we have heard from a representative of the residents association on the chalcot estate. cars to bring people to different places and they will be taught from there, where they will be going. we're waiting on they will be going. we're waiting on the fire brigade to know what is going to happen and as we get the information we will let you know what is going to happen, 0k? are people being forcibly removed? not that i know of. we have gone door—to—door and explain to people what is going on. individuals are not being forced to leave, they are being told to leave, for the road safety and it is opted in to the decision. camden council will provide accommodation for people. where, i don't know, but they are doing their best. with this information made available in the last year was, why are they doing this on a friday? we only found out a few hours ago. yesterday morning, when we found out that the cladding was not up to standard, we let everyone know straightaway. the fire service was letting everyone know, straightaway. we only just service was letting everyone know, straig

our correspondent keith doyle is at the chalcots estate. there has been anger and confusion amongst the thousands of residents here at the chalcots estate. they got knocked on the doors and throughout the night telling them to leave, that their homes are on say. why were we all ordered to evacuate at half past eight at night? after a night of disruption and little sleep, residents came face—to—face with the leader of camden council. sleep, residents came face—to—face with the leader of camden councilli am so with the leader of camden councilli am so absolutely stressed. why was hotels not looked at before we were all evacuated? i hotels not looked at before we were all evacuated ? i have hotels not looked at before we were all evacuated? i have sat on a chair over here since nine o'clock last night, i over here since nine o'clock last night, lam over here since nine o'clock last night, i am 72 years old. i suffer with emphysema. now i am being told they cannot rehouse me because i have a dog! what do they want me to do with my dog, put it t

if we look more closely at the chalcot estate, there are five blocks there.blocks — which are home to over 700 flats and thousands of people — are on the chalcots estate in the borough of camden in north london. residents living in the taplow, burnham, bray and dorney towers were evacuated following an order issued by camden council after the fire service said the safety of residents in the blocks could not be guaranteed. people in 83 flats refused to leave their homes and are still inside. effo rts efforts are continuing to persuade them to leave. the four buildings are clad in similar material to that used at grenfell tower in west london, where at least 79 people died in a fire last week. and this morning, the government revealed that the cladding on 27 high—rise blocks in 15 local authority areas have now failed fire safety tests carried out in the aftermath of the grenfell tower disaster. earlier i spoke to the leader of camden council georgia gould and asked her how many residents had refused to leave the tower blocks. and put to her concerns about resi

with me now is a resident from one of the flats and the chalcot estate.rough what has happened to your mum and stepdad since yesterday evening, early evening. i would see between four o'clock in five o'clock yesterday evening everything was fine. we would be issued with fire blankets. we thought no more of it. got on with her evening. then we are sitting down watching the tv last night, the news broke on my phone that there was an evacuation of a block. put on the news and the television, and it was a waiting game. one block, then it was verified which one it was. which one do you live in? we live in bray. later on in the evening it said all five fire blocks would be evacuated. they said there was nothing going on here, when i spoke to the fire service. so all your information was coming from news reports? no one was coming from news reports? no one was coming to my front door. when did someone come coming to my front door. when did someone come to coming to my front door. when did someone come to your coming to my front door. when did someone come to you

four buildings on the chalcots estate near swiss cottage were evacuated last night by authorities forgent fire safety works". i identified a number of issues around the installation, around gas pipes going into flats, ran fire doors and the message to me was the combination of the flammable external cladding and these issues inside the block meant the building was not safe. we are making sure the authority has the ability to do what is necessary to ensure people have somewhere to stay and that the work is done so those tower blocks will become safe for them to return to in the future. some residents spent the night in hotels or on airbeds in a leisure centre. around 80 households have refused to leave. you have to leave, pack a bag, i said, that how long, they said a couple of days. i said what if we don't leave and they said we will have the police around to forcibly remove you from your flat. and also in the next hour on bbc news — iraq's prime minister says mosul will be liberated from so called islamic state within days. around 400 is fighters are surrounded in the centre of the c

