council's senior leaders.o keep order, to remain here and await a further response from the council, but it is clear they are not happy with a written response that was handed to the organisers of this protest about ten or 15 minutes ago. that was read to the crowd who listened quietly but a great number of people are not happy with that response. this is built on a frustration that has grown since that fire happened about the way the council communicates with people and thatis council communicates with people and that is not just council communicates with people and that is notjust in the aftermath of this disaster. there are obviously wider issues about the relationship that this council has with some of the people in some of its communities. they feel that they have been let down very badly and that they are not properly represented by those in authority in this borough. we were looking at pictures from inside. taken a few moments ago. there were clearly police there trying to get people to move back out. r

we have had no response from the leader of the council orfrom response from the leader of the councilrrower or cheese —— chief executive ‘s of this council. we would like commitments on what the council is going to do for the victims of this borough and for the victims of this borough and for all the victims. they have said that there is a emergency accommodation available. there will be temporary accommodation available and people will be re—homed within the borough or as close to. is that not good enough? the people are demanding that they be relocated within the borough. the council is not willing to make that promise to say that people will be relocated within the borough. the phrase that the council is using is that they will do what they can to relocate people as close as possible and they are not help —— happy with that.“ this all about broader issues of inequality that people feel. absolutely. we are in the richest borough in the uk. within this very borough in the uk. within this very borough we have some of the very poorest people and the safety measures are totally inadequa

that council meeting last night, the council meeting last night, the council tried to exclude the press advice. those lobby journalists he said, on legal advice. those lobbyjournalists reporting on politics, downing street could have thrown him a lifeline and they didn't. thrown him a lifeline and they didn‘t. sajid thrown him a lifeline and they didn't. sajid javid has said, it is clearly a personal matter of the leader of the council to step down but given local people had lost confidence in him, it is right that he step aside. the government at every level saying it is right that he goes. the question is, what else happens next? the mayor of london sadiq khan is suggesting the whole administration should be pushed aside until the local elections next year and unelected commissioners should take over because they are not up to responding to the scale of the crisis. andrew gwynne has recently endorsed but call from sadiq khan, welcoming the resignation of nicholas paget—brown but also saying they should be a full review of what has happened in kensington and chelsea with a view to brin

we will find out that there are other councils facing the same criticisms, so councils facing the same criticisms, so it will go on. we don't want to balance safety problems with widespread panic. this particular appliance has a plastic backing to it. that is correct. not a huge amount of detail in the front page but it seems to be saying that this specific appliance when manufactured in the us has a metal back and in the uk, it has a plastic back that can go up the uk, it has a plastic back that can go up in 90 seconds whereas the metal one stops are far from happening. this is a slightly ignored issue that we have had some concerns about white goods. there was a series of tumble drier fires in london that were raised in parliament. there has been some concern around white goods and fires. that will come into sharp focus because of what happened at grenfell. this conversation around cladding we were not having a couple of weeks ago has become a major issue of national importance. the telegraph looking at the risk to hospitals, feared to be at risk, public buildings will have to be tes

and the head of the local council at kensington and chelsea council said he was going nowhere.claims that the authority had failed local people here. we are told he is giving an interview in the next half an hour or so interview in the next half an hour orso and we interview in the next half an hour or so and we will see if his position remains the same. certainly, overnight, increased anger here with the revelation that the council saved some £300,000 by choosing a cheaper cladding when the refurbishments work to play there, and for many people here that is simply not acceptable. —— the refurbishment work took place here. the families of grenfell tower have long believed they were not valued. poor people living in a rich borough. now they say their suspicions have been confirmed, with the revelation the cladding used for the refurbishment of the block was changed to a cheaper version. this is like a coffin in the sky, and these children are deeply traumatised, and... the news has enraged those fighting for justice for grenfell. it is just further evidence of how little value t

