who is chelsea manning? >> now after seven years in prison, transgender army soldier chelsea manning speaking out. >> i have a responsibility to the public. >> a lightning rod for some of the most incendiary issues of our time. >> private manning is a traitor. >> her fight to be her true self from inside a men's military prison. and the letter to president obama that helped win her release. >> do you feel as though you owe the american public an apology? >> this special edition of "nightline" will be right back. >>> this is a special edition of "nightline." "declassified: the chelsea manning story." >> good evening. thanks for joining us. she's among the most tumultuous public figures of our time. convicted of passing classified information to wikileaks, chelsea manning's story strikes at a fundamental dilemma of our cyber age. the delicate balance between protecting government secrets versus the public's right to transgender rights and controversial clemency have thrust her into the center of so many ideolo

protesters chanting we want justice chelsea town hall.ers chanting we wantjustice and they briefly gained entry to the building where a scuffle drogue out. protesters chanting we wantjustice and bring them out. the bbc‘s dan johnson was at the scene as the protestors stormed the building. this crowd has been chanting noisily voicing their anger and their demands. the crowds now moving towards the doors of the town hall. that is the main entrance to the offices of kensington and chelsea borough. the blood trying to get into the council to make their point directly. people frustrated that council members haven't been out on the streets talking to people. some of the people now taking that message directly to the borough of kensington and chelsea. it looks as though the council doors are closed and locked. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is outside kensington town hall. let's return to him now. those doors weren't closed and locked. there was a set of doors open and quite a few people were able to get in through the front doors of the offices

who is chelsea manning?st incendiary issues of our time. >> private manning is a traitor. >> her fight to be her true self from inside a men's military prison. and the letter to president obama that helped win her release. >> do you feel as though you owe the american public an apology? >> this special edition of "nightline" will be right back. for millions who suffer from schizophrenia a side effect of their medication... is something called "akathisia." it's time we took notice. >>> this is a special edition of "nightline." "declassified: the chelsea manning story." >> good evening. thanks for joining us. she's among the most tumultuous public figures of our time. convicted of passing classified information to wikileaks, chelsea manning's story strikes at a fundamental dilemma of our cyber age. the delicate balance between protecting government secrets versus the public's right to know. her groundbreaking fight for transgender rights and controversial clemency have thrust her into the center of so many ide

chelsea, i'm a college administrator working in the career field with journalism students. i'm really interested to see what you found regarded linkedin for specific social media that we use with students for new grads and recent grads and in addition to mid-level people.th what do you think about linkedin and how that's been used for. >> guest: linkedin has been a massive platform for recruiters and sourcing talents. again, what's really interesting is figuring out what information is made available on these sites and how does that shape the decisions being made. another really interesting to look at this is university college admissions. so, the way that applications of structures, the digital dashboard that selections committees use in order to interview candidates, rank them and give them various scores are really important in shaping who gets in and who doesn't. that's similar to linkedin. it's the most dominant kind of professional network available and a lot of recruiters use that to find new talent. i haven't done a lot of work specifically focusing on that so i can

chaos at kensington and chelsea council last night.tried to ban journalists from a meeting, but the high court ordered they could come along. just minutes in, though, the council leader wound up proceedings, saying what they were discussing could prejudice the upcoming public inquiry. this is a move criticised by downing street today and it led one conservative in the council to call for his own leader and deputy to resign. the council is about to take back responsibility for the aid and support operation sometime over the next week or so, and ijust don't think it's credible to ask the people of north kensington to accept the council as manager of that operation under the current leadership, because they feel that they have failed. testing of cladding on other tower blocks across the country goes on. every one of the 149 high—rise buildings examined so far has failed a safety test. but some believe the process isn't working because the tests focus on the core of the panel, rather than the panel as a whole. they should have been fire te

a counsellor at kensington and chelsea.dy in west london. clearly many questions still unanswered and people becoming very wary, very frustrated and letting emotions boil over. for the time being, i will hand back to you in the studio. we are going to stay watching what is happening outside the building for kensington and chelsea are because what we are seeing is hundreds of people standing outside demanding some sort of response from the council. what we are not seeing from our camera position, no police seem to be present, no one from the council seeming to be present, and this demonstration very much on its own and every now and then the anger seems to spill over as people once again lunch for the door. they got in early and were asked to leave. there is a private function on. every now and then there seems to be is sense of trouble. danjohnson is there, what is going on? there seems to bea there, what is going on? there seems to be a bit ofa there, what is going on? there seems to be a bit of a debate about exactly what

