we have collea g u es died in grenfell tower. we have colleagues in there as we speak searching for and recovering those that have died. once they are recovered, they will be taken to the mortuary and as soon as we possibly can, we will identify them firstly to theirfamilies can, we will identify them firstly to their families and then subsequently the coroner, they will be identified publicly. the time it is going to take us to undertake this search and recovery operation is going to be significant. both myself and colleagues from london fire brigade have already said it will take weeks. it may take longer than that. my commitment to families is that as soon as we can, we will locate and recover their loved ones. i'll do questions in a moment if i may, and i will answer that one. the reason we had to pause for the recovery, search and recovery yesterday was for the safety of our staff. i'm sure you will all understand we do want another fatality arising out of this tragedy. tomorrow, it is my intention to release some images and

i'm ben brown near grenfell tower in west london. we are expecting a news conference from the police in a few minutes. they may give us an update on the casualty toll and the death toll. attack in westminster, has been awarded the george medal for his bravery, as the queen's birthday honours are announced. in rugby — the british and irish lions get a confidence boosting win, as they power to victory against the maori all blacks. and the click team try out the latest games, gadgets and consoles at the world's biggest gaming event in los angeles. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. snment we start with the latest events concerning the grenfell tower fire. let's cross to ben brown in london. we are expecting in the next few minutes a - conference with the minutes a news conference with the metropolitan police commander, who we are hoping will update us on the latest investigation into the disaster here at grenfell tower and perhaps update the casualty figures. we know 2a people are in hospital, 12 in critical care. also the death toll,

grenfell tower showing its age a few years ago.ding and windows were added, standard treatment given to tower is all over the country. so why this? how did it start? why did it spread so fast? it is clear something went badly wrong. colin todd wrote the guidelines council ‘s use when considering fire safety in tower blocks. i have been in fire safety for 41 years and never seen a fire of this nature in terms of speed of spread and extent of development. investigators' first priority will be to find out how it managed to spread so quickly and without any containment. these are the plans for the renovation of the tower. they include cladding panels and insulation fixed to its walls, part of a system of components designed to contain any fire. the panels do not have to be completely fireproof, but the system is supposed to slow down the spread of flames. the aftermath of the grenfell tower fire suggests the opposite happened. harley facades is responsible for the cladding, its materials and is fitting. was the work properly completed?

in the midsummer heat, grenfell tower casts a long shadow. new dark reality on the london skyline, with the power to shock, and to move. a sight which stops you in your tracks. too much to take in. it's hard to know what to say, yeah. it's just horrific. we just said that everyone's busy talking, but yet you can just feel a silence. it's really overwhelming. four days on from disaster, and with every official update, more grim news. sadly, at this time, there are 58 people who we were told... we have been told were in grenfell tower on the night that are missing, and therefore sadly i have to assume that they are dead. the investigations into how this happened will be complex and lengthy, but the residents‘ association for grenfell tower and the surrounding blocks is already calling for the council and its management agency to be suspended from their landlords‘ responsibility. andrea newton says the community felt ignored before the tragedy, neglected since, with no access to basic information. where is everyone? what are they getting next, w

up up to 110 households from grenfell tower a re up to 110 households from grenfell tower are in needined by ann power, head of housing and communities and professor of social policy at the london school of economics. perhaps, nigel, i could just start with you. the history as to why this block was built in the first place? well, london was suffering a housing crisis, as were many other cities and there was real pressure to stop urban expansion because of green belt regulations, so the solution was cheap constructed tower blocks from prefabricated mechanisms, such as grenfell tower. but built at that stage in concrete? yes, in concrete. ann, why, when we talk about the cladding particularly, which is obviously the central part of any investigation, is it the only sort of cladding that is around or again that word "cheap", we keep hearing that? no. sorry that was to ann. yes, there are other forms of cladding. we have been involved in the requisite of several high rise estates including one with 23 storey tower blocks in hammersmith and fulham which they used what is called rock floor,

