this is bbc news, i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 3pm: the chief executive of the organisation which manages g re nfell tower says he is stepping aside. it comes as the cladding fitted to grenfell tower during its refurbishment was changed to a cheaper version than what was originally proposed. a coroner has concluded that the deaths of seven men, including five young friends, who drowned off camber sands last summer, were all due to misadventure. the parents of charlie gard, who lost their fight to take him to america for experimental treatment, say his life support will be switched off today. it's going to be the worst day of our lives... we know what day our son dies, and we don't even get a say over what happens to him. parts of president trump's controversial travel ban come into force, affecting people from six mainly muslim countries. funerals take place for 29—year—old martyn hett and 15—year—old megan hurley, who died in the manchester bomb attack. also... washed up in wales — now having fun in the sun... a rare sea turtle found on a beach in anglesey

is taken to gran canaria, to be set free. british world no.1 tennis player andy murray will begin the defence of his wimbledon title against a qualifier or a lucky loser on monday. and live cricket returns to bbc television for the first time in 21 years. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chairman of the local government association has criticised fire safety tests being carried out on cladding from high—rise buildings — claiming the examinations are flawed. it's emerged that the cladding used to renovate grenfell tower, which was consumed by fire two weeks ago, was changed to a type which cost nearly £300,000 less than alternatives. there is no suggestion

a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety, and kensington & chelsea council says safety would not have been compromised in order to manage budgets. in the past hour it's emerged that the head of the council's tenant management organisation is stepping aside. our correspondent nick beake is in north kensington. when you look at the burned—out sheu when you look at the burned—out shell that is grenfell tower, it's easy to forget this was a newly refurbished building. they'd spent nearly £10 million on this project. involved in that is this cladding we have heard so much about, but now the bbc has learned that a cheaper option was chosen for that cladding, and that is something that has angered a lot of people in this area. the families of grenfell tower have long believed they were not valued. poor people living in a rich borough. now they say their suspicions have been confirmed, with the revelation the cladding used for the refurbishment of the block was changed to a cheaper version.

this is like a coffin in the sky, and these children are deeply traumatised. the news has enraged those fighting for justice for grenfell. it is just further evidence of the, of how little value they attach to people's lives, people who live in social housing and the community, those affected and the wider community, are utterly sick of this lack of value ascribed to human beings who pay their council tax, who pay these people's wages. i mean, it's unacceptable. planning documents from 2014 uncovered by bbc news, show that the council saved £293,000 by switching to a cheaper, less fire resistant option. so instead of the zinc panels with the fire retardant core that residents were first promised, aluminium panels with a plastic core were fitted instead. there's no suggestion a deliberate decision

was made to cut fire safety. chaos at kensington & chelsea council last night. the authority had tried to ban journalists from a meeting, but the high court ordered they could come along. just minutes in, though, the council leader wound up proceedings, saying what they were discussing could prejudice the upcoming public inquiry, a move criticised today by downing street and others. the residents have a right to meet with the leaders of the council. the leaders of the council have been hiding from the residents for the last week. they should have had the courage to meet with people and answer questions. the least that we can do is to face the residents face—to—face and they're not prepared to do it. testing of cladding on other tower blocks across the country goes on. every one of the 149 high rise buildings examined so far has failed a safety test. but some believe the process isn't working because the tests focus on the core of the panel, rather than the panel as a whole. they should have been fire tested.

the information that we've got now is that they haven't been fire tested. they've just tested the core of the panel. they haven't tested the whole panel. they haven't tested the insulation that sits in the cavity fill behind the panel. tests are too late for the victims of grenfell tower. for survivors, news that they were given a cheaper level of protection only compounds their sadness and anger. as well as that there is also confusion, because although a cheaper option was chosen, it was the same sort of fire safety level of the more expensive options. we can speak to someone who was a resident in that building, also a local councillor. thank you for joining us. , a labour councillor. very good of you to come here. can i ask you first of all... she's a

survivor by the way, she's a survivor. it's very important you speak to your friends. do you want to come and speak to these people? cani to come and speak to these people? can i ask usual reaction to the fact £300,000 saved by the council for the cladding? do you know what... i have no words that they want to save 300,000 for cladding, yet they fund the opera, what can i say about that? at holland park? yes, that matters more than the people that live up there. that matters more? it isa live up there. that matters more? it is a confusing picture... it's not confusing it very clear, we've been neglected for years and continue to be neglected. the cladding put up was the same fire safety level is more expensive options. is that anything that you think is feasible, in terms of the council's response? i don't think the council have a .§;§.:g;;;.;;: 7. 1 a

