but at grenfell tower, they didn't.used aluminium panels that have a plastic polyethylene core, flammable panels — a critical mistake. that type of aluminium cladding has been found on plenty of other high—rises. this is the chilcots estate in the london borough of camden. it plays a small but important role in the grenfell tower story. you see, ryden, the developer, brought people from the kctmo here to see what you could do to high—rises with cladding. these camden towers also use polyethylene core aluminium panels. but, unlike grenfell, the insulation underneath is completely fireproof and, unlike grenfell, the camden cladding was installed at a time when these sorts of panels were relatively novel. in the years between the chilcots renovation in 2006 and the start of the grenfell works, concerns started to arise about polyethylene core panels. they were key factors in fires at the television cultural centre in beijing, at the apartment building in shanghai, at the saif belhasa in dubai, the tamweel tower in dubai, a

temperatures reached 1600 celsius inside grenfell.people were still trapped, including the pensioner ligaya moore. it may never be known what happened to her on the last night of her life. the authorities are saying that there's no way for ligaya to survive. that is their word. do you think it is possible she was asleep and just didn't wake up? for me, i am thinking she was so tired, and we separated for 30 minutes on the way, so that she was in a deep sleep. and was suffocated in the fire. by the smoke. i am still hoping she was there. next door to ligaya moore, sheltering in flat 182 were the el wahabis, who had heeded the advice to stay put. sadly, they were all to lose their lives that night. we just knew they were in there and they weren't coming out. that's what they told you? yeah, and you can't put yourself in that position. we got there, we were looking thinking, what the hell is going on? itjust kept burning and burning. only four of the residents of the 21st floor had these get the building. mr abdu, and helen and andrei so

this isn't a reaction to grenfell. what we are doing isjust reaction to grenfell.ing reaction to grenfell. what we are doing isjust repeating our message we have said continuously the many yea rs. we have said continuously the many years. now the attention is on new legislation and the review, we call upon the government to take notice of what we have said prolonged time and take action and listen to it very carefully. so you have been saying it pro very long time. why do you think you have been ignored? is it simplya you think you have been ignored? is it simply a matter of cost?|j you think you have been ignored? is it simply a matter of cost? i don't think it is purely a matter of course, there are a number of priorities both within public housing and private sector housing and also the issue about building regulations and legislation that combine around the developers for these provisions. it's a very complicated issue and costs will have something to do with it, of course, but it's also something about the building, the infrastructure. some buildings are very

the poet ben okri recently wrote in his poem, grenfell tower, "those who we re his poem, grenfell towerng now are dead. those who we re were living now are dead. those who were breathing are from the earth fled. if you want to see how the poor die, come to see grenfell tower. see the tower and let it world changing dream flower". thank you, ben, for that wonderful poem. we have a duty as a country to learn the lessons from this calamity and ensure that a changed world flowers. i hope the public inquiry will assist but a decent home is a right for everyone, whatever their income, whatever their background. and houses should be homes for the many, not speculative investments for a few. ayr look at the conservative housing record and you understand widegren for residents are sceptical about their conservative council and this conservative government. —— why g re nfell tower this conservative government. —— why grenfell tower residents. since 2010, homelessness has doubled. 120,000 children don't have a home to call their own. homeownership has fallen. thousands are living in homes that are

, this is not a reaction to grenfell, what we are doing now isjust reaction to grenfell, what we areinuously for many years, now that the attention is on the legislation and on gas, we have called upon the government to take notice of what we have been saying for a long time, and to take action and consider that very carefully. why do you think you have been ignored, is it simply a matter of cost? i don't think it is a matter purely of cost, i think there are a matter of a number of priorities, both within public housing and private sector housing and the issue of building regulations and the legislation combined around the developers for these provisions. it isa developers for these provisions. it is a very complicated issue. costil have something to do with it of course, but it is also something about the building, the infrastructure. some buildings are very old and it could be more technically difficult to fit spring clues, although still possible and there are just clues, although still possible and there arejust a clues, although still possible and there are just a whole number

karim mussilhy‘s uncle died at grenfell.community, survivors, are not confident in the inquiry, but we're being optimistic and we're trying to keep an open mind, but we're here to make sure that the right questions are being asked. for ahmed, his optimism from this morning has gone. i am disappointed, because we went to the inquiry hoping that it's going to ease us a bit, but in fact itjust makes us angry. but you're not going to withdraw your support for the inquiry? no, no, no. we're not. we're not going to withdraw it, we're going to carry on. the inquiry promises answers, but there's so much those who lost relatives and homes at grenfell still want and need to know. interest rates may rise in the coming months, for the first time in more than a decade. that's the warning from the bank of england. it voted to keep rates on hold at 0.25%. but the suggestion that interest rates may go up sooner than expected led to a sharp rise in the pound. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. a new banknote with a famous write

