this is bbc news. the headlines at apm. councils rush to inspect the cladding on hundreds of tower blocks as the government says three high—rise buildings have already been found to have combustible materials. i was informed that a number of these tests have come back as combustible. the relative gilly releva nt local combustible. the relative gilly relevant local authorities and fire services have been informed and are taking all possible steps to ensure buildings are safe and inform affected residents. cladding is being stripped from five tower blocks in north london over fears about its safety. the bbc has spoken to worried residents who are afraid to return home. i was anxious and worried and nervous in the first place and now, knowing it is the same cladding, i feel... i just feel knowing it is the same cladding, i feel... ijust feel i don't want knowing it is the same cladding, i feel... i just feel i don't want to live in it any more. the prime minister welcomes the resignation of the chief executive of kensington and chelsea council following the fire. residents said the relief effort was

chaos. we'll have all the latest on the government response. in the next hour, more revelations about abuse within the church of england. senior figures "colluded" with a disgraced former bishop, who abused young men, according to an independent review. theresa may arrives in brussels to talk about her plans for brexit but germany's angela merkel says her focus is on the future of the remaining countries. a preliminary post—mortem examination has found that makram ali, who died at the scene of the terror attack outside finsbury park mosque, died as a result of multiple injuries. prince harry tells a us magazine that no—one in the royalfamily really wants to be king or queen. and feeling hemmed by the rules — 50 boys at a school in devon wear skirts to school in protest at not being allowed to put on shorts in the heatwave. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. at least three tower blocks have been found to have cladding which could catch fire in tests ordered in the wake of the grenfell tower disaster in which at least 79 people died. cladding has already begun today to be removed at one london tower block after tests showed it contained material that the council responsible said was not up to standard. in another development, the government denied it was responsible for the resignation of kensington and chelsea council chief executive nicholas holgate who quit after claiming that the communities secretary, sajid javid, had asked him to resign.

the news that three tower blocks have combustible cladding was revealed in the house of commons by the prime minister. the government says an estimated 600 high—rise buildings in england are covered in some form of cladding — landlords will be asked to check if it is similar to that used on grenfell tower. the tests are ongoing with samples from tower blocks all over england being sent in for testing. 100 samples can be processed a day. the prime minister says steps are being taken to make the buildings affected safe and to inform residents. our political correspondent iain watson reports. an unimaginable tragedy, that's how the prime minister described the fire at grenfell tower. but was it an avoidable tragedy? and are tenants in the tower blocks at risk? melli politicians —— many politicians do not want to wait for a public enquiry for answers. local councils estimate that 600 high—rise buildings like grenfell have some

form of cladding and tests are taking place to find out how many have been covered in material that potentially could go up in flames. mr speaker, shortly before i came to the chamber i was informed that a number of these tests have come back as combustible. the relevant local authorities and localfire services have been informed and as i speak they are taking all possible steps to ensure buildings are safe, and to inform affected residents. the bbc has seen e—mails sent to residents in this north london block, telling them the cladding here is similar to grenfell tower. but the flats do have other safety systems in place, including sprinklers. although the reason for the grenfell fire hasn't been firmly established, the labour leader wants councils to be given enough cash to replace cladding. there is obviously a huge cost involved in removing and re—cladding blocks that are found to have flammable materials included in them. that, resources that money that must be made available immediately because it's a huge job of work.

but while precautions are being taken now, some opposition politicians accused the government of being too slow to act and recommendations from four years ago following this fire at lakanal house in south london. the coroner in 2013 said those deaths were avoidable, that there should have been sprinklers, that there should have change in the fire instructions, that there should be greater supervision of contracts and fire inspection. the coroner did not, as i understand it, say there should be sprinklers in every one of these types of properties. but what is important is that because of what underpins what she was saying was a necessity of making sure that people living in similar blocks are able to feel reassured about their safety. here in kensington the most senior official in the local authority has resigned. this was welcomed at westminster while the council was criticised for a slow response to the crisis.

the prime minister wants to see swift recommendations from the forthcoming public enquiry, but grenfell tower appears to be becoming something of a political symbol of inequality and a new consensus seems to be emerging here in the house of commons that more priority should be given to people who live in rented housing. we have to learn those lessons, to make sure this tragedy is a turning point in our whole attitude and never again do people die needlessly in a towering inferno, living in poverty, surrounded by a sea of prosperity. long after the tv cameras have gone and the world has moved on, let the legacy of this awful tragedy be that we resolve never to forget these people and instead to gear our policies and our thinking towards making their lives better and bringing them into the political process. but more immediately the government needs to reassure tenants across the country that their safety is paramount. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, is at westminster.

