which led to the tower being engulfed by flames. this is where the blaze started — in flat 16 on the fourth floor, near a fridge. the 999 call made by the man who lived there was played at the hearing. can you be quick please. yeah, would you just, i have to get the address 0k. flat 16, grenfell tower, w111pg. the fire brigade are on their way. the fire claimed 72 lives. the inquiry was told the fire brigade‘s advice to residents to stay in their flats as it spread was wrong. we'll be live at the inquiry. also tonight... the teenager found guilty of plotting a terror attack in london with her mother and sister as part of britain's first all—woman terror cell. we believed that they were going to attack members of the public at random, using knives with a view to inflicting injury or certainly killing individuals. at least 38 people have died in guatemala as a volcano erupts. hundreds are injured as it continues to spew out rock, ash and mud. here in manchester and across the

country temporarily timetables have been brought in. the transport secretary calls the ongoing rail crisis totally unacceptable. and crossing england, from yorkshire — god's own country — to the orchards in somerset — which county has the strongest identity? and later on we will have sports day on the bbc news channel with the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc sports centre. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the catalogue of problems which led to grenfell tower being engulfed in flames has been revealed at the official start of the public inquiry into the disaster.

the hearing was presented with a series of expert reports. one of them said that the fire brigade‘s policy of telling people to stay in their homes had effectively failed. another said the tower‘s cladding system didn't meet building regulations and was incorrectly installed. 72 people died as a result of the blaze in west london nearly a year ago. lucy manning's report contains images from the night which were shown at the inquiry today. you may find some of them distressing. asleep in the safety of their homes, but this building was a death trap, a majorfire hazard, devastating details revealed to the inquirer, how grenfell details revealed to the inquirer, how g re nfell tower details revealed to the inquirer, how grenfell tower was covered in material that would burn easily, that was not properly tested and how once covered in flames, the fire brigade strategy telling residents to stay in their flats failed. the

burnt out kitchen of flat 16 on the fourth floor where the fire started and then spread the 999 call from the resident who escaped from here heard for the first time. by brigade for the there's a fire in a flat 16 in grenfell tower. for the there's a fire in a flat 16 in gre nfell tower. sorry, for the there's a fire in a flat 16 in grenfell tower. sorry, where? flat 16 in grenfell tower. how many flaws have you got? fourth floor. quick, quick. they are on their way. i know it's burning but they are on their way. video is played to the inquiry showjust how quickly the fire spread up and across. at first it was just fire spread up and across. at first it wasjust on fire spread up and across. at first it was just on the fourth floor. 20 minutes after the 909 call it was at the side of the building. —— 999 call. half an hour later it reached the top of the tower also when the inquiry experts said the fire brigade stayed put advice bailed.

the fundamental question which lies at the heart of our work is how, in london, in 2017, a domestic fire developed so quickly and so catastrophically that an entire high—rise block was engulfed. catastrophically that an entire high-rise block was engulfed. the inquiry‘s experts found the main cause of the fire spreading was cladding which was flammable and had not been properly tested. new windows or that made up material burnt easily and new fire doors were put in that were not fire compliant. the bereaved have told the inquiry many more would have survived if the fire brigade had not told families to stay in their flats for so long. the reports said this stayed put advice effectively failed at 1:26 but it continued even though a major incident was declared at 2:06. it was eventually dropped nearly two

hours into the fire. it is clear to see that at 1:14am that the building was done, it was spreading fast, the fire was uncontrollable and people need to get out. we have to ask the tough question, why was it that the stay put policy was not changed? people did not make it out and the inquiry said it would need to examine whether the failure to not change that advice made all the difference between life and death. london fire brigade's commissioner, dany cotton, told the inquiry she'd never witnessed anything like the grenfell tower fire. it was alien to anything she had ever seen. the tower itself had only been refurbished a year before. daniela relph looks at why and how the fire spread so quickly. the concrete rental power as it was built in the early 1970s —— grenfell tower. after a refurbishment in 2016, the building was wrapped in cladding. an expert report presented