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during that refurbishment project. thank you very much. in the past few minutes, a coroner has concluded that the deaths of seven men — including five young friends who drowned off camber sands

in east sussex last summer — was due to "misadventure". the five died in august last year, just a month after two other men drowned in the same area. duncan kennedy reports. kobi saththiya nathan, his brother ken, nitharsan ravi, inthushan sriska ntharasa and gurushanth srithavarajah — the five friends who died on a summer's day out. their families came for the final time, to hear what happened to them and why they drowned. it was last august, they'd all gone for a day trip to camber to play volleyball in the water, when this emergency took hold. today, a key expert on beaches and currents gave the fullest account yet of what probably happened; of how the five were playing far out to sea on these sand bars and were trapped when the tide turned. dr simon boxall said powering currents and water temperatures, 12 degrees cooler than a swimming pool, meant the men probably went into shock. the water was cold. they panic, if one of them got into difficulty, for example, the others would try and rush to help. you can see how what started off as a very enjoyable day on the beach could turn into the tragedy that it

did turn into. rother council, which runs the beach, has put in life guards now, but said lack of money was partly the reason why there weren't any last summer, despite two recommendations from the rnli. the council said it had put in other measures to enhance safety, like beach patrols and signs. just a month earlier, on the same stretch of coast, mohit dupar had tried to save gustavo silva da cruz, but both men had also drowned. the inquest heard that between 1974 and 2012, 50 million people had visited camber sands without any sea—based fatalities. yet in the space of one month last year, seven men died here. duncan kennedy, bbc news, at the camber sands inquest. 0ur correspondent is at hastings

coroner's court and we will hear from her very shortly. the parents of 10 month old charlie gard, who fought an unsuccessful legal battle to take him to the united states for experimental treatment, have said his life support will be switched off today. charlie gard, who's being cared for at great 0rmond street hospital in london, has irreversible brain damage and cannot see, hear, or move. his parents say doctors have refused to let them take charlie home to die. kathryn stancheshun reports. we should be over the road, sitting next to our son, charlie gard's bed, spending the last precious few hours with him. but we just thought we would take five minutes out to come and tell you where we are. it's a video no one should ever have to make. in a heartbreaking youtube post, ten—month—old charlie gard's parents say they're being denied their last hope for their baby boy. we've promised our little boy every single day that we would take him home, because that is the promise we thought we could keep.

we want to give him a bath at home, we want to sit on the sofa with him, we want to sleep in the bed with him, we want to put him in a cot that he's never slept in, but we are now being denied that. charlie was born with a rare genetic condition and severe brain damage. connie yates and chris gard have been fighting to keep his life support switched on since march, despite doctors saying there's no hope for improvement. today, his life support will be switched off. his parents say they're being rushed at the most difficult time of their lives. the 4th of august 2016 was the best day of our lives, the day charlie was born. the 30thjune 2017 is going to be the worst day of our lives. great 0rmond street hospital say

they won't comment on specific details of patient care, but this is a very distressing situation for charlie's parents and all of the staff involved, and their focus remains with them. the world's chemical weapons watchdog has said that the banned nerve agent sarin was used in an attack in syria which killed dozens of people. the gas was dropped in april in on a town in the north of the country, and drew condemnation around the world. despite denials of responsibility by syria's assad regime, the foreign secretary borisjohnson says there is ‘no doubt‘ that they were behind the attack. well, this is a first step on a process that the uk has obviously been trying to lead, to hold to account the people who are responsible for dropping chemical weapons at khan sheikhun on april 4th, and i'm pleased, although i must say, not surprised, that the 0pcw,

the chemical weapons inspectorate, in fact confirmed that this is indeed sarin. the exact responsibility for dropping the sarin will now go to a joint investigative mechanism to be confirmed, but i've got absolutely no doubt the finger points at the assad regime, and we've got a european council coming up where we will drive on with the uk campaign to impose sanctions on those responsible. the us has already brought out sanctions on 300 people as a result of this. people who drop chemical weapons on innocent people should be held to account. an alliance of us—backed fighters is advancing on what was once islamic state's stronghold city in syria — raqqa. thousands more refugees are streaming out of raqqa as the terror group is reduced to a few hundred fighters. it comes as us and uk backed iraqi forces continue their offensive in the city of mosul,

after the iraqi government announced an end to the so—called ‘caliphate' is declared three years ago. the headlines on bbc news: a coroner has concluded that the deaths of five young men who drowned off camber sands last summer, were all due due to misadventure. the chief executive of the organisation which manages g re nfell tower says he is stepping aside. the parents of 10—month old charlie gard, who fought an unsuccessful legal battle to take him to america for experimental treatment, say he will stop receiving life support today. and in sport... british no.1 johanna konta withdrew from her semi—final at the aegon international with a back injury. britain's heather watson also missed out on the final after a three set defeat to the sixth seed caroline wozniacki in eastbourne. world no.1 andy murray did manage to practice today at the all england club, but showed signs of the hip problem which led him to pull out of his final warm—up match ahead