four buildings on the chalcot estate near swiss cottage in london were evacuated last night by authoritiesire safety works". they identified a number of issues in the blocks around the insulation, around gas pipes going into flats, around gas pipes going into flats, around fire doors and the message to me was the combination of the external cladding and the issues inside the blog meant the building wasn't so. some residents spent the night in hotels or on air beds in the leisure centre. around 80 households have refused to leave. the general word is to get out and evacuate and until circumstances change are intent on staying put. glastonbury‘s latest headline has arrived, jeremy corbyn is set to ta ke arrived, jeremy corbyn is set to take the main later today. now it's time for the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, ade adepitan, coming to you this week from ghana. and it's the perfect place to kick back, relax and look at some of our favourite stories from the programme over the last couple of months. and if you tune in regularly, then you might remember that it wa

some spoke of panic and confusion as they were ordered to leave the chalcots estate yesterday, when thel decided it was too the tower blocks seemed to offer a safe home for thousands of people for many years, until last night. why was we all ordered to be evacuated at 8:30 pm. 7 why was we all ordered to be evacuated at 8:30 p.m.? tempers why was we all ordered to be evacuated at 8:30 p.m. ? tempers were running high today. the leader of camden council took the brunt of the frustration from people evacuated overnight. i'm being told they can't rehouse me because i've got a dog. hotel place was found for this woman and her dog, that there are thousands of others, people and pets, facing weeks of uncertainty. the gas pipes are hidden behind that sort of metal doorway, so you can't have access to them, so i'm not sure what the issue really is. the fire exits, they all seem in place, but that was one of the other issues, the reasons we were given for making us the reasons we were given for making us evacuate. peter bertram, who is 94, had to leave the flat he has had for almost 50 years. i

some spoke of panic and confusion as they were ordered to leave the chalcots estate when the councilent, richard lister, has spent the day with residents. the chalcots estate tower blocks seemed to offer a safe home to thousands of people for many years, until last night. why was we all ordered to be evacuated at 8:30pm at night? tempers were running high today. the leader of camden council took the brunt of the frustration from people evacuated overnight. i'm being told they can't rehouse me because i got a dog. a hotel place was found for this woman, and her dog, but there are thousands of others, people and pets, facing weeks of uncertainty. the four blocks affected have cladding similar to that on grenfell tower, but the residents were told other issues like gas pipes made the buildings unsafe. 0ur gas pipes are hidden behind this old metal doorway so we can't have access to them, so i'm not sure what the issue really is. fire exits, they all seem in place, the doors are there. but that's one of the other issues 01’ reasons we were given for making us evacuate. peter bertram, who

four buildings on the chalcot estate near swiss cottage in london were evacuated last night by authoritiesgent fire safety works". they identified a number of issues in the blocks around gas pipes going into flats, around fire doors and the message to me was the combination of the flammable external cladding and the issues inside the block meant the building was not safe. some residents spent the night in hotels or on airbeds in a leisure centre. around 80 households have refused to leave. the general advice is to get out and evacuate but until circumstances change my intend to stay put. glastonbury‘s latest headliner arrives at the festival — jeremy corbyn is set to take the main stage later today. now on bbc news. click. this week... driving arizona. teaching tanzania. and clowning in california. la la la los angeles. a city of many sights. there's the movies. the beaches. the high life. and in between each of them... a lot of this. with hardly any rail alternative, the traffic here drives the locals to distraction. it's led some of the bigger thinkers to suggest radical alternatives. el

some spoke of panic and confusion as they were ordered to leave the chalcots estate yesterday, when thester, has spent the day at the chalcots estate. why was we all ordered to be evacuated at 8.30 at night? tempers were running high today, the leader of camden council took the brunt of the frustration from people evacuated overnight. i am being told they can‘t rehouse me because i‘ve got a dog. a hotel place was found for this woman and her dog, but there are thousands of others, people and pets, facing weeks of uncertainty. the cladding at four of these blocks is similar to that on grenfell tower, but it was issues with gas pipes and fire doors that made the fire service demand an evacuation. 0ur gas pates are hidden behind a metal doorway, so we do not have access to them, so i do not know what the issue is. the fire exits are in place, but that was another of the issues that was given for as being evacuated. peter bertram, who is 94, had to leave the flat he has had for almost 50 years. i felt sorry for people who are a lot worse than me, especially with children. theyjust have to c

