residential buildings. into building regulations in england failed to recommend such a move. systems on high—rise residential buildings. and the investigation into the grenfell tower fire. also this lunchtime... reduced to £2. attend the royal wedding due to ill health. to save the business, which is said to be struggling. of overseas terrorism.

as a gamble and that everyone‘s been picked on form. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. saying the materials should not be prohibited. on flammable cladding.

said it would consult on outlawing the materials. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has this report. up in the housing fire safety crisis. crisis. watch with megaphones in case of fire. fire. replace the cladding which simply put burns easily. put burns easily. as dangerous that it has to fire wardens and people with megaphones? wardens and people with megaphones? it seems the building regulations are totally unsuitable. are totally unsuitable. so—called desktop study of a fire test, but that could now change.

test, but that could now change. desktop studies to assess cladding systems. systems. demonstrated they can be used safely. safely. who has reviewed england ‘s building regulations. it wasn't. didn't ban cladding then i will accept that as a criticism. it is a criticism. criticism.

beyond people putting cladding on to the building that is not compliant. the building that is not compliant. industry before this crisis, before the cladding started coming off. the cladding started coming off. calling for more building regulations. regulations. enforcement of existing regulations, and for the industry to lead the. and for the industry to lead the. change in fact she says the industry has to learn to be safer. has to learn to be safer. own words with current building regulations? regulations? industry that needs to recognise it needs to earn people's trust.

needs to earn people's trust. trust and blind faith in them by any means. you said they should lead the way. way. putting in place which will be much tougher and hold them to account. tougher and hold them to account. still has no idea when the questions about her building will be resolved. and tom is here now. lots of details in your report for which we thank you. which we thank you. called for a ban on this cladding, are they going to get it? it is not clear. clear. report didn't call for a ban on this combustible cladding. combustible cladding.

to be used when it is thought not to be the right material. be the right material. should have a ban on combustible cladding. cladding. material that led to the grenfell fire and she didn't. fire and she didn't. need a massive change in the construction industry. thank you. is to be cut to just £2. casino games such as roulette. warning ofjob losses. 0ur personal finance correspondent simon gompertz reports. place your

bets. at the betting shop. programmed to make you lose. the government gets the tax and even horse racing get the benefit. because you have a gambling problem? tony franklin is one of thousands of victims. short space of time. and that was my experience. september last year, i lost £2740 in 42 minutes. of pounds a year off bookmakers' revenues.

they could have addressed this. and we will have to live with the economic consequences. £540 million, 21,000 jobs lost. this is the worst outcome as far as bookmaker profits are concerned. £2 maximum was brought. the only comfort for them is that the impact won't be immediate. timetable to bring in the change. on the age of gamblers. the start of a much tighter regime.

because of the high state that attracted them. the significant reduction will make a big difference. these machines will not be as exciting for them. from each bet you place. while yielding to pressure to protect gambling victims. like that, i think it is our duty to stop it. so, more change on the way for high streets. some clustered with betting shops financed by the terminals. many seem destined to disappear.

royal wedding this weekend. he would not be attending due to his ill health. taking place in windsor. jane hill is there. and the hope is attention will shift to the day itself, to saturday. to the day itself, to saturday.

rehearsal here in windsor today involving 250 military personnel. involving 250 military personnel. all royal correspondent nicholas witchell has the latest. will not be at his daughter's wedding. wedding. rehearsal of the military involvement. involvement. modest, around 250 members of the three armed services. three armed services.

will be an open carriage, weather permitting, back to the castle. permitting, back to the castle. his role presiding over the wedding service, the dean of windsor. service, the dean of windsor. it grounded in a religious ceremony, in a christian ceremony. in a christian ceremony. event, the wedding appears to be back on track. back on track. places, the focus is back where it should be, on the bride and groom.

should be, on the bride and groom. and nick is with me at windsor castle. castle. they will be hoping this is a lying 110w. they will be hoping this is a lying now. now. kensington palace in newspapers this morning. morning. that the fact his health is not the most stable. most stable.

absence of clarity which finally has now been resolved. now been resolved. therefore who will walk meghan markle down the aisle? markle down the aisle? i think we will have to wait until tomorrow for that. tomorrow for that. certainty on that and i think we will have to wait another 2a hours. will have to wait another 2a hours. number of people already out on the route. route. were watching the rehearsal earlier on. the real aficionados. that is representative of the nation as a whole, well... as a whole, well... the key ones will be here. will be here. sunshine has brought people out onto the street as well.

the street as well. streets of windsor, that we can say for sure. streets of windsor, that we can say forsure. kate, back to you. thank you. of the brexit transition phase. the european union". gavin lee reports from sofia. on the streets of bulgaria during an informal eu summit. in the sidelines who still want answers over what britain wants. the main sticking point, the irish border. the next eu frontier. taoiseach, a quick word. chaos for cross—border trade.

not true, the prime minister told me. with the european union and i've set three objectives. the government has three objectives in those. we need to be able to have our own independent trade policy. there is no hard border between northern ireland and ireland. the border is as much about politics as trade. of ireland's troubled past. there will be no hard border. what they call the magic solution. including a vision on the trade and customs relationship.