to the inquiry today said the cladding did not comply with building orfire regulations. tests showed just how quickly it caught fire. the cladding with integration covered by an exterior rain shield. the makers of that say those doing the refurbishment should have known it was not fire resistant. they accept that this product was not limited, but stability for the purposes of the building regulations and their position was that this should have been obvious to any construction professional. but the report author said no one noticed the dangers also doctor barbara layne wrote... as pa rt of as part of the refurbishment, all of the windows were also replaced. the refurbishment effectively moved the

new window frames outwards so that they sat no longer flush with the concrete as they had been, but flush within the new cladding system. concrete as they had been, but flush within the new cladding systemm was a fatal decision. the new windows did not fit properly. there was a gap around the outside. it was covered by combustible upvc. it helped the fire spread more quickly. these were the new fire doors put onto the flat during the refurbishment except none of them we re refurbishment except none of them were installed correctly and contributed to the spread of smoke and fire. in addition, the doors to the stairwell had never been updated. they had been there since 1972. communications were also found to have failed. when the decision was finally made to evacuate, there was finally made to evacuate, there was no way of alerting everyone to the all out message. doctor barbara lane noted on the issue of

evacuation... it isa it is a list of failings that this inquiry will now examine. they lie at the heart of the grenfell tragedy. let's speak to our special correspondent lucy manning. this inquiry has raised very difficult questions for many, including the emergency services. the fire brigade certainly had a very difficult and dramaticjob that night, the problems with the cladding and fire doors meant the smoke and flames were even worse than they had tackled before and the fire lift was not working as well. but the decisions they took, the decision—making and policies they took, they will be thoroughly examined and looked at. 187 people made it out of the building before they changed the policy but only 36 got out in the hours after. also

some quite serious questions raised by the inquiry for the companies involved in grenfell. they were warned that the inquiry wants more witness statements from them and a barrister said that they must resist the temptation of the merry—go—round of buckpassing and have to explain their role in events and he warned they could be compelled to come to they could be compelled to come to the inquiry to give evidence and the suggestion certainly seems to be that not everyone is cooperating with the inquiry in the waves that they would like. thank you. -- in they would like. thank you. -- in the way. a teenagerfrom london has become the youngest woman in the uk to be convicted of planning an islamic state group terror attack. safaa boular, who was 17 when she was arrested, was part of britain's first all—woman cell along with her sister and mother. they were planning two separate attacks. from the old bailey, here's june kelly. this was when armed officers moved in on the uk's first all—female terror cell,

firing cs gas canisters into a flat in north—west london. in the mayhem, one of the women, rizlaine boular, was shot by police. she had been hours away from causing carnage on the streets of london. also detained was her mother, mina dich. her younger sister safaa had already been arrested for planning her own separate attack. we believed they were going to attack members of the public at random, using knives with a view to inflicting injury or certainly killing individuals. so we intervened at an early stage with a view to frustrating that terrorist plot. mina dich with her daughters when they were growing up. rizlaine at the back, safaa at the front. all three went on to embrace violent extremism and, by the age of 16, safaa boular was trying to marry an is fighter in syria. she had never met naweed hussain.

theirs was an online relationship. when he was killed, she was distraught. the couple had talked about how safaa boular could carry out an attack here in the area around the british museum in central london. they discussed an ambush involving guns or grenades and using a car and a knife. safaa boular was arrested but she then encouraged her sister to carry out her own attack. in court, safaa boular wore western clothing and during the trial she said she now rejected islamist extremism. the jury heard a recording of a phone call she made from prison to her sister who was on the outside. during that conversation, her sister rizlaine spoke of her plans to hold a mad hatter‘s tea party, which the prosecution said was code for a terror attack. safaa boular disappointed that she couldn'tjoin in.

the following evening, rizlaine was being driven around westminster by their mother, scouting targets. mother and daughter then went on a shopping trip to sainsbury‘s to buy knives for the attack. they paid for them with the rest of their shopping. it was the daughter, rizlaine, who was going to be the killer. the women were arrested the next day. this man was at school with rizlaine boular. rizlaine was a very outgoing person. she was lovely to talk to all the time, always smiling. very, very intelligent, i would say, an all round just a regular teenager. it is strange to hear that in her adulthood she became such a monster, i guess. she and her mother, mina dich, had already pleaded guilty to terrorism charges.

