this is bbc news. the headlines at five. police say a total of 58 people are dead or missing and presumed dead in the grenfell fire, and they appeal for more information from the public. the current number of fatalities is at least 30. the figure of 58 are those that are missing and that i have to assume are dead. theresa may meets victims and residents affected by the disaster at downing street, as she tries to respond to growing public anger. the queen says it's "difficult to escape a very sombre national mood" following tragedies in london and manchester. she has led a minute's silence at the start of events to mark her official birthday. and in other news — the judge in the bill cosby sex assault case declares a mistrial due to a deadlocked jury. and in rugby, the british and irish lions get

a confidence—boosting win as they power to victory against the maori all blacks. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. this afternoon, police have said 58 people are missing and presumed dead in the grenfell tower fire. this includes the 30 having previously been confirmed to have died. the metropolitan police have also said the number of those assumed dead may increase. yeah, we got quite a lot of details in the last few minutes from the police commander here, stuart cundy. we have worked tirelessly to work

out how many people were in grenfell tower on the night, and at this point in time we are unable to say whether they are safe and well. sadly, at this time, there are 58 people who we were told were in g re nfell tower people who we were told were in grenfell tower on the night that are missing and therefore sadly i have to assume that they are dead. we have family liaison officers supporting and working with a number of families. that is 52 families. that includes those that we believe have died here at grenfell tower and also those who are in critical care still in hospital. that number 58

may change. i really hope it won't. but it may increase. 0ur may change. i really hope it won't. but it may increase. our focus has been on those that we know were in there, that we have been told were in grenfell tower. however, there are maybe other people who were in there on the night that others were not aware were there. that is also an absolute priority for the investigation to establish or they may be. if someone was in grenfell tower and they did escape and they haven't made it known to the police oi’ haven't made it known to the police or to theirfamily, haven't made it known to the police or to their family, i haven't made it known to the police or to theirfamily, i would urge them to contact the police catastrophe bureau. i don't care at the reason why you haven't told us so the reason why you haven't told us so far. i want to know and we all wa nt to so far. i want to know and we all want to note that you are safe and well. as well as that, the commander

said that the dead tradition of other victims will come once the agreement has been reached with the coroner. families of those affected have been meeting the prime minister in downing street. most did not comment after their two—hour meeting, but two of the group made the following brief statement. i will make this very brief. at this time, we will not make a full statement. we will make this in the community with the committee. we have had to run hours with the president... the prime minister, i apologise, theresa may and we spoke about our demands and what we expect. you will hear from others about our demands and what we expect. you will hearfrom others in due course. thank you very much. people have celebrated mass at a church near to the tower

to pray for those affected. the leader of the catholic church in england and wales, vincent nichols, told the congregation he was aware of the anger people felt. afterwards, he urged people to use that angerfor good you know, anger is energy and what i said inside was the thing about anger and its energy is it has to be directed in the right way. it has to get shaped so it becomes a positive source. i think the thing that i find most troubling is those who would wish to use that anger to deepen divisions in society, to create further divisions, because down that road is just a dog—eat—dog road. really what we were thinking about and urging this morning was that yes, people are angry. yes, that's quite understandable and right. but let's use that energy to build something better. brown has been in west london all day today and has been monitoring events. just bring us up today with the latest, ben. yes, we have a lot

more detail today in terms of what the police operation at the fire brigade operation inside the building grenfell tower is at the moment, and they were distressing how difficult and dangerous cities to inside what is left of the tower block behind me there, saying that yesterday afternoon they had to pause their worst because it is so difficult and dangerous and to pause for a while and tomorrow they hope to release images and video from inside, just to give everybody including the relatives that the community here and understanding of the difficulty and the danger inside because there is frustration among relatives about the length of time it is taking to find bodies in there, to locate them and to recover them. and the commander of the metropolitan police saying that naturally that process could take weeks or even longer. and that people are going to be patient because it is very time—consuming process , because it is very time—consuming process, but he confirmed as you

have been reporting 58 people... well, the death toll is still 30, but in total 58 are either dead or missing presumed dead. that is the latest figure. but he did say that that could rise. we have seen more anger today here in the community, with the local council, with the government, people having arguments amongst themselves as well. passion so amongst themselves as well. passion so high coming emotions still so far. let's go to laura, who is at the town hall of kensington and chelsea borough council for the latest there. well, there are questions this afternoon about why moore hasn't been organised, wider isn't more support for those families and victims of the grenfell tower tower of fire. here, at kensington and chelsea town hall, it isa kensington and chelsea town hall, it is a stark contrast to those scenes that we saw yesterday, when there we re that we saw yesterday, when there were angry crowds and protests here where i stand. you can see the doors

behind me have been boarded up as a result of that, but today it is eerily quiet. there is not a soul here apart from a bit more security than normal and a dog handler that i have seen as well, but behind closed doors and windows, i can see piles of donations from local people. boxes of clothes, stacks of bottles, of water, and baby food. there are also signs for volunteers to go in a certain direction to help with the sorting out of those two nations, so i followed the signs. they took me down to the depths of the building and... ifi down to the depths of the building and... if i could speak to you in just a minute. if you work for the borough, you should be ashamed of yourself. i don't. i work borough, you should be ashamed of yourself. i don't. iwork for borough, you should be ashamed of yourself. i don't. i work for the bbc. bags of clothing that were bulging at the seams. i met a woman who travelled here from harmful today and she wanted to lend a next pairof