council and chelsea council steps down. as council leader, i have to accept my share of responsibility for these perceived failings. residents celebrated his resignation, describing it as a step in the right direction. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, calls on theresa may to broaden the scope of the inquiry into the disaster, in which at least 80 people died. the families of the young men who drowned off camber sands last summer express their anger about safety on the beach. even back home there's lifeguards everywhere. there was no warning, there is no signs. i cannot believe this is happening in the uk. nurseries in england say councils are failing to provide enough money to fund free childcare for three and four—year—olds. and why thousands of british students are heading to eastern europe. bbc research suggests there's been an increase in the numbers of students going to bulgaria and romania after failing to get a place in british universities. and good news for cricket fans. live cricket is returning to bbc television

a sans, snowden, chelsea madden chelsea manning. do you know what this says?f they are hiring chelsea manning, if they are hiring edward snowden, and they are hiring reality -- i can't say her name. it doesn't seem like a real name to me. reality winner. they've got to screen people better. rather than scream them, i think we've got to shrink the intelligence committee. >> rosie o'donnell called her a brave young patriot, and she was brave, not careless. >> eboni: speaking of leakers, chelsea manning who was convicted of giving hundreds of thousands of secret documents to wikileaks giving her first tv interview today. following her release from prison 28 years early after the commutation from president obama. >> you haven't spoken to president obama. what would you say to him if you could? >> thank you. that's all i wanted. >> you wanted a chance? >> that's all i ask for, a chance. that's it. and this is my chance. >> eboni: this is my question. i know you've taken a position in the past, i will see what you say today, that she is an actual whistleblower and t

meteorologist chelsea ingram in the weather center keeping us posted on what is in store for us, chelsea. >> reporter: that is right, joe. >> we have rain heading our way, for tomorrow afternoon and evening here's a live look at storm scan three. quiet around the delaware valley. we have a couple showers and storms moving up in the poconos but it will be a relatively quiet night for us right here in philadelphia during overnight hours. that changes heading in to tomorrow, look at this cold front that is swinging on through and it will bring us some strong potentially to severe thunderstorms as we head in the afternoon and evening. some of those thunderstorms could produce torrential downpours, that is why we have a flash flood watch in effect for areas highlighted in green , this actually goes into effect at noon time tomorrow. so here's what you can expect, we are watching for strong storms, over a widespread one to 2 inches on have rain, possible, locally higher amounts and then some damaging wind, we will talk about when the rain arrives and how much we can expect in our neighborhood

nick paget-brown, leader of the london borough of kensington and chelsea.r of london, sadiq khan, who joins us from the olympic park. i should ask you first perhaps to respond to what nick paget—brown was saying because you have made reference to this, to what you call the poor response of the council in the poor response of the council in the days after the terrible fire at g re nfell tower. the days after the terrible fire at grenfell tower. he says there were people on the ground, they were working very hard. do you accept that now? i spent this morning speaking to many residents, many families of the bereaved, many survivors and their experience is i million miles away from the experience of the leader of the council. it is clear to me and i have been their most days since the fire happened and spoken to many residents that there has been a vacuum. the council has failed to go to residents, to do the art reach work and is assuming that grieving families, neighbouring residents well travelled to the westway sports centre to receive help. i have been ther

i knew they were going to come back chelsea. >> they always do.t wasn't the most gorgeous start to the day but look at storm scan3 now. it's quiet, high pressure in control, we're in store for mostly clear skies as we head into the overnight hours tonight. temperatures are checking in in the 70's. it is 76 degrees currently at philadelphia international airport. that is our official high temperature for the day today. only about 3 degrees below average for this time of year. other places in the 70's like allentown and trenton. we're in the 60's in mount pocono right around 65 degrees. now, as we head throughout the evening hours things are just looking fantastic. if you'll be out and about late tonight maybe a good idea to grab a light jacket because it's growing to be going to be turning cooler. 8:00 p.m. plenty of sunshine 71. we'll see sunset just before 8:30 this evening. here's what we're going to be talking about coming up. a nice comfy night but a wet start to the work week and much cooler as we head into next week. details in a bit. natash

