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chris buckler, bbc news. the full documentary — who bombed birmingham?bbc northern ireland, and at 11.30 on the news channel. the metropolitan police now say they believe around 255 people managed to escape the fire at grenfell tower last month. the official estimate of the dead and missing remains at approximately 80. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, is at scotland yard. it's the first time we've had such a figure. there's been a lot of dispute about how many were there that night? there has. in the days after the fire local people estimated that between 500 and 600 people were resident at grenfell tower. today the police say they believe the true figure is much lower, 350, and they say about 1a of those people were out on the night of the fire. they also say their new figure, 255 people escaping the fire, and 80 or 81 having been killed or still being missing, do add up. there is a big investigation continuing, officers working inside the tower in a place where temperatures reached 1000 degrees, looking for human remains. also a big investi

here's our ireland correspondent chris buckler.on a thursday night. placed inside pubs to cause destruction. explosions that led to 21 deaths. in the same year — 1974 — mick hayes took part in this funeral for a hunger striker in london. he was a well—known republican, an admitted ira bomb—maker who was convicted of paramilitary offences in the republic of ireland. and now, four decades after the murders in birmingham, mick hayes has emerged again to admit he was part of the group that bombed the city. was a participant in the ira's activities in birmingham — how clear can i make it? did you plant the bombs? i was a participant in the ira's campaign in england. but you're not answering the question — did you plant the bombs? i'm giving you the only answer i can give you. mick hayes has in the past been questioned and named as a suspect in the bombings, but he's never been charged. even now, he won't say what role he played in the ira attack, but he says he takes "collective responsibility" for it. and i apologise, not only for myse

relatives of the victims have described his apology as "insulting". 0ur ireland correspondent chris buckler. the bombs were left in the heart of birmingham ona the bombs were left in the heart of birmingham on a thursday night. placed inside pubs to cause destruction. explosions that lead to 21 deaths. in the same year, 1974, michael hayes took part in this funeralfor a michael hayes took part in this funeral for a hunger strike in london. he was a well—known republican and admitted ira maker convicted of paramilitary offences in the republic of ireland. and now, four decades after the murders in birmingham, he has emerged again to admit he was part of the group that bombed the city. were complicit in activities in birmingham. did you plant the bombs? i was a participant did it you are not answering the question. he has, in the past, ian questioned and named in the bombings but he has never been charged. even 110w but he has never been charged. even now he will not say what role he played in the ira attack but he says he takes collective responsibility for it. i apologise. not he takes coll

i think that's very important. 0ur ireland correspondent chris buckler is at stormont for us this eveningg without a government? i think that a lot of people will be asking that tonight. there have been months of talks since power—sharing collapsed in january but they have failed to bridge the gaps between the dup and sinn fein. there are many disagreements but at the heart of the dispute is sinn fein‘s demand for legislation that would give official status to the irish language. yesterday the northern ireland secretary in his statement to the house of commons seemed relentlessly upbeat, talking of the possibility of a deal in the coming days. that doesn't seem realistic. even yesterday there were parties here shaking their heads. james brokenshire released a statement tonight saying the government will do everything it can to try to resolve or help resolve the outstanding issues between the parties. however, it feels the deal at westminster between the dup and conservatives has added an extra level of distrust and angst here. that press conference from sinn fein, talking about how theres

chris buckler reports. there's milesy. milesy, come here.tics are things that can't be seen. miles frost shared with his father david a gene responsible for a heart condition that led to his sudden death. for your 31—year—old brother to die, suddenly and unexpectedly, nothing can prepare you for it. and i'll never get over the pain of learning that for the first time. miles loved sport, and he seemed extremely healthy, but he died after going out for a run. his brothers have now set up a fund which, along with the british heart foundation, is paying for people to be tested for an inherited heart condition. miles would have had to adapt his life and stop playing sport, but at least he would be with us. now, that didn't happen, and we can look back and we can complain about that, or we can look forward and make sure it doesn't happen again for other people. three, two, one — go! sports clubs are starting to get to grips with how to deal with the problem. it is impossible to simply spot who might have an inherited condition on the pitch, but th