that last point, it is all about reassuring people and resident in other high—rise blocks about safety. it is on the issue is partly that there is a public enquiry that has been announced but we don't actually know what caused the grenfell tower fire. the government is trying to do what it can to reassure and make sure that high—rise buildings are indeed safe before they know for sure what the cause was. clearly there has been a lot of talk about there has been a lot of talk about the cladding on the building. we now know that english councils have an estimate that 600 high—rise blocks do have cladding. initially there was confusion with downing street saying it was similar to that on g re nfell tower saying it was similar to that on grenfell tower and afterwards they said some kind of cladding and more tests are needed. the good news is that the testing is pretty swift and ta kes that the testing is pretty swift and takes just a few hours to test

material and the government is urging local councils to send in materials so it can be tested as soon as possible but there is a problem in the meantime for residents of high—rise blocks who will be incredibly uncertain and worried in many cases about whether the place they are living in is indeed safe. earlier i spoke to labour mps david lammy who represent a north london constituency of totte n ha m. a north london constituency of tottenham. yesterday i found out that i have got a tower block of 22 stories with the same cladding that was on the grenfell tower. i have had residents contacting me this morning and they want rapidly to be reassured, they want to know if they are safe, i'm speaking to the chief executive of the housing association very soon. i spoke to the chair also how will they be made safe? it may well be that over the next 24 to 40 hours, if we can't make those buildings safe, they have to be rehoused. that is what the government and local councils are

facing as well, if it gets to the stage where more of these buildings are proud to have combusted the cladding on them, what do they do? remove them immediately, that costs money and takes time. do you rehouse people, evacuate people, this is clearly it's a logistical problem for the government and for councils and today in the house of commons we heard a lot of labour mps asking theresa may repeatedly who was going to pay for any work that has to be done and she said that the central government were working closely with local councils and any remedial work that needed to be done would be done. thank you. cladding is being urgently removed from five tower blocks in the london borough of camden. the council said the panels installed during a 2006 refurbishment were not to the standard commissioned by the local authority and are understood to contain aluminium with a polyethylene core. council leader georgia gould says her first priority is to ensure the safety of the residents. my

my understanding is that we commissioned fire retardant cladding. 0bviously, commissioned fire retardant cladding. obviously, in light of all of this, we will have to do a review of this, we will have to do a review of everything that took place but thatis of everything that took place but that is our understanding and we feel really let down that it is not what is on the building. and your te na nts what is on the building. and your tenants as well? absolutely. we never felt the need to take of these panels and take them to an independent testing centre to watch them burn. we thought we were dealing with reputable companies and we feel let down and our tenants feel let down. my absolute priority is to make sure our tenants feel safe which is why we're putting in place the 24—7 fire wardens and are acting quickly to take down those extra panels. that is the leader of camden council. we can get the latest from the reaction —— the latest reaction from kensington with simonjones. theresa may may have made that

statement today to reassure people that everything possible is being done for local residents affected and everything possible is being done to check other high—rise towers to see if they have that cladding which is under suspicion that she clearly has a lot of convincing to do. one local resident showed me some mobile phone footage he took last night when theresa may made a visit to speak to some people here in the community and as she left she was booed by a small group of people. this is a community still very much in shock. a man on his bike rode past a short while ago looking at the posters showing the faces of many of those missing now sadly presumed dead, and he simply said, god bless them all. i have also been speaking to one man who lost five of his family in the fire, both his parents, two brothers and his younger sister, an awful experience for him. he welcomes the fa ct experience for him. he welcomes the fact there will be checks on other tower blocks that field it is sad it

has taken this to make that happen. obviously if there is dangerous cladding like this building at ollett, that needs to immediately be removed and looked at because there should not be more lives lost like this because every life is dear to all of us, including myself. i don't wa nt all of us, including myself. i don't want any more people to get hurt in the process or lose their lives over some things that can be done to prevent stuff like this from happening. that man told me that at the moment he is staying with his wife in a local hotel but what he does not know is what is going to happen in the future. theresa may said in the commons that everyone who was homeless at now been offered accommodation in hotels and within the next three weeks they should get more certainty about the future but that still raises a lot of questions about where they are going to go and of course they want to stay in the local community and the prime

minister said that will happen in all cases when people want that. simon, thank you. an independent review has found that senior figures in the church of england "colluded" with a former bishop who was convicted for abusing young men. peter ball, who's now 85, was jailed in 2015 for historical sex offences against 18 teenagers and young men. 0ur religious affairs correspondent, martin bashir, reports. a bishop for 15 years who claimed to be a close friend of the prince of wales, peter ball's fall from grace was sealed two years ago. any message to the victims? he committed several offences against young men and served 16 months in prison. but today's review, led by the former head of camden council, focuses on the church's management of peter ball when the allegations first surfaced in 1992,

and he stood down as bishop of gloucester. entitled an abuse of faith, she says that the church colluded with ball rather than seeking to help those he harmed. the church's response over many years was lamentable by any standards. in reality, colluding with ball's ambition to protect and promote himself, rather than seeking to help those he had harmed or assuring the safety of others. the report is particularly critical of lord carey, who was archbishop of canterbury at the time. it says he received seven letters following ball's initial arrest and failed to pass them to the police. he also chose not to put ball's name on the lambeth list, a catalogue of clergy about whom there were serious questions about their suitability for ongoing ministry. i am truly sorry that, as a church,