today and she wanted to lend a next pair of hands. why can't i do that, she said. why cant i help when there are so many she said. why cant i help when there are so many desperate people in need. there are lots of plans to help, as we know and people are questioning why those plans aren't duestionindwhv those glans aren‘t' put ouestioninomhv those olens eren‘fl put into action. ben, back to being put into action. ben, back to you. all right, thank you very much indeed. well, we knowjust how hard it has been for the firefighters who we re it has been for the firefighters who were here on the night, trying to rescue people and who did indeed rescue people and who did indeed rescue 65 people but also the work they are doing now, days afterwards in the weeks ahead working and in the weeks ahead working inside what is left of that building. i have been talking to a formerfirefighter, who building. i have been talking to a former firefighter, who you building. i have been talking to a formerfirefighter, who you may was pictured memorably remember was pictured memorably after the july the 7th bombings remember was pictured memorably after thejuly the 7th bombings in 2005, helping one of the survivors there. asking him how difficult it is to be a firefighter in the circumstances. the government have recently carried out a number of public enquiries. the thing about it

is making sure the recommendations that come out the back end of that are actually enacted. the recommendations i was involved and have just been thrown out in the conservative manifesto, so what we need to make sure is if there is need to“. to bea need to“. to be a public that need to“. to be a public - that it going to be a public enquiry that it is far reaching and that the recommendations are actually implement it. personally, i do much better that an inquest takes place and isjudged better that an inquest takes place and is judged lead better that an inquest takes place and isjudged lead and has no involvement from the government whatsoever. involvement from the government the volunteers involvement from the government whatsoever. - the volunteers in whatsoever. well, the volunteers in the community here still working as ha rd the community here still working as hard as they have been here, ever since this disaster happened, to get supplies together, to get the donations, to coordinate the distribution of the storage of those donations to those who need it, those made homeless by this tragedy. i have been talking to one of the community organisers and i asked how things are going. it is going really, really well. volunteers are in high spirits. volunteers are doing everything they can to put everything into storage but ijust wanted to touch upon your point

actually win actually we are calling for people to become and there are loads of peace ceremony is being conducted and just a few words. by the wisdom that comes from having this possible pure, peace—loving, considered, submissive, pull of mercy and there good fruit. we want to be peacemakers because there is enough grief and also we don't want that to be confused that your kindness is taken for weakness. this is an atrocity that should not have happened but we want to respond and not so that those who are grieving do feel loved by the community. do you understand the anger that you'd seenin you understand the anger that you'd seen in the last day also? definitely and there needs to be answers. there needs to be a response to that. if you are just here at the scene, there are so many people who are grieving and there are so many people who are grieving and there are so many people who are weeping that i don't think lashing out, the news in the press do a greatjob but yesterday was not a true reflection on what happened. i was at latimer dirt and all we did all day was a box of thousands of boxes to send to store it and all of the news is riots and kicking down doors. that

is not a true reflection. if you are on the ground you know what the community spirit is and it is in the hands of people like yourself and the press to shore a balanced view. yes, people are angry but yes people are loving. yes, we get that and certainly we have been trying to show incredible effort is really from the community to deliver eight, to bring in eight. you've got enough supplies now. yes, we have too many supplies now. yes, we have too many supplies now. yes, we have too many supplies now. people are still donating. i want is a massive thank you to van drivers and people who are opening up storage, people who are opening up storage, people who are opening up homes. i would love to get a conversation going between storage and donation centres because i haven't seen any council members and we are doing this very organically but we are doing our best to lead our community where we are still mourning very much. that is one of the issues because we have been hearing that people are still sleeping on floors, people have been made homeless by this and also that this government task force, been created, is supposed to be % the ground today. have you seen on the ground today. have you seen any evidence of it? no, there is al

of talk of communityjust saying lot of talk of communityjust saying why are people on lot of talk of communityjust saying why are people - on floors why are people sleeping on floors when there are houses available. in the richest borough, you can purchase a block of buildings that house people but i am not saying it is as straightforward as that but there are ways in which people on there are ways in which people on the ground i think it why can this happen and it is going to take the committee to do it then let's ban together and make sure things are getting done. and your sense, if you did after this disaster, it is such a difficult time, isn't it? the grief is still so raw because people are still, not everybody knows what has happened to their loved ones in that building. yes, there is. there are a few clips going around and one of the ladies who was really grieving and the grief is understandable we are not saying you cannot grieve because of course you look back and you see all of the information that is going out but actually can i encourage people to hug people in brief? people are very in need of a hug and consolation and saw a bottle of water and a hug go hand—in—hand very well. saw a bottle of water and a hug go

hand-in-hand very well. one of the volu nteers hand-in-hand very well. one of the volunteers a little bit earlier, trying to coordinate the dissipation of supplies and storage of supplies. there has been huge generosity year, as you there has been huge generosity year, as you were there has been huge generosity year, as you were hearing there. they now have more than they in terms of staff to help the people made homeless by this disaster, food, water, clothing, blankets and so on. still a problem in terms of accommodation. we are hearing that last night people were still sleeping on floors, some of those made homeless. and also that a volunteer telling us their battle for they have not seen any sign, she has not seen any sign of the government task force that is supposed to be helping out to coordinate matters. well, some representatives from the community went to downing street today, to number ten, spent more than two hours with the prime minister, who has of course been much criticised for her presence here yesterday, or her failure for her presence here yesterday, or herfailure as it for her presence here yesterday, or her failure as it was perceived to spend enough time with residents.