of next week's wimbledon. and live cricket matches will return to bbc television for the first time in 21 years after a new free to air, digital and radio rights deal was done with the ecb. i'll be back with more on those stories after 3.30. a coroner has concluded that the deaths of five young men who drowned off camber sands in east sussex last summer, were all due to misadventure. the five died in august last year, just a month after two other men drowned in the same area. let's go to our correspondent, who is outside hastings coroner ‘s court. what has the coroner had been saying? he is talking about all seven deaths? that is right. you will remember that these people died in august last year, when there were 2500 people on the beach. many

people packed on a summers day and they went in the water to play volleyball, these five men, friends from around london. they went in the water and later that day there was panic on the beach when people started pulling bodies from the sea. the men had drowned. today, as you say, the coroner, after a week has just said that he has concluded that they died because of misadventure. he said that the rnli, the lifeboat association, had recommended, among other measures, deploying lifeguards on the beach in 2013. he said this had not happened. and of course it is not known whether such a step would have prevented the deaths. we have been hearing that in 2013 lifeguards, they did say that there should be lifeguards on the beach, but the council said that they weren't going to have the lifeguards and they decided that it wasn'tjust because of the money, but they

concluded they weren't needed. there hadn't been any deaths or very long time, but these five men on august the 24th, and just a month before that two other men died on the same stretch of beach. we have been hearing today that this beach is three miles long and about half a mile out to see there are very, very dangerous sandbanks. we have heard today what probably happened. they probably went out on the sand banks to try and find some peace and to play volleyball, but they were cut off by the tides and the tides were very forceful and strong and the sand bars are incredibly big ma moved during the night and there we re moved during the night and there were valleys and troughs and maybe one of them tripped on the others went to help the other up, and they couldn't get back to shore. nobody on the beach would have been able to see them, because they were such a long way out, and because of the glare on the sea. we also heard the temperature of the sea was very cold, compared with on the beach,

and they could have suffered from shock that wouldn't have helped either. the coroner has just said that he's made a number of suggestions. he is writing to the secretary state for transport and to the chairman of the national safety forum, to the royal society for the prevention of accidents, and also to everybody involved. he is saying there are possibly lessons to be learned around the country. one in particular he has pointed out, he says there appears to be no governance or control of risk management and could perhaps the maritime and coastguard organisation be given resources, to help here? should it really be left to charity? thank you very much, lisa, outside hastings coroner's court. president trump's much delayed ban on people travelling to the us from six mainly muslim countries came into effect at1 o'clock this morning. the trump administration says the ban is temporary and will stop terrorists from entering

the country, but many people have argued that it's unconstitutional and racist. 0ur correspondent richard lister has the details. this was the response when president trump first imposed his travel ban. the courts struck it down but now it's been partially revived and the response looks like this. the travel ban is more limited and the protests are smaller but this is an issue on which america feels deeply. we are in a political climate where muslims are being targeted by bigoted and discriminatory laws. if nothing else, it will make a psychological difference, you know, that we're actually going to do something to prevent terrorists. most muslims feel this isn't the best way to promote peace and to stop terrorism, which we all want to do. for the next 90 days, non—us visa holders from six predominantly muslim countries will be denied entry to the us but there are some exceptions. those with close family members already in america may be admitted

but not grandparents or more extended family. those with us college places orjobs can be admitted, too, but the administration is struggling to explain how exactly these rules make america safer. this has been one of the president's top issues. he has talked consistently about how he believes the united states needs to do more to enhance our screening procedures and to take a better look at people who will be coming into the united states. lawyers are talking to new arrivals at airports around the country to monitor the new arrangements. the rules include a 120—day ban on most refugees from anywhere. we try to gather the information so we can know for future travellers what to be on the look out for. if we do need to file lawsuits or habeas petitions, we are also on hand to do so. the supreme court is due to consider the ban in october, by which time, in theory, some of the restrictions will have already expired.

richard lister, bbc news. live cricket is returning to bbc television for the first time in 21 years. from 2020, the new four year deal includes men's and women's international and domestic t20 matches. we can now speak to the former england captain, mike gatting. hejoins us from his home in north london. bbc says this was a long—held ambition of theirs. tony hall says he is thrilled, are you? yes. why? when sky took over we were sort of caught between two sort of ways to go. 0ne caught between two sort of ways to go. one was the money to help more children play sport and give clubs more help with facilities. 0n the other hand, we realised to wrest real tv like the bbc is where the big audience was. now we have this deal done, we have the best of both