duncan is in north london at the chalcots estate for us tonight.s estate for us tonight. were camden ct north questions were camden council in north london over testing and whether or not they can force people to leave over safety fears. indeed, these are issues for councils across england. yeah, lots of confusion here and elsewhere over this issue of accommodation and over the issue of accommodation and over the issue of testing. as far as the accommodation is concerned, we still have 200 people in 120 flats refusing to move out. they say the alternative is simply aren't good enough. they don't want to go into leisure centres like this. the council say they have to go, otherwise this remedial work cannot ta ke otherwise this remedial work cannot take place, although it is still not clear what legal powers the council have had to move these people. as far as the testing is concerned, 60 buildings have now failed this cladding test across 25 local authorities. but you will remember, at the start of this crisis, the government was talking about 600 b

four buildings on the chalcot estate near swiss cottage in london were evacuated last night by authoritiesor "urgent fire safety works". and defied a number of issues in the installation, around gas pipes in flats, around fire doors, and the message to me was that the combination of the flammable external cladding and the issues inside the block meant the building was not safe. some residents spent the night in hotels or on airbeds in a leisure centre. around 80 households have refused to leave. you have to leave, pack a bag, i said, for how long? they said just a couple of days. i said what if we don't leave? and they said, well, we will have the police ran to forcibly re move will have the police ran to forcibly remove you. jeremy corbyn arrives at the glastonbury festival. much more on those stories at the pop of the hour. now on bbc news, talking books. hello and welcome to talking books at the hay festival. founded in 1987 around a kitchen table in wales, hay has been bringing readers, writers and thinkers together for 30 years, and it has evolved into a global celebration of literatu

the evacuation on the chalcots estate began late night.hing, this is a knee—jerk reaction from them but it is pandemonium.

camden council in north london is removing external cladding from five tower blocks on the chalcots estatemeet the standard commissioned by the authority. catherine dave is the latest. after days of speculation, the residency in camden have finally had it confirmed that they are one of a handful of blocks which actually have the same cladding as in g re nfell tower. have the same cladding as in grenfell tower. it has the same polyethylene corner but it does have slightly different insulation properties which means that it does have some fire resistance. nevertheless, the council here says it is taking matters very seriously indeed. it says it will remove cladding from five of its box and in the meantime, it is going to have 20 47 fire patrols, will patrol corridors to make sure that nothing flammable is left lying about and is carrying out tests on white goods in the properties. let's start now to one of the residents. ron, just tell me, how do you feel as somebody living in this blog now you know what you do about the cladding? you feel uncomfortable. from a leaseholder point of view, the

the evacuation on the chalcots estate began late night. some residents spent the night in hotels or on airbeds in a leisure centre. other refused to leave. i intend to stay put. i intend to return tonight. the council need to be seen to be doing something, this is a knee—jerk reaction from them but it is pandemonium. ten days since the disaster, at least 14 states in nine areas of england are now known to have cladding that has prompted safety concerns. “— cladding that has prompted safety concerns. "14 cladding that has prompted safety concerns. —— 14 states. cladding that has prompted safety concerns. "14 states. —— cladding that has prompted safety concerns. —— 14 states. —— estates. good morning, it's saturday 24th june. also ahead — the leader of the commons, andrea leadsom, tells broadcasters they should be more "patriotic" in their coverage of brexit talks. in sport, can the lions roar in auckland? they face the mighty all blacks in the first test at eden park — where new zealand are unbeaten for 23 years. # i wish i was special. #

georgia gould is the council leader in camden and said there are still residents on the chalcots estateple knocking on those doors, talking to people about the safety risks. but we've also dispatched social workers to have individual conversations with those families, with those individuals, about what will help them to move out. i've been talking to many of those people overnight, and some of them do want to leave, but they don't want to come and spend a night here, which of course i completely understand. so what we want to do is get those people directly into appropriate accommodation. you know, there are some specific issues, some people with agoraphobia, particular medication. they want to be sure they've got the right accommodation. so after i've spoken and given this update, i'm going myself back to the blocks, to knock on doors and have those conversations. you're talking about persuasion, but if people are stubborn and say they will not leave, they don't think they want to leave, are you going to force them out? so we're really clear that those buildings are not safe. and that'