it comes after the grenfell tower tragedy. it co m es after after the grenfell tower tragedy.r i have to accept my share of responsibility for these perceived failings. in particular, my decision to accept legal advice that i should not compromise the public enquiry by having an open discussion yesterday has itself become a political story. jeremy corbyn has written to theresa may with a call to broaden the public enquiry into the disaster, after thejudge public enquiry into the disaster, after the judge appointed to lead the enquiry warned it may be too narrow in its scope to satisfy all of the survivors. it has emerged that the cladding fitted to grenfell tower for its refurbishment was changed to a cheaper version saving nearly £300,000. documents seen by the bbc show that zinc cladding, originally proposed, was replaced by an aluminium type. a coroner has concluded that the deaths of seven young men who drowned in two separate incidents at camber sands last summer were all due to misadventure. even back at home there are lifeguards everywhere. there was no warning, no sign

—— with banners saying, justice for grenfell. a fast identification of the dead and assurances about the rehousing of those made homeless by the disaster. that is the other demonstration currently in west london, just a few hundred yards from the burnt out carcass of g re nfell tower. what do we want? justice. - do we wa nt what do we want? justice. - do we want it? now. residents of another tower block refurbished by the company who refurbished grenfell tower have expressed their concern. rydon construction fitted thermal external cladding to five tower blocks in the chalcot estate in camden. the company said its work met all building and fire regulations. camden council said it had a robust fire safety policy and was carrying out extra safety checks on the cladding. endless questions, few answers. the anger now is palpable but the concerns have been raised for five yea rs concerns have been raised for five years in online blogs. posts from g re nfell years in online blogs. posts from grenfell residents have highlighted what the

so what do we know of who lived in grenfell tower? born sajad lived with his family in flat ten on the third floor, just a floor below where the fire is believed to have started. 0ther survivors include on the ninth —storey the moroccan family here of four who fled when the father of smelt smoke and woke up to see fla mes smelt smoke and woke up to see flames outside. from the 11th floor, this woman who escaped with her husband and three children when a friend called to tell her of the fire. it's the poor souls who are missing or dead that keep sajad awake at night. ijust can't close my eyes when i know people just died in front of me. you saw it, did you? yeah, i saw it, i saw peoplejumping out from the building. couldn't avoid looking at them. yesterday we heard of a family on the 21st floor. 20—year—old yasmin and his parents, brother and sister. relatives told newsnight there were rumours on social media a family is dead. officially they are still missing. this from a friend today. it breaks my heart because the thing is, social m

grenfell towerfire. for the victims of the grenfell tower fire. she was for the victims of the grenfell towerfire. she wasjoined by for the victims of the grenfell tower fire. she was joined by the duke of edinburgh outside buckingham palace where crowds have gathered for trooping the colour. we are expecting to hear an update from the metropolitan police shortly. to tell you what we know so far, 30 people are confirmed as having died but that number is expected to rise. the bbc understands that the number of casualties could be as high as 70. and in the last few minutes it has been confirmed that two tube lines in west london where partly suspended this morning by transport for london amid concern about the safety of the tower. my colleague who is in west london has been talking to the friend of one of the people missing. my people missing. my worries is that everything is very bad and i worried that he is not alive. there are a lot of people who are grieving for him right now, my family who are grievin

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so we have gone all the to the top of grenfell tower. it way to the top of grenfell tower.jilst isa is done in a phased way. thejilst is a visual search and then we phase is a visual search and then we will progressively to further more details searches beyond that. the intention of me releasing video and footage tomorrow, which i have seen, andi footage tomorrow, which i have seen, and i will be going into grenfell tower myself to see it with my own eyes, to understand the time it will ta ke to eyes, to understand the time it will take to fully search. there is considerable damage within grenfell tower. it is important forfamilies that we do absolutely everything in their to find - loved ones. but their to find their loved ones. but we have gone to - top of the we have gone to the top of the tower. sorry... a gentleman there was going to ask me a question earlier. i cannot hear you. so, was going to ask me a question earlier. i cannot hearyou. so, i was going to ask me a question earlier. i cannot hear you. so, i am not the coroner, they are responsible for inquests and th