we failed the survivors of abuse perpetrated by bishop peter ball. having read the report, i am appalled and deeply disturbed by its contents. as dame moira says in her report, peter ball abused boys and men over a 20—year period and, as a church, we colluded and failed to act and protect those who came forward for help. there are no excuses. we understand the current archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has written to lord carey asking him to consider his position as honorary assistant bishop in the diocese of oxford. it is lord carey's only remaining position in the church of england. the headlines on bbc news... combustible cladding has been found on at least three tower blocks in england, with samples expected to be checked from many more.

senior figures in the church of england "colluded" with a disgraced former bishop, who abused young men, according to an independent review. theresa may hasjoined eu leaders in brussels to discuss brexit as the president of the european council says he hopes the uk could still change its mind. and in sport, ireland are now a test cricket nation having been granted status by the international cricket council along with afghanistan, so increasing the number of competing countries to 12. crystal palace are close to appointing frank de boer as manager, the former netherlands international has been offered the job and negotiations are at an advanced stage. derek thomas has recovered from injuries and will support chris froome for team sky in the tour de france this year. chris froome is looking for a third straight victory in the race. more on those stories plus the result of

the gold cup at ascot at 4:30pm. the prime minister is in brussels meeting eu leaders for the first time since she lost her parliamentary majority in the general election. brexit will be discussed and theresa may is expected to outline her proposals for the rights of eu nationals living in the uk post—brexit. 0ur correspondent damian grammaticas is in brussels. bring us up—to—date. bring us up-to-date. the leaders in their sessions, they finished the first discussing terrorism and security, theresa may has had a one—on—one meeting with donald tusk who chairs these summits. we understand it was simply about procedure, talking about how she will addressed the leaders about this question of citizens rights later but earlier she was asked how, given the election result and her

weakened mandate, could she still pursue the sort of brexit and vision for it she had outlined before and this is what she said. today i will be setting out the uk's plans on how to propose to protect the rights of eu citizens and uk citizens as we leave the european union. and other important issues on the agenda such as counter—terrorism. one of the things i will be calling on with other european leaders today is that we do more working together to ensure we stop the spread of extremism online, that we prevent terrorists from having a safe space online and we keep our citizens safe. are you ready to compromise? we are going into negotiations, those that have started constructively. what i will be setting out is clearly how the united kingdom proposes to protect the rights of eu citizens living in the uk and the rights of uk citizens. that is one of the early issues considered in the negotiations, that is now the case.

that work is starting. we will be setting out how we propose to ensure that eu citizens living in the uk have their rights protected in the united kingdom. the question for the other eu leaders really is what rights is theresa may going to offer to protect. they have already laid out their stall very clearly, they want all existing rights for all eu citizens in the uk before brexit to be preserved in the future. so how much lower than that will she go? that is the question for them, the bar they will be looking for her to cross. the other interesting thing is that leaders want to hear about her ideas going forward for brexit. we heard the dutch prime minister is saying they were still not clear about what theresa may wants at the end of the process for a relationship between the uk and the eu and that he was keen to hear that

and he said he wanted as close relationship as possible and others have even indicated, donald tusk and others, that they still hope in some way brexit might one day not happen but the general view here is that it isa but the general view here is that it is a sovereign decision of the british people and it is going ahead and many countries simply want to get on with discussions. thank you. a group of single parents with children under two have won a high court challenge against the government's controversial benefit cap, after a judge ruled that, in his words, "real misery is being caused to no good purpose". the cap, introduced in november last year, set a limit on the total amount of benefits a household could receive. the government said it was disappointed with the ruling and intended to appeal. live to high court and more details from our legal correspondent, clive coleman. tell us why thejudge tell us why the judge reached that ruling. he agreed with the claimants. let's be clear, this is

about a specific group, lone parents with very young children, newborn babies up to two years of age. what was argued by four claimants was that the application of the benefits cap to that group was unlawful because it unfairly discriminated against both the parents and indeed the children. mrjustice collins agreed with the claimants absolutely, and this was a thumping defeat for the government. he found that the application of the benefits cap to that particular group is unlawful, discriminatory, because of the disc, tory effect it has on the young children themselves —— discriminatory effect. we're talking about families from england, wales and scotland, around 17,000, so a small but significant group. those claimants argued in court that the cap was so biting on them that they we re cap was so biting on them that they were forced into desperate decisions, whether to pay the rent