last week, his council offices were invaded. last night he couldn't even hold a council meeting.was the last straw. in particular my decision to accept legal advice but i should not compromise the public enquiry by having an open discussion in public yesterday, has itself become a political story. it cannot be right that this should have become the focus of attention, when so many are dead or still unaccounted for. his housing chief has also gone. investigations by the bbc and the times newspaper into decisions made when the council refurbished g re nfell tower when the council refurbished grenfell tower added to the pressure. the big change, the addition of aluminium cladding to improve the look of the building. we've been investigating that refurbishment and whether it played a part in the tragedy. this development in north london includes cladding made, not from aluminium, but zink. documents passed to the bbc revealed that the think panels we re bbc revealed that the think panels were originally proposed for grenfell. the architects designs show this clearly, residents were t

issues, of council estates which are rundown, council estates which are rundown, council is working voices of tenants not been hurt. and the way that we ensure secure, safe, decent housing for everybody is, we invest in public housing. katya naseem from the radical housing network, thank you very much for talking to us. let's hear again what the leader of camden council has been planning to do for these residents. she has been speaking in the last few minutes. ever since the tragic fire at grenfell tower we have been doing everything we can to check the safety of our blocks. in wednesday we were first in a queue to check the safety of our blocks. we found that whilst the installation were safely external cladding was not up to the standard we wanted, was not fire retardant. this was very disappointing. we shared that news with residents. 0n thursday we had a meeting with local residents were they shared a number of concerns about fire safety that i had not been aware of. i immediately asked the fire ‘s service and council staff to be in those blocks, making checks. at the end of tha

is it your association with the council? isita your association with the council?not easy. i have been on lots of bbc television and radio programmes talking about the transport and airports and god knows what. and i come across brimful of confidence. this is not easy, no. and i do feel a sense of shame. and i do feel that we need to communicate that to people. and the people who have suffered. and the relatives and the other residents of the area. and until we do that, there is no real engagement with the community. and thatis engagement with the community. and that is absolutely vital, especially if you are now over the next week so, going to take that responsibility for delivering the aid and support that they need. responsibility for delivering the aid and support that they needlj responsibility for delivering the aid and support that they need. i am most grateful for you coming aid and support that they need. i am most gratefulfor you coming in. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour. but firs

kensington and chelsea 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

council and successive governments.he community that they have been treated badly because some of them are poor, some of them may have come from deprived backgrounds, some are refugees. there is a feeling that the council does not understand their concerns and do not care and to those who think rules, regulations, health and safety, investment are a bad thing, i say come to grenfell tower, come and meet the wonderful people i have met and those who have lost their lives. it was an accident that did need —— did not need to happen and is a consequence of neglect from petitions and the government. can i thank the church for the amazing work they have been doing, many in the congregation including the vicar and others have hardly slept from 3am on the night of the fire helping their neighbours, collecting things, providing a hug, a safe space for people to come together. it is important we help them. one of the things we must do is support those families who have lost their homes and we must do we help those who are grievin

so westminster city council wa nted rent. so westminster city council wanted to hauser 50 miles away in bletchley, near milton keynes in buckinghamshire. she disputed the legality of that decision. it eventually got to the court of appeal and sir martin moore—bick gave the leading judgment. he had to review the decision—making process by westminster city council had gone to and determine whether it was lawful. he did that and decided it was lawful. the case then went to the supreme court and he was unanimously overruled. it has to be borne in mind that he was looking at the process. in a judicial review, you are looking at the decision—making process. so it is perhaps a little unfair to point in his direction and say he may have a particular set of views about vulnerable families. but it is a case that has upset some. on who is the ideal type of person to lead a public inquiry? i can tell you what you need in terms of qualities. you need what he certainly has. his intellect is beyond question. you need a big brain. this is go

this is going to be, from what the council say, 2-4 to be, from what the council say, 2—4 weeks you out and in temporary accommodation, are you prepared for that? i don't think any residents believe 2—4 weeks, they think it will go on for longer. is angry. everyone is really, really angry. everyone is really, really angry. we had some construction work has started on one of the blocks, one of the blocks that wasn't evacuated, that didn't have to be evacuated, that didn't have to be evacuated in the end. are you seeing signs of working your block? not at the moment. they are still getting people out, asking people to leave. like i said, many have remained and we will see what happens to them. you have accepted the offer now with temporary accommodations you are one who will be moving on. do you understand why other people don't wa nt to understand why other people don't want to move on and see this as an overreaction? of course, how do you leave your home behind not knowing what will happen when you come back? i have just accepted i had to accept it. i have no choice. ifi i have just acc