there really demonise the people who live in grenfell.se come forward , illegals that are there, please come forward, it will not damage your state, we want to make sure you are safe. in that building was a community. we had moroccan, colombian, third, fourth generation londoners, west indian, portuguese, yes, somalian... londoners, west indian, portuguese, yes, somalian. .. we londoners, west indian, portuguese, yes, somalian... we are such a diverse community that works together, but all that was shown was women wearing the hijab, with their children, speaking with non—english accents. we have had racist hate mail, people telling them go back to where you came from, why are you in this area? you yourself covered that, people said we are afraid to say... this is it. all of that brings a really negative image. these are ha rd—working brings a really negative image. these are hard—working people, solid in the community. people had bought their properties, nurses, policemen, teachers, all sorts lived there. why have they been left? why have

the grenfell inquiry of the importance of community engagement, about coming to grenfell and latimer.fected by the fire, to really have a much deeper understanding of the impact that this atrocity and disaster has had on their lives. rather than it being the other way round, and expecting them to contact the inquiry team, this is a community deeply traumatised. the extent of this situation is now embedding in the community. there is a lot of depression and a lot of the suicidal feelings. also a lack of hope. i think there are some significant questions that the community needs to put to the inquiry team. there is also a feeling they want sir martin moore—bick to understand what their life is like now, how it's transformed from what it was. and there are some survivors, you know, whose lives have changed for ever. i think they want that included as pa rt of think they want that included as part of this inquiry. there is a much deeper understanding of what the impact of this community is, rather thanjust the impact of this community is, rather than just about a fire. thank you very much

tomorrow, the grenfell tower inquiry begins.—bick, who had a rocky initial reception from some of the families affected by the fire, it has to work out exactly what caused the fire three months ago. but it is an altogether bigger moment too — a detailed case study of how well our country works, particularly for those without the connections or money to fix things in their favour. under examination will be building and fire safety regulations, the response of the fire brigade, and the responsiveness of the council to its tenants' concerns, among other things. and careful to dispel any suspicion of cover—up, it'll all be streamed live. we'll look at the hopes and fears people hold of the inquiry shortly, but we know many people think austerity was, at root, to blame. our policy editor chris cook looks now at what we already know, including the startling fact that using combustible cladding on the building, barely saved any money at all. life in west london continues around the dark shell of grenfell tower. it's become a monument n

you can't have disasters thus like grenfell tower.lt pre—2007, with those systems. there may be lots of recommendations coming out of the enquiry like that, but you are saying that there will be a strong lobby of companies pushing to avoid any drastic recommendations that would prove costly to implement. do you think really that that sort of lobby will get away with that argument? if so martin says look, we need this, the safety of people in living in tall buildings. there are a number... 0n the sprinkler issue if you took the particular case of the fire at grenfell, it is hard to see how sprinklers would have stopped that tragedy. they may have reduced the numbers of deaths and made things perhaps better than they were, but i'm not sure that that would have been the answer because u nless would have been the answer because unless you put sprinkles on the outside of the building, you're not going to be able to stop the fire which is spreading on the outside will stop them going into the inside of the building, and the ferocity of the

the design, construction and refurbishment of grenfell tower.t authorities before the tragedy — and their response after the fire. in his opening statement, sir martin moore—bick addressed calls from survivors for local residents to be appointed to the inquiry team. i know that many of the survivors would like me to appoint someone from among their own number or perhaps another local resident as one of my assessors. many of them can of course provide valuable evidence and i shall ensure that all evidence is heard and carefully considered. but to appoint as an assessor someone who had had direct involvement in the fire would risk undermining my impartiality in the eyes of others who are also deeply involved in the enquiry. i have therefore come to the conclusion that i cannot take the course they would wish me to adopt. as a result i have approached a number of people all completely independent of those whose conduct may have to be investigated. who have expertise of a social and administrative nature that enables them to provide me with the assi

karim mussilhy‘s uncle died at grenfell.s of the community, survivors, are not confident in the inquiry, but we're being optimistic and we're trying to keep an open mind, but we're here to make sure that the right questions are being asked. for ahmed, his optimism from this morning has gone. i am disappointed because we went to the inquiry hoping that it's going to ease us a bit, but in fact itjust makes us angry. but you're not going to withdraw your support for the inquiry? no, no, no. we're not. we're not going to withdraw it, we're going to carry on. the inquiry promises answers, but there's so much those who lost relatives and homes at grenfell still want and need to know. lucy manning bbc news. the inquiry has released a list of more than 100 questions that need answering — from cladding on the tower block, to why residents were told to stay in their flats once the fire had broken out. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, has been looking at some of the key issues that will be investigated. from the ashes of th