on the one hand or to purchase food on the one hand or to purchase food on the one hand or to purchase food on the other. what the benefits cap does is limit the amount of state benefits that a family that is not in work effectively can receive. and it includes, critically, housing benefit and it was that which tended to be cut when this cap bit. this will come as a great relief to those families. what is interesting is what happens now because the government have said they will appeal. they have is to be given leave to appeal but in an unusual twist, thejudge said he had profound hopes that when the secretary of state considered the matter, that there would be no appeal. the government said that, pending an appeal, the benefits cap will still apply to that group. the lawyer for the claimants said that if the government does that, it has not applied for what is known as the stay pending the appeal, if it

continues to apply the cap without the state granted by the court is acting unlawfully and so there is a grey area as to precisely the status of how this cap effects these 17,000 families. but this does show is that austerity is being challenged not simply at the ballot box, also through the courts and in any appeal the government brings. i think it will be acutely aware of the change in the wind, in the feeling on issues of austerity, particularly as they bite on some of the most vulnerable groups in society. and presumably this was seen as discriminatory because parents of such young children do not have access to free childcare. briefly, where does this leave the benefits cap for that group of parents? as i said, it is a little bit of a grey area. the court behind me, and it is theirjob to rule on whether government policy is lawful or not,

said that it was unlawful if the government continues to apply it, and they would be acting unlawfully. the government says that, as we are appealing we are allowed to keep it in place at least until the appeal. as i said, because of thejudge raising an eyebrow and saying that he hoped effectively the government would not appeal, the government will have to consider carefully whether it proceeds on that road. if it does not appeal it simply cannot continue to apply the benefits cap to this group because to do so would be unlawful, is flouting the judgment we have had handed down this morning. many thanks. staff from three rail firms are to stage a series of fresh strikes next month in bitter disputes over work conditions. members of the rail, maritime and transport union on southern, merseyrail and arriva rail north say they will walk out for between one and three days in the coming weeks.

the industrial action comes amid a long—running dispute over driver—only trains. the population of the uk has seen its sharpest increase in nearly 70 years. official figures show a rise of more than half a million people over the last year, bringing the total to an estimated 65.6 million. its thought the change has been driven by immigration but also by more births and fewer deaths. iraqi forces say they are just one street away from the site of an ancient mosque in the city of mosul, that was blown up yesterday by fighters from the so—called islamic state. the great mosque of al—nuri is of spiritual and historical importance to islamic state — the iraqi prime minister described its destruction as "an official declaration of defeat" by the group in its last stronghold in iraq. 0ur correspondent richard galpin has the latest. iraqi troops fighting their way into mosul‘s old city. the last district still in the hands

of so—called islamic state. the army is closing in now on the few hundred militants in what remains of their caliphate. and, in the midst of the fighting, stood this. the famous leaning minaret of the grand al—nuri mosque, built more than 800 years ago. it was here the islamic state leader, abu bakr al—baghdadi, made his only public appearance, after proclaiming the caliphate across northern iraq and syria. but, this week, people were horrified to see video showing the minaret and mosque being blown up by the militants as they retreat. although they blame an american air strike. the destruction has been described by the iraqi prime minister as a declaration of defeat by islamic state. with overwhelming numbers of iraqi

troops now concentrated in the old city, and with backing from a us—led coalition, it does seem to be only a matter of time before isis is finally driven out of mosul. translation: our forces on the ground are moving forward. they have now penetrated the old city. it is true, the advance is slow, but we are advancing carefully, taking into account the lives of the civilians trapped inside the city. but the upsurge in fighting is leading to many civilian casualties. this is mosul general hospital. it now lies just a few hundred metres away from the front lines. these people, most of them are children. there are children, lots of civilian casualties, that you see here. most of them are fleeing, and on their way out, they are injured.

with at least 100,000 people still in the old city, the number of casualties is likely to keep rising until the offensive to retake mosul from islamic state, which began in october last year, finally comes to an end. richard galpin, bbc news. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather now. a very different day converter yesterday and in fact for the past five days we have had temperatures over 30 degrees but for now the heatwave is over. more clout across the country and feeling fresh as well. —— cloud. you can see there is a lot of cloud around there in shropshire and it is the same in

most parts of the country. largely dry overnight for much of the country but the north—west as a weather front bringing some patchy rain to northern ireland and scotla nd rain to northern ireland and scotland and perhaps creeping into north—west inlet and wales later. 14 or 15 north—west inlet and wales later. 14 or15 and north—west inlet and wales later. 14 or 15 and much more comfortable. tomorrow we will see that front moving south and it is in the central part of the country which has a central part of the country which hasafairamount central part of the country which has a fair amount of cloud and outbreaks of patchy rain with the south largely dry and bright and fought scotland and northern ireland are returned to sunshine and scattered showers. at the weekend, staying a bit fresher, also a bit of a breeze blowing but also that mix of sunny spells and a few scattered showers. three tower blocks have been found to have combustible cladding, in tests carried out after the grenfell tower fire the government says there are about 600 high—rise buildings with cladding in england which need to be checked.