he says the decision to remove the cladding on the council's nine tower blocks is the council's ninehe right thing to do. there will be no waiting around in salford while there are any questions about the safety of our residents. how do you respond to that specifically? on the one hand i think it's very laudable he has said that. on the other hand, pendleton together, the housing company, their staff were going around here today saying to people the cladding won't be removed until replacement cladding is there. that could take months, nobody seems to know what's going on. pendleton together, we'd like to wish all our customers a nearby residents everything possible is being done. to an extent by the organisation pendleton together and council, they are in new and uncertain territory? yes, but they shouldn't be. we've been looking for planning applications for the last four or five years on the amount of information on safety is so little. all they seem to be interested in was the cover of those blocks, the cladding used looking pretty for passers—by and things like that. it was all a

outside the council. that's what remains to be seen. the reason i went there was i thought it was important, in reference to agenda item 7 when i meant with the like-minded members of the council they admitted agenda item 7 was embarrassing. they admitted that it discredited the council. they admitted they thought it needed to come off. what we found out is there are three main groups that continue to use agenda item 7. it is the egyptians, it is the saudis and it is pakistan. so those are the three. everyone else has shifted to agenda item 4. we actually think that the palestinians would be okay if we shifted to item 4 if we talked to those three groups. that is my focus, is trying to talk to those three groups to see if we can shift them off agenda item 7. the truth is if somebody wants to bring veez israel up for, that can happen under agenda item 4. if you don't have it for north korea, for venezuela, it is nothing more than abusive to have it on israel, especially with the threats in the world. so i

how much sympathy do you have for the council, in that they feel, with the council, in that they feelth the fire service, that these blocks can not be guaranteed as safe. surely it is better to have this disruption, isn't it, than to be in a block that really is not fit to you to be staying in, at the moment? yes. it is definitely safe to have people being evacuated because of fire doors that only regulations. but it is a bit unfortunate, especially for somebody like me, who has a four—year—old daughter. especially for somebody like me, who has a four-year-old daughter. what concerns have you had about your home, faye, until now?” concerns have you had about your home, faye, until now? i have not really had any concerns. it was only since what happened to grenfell tower that i realised there was not really a ny tower that i realised there was not really any safety doors or fire alarms or, like, sprinklers, to put out a fire, if there was one. and the cladding of course. yes, and the cladding. how long do you expect to be out of home, with your daughter? they said somewhere between two

two weeks ago, his council offices were invaded.t, he couldn't even hold a council meeting after deciding that it wasn't possible to speak freely because journalists were in the room. in particular, my decision to accept legal advice that i should not compromise the public enquiry by having an open discussion in public yesterday, has itself become a political story. and it cannot be right that this should have become the focus of attention when so many are dead or still unaccounted for. and this was the reaction to his resignation. it is good news because there needs to be big changes made in the council and this is at least a start. mr paget—brown claims no council could have coped with this. he thanks the community for its response, the emergency services, other london boroughs, but not the government. his deputy and his housing chiefs have also gone. investigations by the bbc and the times newspaper into the decisions made when the council refurbished grenfell tower added to the pressure. the big change was the addition of alumin

the leader of the council's labour group to man's changes, not just at the top. council's labour group not just at the toplj would say that not only does the leader the council need to go and certainly the tenant management organisation, who is a supposedly providing housing policy, they need to go but at this stage the entire cabinet needs to go. if they are incapable of sorting themselves out then i would agree that the government needs to send in commissioners. before the meeting last night, the council leader accepted the criticism but said he was not going. the scale of this was absolutely enormous, unprecedented. i think absolutely enormous, unprecedented. ithink any absolutely enormous, unprecedented. i think any council would have found it difficult to have everything in place at once. was a big challenge for a relatively small london borough and i am sure we could have done better and we will look what we could have done quicker or better and that will be one of the we learn from this tragedy. the panels, on the building, are a key area for investigation. the bbc has been told

