this is bbc news. i'm live in north london where thousands of people have been evacuated from tower blocks over concerns about fire safety. the government says 27 high—rise blocks of flats in 15 local authorities have failed fire—cladding safety tests. four buildings on the chalcots estate near swiss cottage were evacuated last night by authorities for "urgent fire safety works". i identified a number of issues around the installation, around gas pipes going into flats, ran fire doors and the message to me was the combination of the flammable external cladding and these issues inside the block meant the building was not safe. we are making sure the authority has the ability to do what is necessary to ensure people have somewhere to stay and that the work

is done so those tower blocks will become safe for them to return to in the future. some residents spent the night in hotels or on airbeds in a leisure centre. around 80 households have refused to leave. you have to leave, pack a bag, i said, that how long, they said a couple of days. i said what if we don't leave and they said we will have the police around to forcibly remove you from your flat. and also in the next hour on bbc news — iraq's prime minister says mosul will be liberated from so called islamic state within days. around 400 is fighters are surrounded in the centre of the country's second largest city. glastonbury‘s latest headliner arrives at the festival — jeremy corbyn is set to take the main stage later today. all blacks defend their record against the british and irish lions, beating their visitors 30—15 in their first head to head of the three test series.

coming up on click at 15:30 — the team are in los angeles to see uber‘s plans for self driving cars. this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh in swiss cottage in north london. iam standing i am standing outside the leisure centre where more than 100 people spend the night on our bed after being told they had to pack a bag quickly and leave the four tower blocks of the chalcots estate close to the leisure centre, a fifth tower block people that they might have to leave but were told that was deemed

to be safe. but camden council saying first thing this morning that a combination of the cladding on the outside of the four tower blocks and concerns about issues internally including gas supply and fire doors meant that they had taken advice from the fire service that people had to leave those four blocks. and that advice followed tests carried out and inspections carried out in the wake of the grunfeld tragedy in which at least 79 people are known to have died. but confusion here today with people not all of them yet having sorted out somewhere to stay. while whatever work is necessary is carried out on those blocks. the four blocks evacuated last night are on the chalcots estate

in the london borough of camden, contain more 700 flats, and are home to thousands of people. residents living in the taplow, burnham, bray and dorney towers were evacuated after the fire service said the safety of residents in the blocks could not be guaranteed. people in 83 flats refused to leave their homes and are still inside. the prime minister says the government is helping the council do what is necessary to ensure those evacuated have somewhere to stay. i will talk to the local mp in a moment but first the support —— report from keith doyle. why was we all ordered to be evacuated at 8:30pm 7 after a night of disruption, residents came face—to—face with the leader of camden council. i am so absolutely stressed, why was hotels not looked at before

we were all evacuated? i have sat in a chair over here since nine o'clock last night, i'm 72 years old. suffer with emphysema. now i am being told they cannot rehouse me because i have a dog. what do they want me to do with my dog? put my dog to sleep? the council took the decision of fire service advise that the 4000 people living in the chalcots estate should be moved. some stayed in this centre on air beds others were sent to hotels and some decided to stay put. i really cried last night. i'm choked up now. it is dreadful. they are saying we had to get out, the council officials came to the door banging on the door, get out, get out and the chap

down the hallway said no, she's not going, she's getting on for 80, she cannot go anywhere she has a cat. the cladding on these blocks is similar to that which was on the grenfell tower, the council says that along with other fire safety factors meant four of the blocks were not safe. it is an unprecedented situation, 4000 people in those blocks council staff and volunteers have been working through the night, identifying hotel accommodation and temporary accommodation and people here are moving out slowly and having conversations but people are tired, people have had a terrible night so we want to get people into secure accommodation as quickly as possible. the grenfell tower fire has changed the perception of the risk of fire in tower blocks. urgent checks are being carried out on 600 blocks nationwide and the government says cladding on 27 blocks in 15 local authority areas has failed fire safety checks.

the government is working with local authorities affected by this issue to ensure they are able to do what is necessary on the ground to reassure people about the safety of their blocks. the drastic action taken by camden council has caused huge disruption for thousands of people with the building is failing failing fire safety checks. as you heard, one of the other big developments is that 27 tower blocks in15 developments is that 27 tower blocks in 15 local authorities have failed tests on their cladding. so, clearly what is happening here today has to be looked at in the context, the results of those tests will be very significant for those authorities who will be looking at what is happening here today and considering

whether they need to take any similar action. joining me now is the local mp tulip siddiq. you have had a briefing with camden council, can you give us any update on what has happened at the tower blocks? sure, as you are aware yesterday people were evacuated from the buildings after a report which the buildings after a report which the london fire brigade and camden council deemed the towers too unsafe for residents to stay in, the report i had before coming here is 200 households from the tower blocks decided they would stay with friends and family, the rest were either housed in hotels or some stayed in the leisure centre behind as overnight. the priority was given to those with small children and disabled and elderly, camden council is responding as quickly as they can but as you will be aware this is a difficult situation for all of those