worlds and a lot of children now we'll see the cricket we want them to see an tv and the numbers, hopefully, will then enable the young kids to see their heroes like joe root, ben stokes and all the rest of the players on show. that said, the new t20s, there will be a lot of marketing and a lot of pushing for that to capture the imagination? yes. it is very important because we are very fortu nate important because we are very fortunate in this country when test cricketers around, we have really good crowds, but those sort of days will sort of past, i'm sure. we need to find the youngsters and the t20 that will come on the tv will hopefully, with the all stars cricket for example, a new initiative by the ecb for 5—8 —year—olds, now these 5—8 —year—olds will not just be —year—olds, now these 5—8 —year—olds will notjust be able to play cricket with their clubs but we'll see all the people on tv that they need to see, their heroes. it's

really a huge bonus for cricket, this. and for the ecb. young people that the ecb is concentrating on and seeing as a major part of this deal, will they come back to cricket? do you believe that was because it went to pay for view television that that audience was lost? i think you can say that. but as i said earlier, you have a situation where the money was there to get more kids playing. 0ften there to get more kids playing. often more help to the clubs who we re often more help to the clubs who were struggling at that stage. but now we really have got this wonderful sort of situation where we can get the young kids watching on tv again throughout the country and it really is a huge bonus. as i say, it really is a huge bonus. as i say, it really is a huge bonus. as i say, it really does mean a huge amount and ties in with the all stars cricket, the 5—8 —year—olds, watching t20 cricket live on the bbc, it's a fantastic outcome. the ecb's deal is worth £1.1 billion. in

your day you were a household name and face because of free to air television, but perhaps not as wealthy as you might have been. television, but perhaps not as wealthy as you might have beenlj wouldn't wealthy as you might have been.” wouldn't swap it for the world! we had a wonderful life, playing sport for a living has been fantastic. we still see our friends all around the world and i wouldn't have changed it. it is very good to see cricket progressing, especially the women's game, which has now gone professional. they are getting the help they need. it really is becoming a sport now which we can be proud of, where there will be lots of funding proud of, where there will be lots offunding and proud of, where there will be lots of funding and help for clubs and also for the youngsters, now that it's back on the bbc we can hopefully benefit in seeing the young guys who are actually wanting to see their heroes and they can now do that. sky revolutionise the way television treated cricket in many

ways. when it comes back to the bbc, is there one particular thing you would like, a new introduction which might make young people go, wow?” hope cricket makes the young people go wow. some of the cricket you see on the t20, some of the strokes and international players from all around the world, along with our own international players, said it is going to be very, very important. lots of people from the asian community as well we love to see. we hope the indians, pakistanis, sri lankans, even people from afghanistan have lankans, even people from afg ha nista n have started lankans, even people from afghanistan have started coming to test cricket. it's a wonderful mixture of talented picketers that the youngsters will be able to see on tv. mike, good of you to join us. mike gatting. thank you very much. germany has joined most other european countries in legalising same—sex marriage. parliament passed the measure by a majority of 393 to 226. it happened after the german chancellor angela merkel changed her position to allow a free vote on the issue —

though she herself voted against. earlier, our berlin correspondent jenny hill explained why had it had taken germany so long to legalise same—sex marriage, compared to other parts of the eu. i think that's largely due, actually, to angela merkel‘s long—term opposition to same—sex marriage. for a number of years now, the political left have been trying to bring a bill like this before parliament, but angela merkel has always opposed it. earlier this week, though, in a surprise move during an interview, she signalled she was softening her stance. mrs merkel had said that she had met a lesbian couple in her own constituency who fostered eight children, and they inspired a bit of a change of heart, if you like. mrs merkel said she was now willing to allow her conservative mps to vote with their conscience and not along party lines. her political opposition leapt into action immediately and scheduled this bill for the very last minute. today is the last legislative day before parliament goes off

on its summer holidays. the bill went to the floor this morning, and mrs merkel‘s mps, sufficient numbers among them voted in favour of it that the bill was passed. as you say, mrs merkel herself voted against the law change. i think that's very interesting. i think what mrs merkel is doing here is keeping an eye out to the general election, which is coming in the autumn. by voting against the proposal, she's really appealing to the more conservative among her electorate, but by in effect allowing this to happen, allowing the vote to take place in the first place, i think she's appeasing potential future coalition partners, who were very clear they would want same—sex marriage legislation as a condition of partnership in the future. but she's also cementing that reputation that she's really increasingly being labelled with, as the west's defender of liberal values. there's a lot of celebration going on here, certainly in berlin today. polls suggest that the majority

of germans were in favour of this legislation. people celebrating what's widely being seen as certainly a victory for equal rights. but also perceived by very many people here as a bit of a political success story as well. jenny hill in berlin. we will have all the sport for you in a few moments, but first, a weather update. good afternoon. the weekend is pretty much upon us and looking pretty much upon us and looking pretty good. a better day than today, tomorrow and sunday look equally good as well. today, a lot of cloud. we have seen a few showers towards the south—east, kent and sussex, and some rain in the south—west. an area of rain gathering in the north sea, which will be slipping southwards over the next few hours, getting to the south—east by the end of the night. it leaves a lot of cloud behind it,