who can forget those images of the grenfell tower ablaze?t happened here in britain, in one of the wealthiest areas of the country, in one of the richest countries in the world, and tory—controlled royal borough of kensington and chelsea treated the residents of grenfell like second—class citizens. applause. and when the disaster struck, the royal borough's response was shameful. even now, out of all the families made homeless, only a handful have been offered permanent homes, and this in a borough with over 2,000 empty properties. am i the only person wondering why the commissioners aren't coming in and taking over the failing royal borough of kensington and chelsea ? applause. but tory failure in relation to grenfell goes further than the council. events at grenfell are also a direct consequence of deregulation of fire standards and inspection, privatisation and outsourcing. we demand justice for the grenfell survivors. they will not be forgotten. applause. we demand an immigration amnesty for all former grenfell residents, so they all fee

karim mussilhy‘s uncle died at grenfell.he community, survivors, are not confident in the inquiry, but we're being optimistic and we're trying to keep an open mind, but we're here to make sure that the right questions are being asked. for ahmed, his optimism from this morning has gone. i am disappointed because we went to the inquiry hoping that it's going to ease us a bit, but in fact itjust makes us angry. but you're not going to withdraw your support for the inquiry? no, no, no. we're not. we're not going to withdraw it, we're going to carry on. three months on and still so much to do. only 60 victims identified out of the 80 believed to have died. 0n housing, 196 households need new homes, only three families have moved into permanent accommodation. 0n the police investigation, there have been no arrests so far and 165 other social housing blocks have been found to have unsafe cladding. the inquiry promises answers, but there's so much those who lost relatives and homes at grenfell still want and need to know. lucy is in

karim mussilhy‘s uncle died at grenfell.ommunity, survivors, are not confident in the inquiry, but we're being optimistic and we're trying to keep an open mind, but we're here to make sure that the right questions are being asked. for ahmed, his optimism from this morning has gone. i am disappointed because we went to the inquiry hoping that it's going to ease us a bit, but in fact itjust makes us angry. but you're not going to withdraw your support for the inquiry? no, no, no. we're not. we're not going to withdraw it, we're going to carry on. three months on and still so much to do. only 60 victims identified out of the 80 believed to have died. on housing, 196 households need new homes, only three families have moved into permanent accommodation. on the police investigation, there have been no arrests so far and 165 other social housing blocks have been found to have unsafe cladding. the inquiry promises answers, but there's so much those who lost relatives and homes at grenfell still want and need to know. well with me n

it's three months since the fire at grenfell tower.very where and the anger of survivors like miguel is just as strong. somebody has to pay for what they did to us. myself, i could be ashes inside the building. my hopes is there will be a change in the policies around the fire and also the safety of the people. the public inquiry which opens tomorrow will look at what needs to change in the safety and maintenance of council—owned blocks. in a freedom of information request we found that the majority, 68%, of council tower blocks have a single stair well. 30% have some form of cladding and just 2% have a full sprinkler system. we know they save lives, we know they can save properties and we know they make a real dirves. so 2% is a shockingly low number. can save properties and we know they make a real difference. so 2% is a shockingly low number. dany cotton led the fire service at grenfell tower. the recommendation should be that it is mandatory to fit sprinklers in all new builds, especially in places like high rises and schools. and

this man led the fire service at grenfell tower.in places like high—rises and schools. new builds, especially in places like high-rises and schools. what about retrofitting? i support it. where you can save one life that it's worth doing. this can't be optional. it is something that must happen and it must be in place for the future to protect people. recommendations to fit sprinklers have been made before. this is like more house in london. six people we re more house in london. six people were killed in a house here in 2009. the recommendation by the coroner in the inquest was ignored and absolutely nothing happened. it is very clear that we have a system of regulation over the fire safety of tower blocks that is simply systemically not working and the enquiry needs to get to the bottom of why that is and what's gone wrong. this is a sprinkler test. it is triggered when heat directly underneath reaches a certain temperature. a study by the national fire chiefs council shows where sprinklers are fitted they distinguish or controlle

graham satchell is at grenfell tower in west london.en the public enquiry officially opens tomorrow it will ask some pretty fundamental questions. how did the fire start, why did it spread so quickly and why did sony people die, and, of course, how do we prevent a fire happening like this again in the future? fire experts we have spoken to have now come to consensus. they say it is time to retrofit all council owned tower blocks with full sprinkler systems. the fire at grenfell tower raised fundamental questions about the maintenance of council—run tower blocks and what needs to change to make them safe. in a freedom of information request to local authorities across the uk, we found thatjust 2% of residential tower blocks have a sprinkler system fitted. we know they save lives, we know they can save properties, and we know they make a real difference. so, 2% is a shockingly low number. dany cotton led the fire service at grenfell tower. the recommendation should be that it's mandatory to fit sprinklers in all new builds, especially in