chris buckler reports from belfast. for months, northern ireland has been without a government.spite long days and nights of negotiations at stormont, every still no deal to restore power sharing and the parties are blaming each other. at this in time it requires sinn fein to change its attitude and its approach to these talks and not demand what it is looking for. sinn fein is demanding that the dup agrees the official status for the irish language and the introduction of same—sex marriage in northern ireland. this is now the only part of the uk where two men or two women cannot get married and at the weekend, there was a large march in the centre of belfast in either of changing the law. we want a quality and rights for everybody and we do have a rights —based society for everyone people ‘s rights, whether you are from the orange or any other tradition is protected under law. 4pm last thursday had been set as the final opportunity for agreement. now today, after all weekend of stalemate, the northern ireland secretary james brokenshire will have to take action. he can call ele

fein failed to reach a deal to restore the power—sharing executive. 0ur ireland correspondent chris bucklerected this afternoon? you will remember that last first day was the final, final deadline for negotiations. the parties are back here, talking again inside stormont castle. none of it seems to be making much difference. we heard from sinn fein a short time ago and they said there hadn't been much progress. i asked about one of the crucial issues in this, the language irish act, they said they hadn't got into the detail of it yet. it gives you an idea of how far apart the dup and sinn fein are. sinn fein went so far as to say there might be no point in continuing the negotiations with the marching season starting and reaching its height and the holiday season starts to approach as well. it makes it very difficult for northern ireland secretary james brokenshire, who has to balance these things up with a limited number of options. you could call fresh elections, he could have direct rule where westminster would ta ke direct rule where westminster would take over the reins for a time. or

chris buckler in belfast. what more has the new taoiseach been saying about this? deal with the irish border is a difficult one and it comes out practicalities. there are around 300 crossing points between the republic and northern ireland. very important for trade and social aspects as well, people moving across to see friends, go to work, all those things. and how you address that is one of the eu's big priorities in the negotiations that are taking place at the moment. this story in the times at suggests the irish government wanted to see checks at ports and airports, that would effectively mean ireland as an island was ta ken would effectively mean ireland as an island was taken as a unit and britain as an island was taken as another. the response to that by unionist in here was immediately angry including the dup who theresa may is of course relying upon their support at westminster. they said it was totally u na cce pta ble support at westminster. they said it was totally unacceptable to have effectively a border down the irish sea and have checks between one

our ireland correspondent, chris buckler is in at a summer scheme in belfast where schools are alreadyeady begun. july and august in northern ireland, those both bands are taking out with summer holidays. that is a long periods for parents to have to pay for the cost of looking after the children. your son and daughter easier, you are lucky because this is one of the council run facilities, though it is only £40, and that is relatively cheap. absolutely, it is really good value. the cats can be active all day. yeah, ithink the cats can be active all day. yeah, i think it is really good. we are very lucky. what would you do if we didn't have this facility? shall kerry is expensive for us board, plus the fact, what do the cats do, do they get out to play and interact with other children, probably not? they set in houses and rims and wait for us to pick them up, so this is great. as you can see, this game is getting quite aggressive. it gives you an idea when we talk to parents that they do have a concern about what they do it for some of the time. this one is forfive what they do it for

let's speak to our ireland correspondent chris buckler. pub bombings were one of the most notorious attacks ever committed in britain during the long yea rs of committed in britain during the long years of the troubles and later one of the most infamous miscarriages of justice with six men known as the birmingham six convicted before they we re birmingham six convicted before they were overturned. another man has now came forward and said he was a part of the ira gang responsible for those explosions in november 1974, explosions that clause 21 deaths. while he has apologised it is likely the relatives will be angry when they hear some of the contents of they hear some of the contents of the interview, in particular that he will not say he's —— he will not say what role he played in those attacks. the bombs were left in the heart of birmingham on a thursday night. placed in pubs to cause destruction and create terro. an evening that saw scores injured and 21 people murdered. now, four decades on, a man has finally admitted he was part of th