five residential blocks on the chalcot estate in camden are being evacuated after tests showed that claddingr to that used on the grenfell tower. sonia jessup is on the estate now. what has been happening there tonight? this is ashley the taplow block. behind me, it looks quiet, but we have seen a steady stream of people through those doors, carrying a few belongings that they could take with them. we've had some people in yellow security jackets directing them, and fire safety warding stalking to them. we have seen young children carrying pillows. —— fire safety wardens, talking to them. and we have seen one lady trailing a small baby. many people i've spoken to said that they were frustrating —— they were frustrated with the way this had been carried out, that there had been a lot of confusion, some people said they heard on the news that they should be leaving and some said they did not want to leave. council officials are knocking on doors in taplow telling people to evacuate. it is not clear where people are meant to go or for how long. there's a meeting at the sports centre, so i'm goi

let's talk to our correspondent helena lee, whose north london for is that the chalcots estate.uge operation to be undertaking at this time of night. we can see council officials behind you. what's the latest happening there? that's right. a mass evacuation here this evening. we are outside the taplow tower block, one of the tower blocks —— five tower blocks on the chalcots estate in camden, which are evacuating all of their residence this evening. we understand there are 400 households affected by this, and 4000 people who are having to leave their homes the night. the evacuation began just after 8pm this evening. we saw council members go into this tower block and the other four tower blocks, and they went in and they told residents that they had to prepare for evacuation and ta ke had to prepare for evacuation and take their essentials. wheeler were last night there was a meeting between council members and also residents from this block, who were very concerned, because we know the cladding is similar to that used at the grenfell tower, and today, fire chiefs have carried ou

a short time ago we heard from tulip siddique the local mp for the chalcots estate. a call from camden council about an hour ago to say last night we had a meeting, with everybody medevac, in which residents raised certain concerns. it was not about the cladding, to clarify, but about these they are worried about. —— with everybody present. she said she was going to do a joint approach to assess how safe the building was in light of the assessment that was done, they decide it was not safe people to be there. what i will tell you is that local authorities would not make a —— this decision lightly. they are providing hotels and asking people if they want to live with friends orfamily people if they want to live with friends or family temporarily, or whether they want to go to hotels. we area whether they want to go to hotels. we are a close—knit community with extended family run. some families i spoke to say that they are taking the offer of a hotel, others staying with friends. we understand it is destructive. but safety comes first and if it is not safe, people nee

11 blocks in eight areas in england have come back as combustible so far, including here, on the chalcote in camden, just a few miles from the grenfell tragedy. you can see the smoke from grenfell tower. that's from your window here? just scared, really, scared. every night i'm awake, just thinking about it. i haven't stopped talking about it. none of the residents have stopped talking about it since that day. these tower blocks are different to grenfell, in that they have noncombustible mineral fibre insulation behind the cladding. nevertheless, as of now, fire wardens will patrol 2a hours a day, until every panel has been removed. the council claiming they were misled about the fire resistance of cladding. we never felt the need to take off these panels, take them to an independent testing centre to watch them burn. we thought we were dealing with reputable companies and we feel let down and our tenants feel let down. my absolute priority is to make sure that our tenants feel safe. this test, put on for council officials and fire chiefs by one company a few years ago, shows the differe

buildings in barnet, one in brent, five in camden, where we have of course been hearing from on the chalcotschester, one in doncaster, one in norwich, three in plymouth and we heard about those a few days ago, two in portsmouth, three in stockton on tees and i believe one of those is in billingham because i was speaking to a resident there on bbc radio yesterday. five of them are in sunderland. so that is 60 buildings across 25 local authority areas in england. one of the problems that camden council is having at the moment is it says it needs complete access to the building in order to be able to speedily complete the urgent renovation works and corrections needed after the fire service they're told them the buildings on the chalcots estate are not safe for people to live in. it is not just not safe for people to live in. it is notjust cladding in that case, but also some of the other internal things, for example where the gas pipes run. however, a number of the people living there are refusing to get out. they say they will not leave. georgia gould is the labour leader of camden council. s