i was informed that a number of these tests have come back as combustible. the relevant local authorities and local fire services have been informed, and as i speak they are taking all possible steps to ensure buildings are safe and to inform affected residents. camden council in london has announced it cladding from five buildings, after tests showed they didn't meet the standards set by the authority. camden council in london has announced it will remove external ijust i just feel like i don't want to live in it any more. theresa may is meeting millar leaders in brussels to discuss brexit. she is expected to discuss brexit. she is expected to outline her plans on the issue of european citizens living in the uk after we leave the european union. an independent review has found that senior church of england figures colluded with a disgraced former bishop who abused teenagers and young men. peter ball, who is 85, was jailed two years ago for historical sex offences. 0k,

ok, let's get a look at all of the latest sports news now with mike. straight to ascot where the big race of ladies' day has just finished, and gauld, what a finish, in which the favourite was pipped on the line. richard conway has been watching, as i say, pipped on the line with good richard. like a big 0range landing the gold cup, a thrilling finish, as you say. the

race was first run in 1807 and then all of those renewals, i can tell you what, they're probably has not been a tighter finish than what we just witnessed. big orange lead the field for most of the race. it was the favourite, order of saint george, who challenged him coming into that final half furlong. looked

as though he might get up on the line to be timbered in the it was big orange who got there in the end, ridden by james doyle, big orange who got there in the end, ridden byjames doyle, trained by michael ballard had newmarket and it was a short head in the end for the five to one horse. the order of st john sent off at 60 51 favourite. could not get there in the end. a short head is all that divided the two on the line, denying aidan o'brien the trainer a chance to win this race. of course, order of st george, won it last year. for they

had for this year again, thought it was in his grasp. but it is big orange for michael balcon and james doyle has ridden it to victory. richard conway live at ascot. elsewhere this our club crystal palace are close to appointing frank that there as their new manager. the former netherlands player has been offered thejob, former netherlands player has been offered the job, and former netherlands player has been offered thejob, and negotiations are, we understand, at an advanced stage. it is understood the birth has said pallasator his preferred club. so he is set to succeed sam alla rdyce, club. so he is set to succeed sam allardyce, who left after helping to avoid relegation last season. the burr has been out of work since he was sacked by inter milan last season after just 85 days was sacked by inter milan last season afterjust 85 days in charge. ireland's cricket team have been

handed test playing status. the international cricket association admitted ireland along with afghanistan into the elite member group that is allowed to play traditional five—day cricket matches. it takes the total of the country's playing tests now 12. the top seed left at the acorn championship, marin cilic, is straight through to the set trend after a straight sets win. the american sam querrey is also through. he beat the man who knocked out andy murray, australia's jordan thompson, in three sets. live coverage from queen's club on bbc two this afternoon and on the bbc sport website and these are live pictures. medvedev against kokkinakis. into the last extent of the women's tournament and there has been a shock, at birmingham. elina svitolina has been beaten by ifill‘s camila giorgi, number five svitolina has been beaten by ifill‘s camila giorgi, numberfive has said she may miss wimbledon because of a foot problem. the sixth seed from spain is also through. johanna konta is going to be on court in the next round. tim ‘s guide's and thomas has recovered from the injuries that forced out of the giro d'italia, so can now support chris froome in the tour de france this year. the welshman is fit to join the eight—man team for the race, which touts in the sotloff next saturday. with froome seeking a fourth tour de france winner and a third straight tour victory. that is all the sport for you. more in the next hour. we can go to westminster and join vicki

young at westminster for us. nikki what else was said about these inspections and their results? this morning we were told that there were 600 high—rise buildings, that was the estimate, in england, that had cladding on them and they were concerned, and they needed to be tested. at that point, three had been tested and found to have combustible material. that has now risen to seven. in—form local authorities. the point downing street are making here isjust because it has cladding on it, it doesn't mean that the building is u nsafe. doesn't mean that the building is unsafe. they have to run these tests. it also doesn't mean that evenif tests. it also doesn't mean that even if the combustible material is found that it is unsafe, it means they now need to do more tests. so fire inspections will take place, they will look at what other measures need to be taken, there could be a block that has printers, it could be there is only a tiny amount of combustible material. all of these things need to be looked at but clearly what they tried to do is get information out as quickly as possible, let residents now as quickly as possible. that is why we

are not being told exactly where these blocks are. but on the other hand, they don't want to cause mass panic, because it may not be the case it is unsafe in all these buildings. these tests are taking place at a centre in north—west london. 100 tests can be carried out a day, so they can get through this pretty quickly, and the results can come back the same day. so what they are hoping is that they can get through all of this and reassure people as soon as. rickie, the government clearly hoping to get on the front foot over this tragedy by making sure these tests are carried out at such speed. we learned today from the theresa may, from her commons statement, that she paid a visit to grenfell tower victims yesterday evening. we weren't actually informed of that, news organisations were not told, but we have been given some footage of that meeting, given to us. we can see at now. b00|ng shame on you, the theresa may! shame

