almost one year on from the grenfell tower fire, the public inquiry opens into the distaster that killed 72 people with a chance for every bereaved family to tell their story. bereaved relatives remember the victims including a baby stillborn after his parents escaped the blaze. he looked like he was just sleeping, as babies do. you know, at that moment... ..we felt like our hearts had broken. a full report on the emotional and poignant tributes to the victims of the grenfell fire. also this lunchtime: big changes to train timetables in the northwest and southeast of england cause more disruption this morning. a deadly new hazard for residents of hawaii dealing with a major volcanic eruption — lava reaching the sea sends up clouds of noxious gas. remembering eight—year—old saffie

roussos just before the anniversary of the manchester arena attack, her father calls for a memorial concert. i want to celebrate my daughter. she was full of life, she loved music, i wa nt to was full of life, she loved music, i want to put on a concept for the world to stop and listen. and the weird and wonderful at this yea rs and the weird and wonderful at this years flower and the weird and wonderful at this yea rs flower show. and in sport: speculation grows over antonio conte's job at chelsea, despite their fa cup win. the club's former winger pat nevin believes his departure is only a matter of time. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. relatives of those killed in the grenfell tower fire have started making statements at a public inquiry into the disaster.

the first victim to be commemorated was logan gomes, who was stillborn in hospital shortly after his pregnant mother andreia escaped from the blaze. 72 people died after flames engulfed the block of flats in west london lastjune. adina campbell reports from the inquiry in west london. awarning, a warning, you may find some of the images distressing. remembering their loved ones. the 72 lives lost in last year's devastating fire at grenfell tower. today, bereaved families and survivors were taking part in commemoration hearings to mark the beginning of a public enquiry. chaired by retired high courtjudge sirmartin chaired by retired high courtjudge sir martin moore—bick. chaired by retired high courtjudge sir martin moore-bick. welcome to the first hearing of the enquiry into the fire and grenfell tower in

june last year. in terms of loss of life, the fire was the single greatest tragedy to perform before this city since the end of the second world war. the site of the building engulfed in flames is indelibly imprinted on the memories of those who experienced an event of unimaginable horror. then came the first emotional tribute by survivor mario gomez. he and his family escaped from the burning building but his son logan was stillborn. he looked like he was just sleeping, as babies do. at that moment moment... we felt like our hearts had broken. but at least we were

able to tell them... and to be with him. painter and decorator dennis murphy was a community volunteer who loved football. he also died in the fire. his sister told the hearing theirfamily‘s fire. his sister told the hearing their family's lives have been changed forever. there is a gaping hole in our hearts that can be never filled, and it hurts, it really hurts. we can't imagine a day when it won't hurt any less, the pain, loss and sorrow we feel is indescribable and has left us devastated. next to be remembered was mohammad amir, known as saba. he was mohammad amir, known as saba. he was a chauffeur and tried to help others escape. the bond we had was

unbreakable. avon is like no other. we shared our times of trouble, sickness and hardship. —— a bond like no other. most importantly, we shared our happiness. our kids grew up together. they are like brother and sister, a relationship we had and i still am proud of. losing saba was like my world came crashing down. i had faced many blows in life, losing many family members but this was the worst. this will be a long and complex enquiry, one of the biggest on record. but then now, the personal tributes could take up to two weeks, a fitting start dedicated to those at the heart of this enquiry. and adina is in west london now. a very harrowing day of course for the relatives but a hugely important one nonetheless? yes, this was a

very difficult, poignant, dignified sta nce to very difficult, poignant, dignified stance to the beginning of this enquiry. at the very beginning we had 72 seconds of silence to mark every life lost in last year's fire. chairman sirmartin every life lost in last year's fire. chairman sir martin moore—bick was quick to point out this enquiry was about the grenfell community, about remembering those who lost their lives and the bereaved families and survivors left behind. then came one of the most difficult parts of the enquiry so far, we heard as you heard there from marcio gomez who talked about when his stillborn son was lost here. we were shown nursery pictures, hospital scans and then he embraced his wife saying she was the strongest person he knew. he said, i was hoping it was a bad dream, wishing he would open his eyes, move and makea wishing he would open his eyes, move and make a sound. then came more pictures of the family and funeral and everyone in that room was moved to tears. thisjust

