this is bbc news. the headlines at seven. 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 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

good evening and welcome to bbc news. first, police say 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. the bbc understands the total number of dead are missing could be around 70. today, theresa may met victims of the fire at downing street, amid criticism of the government's handling of the tragedy. in the few hours, the prime minster has issued a statement.

it said: this report is from our correspondentjeremy cooke. this report is from our correspondentjeremy cooke. in the midsummer heat, g re nfell tower cast a long shadow. a new dark shadow on the london skyline, with the power to move and shock. a sight which stops you in your tracks. too much to take in. it's hard to know what to say. it's just horrific. everyone is busy talking, but you can just feel a silence. it's really overwhelming.

four days on from 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 tower on the night that are missing and therefore sadly i have to assume that they are dead. the investigations into how this happened will be complex and lengthy. but the residents association for grenfell tower and the surrounding blocks is already calling for the council and its management agency to be suspended from their landlord responsibility. andrea newton says the community felt ignored before the tragedy, neglected since. with no access to basic information. where is everyone ? what are they getting next? where are they going to move? who needs what and where? these are fundamental questions and we are

days after the disaster. i have done the angry. i have got to get this done. today, the residents brought those frustrations to downing street, asking for more help 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 perfectly reasonable questions that people have in these desperate circumstances. a perfectly clear message, but still on the street official help has been hard to find. 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 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 at all. we have been here since morning and we haven't seen any of the government.

where's the government? i personally do not know. the only government or council vehicles that i have seen are the refuge lorries coming down the street. the pain here is plain to see. the strength of the community too. and the determination to come together and to overcome. we heard the statement from the prime minister. 0ur political correspondent alex forsythe is at downing street. the prime minister met some of those affected by the tragedy. their concerns reflected in her statement. absolutely. as you heard there, there has been a lot of anger and frustration by some members of the community at what they see as an inadequate response as to what has happened, not just from inadequate response as to what has

happened, notjust from the government but also from the local authority as well. theresa may was personally criticised for not meeting residents, victims, those affected by this incident soon affected by this incidentsoon she has been meeting in the enough. she has been meeting in the past few days, she visited a hospital yesterday, she visited the scene and today she hosted this meeting at downing street and i am told that these actions that she has now come out with ra direct response to what she has been hearing from people about what they want to see happen on the ground. - it is happen on the ground. that it is really the that happen on the ground. that it is really the - that have been really the basics that have been lacking, which is why we have seen the prime minister announced that £5 million emergency fund which will start to be just repeated from today. that is the basic things like food and travel money. she has renewed the commitment to rehouse people within three weeks in the local area if they want to, or as close to it as possible. she has also talked about more people on the ground in hi vizjackets, stuffing for councilfor ground in hi vizjackets, stuffing for council for mansell that people have a point of contact, all in response to what she has been hearing from residents, and the

prime minister taking personal responsibility to make sure the findings of the public enquiry into this incident are implemented so theresa may, her effort now is trying to reassure people that the government is doing what it can after it has had such criticism for its response up to this point. what remains to be seen is whether that be enough to appease members of the local community. do we have a times guffaw when we can see some of these high visibilityjackets, this task force in action, because obviously we have been seeing volunteers on the ground ? we have been seeing volunteers on the ground? there has been chewed commendation for the response of the community but also that recognition from the prime minister that not enough has been done in terms of basic support in the last few days. she was keen to praise the work of the emergency services, but without being too specific. this morning, damian green, the first secretary of state and to all intents and purposes the deputy prime minister, she said that response on the ground is starting today and theresa may saying that this is immediate action

saw the people you would hope would start to see a difference with some of these measures implemented pretty much immediately. the government has had so much criticism for its response and what it is trying to do now is get on the front foot and show that it is doing something, that i think you are right to raise the point that residents will want this to be tangible, they will want this to be tangible, they will want this to be visible before they start to believe that they will get what they so desperately need. absolutely. thank you very much. we have been hearing aboutjust how difficult this recovery operation has been for the emergency services who are working at grenfell tower. it could take weeks. it could take even longer. police said that picture is footage showing the inside of the building would be released tomorrow to help people understand just why this search was taking so long. my colleague, ben brown, has spent the day in west london. he sent us the latest from the scene. we learned a lot today.

the police said that 16 bodies have been recovered so far, but clearly there are many more in there. the police have been telling us how difficult and dangerous that work is in terms of looking for the bodies and bringing them out. they are saying that actually at one stage yesterday they had to stop their work because it is so dangerous. they resumed it at lunchtime today. they will release some images from inside the block, to showjust how arduous that work is and how dangerous and they are

saying they don't want to risk any more fatalities. they have specialist teams of police, firefighters and ambulance teams in there, looking for bodies and trying to recover bodies, but they say and they are warning—people the community here and they are warning people here in this appealing because they are not 100% sure how many people were in the block, they are appealing for anyone who was in there and you got out, who hasn't been in touch with the police for whatever reason, the players say they do not care why, but if they could they really want to hear from those people who got out and are safe and well right now. so that they can make sure that they have the right numbers. but at the moment, the police are saying that they believe that 58 people are either dead or missing and presumed dead. as you heard from bender, in a lot of activity here today. it was quite of activity heretadayrl—t wasguite tense of activity heretaaayrl—t wasgaita tense atmosphere and remains a tense atmosphere and remains tense. —— from ben brown there. yesterday, the - minister was at yesterday, the prime minister was at the church year. today, people went to visit her in downing street and i

have one of them with me now. the bishop of kensington, graham tomlin. thank you forjoining us. first of all, how did the meeting go?|j thank you forjoining us. first of all, how did the meeting go? i think it was a good meeting. i think it enabled residents in the local area here to really express their frustrations and their hopes, their angen frustrations and their hopes, their anger. their desires. and to put before the prime minister. things before the prime minister the things they really wanted to say. we sensed that she listened and therefore i think it was a good thing to do and the residents came away i think feeling that they had been heard, they have been able to say what they wa nted they have been able to say what they wanted to say to the - minister. wanted to say to the prime minister. how did the meeting, about and who was able to talk first and can you do is talk us through how the meeting - it came about because was approached by number ten early i was approached by number ten early yesterday. i have been involved here over the whole week and spending a of time in the area and number lot of time in the area and number ten approached me about whether we could put a group of could put together a group of representatives from the local area

to have i conversation with the to have a conversation with the prime minister, and we worked very closely with saint clement ‘s church, which is very well collected in the local area here and we brought together a group of people who were representatives of not anyone in particular about people who were affected by this tragedy and people who were survivors from the tower itself, evacuees, local residents. there were volunteers, community leaders, and that was the group that was there. there has been a lot of discussion about whether the government understands people's needs here. are you more confident from theresa may's reaction that they do? i'm certainly hopeful that she listened. i think we all came away feeling that she listened very carefully to what we had to say. it