as the first stage of the grenfell inquiry nears its end — a grandfather is called a hero for giving refuge to others. raymond moses bernard was among 16 people remembered today — his body was found with several neighbours in his top—floorflat our moses, our hero. sadly, where there is nojustice there will be no peace, i will neverforget, i will never forgive. after a charged and highly emotional two weeks of tributes to the victims, we'll look at where the grenfell inquiry goes next. also tonight. the surreal moment a russian journalist who was reported murdered — turned up alive and well. the two police officers who were among three killed in belgium yesterday — it's revealed the gunman murdered a fourth person the day before. free sanitary products are to be provided to all women in low income households in scotland. # she played a fiddle in an irish

band # she fell in love with an english man # ed sheeran is among the big names cracking down on ticket reseller viagogo — as the website is investigated for misleading customers. and coming up on bbc news — former champion novak djokovic is amongst those who have made it through to the third round at this year's french open. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a man who died sheltering six people in his top—floor flat as they tried to escape the grenfell tower fire has been hailed as a hero by his sister. speaking as the inquiry‘s commemoration hearings draw to a close, bernadette bernard said her brother raymond gave refuge to neighbours who were unable to find a way down. 72 people died as a result of

the fire in west london lastjune. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. as they faced by death those trapped inside grenfell turned in their last moments to each other. raymond bernard known as moses was, his family said, a hero. he had worked as an electrician in the buckingham palace and the house of lords. on the night of the fire he shouldered six neighbours including children in his flat. we know that he would have given comfort to each of them before they took their last breaths and departed this world. are moses, our hero. sadly, where there is no

justice, there will be no peace. i will never forget, justice, there will be no peace. i will neverforget, i justice, there will be no peace. i will never forget, i will never forgive. sometimes the lives lost at g re nfell forgive. sometimes the lives lost at grenfell have forgive. sometimes the lives lost at g re nfell have barely forgive. sometimes the lives lost at grenfell have barely been lived. six—month—old leena belkadi was found in her mother's arms, she and her husband omar and an eight—year—old will also killed. ba rely eight—year—old will also killed. barely able to speak through his tea rs barely able to speak through his tears their grandfather. translation: my daughter, i didn't know that night would be the night when they would die. death has separated us and they left me torn into pieces. thank you very much for coming to

talk to us. i certainly found it profoundly moving. 16 victims of the fire were remembered today on this, the last day of commemorations by the last day of commemorations by the bereaved. sisters fatima and sakineh afrasiabi die together, the family upset her husband was refused a visa tojoin family upset her husband was refused a visa to join them today. her family said their disabled mother should never have been housed on the 16th floor. amman lost her life not only to the fire that night but to the corporate negligence by the very people who work to ensure her safety. if you have your mother please hug her and feel the unconditional love that god bestowed in her. as the family tributes end, 72 victims have become so much more than just that number. lives that

we re than just that number. lives that were fulfilled, young lives that we re were fulfilled, young lives that were still so unfulfilled. this inquiry heard about them all but now it has to give those who cried and remembered them the answers they need. lucy is in west london where the commemoration hearings have been held. it's been very emotional testimony, what happens now? it has been like attending a funeral afterfuneral, it has been like attending a funeral after funeral, day after day and over the seven days the families have come here and not talked about g re nfell have come here and not talked about grenfell the building but about the lives and the meaning and value of those lives behind the flat doors. it's been emotional, it's been training, another relative collapse today after hearing some of the commemorations. it has been at times uplifting and at times angry, but more than anything it has been desperately, desperately sad. but it has given those families of voice, a voice they felt they haven't had for a yearand it