and everyone in that room was moved to tears. this just the and everyone in that room was moved to tears. thisjust the start of what is going to be a very complex enquiry? this will be a very long enquiry, this could go into 2020. we expect to hear from about 500 participants in terms of the personal tributes, that could go one for the next two weeks or so. tens of thousands of documents have been reviewed and prepared, there will be many layers talking about the facts, the events that led up to the fire, reasons behind the fire, cladding, what went wrong in that respect. but today at least, for the next nine days, this is about the people at the heart of this enquiry and the justice for the bereaved families and survivors. thank you. rail passengers have been facing more disruption today, because of a new timetable introduced by the train operator, govia thameslink railway. yesterday the company, which runs the great northern, thameslink and southern services, was forced to apologise to customers because of delays caused by the changes. the body which represents train

operators, the vale delivery group has apologised but says that changes are part of a £50 billion investment plan to bring long—term improvements. jon donnison reports. for many commuters this morning, it was a blue monday with dozens of cancellations, frustrated passengers facing a long wait. the introduction of new timetables across britain means 60% of trains have been rescheduled. it just means 60% of trains have been rescheduled. itjust about works. i would have preferred more frequent trains to london bridge, there's only two in the morning. 25 minutes late getting to work side preferred the old timetable. for me it works better, i go to blackfriars so i can get a direct train at 9am. you are a winner today? i am, yes, but i think less direct trains later in the day.

many passengers took to social media to their fury. many passengers took to social media to theirfury. get many passengers took to social media to their fury. get on any train that turns up, said one man trying to get to manchester. for another, time to get a car. lots of trains, longer trains, more seats, it's good in the long term but we need to catch trains this morning. passenger patients is pretty thin, and fare rises constantly on their minds, they want in return the timetable. 0n they want in return the timetable. on some of the busiest routes in and out of london on networks run by go the thames link, the problems were especially acute. the many commuters heading into stations in central london this morning, it's undoubtedly been a difficult day. govia thames link has apologised for the destruction but its line is that this is short—term pain for long—term gain. the rail companies say the shake—up will eventually mean more than 6400 extra trains a week across the network. all part of

a £50 billion investment programme which they say will bring almost 85 billion of additional economic benefits to the country. we would like to apologise to anybody who has had difficulty getting into work today. clearly the implementation of this timetable has not gone as well as we would like in some parts, we are looking at why that has happened but to put this to a wider context, this is part of our long—term plan to increase capacity on the network, introducing hundreds of new services every working day to make the journey experience better for our customers. that might be cold comfort for rail passengers today. in the north, this was manchester piccadilly. northern rail blamed a shortage of properly trained drivers. trade unions have called it monday meltdown. what passengers will want to know is whether tuesday will want to know is whether tuesday will be any better. national security is being put at risk because the uk

is turning a "blind eye" to alleged russian corruption, according to a group of mps. the commons foreign affairs committee says the city of london is being used to hide what it called the "corrupt assets" of russia's president vladimir putin and his allies. it comes as the russian billionaire roman abramovich is facing delays in having his uk visa renewed. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is here. first of all, mr abramovich, will he get his visa? we don't know the a nswer yet. get his visa? we don't know the answer yet. no one is talking specifically about his case whenever you talk to anyone official they say they want to talk about individual cases, what we do now is that these are cases, what we do now is that these a re clearly has cases, what we do now is that these are clearly has been delayed in some capacity. we think that the situation, we don't think it's been formally refused. certainly not to oui’ formally refused. certainly not to our knowledge. what is clear is that an awakening of the poisoning of the skripals in march, they will be looking openly at all the special

visas that wealthy people get to come to the uk. the type of visa we think mr abramovich has got requires £2 million to be invested in the uk, we are talking about niche visas here. the uk government will look again at it, that might be adding to slowness. mps accusing the government of really turning a blind eye to alleged russian corruption, dirty money if you like. what are the government saying? the problem government has is that after the poisoning of the skripals, it was very successful in terms of achieving diplomatic response, getting other countries to join achieving diplomatic response, getting other countries tojoin in expelling russian spies and diplomats but it took a strategic decision not to go hard on the city of london as many people called for at the time. mps are calling them out on that. what's interesting todayis out on that. what's interesting today is that when the prime minister was asked about it, she said we've done a great deal to take significant steps to try and tackle illicit finance within the city of

