this is bbc news — and these are the top stories developing at 11. controversial plans for a third runway at heathrow airport are being considered by ministers today after years of argument and delays. this is a massively expensive and polluting proposal to expand heathrow. but also i think people would prefer to see a regional airport strategy that has the connections they need on their doorstep instead of having to go hundreds of miles to travel to london to then fly out from heathrow airport. lam i am live at heathrow, where construction plans on a third runway are being fiercely opposed by local residents. day two begins of phase one of the grenfell tower inquiry, focusing on the facts around the events of the night. 25 newspapers across the north of england call for an emergency summit in downing street to find a solution to the network disruption crisis. the comedian michael mcintyre is robbed by thieves on a moped, as he wais to collect his children from a school in north london. also this hour.

we take a look at the rising cost of petrol. figures from the rac show that rising global oil prices helped put up fuel costs by nearly 6p a litre in may. and action on plastic pollution. the united nations says more needs to be done to clean our oceans. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. controversial plans for a third runway at heathrow airport are expected to be approved by ministers today after years of argument and delays. the cabinet is expected to back the proposals later, with a vote by mps likely within weeks. the proposed expansion is backed by the government, but it has faced fierce opposition from campaigners, who say it

will breach the uk's legal limits on air pollution. the former conservative transport secretary justine greening has called the plans ill—conceived. this is a massively expensive and polluting proposal to expand heathrow. but also i think people would prefer to see a regional airport strategy that has the connections they need on their doorstep instead of having to go hundreds of miles to travel to london to then fly out from heathrow airport. so, it's a 20th—century strategy 21st century point—to—point world. in a moment i will talk to our assistant political editor, norman smith, who's at westminster. but first to jon ironmonger, who is at heathrow airport. for a very long time, jon, it felt like it has been going to be heathrow — but it has taken a very long time? yes, it has. successive

governments have been tossing this back and forth for a couple of decades. i think there was a turning port about three years ago after the airports commission said that heathrow airport was the rest that, it had the most economic benefits and it was the best location available. better it is. and now, the transport secretary, chris grayling, having had a meeting with the economic subcommittee, which is expected to say that heathrow is the best bet, with caveats, is going to put the proposal to his cabinet this morning. if they give it the nod thenit morning. if they give it the nod then it will actually go to the commons and the commons itself is expected to pass it. i think politicians generally accept that there is a kind of economic imperative to increase the capacity in the south—east of england. except the fact that it is obviously distasteful to many, many people. just to give you an idea, if these proposals are supported, what it

might look like. iam proposals are supported, what it might look like. i am obviously at heathrow here but the extension will happen over there, to the north—west, near a village. and actually that village will be part flattened to make way for the development, as well as to other villages. the residents there have been fighting this, campaigning for around a decade, fiercely, against it, many of the residents who will be able to stay will find that they know and counter excessive levels of noise pollution and other environmental impact, air pollution as well. some who simply say they will not leave their house at any cost if they are actually under duress to make way for it. the third ru nway duress to make way for it. the third runway will be several commenters long, there will be a bridge which will have to make way for the m25 to pass underneath it and it will cost in total about £14 billion. although the expected benefits to the economy

are supposed to be around 74 billion. a lot of fierce debate likely to happen in the commons in the coming weeks, when this issue goes before mps. let's get more on the politics of this with norman smith. what political reaction so far, norman? fairly predictable, actually. people have fairly fixed views on heathrow. i mean, i think the surprising thing which people might view is why mrs may is doing it now. re she is in the middle of a hugely divisive and difficult brexit negotiation, does she really want another parliamentary stop? around 30 or so of her own mps may well vote against the third runway, even though she will be ordering her mps to back it. we know borisjohnson has indicated that he is not changed his mind on heathrow, he remains opposed to it. and yet still mrs may

has decided to go for it. i think that underlines the fact that she's pretty confident she can push this through, in part because of the opposition parties. we know the snp are supported, we know the dup supportive. labour has been ambiguous, but there is a fairly solid chunk of labour mps who i think we'll vote for a third runway anywhere. so on the back of that she probably feels she can push it through. and in terms of the boris johnson question, she is kind of got round the danger of misterjohnson resigning by saying that she will allow those ministers and mp5 who have long campaigned against brexit to vote against it, even though of course borisjohnson to vote against it, even though of course boris johnson famously said he would lie down in front of a bulldozer to stop brexit. he was asked about that this morning as he arrived the cabinet. we did not get many answers, have a listen... will you be lying down in front of the bulldozers? said again, sir? are you

prepared to quit over heathrow expansion, sir? will you be lying down in front of the bulldozers at heathrow? i'm thinking probably not! we will hear from chris grayling, the transport secretary, and he will be setting out the government she is thinking on heathrow, this, of course, after the pummelling he got in the commons yesterday after the debacle on railways. when he arrived for cabinet this morning, looking at his body language he looked a bit crestfallen and sheepish. have a look and make your own mind up. are you considering your position this morning, mister grayling...? have you got a grip on the rail fiasco? is heathrow about to get its third runway? are you considering your

position, mister grayling?” runway? are you considering your position, mister grayling? ithink he was a bit worried the door was not going to open. anyway we will hear from chris grayling about half past 12. for mrs may, if she does get this through, that i think will come as some relief to her and her tea m come as some relief to her and her team because it will go some way to rebuff the kind of ditherer charge, that mrs may lacks the leadership and decisiveness to do anything. because she will have pulled off what successive prime ministers really going all the way back to harold wilson and edward heath have dodged. so, if she manages to pull it off, and the signs are that she has got the commons numbers, that would be a significant achievement. and if you think you're having a bad day it is worth looking at those pictures again of chris grayling, thatis pictures again of chris grayling, that is pressure, having to face the

gamut of those reporters and the door not even opening! the grenfell tower inquiry has been told that the company which carried out the last fire risk assessment concluded that there was only a risk of slight harm in a risk of fire. tom burridgejoins us of slight harm in a risk of fire. tom burridge joins us from of slight harm in a risk of fire. tom burridgejoins us from outside the hearing in central london. we heard so much detail yesterday about what had happened, bring us up to date with what's happening today. well, simply this morning we are hearing more shocking claims, really. and this time from the barrister representing the relatives of those killed in the fire, the survivors and other residents living in that part of west london. he said for the bereaved and surviving people that they have come to the public inquiry, in his words, in a calm rage. he said that they basically want kensington and chelsea borough council as well as

the tenancy management organisation that this could happen, that such a tragedy could happen, but in his words they were fobbed off. we also got a sense of the timings on the night with the emergency calls made to the fire brigade. people calling the fire brigade and to a roughly an hour after the fire had broken out and they were still told to stay put in theirflats. and they were still told to stay put in their flats. about the elderly people with mobility problems trapped on the top floor and their young relatives, who decided to stay with them at the ultimate price. za baleta with them at the ultimate price. za ba leta get with them at the ultimate price. za baleta get a with them at the ultimate price. zabaleta get a flavour of what danny friedman qc had to say this morning... the bereaved and the surviving people of grenfell tower come to this inquiry in a calm rage. the basic facts are stark. in the second decade of 215t century london, governed by a regulatory framework designed to ensure fire safety, a local authority instigated and oversaw the refurbishment of a

social housing high—rise tower block in sucha social housing high—rise tower block in such a way as to render it a death trap. well, danny friedman's colleague took over from him to talk about the building and refurbishment of g re nfell tower. about the building and refurbishment of grenfell tower. she said it was a story of disempowerment through the withholding of technical knowledge. for her, the building regulations we re for her, the building regulations were not rocket science. and she said that the building, the refurbishment of grenfell tower, essentially filed by virtually every measure in terms of fire resistance. she said the fact that the concrete structure originally built in the 19705 structure originally built in the 1970s survived is testament to the fa ct 1970s survived is testament to the fact that it was virtually in combustor will. and then she talked about the cladding, of course, which was put onto grenfell tower during that refurbishment, which had the plastic combustible core. she said it should have been a national class zero, that's the benchmark in british terms. in fact there was no evidence it had better benchmark.

the only certificate that cladding had was a european class e, which is the second lowest standard in european terms. she also spoke about the role of the insulin should and the role of the insulin should and the role of the insulin should and the role it played in spreading the fire and creating more debris dropping off the building. and she spoke about the windows, how the windows were filled with compatible materials and allowed the fire not only to break out but also break back into the building as it spread further up the building. i think one of the most interesting revelations we've heard this morning was that within the last few minutes, just before i came out, and it said, the qc said that the last fire risk assessment on the building, on g re nfell tower, assessment on the building, on grenfell tower, before the fire, had concluded that there was only a risk of slight harm in the event of a fire. she said that kensington and chelsea borough council had failed to address the fire risk posed by the cladding on the building and she quoted one of the expert reports

commissioned by the inquiry which found that the envelope of cladding created and intolerable risk of fire on that night. the survivors and the bereaved reacting as they hear all of this? well, we in the media are sitting in another room, which gives you a sense of how many people are actually sitting inside the inquiry room so we cannot actually sitting inside the inquiry room so we cannot actually see any of the survivors and bereaved. we did speak to some of them yesterday and to be honest most of the comments we got were incredulous, really. the survivors and the bereaved are being kept informed more than us, understandably, so they have heard some of these revelations before. but when you hear them in such black and white terms as spoken in the public inquiry, it really kind of brings it home about the catalogue of failures in terms of the refurbishment of the building and particularly the stay put advice on the night. we got a real sense again this morning about

how multiple residents, people who died and some of the survivors, were calling the fire brigade time and time again on the night and they we re time again on the night and they were told time and time again to stay in their flats. the death toll in guatemala from the volcanic eruption has risen to 69 — and its expected to rise higher. many people are still missing in the villages around the volcano, and search and rescue operations are underway. the fuego volcano, which is about forty kilometres southwest of the capital, spilled lava into nearby communities for some sixteen hours. the authorities say there is no immediate risk of a further eruption. three days of national mourning have been declared with funerals being held for the first victims. aleem maqbool reports from the capital, guatemala city. the first funerals tell of just how cruel the eruption was, and the victims it took. here they carry the coffin of three—year—old jenifer andrea morales.