on you! b00|ng soa so a lot of brewing and a fair amount of hostility towards the prime minister, and i suppose it just goes to show that the theresa may remains under a lot of pressure over this issue. yes, she has apologised for the action by central government purchasers was not good enough, and they were slow to respond to what was clearly a terrible atrocity that was going on. lots of residents complaining they we re lots of residents complaining they were not getting the help they neededin were not getting the help they needed in the immediate aftermath. she then spoke to people who had been affected, they came to downing

street. it was our 5 out if things had to find out if things. hgfi'hagsfeneé? don't know;:: 7,711: what' ' " ' ' we don't know what happened, what of she got at that kind of reception she got at that point, that clearly there were local people who heard she was in the area and that was the reception she got outside. what she is trying to do is to show that she is across what she is trying to do, chairing a lot of the meetings that have been going on. they are trying to make sure people are the housed in the local area, they are getting money quickly to help them get back on their feet after losing everything, in some cases. but it has been a difficult time for her, she is now of doing something else. she is in brussels, dealing with old brexit negotiations. so she has a lot on her plate but there will be many, and labourmps in her plate but there will be many, and labour mps in particular, who say she hasn't risen to the occasion and they also blame years of underfunding, as they would see it, of local councils, which they believe could partly be responsible for the fire in the first place. 0k, big e, thank you very much, chief

political correspondent vicki young there. let's get more on the news that an independent review has found that senior figures in the church of england ‘colluded' with a former bishop who was convicted for abusing young men. peter ball, who's now 85, was jailed in 2015 for historical sex offences against 18 teenagers and young men. let's speak to james macintyre from the website christian today — who has been following this story. thank you forjoining us on bbc news, how do you think the church has handled this whole affair? clearly historically the church has handled it very badly, which is clear from the report launched today. as you say, talk of collusion by the church in the abuse from peter ball, but on the other hand more recently i think there is every sign that under fresh leadership, the church of england is taking this issue extremely seriously. and of

course the report was commissioned by the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, in 2015, and over the last couple of years it is clear that the church is trying to shift its culture onto a more proactive approach to the horrendous abuse thatis approach to the horrendous abuse that is going on and has gone on. but the question is how fast it can act now. do you feel that the recommendations that have been made in the review go far enough? well, that's a good question, and there was some questioning at the press conference about whether in fact the recommendations were a bit vague. there are 11 of them, and dame moira said she had kept them limited in order to ensure that the church acted on them swiftly. and they refer to a need for strengthening on guidance and leadership from bishops and so on, and in some ways that is and so on, and in some ways that is a question you will have to put to dame moira. but it is a situation the church is now taking very

seriously. 0n the other hand, for the survivors, this is too little, too late. they feel still frozen out of all of this, and there are still letters going unanswered, according to them, and it isjust a horrendous situation. that is very interesting, because while you say the church is trying to change its culture, clearly they feel frozen out. one thing that has left out of all this is the fact the archbishop of canterbury, the present one, justin welby, has written to the then archbishop, george carey, asking him to step down from his final church position. yes, that is absolutely right, it is a fairly extraordinary development that archbishop welby, head of the report today, called, or at least wrote to george carey, asking him seriously to consider his position as an assistant henri bishop in oxford. that has been referred —— assistant honorary bishop. that is a sign of the kind of structural problems with the church, that lord carey, who is in

serious trouble, it has to be said, after this very damning report, has been told to go. there are some signs he will go from that position in the next couple of days when he meets the bishop of oxford. we will leave it there, many thanks. prince harry has suggested that none of his family wants to be a future king or queen. in an interview with the american magazine newsweek, he said the royals were acting for "the greater good of the people". the prince also criticised the decision to make him walk behind his mother's coffin at herfuneral when he was 12 — saying no child should be asked to do that. here's our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. they were the images which came to symbolise a national and personal tragedy. the then 12—year—old prince harry, walking with his 15—year—old brother, william, in the funeral cortege of their mother, diana. it was september 1997. now, nearly 20 years later, harry has spoken of the turmoil the event caused him.

in an interview with the american magazine newsweek, he said: but it's harry's comments on what he seems to feel is the burden of being royal which may cause some surprise, particularly among older generations. he told newsweek: the journalist who did the interview is sympathetic. prince harry is a huge admirer of the queen. he thinks she's absolutely wonderful. but he is now at an age where he can see the demands and the sacrifices that you have to make, and i think he and prince william want a more private, personal life. but a former member of the royal household is more critical. i don't think it's such a good idea