london. but she said these are issues that must be left to law enforcement, she is talking about operational and independent decisions, in other words the government does not want to get drawn into a position where it's accused of being political and conducting summary justice by targeting specific individuals. they are quite resistant to do that. thank you. residents in hawaii dealing with a major volcanic eruption are facing a new hazard, as lava pouring into the pacific has created toxic clouds, containing hydrochloric acid and particles of glass. the lava from mount kila—waya has also blocked part of a coastal road, cutting off a key escape route for residents. from hawaii, chris buckler reports. lava has taken over land. more than 20 feet high, this lump of molten rock has blocked roads and destroyed all in its way as it's created its own fiery path through hawaii's big island.

basically it's a wall of lava that just kind of marched towards the sea. this wasn't here 12 hours ago. “$5,777,757; ——'. ......! '—‘" cgaf 13551; gt... ::: and toxic gases are released with explosive fountains of lava that have sprung up from the many cracks caused by the kilauea volcano. it's only from the air you can really see how far these fissures stretch, and in some cases they are merging together. eating away at the scorched surface turning what was green, black. and although this is one small corner of an island, it is a place where people live. you can hear the fissures, you can hear the explosions all night and all day. lately we've had about 100 earthquakes a day. the biggest one we had

so far was 6.9. the leilani estates is at the centre of the evacuation zone. even to get into this area, we had to travel in a convoy with members of hawaii's national guard. roadblocks are policed 24 hours a day, trying to ensure people don't put themselves at risk by going to see the lava. it's already destroyed around two dozen houses, leaving some families homeless and having to rely on help from friends and strangers. i have a little ptsd. i don't think i want to stay this close to the volcano. it's home, it's a community, i don't mind staying there but not this close, no. however, some living close to where the lava is continuing to jet out at a ferocious rate haven't left their homes. kilauea has long been their neighbour, a volcano that

erupted to create this land. and with each fresh explosion, it threatens to destroy it. the husband of the the british—iranian woman being held in prison in iran says she's been charged with spreading propaganda. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was detained more than two years ago by the iranian authorities, appeared in court over the weekend, and is reported to have been told she'd face new charges and could expect to be convicted. her husband richard ratcliffe insists she is innocent. paul adams is here. what is the latest on this distressing case? she appeared in court again on saturday. she was told she was facing accusations of

spreading propaganda against the state. interestingly, that's pretty much the same wording she was... that was being levelled against when nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe appeared in court in october. that case seemed to go into suspension after borisjohnson seemed to go into suspension after boris johnson following his gaffe seemed to go into suspension after borisjohnson following his gaffe in front of a parliamentary committee, he went to teheran in december and the case seemed to peter out, now it seems we are back where we in 0ctober seems we are back where we in october with this 200 page file and this accusation of spreading propaganda against the state. she only got a brief glimpse of the file, hard to know what's in it. her lawyer was not present. she was allowed to make a statement and i will quote you some lines. she said she has never been involved in overthrowing the regime. the government needs to know i have never been in any attempts to change

that regime. there was a positive develop mad over the weekend. something she and her family and supporters have been asking for for a long time is contact with the british embassy. that came in the form of a direct phone call would the british ambassador which took place on sunday morning. that appears to have lifted her spirits quite a bit according to richard who i spoke to a short time ago. the ambassador wasn't able to offer any particular insights or encouragement. it was more of a listening phone call than one in which he had anything much to say. for the family it is difficult to know how to gauge of these conflicting developments. 0n the one hand the apparent insistence of the judicial system to push forward a case which could result in more yea rs case which could result in more years injail, on the other hand some sort of contact with the outside world. i think they have learned to take this one step at a time. what they are hoping for at the moment in the short—term is clemency to allow to go outside jail to celebrate gabriela, her