so not a cold night, maybe single figures in the far north but 14 and 15 further south. the weekend looking pretty good, a lot of dry and bright weather. better than has been for much of this week. a little bit of early rain clears away from the south—east and then variable cloud, a bit of sunshine in england and wales, light winds. a slightly different story to scotland and northern ireland, more breeze and cloud and some rain but it doesn't get to the north—east of scotland, warmer day here, 19 degrees. getting to 24 in the south—east. sunday look for drying bright day, variable cloud, some sunshine and light winds. a few showers in the far north—west but for most of us, dry. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a coroner has concluded that the deaths of seven young men who drowned off camber sands last summer, were all due to misadventure. the cladding fitted to grenfell tower during its refurbishment was changed to a cheaper version, saving nearly £300,000.

documents seen by the bbc show that zinc cladding originally proposed was replaced with an aluminium type. downing street has strongly criticised kensington and chelsea council for cutting short a meeting to discuss the tragedy because of the presence ofjournalists. meanwhile, robert black, the chief executive of kensington & chelsea tenant management 0rganisation, which manages grenfell tower, says he is stepping aside from his role. president trump's travel ban comes into force. people from six mainly muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher entry into the us. funerals take place for 29—year—old martyn hett and 15—year—old megan hurley, who died in the manchester bomb attack time for the sport. hello again. british number three heather watson has missed out on a place in the final of the aegon international at eastbourne, after defeat to sixth seed caroline wozniacki. wozniacki took the first set 6—2, before treatment to an abdominal

injury in the second saw watson storm back to take it 6—3. the decider was the tightest set by some way, as both players dug in for victory. the dane eventually took it 7—5 with a break in the final game of the match. i'm disappointed with the lost today asi i'm disappointed with the lost today as i felt that i got myself back into the match and give myself opportunities win. but caroline is a great player. it was always going to be tough. lots of long rallies. she isa be tough. lots of long rallies. she is a great move around retriever. it has been a good week. now strayed onto the next one. she will play karolina pliskova mext. johanna konta should have been playing in the second semi final at eastbourne after the watson match, but withdrew this morning after a nasty fall in her quarterfinal tie against angelique kerber yesterday. we were doing the best we could to recover today but it wasn't quick

enough. i am still a bit sore through my thoracic spine. it is a big tournament next week for all of us. it is something i have to disregard when it comes to my health. my health has to come first. i am definitely doing everything i can to be ready for wimbledon by taking a day at a time, and whatever is best for my health. andy murray's preparation has also been hit by injury. he pulled out of his final warm—up match, an exhibition at hurlingham, due to a sore hip. he was unable to practice yesterday, but did manage to get out with his coach ivan lendl earlier — although he was showing some ominous signs, moving gingerly at the all—england club. after his session murray said he's hopeful he'll be fit for monday. so assuming he does play at the all—england club, andy murray begins the defence of his title with a match against lucky loser alexander bublik of kazakhstan. murray is in the same half of the draw as two time champion rafa nadal. second seed novak djokovic and roger federer are in the other half of the draw.

britain's cameron norrie has been drawn againstjo wilfried tsonga. while alex ward, the world number 855 and the only briton to make it to the main draw via qualifying, is rewarded with a match against the british number 2 kyle edmund. in the women's draw, number one seed angelique kerber and second seed simona halep both face qualifiers in their opening matches. defending champion serena williams, of course, misses the tournament due to the impending birth of herfirst child. if she is fit to play, johanna konta will face su—wei, while heather watson plays maryna zanevska. live cricket will return to bbc television for the first time in 21 yea rs television for the first time in 21 years after a television for the first time in 21 yea rs after a new television for the first time in 21 years after a new free to air digital and radio rights deal was done with the ecb between 2020+ 24. it is tv highlights of england men's home test, 0di ‘s and t20s. andy

swiss explained. in a statement, the chief executive of the ecb talked about the bbc‘s commitment to taking the game to even wider audiences. that is key. when the ecb decided to take cricket away from terrestrial television and sell it exclusively to sky, that was good for the finances, but not so good for the game's profile. it has become less visible. participation rates among youngsters have fallen. tom harrison said only last year he had no interest in being the richest, most irrelevant sport in this country. the bbc will point to its coverage of the fa cup in football as the way it can generate interest among wider audiences. the ecb hopes it will do the same for cricket, particularly with this t20 tournament designed to appeal specifically to younger audiences. that is holy sport. damienjohnson will take you through the evening.