of the council?nderstand you wa nt to of the council? i understand you want to go down that road. i think at the moment it would actually demean the lives that have been lost by getting too much into the political future of either me or anybody else. the leader of the council there, speaking to tim donovan. we have just council there, speaking to tim donovan. we havejust had council there, speaking to tim donovan. we have just had a council there, speaking to tim donovan. we havejust had a line council there, speaking to tim donovan. we have just had a line of copy just donovan. we have just had a line of copyjust dropped from the council, saying they have adjourned a cabinet eating after the press are allowed to attend, saying it would prejudice the forthcoming public inquiry. the head of justice that the forthcoming public inquiry. the head ofjustice that the law society joins us, to talk a bit about the shape of that forthcoming inquiry into the gronefeld file —— grenfell tower fire. we know into

the council saved more than £290,000.tly that decision could have been is one of many questions for the inquiry. well, we saw at the beginning of that report some of the scenes from inside the cabinet meeting as it was adjourned. council leaders refused to hold their meeting in the presence ofjournalists. let's take a look at some more footage which has emerged from among the media present, including an exchange between council leader nick paget—brown and labour councillor robert atkinson. we can't have an unprejudiced discussion in this room with the public inquiry that's about to take place with journalists recording and writing our comments. clearly they are. who let them in? you've spent a day talking about the security of this meeting, and then five minutes before it starts, the press are here. and now you're telling us we can't have a proper meeting. i'm told the press are here because of the result of legal intervention, and that therefore means that we cannot have a discussion as we were intending to have, because

outside the council. that's what remains to be seen. the reason i went there because i thought it was important. in reference to agenda item 7, when i met with the like minded members of the council, they admitted that agenda item seven was embarrassing. they admitted that it discredited the council. they admitted that they thought it needed to come off. what we found is that there are three main groups that continue to use agenda item 7. it's the egyptians, the saudis and pakistan. those are the three. everyone else has shifted to agenda item four. we actually think that the palestinians would be okay if we shifted to item four if we talked to those three groups. that is my focus now s trying to talk to those three groups to see how we can shift them off of agenda item seven. if somebody wants to bring israel up for a violation, that can happen under agenda item four. but if you don't have an agenda for north korea, you don't have it for syria, you don't have it for venezuela, it really is nothing more t

how much sympathy do you have for the council, in that they feel, with the council, in that they feeln to be in a block that really is not fit to you to be staying in, at the moment? yes. it is definitely safe to have people being evacuated because of fire doors that only regulations. but it is a bit unfortunate, especially for somebody like me, who has a four—year—old daughter. especially for somebody like me, who has a four-year-old daughter. what concerns have you had about your home, faye, until now?|j concerns have you had about your home, faye, until now? i have not really had any concerns. it was only since what happened to grenfell tower that i realised there was not really a ny tower that i realised there was not really any safety

the mayor of london sadiq khan says the council's effo rts sadiq khan says the council's efforts have 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 catch, it is all over, pakistan win! studio: pakistan have won the champions trophy after comprehensively beating their great rivals india at the oval in london. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the leader of kensingt

where was the government, the local council? why didn't they do more?"councillor from kensington and chelsea admits things have gone badly wrong. from what i can see, we have been caught off—guard. underground, people were quick to organise themselves. it has been kind of a disgraceful slow, limp, if i can put it like that. the prime minister accepts that in the hours after the disaster, the support for families was not good enough. now extra government staff are being drafted in to work with the council. it follows a meeting between the local people and theresa may in which they were keen to have their voices heard. things are finally moving forward and the government and the council are being proactive. i think sadly it took a long time to get them up and running and if it wasn't for other centres, none of this would have been done. we are lucky we have so many bright, important, smart people in the area. the home office is making arrangements for the family of one of those who died, mohammad alhajali, to travel from syria to the uk for his funeral. he