six other members of her family were killed, too. the volcano remains shrouded in smoke but gives away little of the sudden catastrophic violence it wrought. the land tells a different tale — scarred and suffocated by lava and ash. more eyewitness footage has emerged of the eruption. this was taken several hours after the main explosion, yet lava and gas still spew out. thousands of people from the area around the volcano have been displaced, and they're coming to churches and government buildings and schools for refuge. and many of them have no idea when they will be allowed back home and what's left of their possessions. and it's clear speaking to people in the area who have already suffered so much that they are now still fearful of more eruptions to come. aleem maqbool, bbc news, mother. the headlines on bbc newsroom live. cabinet ministers are discussing whether to back

controversial plans for a third runway at heathrow airport. the grenfell tower inquiry continues to hear expert reports on why the fire started and spread so quickly. regional newspapers across the north of england join together to call for action over the disruption experienced by passengers on northern rail. in sport, it is revealed that liverpool goalkeeper loris karius was concussed when he made mistakes during the champions league final. he has been looked at by doctors in america who say it is possible that the injury affected his performance. the former manchester city midfielder yaya toure says pep guardiola, quote, often has problems with africans. he said he was also cruel to him. city have declined to comment. and the world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua is close to agreeing a deal to fight a russian

opponent. it will happen before or after a bout with american deontay wilder, who holds the only title joshua has not got. more sport at half past. if you fill up your car today, you may well wince at the cost. petrol prices rose by 6p a litre in may — the biggest monthly increase since the rac began recording prices 18 years ago. in what it called a "hellish" month for drivers in the uk.. for drivers in the uk, the average price of diesel increased by more than 6p a litre from april. petrol almost hit £1.30 a litre, the biggest monthly increase since 2000. the hike at the pumps mean a 55—litre family car now costs around £3.30 more to fill up than it did last month. nicholas lyes is from the rac. the cause of this has been as a result of a double whammy, effectively. so, we've seen the cost of a barrel of oil go above $80 in may. what we've also seen

is the weakening of the pound. now, that double whammy as oil is traded in dollars has meant that the wholesale cost is increased, which translates to higher prices at the pumps for drivers. 0ur economics editor, kamal ahmed, is here. the prices have been going up steadily but surely, haven't they, and now really quite shocking escalation? absolutely. as the guest from the rac said, it is that double whammy. so, the oil prices have been going up ever since the americans announced that they would be reimposing sanctions on iran, iran is the fifth largest producer of oil in the world so that meant the price has gone up. and also the weakness of sterling has meant that because we buy our fuel of sterling has meant that because we buy ourfuel in of sterling has meant that because we buy our fuel in sterling, the fuel imports cost more. really there

has been more around this inflation issue, not just down has been more around this inflation issue, notjust down to fuel but things like people's energy bills have started to go up. there is the sugar tax which means that some softwa re sugar tax which means that some software and is have become more expensive. there is more inflationary pressure in the economy than some people expected. we saw a real using in the rate of increase in inflation for the first few months of the year but that might be starting to reverse. this huge increase in fuel prices, the increase in fuel prices, the increase in fuel prices, the increase in people's energy prices, lots of the big energy companies are putting up their prices. the sugar tax. it means that people are really starting to feel that squeeze again on their incomes. so where might it lead, what are the indications? in terms of the fuel price, the estimation is now that actually there will be some easing in those cost increases over the next month 01’ cost increases over the next month or two. we might have touched the high water mark for the moment on that. but i think it is likely that there will be more inflationary

pressure within the economy. and, of course, the bank of england raises interest rates to control inflation. so, as more of these cost ushers become clear for people, that could mean the bank of england might look to start raising those interest rates, which are still at historic lows, rather more quickly than people had expected. how does raising interest rates impact on external issues like the value of the pound and world prices? well, it will not affect global oil prices but if you raise interest rates, you basically take money out of the economy, it slows down the economy. and you ease that rising inflation and rising prices. so, you're trying to ta ke and rising prices. so, you're trying to take money out of the system. but the bank will be thinking, is economic growth strong enough? are these price rises so aggressive that we need to think about inflation? those will be considered. you don't

wa nt to those will be considered. you don't want to overdo it. inflationary pressures a re want to overdo it. inflationary pressures are using more generally. but it shows that world events really have an impact on the lives of real people. things about iran might seem a bit distant but actually if the oil price goes up it has an effect on people's commuting costs a nd has an effect on people's commuting costs and business costs, all sorts of costs. regional newspapers across the north of england have joined forces to demand action is taken over the disruption caused by northern rail‘s timetable change. three of the largest newspaper groups covering titles including the manchester evening news, yorkshire evening post and the bradford telegraph and argus are calling for the prime minister to lead a review of rail franchising and a promise to prioritise a high—speed trans—pennine service over london's crossrail 2. i'll be speaking with the editor of one of those newspapers leading the campaign after 11.30. a one—year—old boy is in a critical condition after being stabbed at a home in hanworth, west london. a woman in her 30s also suffered serious

knife wounds at the property on swinfield close on monday evening. police and paramedics were called yesterday evening and the victims were taken to hospital by airambulance. the metropolitan police said officers were looking for a man who lives at the address and is known to the pair. the comedian michael mcintyre has been robbed by thieves on a moped, as he waited to collect his children from a school in north london. according to reports, the men smashed his car windows before taking his watch and speeding off. police said no injuries were reported and no arrests have been made. joining me now is our correspondent andy moore. the window of the car was smashed

ten to 15 times we hear by somebody with a hammer. we understand mister mcintyre then got out of the car and there might have been a struggle of some sort and the two raiders got away with a pretty, it may have been away with a pretty, it may have been a watch, it may have been a wallet. michael mcintyre's wife has been speaking briefly to reporters this morning. she said she wasn't concerned for the safety of her family, she said mister mcintyre was alright. was asked about the safety of herfamily alright. was asked about the safety of her family because we understand he was at school picking up his son and at least one of his sons witnessed, was probably in the car. and we have seen some images of mister mcintyre comforting his son after this incident. and it has made the headlines because it is michael mcintyre but it is shocking for whoever it happens to — how often do things like this happen? well, moped enabled crime as the police call it has shot up over the last few years to something like 16,000 incidents,

19th thousand last year. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, says she is on top of the problem and she says the crime is reducing. but to illustrate it, within the last hour, there has been a raid on a top end jewellers in regent street, slightly different crime, a shop targeted this time, but it was by men on motorbikes. we hear that there were two or three motorbikes, they tried to get into the shop which has been targeted before. bystanders intervened, there is some video which we will be able to bring to you shortly, i'm sure, which shows one bystander with a delivery trolley, wielding it against somebody on the ground. and it has been reported that at least one month has been arrested. this is the sort of thing which is happening ona the sort of thing which is happening on a daily basis on london's streets. and is it london primarily? it is london primarily. it is a problem elsewhere but it seems to be the capital is suffering terribly.

most of those involved in this sort of crime we hear are aged between 15 and 19. they often have weapons as we saw with michael mcintyre, they had a hammer. in the raid in regent street this morning we are hearing that a large knife has been left at the scene. so, they often have terrifying weapons with them. but it seems to be a particular problem for the capital. migrants can face ignorance and prejudice and imaging in initiative is being launched to make three cities in the west midlands officially migrant friendly and help migrants fill the skills gap and find work in a new society. phil mackie reports from coventry in the west midlands. it is going to be britain's next city of culture. it is already a city of many different ones. the project will give new

migrants and refugees the skills to help them integrate more easily. this is one of the first groups to benefit, among them people who have left theirfamilies benefit, among them people who have left their families to flee repressive regimes. left their families to flee repressive regimeslj left their families to flee repressive regimes. i am happy here. oi, repressive regimes. i am happy here. 0i, what do you like about being here? because nobody will find you, nobody will. .. here? because nobody will find you, nobody will... yeah, good experience, everybody is welcoming people. the west midlands is a hub for advanced manufacturing. what they learn here will give these migrantsa they learn here will give these migrants a greater chance in the jobs market. 21% of the city's population was born outside the uk. 4x100m languages are spoken here and 33% of coventry‘s inhabitants belong to ethnic minorities. my personal journey here has been as a migrant. so, when i came into this country i

could see quite a lot of the barriers that i faced being kind of addressed in a project like this. and i must say that on thatjourney the local community has had a really important parts to play. the people who benefit from this come from some of the most deprived and dangerous parts of the world. but it is not just aboutjobs, parts of the world. but it is not just about jobs, it parts of the world. but it is not just aboutjobs, it is about how to live in a country which is com pletely live in a country which is completely alien to them. this city has got a long and successful history of integration. technology company apple plans to disable tools used by facebook to automatically track web users. at the annual worldwide developers conference in california, apple's software chief also announced new features to help people monitor how much we use our mobiles. with me is our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones. tell us first of all more about the facebook part of this, it sounds sinister... ? facebook part of this, it sounds sinister...? well, we should know

that facebook makes money by effectively tracking you across the internet. knowing about your preferences. and this is all part of a kind of ongoing battle, really, between facebook and apple. apple is painting itself as the company in favour of privacy and is having various jabs at facebook as being more about exploiting your data and privacy. last night they were pointing out that their safari web browser which is on the iphone, in its latest form, when it is updated in the autumn, will come with warnings and give you the choice of... it will warn you that you are being tracked by facebook on various sites, if that is the case, and give you the opportunity to turn that off. which obviously i assume lots off. which obviously i assume lots of people will. what does it mean when you turn it off and i don't do facebook so i am not really... facebook so i am not really... facebook says it gives you a lot of control over how your data is accessed and used. but it is pretty

difficult at the moment to do that. and so much of it happens in the background without you knowing. the aflac showed a page where there were likes and comments and made the point that liking something or even looking at a page where there was the opportunity to like something enabled facebook as a company to track you once you left facebook and visited other websites. potentially how much could this change things for facebook if it makes people more aware and make it much easier to change the way facebook is operating? well, it is a challenge for the whole industry. you have got two approaches by technology companies. the ones who want to get you to pay for stuff, like apple and a huge number of companies which are effectively supported by advertising and that advertising they believe only works people if they know a lot about what you are interested in and can give you quotes and targeted ads which might interest you. and what we are seeing is a big challenge to that second business models. and