-- all will take you through the evening. —— all the sport. more now on our main story. council leaders at kensington and chelsea refused to hold their meeting in the presence ofjournalists. downing street ruled the meeting should be open and they would have expected the council to respect that. let's take a look now at some more footage which has emerged from among the media present, including an exchange between council leader nick paget—brown and labour councillor robert atkinson. we can't have an unprejudiced discussion in this room with the public inquiry that's about to take place with journalists recording and writing our comments. clearly they are. who let them in? you've spent a day talking about the security of this meeting, and then five minutes before it starts, the press are here. and now you're telling us we can't have a proper meeting. i'm told the press are here because of the result of legal intervention, and that therefore means that we cannot have a discussion as we were intending to have, because that will prejudice the public inquiry. what are you so afraid of? that is the legal advice i've

received, and i therefore have to declare the meeting closed. so what you've done is you've actually used this as an opportunity for you to make a statement, and nobody else gets to say anything at all. you could have issued a statement, in fact you should have issued that statement eight days ago. clapping. i would like to have had a conversation, but i'm advised that we can't do that because we would prejudice... an absolute fiasco. this is why i am calling for your resignation. not because of what happened with the fire, but the sheer and ongoing incompetence that this council has shown ever since it happened. earlier, i spoke to daniel moylan, who was the conservative deputy leader of kensington and chelsea council up until 2011. he explained why he's called for the resignation of the leader and deputy leader of the council. it is very hard to say directly but it was a process. there were various

points at which there could have been an attempt to regain it. but that hasn't happened. and so it is sort of a process. things did not necessarily... some good things were done after the fire, some were not done after the fire, some were not done as good as they should have been. it is not entirely black and white. but there hasn't been an attempt at all as far as i can see to regain that credibility. i think we have now reached a point where it is, as faras we have now reached a point where it is, as far as the individuals are concerned, probably irrecoverable. it is quite something for you, a conservative councillor, to be calling for the resignation, basically, of the leader of the conservative council? it is with a very heavy heart and it is after knowing nick paget—brown, a decent man, for27 knowing nick paget—brown, a decent man, for 27 years or more. if the leadership had stood aside of their

own volition earlier in the process, then this would not have been necessary. it is quite a painful thing to do. but i do it because i think we have got to the point where it is no longer possible to delude yourself that you can exercise the leadership of this council in these circumstances, with this traumatised community. and what robert atkinson, the leader of the labour group, said last night, and he is also, which you may not know, one of the councillors elected for the area where grenfell tower stood, and what robert said last night is extremely difficult to argue with. as an expression of what is, so to speak, an objective reality. not a political point, not point scoring, but just the objective political point, not point scoring, butjust the objective reality. political point, not point scoring, butjust the objective realitym political point, not point scoring, butjust the objective reality. if a relative of those who died is

watching you now, or somebody who is now ina watching you now, or somebody who is now in a hotel because they have lost everything, they could argue, thatis lost everything, they could argue, that is absolutely typical. we have to deal with this crisis in our lives, and those who are charged with looking after us, put it no stronger than that, when the going gets tough, theyjust quit to yeah. and i have heard that sentiment expressed on the television last night as well. but i'm afraid when something as dreadful as this happens, somebody normally has to ta ke happens, somebody normally has to take some sort of political responsibility. and that hasn't happened so far. and i think it does need to happen. and i personally can't carry on being associated with it. i feel i can't carry on being associated with it. ifeel i have can't carry on being associated with it. i feel i have to say something. are you quitting as well? no, i'm

not proposing to quit. but i have been a backbench councillor with no decision—making power for six years, soi decision—making power for six years, so i know i haven't had any direct responsibility in these decisions. but if you said, are you, after some in the years working for the council, and 11 years as deputy leader, how do you feel today about your association with the council? is it with a sense of pride and accomplishment, one of shame? it would be the latter. the viewers probably can't see this, but you are shaking. this is a very difficult decision? it is not easy. i have been a lot of bbc television and radio programmes talking about transport and airports and god knows what. and i come across brimful of confidence. this is not easy, no. and i do feel a sense of shame. and

ido and i do feel a sense of shame. and i do feel that we need to communicate that to people. and the people who have suffered, and the relatives, and the other residents of the area. and until we do that, there is no real engagement with the community. and that is absolutely vital, especially if you are now over the next week so, going to take back responsibility for delivering the aid and support that they need. daniel moylan talking to me in the last hour. senior us republicans havejoined condemnation of president donald trump, over an attack he made on twitter against a prominent femalejournalist. yesterday's remarks by the president referred to an appearance by mika brzezinski on the us television programme, good morning joe, where she had made some disparaging remarks. the president began by describing the programme on twitter as "poorly rated", and described ms brzezinski as "low iq mika". he also referred to her "bleeding badly from a face—lift", and assailed her co—presenter,