to be quite so open. he has done a lot for mental health in bringing out his own true feelings. i think we've got to a point now where enough is enough. in this day and age, harry is saying, and given a free will, few people, in his opinion, would choose to take on the role of monarch. but, of course, being royal means you don't have a choice, as he recognises. what we seem to have is harry off—loading his private thoughts, thoughts which, not for the first time, underline the downside, as he sees it, of being in such a privileged position. but, alongside his apparent doubts, there is also a strong sense of commitment. for the older members of the family — one of whom, the 96—year—old duke of edinburgh, left hospital this morning after the treatment of an infection — for them, the approach has always been, never complain, never explain. they may feel it's advice harry might now heed. nicholas witchell, bbc news, buckingham palace. with me now is sarah gristwood,

historical biographer and royal commentator. many thanks for joining many thanks forjoining us. thank you. very interesting interview by prince harry. yes. his view that becoming king or queen is a duty, rather than a privilege, is that the way the royals have always seen it? err yes, absolutely. we saw it even in that famous pitch of the queen's, the one about my whole life will be devoted to your service, so she was really pitching then, in terms of almost a burden but a judy tapp duty imposed. the royals have seen that way always, the top job in particular, but there is a riskier that a lot of people will be out there saying, well,, pretty privileged lifestyle, all the same.

and is this something harry will have considered? and is this something harry will have considered ? you and is this something harry will have considered? you watch the interviews that he gives, you see the sort of role he is trying to carve out for himself, why is he speaking in this way? well, harry seems to be on a kind of frankness kick at the moment, doesn't he? and we have all applauded that, how frankly he spoke about mental health issues, about his own need for help. this may, just may, perhaps be a bit of frankness too far. my own feeling is, as you havejust of frankness too far. my own feeling is, as you have just heard, of frankness too far. my own feeling is, as you havejust heard, that of frankness too far. my own feeling is, as you have just heard, that he was sort of venting his own feelings, and also saying what is kind of established truth within the royal family. but he also said, and rightly, that there is some danger in letting too much like in on the magic. i think within the royal family it probably is a truism that to be the actual monarch does have a

lot of weight, a lot of baggage with it, and maybe some of the other members of the royal family have, you know, a rather better time. but maybe, there might be a slight feeling among some of the older members of the family that this isn't something to be aired outside palace walls. what about the other comments he made, without having to walk behind his mother's coffin, at the age of 12. that was very interesting, and of course our feelings about that are a lot less complicated. indeed committee is right, it was an appalling thing for such a young boy to have to do. and the interesting thing is, he says it was something that no boy of that age should be asked to do, which really does imply... we have always been told that it was their decision, that it was the boys's decision, that it was the boys's decision, but this does sound very much as though, at the very least

this was something they ought to do if they possibly could. one of our correspondence has pointed out that nowhere in this interview does he mention his father. do you think thatis mention his father. do you think that is significant? well, not necessarily. because i think, after all, his father is the one who is next, he is discussing how no one wa nts to next, he is discussing how no one wants to be king or queen. maybe even fear is a sort of implicit feeling in there that no, charles isn't holding on and waiting, you know, to get the throne, if you like. so, in a sense you could almost see an element of a defence of his father there. very interesting, sarah, thank you very much. british summer fruit and salad producers are struggling to recruit enough migrant workers to harvest their crops, according to a bbc survey. more than half of the businesses that took part weren't sure whether they'd have enough staff — with many blaming the weak pound and uncertainty over brexit.

live now to susannah streeter, who is in the market town of godalming in surrey. seasonal workers from the european union are absolutely essential for production at this farm. we are in the blue brie ten. we have seen raspberries and strawberries being picked as well today. these people from romain year, and they are among hundreds of romanians who work right the sites run by this country, and they pick fruit all day long, extremely long and arduous and very hot as well, in the way. across the uk, growers have said it has become increasingly difficult to recruit workers, like these two behind me, because of the falling pound, and also all of this uncertainty over brexit. let's chat to stephanie mauro, from a recruitment company,

charity as well, for seasonal workers. what kind of appeals for help have you had from growers around the uk? what we've seen compare the last year especially is an increase of about 20% of the appeals, the requests for growers to source seasonable laid —— seasonal labour on eastern europe especially compared to last year, which is a huge amount. a lot of those have come in quite short notice, a lot of those have dried up. that suggests that we might see up to 20% not fulfilled across farms in the uk. do you put these adverts out in uk job centres as well? why can't uk workers who are currently unemployed fill these positions? we would love them too, we really would, every position we put out in eastern europe is also made injobs and a plus to explain what the role entails. what we have though is unemployment hotspots in the uk, which may well not be where the farms are, and because we are talking about seasonal labour, it is

quite possible it is hard for people to relocate to two, three, four months work. so what do you need from the government? what would be great is certainty. we are unsure what is going on. we have an issue of about 20%, which could mean food literally rotting. for next summer we need to know really soon what the government is able to do, what it could do to bring more labour over. thank you, stephanie morel. this industry is a great fish success story. this producer alone supplies around 10% of the raspberries, the blueberries, the strawberries that you find in uk super markets, but if the labour dries you find in uk super markets, but if the labourdries up, you find in uk super markets, but if the labour dries up, they will face real problems going ahead, and they say they really need a seasonal workers plan put on the table in the next few months so that they can survive. susanna, many thanks. around 30 boys at a devon school have worn skirts to lessons in protest at not being allowed to put on shorts in