friendly and awful lot of companies, not just facebook but friendly and awful lot of companies, notjust facebook but a lot of media companies, depend on that model, given in stuff away for free but the bargain is that you get tracked. and now that bargain is coming apart. let's have a look at the weather. cloudy skies in this photo sent in by our weather watcher earlier from cornwall. look out for some drizzle here. parts of the west midlands as well as the south—western areas. elsewhere, some good spells and sunshine. 0ne elsewhere, some good spells and sunshine. one or two sharp showers perhaps for western parts of northern ireland and western parts of scotland. temperatures at a maximum of 20 celsius. this evening and overnight, the showers tending to die out. perhaps one or two for the channel islands. turning cloudy again from the east. there will be a

slightly cooler night than we have seen over the past few nights. perhaps a bit more, double for sleeping. fresher start tomorrow. plenty of dry and bright weather around. temperatures, maximum of 23 celsius. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: controversial plans for a third runway at heathrow airport are expected to be approved by ministers today after years of delays. 0pponents warn of the impact on climate change and pollution. the grenfell tower inquiry continues, as experts report on why the fire spread so quickly. the hearing previously heard that basic fire safety measures in the block had been missing or defective. regional newspapers across the north of england have joined together to call for action after passengers faced delays on northern rail. an emergency timetable was introduced yesterday to try and stem the disruption. the comedian michael mcintyre has

been robbed by hammer—wielding thieves on a moped as he waited to collect his children from school. his car windows were smashed in by two men. time for the sport with tim hague. hello. thank you very much indeed. we all remember those two mistakes by loris karius in the champions league finaljust ten by loris karius in the champions league final just ten days by loris karius in the champions league finaljust ten days ago. doctors in america have now confirmed the liverpool goalkeeper was actually concussed during that match with real madrid in kiev and we think it might have happened when he collided with the real madrid captain sergio ramos. we will look at the statement from the massachusetts general hospital in boston... there are questions then

as to why liverpool's own medical staff didn't notice that karius was concussed during the match? but dr barry 0'driscoll, a former rugby international for ireland and now an expert on the issue of concussion — says it would have been hard to spot that at the time. it is hard to estimate the costs both personally and financially to everyone, and to this goalkeeper. and it may well have been as a result of a player being concussed, but the point is that probably wasn't seen by the medical team or it happened so quickly they did not spot it. if they had come on and examine him they might have found nothing at that stage, and the symptoms may have come on a little later. this is my impression is such

a terrible quandary, and we have to be very careful. and this is my i would always say with any sign or symptom, that player must come off and stay off, because the signs and symptoms can develop a little later, and it looks as if that may well have happened with this player. interesting thoughts there from doctor barry 0'driscoll. staying with football. the former manchester city midfielder yaya toure has been very critical of his old boss pep guardiola, to say the least — suggesting he "often has problems with africans". there's loads of other astonishing quotes from toure in an interview he's given saying guardiola was "cruel" to him. toure left city this summer after eight years. city have declined to comment, but are set to sign the algerian international riyad mahrez this summer. meanwhile, the government are going to look again at the law on safe standing. at the moment all grounds in the premier league

and championship have to be all seater, but some clubs and lots of fan groups want that law to be changed. there's a row brewing between the british and irish lions and premiership rugby — over the 2021 tour of south africa. the lions will play eight games in five weeks on the tour, and it's unclear how that will fit into the domestic rugby season. one idea would be to shorten the premiership to allow players to prepare, but their chief executive, mark mccafferty, says he won't allow that to happen, and the lions management need to be more pro—active. nobody from the lions has ever contacted me in that time to say, "shall we start talking about the 2021 tour", etc. the same as "shall we start talking about the 2021tour", etc. the same as rugby players, they seem to have a disdain about talking to the club organisations, but i think a lot could be improved if peoplejust sat down and said, ok, just demonstrated a basic respect for the club game, then said, "how can we work together on this? . then said, "how can we work together on this?"

some cricket news for you and chris woakes will miss the first part of england's 0di series with australia because of injury. he has picked up a quad strain. the nottinghamshire seamer jake ball has been called up to the squad in his place. a 30—year—old man has died after a shooting at an irish gym founded by the father of world boxing champion katie taylor. two other men, aged 35 and 57, including pete taylor, were injured in the shooting at bray boxing club in county wicklow, just before 7 this morning. katie is the woman's unified lightweight champion and won gold at the 2012 london olympics. meanwhile, the men's world heavyweight champion anthony joshua is close to agreeing a deal to fight russian alexander povetkin. it'll happen either before or after a bout with american deontay wilder who holds the only title joshua hasn't got. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you, see you later.

let's go back to one of our main stories, the news that cabinet ministers are discussing whether to back controversial plans to expand heathrow airport. supporters believe the proposals are crucial for economic growth, but opponents warn of the impact on climate change and noise pollution. let's talk to the former head of media for heathrow, adam teacher, who now runs blackstock consultancy. thank you very much for coming in. we have been around the houses so many times on heathrow, and it wasn't that long ago david cameron wasn't that long ago david cameron was pledging the tories would no longer support the expansion of heathrow, and he said no ifs, no buts, but it looks like it will go ahead now. what are your thoughts? swings and roundaboutss you have just described by the very essence of the problem, with transport, health care, social housing and with aviation, the fact that nobody can ta ke aviation, the fact that nobody can take a long—term view, nobody can put politics aside, and nobody can think beyond their current payback period, five years for politicians,

three years for shareholders the bosses, and unless we can take a long—term view and say, "where do we wa nt to long—term view and say, "where do we want to be in 20 years?", we will not have the airport capacity we need, and the same goes for rail, and we have seen the chaos this week, and the singles for social housing, and again grenfell tower is your second eight today, and we are seeing the same with energy again, much discussed over the last few days as well —— your second item today. from anybody living locally, the big development project, whether infrastructure or housing, it is very rarely going to be that they wa nted very rarely going to be that they wanted to happen, because of the impact on their roads, on the noise, and on local destruction, and that is understandable, but i think we have to take a bigger picture approach to this sort of stuff, and the dilly—dallying and the way that we, you know, we play politics with these things, it is holding back

progress, and ultimately people will be worse off. ultimately everybody wa nts to be worse off. ultimately everybody wants to go on holiday and everybody broadly supports the idea of economic growth, and if you look at what the world economic forum has been talking about in recent months in terms of the majority of newjobs created in megacities, those megacities will not be able to be reached by point—to—point air travel, and that really brings into question much of whatjustine greening, one of the former transport secretaries we have had who opposed heathrow, what she told radio 4 this morning, she said, "we don't need hot airports, we need point—to—points." and part of the problem is the public doesn't really understand this argument. eight hub airport doesn't really mean anything. it is where the big airports feed the smaller ones, point—to—points, so you can have on all sorts of random places because you have big economies of scale with the big feeder routes, going to

doha, new york, the big trump cards for companies like british airways. and because we have the scale that heathrow offers, it means businesses and holiday—makers alike have a massive choice of being able to fly at different times of day to all sorts of places, and that will be amplified by another runway at heathrow. .. your obviously putting the big picture about the nation's economy and the national interest in expanding heathrow. those living around it who are deeply concerned and have been campaigning, and that politicians campaigning against it, for reasons including noise pollution and other pollution, would say, or might say, "it is easy for others to see when they are not affected, when it is not in their backyard." affected, when it is not in their backyard. " it affected, when it is not in their backyard." it is not affected, when it is not in their backyard. " it is not that affected, when it is not in their backyard." it is not that it is more or less easy to see. ultimately, there will be a lot of people, and thatis there will be a lot of people, and that is a matter of fact, not anything else, that a large part of the community is employed by it. i would also wager that the airport

was there before many of the people who live there. that is not meant to undermine the argument. of course there is a major concern around climate risk and nobody would risk to lessen that argument but ultimately technology is improving and people are still going to fly, whether we build the airport at heathrow or whether we build it somewhere else, people are not going to stop flying to asia and new york, as the economy and the global nature of that economy grows. i think what we have to do now is take a long—term view on this and combine the way we look at airports with energy, so we can create a greater and more focus on sustainable energy, and also look at the broader benefits of clustering infrastructure together, so if we are investing and another runway at heathrow we can think about the logistics of global trade. again, eve ryo ne logistics of global trade. again, everyone is buying stuff online. how does that get here? it doesn't float here, most of it, it comes to a crate, and also think about housing and other things that need a

long—term investment. —— it comes with a crate. we are totally apolitical on this, but whatever your views we have to put politics aside and stop the political point scoring that undermines long—term investment in transport, in health ca re investment in transport, in health care and in housing. andrew teacher, thank you very much. let's get more now on the news that regional papers across the north of england have joined forces to demand action is taken over the disruption caused by northern rail‘s timetable change. three of the largest newspaper groups — covering titles including the manchester evening news, yorkshire evening post and the bradford telegraph and argus — are calling for the prime minister to lead a review of railfranchising. joining me from leeds is the editor of the yorkshire post, james mitchinson, whose newspaper is involved in the campaign. thank you very much forjoining us. what is it that you want? a pleasure. in short, it is a fairer dealfor the north, a commitment for the government to invest in

transport and infrastructure, but frankly after the last ten days, two weeks, we have had, a functioning railway with a timetable that works would be a good start. they've said that everything will be ok in the next month or so. does that then, if it is the case, make everything 0k? everything is relative, isn't it? we have rolling stock on a limited capacity across the network in the north, and we have suffered repeated broken promises from the transport secretary. he was here in yorkshire on wakefield station in may 2017th where he said this government would endeavour to keep its promises and that electrification would go ahead as scheduled, then they promptly cancelled the real explication of the railways, and then injuly he went on to writing end the yorkshire post mum agrees that it isn't up to