the council to. run their housing. properly and that means keeping them safe but how is this allowed to happen in the first place i spritz a green lawn in assembly member and counting council of the highgate sean berry about the causes of the housing crisis they also because he's kept his head that the market as a has been unregulated and day regulates it for the faulty law we're seeing rising costs for saying let's approach the people buying high was there to run my distorting little and the big developers business model really is failing and we're saying lots of hands to all belts no no london it could ever fool it's a body there's a risk just about scraped enough to run and fed the damage on supply and it's genuinely bright and either way you thought i was like you've got a nasty is throwing back on some of his promises to people on estates to rentals when it comes to things like rent patrols and having a buy with the i mr wallace however the crisis goes beyond the capital to communities across th

i'm hoping, because the council speedily asked for mutual aid from other councils across london, becauseent has said they are committed to helping councils who need their help, that will see as possible the remedial work, the repairs being done on buildings to make them safe so families can go back to their homes. it's terribly inconvenient, obviously, and a huge nuisance for these families to have to be moved but i think the council's done the right thing. what can't be allowed to happen is when a customer was a building's unsafe for the council still to allow people to occupy those buildings. —— a council knows a building's unsafe. as you said, it's 2017, how could this have happened? isn't this severe neglect from councils? well, i've said for a while now for those who say that health and safety‘s a nuisance, regulations are a bad thing, those who complain about too much red tape, the reason why we have health and safety, regulations, red tape, is to make sure rules are obeyed and the right sorts of rules are there. i'm afraid one of the reasons why i've said this fire was preventable

i did try to go via the council, and i will not name the council or even the jobcentre council, and ire i was sitting to my front door to attend an interview. i said, i can do that now but it doesn't mean ican do can do that now but it doesn't mean i can do it in ten minutes. and because of that i got sanctioned. we have to leave it there. simon has some breaking news. following the verdicts, the deaths of seven men who drowned on the beach at camber sands last summer, the families of the victims are giving a news conference. they are accompanied by the solicitors. we canjoin accompanied by the solicitors. we can join them now. their evidence raised more questions than we had answered. the families have eight questions which they would still like answered. question one is, who took the decision in 2013 to reject the rnli recommendations to have lifeguards on the beach? mr cass and doctor leonard both said they didn't. and we never heard who made the decision which was crucial. secondly, why was that decision to reject the rnli recommendation to have lifeguards why that taken? was it b

sits on the council. along with cuba. and saudi arabia and china and the list goes on. so i want, did want to send a statement from your i thought it was important that it went in person. i explained to them that this can't be a place bad actors go to to protect themselves and point fingers at others. i told and agenda item seven that picked on israel. those issues can go to agenda item for. many of them agreed that it discovered the human rights council. i do think we were heard at a do hope there change. >> thank you. i go to mr. elliott ingle of new york. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to piggyback on the question about the human rights commission. first of all let me say, madam ambassador, i heard your speech at aipac and i thought it was a very fine speech. what's so aggravates me about the u.n. human rights council is that they have the nerve they said before detritus in judgment of anybody else, people should be investigating them for the worst human rights abuses and they do to their own peopl

camden council say they we re more time.uncil say they were told by fire officials that the resident safety could not be guaranteed overnight. we understand that around 83 households have refused to leave. 0ne that around 83 households have refused to leave. one of those people who is staying put is gemma. when did you get the knock? we got the knot, the first knock around 930 la st the knot, the first knock around 930 last night to tell us that the building was being evacuated and we had to leave immediately. when we asked what would happen if we did not leave, they said they strongly recommended believing that they could not force us out basically. then we made the decision to stay. why have you decided to stay if it is not safe? we have always felt safe in our blocks. we feel safe on the fourth floor, we are not too high up and we just feel like... it was chaos. it was not like you have to leave by tomorrow, you have to leave in a couple of hours, it was leave in a couple of hours, it was leave as soon as possible and the

but camden council saying first thing this morning that a combination of the cladding on the outsideer blocks and concerns about issues internally including gas supply and fire doors meant that they had taken advice from the fire service that people had to leave those four blocks. and that advice followed tests carried out and inspections carried out in the wake of the grunfeld tragedy in which at least 79 people are known to have died. but confusion here today with people not all of them yet having sorted out somewhere to stay. while whatever work is necessary is carried out on those blocks. the four blocks evacuated last night are on the chalcots estate in the london borough of camden, contain more 700 flats, and are home to thousands of people. residents 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 eva