urgent similar cladding to grenfell tower. urge nt tests similar cladding to grenfell tower.e releva nt local do have combustible cladding. the relevant local authorities and fire services have been informed and they are taking all possible steps to ensure buildings are safe and to inform affected residents. coming up in sport: will ireland be handed test playing status, as the international cricket council meet to decide whether to approve their inclusion amongst other test nations. iraqi forces say they are just a street away from the famous ancient mosque in the city of mosul that was blown up by so—called islamic state. the iraqi prime minister described the destruction of the great mosque of al—nuri as "an official declaration of defeat" by islamic state fighters in their last stronghold in iraq. 0ur correspondent, richard galpin, has the latest. iraqi troops fighting their way into mosul‘s old city. the last district still in the hands of so—called islamic state. the army is closing in now on the few hundred militants in what remains of their caliphate. and, in the mids

grenfell tower on the lancaster control. grenfell tower on the la ncaster west control. tower on the lancaster west estate in north kensington. a hugely on the densely residential area. as we were hearing from celeste, who lives across the road, a transient community. many young families, people with young children living in that building. well, this eyewitness spoke about what she saw as the fire first took hold. in the morning, it was 12:30 a.m., i was sleeping, and then i woke up. i heard the ambulance coming. and then ijust woke heard the ambulance coming. and then i just woke up heard the ambulance coming. and then ijust woke up and i saw out the window of the fire, it was half of the building burning. and i wake up my children and i said, there is a fire opposite my house, because it is just fire opposite my house, because it isjust here. and fire opposite my house, because it is just here. and when fire opposite my house, because it isjust here. and when i came down, everybody was here. all of the neighbours down here. i heard some people said help from the 20th f

banners that say justice the grenfell tower. —— justice for grenfell. oxford circus, now moving up towards broadcasting house, the bbc‘s headquarters. complaining about, as we were hearing from mark, how will this disaster happened, how awful warnings from residents about safety concerns were ignored. and complaining about the response of both the borough council and the government. i want quicker action to identify the dead, we house the homeless, —— they want quicker action. they want a faster response to this disaster. politicians from all parties, the prime minister in particular, are facing a barrage of criticism from local people over how they've responded to the fire. many feel their voices have been ignored for years. today, the local government secretary sajid javid promised that — whatever recommendations are made by safety experts — including rehousing people living in other tower blocks — they will be done. in the last hour the prime minister has been speaking to my colleague emily maitless — lets here what she had to say. we are committed t

i'm reporting close to grenfell tower. we're hearing that two london underground lines near the building have been suspended by transport for london this afternoon, because of fears about the building's safety. # in other news, pc keith palmer, who tried to stop the terror # who tried to stop the terror attack in westminster, has been awarded the george medal for his bravery, as the queen's birthday honours are announced. and in rugby — the british and irish lions get a confidence boosting win, as they power to victory against the maori all blacks. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. we start with the latest events concerning the grenfell tower fire. we cross live to west london and speak to ben brown. yeah, we're expecting a news conference later on here this afternoon from the metropolitan police, where we may get an update on the casualty figures from the disaster. we know at the moment the official death toll is 30. though the bbc understands the total number of dead and missing is 70. 2a in hospital, 12 in critical c

in the grenfell tower they we re building. in the grenfell tower they were aluminium.ich filler material which is controversial. in the case of grenfell they used a particular brand the brand used at grenfell was something called reynobond. three different types with different levels of flammability. the government guidance appears to say it should only be using this one above 18 metres — the most fire retardant. thatis that is the height fire ladders can go to. at grenfell we believe — although not confirmed — they were using the pe version here. the most flammable. and some believe that could have been one reason why the fire appeared to spread so quickly. presumably one not just presumably one notjust talking about tower blocks. it ends up being about tower blocks. it ends up being a bit misleading. they came out to say there were 600 tower blocks across england that could be affected. the 600 figure is the total number cladding in some way. they are working at how many of the 600 have the more flammable form of cladding on. so far they have said 11 but they are doi