me to solve the transport problems in the north. frankly, if it isn't up in the north. frankly, if it isn't up to chris grayling, it is up to the prime minister, and we are calling 0n the prime minister, and we are calling on the prime minister this week to call an emergency summit of transport leaders, and business leaders at downing street. she takes it as seriously as we do we will have a fully devolved transport for the north with policy—making powers and revenue investment devolved to the region saw people with brighter minds thani the region saw people with brighter minds than i can make proper decisions that work for this region. —— so people with brighter minds. the david heathrow expansion is announced, do you kind of draw parallels ? announced, do you kind of draw parallels? it's a question i have been asked a few times today —— the day that the heathrow expansion a is. in the north, there we go again, london gets all of the spoils go heathrow gets a third runway, and we are heathrow gets a third runway, and we a re left heathrow gets a third runway, and we are left to pick up all of the scraps, people think we might say. but it is on the contrary. in this

region we are delighted about the capacity across the air network, delighted for the economy, delighted with the extra opportunity for the likes of doncaster sheffield airport, bradford, manchester, and then the onward opportunities on the railways, ironically, to move around freight, so there is no animosity. there is no max rottluff sour grapes that london gets another runway for heathrow— that is not the case —— there is no sour grapes. wejust think it shouldn't be at the expense of the north. we have a company here who are a tech company, with 200 live vacancies for highly skilled, highly trained programmers and the like, but they can't fill them because those kind of people can't move from manchester to leeds quickly enough, and until we solve that problem, until we get dropper high—speed rail, east to west, rather than north to south, then this region will never fulfil its potential and will never be a full and proper contributor to the uk,

thatis and proper contributor to the uk, that is what we are asking for really. matthew jaffa from the the yorkshire post —— james mitchinson from the yorkshire post, thank you. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc newsroom live: cabinet ministers are discussing whether to back controversial plans for a third runway at heathrow airport — the transport secretary is due to make a statement at half past twelve. the grenfell tower inquiry continues to hear expert reports on why the fire spread so quickly. regional newspapers across the north of england join together to call for action over the disruption experienced by passengers on northern rail. i'm ben. in the business news: controversial plans for a third runway at heathrow airport are set to be approved by ministers later after years of argument and delay. if backed, mps would be asked to vote on the issue in the coming weeks.

the government has backed expansion, despite opposition from local residents and key political figures like borisjohnson. the government — and taxpayers — have suffered a loss of £2.1 billion after selling another tranche of shares in royal bank of scotland. the shares were sold at 271p each, almost half the 502p a share paid in the government's bailout of rbs in 2008 — when it was rescued from the brink of collapse. taxpayers will still own 62.4% of the bank. petrol prices rose by 6p a litre last month, the biggest monthly rise since in 18 years. the rac says average petrol prices hit 129.4p a litre, while average diesel prices rose to 132.3p a litre. the rac said higher crude oil prices and a weaker pound were to blame for the increases. good morning to you. heathrow could be about to get much bigger and busier — if plans for a third runway are approved later. you'll know the plans have

been beset by delays and controversy from campaigners, including many local residents who say the expansion will increase noise, congestion and pollution above legal limits. the government, though, backs the expansion despite that opposition — saying it would help ease congestion, improve transport links and create a major economic boost, and jobs. joining us now is matthew jaffa who manages the london branch of the federation of small businesses. good to see you. i touched on in there in the introduction. the government says, great for jobs, great for economic prosperity. i assume you agree? we are in total agreement, and it has long been argued by us that giving the green light to heathrow is a good thing, great for investment and jobs, local housing as well. it is also great for regional connectivity. we think it is important to invest in this kind of infrastructure at the time when there is uncertainty in the economy. giving the green light to

heathrow can only be good for the economy and we wholeheartedly supported and hope the cabinet was the green light at 12:30pm today. but who it is not good for is local people who live there, who have said it will be much noisier, much more polluted, and campaigners on environmental ground, who say it is a terrible decision if it gets the green light. there is no way of squaring the circle. nobody will be universally happy about it. the davis commission looked into the environmental impact in particular and also the local impact, and we a lwa ys and also the local impact, and we always said we would support what they decided and they said it was they decided and they said it was the way to go based on social, economic and environmental impact as well. it's important to note many small and pigeon sized businesses in the economy are suffering at the moment and to give the green light of hundreds of millions of pounds of investment in localjobs and small businesses through the supply chain is important but it is also important for exporting and inbound tourism as well. for too often we are seeing too many people coming particularly from asia stopping off at charles de gaulle in palance, —— in paris, or in holland, not going

the of western europe and we are missing out in those and it is not just london missing out on that tourism attraction but also other parts of the economy. if you are coming into london you might want to go visit where shakespeare was born on stratford—upon—avon, but we are missing out on those tourists and the tourism. touched on the delays and controversy which meant this decision has been pushed further pushed further and further down the line. even if it gets the go—ahead we? as you touched on, many airports around the world have already stolen the lead on heathrow. yes, and that is the problem. we will be leaving the eu next and we wa nt to will be leaving the eu next and we want to be given a boost at a time when we can say london, we are open for business in london and the uk, and by saying that, by putting the shovels on the ground and giving the green light, we can say that, we can invest in our key infrastructure, in regional connectivity in the north as well but also in london through crossrail 2. all these particular incentives and ambitions will be good for you take plc. we will get

that decision or suddenly an update on it within the hour. thank you very much, matthew jaffa from the federation of small businesses. let me show you what is happening with the numbers. the ftse 100 me show you what is happening with the numbers. the ftse100 not too happy today, but one of the biggest followers is rbs, whose shares were down pretty heavily, as you can see the quarters of a present law, that really the concern that it is being sold back off to private hands, but as we say sold that are lost. brent crude is also down on the day, $74 a barrel, which is why petrol and diesel prices are staying so high, the touched on in the headlines, but the touched on in the headlines, but the royal bank of scotland is the biggest drag on the ftse100, down 6% so far today. ben morgan will be back with all the business this afternoon. see you you. —— see you later. thank you. more than 50 countries are taking action to reduce plastic pollution, that's according to a report from the united nations. the authors say policies are improving but more needs to be done to reduce the blight

on rivers and oceans. here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin. another heartbreaking plastic story. this pilot whale in southern thailand swallowed more than 80 plastic bags weighing more than eight kilos. another victiam of our throwaway society. south—east asia is afflicted by plastic pollution. this is indonesia, where the army has been brought in to clear great matts of plastic waste blocking up rivers. it's in the early stages of tackling the plastic scourge. india is more advanced. mass clean—ups have been arranged for beaches, although the problem keeps recurring because there's no system for collecting waste in many of the slums. its leaders say things will change. several african nations have led the way on tackling plastic pollution. here in kenya, there are now big fines for using plastic bags. the un report says good policies in some african nations are undermined, though, by weak enforcement of laws. we have the solutions, we know what to do. it's more about getting the political

will, getting the business leaders to act, the civil society, and all of us as a consumer — we can do something. this is what we need, and we are so happy that the media is paying attention to this, because it rolls out this massive problem. together we can solve it. we need to stay positive and we know what to do. just a few decades of careless living have caused this devastation. a start is being made towards limiting the flow of plastics into the sea. but this problem will take hundreds of years to solve. roger harrabin, bbc news. elisa tonda is from the un's environmental team and joins me now. thank you for coming in. thank you. the second man was a particularly graphic and shocking image that really got the headlines, wasn't it? —— the whale was a particularly graphic and shocking image. all of this waste dumped into the world was

‘s oceans every year. it is extraordinary. indeed, it is extraordinary, and it has been skyrocketing for a time and it is due to continue. more specifically, out of this amount of plastic, 50%, half of rape, is actually a plastic that we use for a very short time. we call it single use plastic, and these are plastic bottles, plastic bags. —— half of the plastic. in one year we used the sized twice the size of a country like france. we use... when you see we, you mean globally? exactly. everybody, through our own individual decisions. and they last a very short time, so if you think of a plastic straw we use for something like 20 minutes, then it remains in

the environment longer than our lives. similarly, a plastic bag that we use, let's say, for one hour, to carry a shopping home, and it kills yearly 100,000 animals in the sea. to change it requires big changes and habits. we have seen the introduction in this country, and many others have done the same, with the charge on plastic bags. those things make a difference. but how is the uk doing compared with other countries in tackling these issues? in the report that was launched today by the head of the un environment, and by a body in india, it actually covers the spectrum of initiatives that have been taken by 60 countries around the world. some are following the example and the practices that have been taken here in the uk. bans on plastic bags, on

food containers, or the most common practices followed. important is whether these practices are combined with other initiatives, so that businesses are following and offering alternatives, new solutions, that they are really investing in changing our world. solutions, that they are really investing in changing our worldlj will have to stop you there, elisa, because we have some breaking news to go to. thank you for coming in to speak to us. we are hearing that four fire speak to us. we are hearing that fourfire engines speak to us. we are hearing that four fire engines and 21 firefighters and officers are being called to a fire at a block of flats in mayfair in london. no more information at this stage as to how serious the fire is, but four fire engines and 21 firefighters have gone there, so we will keep across those reports and keep you updated, at that fire at a block of flats in mayfair in london. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two — first we leave you with for a look at the weather. listlessly. thank you. this photo was sent in earlier by one of our

weather watchers, and you can see on the satellite it is starting to brighten up nicely across much of scotla nd brighten up nicely across much of scotland and northern england but still a fair amount of cloud across central and southern parts of england and wales, but it will brighten up through the rest of the day, for many of us across the south—west. here we have high pressure in the north, lower pressure in the north, lower pressure in the south, holding onto that north, north—easterly feed, bringing the amount of low cloud and at times. keeping temperatures a little cooler on the eastern coast. continuing to brighten up, sunnier spells from the north, but staying cloudy for parts of wales, south—west england and central and southern england as well. sunny spells for northern ireland and the chance of a sharp shower in the west and perhaps the odd isolated shower in scotland. temperatures at the maximum of 20 celsius, but feeling noticeably cooler in wales. through this evening and overnight, we start to

see the show is dying out, holding onto some clear spells, and we start to see more in the way of low cloud, some mist and merck feeding and from the north sea coast. a cooler nights and over the past few nights, temperatures largely in single figures but just holding temperatures largely in single figures butjust holding on to the double figures in the south—west. more comfortable sleeping, but also a fresh start tomorrow. a lot of dry and bright weather around, for good spells of sunshine, but brightening up for many. temperatures at a maximum of 22, 20 celsius, thanks to sunshine. in the thursday, this feature from the south bringing a greater chance of some fairly heavy possibly thundery showers. moving into thursday again, having seen some cloud pushing and from that eastern coast, there will be a bit more in the way of cloud across the south as well. those showers could be quite heavy, possibly thundery, fairly hit and miss, but try and brighter the further north you are temperatures ata further north you are temperatures at a maximum of 20 celsius. similar

into friday. that is your forecast. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday. cabinet ministers are discussing whether to back controversial plans for a third runway at heathrow airport. 0ne former transport secretary says other options should be explored. this is a massively expensive and polluting proposal to expand heathrow. but also i think people would prefer to see a regional airport strategy that has the connections they need on their doorstep instead of having to go hundreds of miles to travel to london to then fly out from heathrow airport. construction plans for the third ru nway construction plans for the third runway could be about to get the green light in the face of fierce supposition from local villagers. the grenfell tower inquiry continues to hear expert reports on why the fire spread so quickly. regional newspapers across the north of england join together to call for action over the disruption experienced by passengers on northern rail. also this hour — why is the cost of petrol rising at its fastest rate in 18 years?