the public inquiry opens into the fire at grenfell tower where at least 80 people died. the retired judge leading the inquiry tells survivors of his sadness and says he understands they‘ re still suffering enormous pain. the inquiry cannot undo any of that. but it can and will provide answers to the pressing questions of how a disaster of this kind could occur in 21st century london. we'll have the latest from the inquiry in central london. i think ithinka i think a lot of us are disheartened and don't have faith in the inquiry, and don't have faith in the inquiry, and we have to do recognise that there are other ways that we can acquire the change and achieve the change we are looking for. we'll have the latest from the inquiry in central london. also this lunchtime. a man who's spent more 11 years in prison after being sentenced to ten months for arson is to be released. eight residents of a florida nursing home that was left without power for days following hurricane irma have died. 115 others have been treated in hospital. downing street says theresa may is frustrate

none of the flats in grenfell tower had a balcony.experience, helen and lulya are adamant that their new home will have one. the flat they were initially shown didn't. the fact that the fire was coming from the outside and the fire was on the kitchen wall, so if you have a balcony, you could step out and you would have a bigger chance of being rescued, so they could bring anything to come and save you. hear their story, and you understand their logic. we tried to come out three times, but then, we had to go out the fourth, because the bedrooms were already on fire. so, we had to take the stairs. i had my dog. my friend luwanna had her dog. this was around liz30am. smoke had long ago entered grenfell tower's only stairwell. while i was going down, all the smoke, it was really thick, so it's like thick airgoing into you, it's really strong. i can hear everyone trying to find air, like everyone screaming, choking, gagging, then i trip over someone, someone lying on the floor, which is the worst part of everything. so, i'm squeezing my do

dany cotton led the fire service at grenfell tower.dation should be that it's mandatory to fit sprinklers in all new builds, especially in places like high—rises and schools. what about retrofitting? i support retrofitting, clearly. foi’ me, where you can save one life then it's worth doing. this can't be optional. it's something that must happen and it must be in place for the future to protect people. recommendations to fit sprinklers have been made before. this is like lakanal house in london. six people were killed in a fire here in 2009. the recommendation by the coroner in the lakanal inquest was simply ignored and absolutely nothing happened. it is very clear that we have a system of regulation over the fire safety of tower blocks that is simply systemically not working and the inquiry needs to get to the bottom of why that is and what's gone wrong. this is a sprinkler test. it's triggered when heat directly underneath reaches a certain temperature. a study by the national fire chiefs council shows where sprinklers are fitted, t

dany cotton led the fire service at grenfell tower.an save one life it‘s worth doing. this can‘t be optional. it cannot be a nice to have. it‘s something that must happen and it must be in place for the future to protect people. recommendations to fit sprinklers have been made before. this is lakanal house in london. six people were killed in a fire here in 2009. the recommendation from the coroner in the lakanal inquest was simply ignored and absolutely nothing happened. it is very clear that we have a system of regulation over the fire safety of tower blocks that is simply systemically not working and the enquiry needs to get to the bottom of why that is and what‘s gone wrong. this is a sprinkler test. it‘s triggered when heat directly underneath reaches a certain temperature. a study by the national fire chiefs council shows where sprinklers are fitted they extinguish or control 99% of fires. so why aren‘t they fitted in more homes? the main reason is cost. in croydon, for example, the local authority plans to retrofit 25 tower bloc

and these are possessions of mrs mamudu's from her flat at grenfell tower? that's right. you recognise it? the colour has changed. you've got your national insurance card back. you're going to need that. yay! my gemini stone. is that really important to you? it is. it my birth stone and i made it into a ring. wow, that's interesting. that's good. yes! talk to me about why you are so happy. my late husband's watch. does that not make me happy? so it's been over two months now since you lost your flat. you are still living in a hotel. but you have received some of your possessions from the flat. what sort of consolation is that for you? to me, actually, the consolation was that i was alive. all these are materialistic things. i'm happy i got them, but my life was more important. yeah. the sooner they start letting me build my life again, the sooner there will be closure. even if i got all these things back, there is no closure because i don't have a roof. i don't have my self—respect. i don't have dignity. i have nothing. even though she has some of her jewellery back, the

after grenfell, we must think again about what are called regeneration schemes.regeneration is a much abused word. too often, what it really means is forced gentrification and social cleansing, [applause] as private developers move in , and tenants and leaseholders are moved out. we are very clear. the cuts to social security. but we need to go further, as conference decided yesterday. so when councils come forward , with proposals for regeneration, we will put down two markers based on one simple principle. regeneration under a labour government will be for the benefit of the local people, not private developers, not property speculators. [applause] first, people who live on an estate that's redeveloped, must get a home on the same site, and the same terms as before. [applause] no social cleansing, no jacking up rents, no exorbitant ground rents. and secondly councils will have , to win a ballot of existing tenants and leaseholders before any redevelopment scheme can take place. [applause] real regeneration, yes, but for the many not the few. ,[applause] that's