as soon as g re nfell first. —— grenfell.y this particular tower blocks are considered to be unsafe is because it contract was the same as grenfell, and so this got special attention. they‘ve looked at other tower blocks and does not seem at this point that they are as unsafe. i also have brent in my constituency, and have been in touch with the council there to talk about the high—rises they are. nothing has come to light there. but if it does, the same action will be taken, i imagine. what about the contract? i would like to be a fly on the wall. —— contractor. i can‘t imagine those investigations will be easy. people say they don‘t know who to call and where to get any information. the first thing that people should do is go to swiss cottagers. there is information they are and anybody who does not have a bed will be guaranteed a hotel room. camden council has locked rooms in hotels, so there will certainly be rude as overheads tonight. but if people need anything, my door will be open. —— there will be roofs overheads. i

there were grenfell survivors there.e concerned both the council and tmo seem to be hiding from residents and are not here on the ground. they are not coordinating anything. this is being left to the volunteers. nobody seems to know what to do. there's no clear named contact for residents who've been displaced by the problem. and an awful lot of people have been evacuated from their homes. they've no idea where they're going to be rehoused or whether they're going to be moved out of london. no—one's told them anything. the residents' association have called for a meeting tomorrow evening. they've invited the chief executive of the tmo, the leader of the council. they've already invited them and they declined to come to an earlier meeting. have you had a response from them for this meeting? not. the leader of the council's comments on newsnight, i can only assume he was badly briefed. he said a p pa re ntly assume he was badly briefed. he said apparently there was no sprinkler system included in the refurbishment because

nick beake from grenfell tower itself.be speaking to the leader of the —— bill labour bof the leader of the —— bill labour bof the council from kensington and chelsea council. there is still anger in the community, with residents of grenfell tower living in temporary accommodation across london. frankie mccamley has met one man who managed to escape with his family from the ninth floor of the block, but who are now stuggling with the aftermath and trauma of that night. salaheddine lived on the ninth floor of g re nfell tower with his wife and two children. now all four of them live a few miles away in a hotel. what is it like living in this room? it is small. you have a double bed and two single beds for your children. yeah, it is crowded. it is a nightmare, i tell you. it is a nightmare. i can't sleep. i sleep and i wake up. i sleep maybe four hours a day, a night, and just in one room with two children who just want to get out, they want to get out. salaheddine's family escaped from grenfell tower with seconds to spare.

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 tested, again, following what happened in grenfell. the scale of the checks that is going to be carried out in public buildings is enormous. this is notjust hospitals, it is also schools. all of us have seen the way in which 19605 buildings have been spruced up by sticking some cladding on the front of them. that was a popular method of making these buildings look more modern, but there are hundreds of them all over the country. we haven't even considered private tower blocks. obviously, hospitals, schools, universities, will become a focus. the department of health says it is working with the building research establishment. they are having a busy week doing the testing on the cladding. and an obstruction has gone out to hospitals, who did the contracting, what

tower. down the facade of grenfell tower.ryingjéeder how specialists are tryincheeer how safe the building is establish how safe the building is for the fire crews to go in and begin the recovery operation. so that has been happening while you have been watching the reports from laura and listening to laura. we have seen that drone systematically going from window to window and just checking out. within hours of the fire breaking out, the streets around here were filled with tables covered in food, water and clothes for those that have lost absolutely everything. in fact, there have been so many offers that some temporary shelters have had to turn donations away. 0ur correspondent elaine dunkley is at the latimer road community centre in west london. generosity is keeping this community together, and still more things are arriving. last night and today there was a constant stream of people donating food, clothing and offering time. right now there are people packing boxes and more things are still arriving. the message for no

in fact, he is the only resident from grenfell tower living here.pty? that doesn't make sense, does it? you tell me. some feel there is confusion in the council's attempts to deal with the aftermath of the tragedy. but the long—standing shortage of social housing in the area is making matters worse. kensington and chelsea is wealthy, with stunning homes and handsome facades. some argue empty terraces should be requisitioned for the homeless of g re nfell towers, because of years of neglect in building council housing. this borough has one of the highest levels of households living in temporary accommodation, yet it is one of the richest in london. last year, more than 2700 people were on the social housing waiting list. meanwhile, more than 1800 people are living in temporary accommodation. that's more than a much poorer borough like lewisham. today, theresa may made a commitment, that those who lost their homes in the fire would be rehoused in three weeks, and as close as possible to grenfell tower. the local mp says that as a pipe dream. how much