let's talk them to emma vardy, our political correspondent, he was . g that meeting. what. you watching that meeting. what can you tell us? well, a group of around 15 oi’ tell us? well, a group of around 15 or $0 tell us? well, a group of around 15 or so people came here. they all w0 re or so people came here. they all wore white ribbons for their meeting with the prime minister. we are told they were victims, residents and volu nteers they were victims, residents and volunteers caught up in the grenfell tower tragedy. they spent - two tower tragedy. they spent around two and a - hours with the prime and a half hours with the prime minister. as - came and a half hours with the prime minister. as came they minister. as they came out, they a few words to the camera, not said a few words to the camera, not a great deal, butjust to say that they had spoken - the prime they had spoken with the prime minister at length, that they had éeeiel e21 leeiie eeei eeee eee eeeeeee ee leeiee eeee eeee eee a series eeeeeee ee leeeee eeee eeee eee a series of demands and they made a series of demands and they said they wanted to make a fuller statement but later on back at the g re nfell tower statement but later on back at the grenfell tower site after they had had some time to go away and die jesty conversations that they had having with may. jesty conversations that they had having with - may. yes, been having with theresa may. yes, as you say, this has followed several days of criticism over theresa may - the government's theresa may and the government's handling of this disaster. and criticism of the kind of empathy that had been shown by the government to victims. so this

morning, the government had said that it now was determined to build trust with the local community and this meeting that we saw here with victims today clearly a sign that the government is trying to reach out to people, trying to repair some of that ill feeling, some of that hostility that we have seen growing over recent days. i can also tell you that earlier today theresa may to chaira you that earlier today theresa may to chair a task force, bringing together ministers from various departments because there are really some pressing question still hanging over this disaster. will people be able to be adequately rehoused and what of the safety of other people living in similar tower blocks? we haven't yet heard from the prime minister over the outcome of that task force meeting, but the london mayor was also at that meeting. he has released a statement. he made a number of demands at the task force. he said he wanted to see clearer direction for people caught up in this tragedy, for how they can access financial support, for housing support, and counselling. he also cold for those rehousing

effo rts also cold for those rehousing efforts to be speeded up and of course the questions over the situation, they are going to be with us situation, they are going to be with us for some time yet. it is incredibly emotionally- but incredibly emotionally charged, but we have seen greater efforts from the government today to try to defuse some i that anger, try to defuse some of that anger, try to meet face to face - victims here meet face to face with victims here in another setting. thank you very much indeed. and just to be the latest news from the police here at the scene, they are now telling a 58 people are either dead or missing presumed dead in the grenfell tower disaster. that is the latest from here. back to you in the studio. ben brown, thank you very much. police say a total of 58 people are dead or missing and presumed dead in the grenfell fire, and they appeal for more information from the public. theresa may meets victims

and residents affected by the disaster at downing street, as she tries to respond to growing public anger. and in other news — the judge in the bill cosby sex in westminster, anti—government protesters have gathered to protest against the government's protest and supply agreement with northern ireland's dup. people have also raised concerns about the grenfell tower fire and how the situation has been handled. 0ur political correspondent spoke to some of those who took part in the demonstration. theresa may has been meeting relatives, volunteers, and local community leaders in order to restore trust with the community affected by the tower restore trust with the community affected by the - tower fire. affected by the grenfell tower fire. this morning, she was chairing a cross government meeting. she is

trying to regain the trust of the nation and the community, but across the road from where she has been doing is this. doing that, is this. an anti—government protest organised by social media. several hundred people here. a range of speakers. and three of the protest is ourjoining us now. rosie, geordie, and jessie. all with their own reasons for being here. rosie, ? calls forjustice for g re nfell tower. here. rosie, ? calls forjustice for grenfell tower. why do think still needed? well, i am a primary school teacher and a lot of these jobs and a lot of these children that i teach do come from council estate and the idea that the children can be put to bed at night by their parents and not wake up the next morning is absolutely disgusting and someone in government needs to be held for this because if they accountable for this because if they had just spent five grand more, those children would be in school still. they would be playing on the street still. and the prime minister has announced a full public enquiry and there is money going towards

rehousing the victims now. is that rehoosing the victimsroowolsthat no, we did an inquest. where enough? no, we did an inquest. where was she on wednesday? this was all announced on friday. she should have been meeting people on friday people did not know whether go to sleep at night. she needed to move quicker. she has read the country wrong. she has the emotional intelligence of a brick and she needs to get her self in gear. but she has taken measures to get on top of the situation. she has now but that is from pressure from things like this, people showing that they are not happy with just a few argos vouchers being floated around. people want change. people need to know that their children are safe at night and she needs to give us that. geordie, ? says several things. what is your main message? my messages to support jeremy corbyn. my sign says free education. i believe in free education. i believe in free education at a university level as well because if you invest in university students, you invest in the future. i am also here because of the tory — dup agreement that is

in talks right now. so this is the in talks right now. e5 “eee“; that will allow us to agreement that will allow us to enter brexit negotiations and have a queen's speech that allows government to continue. yes, i know it allows government to continue but lam it allows government to continue but i am protesting against it because i actually believe that tory— dup link isa actually believe that tory— dup link is a bad link. firstly, it affects more than ireland politics. there be tension in the near will be tension in the near future between sinn fein and dup and also northern ireland and the uk and also the dup are an extreme right party andl the dup are an extreme right party and i have read up on them and they do not believe in gay marriage, they do not believe in gay marriage, they do not believe in gay marriage, they do not believe in abortion. and jesse, you have drawn your sign. what does it say? i went into a little i more depth because i little bit more depth because i graduated with an art degree last year so i felt i wanted to put my heart and soul into it. there is a reason it isn't black—and—white because once you get into colour