joe scarborough, describing him as "psychojoe". president trump's remarks triggered condemnation from leading republicans, with senator lindsey graham saying mr trump's comments were "beneath the office" of president. republican house speaker paul ryan also criticised the president. obviously i don't see that as an appropriate comment. what we are trying to do around here is improve the tone and civility of the debate and this doesn't help to do that. this morning, thejournalists at the heart of the dispute, mika brzezinski and joe scarborough, appeared on the us television programme morning joe to discuss the fallout from the incident. you know what? i think it has been fascinating and frightening, and really sad for our country. i have been getting a lot of texts and hearing you all talking. thank you. i'm fine. my family brought me up tough. this is nothing for me. but i am very concerned as to what this once again reveals about the president of the united states. just strange.

we are ok. the country is not. this morning, kellyanne conway, an adviser to president trump, appeared on us television to defend the president. she said the president had the right to respond to attacks against him, and accused the media of bias against him. i endorse the president's right to fight back when he is being mercilessly attacked, and when the airwaves are filled with raw sewage about him and his fitness for office. even when you look at the network coverage, in a five—week period between may and june, 353 minutes spent on covering russia fbi comey, a hypothetical story. less than a minute spent on tax reform. this is the culture we live in. the president fired james comey when a special counsel was appointed. let me go back to something you said in august. during the primaries you opposed president trump because he had made personal insults. i asked you about that in august.

so what changed for you and do you stand by those, to? i do. i don't like when people horrible personal insults. that will never change. that is not my style. i am a mother of four children and it would be a terrible example for me to feel otherwise. that is exactly what i am saying. look, that is exactly what i am saying to you. the toxicity coming both ways is terrible. this is what is going on. the idea that the media are covering, large parts of the media anyway, are covering personal insults about the president, this invective, and denying america's women their rightful knowledge on what he's for them on taxes... we wouldn't be talking about this this morning if the president had not sent those tweets yesterday. there is no way we would be talking about it. respectfully, you would not be talking about tax reform because it was talked about for less than a minute. the president has been tweeting on

that again. we will have more later. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour. but first, the headlines on bbc news: a coroner has concluded that the deaths of seven young men who drowned off camber sands last summer, were all due to misadventure. the chief executive of the organisation which manages grenfell tower says he is stepping aside. parts of president trump's controversial travel ban come into force, affecting people from six mainly muslim countries. hello. now the business news. if you feel as if your money isn't going as far as used to, here's why. official figures show we've suffered the longest period of falling spending power since the 1970s. disposable income has fallen for the last three quarters. and that means we're only saving about 1.7% of our income — an all time low.

germany's passed a law that'll force social media sites to delete illegal content within 24 hours — or face a fine of up to £43 million. the law takes effect in october, and will apply to sites with more than two million users in germany, including facebook and google. ba is asking the civil aviation authority if it can use qatar airline's staff and planes when some of its own staff go on strike tomorrow. they're walking out over a dispute about pay and conditions. ba says it plans to operate close to a full schedule. fighting cancer can take all of your strength. and getting through the experience can sometimes take a toll on yourfinances, experience can sometimes take a toll on your finances, especially if you are not able to work. according to mcmillan, rising prices are also having an impact on those battling the disease. last year, saw the

number of people with financial worries more than double. i am joined now by a cancer survivor, patrick williams. how are you?” joined now by a cancer survivor, patrick williams. how are you? i am 0k. tell us abott about your story? i'm going to talk about prostate cancer and how it affects people. as someone cancer and how it affects people. as someone from an ethnic minority grouping, black males are incredibly vulnerable to this particular disease. it is much more so than any the grouping. 0ne disease. it is much more so than any the grouping. one of the reasons is that we don't test. part of that is pa rt that we don't test. part of that is part of where my story is. when you are affected part of where my story is. when you a re affected by part of where my story is. when you are affected by cancer, you have the diagnosis, one of the biggest problems you face is how you are going to make ends meet, how you are going to make ends meet, how you are going to make ends meet, how you are going to survive, what you are going to do. that is where the problem starts. what happened in your circumstance? you could not work?