figures from the rac show fuel costs were up by nearly 6p a litre this month in may. and together at last — the incredible story of the woman who survived being aborted in the united states. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. controversial plans for a third runway at heathrow airport are expected to be approved by ministers today after years of argument and delays. the cabinet is expected to back the proposals later, with a vote by mps likely within weeks. the proposed expansion is backed by the government, but it has faced fierce opposition from campaigners, who say it will breach the uk's legal limits on air pollution. the former conservative transport secretary justine greening has

called the plans ill—conceived. this is a massively expensive and polluting proposal to expand heathrow. but also i think people would prefer to see a regional airport strategy that has the connections they need on their doorstep instead of having to go hundreds of miles to travel to london to then fly out from heathrow airport. so, it's a 20th—century strategy 21st century point—to—point world. in a moment we'll talk to our assistant political editor, norman smith, who's at westminster. but first, tojon ironmonger, who is at heathrow airport. it has been a long time coming, but it is now looking like it is going to be heathrow? it does indeed. in fa ct to be heathrow? it does indeed. in fact it has been looking like that for the past three years or so since that airports commission report. heathrow expansion will be a huge

development. it is already the busiest airport in europe. it carries around 78 million passengers a year. the expansion could increase that up to 138 million passengers a year, with the addition of around 700 flights. so, what will happen and notably they are going to build and notably they are going to build a third runway but it will not be behind me, it will be to the north—west of the site near the village of harmondsworth. there will bea village of harmondsworth. there will be a third runway, there will be a new, smaller terminal, there will be the expansion of existing terminal buildings, there will be told to divert the m25. but of course it is the runway which is the real sticking point. —— there will be a tunnel. it is threatening to at least pa rt tunnel. it is threatening to at least part flat in the village of harmondsworth along with several other villages. residents of those villages have been fiercely opposed to these plans. those who will be allowed to stay, whose houses will

not be bulldozed, will find themselves living right next to a ru nway themselves living right next to a runway effectively and they will be subjected to all of the noise and air pollution which you might expect. so, obviously, residents are fiercely opposed to the runway being built in the first place. but also, campaigners, climate change campaigners, climate change campaigners, have long fought against heathrow airport expansion. a number of significant mps, boris johnson himself has said he would lie down in front of the bulldozers to stop the expansion going ahead. so it is a fiercely debated subject. we do not know which way that debate will go. assuming the transport secretary has got the backing of cabinet, having had that meeting this morning, he will lay out in a statement to the commons at half past 12 his proposals. there will then be a vote based on those proposals in the coming weeks, we expect. and heathrow is raring to go. they want to start construction by 2021, and we could see that

ru nway by 2021, and we could see that runway open by 2025. let's go to norman smith now for some political reaction. it is hard to believe we are reaction. it is hard to believe we a re really reaction. it is hard to believe we are really here after all this time, the politicians have been kicking this down the road for long time — what is your sense of how this is going to unfold? well, it is striking that mrs may has decided to go for the heathrow vote because as you say this is a decision which successive governments have dodged just because it is so difficult. and, of course, it comes as mrs may is already embroiled in major parliamentary bust ups over brexit. she knows there are probably about 30 or so tory mps who will defy her a nyway 30 or so tory mps who will defy her anyway and vote against heathrow. she has got borisjohnson as anyway and vote against heathrow. she has got boris johnson as well and yet she has still decided to go for it and i think that reflects a confidence in downing street that they can win this, by and large because of opposition mps. mrs may knows that there is a fairly sizeable chunk of labour mps who,

whatever mr corbyn eventually decides upon, will probably vote for the third runway. the snp are expected to back it. similarly, the dup. so with that in her back pocket she probably feels she can win the vote. as for the borisjohnson question and what happens to those tory mps who defy her, it is understood that mrs may will allow those who have long campaigned, or who have a constituency interest which makes them opposed to heathrow, vote against it. as for the bulldozer issue, will boris johnson be lying down in front of the bulldozers? well, he was asked that as he left cabinet this morning. you might just that as he left cabinet this morning. you mightjust be able to hear his reply... are you going to lie down in front of the bulldozers? i don't know if you heard that, he said, i don't think you will see the bulldozers. i took that to mean he

was not going to be found anywhere near a ball does any time soon. however it could mean, but they're not going to get the go—ahead for heathrow. make of it what you will. the other key character in this whole saga, of course, is the beleaguered transport secretary, if chris grayling, yesterday got a battering in the commons over the botched timetable being introduced on northern. this morning take a look at his body language as he walks up to cabinet. who looked a little sheepish... walks up to cabinet. who looked a little sheepish. .. are walks up to cabinet. who looked a little sheepish... are you considering your position this morning, mister grayling? have you got a morning, mister grayling? have you gota grip morning, mister grayling? have you got a grip on the frail fiasco? is heathrow about to get its third runway? are you considering your position, mister grayling...?lj

think he was dreading that somebody behind the door was refusing to open it. anyway we will hear from chris grayling setting out the government's strategy on heathrow in about 25 minutes' time. let's talk to robert barnstone, a local resident and campaigner who is against a third runway. thank you rejoining usjust thank you rejoining us just what is your reaction today? well, i think we are obviously disappointed with the view today. but we are actually disappointed, really, because the government, by taking this decision, have failed people. they have failed to ta ke have failed people. they have failed to take into account issues around a very large number of people being impacted by aircraft noise, newly impacted by aircraft noise, newly impacted by aircraft noise expansion. also, the poor air quality issues around london and in the thames valley area as well. but also taking into account our oh, change—up editions. so, they're failing people but also feeling the environment as well. —— climate

change obligations. they are failing the environment as well which we find ironic given that it is world environment day today. earlier i spoke to the former head of media for heathrow and he said that the politics around this have been effectively bad for the long—term good of the country. to keep kicking it into touch, nobody taking a long—term view of what is in the best interests of the economy. he says, everybody wants the benefits of the airport but nobody wants to put up with the downside, and effectively saying, residents will not want it but it is the right thing to do — how do you respond to that? to be honest i would disagree entirely with some of those comments. and the reason, really, is because you have to look at the problems around expanding heathrow being in the location that it is. campaigners, we discovered only a

few weeks ago that the government's own analysis looking at the number of people that would be affected by aircraft noise if the expansion were to ever go ahead would actually be 2.2 million people. when you're looking at those kind of numbers i think actually you need to be thinking, this isn't really the right place to expand another major international airport the size of gatwick on top of its current operation. let's look at a better aviation strategy for the united kingdom. which doesn't involve impacting some new people. is it over now, though? if the politicians say yes in the commons, that's it? no, let's not forget that we got to the stage that we were at in 2009 the stage that we were at in 2009 the new labour government then supporting expansion of heathrow and parliament gave a general expression of support to heathrow then as well. that was in january 2009. of support to heathrow then as well. that was injanuary 2009. so we are only back to that stage. and about 12 months after the previous

parliamentary vote in support of heathrow expansion plans were thrown out at the high court. and we will certainly be expecting that to happen again. i know that some local authorities and greenpeace have already got their legal papers ready to serve on this proposal, should that be necessary. so, actually, it is going to be quite frankly a very long time, if ever, that there will be any spades in the ground on this issue. robert barnstone, thank you very much. and just to remind you that we are expecting to hear from the transport secretary, if chris grayling, at half past 12. john mcdonnell will be responding for labour. we will bring you coverage of that in the next 20 minutes or so. the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire has been told that companies who took part in the building's refurbishment

are trying to derail proceedings —— by refusing to say whether their work breached official regulations. 0ur correspondent, tom burridge has been following proceedings and joins me now from outside the hearing in central london. what is being said?|j what is being said? i think this is the first time we have really got a sense of, you know, the tangled web of who was responsible, what decisions were taken by which companies, in terms of the design of g re nfell tower companies, in terms of the design of grenfell tower and the building materials used. and ultimately, of course, those decisions were fatal for 72 people. now, the main contractor in the project won a £10 million contract to refurbish the building on behalf of kensington and chelsea council. the qc on behalf of the relatives and survivors, stephanie barwise, the relatives and survivors, stephanie ba rwise, accused the relatives and survivors, stephanie barwise, accused the company of in her words being obtuse. they said rydon was not

responsible for critical decisions but she said that in saying that they were being disingenuous. she pointed out that rydon was originally contracted to do preliminary mockup drawings and designs and obtain the permission. and she says, therefore it was the obligation of rydon, the main contractor, to warn kensington and chelsea borough council that the materials were unsuitable or hazardous. also accused other companies, subcontractors, subcontracted by rydon, of not being forthcoming enough with information to date to the public inquiry. this is what she had to say... the time has come, indeed is overjude, that the contractors and suppliers should clearly state their positions. and also to respond to the positions taken also to respond to the positions ta ken by also to respond to the positions taken by others. their stands that they need more than the documents they need more than the documents they already have before engaging at all with any of the criticisms made of them is demonstrate untenable and