then you get into different associations. this is based on how received her nomination, her she received her nomination, her seat. her seat was very secure. but watching it, she was so shaky because she realised that she was losing the support of the people because they were thinking about our policies and do we deserve this? what is the right of the nation. what is the right of the nation. what do we want? and she is actually onlyjust being what do we want? and she is actually only just being kept what do we want? and she is actually onlyjust being kept up by the possibility of this coalition with the dup and the dup are i believe the dup and the dup are i believe the worst things that they have in common with the conservatives. they are anti—gay marriage, anti—abortion, and they believe that climate change is not real. it is quite similar to donald trump. but a

clear political message running through the entirety of this protest. it is quite a young crowd here. but it is not a message that theresa may would have wanted to see outside her gates this just outside her gates this afternoon as she is trying to build trust with the community and regain power and control over the overall situation here in whitehall. ajudge in the united states has declared a mistrial in the case of the entertainer bill cosby. the reason given has been that the jury is deadlocked. the star was facing three counts of aggravated indecent assault, as aleem maqbool reports. 0nce once one of the biggest global names in wholesome family comedy, now coming to hearfor court in wholesome family comedy, now coming to hear for court would in wholesome family comedy, now coming to hearfor court would brand him a calculating sexual predator. backin him a calculating sexual predator. back in his heyday, bill cosby was the most prominent african—american, the most prominent african—american, the highest—paid actor, and undoubtedly a trailblazer. but more

than 50 women have now come forward, saying he sexually assaulted them. most couldn't go to trial because it was so most couldn't go to trial because it was so long since the alleged incident took place. 0ne was so long since the alleged incident took place. one case was heard in court, though. brought by andrea constant, a - university who claims that in 2004, he employee who claims that in 2004, he dropped and then molested her. one of his old interviews, joking about drugging women. maybe something he later rejected. on the head of a pin and you put it in a drink and the girl willdrink itand... and you put it in a drink and the girl will drink it and... hello, america! former guest star on the cosby show lily bernardo had regarded the comedian as a mentor, but she claims he sexually assaulted her three times in the early 90s. speaking beside her son, she says the real bill cosby had finally been on display. i hope that this trial will reveal to the world that bill

isa will reveal to the world that bill is a lying coward, that he is cosby is a lying coward, that he is a master manipulator who has methodically over the course of five decades inflicted sexual violence upon women. bill cosby did not take the witness stand during his trial. instead, his defence team focused on trying to undermine the credibility of his accuser. - why andrea of his accuser. asking why andrea co nsta nt of his accuser. asking why andrea constant kept l contact with him constant kept in contact with him after the alleged assault. why come back and see a man multiple times when you are dropped? come on, people. you have got to see this. and the media is refusing to print these facts. the jury may not have been able to come to the decision in this case, and he is a free man for now, but there is no question the reputation of bill cosby, once eiluiiilli if éiii tlee; lee/e .. 7 .. . . as eeeueee'le le éiii tlee; 27:75 7 7 7 . . as something of lelueee'll le éiii t-lee; lele 7 7 7 . . as something of an american regarded as something of an american father figure, has regarded as something of an american fatherfigure, has already regarded as something of an american father figure, has already been badly tarnished. 0ne

father figure, has already been badly tarnished. one of bill cosby‘s defence team spoke to reporters outside the courtjust a short time ago. i wanted to say today was very important. we have worked - hard important. we have worked very hard to present a case to this - to to present a case to this court, to thisjury, to to present a case to this court, to this jury, to these 12 to present a case to this court, to thisjury, to these 12 people to present a case to this court, to this jury, to these 12 people who worked tirelessly to listen. this is what happens. geordies are stuck when a prosecutor seeks to put someone when a prosecutor seeks to put someone in prison for things that are simply not presented in the courtroom. and the jury stuck to what they were asked to do, and that is to review the evidence before them, and there simply wasn't enough and we are grateful for the time that they put into it and for the court in allegheny and the court here in montgomery county . allow here in montgomery county to allow this process to complete to the stage, so thank you. events are taking place

across the country this weekend to mark the first anniversary ofjo cox's murder. the great get together, as it's called, has been organised by her family. the idea is forfriends, neighbours and others they don't yet know to spend time with each other. fiona is in west yorkshire, which is injo cox's former constituency. hundreds of people have been coming together in this beautiful sunshine. this has been the focus of the events this weekend, because it is the old constituency ofjo cox. told us they wanted to told us they yyahted to come people told us they wanted to come together, be neighbourly, and show support for the family ofjo cox. earlier, we spoke to her husband. he explained why even like this are so important. i think for us, it was thinking about how we take forward jo's legacy and the things she cared about. the thing that drove jo was about bringing closer communities together.