today her sister safaa, the youngest member of this family terror cell, was convicted by a jury. all three women will be sentenced later. the verdict comes as the home secretary, sajid javid, told the security services that they must change their approach to tackling terrorism in the wake of last year's attacks in manchester and london. he was outlining the government's new counter—terrorism strategy, which put greater emphasis on information—sharing and disrupting plots sooner. the way that terrorist attacks are now planned and conducted has changed. people are increasingly being radicalised via their computers and smartphones. they're using everyday objects such as knives and cars as weapons. and the length of time between radicalisation and the attack is getting shorter. the threats are evolving. we must evolve, too. the home secretary speaking earlier. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, is here. you have been covering security for

a long time, how significant are the changes? they are significant because they are responding to a step change up in the tempo of terrorism threats. if you look at last year, five terrorist attacks in this country, four islamist inspired, one right—wing extremist. that is not a spike, they are saying, it is a change and they had to respond to it. britain cannot have another year like last year. so what are they doing? they are instituting a number of changes including sharing m15 classified intelligence with a much wider group of people including local government. that is quite controversial because the idea is that more people will keep an eye on the suspects who are on the periphery of investigations who have not necessarily committed a crime but mis not necessarily committed a crime but m15 have not got the resources to watch them. not everybody is happy about this, i have already seen happy about this, i have already seen a happy about this, i have already seen a letter from a local councillors think they are not the

police and can't do this job but it isa sign police and can't do this job but it is a sign that they are outnumbered by the amount of investigations they had to undertake. thank you. a court has been told that a former footballer with southampton fc was groped as a youth player by his coach. bob higgins — seen here with his face covered — allegedly put his hand down the player's shorts when he was a boy. he denies 50 counts of indecent assault against 2a teenagers. the prime minister has told president trump in a phone call that american tariffs imposed on eu steel and aluminium are "unjustified and deeply disappointing". the prime minister's official spokesman said they agreed to discuss the issue at the g7 summit in canada this week. rescue workers in guatemala are trying to reach some of the villages caught in the path of a huge volcanic eruption. at least 38 people have died, and hundreds have been injured, after one of the most active volcanoes in latin america came to life suddenly yesterday, in what was the most powerful eruption in decades. 0ne village, a short distance from guatemala city, has been buried in ash and lava spewed out by the fuego volcano.

three days of national mourning have been declared. james landale reports. the volcano is called the fuego, or fire, and it is well named. rivers of molten rock and mad rush down its southern slopes, burning every thing in their path. for 16 long hours, the eruption sent plumes of hot ash soaring thousands of metres into the darkened skies. such was the speed of the flow of hot ash and mud, that people living nearby had to flee for their lives. 0thers people living nearby had to flee for their lives. others were not so lucky. their lives. others were not so lucky. translation: not everyone escaped, adding they were buried. we saw the lava pouring through the corn fields, and we ran towards a hill. and this is what was left, the blanket of hot ash that buried

several towns nearby, killing some of those caught in its deadly shadow. further afield, the ash caused havoc, losing schools, hospitals, and, briefly, the main airport, 25 miles away, in the capital guatemala city. as rescue workers pulled into the region to look for survivors, a state of emergency was declared, along with three days of national morning, and as if all this was not enough, what mahler's pacific coast today was reportedly hit by an earthquake measuring 5.2 in magnitude. james landale, bbc news. our top story this evening... the grenfell fire inquiry reveals the catalogue of problems, which led to the tower being engulfed by flames. and, still to come, where do local and regional loyalties lie in england? we have a special report on what it means to be english. coming up on sports day, captain steph houghton will miss england was not forthcoming qualifier with russia. she requires surgery on a

