of 65 years. at her majesty's side once again this year the duke of edinburgh who celebrated his 96th birthday last saturday. the royal household announced last month that the duke would not be undertaking many public engagements from the autumn, stepping back from a lot of those commitments he has had over the years. but here today in his capacity of colonel of the grenadier guards but for the first time at the parade not in his colonel's uniform. followed in the procession by the

royal colonels, the princess royal on the left, the colonel of the blues and royals, held that position since 1998, and then the duke of cambridge in his seventh year riding as colonel of the irish guards and the prince of wales riding as colonel of the welsh guards, a role he has taken for the past 42 years. the prince of wales succeeded his father on saint davids day, 1975, as colonel of the welsh guards. the duke of edinburgh had been colonel of the welsh guards from 1973—1975, and then the duke of cambridge, a very special year for and then the duke of cambridge, a very special yearfor him and then the duke of cambridge, a very special year for him because it is his regiment trooping the colour today. the first section of carriages

arriving at horse guards parade, just passing the youth enclosure there on the left. hundreds of members of the girl guides and the brownies and the boys' brigade, greeting the carriages as they pass. and we can see that the guards formation has changed because number three guard has opened, that is to make way for the first royal guests as the band prepares to play the national anthem to greet them. mbemba royal party will have the best view in the house really. they will be watching the parade from the major general‘s office overlooking horse guards parade, the office once used by the duke of wellington. god save the queen. prince harry salutes the colour and

on st patrick's day, march 17, the duchess of cambridge was presenting sprigs of shamrocks to the irish guards during the annual st patrick's day parade, in the presence of the duchess this year at the ceremony, upholding tradition maintained by a member of the royal family since it was started by queen alexandra in 1901. for decades it was maintained by the late queen mother who first attended the shamrock ceremony in 1928. this was the scene on march the 17th this year. the scene on march the 17th this yea r. lovely the scene on march the 17th this year. lovely images, chris, and again underlining for us the absolute importance of tradition for the irish guards. quite right, st patrick's day is a very special day for all irish guards men, in a

family regiment it is ourfamily gathering, it is a time to meet up and catch up with old friends. since 2012 the shamrock has been presented by the duchess of cambridge. it's a relationship we value particularly highly because she is a part of our family. great sight along the mall at the irish guards, four troopers of the life guards, leading the procession, the four troopers. the top finishers of the princess elizabeth cup, the annual regimental competition, so they have earned their place is here today in such a prominent role. and the brigade major riding bastian today, the one responsible for the precise timing of today's procession. and then of course the great sight of the mounted bands of the household cavalry, always a highlight of the parade. the great

drum highlight of the parade. the great d ru m forces highlight of the parade. the great drum forces making their way along to horse guards parade. the mounted band directed by captain james marshall of the blues and royals, the assistant director of music. first and second divisions of the sovereign ‘s escort provided this year by the lifeguards, unmistakable in their dazzling red tunics and white plumes, visinia regiment in the british army, raised by king charles ii. the field officer majorjames hardboard, his last birthday parade today, as he retires from the army in december. the third and fourth divisions of the sovereign ‘s escort provided by

the sovereign ‘s escort provided by the blues and royals in their dark blue tunics and red plumes. the state helmets designed by prince albert in 1842, the tradition we see today of inviting the household caz areeb to escort the sovereign to the parade was introduced, relatively recently. if you look at the great arc of history it was 1937 by king george vi. the duke of edinburgh has enjoyed a very long connection with the birthday parade, always enjoys attending. today's events a celebration of her majesty's official birthday. this tradition established by edward vii because his actual birthday fell in november so his actual birthday fell in november so he chosejune as a much more promising month in which to hold a birthday parade, and today proves that he was right, the weather is indeed glorious. studio: we leave huw edwards and the

tea m studio: we leave huw edwards and the team there. continuing coverage on bbc one of trooping the colour and the queen's birthday celebrations. we will bring you the latest headlines and the latest on the ground forfire headlines and the latest on the ground for fire disaster shortly on bbc news. —— grenfell five. first we can check in on the weather. less cloud around than yesterday and temperatures will leap up quite a bit but it's not sunny for all, we have a cloud from northern ireland and western scotland in particular, with some rain because of a weather front. away from the weather front some high levels of uv and usually across england and wales —— unusually. the sunshine continues throughout the rest of the day however it will be a damp and breezy affair across the north—west highlands of scotland and today the rain is also going to affect the northern isles, so cool, but in the sunshine certainly reaching the 20s in the central areas but in the south—east as high as 28 or 29 and

possibly higher. if we do not see 30 today we will see 30 tomorrow because temperatures will not drop overnight as much, it will feel stifling overnight and again tomorrow, temperatures in the low 30s tomorrow, and as you can see into the mid—20s for eastern parts of scotla nd into the mid—20s for eastern parts of scotland and northern ireland. notjust of scotland and northern ireland. not just the weekend, of scotland and northern ireland. notjust the weekend, the killing of next week. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown near grenfell tower in west london where 30 people are confirmed dead — but with that number expected to rise significantly. the bbc understands a total of 70 people are dead or missing. the headlines... in an unprecedented statement on her official birthday, the queen said it was difficult to escape a very sombre national mood in the light of recent tragedies. angry residents are demanding justice for the victims of the tower block fire — but ministers have defended theresa may's handling of the disaster. the prime minister is distraught

about what has happened, as everyone in the country is. we all desperately sad, we're all angry but, of