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the headlines: the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire opens in london.l answer ‘pressing questions‘ about the disaster. i'm well aware at the past few months have turned the world of those who live in north kensington upside down, but if the enquiry is to get to the truth of what happened, it must seek out all the releva nt happened, it must seek out all the relevant evidence and examine it calmly and rationally. a prisoner who is still injail11 years after being given a 10—month sentence for arson is to be released. james ward had been told he wouldn't be released until a parole board decided he wasn't a danger to the public. the bank of england has said that higher inflation and a pick up in growth could lead to a rise in interest rates in ‘the coming months'. the bank's voted to keep rates on hold at a quarter of one per cent for now. borisjohnson has boris johnson has met borisjohnson has met the us secretary of state in london for talks about libya, iran and north korea. rex tillerson also promised us help for britain after brexit. president trump h

it is break close to grenfell tower.yone shares a common goal and it was to get to the truth of what happened. he is expecting his first interim report to be published around easter but he did say the timetable might slip. he said the scale of the enquiry is huge. he said the enquiry was not about punishment or awarding compensation, but he also said he would not shrink away from any findings or recommendations which could lead to criminal charges against individuals or organisations. the enquiry will run into macrophages. the first phase will be focused on the fire itself, those terrible hours when the fire spread so quickly in the building, how it was put out, the response from the emergency services and evacuation of residents. this be dealt with first as sir martin said there was an urgent need to find out those answers, because not least if there are similar defects in other high—rise buildings, steps must be taken quickly to make sure those who are housed in them are kept out. the second phase will examine how the

grenfell tower has been under guard 2a hours a day.y have accessed their flats and stolen money. some reports suggest it could be as much as £5,000 in total that has been stolen. reacting total that has been stolen. reacting to all of this on the grenfell estate, we have spoken to one man whose uncle died in the fire. i want individuals charged, prosecuted and sent to prison. that's what i want. it is more than three months on now and he'sjust have the latest update 20 figures moving quickly enough, do you feel like you've got enough from the services? as time goes on, you understand the scale of everything i think it would be wrong to and i think it would be wrong to wa nt and i think it would be wrong to want thanks done quickly. 0ne and i think it would be wrong to want thanks done quickly. one thing is done properly. —— we want things done properly. that's because there's lots of manpower and resources, it doesn't mean things will move quickly. i would prefer if they took their time which means things would be done properly. police

a public enquiry in london to the fire at grenfell tower injune london to the fire at grenfell tower in june that london to the fire at grenfell tower injune that killed at least 80 people. if you want to get in touch, the hashtag is bbcos. welcome to outside source. restart with new warning for the plight of the refugees in myanmar. the entire population could be forced to leave if the solution is found soon. nearly 400,000 muslims are in camps in bangladesh. one of the groups helping them, the international group for migration, says it is possible 300,000 still left in myanmar may still join possible 300,000 still left in myanmar may stilljoin them. these images are from a hospital in bangladesh. where dozens of children remain critically ill as they stepped on landmines. some allegations saying they were placed there by the burmese military. my colleague sending this report from the bangladeshi side of the border. the un secretary—general describing what is happening here is a humanitarian catastrophe. a food truck turning up. this is well—meaning bangladeshis throwing food and cl

tower and grenfell walk, have been rehoused ?ing to speed this up, and when will all the survivors be offered permanent rehousing? the school year began today, and students are shortly beginning university from inadequate accommodation in hotels with no space to study. their grades will suffer. as will those of the young man who was also taking his gcses the morning of the fire, and arrived in his underwear at school, was given clothes to wear, who didn't have the fabulous good fortune of the young woman you spoke about, has had no consideration, and has lost his place at school. thejustice minister dominic raab has apologised for a policy requiring workers to fund the cost of taking legal action against employers. the government introduced fees for employment tribunals in 2013 in order to reduce the number of cases considered to be weak or malicious. the trade union, unison, challenged the fees, arguing that they were denying people justice. and, injuly, the supreme court ruled that the policy was unlawful. my constituents have