involved. do you have any further details on how many people might still be spending the night here in a leisure centre or staying with friends and family because they have not yet found a suitable long—term accommodation? 200 households have decided they want to stay with friends and family, camden is a close—knit community, we have extended family around here. we do not have specific details of who will stay here tonight, we hope no one will have to but it depends on the speed hotel rooms can be booked at our transportation is arrayed for those who wants to move. people have said they had a knock on the door at 2am and were told to get out because urgent fire safety work needed to be carried out. so call was the council able to give you any update on what work is going on in a tower blocks at the moment? the council could not give me specific details but so is isa give me specific details but so is is a combination of the cladding and also there is a problem inside the

buildings as well, notjust fire doors by gas supply as well. london fire brigade said the immediate action needed to be taken to evacuate residents, it is not an ideal situation and they understand residents are feeling frustrated as i would myself if i was told to leave the evening on a friday night but the safety of residents must come first and of the towers are deemed unsafe, we cannot happen staying there overnight. do you know if utilities have been cut off in the blocks yet because we heard from one lady earlier he said the red cross inside the leisure centre when she registered details told her the utilities would be cut off and i would encourage orforce people those who wanted to stay to leave. as far as those who wanted to stay to leave. as farasi those who wanted to stay to leave. as far as i understand, the utilities have not been cut off and when people have left a lot of them understandably have forgotten belongings they need and have gone back, had access to get belongings and can continue to have access to their flats throughout the weekend

and the rest of the few weeks while we get situation sorted. we now know that 27 tower blocks in 15 local authorities have failed the cladding on those blocks has failed fire safety tests, and in those local authorities and i'm sure in many others they must be watching the situation in camden unfolding within trust and asking themselves whether they may have to carry out a similar course of action. do you think there are any lessons for other authorities to be learned from the way camden has handled this, some residents are saying why couldn't they have been told yesterday evening to pack a bag in readiness for leaving this morning, why do they have to be woken up at 2am, 3am and told to get out in a rather hurried fashion? i understand the situation is distressing for constituents but what i would say if there are two courses of action you either get information but the

towers are either get information but the towers a re u nsafe either get information but the towers are unsafe and make a plan and take action next day the way you say or the second option is to act immediately in which case there is disruption to people's lives in my opinion camden council did the right thing. what if we found similar information from grunfeld tower the night before and the council had not acted, you have to realise the councils main priority is safety of the residents, if we know towers are u nsafe for the residents, if we know towers are unsafe for our families it is the right course of action to evacuate them immediately, i understand it is frustrating and inconvenient but we must make sure we do everything we can to keep our residents say. ok, thank you for your time. the lib dems have been speaking about the situation this afternoon and demanding the government declare a civil emergency and establish a fund to help those who have had to leave the tower blocks on the chalcots estate. saying those people should

be compensated. we know the government has said it is working with camden council and working to help fund any work that needs to be done on the tower blocks and on other tower blocks around the country. as i mentioned, a number of people and households in those tower blocks, the people say they do not wa nt to blocks, the people say they do not want to leave, they do not feel for whatever reason there is any urgency for them to leave their homes and one of those is ayman ali. i asked him what he did not want to leave. none of the council have asked me to leave but my windows are not surrounded by cladding, various brickworks ran to get so i do not feel like it is dangerous at all but on top of that it is not compulsory to leave, it is only recommended, you are not being asked to leave or forced into it, it is up to you

depending on how you see it and if you deem it safe or not. the sense i got from the council leader was they would be trying to strongly persuade people to do so, especially if work is going to be carried out on the tower blocks so do you think you and yourfamily may tower blocks so do you think you and your family may review that decision today? unless they offer as adequate accommodation somewhere close by when we can easily carry on with our lives as usual i do not think any of oui’ lives as usual i do not think any of ourfamily will lives as usual i do not think any of our family will leave because lives as usual i do not think any of ourfamily will leave because i do not see it as a safety hazard at all, especially where i live and i have lived there for eight years, there were two fires previously anything happen. i do not see why all of a sudden now it is a problem. do you appreciate whether council is coming from where they have been advised by the fire service they can guarantee the safety of people living in the tower blocks. guarantee the safety of people living in the tower blocksli appreciate it but it is their problem, they cause the issue, they are the reason when they refurbished