and the divisions in the uk. gavin lee, bbc news, sofia. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. how likely is that the government will ask for more time? will ask for more time? go to brussels and say please could we have some extra time. we have some extra time. month transition period and then we are out, no extra time. are out, no extra time.

huge queues outside ports like dover. dover. words sort of leaving one foot dangling in the eu's customs union. dangling in the eu's customs union. can have a sort of pick and mix and departure from the eu. departure from the eu. their view is if you leave, you leave. if you leave, you leave. norman, thank you. our top story this lunchtime. recommend such a move.

and still to come — not a gamble. inexperienced players in his world cup squad. to death threats aimed at referee lucy 0liver. appearance for juventus. putting 800 jobs at risk. financial position. our business correspondent emma simpson has more. ones for decades, but it's in trouble.

trouble. days shoppers have a lot more choice. choice. it ranges, all different shops, supermarkets, next, primark. shops, supermarkets, next, primark. what about motherca re? what about mothercare? know, too expensive. expensive. it sounds like mothercare has more competition these days. has more competition these days. shop that just did baby things and it was very, very popular. it was very, very popular. looking at what i wanted and i loved it. it. it seems outdated, when i think about it, motherca re. it seems outdated, when i think about it, mothercare. about it, mothercare. mothercare's one of the newest stores. stores. it used to have hundreds decades ago. decades ago. today, and now it wants to close 50 of them by next summer to cut costs. of them by next summer to cut costs. mothercare's problem is it has too many underperforming stores. many underperforming stores.

the high street its troubles have finally come to a head. finally come to a head. injection from investors to reboot the business, but will it be enough? the business, but will it be enough? business is on a cliff edge at the moment. moment. where its problem is and what will be the challenge in the future. be the challenge in the future. right now though the focus is on simply staying open. simply staying open. rehired to finish the job of trying to turn this business around. to turn this business around. struggling to make the sums add simpson, bbc news. lawyer more than $100,000. star stormy daniels.

—— the adult movie star stormy daniels. a sexual encounter in 2006. that he behaved unreasonably. placing blame on one another. until later in the year. had reported it, according to a new report. as nick hope reports. never been stronger. but at what cost?

unacceptable behaviour in their 0lympic or paralympic programmes. something that can be better in this high—performance system. to give that feedback. reported it to their national governing body. part of their programmes. commission to £1 million.

i don't think the bac has been resourced effectively in the past. generally the climate within sports has some work to do. after sport once they retire. the country and introduce athletes to industry leaders. it's absolutely phenomenal for us. of the wider world. and carry on succeeding even when the

sport stops. nick hope, bbc news. summer's world cup. trent alexander—arnold. about the focus on youth. 0ur sports correspondent david 0rnstein is at wembley. this is england's third youngest squad in world cup history. squad in world cup history. survivors remain from the last world cup. cup. that's an indication of the youth and the lack of experience. youth and the lack of experience.

failures which many of these players will not be afflicted by. will not be afflicted by. experience then it can be detrimental to these players. detrimental to these players. he said that they are fearless. said that they are fearless. creativity, they are comfortable on the ball. the ball. probably be household names in the coming weeks and months. coming weeks and months. a little bit about how what he had to say. but they're the best in their positions. we know they're not the finished article. as a country. we pick from 33% of the league. it's quite a unique situation for us as an england squad. but i think there's an excitement

about the route we're going. could do in russia at this tournament. tournament. and you sense he thinks his young squad could cause a surprise. squad could cause a surprise. involved in the fa cup final and champions league final. champions league final. at wembley and then costa rica in leeds in june. at wembley and then costa rica in leeds injune. leeds injune. match is against tunisia on monday the 18th of june. match is against tunisia on monday the 18th ofjune. david, thank you. arboretum in staffordshire.

ones in attacks around the world. sima kotecha sent us this report. claimed the lives of hundreds of british national is. british national is. haunting memories that will never be forgotten. forgotten. all those who died and ease the pain of those who live on. of those who live on. brotherjonathan was killed in the 2002 bali bombings. 2002 bali bombings. to the horrendous circumstances in which loved ones were

killed. which loved ones were killed. sure the terrorists don't win and don't take over our lives. don't take over our lives. the memorial is called still water. memorial is called still water. impression of a hidden place surrounded by woodland and greenery. surrounded by woodland and greenery. own interpretation of what it means to them. to them. bataclan attack in paris three years ago. ago. affected by terrorism overseas and that circle of people is huge. that circle of people is huge. people who were there, but who can just come and think about it. just come and think about it.

great place for reflection and hopefully moving forward. hopefully moving forward. effect for loved ones left behind can scar a lifetime. can scar a lifetime. place of peace may at last partly heal those scars. sima kotecha, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. something is up, not bad weather on the way. the way. and its lead to interesting contrasts from day to die this week. contrasts from day to die this week. —— from day to night this week. could get up to 18 celsius through this afternoon in nantwich. this afternoon in nantwich. off where we should be at this time of year.

of year. drift from the wind off the sea, it's 12-13. drift from the wind off the sea, it's12—13.