you can see the smoke from grenfell tower. that's from your window here?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 between external wall insulation materials. noncombustible mineral based on the left, and combustible plastic based on the right. i

the disaster of grenfell tower and why it should never have happened. grenfell tower on fire.brigade and everything. fire's spreading up. look. whoa, look. fire brigade and everything. fire's spreading up. look. whoa, look. it's 1am and the fire has started in a fridge in a flat on the fourth floor. mahad and jamie are next door. we heard a loud bang — on the front door. next thing we know, he's running in telling me, there's a fire, get the kids. we're on the fourth floor. it was the flat next door, that was number 16. they're trying their best. he grabbed the towels, wet them, put them on the kids' heads and dragged us all out. grenfell tower in west london has 2a floors with up to six flats on each level, home to around 600 people. four floors above the fire one resident has stayed up late. i was playing playstation. i was in front of the tv. i kept on smelling like kind of a plastic melting and i'm thinking, what's the smell? i saw the lights outside my window, the flashing lights. i saw smoke and like sparks and flames on the sixth to seventh floor. that's when i realised

grenfell changes everything andi fire.'t enough. my first impression is that the offer is below expectations and it risks worsening the situation of citizens. reports from turkey say five people have died after being electrocuted at a water park. an investigation is under way.

it is just those fighting for justice for grenfell.r evidence of the, of how little value they attach to people's lives, people who live in social housing and the community, those affected and the community, those affected and the community, those affected and the wider community, are utterly sick of this lack of value ascribed to human beings who pay their council tax, who pay these people's wages. i mean, it's unacceptable. planning documents from 2014 uncovered by bbc news, show that the council saved £293,000 by switching toa council saved £293,000 by switching to a cheaper, less fire resistant option. so instead of the zinc panels with the fire retardant core, which residents were first promised, aluminium panels with a plastic core we re aluminium panels with a plastic core were fitted instead. there's no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety. chaos at kensington & chelsea council last night. the authority had tried to ban journalists from a meeting, but the high court ordered they could come along. just mi

and a number of those bodies, sadly, still remain here within grenfell tower. possibly can. the latest update from the hospitals is that we still have 24 people who are being treated. 12 of those are in critical care. we have specialist and dedicated family liaison officers supporting 36 families. through our casualty bureau and through the reception centre and through, indeed, the coverage out on the media over the last couple of days, i have a request that if you are a family member and a police officer has not yet contacted you directly, if you are able to please go to the westway reception centre, or phone the casualty bureau and a specialist officer will be in touch with you to support you. the london fire brigade has also been giving an update outside the tower block. we have had crews here since the start of the incident. currently we have six fire appliances and six fire rescue units. we also have specialist teams here in urban search and rescue. their role is to help support the police in the extrication of the victims and the stabilisation of the buil

one story among so many from the hell of grenfell tower. mark lowen, bbc news, north kensington. the queen observed a minute's silence at the trooping of the colour parade today in memory of all those who died in grenfell tower and in the recent attacks manchester and london. earlier, she issued an unprecedented statement on what is her official birthday in which she said it was difficult to escape the very sombre national mood. our royal correspondent nicolas witchall reports. before leaving buckingham palace for horse guards, she stood with the duke of edinburgh for a minute's silence. a moment of reflection, joined by the foot guards on the parade ground and the cavalry at the palace gates in remembrance of those lost at grenfell tower and in the terrorist attacks in london and manchester. in a statement issued at 6.00am this morning the queen said. yesterday she had visited the scene of the fire at grenfell tower and met some of those who have lost friends and neighbours. it had clearly made a deep impression. in her statement she said. she went on. her birthday parade went a