it, they should have used adequate materials and not something that is flammable. when the refurbished it eight years ago no one was asked to move out and they did it when eve ryo ne move out and they did it when everyone was still in the blocks are why, do the same thing now? we do not know for sure who is aware of what material went into the re—cladding cerri cannot say who bears responsibility in these cases but had he been given any indication of if you moved out how long you would have to stay out for? it is just rumours, anything between two to six weeks which is a long time to move out of your own house, you need to think about travel and food expenses and howler get to work and there's no kitchen if you stay in a hotel. it is all the mess. they should have accommodation before moving people out. they have the money to do so. what exactly would it take for you and your family to

move? if they allowed me to give them an invoice at the end of my stay at a hotel plus the receipts for eating out and gave me the money back that is the only way i would move out. and if they put me on a location close to work. i cycle to work, i do not want to get the cheap to work. it is not worth it. they are moving people to wembley and outskirts of london i do not want to move there at all. it is notjust the human residents that have defined temporary accommodation, it is also the pets of the estate as well and i is also the pets of the estate as welland i am is also the pets of the estate as well and i am reliably informed we're talking about 12 dogs, six cats, two burgess, two hamsters, cockatiel, guinea pig, hedgehog and fish tanks. jonny may outside the leisure centre is the senior animal welfare officer with islington council and the rspca. that is quite

a list of pets, tell us what you have been doing to help people. the main goal has been to reassure people, to let them know it is an emotive issue they do know to be separated from their pets as much as possible we are trying to keep pets and owners together but also offering help and support in areas where that can be facilitated. what we are also doing is encouraging anybody you have any concerns for their pets to come down, speak to us and we will do all we can to help and we will do all we can to help and accommodate those arrangements. how difficult has been to find enough pet friendly accommodation for people? it is always hard to find accommodation, especially on a weekend but we're working closely with animal health to find those spaces where needed. the local borough are working really hard to help the people take their pets with them to the hotels and places like that but if needed the back—up is

her common—law find spaces where possible. what are the options, if you cannot find somewhere for a person to keep their pet with them, what are the options? we have temporary holding facilities within the london borough of islington we can use, we would then call on a number of local welfare groups that have been in contact using the rspca in partnership with them and looking at relocating animal welfare centres and we have also been approached by and we have also been approached by a number of organisations who have offered volunteering and fostering support and temporary homes for pets if needed and required. the pet owners you spoke to, it is all ready a stressful situation, potentially being separated from their much loved pets adds to that. it is distressing to these people, what we are trying to do here is me people oi'i are trying to do here is me people on their way to the registration and stop them and asked them if they need help and if so we will try to help them and bring them back later

if they have not been able to find accommodation themselves we would try to help them but a lot of people do not want to be separated from their pets. it is a combination of organisations here helping out whether yourselves, or the red cross or other voluntary organisations. we need to be able to work as a team, because it is a difficult thing to facilitate, there are a lot of logistics winnie to put in place and it really is all about the partnership work and help and support we have got. have you found generally people have managed to stay pretty calm with you, are they feeling very stressed or are they trying to keep it in perspective given the dreadful events grenfell tower? with ourselves they have been calm, emotional, we are not part of the main registration part of it but what i would do is plead with people if you have not registered yet,

especially for us with animals we need you to register because we only have a certain picture of those in need with animals but we need people to register so we get the bigger picture of how many we might need to help over the coming days. 0k, thank you both very much. that is another aspect of the story unfolding here today, not just the aspect of the story unfolding here today, notjust the human but the animal residents looking for temporary homes as well. i suppose this fits in today to a much bigger picture that is unfolding around the country with the news now the 27 tower blocks in 15 different authorities have failed fire safety cladding tests and as i mentioned those authorities are bound to be looking on the situation here with the huge amount of interest and saying how has this worked, is there

anything we would do differently, clearly it is a huge logistical operation and one that is not over yet. for the moment, from camden, back to the studio. the city of mosul will be liberated from so called islamic state militants within days, according to iraq's prime minister. around 400 is fighters are surrounded in the centre of the country's second largest city. 0ur correspondent 0rla guerin has been to the front line in mosul‘s old city, along with cameraman nicholas hameon and producer firle davies. her report contains images some may find distressing. a journey to the front line. 0ur windscreen, a reminder of the dangers ahead. 0ur escort, from iraq's elite counterterrorism force. snaking forward towards an enemy that is still inflicting casualties. like this wounded soldier being rushed away as we arrived.

and families fleeing, too, on foot. escaping hunger and fear a beloved city robbed of life. no food, no water, mosul dead. this is the old city area, it's really the heart of the battle. and when you look around you, you get a real sense of how fierce the fighting has been. the damage is immense, in every direction. the narrow streets, a tight squeeze as troops close in on the last pockets of is resistance. we were told the militants were just 300 metres away. some on the receiving end of an iraqi missile strike. the extremists are now facing defeat here, but it has taken three years to get this far.