she wanted to build a community. she wanted to bring people together of different types and backgrounds. i think she would be incredibly humbled by the scale of the response there's been. we know of about 120,000 events so far across the country. i think what that shows is just the sense that the country's crying out for these moments of togetherness. we spend so much time talking about the things we disagree on. i think people want that balance. when you walk around here today, you get the sense of how muchjo cox was locked in her local community. a man saying he remembers her coming here with her grandad. members of the family saying that ifjo cox was here today, she would have loved an like this, everybody coming event like this, everybody coming together, and she would have been in and around the stalls. she probably would have known everybody here by name. around 120,000 events are taking place this weekend, and don't forget that it is a year since the jo cox foundation was set up and

almost £2 million has been raised for charity is close to her heart. now it is time for the weather. hello, the hot and sunny weather will stick around for quite a few days yet, especially in the south. this was the scene from one of our weather watchers in east london a little earlier on. a beautiful view there over the city. if it was hot inland, then the call —— calls may have felt more pleasant with sea have felt more pleasant with—557? a different day across the breezes. a different day across the north of scotland. - was the north of scotland. that was the scene atjohn 0 groats. a lot more cloud here and as you can see from the satellite, this extended right across the north and north—west of scotland, just fringing in towards the north coast of northern ireland as well, bringing - patchy rain as well, bringing some patchy rain across the far north—west. that will across the far north—west.rthatwilt into the evening, continue into the evening, especially over high ground. for eastern and southern scotland, we will stick with some sunny spells. 22 celsius in at 8pm 22 celsius in aberdeen at 8pm tonight. northern ireland, mainly

fine, some spells of sunshine. as we drift across england and wales, some sunshine to end saturday and those temperatures really not dropping very quickly at all. 27 celsius in the centre of london at 8pm this evening. and as we go on through the night, those temperatures will struggle to drop away. it will be a warm and humid night across eastern england in particular, were the big towns and cities probably- up towns and cities probably hold up around 19 celsius. some low cloud floating with western and coastal areas. more cloud across northern ireland and north—west scotland, where this patchy rain continues to evolve. this weather front will sit in place across the north west of scotla nd in place across the north west of scotland during tomorrow. some extra cloud into and scotland during tomorrow. some extra cloud into - and southern cloud into eastern and southern scotla nd cloud into eastern and southern scotland and northern ireland. across england and wales, long spells of sunshine. sea breezes making it feel cooler. come in mind, particularly towards the saudis, could get to 32 celsius tomorrow. always cooler across - north—west always cooler across the north—west away from those corner. away from those north—western areas, tomorrow will

again bring high or very high pollen levels and the sun very strong at levels and the'son—ve—ry—stfong'at time of year, so high uv this time of year, so high uv levels, even very high levels for many. there are that in mind if you're out for any length of time. stand united into monday. our to stand united into monday, our weather front will break into two and the remnants of it's still sitting in place. it will bring slightly cooler, fresher conditions across the northern half of the country, but it will stay hot for the start of the new week for the south, with plenty of sunshine. inafew in a few minutes, viewers from bbc 0ne in a few minutes, viewers from bbc one will in a few minutes, viewers from bbc 0ne willjoin us for a round—up of the news. before that, police have been giving more detail about the fire at grenfell tower in london. commanders steuart cundy is from the metropolitan police. commanders steuart cundy is from the metropolitan policelj commanders steuart cundy is from the metropolitan police. i understand, i really the frustration really understand, the frustration of so many about not knowing the

scale of the tragedy that is unfolding behind us. i have said it before, you have my absolute assurance that as soon as i can possibly tell you something that i know to be accurate, i will tell you. the investigation will be exhaustive. my intention is that it will help to provide answers. if, as we investigate, we identify issues that are a risk to public safety, we will not be waiting for the end of the investigation before we provide that information to the appropriate authorities. if there are any safety issues that i and authorities. if there are any safety issues that. and experts that authorities. if there are any safety issues that i and experts that we issues that we and experts that we will be using identify, we will share that immediately. finally, i would like to repeat what i said before, which is that my heart goes

out, those of my colleagues, those of the wider emergency services, the community here, londoners and indeed eve ryo ne a cross community here, londoners and indeed everyone across this nation. 0ur thoughts are with you and you have my commitment that i will do whatever i can, within my power, to find the answers to what happened here. i am find the answers to what happened here. iam happy find the answers to what happened here. i am happy to take some questions. so we have gone all the to the top of grenfell tower. it way to the top of grenfell tower. it is done in a phased way, the first is done in a phased way. thejilst is done in a phased way. thejilst isa is done in a phased way. thejilst is a visual search and then we phase is a visual search and then we will progressively to further more details searches beyond that. the intention of me releasing video and footage tomorrow, which i have seen, andi footage tomorrow, which i have seen, and i will be going into grenfell tower myself to see it with my own eyes, to understand the time it will ta ke to

eyes, to understand the time it will take to fully search. there is considerable damage within grenfell tower. it is important forfamilies that we do absolutely everything in their to find - loved ones. but their to find their loved ones. but we have gone to - top of the we have gone to the top of the tower. sorry... a gentleman there was going to ask me a question earlier. i cannot hear you. so, was going to ask me a question earlier. i cannot hearyou. so, i was going to ask me a question earlier. i cannot hear you. so, i am not the coroner, they are responsible for inquests and the prime minister has decided that there will be a public enquiry. the public enquiry will be wide ranging, iam public enquiry will be wide ranging, i am convinced and the investigation will help feed into that. so, sir, the investigation... 0k. the investigation, as i've said before, the investigation is a police

investigation we investigate criminal matters. the investigation will identify any criminal offence that has been committed, it will be wide—ranging and it will go to establish the answers of what happened in the fire and how it spread. it will look l the happened in the fire and how it spread. it will look. the building spread. it will look at the building itself, it will look at the refurbishment as well. just one over here, first. inaudible question. i have to assume are dead. inaudible question. no. the figure of 30 that m7777- gave yesterday, i note that they ! eese eeeeeeee e‘ee eeee eeee at e eese eeeeeeee e‘ee eeee eeee at least died, sadly. but 58, have at least died, sadly. but 58, would include that 30, but as i said earlier, the figure of 58 is based earlier; thefigdre of 587is based what earlier; thefigbre of 587is based what we have been told as to who on what we have been told as to who was in there on the night. there may be other people who were in their app this time, that no one is able to tell us who were in there. that