knee injury. lucy bronze will captain the side in her absence. it has been another difficult day for thousands of rail passengers in the north and southeast of england. there've been yet more delays and cancellations, after the major disruption caused by new timetables last month. the transport secretary, chris grayling, says the widespread disruption is unacceptable, and he has announced an independent inquiry into what's gone wrong. our transport correspondent victoria fritz reports from manchester. it's the most basic promise to passengers, but three weeks on, delivering a functioning timetable remains a commitment that the industry cannot keep. the new schedule has now been scrapped and replaced by emergency measures. it is a structured reduction in capacity to give us the scope to train more drivers, but also, most importantly, give our customers more certainty about which trains will be cancelled. little certainty for rebecca, recently diagnosed with breast cancer and trying to carry on as normal. she started a course

of radiotherapy three weeks ago. it's just been an incredibly stressful time, so i decided now, because of this, to take some time off work. i'm supposed to be recovering every day from the radiotherapy, and ifeel like this has had an impact on my health and i need to make sure i get better. the problems in the north actually started with the tracks. network rail failed to upgrade them before the new timetables came in. it meant they were published very late, drivers didn't have enough time to learn the new routes, and new trains that were due to start running couldn'tjoin the service. industrial relations have made things worse. and the situation in the south is even more complex. the government signed off on a new franchise that the track operator warned was completely unworkable. it turns out they were right. govia thameslink has had to remove another 230 trains from operation. vikki orvice uses the thameslink service from harpenden.

it sounds laughable, but it was actually more relaxing to sit in a chemotherapy chair, being looked after by lovely nhs staff in a quiet corner of the hospital and read a book. that was peaceful, compared to a three hourjourney. today, meetings with mps about the cancellations were themselves cancelled at late notice. the transport secretary faced hostile questions from mps. does he accept that his unwillingness to accept any responsibility for this actually undermines efforts for him to put it right? hear, hear. mr speaker, it's simply about everyone in the industry and in my department working to make sure we have a stable timetable for passengers. that, right now, is the most important priority. it should have been a moment of celebration, but the most ambitious upgrade in decades is lost in what will be remembered as the biggest failure for rail in a generation. here in manchester, people are

taking the situation into their own hands. one commuter‘s petition has already attracted over dying thousand signatures, people who want a nswe rs thousand signatures, people who want a nswers to thousand signatures, people who want answers to what they see as persistent failure, and a service thatis persistent failure, and a service that is worthy of the name. the television presenter christine lampard has told a court about messages allegedly sent to her by a stalker. she described the tweets as "sinister and dark". christof king, who's 39, and from london, has admitted stalking christine lampard but denies sending the tweets. the government is planning to sell more than £2.5 billion worth of its shares in the royal bank of scotland. the sale will reduce the taxpayer's stake in rbs from 70% to just over 62%. the government's been the majority shareholder since the height of the financial crisis a decade ago. god's own country — that's how many refer to the yorkshire countryside. lancashire is known as the red rose county, kent is the garden of england. but which county in england has the strongest identity? and what about england's

towns and cities — and the rivalries that go with them? for the first time, bbc news has attempted to map the local and regional loyalties in england. our home editor mark easton has been investigating why people love the places they do. beneath the veneer of national identity, england is a rich tapestry of ancient allegiances and rivalries. support your county! show your colours! in yorkshire, the medieval emblem of the white rose is still glorified as a symbol of county pride. as the tour de yorkshire cycle race speeds across the east riding, local schoolchildren are taught what it means to hail from yorkshire. there are lessons in welly wanging, pudding races and tug—of—war. the amount of children that have said "what's welly wanging? what's the tug—of—war?" well, acctually, it's tradition in yorkshire, so it's just to show them that and have a fantastic day.

yorkshire, with its own unofficial anthem, has the strongest county identity in england. locals refer to yorkshireness — straight—talking, ha rd—working, friendly and supportive. the yorkshire identity is rich with the values of resilience and community. we all stick together and have each other‘s back. we're nice, kind people. we get on with anybody. good sense of humour. good sense of humour, that's a big part of it. are you proud to be a yorkshireman? yeah. i'd sooner be yorkshire than english. england's urban identities, forged in the industrial revolution, are felt equally strongly, none more so than in newcastle. iron bridges and brown ale, industry and solidarity. i'm proud to be a geordie. it means so much to me.