voice they felt they haven't had for a year and it set the tone for this inquiry. one of the survivors said to me today this inquiry could have started being professional professional, as he put it, but instead it has been emotional and his bat is important because he said with professional nothing will get done. this has allowed the chairman to have the emotions, and hopefully, he said, he will change things. and certainly sir martin moore—bick has been seen to be emotional and you couldn't fail to be. what happens now is on monday the lawyers do start. they get involved. we have a counsel to the inquiry who will make the opening statement and is expected to be shocking information that comes from the experts who have compiled reports to this inquiry. but certainly, no one will forget everything they have heard from the families over these last few days. lucy, thank you. lucy manning there. there was international confusion today after a russian journalist, who was widely reported to have been shot dead in ukraine, appeared alive and well at a news conference in the capital, kiev. the ukrainian security services said

they'd staged the apparent assassination of arkady babchenko to protect him from an imminent russian attack. jonah fisher reports from kiev. there is flash photography in his report. applause. is this the greatest comeback since lazarus? 19 hours previously, arkady babchenko was announced dead, most likely assassinated by russians. now, to gasps of disbelief, he was back, with a lot of explaining to do. mr babchenko of course had not been assassinated, but had in fact been a willing participant in a security service operation. translation: i would like to express big thanks to the security service of ukraine for saving my life. as far as i know, preparations for this operation had been carried out for two months. i was informed a month ago. outspoken and a fierce critic of vladimir putin,

it seems yet another example of the long arm of the kremlin taking out its opponents wherever they live. this was the scene outside mr babchenko's home in kiev last night as the police announced that the famous russian journalist had been shot in the back and killed. friends queued up to pay their tributes, glowing obituaries were written, and politicians lined up to appoint and politicians lined up to point an angry finger at russia. we were told a man with russian links had wanted to arrange the killing of mr babchenko, but had now been arrested. quite where mr babchenko goes from here is anyone's guess. an apology to his wife, for sure, and then perhaps he'll make a start reading those obituaries. for now people here in ukraine don't know whether to laugh or cry about

this. journalists went from in the space ofjust a few minutes from mourning the death of a colleague... broadcast interrupted by interference. studio: i'm sorry, we appear to have lostjonah studio: i'm sorry, we appear to have lost jonah fisher. a pilot has been killed in a helicopter crash near aldborough in north yorkshire. the helicopter came down in a field near boroughbridge. the pilot has not yet been identified and there were no other passengers. the transport secretary, chris grayling, has attacked the rail industry over the introduction of new timetables, accusing it of collectively failing passengers. the new schedules have caused widespread disruption across parts of the network. mr grayling said the difficulties faced by travellers had been "wholly unacceptable". sse has become the last of the "big six" energy companies to announce early summer price rises. there will be a near 7% average increase in gas and electricity bills. this will mean an average £76 per year rise for over two million customers. the company said the price rise was the result of increasing costs

"largely outside" their control. officials in belgium have said a man who shot dead three people in the city of liege yesterday, had already murdered a fourth person the night before. prosecutors said they were still trying to establish a motive, but are treating the incident as an act of terrorism. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas reports. they were colleagues, police officers, both murdered in cold blood. on the left soraya belkacemi, a single mother who leaves twin 13—year—old daughters as orphans. on the right, lucile garcia, recently married with a 25—year—old son. shoot him, shoot him, a woman shouts. she was filming the attacker yesterday from her balcony. this was moments after he had gunned down the policewomen and a man in a car. he

can be seen brandishing two guns. when he gets the woman retreats. and just a few minutes later armed officers have now arrived. you can see them advancing cautiously up the street. the attacker is hiding in a school. he runs out firing. prosecutors say the killer benjamin herman was on temporary overnight release from prison. he had been in and out ofjail for ten years for minor offences. the facts are qualified as terrorist murder and attempted murder. ajudge has been put in charge of the judicial investigation. herman's killing spree started here on monday night just herman's killing spree started here on monday nightjust after his release from prison. his aunt saw him come to visit a former inmate he knew. the man too was murdered. translation: he didn't seem stressed, he was normal, laughing, he went up and i had nothing after