figure may increase. good evening. police say- 58 people are presumed to have died at the fire at grenfell tower in west london. they also said that the death toll is likely to rise. the bbc understands the total number of dead or missing could be around 70. theresa may met victims of the fire in downing street amid criticism of the handling of the tragedy. in the midsummer heat, grenfell tower casts a long shadow. a new dark reality on the london skyline, with the power to shock, and to move. 3 which stops you in your er: ff: juigxi too much to take in. is hard tracks. too much to take in. is hard to know what to say, yeah. it's just everyone's busy talking, horrific. everyone's busy talking, yet you can just feel a silence. it's really overwhelming. four days it's really overwhelming. fee; days from the disaster, and with every

on from the disaster, and with every official update, more grim news. sadly at this time there are 58 people who we were told... we have been told were in grenfell - on been told were in grenfell tower on the night that are missing and therefore sadly i have to assure them that they are dead. the into how this investigations into how this happened will be complex and “eeeehee ee'ee eee ee'fieeeeefie l h "elem ell eeeeehee ee'ee ee ee'fieeeeefie l h "elem ell but eeeeehee eeeee ee ee'fieeeeefie l h "elem ell but the residents' lengthy, but the residents' association for grenfell - and association for grenfell tower and the surrounding blocks is already calling for the council and its agency to be suspended management agency to be suspended from their landlords‘ responsibility. andrea newton says the community felt ignored before m- m since, with the tragedy, neglected since, with no a ccess the tragedy, neglected since, with no access to basic information. where is everyone? what are they getting next, where will they move, what do they need? who needs what and where? fundamental questions and we are days after this disaster.

and where? fundamental questions and we are days after this disasterlj we are days after this disaster.” have done the angry. ijust have to get this done. today the residents brought those frustrations to downing street, asking for more help the ground. and there have been on the ground. and there have been reassu ra nces on the ground. and there have been reassurances from ministers. there is now from today on the ground a central operation precisely to answer all those, you know, perfectly reasonable questions people have in these desperate circumstances. it perfectly clear message, but still, on the street, official help has - hard to find. en'é'ae reee ra; eeee rafa eeeiee , we are seeing here is an aid what we are seeing here is an aid effort run by local people. we are told there will be a more official response to what has happened, but on the ground there is very little evidence of that. amanda, you are doing all you can. have you seen any government people, local council people? no, i haven't. i haven't seen anyone people? no, i haven't. i haven't seen anyone at all. we have been here since the morning and - not here since the morning and have not seen anyone from here since the morning and have not seen anyone from the government.

winners the government?” seen anyone from the government. winners the government? i personally don't know. the only government or cancel because i have seen or the rescues lorries, coming up and down the street. # we shall overcome... #. the pain here is plain to see, and the community strength to, to come together and to overcome. jeremy together and to overcomederemy bbc news, north kensington. ben brown is in west london. cooks, bbc news, north kensington. well, from the police this afternoon, ben? they. us 1 so so farfrom so far from the been recovered so far from the block, but clearly there are many more inside, and they are seeing how difficult and dangerous the work is to search for bodies and there, to search for bodies and recover them they had actually stopped that work yesterday afternoon it was i dangerous afternoon it was so dangerous and could only resume it at lunchtime today. they are saying that whole process of bringing out bodies could

ta ke process of bringing out bodies could take weeks or even longer, and to try to explain why, they will release some images tomorrow, some release some ireades tdrddrraez, came ,, 7 7 ,, from release some inaades teradrrale, came ,, 7 7 ,, from inside, just to show videos from inside, just to show families and the community here her difficult and dangerous it is. also, eeeeeeeeeeee eeeq‘efeee e e; eleeee just don‘t know exactly how theyjust don‘t know exactly how many people were in the block at the time and they are appealing for anyone who was inside there, or perhaps was not registered to live there, who has escaped but has not beenin there, who has escaped but has not been in touch with the police, to get in touch with them as soon as possible. ben, thank you very 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth is in downing street this evening. alex forsyth is in downing some alex forsyth is in downing residents have met with some residents have met with the evening and we have feminist this evening and we have now had a statement from downing street? that's right, just in the last few minutes, and the prime minister said the reason she wanted to meet those residents was to to meet those residents wastcr them the government was reassure them the government was doing everything possible, but in that statement theresa may admitted the basic help and information on the basic help and information on the ground was not good enough. she has announced a series of actions she said will immediately rectify that and that includes the distribution of a £5 million

emergency fund for food and clothing starting today, a renewed commitment to get everybody rehoused within three weeks, and she says she herself will get daily updates as on the progress of that. more staff wearing hi viz jackets the progress of that. more staff wearing hi vizjackets will be deployed on the ground to offer advice to those who need it, and extra phone lines and hotlines as well for the council. theresa may says the ongoing public inquiry which will start, the judge to be named in the next few days, and she says she will take personal responsibility for implement whatever the recommendations are. she has been criticised for her response. she is - trying to get response. she is now trying to get back on the front foot. alex, thank you. the queen has observed a minute‘s silence at the trooping the colour parade in memory of all those who died in grenfell tower and in the recent bombings in manchester and london. earlier, she issued an unprecedented statement — on what is her official birthday — in which she said it was "difficult to escape the very sombre national mood." 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. on a day intended for celebration,