disingenuous. these contractors should not be allowed by their deliberate refusal to participate to derail determination of the compliance is heavily we are concerned with blatant non—compliance. despite their words of condolence to the victims, these culprits have no desire to assist this inquiry, even though their participation could save lives in the immediate future. now, stephanie barwise qc also said that the last fire risk assessment carried out before the fire found that there was only a risk of "slight harm" in the event of a fire. she said that that was incredible, given the materials, the compatible materials used in the refurbishment. she also spoke about the cladding and how it failed to meet the necessary standards in british terms and only got the second lowest classification in

terms of fire resistance in european terms. and we have also heard from other qcs on behalf of the survivors and the bereaved this morning. any friedman talking about how they have come to the inquiry in a calm rage, that the residents warned the council and the tenancy management organisation which was won the building about the dangers of the fire risk posed by the building, and in his words, they were simply fobbed off. if you want to find out more about the grenfell tower inquiry, eddie mair is presenting a podcast every day the inquiry sits, which will look in detail at what's been said and heard each day. you can download it from the bbc iplayer radio app, itunes or your podcast provider. regional newspapers across the north of england have joined forces to demand action is taken over the disruption caused by northern rail‘s timetable change. three of the largest newspaper groups covering titles including the manchester evening news, yorkshire evening post and the bradford telegraph and argus are calling for the prime minister to lead a review of rail franchising

and a promise to prioritise a high—speed trans—pennine service over london's crossrail 2. 0ur correspondent danny savage is at leeds station. the anger is not abating over the impact of those tangible changes — what is the latest, they have said they will get it right soon, are there any signs of that? well, two weeks ago since that new timetable was introduced, and then there was a big change yesterday with more than 160-odd big change yesterday with more than 160—odd services across the north of england on the northern rail network being cancelled off that new timetable to try to get some normality back into the system. if you were here in the main course course here at leeds station, services are merely running to time although over in the north—west towards manchester that is where they have been most affected and the commuting from here over to their have had plenty of problems. but

today all the regional newspapers have come together across the north of england, here is the front page of england, here is the front page of the yorkshire evening post had a saying, enough is enough and calling on the prime minister to do something about the ongoing transport crisis here in this part of the country at the moment. there isa similar of the country at the moment. there is a similar headline on the front page of every newspaper across the north of england today. and the message is simple — something needs to be done about the transport in northern england. the situation is not good enough and there is a vote of no confidence in chris grayling, the transport minister, and there are the transport minister, and there a re calls the transport minister, and there are calls for him to resign. so the pressure mounting on him from the 15 million people in northern england that these papers say they represent with one voice today. i have been talking to the editor of the yorkshire post and hear his what he had to say. in my time as another to, around ten years, i cannot remember traditional rivals coming together as one to deliver the same message with such high impact as we have seen to date. we have had the likes of the manchester evening news and the yorkshire post, lancashire and the yorkshire post, lancashire

and yorkshire, uniting, much to people is delighted. for the yorkshire post a certainly chris grayling in his role as transport secretary must be accountable for the chaos which has insular on the railways in the last ten days or so. it is not that long ago chris grayling stood on a platform at wakefield, 2017, in the month of may i think it was, and said this government will keep its prices. a couple of months later he is writing in the yorkshire post to say that electrification is cancelled and there is not, and these are his words, it is not up to me to sort out the transport issues in the north. today's coverage across the region i think is a result of that sort of arrogance. and what the editors want to see for northern england is a commitment from central government to do something about the transport here in northern england, which they say has been underfunded by successive governments and something needs to be done about it.

the headlines on bbc newsroom live. cabinet ministers are discussing whether to back controversial plans for a third runway at heathrow airport. 0ne former transport secretary says other options should be explored. the grenfell tower inquiry continues to hear expert reports on why the fire spread so quickly. regional newspapers across the north of england join together to call for action over the disruption experienced by passengers on northern rail. time for the sport, with katherine downes. the liverpool keeper loris karius was concussed during the champions league final, according to doctors in america. you'll remember that karius made a couple of huge mistakes in that 3—1 defeat to real madrid. doctors in boston say they can't pintpoint exactly when he was injured, but it's "possible" that the concussion had an effect on his performance. the former manchester city

midfielder yaya toure has been deeply critical of his old boss pep guardiola — suggesting he "often has problems with africans". there's loads of other astonishing quotes from toure in an interview he's given saying guardiola was "cruel" to him. toure left city this summer after eight years. city have declined to comment, but are set to sign the algerian international riyad mahrez this summer. meanwhile, the government are going to look again at the law on safe standing. at the moment all grounds in the premier league and championship have to be all seater, but some clubs a number of fan groups want that law to be changed. there's a row brewing between the british and irish lions and premiership rugby over the 2021 tour of south africa. the lions will play eight games in five weeks on the tour, and it's unclear how that will fit into the domestic rugby season. one idea would be to shorten the premiership to allow players to prepare, but their chief executive, mark mccafferty, says he won't allow that to happen. some cricket news for

you and chris woakes will miss the first part of england's 0di series with australia because of injury. he has picked up a quad strain. the nottinghamshire seamer jake ball has been called up to the squad in his place. a 30—year—old man has died after a shooting at an irish gym founded by the father of world boxing champion katie taylor. pete taylor and another man were injured in the shooting at bray boxing club in county wicklow, just before 7 this morning. katie is the woman's unified lightweight champion and won gold at the 2012 london olympics. meanwhile the world heavyweight champion anthonyjoshua is close to agreeing a deal to fight russian alexander povetkin. it'll happen either before or after a bout with american deontay wilder who holds the only title joshua hasn't got. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. if you fill up your

car today, you may well wince at the cost. petrol prices rose by 6p a litre in may, the biggest monthly increase since the rac began recording prices 18 years ago. in what it called a "hellish" month for drivers in the uk, the average price of diesel increased by more than 6p a litre from april. petrol almost hit £1.30 a litre, the biggest monthly increase since 2000. 0ur reporter geraint thomas is in cardiff. rising petrol prices are always a very clear way how you can see the cost of day—to—day living going up because it is right in front of you when you fill up? that's right. and the average price for fuel across the average price for fuel across the uk went up from the 22nd of april until the end of may, the longest sustained price increase

since march 2015. the rac have been tracking the price of petrol and diesel for 18 years and they say that this is the highest monthly increase since those records began, with prices rising for both petrol and diesel by 6p. it means the average price was 129.4p a litre the petrol and 132.3p a litre for diesel. the price of crude oil has been partly blamed for this price increase, with oil prices breaking through the $80 a barrel mark twice during the month of may in a three and a half year high. the re—imposition of us sanctions on iran also played its part, iran being the fifth largest supplier of crude oil in the world. 0il being the fifth largest supplier of crude oil in the world. oil is traded in us dollars, of course, and the value of the pound also played its part. the rac made the point that it its part. the rac made the point thatitis its part. the rac made the point that it is very difficult for people to avoid using their cars, for many

people, so it is difficult for them to avoid this price hike at the pumps. here is what some customers had to say to me. if it creeps up a couple of pence all the time, i think it is disgusting that it actually does creep up all the time so we have to go to a supermarket like actually, or tesco'sjust so we have to go to a supermarket like actually, or tesco's just to make sure. i just like actually, or tesco's just to make sure. ijust think they do it ina sneaky make sure. ijust think they do it in a sneaky way where people don't realise it. it works out roughly at about £5 extra a weekjust on petrol. and that's without taking the kids out down the bay, because that would be extra manager —— extra money the. i go to quite a few different petrol stations, i go to the cheapest ones, but have noticed the cheapest ones, but have noticed the increases, yes. geraint, as you

we re the increases, yes. geraint, as you were saying, we are at the mercy of oil prices and also of the value of sterling — are there any indications on where things will go in the future? well, i have been speaking with the forecourt manager here and he says that he has noticed the increase and so have his customers, but there may be some light at the end of the tunnel. the rac say that things are starting to cool down so the increase may stop in the next couple of weeks. he says that he gets his prices on a monday night and they actually went down for the first time in a number of weeks last night, so he might be able to pass on those savings to customers over the next few weeks. the comedian michael mcintyre has been robbed by thieves on a moped, as he waited to collect his children from a school in north london. according to reports, the men smashed his car windows before taking his watch and speeding off. police said no injuries were reported and no arrests have been made. a little earlier our correspondent andy moore told us the details. it must‘ve been terrifying for michael mcintyre.

i mean, you saw the pictures there. the window of the car was smashed 10—15 times, we hear, by somebody wielding a hammer. according to witnesses, mr mcintyre then got out of the car. there may have been a struggle of some sort, and the two raiders got away with property, according to scotland yard. there are reports it may have been a watch, it may have been a wallet. mr mcintyre's wife has been speaking very briefly to reporters this morning. she said she wasn't concerned for the safety of her family. she said mr mcintyre was all right. she was asked about the safety of her family, because we understand he was at a school picking up his sons, and at least one of his sons witnessed this, was probably in the car, and we have seen some images of mr mcintyre comforting his son after this incident. the death toll in guatemala from the volcanic eruption has risen to 69 — and its expected to rise higher. many people are still missing

in the villages around the volcano, and search and rescue operations are underway. the fuego volcano, which is about 25 miles southwest of the capital, spilled lava into nearby communities for some 16 hours. the authorities say there is no immediate risk of a further eruption. three days of national mourning have been declared with funerals being held for the first victims. aleem maqbool reports from the capital, guatemala city. the first funerals tell of just how cruel the eruption was, and the victims it took. here they carry the coffin of three—year—old jenifer andrea morales. six other members of her family were killed, too. the volcano remains shrouded in smoke but gives away little of the sudden catastrophic violence it wrought. the land tells a different tale — scarred and suffocated by lava and ash. more eyewitness footage has

emerged of the eruption. this was taken several hours after the main explosion, yet lava and gas still spew out. thousands of people from the area around the volcano have been displaced, and they're coming to churches and government buildings and schools for refuge. and many of them have no idea when they will be allowed back home and what's left of their possessions. and it's clear speaking to people in the area who have already suffered so much that they are now still fearful of more eruptions to come. let's go live now to the house of commons where the transport secretary chris grayling is shortly to be making a statement about plans for heathrow‘s third runway. we will bring you coverage of that

statement as soon as it happens, within the next few minutes. time for the weather with ben rich. the weather is moving at a fairly sedate pace, areas of cloud floating aimlessly across the weather map. it has been a cloudy start across many southern areas particularly. the cloud is drifting slowly southwards which will allow more sunshine to develop for the rest of the afternoon. temperatures in the sunshine getting close to 20 degrees. this evening and overnight the cloud breaks up but then we get this next clump of cloud coming in from the north sea. it will be turning quite chilly overnight as well. a cool start to tomorrow morning. next area of cloud will continue to affect parts of south—east of scotland and northern england during the day. away from

these areas, long spells of sunshine which could lift temperatures up to 22 degrees. as we head towards the weekend, a lot of dry weather with chance of some showers at times down towards the south. this is bbc newsroom live — our latest headlines: cabinet ministers are discussing controversial plans for a third runway at heathrow airport. supporters say the expansion will bring economic growth, but opponents warn of the impact on climate change and pollution. the grenfell tower inquiry continues, as experts report on why the fire spread so quickly. the hearing previously heard tributes to the tragedy‘s victims. regional newspapers across the north of england have joined together to call on theresa may to take action after passengers faced disruption, delays and cancellations on northern rail. the comedian michael mcintyre has been robbed by thieves

on a moped as he waited to collect his children from school. his car windows were smashed by two men. the challenge of integrating into a new country is not to be underestimated. migrants face prejudices as well as ignorance about their new world. three cities in the west midlands officially "migrant friendly" and help migrants fill a skills gap and find work, as well as a place in their new society. phil mackie reports from coventry in the west midlands. it's going to be britain's next city of culture. it's already a city of many different ones. the my friendliest project will give new migrants and refugees the skills which will help them integrate more easily.