that. but was yesterday's mayhem of audible? belgian's justice minister today he was examining his conscience. i am responsible for prisons. the question is, should man have been released? today as silence for the victims of benjamin herman and hard questions for belgium to answer. this evening we have been learning more about the attacker himself. the cleaning lady he took hostage at the school briefly has been talking. she said, he asked her, are you muslim? she said, yes, and he said he would spare her, he tried to shoot the doors of the school open, and she started crying and he said, why are you crying for the georgian, you should cry for the innocence in syria ? the georgian, you should cry for the innocence in syria? she said, why are you doing this? he said, because i'm on day release from prison. he ran outside knowing he would be shot. the account will fuel the debate about radicalisation in

belgian's prisons. thank you, damian grammaticas, there. a project to provide free sanitary products to women from low income households in aberdeen is to be rolled out across scotland. the scottish government scheme — designed to tackle "period poverty" — was launched injuly last year. the pilot programme has given out free products to more than 1,000 women so far, as our scotland editor sarah smith reports. food banks and those who supply them do want to hand out more sanitary products. they are necessities, but they aren't often donated. that's why the scottish government now says it will give over £500,000 to fund free towels and tampons for women in low—income households. for women who can't afford to buy adequate sanitary protection, it can be a humiliating experience. not something you necessarily want to talk about. so, many have been suffering in silence, while girls have been forced to miss days at school, and their mothers have having to choose between buying food and menstrual products. this charity, fareshare, will soon be distributing government funded sanitary products,

as well as food, to women who often don't like to ask. i think it's just the stigma that surrounds it. i think it's difficult to admit that you maybe have to make a choice between that or eating, so certainly the stigma surrounding it, and i think if we can take some of the barriers away and remove that stigma, it will make it easier for women and girls to access. so the college bag we're going to fill with mixed products. for the last ten months, carey and kelly have been running a government pilot project in aberdeen. for them it's deeply personal. they too suffered what is known as "period poverty", having to cope with without adequate or indeed any protection. it was quite shameful. i didn't want to discuss it, i didn't want anybody else knowing i'd been through that experience, but when i heard other women speaking about similar experience, or using similar alternative products, like toilet roll, socks, etc, it was like absolutely not. 25 years later and i'm still hearing this is an expense for women.

this is an experience for women. so that was where my motivation to get involved came from. from august all schools, colleges and universities in scotland will also be providing free sanitary products, believed to be the first government initiative of its kind. sarah smith, bbc news glasgow. the time is 6:15pm. our top story this evening. as the first stage of the grenfell inquiry nears its end — a grandfather is called a hero for giving refuge to others. and still to come. a crackdown on ticket resale site viagogo — after it is accused by a government minister of misleading customers. coming up on sportsday on bbc news. five time paralympic champion ellie simmonds tells us how she fell out of love with swimming before some time away left her rejuvenated ahead of this year's european championships. farmers are predicting a bumper strawberry harvest this summer,

despite the poor spring weather. but they're facing a shortage of european workers to pick the fruit that's ripening in the fields. last year, 99% of seasonal pickers working in uk horticulture came from eastern europe. nearly two thirds were from bulgaria and romania. this year, 75% of uk businesses anticipate labour shortages. our environment and rural affairs correspondent claire marshall reports from romania. in the summer heat, even with skilled hands, it takes hours in this backbreaking position to bring in the strawberry harvest. far fewer seasonal workers from eastern europe now want to travel to britain to pick fruit on ourfarms. the reasons are complex. we catch a few moments with these pickers. she says herfriends prefer to go to germany and spain. this lady says the job opportunities are getting better in romania.