the queen led the nation in sorrow. 7 — 777 7 77, 7 e 7, , ,= duke of edinburgh for a minute‘s silence. a moment of reflection, joined by the footguards on the parade ground and the cavalry at the palace gates — in remembrance of those lost at grenfell tower, and in the terrerist attacks _ yesterday she‘d visited the scene of the fire at grenfell tower and met some of those who have lost friends and neighbours. it had clearly made a deep impression. in her statement she said, "i have been profoundly struck by the immediate inclination of people throughout the country to offer comfort and support to those in desperate need." band plays

to those in desperate need." her birthday parade went ahead. to those in desperate need." it had all the familiar components. to those in desperate need." the footguards marched and trooped the colour of the irish guards, and the royal family appeared on the palace balcony, where prince george as usual stole the show, gazing down at the crowds, and then as the raf fly—past appeared, up at the sky with his sister. as the raf fly—past appeared, feelings of shock and grief. of state reflected the country‘s nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace. ajudge in the united states has declared a mistrial in the sexual assault case against the entertainer bill cosby. the jury was unable to reach a verdict after more than 50 hours of deliberations. a verdict after more than 50 the 79—year—old actor had denied drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 13 years ago. 0ur north america correspondent

aleem maqbool reports. after aleem maqbool reports. so many accused him of b calculated after so many accused him of being a calculated sexual predator, bill cosbyis calculated sexual predator, bill cosby is free now to go home from court. the jury didn‘t acquit him, but they could not unanimously agreed to convey him either. whee kim looking for an acquittal, but like leader that rolling stone says, you can‘t always get what you want, you can‘t always get what you want, you get what you need. —— whee kim the victory was celebrated looking. the victory was celebrated by cos by looking. the victory was celebrated by cosby supported. 60 women came forward and accused him... yes, after 20—25 years. no, forward and accused him... yes, after20—25 years. no, please. forward and accused him... yes, after 20-25 years. no, please. back in his heyday bill cosby was the most prominent african—american, the highest—paid actor, and undoubtedly a trailblazer. .. 0f highest—paid actor, and undoubtedly a trailblazer... of the dozens of women who came forward saying he sexually assaulted them, most couldn‘t go to trial because it was so

couldn‘t go to trial because it was so long since the alleged incidents took place. 0ne so long since the alleged incidents took place. one case was heard in court, though, brought by andrea constand, a former university employee who claims that in 2004 he drugged and then molested her. all of thejurors were drugged and then molested her. all of the jurors were not convinced. for now, bill cosby walks free, but there is the prospect he is going to be retried, and there is no question that in spite of this result his reputation as something of an american fatherfigure reputation as something of an american father figure has reputation as something of an american fatherfigure has now been tarnished. you‘re watching bbc news. i am

arlene foster at the bbc sport centre. at the first test against the all blacks one week away, the british and irish lions had a victory. it was then difficult work conditions. they won by 32—10 against the all blacks. 0ur sports correspondent without the match. 0n the north island in new zealand, this is mari heartland and when the lions are in town, they pull out all the stops. there i thousands of

the stops. there are thousandsmi here for this world record people here for this world record attempt and they are all facing the lions team hotel. just another lions team hotel- justaootbec ‘for the lions that if they reminder for the lions that if they needed it, of whose turf they are on. then it was time for the maori blacks, at side steeped in and history to lay down culture and history to lay down their own challenge. early on, the lions were in control but as soon as their concentration the their concentration wavered, the maori were in has once again, the lions found their slightest mistakes punished. leigh halfpenny rarely falters in sight of the posts and his kicks to the visitors into a narrow half—time lead. returned, keen to stub out gpponents returned. keen_to_stub_out danger man, according the danger man, illegally, according to the referee. now with the to the referee-mow withtheplayg the to the referee-mow withtheplaye7 the lions made their advantage, the lions made their pressure count, a penalty try, their first of the match. again they punish their maori when they were awake is,. with their power and

e t-e- et fl" ’ $ the e e-e- "e fl" " $ the lions moved out of precision, the lions moved out of sight, the home side dominated and this was a morale boostin defeated. this was a morale boosting win for warren gatland‘s players but will they - enough to win for warren gatland‘s players but will they- enough to pass the will they have enough to pass the ultimate test in seven days‘ time? we are building performances, building on the games on saturday and tuesday and i think tonight was another step forwards to what our goal is and obviously that is to beat the all blacks, you need to be the best in the world and we do not have a huge time frame but i think we are using our i we are using our time well. i thought our set piece was good. there is always room for improvement. there are a lot of things that we can work on and we will go back to the video and we will click on into tuesday. staying with the lions, ross moriarty is the second player who had to pull out of the tour because of injury. he played in the opening match but he suffered nerve damage l his back. suffered nerve damage in his back. six players have been brought into

the squad from wales - scotland the squad from wales and scotland who are touring in new zealand and australia but warren gatland has decided against using english and irish players who are in argentina irish players who are—in argentina japan. irish players who are "in argentina japan. eddie - says: she be on merit rather than made on merit rather than geographical proximity. they can do ple nty of geographical proximity. they can do plenty of talking. we made the decision which i think is the best for us. i understand his concern and the concern of people. his point, i suppose. ijust the concern of people. his point, i suppose. i just know the concern of people. his point, i suppose. ijust know how difficult it is, travelling from argentina, you have to get around the world and acclimatise. you use past experience for that. allendale and then russell for that anew two for that anew two of the players who willjoin