i definitely got poured on earlier chelsea.an tell you my story. >> that's right, natasha, you know it's just so humid out there. we have so much moisture in the air and unfortunately this afternoon and evening we have some showers and thunderstorms that have moved through with all that of moisture in the air, yeah, we've been dealing with some heavy downpours for sure. here's a live look at storm scan3 across the delaware valley. we are still even at this hour dealing with some showers and thunderstorms. portions of monmouth ocean counties dealing with showers and heavier downpours and even rumbles of thunder and lightning. i'll take in you closer to portions of central burlington county where we have already picked up over an inch and a half of rainfall. to that are reason we have a flood advisory for the high lated area in green until 9:15 this evening. we made it officially to 85 degrees in philadelphia today. we're now down to 82. it's 83 in millville. 81 in atlantic city. so, down the shore we're right now in the lower 80

the council leader of kensington and chelsea, where the grenfell tower fire happened, resigns. after a stormy council meeting last night when the public and press were banned, the leader says he should quit. as council leader, i have to accept my share of responsibility for these perceived failings. new documents obtained by the bbc reveal officials chose cheaper, less fire resistant cladding. and the head of the organisation which manages the tower block has also stepped aside. also tonight. a coroner rules it's impossible to say whether lifeguards could have saved five friends who drowned at camber sands. nurseries in england say they don't have the money to provide the free childcare promised by the government. why british medical students are heading to eastern europe to train as doctors. and chris froome prepares to defend his title, as cyclists head to the starting line for this year's tour de france. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. three days before the defence of his title, murray puts in the practice at wimbledon as he tries to shake off a hip

studio: nick paget—brown, leader of kensington and chelsea borough council.ondent mark lobel is at notting hill methodist church in west london where one of the services was held earlier. a very moving service earlier today, one of many taking place to commemorate those who were injured and who died in the fire. that is right, we heard from people coming out of the service, incredibly emotional moment, trying to come to terms with what happened and why. all day long it seems we have had conflicting views across this story, if you like, about how relief effo rts if you like, about how relief efforts have gone, ever since the fire broke out behind me. we were discussing high visibilityjackets earlier, we heard the interview with the leader of the council, and of course i saw eight or so people from westminster council here, also the leader of ealing council, cross borough efforts seem to have been stepped up in terms of helping to deal with this. how can we make sense of it? we thought we would ask a fire sense of it? we thought we would ask afire and sense of

chelsea. >> we have a lot to talk about first with the heat. temperatures ka checking in in the 80s and we made it officially to 90. even with the heat index now it feels more like the mid 90s out. there cooler down the shore. temperatures checking in in the lower 80s. 80 wild wood and 83 in atlantic city. a look at storm scan they across the delaware valley couple showers popping up this afternoon. one moved through center city and really the main event and out to the west headed our way associated with the cold front poised across our neighborhood as we head to tomorrow and flash flood watch issued noontime tomorrow afternoon and i looking at strong to severe thunderstorms easily widespread 1 to 2" of rain expected with locally hire amounts possible and keeping a watch for damaging winds and i'll let you know when the rain arrives and how much you can expect. joe, back to you. >> chelsea, thank you. 11-year-old girl from newark, new jersey, died after being electro cuteed in some river ever the girl and two friends and lagoon and two girls to

the headlines at 6: the leader of of kensington and chelsea borough council —— its.say that the local authority is not present and that we're not working together with other councils is inaccurate. the mayor of london sadiq khan says the council's effo rts sadiq khan says the council's efforts have not been felt on the ground. i spent this morning at a church service speaking to many residents, many families of the bereaved, many survivors and their experience is a million miles away from the experience of the leader of the council. the chancellor, philip hammond, says leaving the european union without a deal would be a "very, very bad outcome" for britain. portugal declares three days of mourning as the emergency services battle to contain a forest fire which has killed more than sixty people. france killed more than sixty people. fra nce votes killed more than sixty people. france votes in the final round of parliamentary elections. turnout is down. president macron‘s new party heading for a big majority. commentator: that has gone up in the air, he takes the catc