tomorrow a public inquiry into what happened at grenfell begins. at how the fire started, why it spread so quickly and the actions of public authorities before and after the fire. graham satchell reports. the fire at the cell tower raised fundamental questions about the maintenance of council run tower blocks and what is needed to make them serve. —— safe. in a foia request we found that only 2% of council one tower blocks have sprinkler systems fitted. gear 2% is a shockingly low number. danny cotton led the service at grunfeld tower. what about retrofitting? i clearly support retrofitting. where you can save one life then it is worth doing. it can't be optional or a nice to have this is something that must be in place for the future to protect people. recommendations to protect people. recommendations to fit sprinklers have been made before. six people were killed in a fire here at 2009. the recommendation for the coroner in the national inquest was just simply ignored and absolutely nothing happened. it is very clear that we have a system of reg

it underlines how the problems around grenfell tower and the prime minister and problems around grenfellrand herfaded problems around grenfell tower and the prime minister and her faded to perhaps necessarily immediately show how the nation felt about that seem to have made her problems worse. it isa very to have made her problems worse. it is a very interesting thing. to have made her problems worse. it is a very interesting thingm to have made her problems worse. it is a very interesting thing. it is gone and beyond brexit, beyond the general election results but how she behaves. imagine how this is perceived frankly on the continent. tell us about that. well we cover this a lot in france and went theresa may spoke in florence on the one hand about this being a challenge and the priority, it is not the priority of the rest of the eu. emmanuel macron on tuesday will be making an important speech on what his vision is for the future and the further integration of the eu. that will be a very important speech. listening to his speech at the un, he offered a vision, a multilateralist vision

just looking ahead to the grenfell tower inquiry which sta rts the grenfell tower inquiry which starts. the cloud steadily increasing by the time we get to ten o'clock across southern counties, but you might get to the rush—hour dry. across the north midlands in lincolnshire, much brighter. for northern ireland, northern and western scotland, a few showers around but not as many as yesterday. central and eastern scotla nd yesterday. central and eastern scotland will have a much brighter day than yesterday. thicker cloud pushing into northern scotland. it is heavy and thunderyjury pushing into northern scotland. it is heavy and thundery jury after pushing into northern scotland. it is heavy and thunderyjury after no. that chilly breeze will blow into the north—western pushers through quite quickly. temperatures when the sun is out will not feel too bad. but once the showers come through, temperatures will drop by three or four celsius. that takes us into the night, and showers will continue across western areas, and the zone of thicker cloud will push its way southwards, so by the time

it's three months since the fire at grenfell tower.s, like miguel alves, is just as strong. somebody has to pay for what they did to us. myself, i could be ashes inside the building. my hopes is there will be a change in the policies around the fire and also the safety of the people. the public inquiry which opens tomorrow will look at what needs to change in the safety and maintenance of council—owned blocks. in a freedom of information request we found that the majority, 68%, of council tower blocks have a single stair well. 30% have some form of cladding and just 2% have a full sprinkler system. we know they save lives, we know they can save properties and we know they make a real difference. so 2% is a shockingly low number. dany cotton led the fire service at grenfell tower. the recommendation should be that it is mandatory to fit sprinklers in all new builds, especially in places like high rises and schools. and what about retro—fitting? i support retro—fitting. for me, where you can save one life, then it's worth doing, this can

tower fire in police say the death toll in the grenfell towerfire in london may be less tha n grenfellreased by a third since january. figures also suggest the number not being answered has doubled in the last year. the national police chiefs' council claims people are using the 999 system incorrectly. sean dilley reports. hello metropolitan police, what's your emergency? police control rooms like this one are the nerve centre of every force. it is where 999 and 101 calls are connected and where officers and staff resources are deployed. but the bbc has learned that many forces are struggling to cope with an increase in demand. this has been intensified after recent terrorist attacks. results of a freedom of information request show that the number of 999 callers in the uk who disconnected before being answered by a police operator more than doubled from june 2016 tojune 2017. two of the forces most affected were the metropolitan and greater manchester police. the met saw the number of unanswered emergency calls increase from more than 2600 in 2016 to over 7700 in 2017. the police fede

and these are possessions of mrs mamudu's from her flat at grenfell tower? that's right.ve got your national insurance card back. you're going to need that. yay! my gemini stone. is that really important to you? it is. it my best stone and i made it into a ring. wow, that's interesting. that's good. yes! talk to me about why you are so happy. my late husband's watch. does that not make me happy? so it's been over two months now since you lost your flat. you are still living in a hotel. but you have received some of your possessions from the flat. what sort of consolation is that for you? to me, actually, the consolation was that i was alive. all these are materialistic things. i'm happy i got them, but my life was more important. yeah. as soon as they start letting me build my life again, the sooner there will be closure. even if i got all these things back, there is no closure because i don't have a roof. i don't have my self—respect. i don't have dignity. i have nothing. even though she has some of her jewellery back, the majority of mrs mamudu's possessions remain in t