i bask in wor uniqueness. here's a grand old place to be. we are a separate entity, neither englishman nor scot. there is no place i'd rather be. newcastle has the lot. we were invaded by the vikings... the strongest identities tend to be those laced with struggle and grievance. we're bonded by hard work and humour in hard times, and i think that brings the community together. identity has been created by hardship, absolute hardship. the newcastle identity‘s not just about who you are, it's about who you're not. nowhere in england feels a rival more intensely than newcastle, and the place that comes second — well, that's a cityjust ten miles south down the coast... sunderland. i think it's always been there, even more so at the minute, in a funny kind of way, because they've obviously just been relegated! not that anyone's taking

any pleasure from that! no, not at all! in parts of england, the roots of identity drink from the waters of the ancient. in somerset, the mendip morris men dance on the land of the summer people... a dominion of apple blossom that predates england itself, where cider and cheese, dragons and the magical orchard wassail are all part of the story. you bless the trees by making a lot of noise to scare the evil spirits away, and then you sing a chant. of course you do. and that will ensure a good crop for next year. and it works? yes, so far, so good! with the rebirth of the wassails, to some extent, people are kicking back against globalisation and want to be seen as part of something that's important to them that they can identify with. england is crisscrossed by invisible ley lines of belonging,

identities knitted from strands of history and mystery, timeless, yet fundamental still. mark easton, bbc news, england. and all this week, we'll be looking at questions of englishness — as well as identity across the uk. to see what those who live near you think, go to bbc.co.uk/englishquestion — and type in your postcode. time for a look at the weather... across england, wales, northern ireland and scotland there will be winners and losers this week. parts of scotland, eastern scotland particularly, saw a lot of cloud. further west, there were some spells of sunshine but also some hefty downpours, the shower clouds gathering over north devon. in the radar, the showers were very hit and miss but where they did crop up across parts of southwest got run,

parts of south wales, northern ireland, and the channel islands, somewhere heavy, some brought thunder and lightning, and some of those showers will continue into the evening, most will fade away overnight. still some being imported from france towards the channel islands, elsewhere some mist and murk and drizzle on what will be a relatively mild night. so tomorrow will start off on a grey note. but stick with it, watch the map, from the north you consider cloud peeling away, sunshine revealing itself across scotland, then northern ireland, northern england, eventually down into parts of the midland and wales as the get on into the afternoon. the far south—west holding onto a bit more in the way of cloud, still some showers in the channel islands at times, temperatures down on where they have been, a particularly cool feel on the north sea coast. on wednesday, looks likely we will develop another blob of cloud into the north sea and

feed that westwards across some parts of the british isles. elsewhere, large amounts of sunshine and temperatures coming upwards, maybe up to 22, 23, 2a degrees. but a bit ofa maybe up to 22, 23, 2a degrees. but a bit of a change as we head towards thursday. i said there were winners and losers and it may be that some parts of the south sea some thunder a showers creeping in. further north, where we stay close to high pressure, should stay largely dry. here are some city forecasts for example, london and southampton could see some showery rain as we head towards the end of a week, further north more reliably dry, some further north more reliably dry, so m e styles further north more reliably dry, some styles of sunshine, always call with those clouds close to the north sea coasts. a reminder of our main story... the grenfell fire inquiry reveals the catalogue of problems, which led to the tower being engulfed by flames. that's all from the bbc news at six — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: the grenfell fire inquiry has heard that a catalogue of problems led to the tower being engulfed in flames. experts have been giving details of the combustible materials used in the cladding, noncompliant fire doors, and ill—fitting windows, which helped the flames spread. the transport secretary chris

grayling, has apologised to rail passengers and staff badly affected by changes to timetables in the north and south east of england. labour says he should resign. a teenager has been found guilty of plotting a terror attack in london, as part of britain's first all—female cell pledging allegiance to islamic state. and at least 38 people have died in guatemala following the eruption of a volcano. hundreds have been injured, as it continues to spew out rock, ash and mud.