reporter: chelsea manning sat down for an exclusive interview. >> who is chelsea manning? >> i'm in prison for seven years convicted by military tribunal and sentence for releasing hundreds of thousands of documents to wikileaks. asked if she thinks she owes the american public an apology for the biggest information leak in military history? >> i expect responsibility. nobody directed me to do this. this is me. reporter: what compelled her to risk her military career and break the law? >> all this information and it is death, destruction, mayhem and eventually you stop, i stopped seeing justice statistics and information and i started seeing people. reporter: she said she wanted to spark a debate about what she was seeing as an army intelligence analyst but some only saw her as a traitor who made classified information available. >> i have a responsibility to the public. we all have a responsibility. reporter: manning pleaded guilty to some charges but was acquitted of aiding the enemy. five mins ago, president obama commuted her sentence. president obama: i feel comfortab

now transgender soldier chelsea manning is a free woman. traitor, others see her as a hero. she speaks out in her first television interview to my "nightline" coanchor juju chang. >> you've got thousands of letters, many from transgender children. >> right. >> what was their message to you? >> they were seeing in me what i was looking for when i was their age. and that's a lot of responsibility to have. we love you, chelsea, you're an inspiration to so many of us. witnessing your courage has given me the strength to come out at trans too. >> you said you feel a sense of responsibility to them? what is that responsibility? >> i don't know yet. i just know that they're watching. >> what would you say to them? >> be who you are. you have support now. there's people out there that will help you. and don't do what i did and run away from it. things are better. >> that was just a preview of our "nightline" exclusive interview with chelsea manning. tune in tomorrow for our full special edition "declassified: the chelsea manning story." thanks for

with me is the leader of kensington and chelsea council. when did you ask for help?e quite aware that this was a huge enormity. by the timei this was a huge enormity. by the time i got therejust this was a huge enormity. by the time i got there just after 3:30am on wednesday, no one local authority would be able to cope with the enormous challenges that are now facing a huge number of displaced residents. we have spoken to the department for communities and local government, the prime minister and that help us been offered, there has been a goal structure, a team working on the news people have and those change as time goes by. we need to make sure we have that. i have been out this morning at the westway sports centre. i am told the council is never in evidence, but was not my perception. white is it the perception of so many residents? it has been a traumatic week for people living nearby. it does take time in any situation to get emergency lines, contact points up and running and there is a huge community sector in north kensington doing wonderful work but we need

meteorologist chelsea in grammys live to let us know how long this great weather will stick around and when a rain might move in, chelsea. >> still stunning, refreshing, outside, right now, couple scattered cumulus cloud and overall things are feeling great. lets look live from storm scan three where we have all nothing much going on. we have showers looking off to our north and west. we could see a stray shower heading in the evening hours tonight, but most areas will, stay dry. our temperatures are clear reflection of how fantastic it feels outside, it is 80 degrees currently in philadelphia we are in the upper 60's in the poconos. that is cool spot on the map. take a lot these dew points, dew point is what is making it feel so comfortable outside, right now, dew points are checking in the 40's and 50's across the entire region and that is making things just feel oh, so comfortable. 45 degrees is current die dew point in philadelphia so here's what we have on tap, more refreshing weather, a spotty shower possible as we head into tuesday, and then heat, humidity will be on the rise, i

in fa ct, kensington and chelsea town hall.ant justice and, shame on you. at one point, they gained entrance to the building where a scuffle broke out. let's hear now from one of the protest organisers. absolutely. the council came back with a very flimsy response and no concrete answers to the questions people asked and the demands. so, the people, we are not satisfied with the answers. the head of the queue medications department said he will come back with something further but he has not yet done so. we are getting frustrated and the people walked in towards the building. they got inside the main building. they got inside the main building and they were in reception. they were just speaking. when we had a whole group of police officers in high visibilityjackets, as soon as they walked in, they created a barricade and that lead to physical confrontation between police and some of the youth here. have people been arrested? i have not seen people arrested but there has been a lot of pushing and shoving between the police and m

