this is bbc news. the headlines at four o'clock: the leader of kensington and chelsea borough council insists the local authority is helping victims of the grenfell fire. councillor nick paget—brown said there was now a coordinated relief effort on the ground. by by the time i got there just after 3:30am on wednesday it was clear that no one local authority in london would be able to cope with the enormous challenges facing a huge number of displaced residents. iam huge number of displaced residents. i am told the council is never in evidence, that was not my perception this morning. but the mayor of london, sadiq khan, says more needs to be done to help the community. they are showing a community coming together to grieve, but also a community frustrated and angry, not simply at the poor response in the days afterwards from the council and the government, but they years of neglect from the council and

successive governments. no queen's speech to parliament next year — to allow mps more time to scrutinise brexit legislation. at least 62 people are killed in a forest fire in central portugal. three days of mourning have been declared. french people are voting in the final round of parliamentary elections, with president macron‘s new party heading for a big majority. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the leader of kensington and chelsea council has told the bbc his officials are working round the clock following the grenfell tower fire. there's been criticism the local authority isn't doing enough to help those affected. many residents have said they've received little or no assistance, although the authority has insisted it's committed to supporting anyone affected. church services are being

held today to remember the victims of the blaze, as simon jones reports. after the shock and the grief, today, a moment of reflection — church services to mark the lives lost and the many missing, presumed dead. that anger remains palpable. the difficulty is people are now finding out who has died and that will be enormous grief as well as enormous anger. ’-:m:sfau«s»£nwm -s.,-_ .:: — . . — ,