four buildings on the chalcots estate near swiss cottage in london were evacuated last night by authoritiesor urgent fire safety works. some residents spent the night in hotels or on airbeds in a leisure centre. around 80 households have refused to leave. the general advice is to get outm evacuate, but until circumstances change, i intend to stay put. final battle for mosul. iraqi forces say they will defeat besieged ices forces within days. on meet the author, my guest is bestselling crime writer martina cole. we will talk- her bestselling crime writer martina cole. we will talk| 25 . her bestselling crime writer martina cole. we will talk| 25 years novel the betrayal 25 years after herfirst, novel the betrayal 25 years after her first, dangerous lady. hello and welcome to the papers. with me are martin lipton, who's deputy head of sport at the sun, we start with tomorrow's front pages. the observer leads with fire safety in schools, saying proposals to relax standards are to be dropped by ministers. prince harry dominates the front page of the mail of sunday, saying he considered quitting

camden council in north london is removing external cladding from five tower blocks on the chalcots estate. it said the panels were not of the standard it had commissioned. bbc london's karl mercer reports. all of this cladding will come down soon. so far, just a few panels on the estate in camden have been sent away for testing. the results have prompted the council to get rid of them all. this estate was refurbished a decade ago. it has now emerged that the cladding contains similar chemicals to those in the cladding at grenfell tower.l similar chemicals to those in the cladding at grenfell tower. a lot of residents are a bit worried about it. a lot of sprinklers and fire alarms which we don't have enough. one step is to come down, no fire alarms, no sprinklers. people are calling for fire extinction is as well. locals were sent a letter this morning explaining what is happening. one thing we are always asked about his fire safety. fire safety, fire safety and fire safety. we asked for fire alarms, we asked for sprinklers, we asked for all those things to actually have really active fire

here, four buildings on the chalcot estate near swiss cottage were evacuated last night by authorities issues and the blocks. around installation, pipes going into flats. the combination of the flammable external cladding and the issues inside the block, meant the issue wasn't —— the building was not say. they need to do

camden council evacuated four tower blocks at short notice. 0ur correspondent keith doyle is at the chalcots

the mass evacuation on the chalcots estate has been taking place ten days since the grenfell tower disasters or on airbeds in a leisure centre. i intend to stay put. i intend to return tonight. the

four buildings on the chalcot estate near swiss cottage in london were evacuated last night by authorities "urgent fire safety works". they identified a number of issues in the blocks around gas pipes going into flats, around fire doors and the message to me was the combination of the flammable external cladding and the issues inside the block meant the building was not safe. some residents spent the night in hotels or on airbeds in a leisure centre. around 80 households have refused to leave. the general advice is to get out and evacuate but until circumstances change my intend to stay put. now it is dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london at the end of a week in which one leader held on against the odds whilst another found himself out of a job. the unlucky one was saudi arabia's crown prince, replaced by a relative half his age, an encouraging sign for those hoping for reform. britain's prime minister theresa may, though, made it to the brussels summit of european leaders, defying predictions she would quickly be deposed after her election humiliation. it was the week wher

camden council told people in five towers on the chalcots estate to move after the fire service said safety could not be guaranteed. 650 properties have been evacuated. 83 people refused to leave. 0ne tower cleared as safe. here is nick quraishi with the details. "we cannot guarantee your safety." the message from camden council as 4000 residents were told to leave their homes late on friday night. individuals are not being forced to leave, they are being told to leave for their own safety and it's up to them to decide. i intend to stay put and go back in there tonight. i think it is a knee—jerk reaction from the council. in the aftermath of grenfell tower, cladding here had been ruled unsafe. concerns have also been raised about fire doors and gas pipes. any area which was not completely to the best standards was a deep concern given the combination and that was the message from the fire services today. the issue is a combination of the two factors that is why we have taken the action we have taken tonight. at the leisure centre, air beds was assembled to cater for up to 100 residen