what do you make of that —— kensington and chelsea.r there to bea to injure dues themselves for there to be a transparent handover or to say this is what is going on high, we are the people in charge, what do you need, where are you currently at? we are literally as a community still pulling together, making relief packs, still supporting the survivors and victims and it is still not good enough. it is staggering when you say like that, you are still literally not seeing any kind of official organisation process going on? definitely not. i am not saying they are not there, but in regards to us on the ground seeing them, or local people and victims seeing them in abundance, which they should be, it is not there. even last night, we went down to one of the centres where the officials were supposed to be, and the housing desks were not manned, the housing desks were not manned, the financial aid desks were not man. there should be people down there 24 hours a day, being there and waiting for the needs of these victims and people to suppor

this is one of the deep ironies of kensington and chelsea.een able to install the very best. whether the scheme was short—changed, whether there was over profiteering, isimply do whether there was over profiteering, i simply do not know, but it was not cheap to do and they should have been able to do it properly. in terms of the divisions in kensington and chelsea this is one of the ghastly tragedies. i hope that the borough, which is set —— secondly the second is not the first richest borough in the country, and huge divisions, will rise to the challenge. i hope this is not going to be just challenge. i hope this is not going to bejust a blame challenge. i hope this is not going to be just a blame time, challenge. i hope this is not going to bejust a blame time, blame challenge. i hope this is not going to be just a blame time, blame the te na nts, to be just a blame time, blame the tenants, the council, the community organisation, the refuse collectors, other people. it has to be a real ha rd other people. it has to be a real hard searching

we are just as much a part of kensington and chelsea as south kensington and knightsbridge.n helpless here. we've been trying to get people to help. although this is a local issue in some ways, directed at the council, the government is keen to show they are listening. another minister took to the airwaves this morning. this is what greg hands, the minister for london, had to say earlier. the prime minister has met with the residents. we've convened a number of meetings. we have a lot of people oi'i of meetings. we have a lot of people on the ground. we are making sure the full force of government is there to respond to this tragedy and learn lessons for the future. that is why the prime minister called for a full public enquiry into what has happened, which will examine all aspects of grenfell tower and the issues to be learned. meanwhile, in g re nfell tower issues to be learned. meanwhile, in grenfell tower it self, which you can see behind me now, this charred building that people cannot help but look at, a team of search and recovery operation team from the london fire

chelsea >> unsettled weather heading our way.'ll have details in your updated forecast next. . >>> families who credited the children's hospital of philadelphia for saving their babies gathered together. of a look at how parents and >>> comic book to celebrity sightings and more, the invention had a little something for even >> i love the environment, i love that read together and talk buy comics, really fun. >> people of all ages and walks of life came together to celebrate their love of pop culture >> see what the glasses on, something he said he couldn't do openly as a child >> in the 80's, you had to hide the comic books underneath a magazine, it was called nerd and dork, now with the movies coming out. seems more acceptable >> that ability to escape resentment reality helped her through being bullied and body shamed >> i was an outcast growing up, and now it's becoming more accepting being a nerd, celebrating you can be open about it >> it can hope the door back to the future. after a help health scare oliver created the rep

investigators say crash remains under investigation. >>> meteorologist chelsea in gram joining us nownd we can say there is no problem with just hitting pause on this day. >> yes, right. it does look like we have more refreshing weather that will be heading our way, as we move into the next several days but heat and humidity will be on the rise very soon and we will talk all about that, nice beach day, take a look in rehoboth, lots of people still out there on the beach even at this hour, plenty of people on the boardwalk too. things are really feeling good out there, humidity is in check, just feels fantastic. take a live look at storm scan three things quiet across the delaware valley. we have had a couple cumulus cloud popping up this afternoon but overall wow what a fantastic day outside. just stunning. temperatures are a reflection of. that we are in the 70's north of town. seventy-seven in allentown. seventy-seven reading. seventy-eight in lancaster. eighty in philadelphia. that is below average this time of the year. average high is 85. look at these dew points this is such a n

kensington and chelsea council leader steps down after two weeks of failure.k. and, from loveable pet... ..to abattoir fodder on the run. we speak tojon ronson, co writer of 0kja, the latest film to confront our insatiable carnivorous habits. good evening, first, more on the controversy over lading ——cladding and buildings razed by the grenfell tower tragedy. newsnight has discovered crucial details about why so many about buildings managed to get cladding installed that does not meet normal safety standards. chris, what have you found out this evening. we have to take a step back to remember how you get cladding signed off by the building inspectors. the first way is to test all of the parts of the cladding you wish to put up in a laboratory and check it is basically impossible to set on fire. the second thing you can do, we have a video showing it, is if you want to use a bit of material that is a little flammable, is you can put that material into a furnace, effectively, in the configuration you want to use it to see if it holds up. but there are other rout