and immense damage has been done to the fabric of mosul and the unity of iraq. 0rla guerin, bbc news, in the old city of mosul. five bodies have been found as part ofa five bodies have been found as part of a rescue operation in chinese —— in china. chinese rescue teams have been digging through mounds of rubble in the village searching for survivors. today is armed forces day. more than 300 events are taking place across the country to celebrate the work of our armed forces. the main event has been taking place in liverpool, where a parade and raf fly—past have marked armed forces day. a short time ago, our correspondent danielle hewson gave us this

update from liverpool. it is teeming on the dock behind me. over 100,000 have turned up to celebrate national armed forces day. there is a replica typhoon on the dock behind me. a real version to fly bite at the start of the event. there was a parade which ended up down the way at box where the earl of wessex was representing the queen along with the prime minister. this is an annual event, the ninth one and it is all about marking the sacrifices of our service men and women. and the event goes on all day, the chance that they would take a look on board and hms type 23 frigate called the iron duke, dragon boat racing and also fly pasts, the red arrows have all ready flown and we will see the battle of britain memorial flight. it is an event which has attracted

a great deal of attention, people have had the chance to look at a myriad of equipment which is used by our armed forces everyday when serving overseas and here in the uk. it is a national event and people here have been delighted to come out and support national armed forces day. joe cox will be remembered in parliament with a coat of arms, it was unveiled by her children and husband. it bears the motto more in common which was taken from her maiden speech in the commons. jeremy corbyn has arrived at glastonbury where he is due to take to the main stage later this afternoon. aside from the labour leader, today also sees performances by katy perry and the foo fighters. a short time ago our correspondent

colin paterson caught up with the kaiser chiefs, who are performing at the festival this afternoon. hello from backstage at glastonbury, we are in the area between the main stage and the other stage. ricky and simon from the kaiser chiefs. an interesting timing you have been given because on the pyramid stage at that time... jeremy corbyn will be on. it must‘ve been, how did you react? it was a kick in the teeth! we we re react? it was a kick in the teeth! we were annoyed. i put it on whatsapp, who replied with a word beginning with f. we cannot do anything about it. we'll be rocking our own songs. what to make at glastonbury putting jeremy corbyn in the main stage? fantastic. he is doing something that has a lot of people excited and now we are in a

period where the excitement could wane, the me you have to keep the mend them going. you could make a speech. it is weird thinking, paul mccartney, rolling stones, do have plated, what advice could you give him? the first song in the crowd. there are more jeremy corbyn t—shirts in any band t—shirt. it is all brands. there are millions of corbyn t—shirts. all brands. there are millions of corbyn t-shirts. he is getting them out there. all about the merchandise. you have played glastonbury, five years, six

performances, a different crowd at glastonbury to what you get at your own gigs, you win people around him are not go to a kaiser chiefs show. had you do that? we are really lucky, this is the boasting bit of the show. most people if you say kaiser chiefs will be over to sing one of our songs, that is read boastful for me so it is good. we opened the other stage a couple of years ago and are banned, everybody feels like, kaiser chiefs, that will bea feels like, kaiser chiefs, that will be a good time, i will go to that and singalong unless corbyn is on! the only needle in a haystack. have you ever had that before where you have gone up against someone?m you ever had that before where you

have gone up against someone? it is a lwa ys have gone up against someone? it is always a bit of fun. you still get paid! iamjoking. always a bit of fun. you still get paid! i am joking. it makes you work harder. we have to try and get them from over there to over there. we like it, it is like a game press. we did the second stage against rihanna, and it was fine and great. we were on before rage against the machine at a festival andrew browne onstage, we ran on stage and we were the kaiser chiefs and it was all bouncing around and a sea of black t—shirts or saying rage on them and soi t—shirts or saying rage on them and so i ran onstage and thought, screw it, i jumped so i ran onstage and thought, screw it, ijumped in the crowd and at first it was a lot of pummelling and it was quite hard but that subsided andi it was quite hard but that subsided and i was lifted up and by the end of it they were all singing i predict a riot because they knew it. it was good. you cannot be scared.

even i'm terrified at the moment. that is what you should do is corbyn supporters today. they will all be over there. that is the kaiser chiefs taking an jeremy corbyn today. they are over there on the other stage byjeremy corbyn is on the main stage. let's find out about the corbyn is on the main stage. let's find out about the weather. corbyn is on the main stage. let's find out about the weather. some corbyn is on the main stage. let's find out about the weather. some of you finish the day with a bit of sunshine, some cloudy, a few showers towards the south of the country, bands of showers sweeping across scotland. winds continue close to gale force in the highlands and shetland. elsewhere more patchy rain and cloud after a dry spell through the