half an hour we'll be checking in with one of the residents refusing to leave their home on the chalcots the parliamentary computer system appears to have been contained according to government sources. officials at the houses of parliament said there had been a determined attempt by hackers to identify weak passwords for e—mail accounts used by mps, peers and their staff. conservative mp andrew bridgen has raised concerns that it could leave people open to blackmail. the national cyber security centre is now investigating what happened. yemen is now facing the worst cholera outbreak in the world according to the world health organization and the un children's agency. there have been more than 200,000 suspected cases and 1,300 deaths. the outbreak has spread because of the collapse of the health system during the civil war the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has urged theresa may to set up a cross—party commission to advise her on brexit. writing in the mail on sunday, he says such a commission could hold the ring for the differences to be fought out and draw much of the poison f

four buildings on the chalcot estate near swiss cottage in london were evacuated last night by authorities "urgent fire safety works". they identified a number of issues around installation, or gas pipes going into flats, or on fire doors. the message to me was that the combination of the flammable external cladding and these issues inside the block meant that the building was not safe. some residents spent the night in hotels or on airbeds in a leisure centre. around 80 households have refused to leave. general advice is to get out and evacuate, but until circumstances change i intend staying put. a cyber attack at westminster — the house of commons authorities say they‘ re investigating attempts to hack mps‘ and peers‘ email accounts. the huge rescue operation is taking place in south—west china close to tibet. more than 100 people are feared to have been buried by a landslide. now on bbc news — sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me katherine downes, and tim hague. the headlines this evening: a pummelling for the pride — the all blacks show the lions why they're the best team

refurbishment of grenfell tower, and now bbc london can reveal details of similar disagreements over how the chalcotsdamian johnson. ahead on the programme... the british and irish lions are told they need to man up to beat the all blacks in the second test and keep the series alive. andy murray insists he's fit to defend his wimbledon title next week despite limping through his practice session today. and live cricket returns to bbc television for the first time in two decades, as the sport seeks to connect with a younger audience. british and irish lions coach warren gatland has been criticised over his selections, for the second test against new zealand on saturday. to the lions will lose the series if they fail to beat the all blacks. victory would take them to the final test in auckland next weekend. 0ur correspondent is in wellington looking ahead to the big showdown. the all—importa nt second test is just a day away, and the all blacks captain seems pretty relaxed about it. most teams would shut themselves away with such a big game on the horizon, but not new zealand. i think it's a good balan

thank you for the moment, chalco at the chalcot estate, were 800 households are being evacuated tonighton, sadiq khan, on what is happening in camden tonight. moron that on bbc news later. and now the weather with ben. good evening. after the very hot weather we had earlier this week, things have gone back to something you might call normal. normal means quite mixed, as you probably know about the british summer. it means some cloud, some sunshine. the best sunshine was found in southern and northern parts of the country. in between we had an area of cloud, a weather front which has developed this wave, which means instead of moving through quickly and cleanly, it is dragging its heels. across england and wales tonight, as the weather front slide south and east, it will be cloudy with splashes of rain, patchy rain into northern ireland. scotland will see clear spells and showers and temperatures dropping to between 9-17dc. temperatures dropping to between 9—17dc. entered a beacon, mixed weather, sunshine and showers. quite breezy and windy across parts of the north. and it will be fairl

the blocks, which were evacuated last night, are on the chalcots estate in camden and contain more 700sidents living in the taplow, burnham, bray and dorney towers were evacuated after the fire service said the safety of residents in the blocks could not be guaranteed. people in 83 flats refused to leave their homes and are still inside. the prime minister says the government is helping the council do what is necessary to ensure those evacuated have somewhere to stay. 0ur correspondent keith doyle has this report. why were we all ordered to be evacuated at half past eight at night? after a night of destruction and little sleep, residents came face—to—face with the leader of camden council. —— night of disruption. i am so absolutely stressed. why were hotels not looked at before we were all evacuated ? i've sat in a chair over here since nine o'clock last night. i'm 72 years old. i suffer with emphysema. now i'm being told they can't rehouse me because i've got a dog. what do they want me to do with my dog? put it to sleep? last night the council took the decision based on fire service

here, four buildings on the chalcot estate near swiss cottage were evacuated last night by authoritiesnd the installation, around gas pipes going into flats, around fire doors and the message to me was that the combination of flammable external cladding and the issues inside the block meant the building was not safe. they