they also joined in a peaceful march to remember all the victims of the grenfell fire.mahmood was there. a distraught husband, a grieving father. this man led a silent march of peace towards grenfell tower, stopping only at the school where is daughters had studied. earlier, the grief—stricken father, whose wife posted a harrowing video on social media as the fire engulfed the tower, led prayers in absence for his family at the local mosque where they worshipped. his wife used to be one of our volunteers. she always brought us a home—made sweets every friday. during ramadan, she has been always at the mosque with her two daughters. her husband is also a member of the mosque, so it is like dealing with a member of the family. he sings hundreds gathered to pay their respects. we cannot even find the right words to describe her. she is generous, she is kind, she is lovable. she used to help everyone. she is being remembered as a mother, as a wife, as part of the community, as a person who left an imprint in the community. and i just think that the crowd and everyone coming

in the midsummer heat, grenfell tower casts a long shadow.ew dark reality on the london skyline, with the power to shock, and to move. a sight which stops you in your tracks. too much to take in. it's hard to know what to say, yeah. it's just horrific. everyone's busy talking, but yet you can just feel a silence. it's really overwhelming. four days on from disaster, and with every official update, more grim news. sadly, at this time, there are 58 people who we were told... we have been told were in grenfell tower on the night, that are missing, and therefore sadly i have to assume that they are dead. the investigations into how this happened will be complex and lengthy, but the residents‘ association for grenfell tower and the surrounding blocks is already calling for the council and its management agency to be suspended from their landlords‘ responsibility. andrea newton says the community felt ignored before the tragedy, neglected since, with no access to basic information. where is everyone? what are they getting next, where will they move

grenfell needed to be charged,... the wheels ofjustice. grenfell tower needed to be charged,...of justice. grenfell tower are sending the message that this needs to be fast. will that lesson be learnt? and if we could go back to the same period, we had a fire at a football clu b the same period, we had a fire at a football club and that is a different scenario. it was a major fire, people remember it be you don't see the faces of the people killed there. but there is something extraordinary about hillsborough. and maybe again with grenfell tower. but we cannot afford to these things not to be dealt with a lot quick and., quicker. not to be dealt with a lot quick and. , quicker. moving not to be dealt with a lot quick and., quicker. moving to not to be dealt with a lot quick and. , quicker. moving to the financial times. confused ? and. , quicker. moving to the financial times. confused? i certainly am. i think we are the watershed and i think that story bridwell out. a watershed of something which started back in 2008. this is... quantitative easing was said to revive the global

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there are so many questions regarding grenfell tower. let's told about tonight, because everything is changed, as we had to be said, since grenfell tower. we now have 4000 people being evacuated and moved from their houses in north london. is that the right thing to do? i think this is a question for the parliamentary enquiry. this is beyond individuals. this is a national catastrophe. we've seen the g re nfell tower national catastrophe. we've seen the grenfell tower fatalities and knee—jerk responses. we have seen inaccurate information and now we see a mass evacuation. they should not happen. lessons were learnt after previous fires. the inquirer was taken to the house of commons, and it said that they did not believe that a serious fire should believe that a serious fire should be put before minimising risk. —— the enquiry. now we have evacuation. where will it and? you say that there were so many pointers, and yet we still had the horrific tragedy at g re nfell tower, we still had the horrific tragedy at grenfell tower, with 79 peop

the same with what has happened in grenfell tower. just seen happened in grenfell tower. on facebook, what people have been sending me, what people have been sending me, what family members have been doing, what family members have been doing, what close friends have been doing, there is so much. it makes me proud to be from the area as well. proud to be from the area as well. proud to be from the area as well. proud to bea to be from the area as well. proud to be a part of it. the efforts of helping, the help that is required, will go on long after this has gone out of the headlines. that's the thing. ijust out of the headlines. that's the thing. i just want to out of the headlines. that's the thing. ijust want to make sure out of the headlines. that's the thing. i just want to make sure that any viewers watching understand that it's good that you help out today and tomorrow, but there is so much more that need to be done. overnight, 3000 people have been displaced. notjust grenfell tower. lots around. apparently at the moment they are storing bodies in one state. people