the grenfell tower disaster — police now say the number of people who died might be less than 80.kyi, have you become an apologist for ethnic cleansing? do you have something to say? that's the accusation against myanmar‘s aung san suu kyi — human rights groups say she hasn't given a satisfactory answer. talk about a quiet retirement — rio ferdinand says he'll be taking to the ring. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news... coach mark sampson says allegations of racism against him won't hinder england's lionesses as they begin their world cup qualifying campaign. good evening and welcome to the bbc‘s news at six. it was donald trump's first appearance at the united nations as president. it may be the home of international diplomacy, but there was nothing diplomatic about his attack on what he called rogue nations like iran and north korea. he told the general assembly of world leaders and senior diplomats that if north korea threatened the us or its allies it would face total destruction. our north america editor, jon sopel, reports on what the speech tells us about us foreign pol

there was a long pass only on grenfell tower which he said stood as a tragic testa m e nt to which heto a less caring society and he made a couple of announcements on housing before moving on to the international stage. journalist and author rachel shabbie is with me now. your thoughts? he looked much more confident and competent as a forceful speech. he was very much in command and in control of that room. the speech had a theme of showing that the labour party is ready for government. he did, as you say, spend some time pointing out that this government is not capable, it's not competent, they're at each other's throats, they're squabbling, they're callous and calculating and he urged them to either get it together or step aside. then the re st of together or step aside. then the rest of the speech was very much joining together the themes of attacking this leadership on its manifesto it's been leading towards — the for the many, not the few themes, the idea that the economy doesn't have to work like this, that there is a different way of doing things, that we can have a different w

the public inquiry into the fire at grenfell tower in london opens shortly. at least 80 people died in the tragedy injune. the man dubbed the most hated man in america, disgraced drugs company executive, martin shkreli, is jailed in the us. ajudge says he posed a threat to the public. hello. i am sally bundock with the business stories. panic on the high street. it was britain's first bank run in 150 years. but a decade on, have the lessons of northern rock been learnt? plus the oil age may be ending, but what comes next? toyota is betting on hydrogen. we hearfrom the european boss at the frankfurt motor show. hello. thank you for being with us here in bbc news. eight residents of a florida nursing home have died after hurricane irma knocked out its power and air conditioning, when it hit the state on sunday. 115 other residents of the home were evacuated, a number of them were in critical condition. police are now conducting a criminal investigation into the deaths. sarah corker reports. a state of emergency at a nursing home in florida. without air—conditio

and three months after the grenfell fire in london many still have questions over how it happened and why more hasn't been done to help the victims the inquiry launched just hours ago is now trending online hardeen connected us with. also on the grid a new threat from north korea aimed directly at japan and the united states this time the talk is of sinking the japanese islands and reducing the us to ashes and darkness this is out of the new un sanctions imposed on north korea we can see how seriously tokyo in particular is taking these latest threats from pyongyang and the latest for the next decade of summer olympic games are locked in paris will host twenty twenty four los angeles twenty twenty eight but it's all smiles of the limbic headquarters there are still allegations of corruption in the bidding process hanging over the fine print. you're with the news grid live on air and streaming online through huge of facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com all of that to come however to other developments to start us off the dock is one of them that is the program to protect from deport

there is no doubt that the victims of g re nfell there is no doubt that the victims of grenfell haved, for yea rs of grenfell have been ignored, for years now, it seems, by local politicians and the local council and many people across the spectrum. the question is, how do we actually deal with this inquiry? emotions are high around this, understandably. my concern is that this inquiry is going to become politicised very, very quickly. optics matters, certainly. but, you know, one of the criticisms today is that sir martin moore—bick was not taking more questions... he didn't take any questions... he didn't take any questions. but today isn't necessarily the moment that he should be taking questions. this is the very beginning, and there are many questions to come. in many ways, we have to step back, and in orderfor this to be ways, we have to step back, and in order for this to be truly impartial we have to try to separate the law so we have to try to separate the law so that people actually get there just is. my biggest concern is that it will get so politicised that nobody feels t