a short while ago, our correspondent at stormont chris buckler gave us this update on the negotiationse talking again inside stormont castle. but that it seems to be making much difference. we heard from sinn fein a short time ago and they said there had been much progress. when i asked about one of the crucial issues within all of this, the irish language act, the call to sinn fein full official status within the irish language, they said they hadn't got into the detail within it yet. it gives you an idea of how far apart the dup and sinn fein. they went was far to as there might be no point in continuing these negotiations while the marching season starts its height and the holiday season starts to approach as well. it'll make a difficult for the northern secretary, james brokenshire. he has two during these things up and has a limited number of options. he can call fresh elections, he could have direct rule by westminster will take over the running of northern ireland for a over the running of northern ireland fora time, or over the running of northern ireland for a time, or he coul

lets go to our ireland correspondent, chris buckler, who's at stormont.downbeat assessment of these negotiations, and a new cases of both the dup and sinn fein, they have had very harsh words for the other. today was supposed to be about what happens next, but truthfully, we still do not know what will happen as far as these talks are concerned. and if anything, there is a sense of drift to these negotiations. power-sharing collapsed in january, to these negotiations. power-sharing collapsed injanuary, and six months on, stormont‘s main parties remain deadlocked. deadlines have come and gone, talks have not overcome differences, and sinn fein and the dup continue to blame each other. this hiatus cannot simply continue for much longer. but today, the northern ireland secretary shows another delay over making a decision about what should happen next. with the deadline now passed, i am under duty to set a new date for a new election. and i will continue to keep that duty under review. but it seems unlikely that that would of itself resolve the current politi

his family are trying to help other people find out if they could be affected. 0ur correspondent chris buckler with his father david a gene responsible for a heart condition that led to his sudden death. for your 31—year—old brother to die, suddenly and unexpectedly, nothing can prepare you for it. and i‘ll never get over the pain of learning that for the first time. miles loved sport, and he seemed extremely healthy, but he died after going out for a run. his brothers have now set up a fund which, along with the british heart foundation, is paying for people to be tested for an inherited heart condition. miles would have had to adapt his life and stop playing sport, but at least he would be with us. now, that didn‘t happen, and we can look back and we can complain about that, or we can look forward and make sure it doesn‘t happen again for the people. three, two, one — go! sports clubs are starting to get to grips with how to deal with the problem. it is impossible to simply spot who might have an inherited condition on the pitch, but the gaelic athletic association says being aware of the di

the latest deadline for the negotiations passed on thursday. 0ur correspondent chris buckler reports.g. has there been any progress over the weekend? it does not appear so, anita. the sinn fein president said as early as saturday that he did not expect there to be an agreement by the time james brokenshire expect there to be an agreement by the timejames brokenshire spoke to mps this afternoon. the dup came back and said that sinn fein could not demand a 10—0 win in these negotiations, see you have the two biggest parties here going against each other for the deadlock. mr brokenshire has several options, all of which will require new legislation. he could either call a snap election to the stormont assembly. again, i do not think that is likely, he can impose direct rule from london, the third option, which i think most people involved in this process that expect to happen, is he will find some way of giving the parties more time to negotiate while putting in some arrangement to keep the basic wheels of government in northern ireland turning. 0ne the basic wheels of government in nort

the latest legal deadline for the negotiations passed on thursday. 0ur ireland correspondent chris buckleraming each other. at this minute in time, that requires sinn fein to change its attitude and its approach to these talks, and not demand the sort of 10—0 win that it is looking for. sinn fein is demanding that the dup agrees to official status for the irish language, and the introduction of same—sex marriage in northern ireland. this is now the only part of the uk where two men or two women cannot get married, and at the weekend, there was a large march in the centre of belfast in support of changing the law. we don't want cultural supremecy. we want equality, and a rights—based society for everybody and when you have a rights—based society for everybody, people's rights, whether you're from the orange tradition or any other tradition, is protected in law. 4:00pm last thursday had been set as the final opportunity for agreement. now today, after a weekend of stalemate, the northern ireland secretary, james brokenshire, is going to have to take action. he can call elections, have westmi