in the midsummer heat, grenfell tower casts a long shadow.reality on the london skyline, with the power to shock, and to move. a sight which stops you in your tracks. too much to take in. it's hard to know what to say, yeah. it's just horrific. we just said that everyone's busy talking, but yet you can just feel a silence. it's really overwhelming. we have been told were in grenfell tower on the night that are missing, and therefore sadly i have to assume and its management agency to be suspended from their landlords' responsibility. andrea newton says the community felt ignored before the tragedy, neglected since, with no access to basic information. where is everyone? what are they getting next, where are they going to move, what do they need? who needs what, and where? these are fundamental questions, and we are days after this disaster. i've done the angry. i mean, i've got to get this done. it was a robust discussion, there was forceful emotion in the room. people were able to say what they wanted to say and we felt that was listened to

it's thought grenfell tower was home to more than 500 people. the fire started at one in the morning, and emergency services were there within minutes. you need to ring 999! there's a dedicated line for this incident. the fire started on the fourth floor and spread with terrifying speeds, engulfing all 2a stories as people tried desperately to escape. there was smoke everywhere, literally everywhere. there was... there was people downstairs, there was bits of the block... cladding falling off the block that was on fire. screaming... people screaming. the fire was still raging hours later at dawn, as fears grew for the many still unaccounted for. it was engulfed... by this time it was engulfed and maybe one or two windows weren't, and there was people in there, you know? you could see the silhouettes, and then the next thing explosions. the london fire brigade struggled to reach the upper floors because of intense heat and falling debris. this is a completely unprecedented fire. in my 29 years in the london fire brigade i have never seen a fire o

the charred homework of a school child blown from grenfell tower. also shrouded with grief from a tragedy that's not over. mark easton, bbc news, north kensington. sarah corker is there. this was a scene of utter devastation. the building is still on fire. yes. i am on the edge of the cordon in north kensington. behind me, that is the black, smouldering wreck of groenefeld tower. —— grenfell tower. firefighters are going to work through the night once again in difficult conditions. we have a police presence at the cordon. i have seen fire engines coming through in the last half an hour or so. through in the last half an hour or so. there have been checks through the day in the building and the fire service said a couple of hours ago it is not at risk of collapsing. they have also been using drones to check the integrity of the building. as you can imagine, there will be some areas that are very difficult to get to. this is still a very difficult recovery operation. and for those many people who have had to flee their homes and are being looked after

the headlines at 11pm: protests in west and central london as emotions run high following the grenfell tower inferno. there are growing calls for answers as to why the building went up in flames so quickly. the prime minister already criticised for her response to the tragedy announces a £5 million fund to help the victims. what we need to do is to ensure that immediately people have the support that they need in order to deal with what is an horrific and terrible circumstance that people are in. and 30 people are confirmed to have died in the fire, but police say that number is likely to rise. the bbc understands more than 70 are dead or missing. on newsnight i ask the prime minister if she has misjudged the public mood of the grenfell tower disaster. good evening and welcome to bbc news. angry protests have been taking place in london as residents demand support for those affected by the grenfell tower fire. people have stormed kensington and chelsea town hall, and gathered to protest outside the bbc. earlier the prime minister theresa may made her first visit to the area to meet sur

grenfell tower casts a long shadow. tom symonds, bbc news. friends from london who drowned off camber sands in sussex last summer have demanded to know why no lifeguards were deployed on the beach. the five died just a month after two other men drowned in the same area. lifeguards were introduced at camber soon afterwards. a coroner concluded that all seven deaths were due to misadventure. duncan kennedy reports. it's the beach where generations of families have made their summer holidays. long, wide, safe. a place where happy memories are created. but for kobi saththiyanathan, his brother ken, nitharsan ravi, inthushan sriska ntharasa, and gurusha nth srithavarajah, it became a place of danger and death. tonight the men's families rejected the coroner's findings that lifegaurds would not have saved them. their anger, matched by their anguish. they didn't make any attempt to find those boys. they didn't make any attempt. my brother was there for six hours. and even then my brother was found by the public. even all the other boys were found by