are two of the players who willjoin the lions, they helped scotland stun australia this morning. it is the first time they have beaten the wallabies in sydney, that is now two wins from two for gregor townsend. tussles between these two nations have in recent years been tight affairs. 0nly have in recent years been tight affairs. only one point separated their last two meetings, i best to make an impact early. duncan taylor did just that, quick thinking catching the wallabies off guard. then russell one of those heading to join up with the lions squad in new would do the same, as zealand would do the same, as scotla nd zealand would do the same, as scotland pressed - ahead, scotland pressed further ahead, nothing michael checker could do about that, although his team started to find their range. the hosts edged closer. now the wallabies were making their presence felt. 0n the pitch and on the australia ahead for the scoreboard. australia ahead for the first time and going with recent form, it was close. they had

body—macro the last three encounters but this time, hamish watson made sure that the victory would be scotland‘s. 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. it was a little bit tense at the end but i think the work that went in prior to that was what won the game. they played a fa st what won the game. they played a fast game of rugby, that is as fast again as! fast game of rugby, that is as fast again as i can remember playing in. we managed to slow the ball down. the boys but everything out there. that is all you can ask. there was also a big win for ireland to beat japan. despite 11 of their players on lions duty, they were too strong for the home side. second test is in tokyo this time next week. england

will win their test series against argentina if they beat them in santa fe tonight. eddie jones argentina if they beat them in santa fe tonight. eddiejones thinks that the match could be tough. they needed a last—minute try to win the first test 38—34 last week. jones warned his side that argentina will be stronger this time around. argentina is probably more concerned about themselves. they have not had about themselves. they have not had a good record lately. i think they will be heading towards a bit more ofa will be heading towards a bit more of a traditional style. we saw them last week, they will go further up the field. i think there will be a combination of new argentina and the old argentina. that match is on bbc two tonight, kick—off is eight o‘clock. back to new zealand, but for that lions match, being than women beat their opponents. it was

level at half—time but they scored five tries in their 29—21 victory. england will go into the world cup in ireland as the number—1 side in the world. coming to a rugby mad country is not easy. we found out the hard way when we lost all three tests. tonight was a - showcase tests. tonight was a real showcase of how much rugby, going hammer and tongs and we are happy. ou!’ tongs and we are happy with our performance. you're up-to-date with their rugby. johanna konta could become the first british woman since virginia wade 40 years ago at wimbledon to win a tour event on home soil. she has reached the final of the nottingham 0pen, coming through in straight sets against from slovakia. it is the first time thatjohanna konta, who is eighth in the world has reached a glass final.

it is the third day at the us open golf, paul casey and tommy fleetwood wherein a four way tie for the lead overnight and a few of the players have teed off but not the top of the leaderboard yet. very good for paul casey and tommy fleetwood in wisconsin. still waiting to tee off. there will be updates on the bbc sport website. wigan have made it through to the semi—finals after edging past warrington in a thriller. they also beat wolves in the super league grand final this season. does one point separated the sides this afternoon, warriors taking it 27—26. whilst the tour of the still retains its majesty, they have lost their this season, floundering and soberly, with a lass like shot at silverware. the teams might have fallen but wigan still have mighty in their ranks, joel

burgess averages nearly one try per game. he got to. warrington have their own man, ryan atkins, out of nowhere, he scored tries to draw them level. by half—time, wigan had wriggled their way back ahead. marshall with his eighth try in three games and in the scorching temperatures, wigan were bringing the heat. the bulls dragged themselves back to 20 all. flat pass. what a big moment in the game again. twice having scrambled back to parity, the warrington defence got into a tangle to allowjohn bateman to put wigan back in front. a dropped goal put them to goals ahead. he set up the most frenetic of finales. stefan ratchford then had the chance at the other. two points that would have salvage something from a season that had drifted of course. game over? not quite. here it comes. last play of the game. he has put it away. it has

gone wide. right on the guta, that was the point that could have kept their season alive, instead it goes wide. the seasons may not be hitting the heights but wigan and warrington can still produce a game that delivers everything. that is all the sport for now. i will be back with damienjohnson sport for now. i will be back with damien johnson at half sport for now. i will be back with damienjohnson at half six. look at the website between now it is time for the weather. the hot sunny weather that has been with many of us weather that has been with many of us during today is going to stick around particularly in the south for around particularly in the south for a good few days yet. decent weather for a trip to the beach where it has been cooler with sea breezes close to the coast and another contrast on the satellite picture, shows up clearly, this band of cloud in the north—west which has been delivering some patchy rain in the far north—west of scotland. this is a weather front that will make very little progress during the night,

for the vast majority dry with clear spells, perhaps the odd patch of low cloud, further east, despite clear spells, temperatures in norwich and london no lower than 19 degrees. that sets us up for a very hot day tomorrow, particularly in england and wales. damages up to 31 or 32 degrees. more cloud for scotla nd 31 or 32 degrees. more cloud for scotland and northern ireland. here, it will be cooler. northern areas keep the cooler weather on monday and tuesday, further south it stays hot, temperatures still around 30 degrees. —— temperatures. this is bbc news. the headlines at six. police say a total of 58 people are dead or missing and presumed dead in the grenfell fire, and they appeal for more information from the public. the current number of fatalities is at least 30. the figure of 58 are those that are missing and that i have to assume are dead.

theresa may meets victims and residents affected by the disaster at downing street, as she tries to respond to growing public anger. the queen says it‘s "difficult to escape a very sombre national mood" following tragedies in london and manchester. she has led a minute‘s silence at the start of events to mark her official birthday. and in other news — the judge in the bill cosby sex assault case declares a mistrial due to a deadlocked jury.