daughter's fourth birthday, onjune 11, something she has not been allowed to do in the past and when she appeared in court she also said to thejudge in her attempts she appeared in court she also said to the judge in her attempts to appealfor clemency, to the judge in her attempts to appeal for clemency, this year i'm turning 40, i might only have a slim chance of having another baby. thank you, paul adams, our diplomatic correspondent. the time is 1:19pm. our top story this lunchtime: 0ne one year 0ne yearon one year on from the grenfell tower fire the public inquiry opens into the disaster that killed 72 people. we are here on the first day of the chelsea flower show. there are so many beautiful gardens here and we will be bringing you a bit more and flavour of show later in the programme. in sport on bbc news. simon yates takes a step closer to becoming the first briton to win the giro d'italia. he took the 15th stage to extend his overall lead to two minutes and 11 seconds. tomorrow marks one year

since 22 people were killed by a suicide bomber, at an ariana grande concert at manchester arena. eight—year—old saffie roussos was the youngest victim of the attack. as the anniversary of her death approaches, her father has told the bbc that he wants to commemorate her life by holding a concert this summer to raise money for potential future victims of terror. there is currently no state funding for terror victims. judith moritz has been hearing from saffie's father andrew roussos. losing your eight—year—old child changes your life forever, you will never be ok again. she sings. my biggest worry since this has happened is dreading time passing.

you start forgetting bits, and i dread that. i dread not feeling saffie's touch, not feeling saffie's presence. what do you want to do, as the most fitting way of remembering? i dread the thought in two, three, four years' time, for saffie's life to be remembered as a two—minute silence. in a church service. i want to celebrate my daughter, she was full of life, she loved music. i want to put on a concert for the world to stop and listen. i see it as the modern—day live aid. the stage is set, we've got a venue, old trafford cricket ground, and the date is 19th august, 2018. i want the biggest names in music. chris martin, bono, ed sheeran, this is your world, this is what you do for a living. i hope it will never happen to you in your lifetime, to be sitting where i am.

i'm pleading with you, to get some names and help me put this concert together. it's been done for one love. this isn't one love again? no. one love was to raise awareness that terrorism is not accepted, it was to raise money for us, the 22, and the injured and what happened on that night. so that was our fund. this concert is not for us. i want it to be there to support victims of future attacks. speaking to some of the families, we are all really shocked at the lack of support from our government. so there's no government support? nothing. you are turning to charity? yes. italy's political deadlock over the last couple of months is expected to be broken today, with the announcement of a coalition government.

the deal will bring together the anti—establishment five star movement and the anti—immigration league party. they've both promised big changes to the way italy is governed. gavin lee is in rome. do we know who is going to be the new prime minister? the reports at the moment suggest it won't be a politician. that's because the two leaders of the populist parties five star movement‘s luigi di maio and matteo salvini, the odd couple many call them of italy, both poles apart in terms of their governing, in terms of their stance on migration and the economy, they have cancelled each other out as part of their planned to be a coalition that it would have to be someone else. there isa would have to be someone else. there is a 54—year—old little—known law professor called giuseppe conte, who isa professor called giuseppe conte, who is a friend of luigi di maio. reports suggest he is in line to become the next prime minister which

will have to wait. in the palace behind me, the presidential palace, there is meeting between the two leaders and president around 6pm this evening, 5pm uk time. a word on how this coalition will operate. the rhetoric we were hearing before was the plans to take italy out of the euro but it has been watered down. there is enough to concern eu leaders, including a call to drop sanctions against russia, saying they are a partner and not an enemy, and also to speed up plans to deport 500,000 illegal migrants from italy, to drop taxes, increase government spending ina to drop taxes, increase government spending in a country that is heavily debt—laden. as i say it is a concern for eu leaders. we should know by 6pm this evening the new government and perhaps the new prime minister too. gavin lee, thank you very much. gavin lee reporting from rome. the president of venezuela, nicolas maduro, has been elected to a second term in office in polls held on sunday. officials say he won four million votes more than his nearest rival, but opposition parties say the result isn't valid.