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the leader of chelsea and kensington council speaking to tim donovan.hern ireland will no longer have to pay for abortions provided by the nhs in england. the concession was made by ministers to avoid a conservative rebellion in votes on the queen's speech. the government's legislative programme for the coming two years was eventually passed by a majority of 14 votes in the house of commons. the majority was gained with the support of the democratic unionists, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. what she wants you to see. the prime minister, on the red carpets of europe. everybody‘s in a good mood. everyone in a good mood, her german colleague says. but at home, hard work. to avoid being humbled by the house of commons, with mps threatening defeat... the chancellor of the exchequer. phillip hammond. ministers had to make a last—minute promise that women from northern ireland who go to england for abortions won't have to pay. the government... intends to intervene to fund abortions in england for women arriving here from northern ireland. i

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even with a surplus that we understand that kensington and chelsea are running.le for properties to be commandeered, sequestered for a short period, isn't it? yes, and when vince cable was business secretary he was banging on about this problem a good couple of years ago, there are actually an awful lot, a growing number, of london apartments being bought unbelievably to remain empty. they arejust investments. there is no real financial incentive. these people are so financial incentive. these people are so rich that they effectively can't even be bothered to get renters in there, so theyjust sit empty. as thomas suggesting, this is cheek by jowl with, in empty. as thomas suggesting, this is cheek byjowl with, in a borough that has high inequality as well. five days in the job and i was called to g re nfell tower of five days in the job and i was called to grenfell tower of is a young firefighter, 26, and emits catty , young firefighter, 26, and emits catty, and less than a week as part of the fire service and yet she gets sense to this extraordinary fire, which

chelsea manning's first tv interview since her release from military prison. convicted for the largest leak of secrets in u.s. history. tonight, why she did it. >>> and, collision course. the out-of-control hot air balloons crashing into each other. one of the pilots hanging from the basket, high in the air. >>> good evening. i'm tom llamas, in for david tonight. we begin with president trump, firing back, saying he is willing to testify under oath about his conversations with former fbi director james comey. at a rose garden event victory, still tonight it's his word against comey's, unless their conversations were recording. jonathan karl, pursuing answers from the president tonight. >> reporter: president trump declared james comey's testimony a total and complete vindication. >> no collusion, no obstruction,he's a leaker. >> reporter: he accused the fired fbi director of lying in much of the rest of his sworn testimony. >> we were very, very happy, and frankly, james comey confirmed a t lot of what i said. >> reporter: one of the most hotly disputed subjec

the leader of kensington and chelsea council says he understands the criticism his authority has facede has also defended their response. yes, of course, there is more we can always do, and we are attempting to do that but this was an enormous disaster, it has profound consequences. cheering gratitude this afternoon for the firefighters, who are searching for the lost, night and day. there is a growing sense here that all the emotion unleashed by the fire must lead to change. angry. angry, angry about the poor response, but also, the years of neglect from the council and successive governments. while politicians talk of the legacy and of lessons learned, for some here, it is far too early. on a day like this, they say, it is impossible to think about the future. the families of some of those missing remain hopeful that some of their the families of some of those still missing, remain hopeful their relatives may still be alive, but they're also realistic, that the chances are slim. 0ur reporter sima kotecha, has been speaking to two brothers, searching for six members of theirfamily. th

this is one of the deep ironies of kensington and chelsea.. so whether the scheme was short—changed. whether was there was a kind of overprofiteering, i simply don't know but it wasn't cheap to do and they should have been able to do it properly. in terms of the divisions in kensington and chelsea, i think this is one of the ghastly tragedies andl this is one of the ghastly tragedies and i really hope that the borough, which is, you know, certainly the second, if not the first richest borough in the country, it certainly has the most expensive housing, and huge divisions, will rise to the challenge. i hope this isn't going to be just a blame time, blame the tennants, blame the council, blame the community organisation, blame the community organisation, blame the refuse collectors, blame other people. it's got to be a real heart—searching. we have to insulate our buildings. we have to protect our buildings. we have to protect our communities and we have to do it at quality and it is never cheap and we do know that retro fitting a tower block l