the funeral took place today of one of the youngest victims of the grenfell tower fire., three—year—old hania and four—year—old fethia who died with their mother, rania, on the 23rd floor. our special correspondent lucy manning has been speaking to the girls‘ family. in matching dresses, celebrating at a birthday party, two sisters, fethia, four, and hania, three, dancing together. they would die in the fire together. hania, a little bit shy, lived in grenfell with her sister, her mum, rania ibrahim, who also died, and her dad, hassan. fethia had this strong personality, just like her mum. she was very brave and very social. hania was much more of the quiet one. and if she said something, you would cherish it. this was hania. she loved art, and i realise that about her... their cousin mourns the future they dreamed of. fethia, i believe, wanted to be a teacher. she was really bossy. "do this, do that," and she followed instructions quite well. hania, probably a princess. that's probably what hania would like to be. as the fire burned, their mum, rania, sent live video fr

we‘re here with rumayatu mamudu, a grenfell resident who we‘ve been following since the fire.flat at grenfell tower? yes, that's right. do you want to have a look? would you like me to take some out? how about this one? do you recognise it? the colour has changed. you‘ve got your national insurance card back. you‘re going to need that. yay! my gemini stone. is that really important to you? it is. it‘s my birth stone. we are pulling from that. we are going to cross to the commons and david davis. i rather wondered whether they‘d fall for that. i wonder how they will explain to their constituents that they don‘t care about the pensions and health care of four million people. i‘d like to thank all the officials who have been working hard at home and out in brussels to make this happenment our colleagues will have received my letter following july‘s negotiating round. iset received my letter following july‘s negotiating round. i set out the dynamics of that round in detail. these rounds are not about establishing joint legal text, they are about reaching a detailed understanding o

the number of people who died in the grenfell —— disaster.at's according to police investigating the blaze. initial estimates suggested around 80 people had been killed when the tower caught fire injune. speaking to the bbc earlier, our special correspondent lucy manning gave the latest on the adjusted figures. although an enormous mamba of people died here in grenfell, they now believe fewer than 80 died. there was cctv in the foyer said they have been able to count out around 240 people that night out of the building. there are also investigating eight people for ford, fraudulently claiming they or their family members were involved in the fire. the cells are investigating for possible death at grenfell from the apartment that weren't so badly damaged, some money and possessions have gone missing and the police said they are devastated that this could have happened. we did get some sense today of the massive scale of this investigation. thousands of witness statements taken, documents seized and people investigated for manslaughter. identif

and have 2,a 500 people they need to speak to and they are conducting a forensic examination of grenfell piping in place. when that is in place and it won't be until the new year, there will be a reconstruction process to test some of the fire precautions in place. that is an investigation. what we have also learned today is that police do not believe it was more than 80 people who died in the fire. they believe it was a little less than that. that is partly because they're investigating alleged cases of fraud, where people have allegedly falsely claimed that they had loved ones who died in the fire. there are also case that is they believe people have claimed they've lost property in the fire, those are also being looked into and there are four cases, in which people who have flats in grenfell cases, in which people who have flats in g re nfell tower cases, in which people who have flats in grenfell tower say they've had property or money stolen. in one case a considerable amount of money, thought to run into hundreds of pounds. thank you. people in the uk are making more attempts to fi

police now say the death toll in the grenfell tower fire say the death toll in the grenfell towerfireigh as previously thought. it was believed that around 80 people died for top detectives have also revealed that 240 people managed to escape the blaze between midnight and eight o'clock in the morning. matthew thompson has this report. it's now over three months since the grenfell tower disaster, but still, the final death toll remains uncertain. today, police said they had reason to believe that the number of dead may be fewer than the official figure of 80. they are investigating eight cases of alleged fraud in which survivors may have falsely claimed they had lost relatives or property in the fire. progress in retrieving remains has also been better than expected, police said, and cctv footage showed 240 people had left the tower that night. the death toll has been a running sore in the grenfell debate, as some survivors have accused the police of concealing the true figure. scotland yard also said today that they were considering a wide range of charges against both individuals an

the public inquiry into the fire at grenfell tower in london opens later.will examine the cause and spread of the fire, high—rise regulations, and the actions of the local authority. at least 80 people died in the blaze injune. the former drugs company boss martin shkreli has beenjailed in the us after a judge found that he posed a threat to the public. shkreli had offered $5000 to anyone who could get him a strand of hillary clinton's hair. the cassini mission to saturn will be making its final plunge into the planet in the coming hours. the probe will take its last pictures of the ringed planet and its moons. 0k. time now for world business report with sally. panic on the high street: it was britain's first bank run in 150 years. but a decade on, have the lessons of northern rock been learnt? plus, the oil age may be ending, but what comes next? toyota is betting on hydrogen. we will be hearing from the european boss at the frankfurt motor show. hello and a warm welcome. i am sally bundock. this is world business report. we start with an uncomfortable ann