some spoke of panic and confusion as they were ordered to leave the chalcots estate when the council richard lister, has spent the day with residents. it seemed to offer a safe haven to many until last night. why was we all ordered to be evacuated at 8.30 at night? tempers were running high today, the leader of camden council took the brunt of the frustration from people evacuated overnight. i'm being told they can't rehouse me because i've got a dog. a hotel place was found for this woman, and her dog, but there are thousands of others, people and pets, facing weeks of uncertainty. the four blocks affected have cladding similar to that of grenfell tower. but it was issues with gas pipes and fire doors that made the fire service demand an evacuation. they said there was nothing that we could do to guarantee that was one of the issues or reasons, the fire experts. peter bertram, who is 94, had to leave the flat he has had for almost 50 years. i felt sorry for people who are a lot worse than me, especially with children. they have to carry on. but there are at least 80 flats where resi

camden council says residents in flat in five towers and the chalcots estate will be moved for urgentafety work. it follows the fire in last week in which 79 people died. the last few minutes, we have heard from georgia gould, leader of camden council. she explained why the decision has been made. ever since the tragic fire at grenfell, we have done everything we can to check the safety of our blog. on wednesday we were first in the queue to check the cladding on our blocks. what we found was the installation was safe but the external cladding was not up to the standard that we wanted and was not fire retardant. obviously this was very disappointed and we share that disappointment with our residents. we've had a public meeting on thursday with residents were they concerned about fire safety that i hadn't been aware of. i immediately asked council staff and fire services to be in those blocks making the text. they said they could —— they said they could not confirm safety. i have made the difficult decision to move residents into temporary accommodation while we we re temporary accommo

four buildings on the chalcots estate near swiss cottage in london were evacuated last night by authoritiesfety works". some residents spent the night in hotels or on air beds in a leisure centre. around 80 households have refused to leave. a cyber attack at westminster — the house of commons authorities say they‘ re investigating attempts to hack mps' and peers' email accounts. now on bbc news. talking books — at the hay festival. hello and welcome to talking books at the hay festival. founded in 1987 around a kitchen table in wales, hay has been bringing readers, writers and thinkers together for 30 years, and it has evolved into a global celebration of literature, culture and science. today, i am delighted to be talking to sebastian barry, who is the only novelist to win the costa book of the year award twice. he's one of ireland's finest writers, and his fiction is often rooted in stories passed down through his own family. his latest novel, days without end, is set in america in the mid 19th century. applause. i am delighted to be here today to talk to sebastian barry, who to be honest

11 blocks in eight areas in england have come back as combustible so far, including here, on the chalcotden, just a few miles from the grenfell tragedy. you can see the smoke from grenfell tower. that's from your window here. just scared, really, scared. every night i'm awake, just thinking about it. i haven't stopped talking about it. none of the residents have stopped talking about it since that day. these tower blocks are different to grenfell, in that they have noncombustible mineral fibre insulation behind the cladding. nevertheless, as of now, fire wardens will patrol 2a hours a day, until every panel has been removed. the council claiming they were misled about the fire resistance of cladding. we never felt the need to take off these panels, take them to an independent testing centre to watch them burn. we thought we were dealing with reputable companies and we feel let down and our tenants feel let down. my absolute priority is to make sure that our tenants feel safe. this test, put on for council officials and fire chiefs by one company a few years ago, shows the difference betw

concerns. 0ur correspondent tom burridge has been meeting some of the people still living in the chalcots nearly a week ago. michelle's family are facing a difficult dilemma. they've been told to leave theirflat in north london. because their tower block has suspect cladding and after the fire at grenfell, failed an inspection by the london fire brigade. but camden council has still not found michelle suitable alternative accommodation and so she has reluctantly been sleeping in her flat. i don't want to stay in that flat. i mean, last night, my husband refused to stay in it. i stayed in there with my daughter. and at two o'clock i woke up having a panic attack because i heard a bang. ithought, i know they're starting works. ijust don't understand it. there are people still here trying to find somewhere to stay. i can't tell you the emotional impact it's having on everyone, including myself. i've never been in this terrible state like this before. panic attacks and everything. it's just so awful. michelle, like others we met, doesn't blame the council. it says it is doing all it can to re