no. as a result, there was no income. i did try to go via the council, and i will not name the council or even the jobcentre council, and i will not name the council or even thejobcentre plus area, but i had an horrific experience in terms of the fact that i was knocked from pillar to post. they asked me if i could walk from where i was sitting to my front door to attend an interview. i said, i can do that now but it doesn't mean ican do can do that now but it doesn't mean i can do it in ten minutes. and because of that i got sanctioned. we have to leave it there. simon has some breaking news. following the verdicts, the deaths of seven men who drowned on the beach at camber sands last summer, the families of the victims are giving a news conference. they are accompanied by the solicitors. we canjoin accompanied by the solicitors. we can join them now. their evidence raised more questions than we had answered. the families have eight

questions which they would still like answered. question one is, who took the decision in 2013 to reject the rnli recommendations to have lifeguards on the beach? mr cass and doctor leonard both said they didn't. and we never heard who made the decision which was crucial. secondly, why was that decision to reject the rnli recommendation to have lifeguards why that taken? was it because of the advice of robert cass, who suggested that the rnli had cass, who suggested that the rnli ha d twea ked cass, who suggested that the rnli had tweaked its risk assessment to get a foothold on the south coast? was it for that reason, was it for —— because of money? the families

would like to know why no lifeguards. thirdly, why did —— why we re lifeguards. thirdly, why did —— why were lifeguards not deployed after the second death in 2015. fourth, after the two deaths on the 24th of july, why weren't greater efforts made to retain lifeguards? we know the rnli couldn't provide lifeguards at that stage and that we heard evidence that they could have got lifeguards from elsewhere. fifth, why was a press release put out after the deaths on the 24th of august saying that regular assessments, which were carried out at camber sands with the rnli, had not identified the need for a lifeguards to be deployed at the

beach? that plainly wasn't true. so why did they say it? six, why has rather continually suggested that the problems at camber are confined to people with no swimming ability, when we know that all of the seven who died could swim? seven, why have they consistently focused on the race of their victims rather than protecting all of those who use their beaches? and eighth, the families have had no apologies of any the families have had no apologies ofany kind. the families have had no apologies of any kind. will they finally apologised to the families of all of those who died? inaudible.

lam the inaudible. i am the uncle of two of them. 0bviously obviously we are just awaiting the translation as the families of the seven translation as the families of the seven victims give their response to that inquest. we heard criticism of the local council. claims that it was the council, because of cost cutting, to remove rnli guards from the beach in 2013. clearly, the

solicitors saying there are more questions need answering. it is not even one person satisfied with... our children are disciplined. they follow the regulations. if they were given any warnings at all, they would not have gone to that part of the sea. if there were lifeguards, they would have been saved. well, again we await the

translation. it isjust translation. it is just an translation. it isjust an island surrounded by sea. it isjust an island surrounded by sea. we had been travelling —— have been travelling from london every day for the past five days with a ray of hope that we would get justice for the deaths of our loved ones. however, since the beginning, our children are ones. however, since the beginning, ourchildren are being ones. however, since the beginning, our children are being blamed of being of asian origin and not being able to swim. there was an incident immediately after their deaths, an interview with one of their fathers. there wasn't proper interpretation. by there wasn't proper interpretation. by mistake it was quoted if they couldn't swim. they have been hanging onto that allegation. until today, that allegation was put forward and our children were blamed forward and our children were blamed for their own deaths. clearly, a very distressed father describing their unhappiness at the

ruling from the coroner of misadventure. the inquest did hear that the rnli turned down requests for lifeguards at camber sands 16 days before the five friends drowned on the beach. we will monitor that news conference. we are expecting to hear from other witnesses. if anything else comes from that, we'll bring it straight to you. you are watching bbc news. the headlines coming up. first, the weather. good afternoon. the weekend is most 0pondo us. the weather is improving. less rain today than there was yesterday. that improving story continues into tomorrow. there has been some rain today in the south and west. showers towards kent and sussex. trips and drops of rain elsewhere. more coming in from the north sea. it will move south across northern england, parts of wales and the south—east. behind

that, dry and cloudy weather. temperatures not dropping away too far. nine or10 temperatures not dropping away too far. nine or 10 degrees in the far north. into the weekend, it is looking pretty good. particularly in england and wales. eastern scotland as well. any rangers away from the south—east. a decent day for england and wales. patchy cloud, sunshine, light winds. there is rain in western scotland and northern ireland. a warm day in the north—east of scotland. looking ahead to sunday, i think it will be another pretty decent day. it is dry and bright. good spells of sunshine. light winds. good opportunities were getting out and about. this is bbc news, i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 4pm: a coroner has concluded that the deaths of seven young men who drowned in two separate incidents off camber sands last summer, were all due to misadventure. the chief executive of the organisation which manages grenfell tower says he is stepping aside. parts of president trump's

controversial travel ban come into force, affecting people from six mainly muslim countries. funerals take place for 29—year—old martyn hett and 15—year—old megan hurley, who died in the manchester bomb attack. also ahead... washed up in wales, now having fun in the sun. a rare sea turtle found on a beach in anglesey is taken to gran canaria, to be set free. british world no.1 tennis player andy murray will begin the defence of his wimbledon title against a qualifier or a lucky loser on monday. and live cricket returns to bbc television for the first time in 21 years.