this is one of the first groups to benefit. among them, people who've left theirfamilies to repressive regimes. i'm happy here, you know. why — what do you like about being here? because it's a safe place. nobody will fight you, nobody will chase you. you're free, you know. yeah, good experience. all the people are good and welcoming. it's good. the west midlands is a hub for advanced manufacturing. what they learn here will give these migrants a greater chance in thejobs market. 21% of the city's population was born outside the uk. more than 100 languages are spoken here, and 33% of coventry‘s inhabitants belong to ethnic minorities. my personal journey here has been as a migrant, so when i came into this country i can see quite a lot

of the barriers that i faced being kind of addressed in a project like this. and i must say that in thatjourney the local community has had a really important part to play. the people who will benefit from this come from some of the most deprived and dangerous parts of the world, but it's notjust about learning job skills. it's about learning how to live in a country that is completely alien to them. but this city's got a long and successful history of integration. phil mackie, bbc news, coventry. on and on and on the fire at a block of flats in mayfair central london, eight fire engines we are hearing have been called to that fire. 58 firefighters and officers have been dispatched to deal with the fire. we are hearing that half of a flat on the first floor, and half of a flat —— part of a flat on the second floor are a late. the fire brigade was called at 22 minutes past 11, and fire crews from various different are at the scene. no

indication at the minute as to what caused the fire to break out but we will continue to stay across those reports and keep you updated —— are alight, part of a flat on the second floor and half of a flat on the first floor. apple has announced it will enable users to stop facebook from automatically monitoring their activity. at the annual worldwide developers conference in california, apple's software chief said they are "shutting down" facebook‘s tracking technology. rory cellan—jones breaks down what this means for facebook and for everyone else. we know, are we should know, that facebook makes money by effectively tracking your across the internet. knowing about your preferences. and this is all part of a kind of ongoing battle really between apple and facebook. apple is painting itself as the ultra—privacy company, and is having various jabs at facebook as being less about privacy and more about exploiting your data, so what they announced last night was that their safari web browser, which is on the iphone, in its latest form, when it's updated in the autumn, will come with warnings and give you the choice, will warn you that you're being tracked

by facebook on various sites, if that is the case, and give you the opportunity to turn that off, which obviously i assume lots of people will. can you easily turn it off at the moment? i mean, i'm not on facebook — i don't do facebook, so i'm not really aware of all the stuff... you know, facebook says it gives you a lot of control over how your data is accessed now, but it's pretty difficult at the moment to do that, and so much of it happens in the background without you knowing. the apple executives showed a page where, you know, there were likes and comments, and made the point that liking something, or even looking at a page where there was opportunity to like something, enabled facebook as a company to track you once you've left facebook and other websites. so potentially how much did this change things for facebook, if it does make people much more aware and

much easier to change the way facebook is operating? well, it's a challenge for the whole industry. you have two approaches by technology companies. you have companies who get you to pay for stuff like apple, and a huge companies who get you to pay for stuff like apple, and a huge number of companies that are effectively supported by advertising, and that advertising they believe only works properly if they only know a lot about you and what you are interested in and give you "targets" that may interest you. we are seeing a challenge to that second business model, that whole way of working. rory cellan—jones. more than 50 countries are taking action to reduce plastic pollution, that's according to a report from the united nations. the authors say policies are improving but more needs to be done to reduce the blight on rivers and oceans. here's our environment analyst, roger harrabin. another heartbreaking plastic story. this pilot whale in southern thailand swallowed more than 80 plastic bags weighing more than eight kilos. another victiam of our throwaway society. south—east asia is afflicted by plastic pollution. this is indonesia, where the army has been brought in to clear great matts of plastic waste

blocking up rivers. it's in the early stages of tackling the plastic scourge. india is more advanced. mass clean—ups have been arranged for beaches, although the problem keeps recurring because there's no system for collecting waste in many of the slums. its leaders say things will change. several african nations have led the way on tackling plastic pollution. we will leave that reporter take you straight to the commons because the transport secretary chris grayling is about to make a statement on plans for heathrow‘s third runway. is about to make a statement on plans for heathrow's third runway. britain that is fit for the future, with a prosperous jobs britain that is fit for the future, with a prosperousjobs market britain that is fit for the future, with a prosperous jobs market and economy that works for everyone. that is why i come to this houster mark yeates historic moment. today i am laying before parliament our final proposalfor am laying before parliament our final proposal for airports national policy statement which lays out our proposals for global conductivity, laying out ten thousands ofjobs in apprenticeships and boosting for future generations by expanding heathrow airport. it is an example

of how this government is taking forward its industrial strategy. mr speaker, you know taking such a decision is never easy. this issue has been debated for half a century. my department has debated with local residents and fully understands their strength of feeling but this decision has been taken in the national interest with a detailed analysis. the report concluded that a new runway at heathrow was the best scheme to deliver additional capacity and in 0ctober deliver additional capacity and in october 2016 we agreed. we ran two national consultations during 2017 and receive more than 80,000 responses. all points raised have been carefully considered and today we are publishing the government response. to ensure fairness and has privacy we have appointed an independent adviser, sirjeremy sullivan. this was scrutinised by the transport committee and i would

like very much to thank the cheer of the committee and the team on that committee for all the work they did, the thoroughness of that work, and i am very pleased that they, like me and my colleagues in government, accepted the case for expansion and concluded the right to pursue development through an additional ru nway development through an additional runway at heathrow. we welcome and have acted upon 24 out of 25 of their recommendations. 0ur response to the committee is also being published today. mr speaker, this country is one of the largest aviation sectors in the world, contributing £22 billion to our gdp, supporting half a millionjobs, servicing 285 million passengers and transporting 2.6 million tonnes of freight in the last year. the time for action is now. remaining airports will not be far behind. despite being the busiest two runway airport in the world heathrow is followed by global competitors,

impacting the uk's economy. expansion at heathrow will bring real benefits across the country, including a burst of up to £74 billion to passengers and the wider economy, providing better to world markets and increasing flights to more long haul destinations. heathrow is a nationally significant freight hub carrying more freight by value than all other uk airports combined. a third runway would enable it to nearly double its current rate capacity. in addition, mr speaker, and this is crucial, this project would have benefits far beyond london. we expect and intend up beyond london. we expect and intend up to 15%... to facilitate domestic connections across the united kingdom, increasing expansion to a great nations and regions. there will be increased competition on existing routes, giving greater choice to passengers, and i see very clearly the regional connectivity to these are one of the key reasons for these are one of the key reasons for the decision we have taken. i

recognise the strong convictions many members of this cows and their constituents have on this issue, and the impact of those living in the local area. it is for this reason we have included strong mitigations to limit these impacts. communities will be supported by up to £2.6 billion towards compensation, noise insulation and improvements to public amenities, ten times bigger than under the 2000 nine thirds ru nway than under the 2000 nine thirds runway proposal. this package is comparable to some of the most generous in the world and includes £700 million for noise insulation for holmes, £40 million to insulate schools and community buildings. the airport has offered 120% of the full market value for homes in the compulsory and voluntary purchase zones, plus stamp duty, moving costs and legal fees, as zones, plus stamp duty, moving costs and legalfees, as well as zones, plus stamp duty, moving costs and legal fees, as well as a legally binding noise envelope and more predictable periods of respite. for the first time ever we expect to deliver a six and a half hour ban on scheduled nightlights, but my

omissions do not stop there. if the scheme progresses, i will be encouraging heathrow and the airlines to work with local committees to propose longer periods of respite during a further consultation on night flight restrictions. we will only grant developing consent if we are satisfied that a new runway would not impact the uk's compliance with air quality regulations. advances in technology also mean new planes are cleaner, greener and quieter than the ones they are replacing. earlier this year a community engagement board was established, and we appointed an independent chair. he will focus on building relations between heathrow and its communities, considering the design of the community compensation fund, which could be worth up to £50 million a year, and also holding of the airport to account when it comes to delivering on its commitments today and into the future. there has been much debate about the cost of the scheme. 0ur position could not

be clearer. expansion will be privately financed. but also, again crucially, expansion must also remain affordable to consumers. we took a firm step when i asked the industry regulator, the civil authority to ensure brands affordable while meeting the needs of current and future passengers. they would be potential savings of up they would be potential savings of up to £2.5 billion. i am confident that process can and should continue and that further savings could be identified and that the expansion design could continue to evolve to better reflect the needs of consumers. that is why i have to recommission the civil aviation authority to continue to work with industry to deliver the ambition i set out in 2016 to keep landing charges at or close to current levels. this will include gateway reviews, independent scrutiny and benchmarking proposals which i know are of paramount importance to