the recent heatwave. students at isca academy in exeter complained of "sweltering" temperatures earlier in the week. they say they were jokingly told to wear regulation skirts instead, which sparked the idea for the protest. here's simon hall. the uniform policy is strict at isca college, and this protest took full advantage. when the boys complained about not being allowed to wear shorts in the recent heatwave, they were told, perhaps humorously, wear regulation skirts instead, so today, around 30 did. because five people did it yesterday, so then everyone was like, if everyone else does it, then they can't stop anyone else doing it so then they might bring shorts back for the summer. it's embarrassing the school, us wearing shorts, so... girls are allowed to wear skirts all year round, they get cold legs and we have to sit there sweating. do you think you are embarrassing yourselves and the school? no. i think it's great, i think it's brilliant to protest to say, if we're not allowed to wear that, we'll wear the skirts, good on them.

the skirts were borrowed from girls at isca and they support the protest. i think it's good, if they can't wear shorts, then they have to wear skirts. i don't think it's right them being told off for having hairy legs though. they got told off yesterday for having hairy legs. no one from isca academy was available for interview. a statement said, "shorts were not currently part of our uniform policy for boys, and we would not wish to make any changes without consulting both students and their families. however, with hotter weather becoming more common, we would be happy to consider changes in future." the irony to the wearing skirts protest, of course, the weather today has turned much cooler. protest is real! an australian senator has made history after breast—feeding her baby while addressing the australian parliament. larissa waters said she hopes her decision to breast feed her 14—week

old baby alia joy sends a message to other young women that they too belong in places of power. the green senator made headlines just a month ago, as the first woman to breast—feed within the country's federal parliament, after a ban was lifted last year. time for a look at the weather... let'sjoin sarah let's join sarah for the forecast. things are looking much fresher today compared yesterday, for many of us about 10 degrees cooler, so a real change in weather tight at the moment. we have had all of that heat and humidity, replaced it with fresh weather and a bit more cloud around as well. this is the scene in powys and ourso as well. this is the scene in powys and our so ago. quite a bit of blood around as we had through the next few days we will continue that theme, pressure weather, cloudy skies and some outbreaks of rain but not everywhere. we will see this weather front heading its way in from the north—west, making its way southwards and eastwards across the uk, and behind that front, much

fresher air drawn in from the atla ntic fresher air drawn in from the atlantic over the course of friday. before we get there through the rest of the afternoon, still if you heavy showers in the afternoon clearing off, and then most of us try across england and wales but the scotland and northern ireland, outbreaks of patchy rain, breezy, cloudy conditions. if you have been finding it difficult to sleep over recent nights, it will be much cooler, around 14 or 15 degrees first thing tomorrow morning. friday morning, starting off in the north—west, patchy outbreaks of rain across much of scotla nd patchy outbreaks of rain across much of scotland through the course of the morning, so a damp, grey, breezy start here and a similar picture across northern ireland, outbreaks of patchy light rain. quite breezy into parts of north—west england, where we are seeing outbreaks of rain. further south crossing the none wales, generally dry and bright, so some sunny spells to start off your day, temperatures around 14 to 16 degrees, some sunshine at times across the south—west finland too. for wales, some rain will gradually budget way further south and eastwards through

the day. further south, further south and eastwards through the day. furthersouth, southern counties of england towards parts of norfolk and suffolk should be dry through much of the day, and there will be a bit of sunshine. it is essential swathe of the country where was he cloudy conditions and drizzly rain, brighter and fresher conditions return to northern ireland and scotland in the afternoon but they could still see 24 degrees in so not a bad day. in the saturday, that front bringing some rain and breezy conditions to the south—east, looks like it clears away through the afternoon, then we are all back in similar conditions, sunny spells, scattered showers moving in from the west on the breeze and the temperatures between 15 to 23 degrees, so not far off the seasonal average for this time of year. in the sunday, another day of sunshine and showers, but i think fewer on sunday compared to saturday and the breeze will be a little later too, with temperatures around 15 to 22 degrees. not a bad looking we can all in all. before we get there, some of us could have some useful outbreaks of rain. a full forecast is on the weather website.

today at five — tests are carried out on the cladding on 600 high rise blocks across england following the grenfell tragedy. so far, the cladding on seven buildings has been found to be combustible — the prime minister says urgent steps are being taken. the relevant local authorities and local fire services have been informed, and as i speak they are taking all possible steps to ensure buildings are safe and to inform affected residents. and moved one man who lost five in this family calls for urgent action. that needs to be immediately removed and looked at because there shouldn't be more lives lost like this because each and every life is dear to all of us. we'll have the latest — and talking to worried residents