it was also the lowest turnout in decades. despite having one of the world's largest oil reserves, venezuela is in the midst of an economic crisis, with soaring inflation leading to food shortages. theresa may is challenging the nhs and technology companies to use artificial intelligence to transform the diagnosis of cancer and other diseases. in a speech in cheshire this lunchtime the prime minister said computer algorithms can prevent thousands of cancer deaths in the coming decades. 0ur health editor hugh pym is here with me now. how significant could this technology be for the nhs? extremely significant and in a sense what the prime minister is doing is just reflecting what is happening a nyway just reflecting what is happening anyway in partnerships between the nhs, between hospitals, between universities, between research institutes. there was one announced just earlier today between uch, a big london trust and the alan turing

institute, which is a big data analysis centre bringing all of this together, so how could it help patients? there are various different applications —— uclh. there are experiments going on with artificial intelligence, that is computer—driven analysis replacing human analysis on trying to predict lung cancer through scans, trying to predict whether there will be problems for a patient with potential heart disease, again based on scans. 0r potential heart disease, again based on scans. or it could be somebody walking into a hospital with chest pains and chest problems. normally that would be done by an x—ray and it might take a little time to look at it. that could be looked at within minutes through artificial intelligence. this isn't to replace doctors but to get through preliminary analysis a lot faster to allow the radiologists and doctors to come in and take a second look. so all of this is seen as potentially very good for patients. it will also help hospitals, for example, ina it will also help hospitals, for example, in a neat if it has data

throughout the year artificial intelligence can help it work out what the citizens are that suggest people should be dealt with quickly -- a&e. the people should be dealt with quickly —— a&e. the problems our patients having to allow their data to be used and is it properly being anonymous? there is a lot of work to be done on that. pym, thank you very much indeed. it's the highlight of the horticultural calendar, showcasing some of the most creative garden designs from around the world. well, ahead of opening its well—manicu red lawns to the public, today is press day at the chelsea flower show. the theme for this year's event is health and well—being, exploring how plants and green spaces can improve lives. helena lee is at chelsea this lunchtime. helena we are standing in the welcome to yorkshire garden. the designer of this garden really wa nted designer of this garden really wanted to capture the essence of yorkshire. he has a modern—day creamery yorkshire. he has a modern—day creamery here, some beautiful

showers, some local vegetables growing over there and a stream just below us. this isjust growing over there and a stream just below us. this is just one of many gardens here this week. under the hot me son chelsea in full bloom. this is the world's most prestigious flower show. plants grown to perfection, gardens designed down to the very last detail. the rhs is so a brit in the nhs ‘s 70th year with this garden showing how green spaces can help those suffering with mental health problems. if we can distract an everyday thought process, if we can give someone something nice to look at, or something to engage with, even if it is momentarily, they can stop thinking about everyday stresses and that in turn will reduce stress levels and reduce anxiety. another garden designed to make an impact, this, the pearl fisher garden, highlighting the issue of plastic waste ending up in our oceans. it looks to the problems

we have in the ocean, there are plastic water bottles all around the walls, i've seen so many people here drinking water out of plastic bottles a nd drinking water out of plastic bottles and just want to go and say to them please don't do it. they are giving away steel water bottles so anybody wants to come along so they never have to buy a plastic bottle again. those enjoying the show today, some well—known faces keen to share why the gardens are important to them. what brought me to chelsea? i try and come every year, i didn't make it last year, it is a fantastic day. i'm more and more into gardens with every year that passes, i seem to get more out of them, and this is the mecca of gardens. as well as rob brydon the queen is going to be here a little later on. as we know she is a very keen gardener herself and it's one of the highlights of the year for her. indeed, thank you very much indeed,

helena lee. zookeepers in chester got a bit of a shock at the weekend when one of their elephants unexpectedly gave birth. it was thought the 35—year—old's pregnancy had failed but three months after the due date this male calf suddenly appeared. the average pregnancy for an elephant is 18—22 months but this one is thought to have lasted 25 months. the baby is yet to be named. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. it was amazing over the weekend, can continue? spectacular spring sunshine and it will continue for most of us most of the time. it's not quite that straightforward, though. this was from one of our weather watchers in derbyshire. storm clouds have been gathering in the south—east,