it's crazy how difficult it's getting, isn't it? we travelled deep into the romanian countryside with two recruitment agents to try to track down pickers that want to come to the uk. things started becoming much, much harder since brexit for us, for our business, definitely. it's the uncertainty because no one knows what's happening, you know? is it going to become harder for me to come? we arrive at a little village near the moldovan border. so these could be exactly the kind of workers that uk farmers need. the problem is, now they take a lot more persuading. the drop in the pound after the brexit vote was crucial. they would now earn less for the same work. only five sign up. the latest figures show that more than half of the companies sourcing labour for uk farms can't

find enough workers. alina has decided to come. she's made the journey to britain before to pick flowers and fruit. she showed us the house she's started building with the money. translation: we hope in the next two years to be able to finish our home. but leaving my children behind is very difficult. romania is one of the poorest countries in europe. however, almost 30 years after the revolution and the fall of communism its economy is growing at almost three times the rate of the uk's creating a newly wealthy middle—class. many young people here tell us they have no intention of picking fruit. he is a geography student. translation: english people could pick their own

fruit, not let it rot. that's why i found brexit really strange because the foreigners come to do the low paid jobs. we need an incentive... they now have to recruit workers that before they would have turned away. previously we were looking for people with some english. right now we're finding it difficult to recruit anyone with english. chuckles you don't have to worry about finding labour if you pick and sell yourself. but the question now is — who's going to supply british with british summer fruit? claire marshall, bbc news, romania. salisbury crown court has heard that a former southampton and peterborough youth football coach, bob higgins, was a "predatory paedophile" — who used his power over ambitious young players to carry out a "systematic campaign" of sexual abuse. mr higgins, who's 65, denies 50 counts of indecent assault on teenage boys between 1971 and 1996. sophie long reports. arriving at salisbury crown court

this morning, his face hidden by a hat and scarf. bob higgins faces 50 counts of indecent assault against young teenage boys over a period spanning three decades. the court heard that he had been involved with coaching the youth team at southampton football club from the mid 70s, then based here at the dell. he also ran his own soccer academy, before working at peterborough united football club until 1996. higgins sat silently in the dock as the jury was told there had been no doubt he had been a talented coach, spotting and nurturing many young players who went to achieve significant national and international success. but adam feest, prosecuting, said throughout this period higgins was carrying out a widespread campaign of sexual abuse against many of those in his charge. behind it, he said, lay a systematic and all pervasive pattern of grooming behaviour. he gained the trust

of the boys and their parents. the young footballers idolised him. he held supreme power over their footballing future, a fact he made abundantly clear to them. the court heard that his abuse of some had been more serious and more sustained. with others, his activities appeared to be more opportunistic, but for the best part of 25 years bob higgins was a serial abuser of young teenage boys. bob higgins denies all the charges against him. the trial is expected to last at least eight weeks. sophie long, bbc news, salisbury. a 15—year—old boy has died after he was stabbed last night in wolverhampton. he was taken to hospital with serious injuries after reports of disorder involving a group of youths. police have now begun a murder inquiry. our correspondent sima kotecha is in wolverhampton. sima. yes, this stabbing happening in the

west midlands and yes, it comes at a time when knife crime has increase significantly, across the region, just days ago a 16—year—old boy was killed in an affluent part of birmingham in broad daylight. but what the police said here, today, carries national resonance. just 15. keelan wilson stabbed to death last night. it happened at 11.00 in a cul—de—sac on a residential road, just metres away from his home. the police made this desperate plea. all i will say now is to members of the public who have got young people, to sit down and have a conversation with them and tell them that this is the consequence of carrying knives. we are seeing too many of these incidents, not only in the west midlands, but across the country, and it needs to stop, and we need your help to stop it, please. officers say they arrived here after getting reports of some sort of disturbance involving young people.

they say once they arrived, they found the teenager with serious stab wounds. he was rushed to hospital, but unfortunately, they were unable to save him. neighbours are feeling its impact. just — oh, can't believe it. can't believe it. it's shocking. absolutely shocking, and it's going to be devastating for the family. just on the doorstep, i mean, you hear about it happening all over the place, and it comes home to you, doesn't it? government figures show that outside of london the west midland has seen the biggest increase in knife crime over the last three years. last year, there were almost 40,000 offences involving knives in england and wales. it's a nationwide problem, affecting some of the youngest and most vulnerable. sima kotecha, bbc news, in wolverhampton. a website which resells tickets — viagogo — could face legal action