georgie gould is a leader of camden council.have been doing everything we can to track the safety of our blocks. 0n everything we can to track the safety of our blocks. on wednesday we we re safety of our blocks. on wednesday we were first in the queue to check the safety of the cladding on our blogs. we found that most the installation was safely external cladding was not after the standard he wanted and was not fire. 0bviously he wanted and was not fire. obviously this was disappointing. we share back news with residents. 0n thursday night we had a public meeting with local residents were they share the number of concerns about fire safety that i had not been aware of. i immediately asked the council staff and the fire services to be in those blocks, making checks. at the end of today, they said they could not guarantee they said they could not guarantee the safety of our residents those blocks and so i have made the really difficult decision to move the people living there into temporary accommodation, while we do the urgent

the council to. run their housing properly and that means keeping them safe for houses allowed to happen in the first place i spoke to greenland in assembly member and comes in council of the highgate sean barrie about the causes of the housing crisis they also because this capitalism you know that the market as a has been unregulated and day regulated for the fall today all we're saying rising costs were saying let's approach the people buying homes sits around the fire that distorts a little at and that they develop this business model really is fighting and we're saying lots of hands to all belts no no london it could ever fool it's a body there's a risk just about scraped enough to run and fed the damage our chances of buying it is genuinely bright and either way you thought i was like you've got the mass of a car is rolling back on some of his promises to people on estates to rentals when it comes to things like rent controls and having a buy with from the highest of all age however the crisis g

they want answers, they wa nt council. they want answers, they want justice, they are council.hey are saying. we wa nt wantjustice, they are saying. we want justice, they are wantjustice, they are saying. we wantjustice, they are saying. we wantjustice! we want justice! we we wantjustice! we wantjustice! this was at about 4:30pm this afternoon and you can see there, some of the protesters are going up the stairs. police officers trying to hold them back. the occasional scuffle as well and pictures pair of some of the missing. obviously emotions extremely raw, anger mixed with grief and some people who still don't know the fate of their friends and loved ones who were in the tower. that was a little bit earlier on. it has, as i say, calmed down, but we will be reporting on the latest from g re nfell tower throughout the evening now on bbc news. now, we will look at the latest sports news with sports day. evening, just under two weeks ago, cristiano ronaldo starred for real madrid yet again, this time in cardiff's principality stadium, he scored twice againstjuventus as the club

, and of course i saw eight or so people from westminster council here, also the leader of ealing councilugh 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 it? we thought we would ask a fire and emergency planning expert steven mackinnon see, you have been around here since wednesday, monitoring things. first of all, how do you think the national relief effort has compared to the local one? i think what we have seen is, the local community has taken up a lot of the capacity, to the point that local aid stations are now overwhelmed and have stopped taking in clothing and foodstuffs. there are other ways for the community to help. the deployment of the british red cross, with local agency teams, we have not seen massive coverage within the local authority provisions, that is quite surprised. because of the stash of revisions under the civil contingencies act, every local authority must have contingency plans, and emergency response plans. what i th

after a night of disruption, residents came face—to—face with a lead of camden council.ely stressed, why was hotels not looked at before we will all evacuated? i have sat in a chair over here since nine o'clock last night, i'm 72 yea rs nine o'clock last night, i'm 72 years old. 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 my dog to sleep? the council took the decision of fire service advise that the 4000 people living in the chalcots estate should be moved. some stayed in this centre on air beds others were sent to hotels and some decided to stay put. i really cried last night. i choked up i really cried last night. i choked up now. it is dreadful. they are saying we had to get out, the council officials came to the door banging on the door on the get out, get out and the chap down the hallway said no, she's not going, she's getting on for 80, she cannot go anywhere she has a cat. the cladding on these blocks are similar to that which was on the grenfell tower, the council says that a