four buildings on the chalcot estate near swiss cottage in london were evacuated last night by authorities at westminster — the house of commons authorities say they‘ re investigating attempts to hack mps' and peers' email accounts. today is armed forces day. more than 300 events are taking place across the country to celebrate the work of our armed forces. the defence secretary, michael fallon, has been explaining the importance of the events. they are doing more and more to keep a safe around the world. there are some 10,000 servicemen and women who are working for us around the globe on operations, and in our bases. they have been helping to deal with daesh terrorism, helping to rescue migrants in the mediterranean, the on nato deployments, been peacekeeping in south sudan, all of that keeps us safer here at home. they are out of our sight but they should never be out of mind. and it is very important that we continue to thank them everyday, every year, on armed forces day. the main event has been taking place in liverpool, where a parade and raf fly—past have marked armed forces day. 0

camden council in north london is removing external cladding from five tower blocks on the chalcots estateing will come down soon. all of this cladding will come down soon. so far, just a few panels on the estate in camden have been sent away for testing. the results have prompted the council to get rid of them all. this estate was refurbished a decade ago. it has now emerged that the cladding contains similar chemicals to those in the cladding at grenfell tower.l similar chemicals to those in the cladding at grenfell tower. a lot of residents are a bit worried about it. a lot of sprinklers and fire alarms which we don't have enough. 0ne alarms which we don't have enough. one step is to come down, no fire alarms, no sprinklers. people are calling for fire extinction is as well. locals were sent a letter this morning explaining what is

our correspondent tom burridge has been meeting some of the people who are still living in the chalcotsrflat in north london. because their tower block has suspect cladding and after the fire at grenfell, failed an inspection by the london fire brigade. but camden council has still not found michelle suitable alternative accommodation and so she has reluctantly been sleeping in her flat. i don't want to stay in that flat. i mean, last night, my husband refused to stay in it. i stayed in there with my daughter. and at two o'clock i woke up having a panic attack because i heard a bang. ithought, i know they're starting works. ijust don't understand it. there are people still here trying to find somewhere to stay. i can't tell you the emotional impact it's having on everyone, including myself. i've never been in this terrible state like this before. panic attacks and everything. it's just so awful. michelle, like others we met, doesn't blame the council. it says it is doing all it can to rehouse the most vulnerable people first in appropriate accommodation as close to here as possible. but

camden council told people in five towers on the chalcots estate to move after the fire service said neighbours. it is perhaps an overreaction, a knee jerk by the council. some people suggesting an overreaction, others are saying it was appropriate. we will get details from the leader of camden council, asking questions about why that decision was taken. the leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom has said it would be helpful if broadcasters "were willing to be a bit patriotic" with regards to brexit. she made the comment while being questioned by newsnight‘s emily maitliss about the uk‘s position in talks with the eu. we had various different eu politicians, the elected politicians saying it was a good start. of course it is very early days. it has been a year... it would be helpful... it would be helpful if broadcasters would be patriotic. the country made a decision... unpatriotic? are you accusing me of being unpatriotic for questioning how negotiations are going? we all need to pull together as a country. we made a decision one year ago today to leave the european union.

safety concerns. 0ur correspondent has been meeting some of the people who are still living on the chalcotso leave nearly a week ago. michelle's family are facing a difficult dilemma. they've been told to leave theirflat in north london. because their tower block has suspect cladding and, after the fire at grenfell, failed an inspection by the london fire brigade. but camden council has still not found michelle suitable alternative accommodation and so she has reluctantly been sleeping in her flat. i don't want to stay in that flat. i mean, last night, my husband refused to stay in it. i stayed in there with my daughter. and at two o'clock i woke up having a panic attack because i heard a bang. ithought, i know they're starting works. ijust don't understand it. there are people still here trying to find somewhere to stay. i can't tell you the emotional impact it's having on everyone, including myself. i've never been in this terrible state like this before. panic attacks and everything. it's just so awful. michelle, like others we met, doesn't blame the council. it says it is doing all it c

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