after missing a deadline to make its prices clearer. the advertising standards authority said viagogo was continuing to mislead customers by not being upfront about additional fees and delivery charges added at the end of the booking process. the culture minister today told music fans to boycott the site. chi chi izundu reports. he is one of the world's biggest artist but ed sheeran isn't a fan of ticket resale sites, last week he cancelled more than 10,000 tickets bought on the website viagogo. but this isn't the first time fans have had issue with that site. two years ago claire tried to buy tickets for her kids to see ed, it ended up costing her over £1,000. she got her money back and helps other fans who have been ripped off do the same. we

speaking out, it is unacceptable, we don't want to see other people ripped off as we have, and we are determined to ensure that it is much more saferfor determined to ensure that it is much more safer for consumers. now the add very teasing standard authority says it is recommending trading standards take action against viagogo for not being transparent enough on the final cost of a ticket. one of the other issues that the asa had with viagogo was the 100% guarantee it had on the website. that is because it said that gave fans the impression they would always gain entry into a venue like this. and that hasn't always been the case. in fact, fans have been rejected from venues with tickets bought on resale sites and james bay wants more government action against them. it is plainly wrong and unfair and it needs, entirely like amending. it doesn't sit well with anybody who plays gigs for a living because we

all plays gigs for a living because we a ll started plays gigs for a living because we all started out going to gigs. stubhub seatwave and getmein were given the same warnings but none of those platforms complied voluntarily. they have had to be dragged in by statutory agencies, and now the advertising standards authority. we need more enforcement action. resale sites aren't the only place to get a sold out ticket. box office fan clubs and promoter sell them if you fine yourself desperate them if you fine yourself desperate the see your favourite act. time for a look at the weather. here's phil avery. thank you. i hope business picked up here in the midlands, things looking dreary for a time this morning. but eventually i think things did improve there, as the weather front that caused such an issue worked its way further north. there is some warm sunshine in the mix but there will be further thunderstorms, glorious conditions notjust in the isle of man but again for many parts of scotland, northern ireland, was a

superb day, however, back in the same weather front that brought the misery into the midlands, dartmouth has looked cheerier, it came with a banner of cloud working to the north and west. still with a bit of oomph about it there are showers to be had as we get into the wee small hours of thursday, following on behind, although it looks as though the skies are clearing, it will be a close night where ever you are spending the night. ten to 1a, possibly 15 somewhere and don't be fooled by the dry start on thursday, especially in this southern quarter of the british isles because eventually, at some speed or other we will push those thupedry showers north, and west. a bit of uncertainty about how they are going to progress but they will. again you see the best of the conditions bit north, much of that has come about thanks to this high pressure, but tail end of the week, that is gradually slipping away an it is the thundery low that begins to take its

more dominant position there to the northern half of the british isles, such that, by friday, it could well be we see the heaviest and the thundery showers in the north and west of scotland, out to northern ireland, maybe the north and west of northern ireland too, and by this stage, it looks as though and on to the weekend the drier conditions could be found across southern parts of the british isles. a reminder of our main story... as the first stage of the grenfell inquiry nears its end — a grandfather is called a hero for giving refuge to others. that's all from the bbc news at six. on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. goodbye. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the russian journalist — arkady babchenko — earlier reported killed in ukraine — has appeared alive and well at a press conference hosted by the ukrainian security service. the ukrainians say they staged his death to expose russian agents. as far as i know, this operation was prepared over two months.

i was made aware one month ago. over this month i saw how the guys worked — how they dug things up like buffaloes. the grenfell tower inquiry hears of a grandfather who sacrificed his own life — to shelter six people in his top—floor flat. the transport secretary severely criticises the rail industry over the introduction of new timetables. belgian police say the gunman who killed three people in liege yesterday killed someone else the night before the attack. and the culture minister warns music fans not to use the secondary ticketing website viagogo — after claims its misleading customers over pricing. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at 7 o'clock, beyond 100 days has

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