it is thought there are now eight councils across there are now eight councils across the capital thatsks to tower blocks. each one has been dealt with in a different way. back in hounslow, the scaffolding is going up but residents will not be moved. the council says there will be more fire safety checks on monday. and we‘ll find out how the latest developments in these stories and many others are covered in tomorrow‘s front pages at 10:a0. and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are martin lipton, who‘s deputy head of sport at the sun and the journalist and broadcaster, rachel shabi. funerals in absentia have been taking place in london for some of the victims of the grenfell tower fire. at the al manaar mosque, near to the tower block, hundreds gathered to say farewell to some in the community feared to have lost their lives in the tragedy. they also joined in a peaceful march to remember all the victims of the grenfell fire. the bbc asian network‘s shabnam mahmood was there. a distraught husband, a grieving father. this man led a silent march of peace towa

the council leader responsible for g re nfell tower council leader responsible for grenfell tower inondon where 80 people died in a fire has resigned. nicholas paget—brown‘s council was criticised for its response. germany legalises same—sex unions — bringing it in line with most other european countries — although angela merkel voted against it. she changed the lives of women in france — simone weil, the holocaust survivor who became a politician has died. we'll have a tribute. hello and welcome to world news today. we start the programme with some breaking news coming in from the states. reports of a shooting incident inside a hospital inside the bronx in new york. unarmed man, said to be dressed as a doctor, opened fire at the bronx lebanon on hospital, according to reports. this hit is a 972 bed hospital, at least three people are believed to have been shot, although there are reports of multiple shootings and some reports describe this as an ongoing situation. messages on social media speaking of doctors and nurses having barricaded themselves inside the building and also some r

they have said that the cabinet of the council and the person the council are leading, rock fielding advice received from the managing company which was not only response will for delivering the project but ensuring the bill james met the current regulations. —— building. they are asking for a justification in the increase of the budget which would have been made in the spirit of ensuring public funds whilst being poorly managed and could be justified. whilst being poorly managed and could bejustified. safety would not have been compared my son are quite clear that they allowed the right amount of expenditure. if you look at the very beginning of the time story it says in that they received, the records show little evidence thatis the records show little evidence that is clearly something the council has contested in the statement that safety concerns would have been part of the decision—making process. i don't know if we can move on, a story going on throughout the whole of the day about a public meeting which should have held the night in kensington and chelsea council. the daily t

chaos at kensington & 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, a move criticised today by downing street and others. the residents have a right to meet with the leaders of the council. the leaders of the council have been hiding from the residents for the last week. they should have had the courage to meet with people and answer questions. the least that we can do is to face the residents face—to—face and they're not prepared to do it. 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 tested. the information that we've got now is that they hadn't been fire tested.

well, other councils in england are also taking action on fire safety — birmingham city council is tol tower disaster. earlier, the leader of birmingham council, john clancy explained why they've decided to do this. here in camden we do not know what the cost will be. the council leaders said they did not know that some but the priority for them was to get people out if there was any risk at all. as for the costs involved in moving people out and providing them with accommodation, we do not know if the government will cover those costs what that bill may eventually be. but the sums we are talking about here are large indeed. that is that further moment from camden. back to you, chris the studio. there is much more on the bbc website about the situation in london and indeed other cities across the uk. some other news for you today. today is armed forces day. more than 300 events are taking place across the country to celebrate the work of our armed forces. a strong turnout is expected at the main event in liverpool where the prime minister is expected to attend. let's join our correspo

a local council official saying you have to leave, pack a bag. council official saying you have to leaveying you have to leave, pack a bag. i said for how long. they said for a couple of days. i said what if we do not leave ? days. i said what if we do not leave? they said we will have the police round to move you forcibly from your flat. with an hour if we did not leave. so we got about together. we came downstairs. the plot is in panic. there are people in landings who do not understand english who are crying. no one knows what is going on. we left at 2:30am. we came inside and got registered. a friend of mine said we could have theirfull friend of mine said we could have their full for the friend of mine said we could have theirfull for the night. friend of mine said we could have their full for the night. what is happening next. are you going to stay with your friend tonight or find accommodation? she cannot keep us find accommodation? she cannot keep us know any more. i got a phone call at 5:30am that the could put us up ina at 5:30am that the could put us up in a hotel in leighton.