british airways, virgin atlantic and the wider malignity. —— wider community. the northwest runway scheme put forward by heathrow and selected by the government following a rigorous process, and since then there's been strong progress already having consulted on the scheme design and principals earlier this year. some stakeholders suggested we should now look again at who delivers the expansion. whilst i and we will always retain an open mind, my current assessment is caution is needed at this stage. heathrow is an operational airport under a single management and i am clear they are currently the only credible promoter to deliver this translational scheme in its entirety. i welcome the civil aviation authority's consultation, which expects heathrow to engage in good faith with parties to ensure expansion is delivered in a way which benefits the consumer. however, this also needs to be balanced against the need for timely

delivery, and that is why my department will be working closely with heathrow to enable delivery of the new runway by their current target date of 2026. heathrow is already britain's best connected airport by road and rail, this will be further strengthened by future improvements to the piccadilly line, new links to heathrow through crossrail, connections via aldgate to hsz, crossrail, connections via aldgate to hs2, and plans for southern rail access to the airport. 0n the 24th of april and met with industry and financial backers who could potentially come forward with plans to deliver that new southern rail access to the airport. even with today's announcements, mr speaker, a new operational runway at heathrow is still a number of years away. the airport's commission recommended there would also be a need for other airports to make more intensive use of their existing infrastructure, and we consulted on this in the aviation strategy called for evidence last year. so i would like

also today apart from heathrow, to confirm that the government is supportive of other airports making best use of their existing runways. we recognise the development of airports can have negative as well as positive local impact as well as on noise levels and we therefore consider any proposal should be judged on their individual merits by the appropriate planning authority, taking careful account of all releva nt taking careful account of all relevant considerations, particularly economic and environmental impact. furthermore, in april we set out our next steps, which will see us worked closely with industry, business, consumer and environmental groups, to develop and environmental groups, to develop an aviation strategy that sets out long—term policy direction for aviation from 2015 and beyond well meeting the expectations and needs of pastors. it will set out a framework for future sustainable growth across the uk, how we plan to manage congested airspace —— needs of passengers. how we plan to deliver cleaner, quieter, quicker journeys for the benefits of

passengers and communities. the space modernisation has to be taken forward irrespective of the decision on the proposed new runway, and to do so we will expect multiple airports across the south of england to bring forward consultations on their own proposals to manage the airspace around their locations. with heathrow the planning system involves two separate processes. 0ne isa involves two separate processes. 0ne is a policy effectively outlining planning consent, which is our mps, and then if this has voted in favour and then if this has voted in favour and it is designated a second process for securing the developmental consent airport will require. the next steps will therefore be for heathrow to develop their plans, including details of their plans, including details of the scheme design and airspace change, holding further consultation to allow the public a further say the next phase of heathrow‘s plans, and additional opportunities for the public to have their voices heard. any application for development and concerned will of course be considered carefully and with an

open mind based on that evidence. it includes a public examination by the independent planning inspectorate for a final decision is made. alongside the mps today i have published a conference of package of materials that i hope and believe will enable members of this house to make an informed decision ahead of the vote. it is a very conference of package, and i hope it will provide a nswe rs package, and i hope it will provide a nswers to package, and i hope it will provide answers to the questions members will have. but i hope the scheme and members in this house will feel that the scheme is crucial to our national interest, that we need to work together to deliver it, in order to create what i believe is an absolutely vital legacy for the future of this country. mr speaker, i hope members across the house will get behind this plan and support this nationally strategic project andi this nationally strategic project and i commend this statement to the house. thank you, mr speaker. affect

the secretary of state for advanced notice of the statement. today's statement has been a long time coming —— iwould statement has been a long time coming —— i would like to thank the secretary of state for. the secretary of state for. the secretary of state came to the house yesterday to explain the calamitous implementation of the new rail timetables and the secretary of state now stand here today at the dispatch box and expect this house to accept what he says about the most significant of infrastructure projects. i'm sorry, but the secretary of state... the only reason he is at the dispatch box todayis reason he is at the dispatch box today is because the prime minister is too weak to sack him. i regret that the secretary of state simply doesn't enjoy the confidence of this house. well, members opposite are complaining. ididn't house. well, members opposite are complaining. i didn't hear them shouting their support yesterday. the loudest criticisms came from those benches opposite. mr speaker, labourer will consider —— labourer

will consider proposed expansion to and expansion will only happen if it can deliver on the capacity demands, if noise and air quality issues are fully addressed, if the uk's climate change obligations are met in their entirety, and growth across the country is supported. we owe it to future generations to get all of these factors absolutely right. but if the correct balance isn't found, then the locals will quite rightly intervene. mr speaker, then the locals will quite rightly intervene. mrspeaker, i then the locals will quite rightly intervene. mr speaker, iwish then the locals will quite rightly intervene. mr speaker, i wish to commend the superb work of the chair and the members of the cross—party transport select committee. their report into the national policy statement, published in march, left no stone unturned. it support for approving is explicitly conditional

upon 25 recommendations being addressed. the secretary of state says he has acted upon 24 of the 25 recommendations. what does that mean? are they going to be conditions, or simply aspirations and expectations? for example, the committee concluded at high risk of the breaching of quality compliance. furthermore, department for transport hasn't published a comprehensive service access assessment so it is impossible to demonstrate the target of no more airport related traffic can be met. his statement today takes this no further forward. the committee highlighted there is almost no mention of potential cost and investment risk. what guarantees can the government provide that the high cost risks wouldn't end up covered by the public purse? how can the business case for expansion ensure passenger benefits are met? he said he will keep charges close to

current levels. what sort of assurance is that? further uncertainties already drawn remain around the noise analysis and the flight around the noise analysis and the flight path modelling. it remains whether the revised version addresses these and other issues. he says he will encourage heathrow to work with communities about longer respite periods. what teeth are there in any of those proposals and promises? he claims about the benefits of new technologies, and they have to be based on real evidence and not some fanciful expectation of future advances. some of us haven't forgotten his empty promises on dual fuel the trains which he was told didn't exist. he says he intends and expects 15% of slots for domestic connections. how will that be secured? intentions and expectations and encouragements possibly not enough. it is imperative the government provide

guarantees to this house that the recommendations and conditions established by the transport select committee are embedded into the revised nps. yesterday members across the house were reminded that assurances given by the secretary of state or anything but cast iron. it is essential the government embeds the recommendations of the select committee, and i would remind the house the transport committee are saying very clearly the planning process should only move to the next stage if their concerns as detailed in their excellent are properly developed in the final nps. it is our task to scrutinise the revised nps in the coming days in full detail. labour will faithfully follow our framework tests, and follow our framework tests, and follow the evidence across the 25 recommendations. we will not rely on

the assurances of the secretary of state for transport, whose assurances are sadly not worth the hansard they are printed on. thank you. well, mr speaker, ithink hansard they are printed on. thank you. well, mr speaker, i think you will agree that was a rather disappointing response. the one thing that the shadow secretary of state didn't say was whether or not he actually supported the runway for heathrow airport as i happen to believe this is strategically right for our country, for business, for jobs, and can i say that i very much welcome the positive encouragement that i have received from members across this house in the last few months? i regard this project as being of vital importance to members of parliament in the north of england, in wales, in northern ireland, in scotland, and in the south—west. there, actually, i see the links to their airport been one

of the opportunities for this. he raised a number of... that was the transport secretary chris grayling confirming in the comments that the government is going ahead with the third runway at heathrow airport. he said it wasn't an easy decision, but a decision taken in the national interest —— chris grayling in the house of commons. there will be plenty of coverage on that the bbc news channel, and the news at one with jane hill will have the latest reaction to that amendment. but right now let's catch up with the weather with ben roach. goodbye. good afternoon. 0urweather moving at a relatively sedate pace at the minute, things moving slowly. yesterday that isle of wight was basking under sunny skies, and an area of cloud has drifted in, so today this guys are considerably gloomier. you can see on the earlier satellite picture that we have quite a lot of cloud in place but that has been breaking up from the north. we have been seeing increasing amounts of sunshine, and closing out this

afternoon, many areas seeing sunny skies in the midlands, north wales, the northern england and scotland. the small chance of a shower in northern ireland, always more showers here and temperatures a little down on yesterday, but in spite of that, the southern half of the country particularly seeing high or very high pollen levels, and i am sure if you are hay fever sufferer you already have noticed that. this evening and tonight, the serial cloud in the south—west will tend to break up and we will see some clear spells but then this next lump of cloud drifting in from the north sea affecting many getting by the first pa rt affecting many getting by the first part of wednesday. temperatures dipping into single figures and some places three or four agrees. wednesday, things sunny day in the south—west. sunny skies here, but

this area of cloud always plaguing some eastern areas and again those temperatures struggling a bit, particularly where you keep the cloud. slowly across the weather map. a sunny day in the south—west. sunny skies here, but this area of cloud always plaguing some eastern areas and again those temperatures struggling a bit, particularly where you keep the cloud. this, and 22 degrees in cardiff and london. a bit ofa degrees in cardiff and london. a bit of a change in the thursday but again nothing too dramatic. we will see these showers and storms in southern parts on thursday, but further north sticking with some spells of edging in our direction but by the time they reach first night they should be fairly light and well scattered, so we could see the odd shower in southern parts on thursday, but further north sticking with some spells of and some warmth as well. particularly in the south, quite a as well. particularly in the south, quitea humid as well. particularly in the south, quite a humid deal by this stage, and even further north looking at highs of 22 degrees in edinburgh. the worst weekend, southern prone to seeing the odd shower at times but nothing too dramatic and verbal studies in dry weather. further north, largely dry, some spells

temperatures up to around 20. mostly see in controversial plans for a third runway at heathrow are approved by ministers. mps will vote within weeks. campaigners say the move would damage the environment but the transport secretary says expansion will benefit the economy. expansion at heathrow will bring real benefits across the country, including a boost of up to £74 billion to passengers and the wider economy, providing better connections growing world markets and increasing flights to more long haul destinations. we'll assess the government's difficulties in getting the plans thorugh parliament and getting the runway built. also this lunchtime... the grenfell tower inquiry is told people who escaped owe their lives to chance, rather than risk assessment and planning. in the second decade of 21st—century london, governed by a regulatory framework designed to ensure fire safety,