the grenfell action group had warned, and i quote, it is a truly terrifying thought, but the grenfellnt will expose the ineptitude and incompetence of our landlord, the kensington and chelsea tenant management organisation. the local mp said she spoke on behalf of a traumatised and frightened community with little trust in authority. she called for cuts in fire services to be reversed. "these people have quite literally our lives in their hands." in short, where is the funding? when brand—new properties are empty for many years, does the prime minister think it is right to discuss with her honourable friend the chancellor of the exchequer changing the taxation regime so that as in new york city, these people face punitive taxation? my wife, principally, and i, mentored, employed and encouraged a young woman called khadija saye, who lost her life with her mother on the 20th floor of grenfell tower. she has talked about the public enquiry. but she understands that most people see this as a crime, and they know that rich and powerful organisations get away with crime. the response to the

they we re deletion from grenfell tower.rly worried at the speed with which the insulation foam, which is fitted to the outside of the building, the speed that burned. this is stuff we've been putting on buildings for a couple of decades now and is supposed to have been part of the building regulations absolutely safe. now we are not sure. that raises a question about the building regulations. they are incredibly complicated and the public enquiry will look at whether they are fit for purpose. people who i’u ns they are fit for purpose. people who runs the social housing thought it was safe but now they are not so sure. we now don't know what the risk of fire in these buildings is. tom, thank you. european union leaders have given a cool response to theresa may's proposal to guarantee the rights of eu citizens living in the uk. the president of the european council, donald tusk, called the plans below his expectations and said they risked making the situation for eu citizens worse. under the plan, which the prime minister de

was the redesigned grenfell tower safe? and were there other factors?leted, has pipes were moved to public areas in the tower. residents we re public areas in the tower. residents were furious. thejob public areas in the tower. residents were furious. the job of finding out who might be to blame has now been taken over who might be to blame has now been ta ken over by who might be to blame has now been taken over by the police. we will get to the answer of what has happened and why. that's why the police are taking the lead for the investigation. and if criminal offences have been committed, it is who will investigate that. examining the wreckage will just who will investigate that. examining the wreckage willjust be the start. they will have to look at the role of the council, building managers, contractors, subcontractors — a huge job. but are tell blocks safe? the government is now identifying similar blocks for extra checks, a string of councils are doing their own assessments to reassure residents. at fatalfires own assessments to reassure resident

that is what we see in grenfell tower.t is not that grenfell tower did not go through safety checks. it did. there were 16 independent inspections of that building, led by the local council which hazards inpot the the problem areas that have been highlighted by the residence association for years. the community sees something is a problem, on the part of the contractors, they will only do the minimum to maximize their profit and lower their costs. if taking it away with installing a cladding that was combustible and a noncombustible inflammable one would have cost to them to bounce more, they would still cut the cost. we are a number of 5000 pounds would have been required to have the entire building cladding in a nonflammable material. blame and who is responsible? the gmo would say, well, we gave it to ride in and they followed all of the requirements and met the regulatory requirements. tenants hadsee the a different complaint and it was not listen to purely because the tml could get away with it. and t the council didi

where the modifications made to grenfell tower is resulting in the inferno that we saw? building less safe than before the refurbishment. the coroner has a responsibility. it was a proxy almost for a public enquiry. a wide—ranging ii almost for a public enquiry. a wide—ranging 11 week inquest that looked at a mountain of evidence. the coroner under section 43 of the coroners act is allowed to say what might prevent deaths happening in the future. those recommendations essentially said, you have to take on board some of these issues. you wrote directly to the biggest eric pickles and said to the minister you must consider this as a matter of urgency. eric pickles wrote back to the coroner and said that they take the coroner and said that they take the matter very seriously and will make fire safety the highest priority. the prime minister will wa nt to priority. the prime minister will want to look at that correspondence amongst many other things and say if it was such a priority, why was it when this building was refurbished it had measures in place that perhaps compromi