the council saved more than £290,000.t decision could have been is one of many questions for the inquiry. danjohnson, dan johnson, bbc news. a man has been charged with fraud after allegedly claiming he lost family members in the grenfell tower fire. anh nhu nguyen, who's 52 and of no fixed address, faces five charges. he will appear in court later today. we will speak to the chairman of the local government association shortly for his reaction to everything that is going on after the grenfell tower fire. first, annita is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. the parents of ten—month—old charlie gard, who fought an unsuccessful legal battle to take him to america for experimental treatment, say he will stop receiving life—support today. charlie has a rare genetic condition and brain damage. doctors at great 0rmond street hospital said the us treatment would not help him. we should be over the road, sitting next to our son, charlie gard's bed, spending the last precious few hours with him. but w

some aren't happy with the council's decision. a knee jerk reaction by the council.hey had to be seen to be doing something, but this is just creating chaos and pandemonium. grenfell tower — police say the cladding and insulation there has failed safety tests and manslaughter charges may follow. we'll bring you the latest on tonight's mass evacuation, as council officials try to find accommodation for thousands of people. also tonight. theresa may in brussels, where she's told her offer for eu citizens in the uk falls "below expectations". a former loyalist paramilitary turned supergrass admits 200 offences, including five murders. and 46 years after their last series triumph in new zealand, the british and irish lions prepare to take on the all blacks. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: "i made a mistake and i must face up to it" — the words of british number three tennis player dan evans, after announcing he tested positive for cocaine in april. good evening. a mass evacuation is underway tonight of nearly 4000 people from 800 households in tower blocks in nor

as we understand, currently there are 14 high—rise council buildings, specifically council buildings,ildings, and are subject to the same testing requirements. what is the difference between those buildings that have been evacuated in camden for safety of those people and those other remaining tower blocks in which people are still living? there has been 14 test results and for those buildings, tack cladding has also failed this testis tack cladding has also failed this test is that the difference is that in each case... the similarity is that in every case there is a requirement that the local fire and rescue service must make the fire assessment. not landlords, not politicians. and where the fire service have gone in and said they can take mitigating measures, such as what happened in some other areas like plymouth in manchester, they have installed fire wardens 24/7, they have put in place the clearance of the car park, they have checked and make sure all the other fire safety measures such as doors and things are in place. as the fire service has deemed that as they then thatis se

two weeks ago, his council offices were invaded. he couldn't even hold a council meeting after deciding that it wasn't possible to speak freely because journalists were in the room. in particular, my decision to accept legal advice that i should not compromise the public enquiry by having an open discussion in public yesterday, has itself become a political story. and it cannot be right that this should have become the focus of attention when so many are dead or still unaccounted for. and this was the reaction to his resignation. it is good news because there needs to be big changes made in the council and this is at least a start. mr paget—brown claims no council could have coped with this. he thanks the community for its response, the emergency services, other london boroughs, but not the government. his deputy and his housing chiefs have also gone. investigations by the bbc and the times newspaper into the decisions made when the council refurbished grenfell tower added to the pressure. the big change was the addition of aluminiu

how much sympathy do you have with the council?ction with the fire service, that these blocks cannot be guaranteed as safe. surely it is better to have this disruption than better to have this disruption than be in better to have this disruption than beina better to have this disruption than be in a block that really isn't fit for you to be staying in at the moment? yes, so it definitely isn't safe to have people being evacuated because of fire doors that do not meet regulations. but it is a bit unfortunate for someone like me, who has a four—year—old daughter. unfortunate for someone like me, who has a four-year-old daughter. what concerns have you had about your home, up until now? i have not had any concerns. it was only since the g re nfell any concerns. it was only since the grenfell fire that i realised that there wasn't any safety doors or fire alarms or sprinklers to put out fires, if there was a fire. and that cladding as well. and, of course, the cladding. how long do you expect to be out of your home with your daughter?