danjohnson, thank you very much, at the protest outside kensington and chelsea town hall. minutes, it has been announced that the prime minister has said there will be an emergency £5 million fund to help deal with emergency problems, housing, clothing, food, and people can apply for money from that, people who are directly affected by that appalling tragedy. much more from their on the six o'clock news. i will leave you for now with a look at the weather prospects wherever you are in the country. it evening. we saw some sunshine today in places and others saw quite a lot of clout. the cloud was biggest in scotland, bringing outbreaks of rain. in the south, some good spells of sunshine and with that very high pollen levels across much of england and wales and into northern ireland and just about into northern ireland and just about into southern scotland, too. quite a sniffily evening out there with a lot of sunshine and light winds as well. there is sunshine and light training in the west of scotland, but a very warm evening. no less than 1670 degrees by the end of the ni

it became clear she said kensington and chelsea couldn't cope and it was right that the chief executivened. it wasn't just about the steps taken in the first two weeks but what happened long after the tv cameras had gone. theresa may said each family received a £5,000 payment for food, clothes and essentials and so far more than £700,000 had been paid out. it is essentialthat more than £700,000 had been paid out. it is essential that people understand they can keep the money they receive. these are not loans and they will not be expected to repay a single penny. neither are they waiting any legal rights as a result of accepting this financial help. the payments will be disregarded for means tested welfare benefits payments so no one will see benefits payments so no one will see benefit cuts if they accept emergency support. i want to reassure people we won't use this incident as a reason to carry out immigration checks on those involved oi’ immigration checks on those involved or on those providing vital information to identify victims or those assisting with the investigation. and home

many residents have complained they received little or no help from kensington and chelsea council.ch services will be held today to remember the victims of the blaze. nick quraishi reports. the devastation caused by the inferno stops people in their tracks. the dark reality abundantly clear in broad daylight. four days on, the community is still angry about a lack of co—ordination, communication and accountability. it's always the public that runs to the rescue. where's the authorities? where are they? residents, community leaders and volunteers took their frustrations to downing street, spending two hours with the prime minister. it was a robust discussion, there was forceful emotion in the room, people were able to say what they wanted to say and we felt that was listened to and listened to carefully. theresa may, who has come in for widespread personal criticism over her handling of the crisis, said she'd heard the concerns. the prime minister admitted: whitehall officials have been drafted in to help kensington and chelsea council cope with the response and the red cross will p

the leader of kensington and chelsea council, the borough where the grenfell tower fire happened, hasholas paget—brown said he had to accept responsibility for his role in response to the fire and in particularfor the decision to ban the public and press from a council meeting last night. the bbc has also obtained documents that show that cheaper, less fire—resistant cladding was chosen for the tower block. 80 people are believed to have died in the fire and there is no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety. kensington & chelsea council says safety would not have been compromised in order to manage budgets. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more. were you pressured by number 10 to resign? the pressure simply got too great. the leader of the council criticised for failing to cope with the crisis in his backyard, could not hold on. chanting: we wantjustice, we want justice! last week his council offices were invaded. last night he couldn't even hold a council meeting. it was the last straw. in particular my decision to accept legal advice that i shoul

it is time for the member of kenning sing —— kensington and chelsea to decide.ld be unreasonable for me to do and unkind for the victims to offer opinions about who is best placed to run them. the victims are desperate for people in authority to champion what they, how they feel, what they need. we should all be doing that. all the councillors at kensington and chelsea and around the country, i don't believe anybody‘s walking through their normal lives at the moment. my own organisation has had 25 member of staff working on this because of the scale of the national issue. i can't just because of the scale of the national issue. i can'tjust concentrate on one council. i can't put into words how i feel about the victims and how they have been treated now, i can't do that. i would turn into an angry man shouting at the tv. at the moment the biggest issue we are facing as a country, is everyone of the tests has failed. it is not one or two people who has got it wrong, it is everybody according to the people who have done the testing. there are so many, there are so