grenfell changed everything. it did the consequences we saw fit to make the cranes loom in the horizon and different morph anyways no i live in cannes in the chelsea it's one of the richest areas in the whole country but the north where we live has one of the highest concentration of people a low. incomes. the go it inequality is pushing so many out the area it's obvious global capital has no regard for people like me it's the same story the world over from berkeley into rio madrid to new york but maybe because we're in such prime real estate what we had to live through could be a warning for you all so i set out to learn from those who are in the know about here and tell you about. they want to paris more due. here where they push everyone out to the outskirts in a suburb where you can easily control that outside of the of the in a circle where they have taken over and you go i have a income to even be there i was the only reason you're going to be going in is to commute go to work and do some menial task and co

they should have been keeping us safe in grenfell tower on the rest of the grenfell tower used to live on the first same floor. and rather than keeping us safe they spent their whole time in the whole concentration going around north kensington and taking our library of lovely hundred twenty five year old north kensington library of a beautiful information center underneath the fly over. and any other public assets they could get their hands on including this beautiful building behind us the building behind us a purchase of freehold for twenty five point three million pounds without any consultation without even the local labor councillors knowing about it i put some of it accusations to barry cooke i'm not going to comment on that it seems to me that that's a very very strong statement all i can say is that i've looked at the issues that we're dealing with in relation to fire safety on housing on making sure that we've got people that you know directing the team when we're directing work ourselves to make sure that people are safe but obviously emma level accusations directly at some

is people living near or at the grenfell tower?s are living in a building where they have the same kind of flammable panels as the g re nfell tower. kind of flammable panels as the grenfell tower. the kind of flammable panels as the gre nfell tower. the property kind of flammable panels as the grenfell tower. the property owner, where they all own those flats, they need to spend £2 million to replace the cladding but he will give them the cladding but he will give them the bill of £31,000 each in order to make the flats they own say. it is extraordinary. they are private flats ? extraordinary. they are private flats? yes, at the moment, because the flats are unsafe, and the flammable cladding, there are fire wardens patrolling there. 24 hours a day, at the cost of £4000 a week. the government will have to do something... it is a flabbergasting story. sajid javid, the housing secretary, said that the government told the owner of the freehold five months ago that the cladding was u nsafe. months ago that the cladding was unsafe. imag

also another one about cladding post—grenfell tower. what do you make of that?of the 160 social housing towers identify dangerous after grenfell tower have been known to be clouded. there was so much concern over the safety. —— there was so much concern over the safety. — — to there was so much concern over the safety. —— to be recladded. though all of these towers which had a similar risk and only three have been changed. that is a real risk. and especially the provenance that story had. the devastation brought that entire area. you would have thought this would have been massively high on the agenda. given housing is meant to be one of the centre plank of this government's new renaissance and new domestic agenda. all of the promises that we re agenda. all of the promises that were made in the aftermath of the attack, it is the same as the housing for the people who were living near grenfell tower, housing for the people who were living near gre nfell tower, so housing for the people who were living near grenfell tower, so many are still in hotels. astonishing.

i visited grenfell tower while it was still burning. i remember the desperation and sorrow.k, justin welby witnessed the recovery of a community that, like others, has inspired the nation. in concluding his message, the archbishop asked, what will define us in the year ahead? will it be the depth of suffering, or the breadth of compassion? the darkness, or the light of human kindness? it is a choice. but not one we have to make alone. jesus christ, the light of the world, weeps for our struggles, works for our healing, and invites us to walk in his light. he is right there with us in the midst of everything. may i wish you all a very happy new year. martin bashir, bbc news, borough market, london. you can see the archbishop's new year ‘s message later today. the headlines on bbc news: the six victims of a seaplane crash identified. hundreds were stranded in central liverpool might have to car park fire—damaged destroyed 1a00 vehicles. iran's president warns violence and disorder will not be tolerated amid large demonstrations. reports suggest that ten people have now been ki

his building is clad in the same material as the grenfell tower.are refusing. it could cost each of them many thousands of pounds. it's not so much about being prepared to pay it or not, it's about being able to afford paying it or not. that increase is huge for me, and has a huge impact on my life, and it'sjust for the interim measures. if i'm stung with a bill which is potentially tens of thousands of pounds for the actual re—cladding, i really don't know what i will do. what's the worst case scenario? i may not be able to afford to carry on living here. new figures show that in england, nearly 300 high—rise buildings with the same cladding as grenfell tower have failed safety tests. 98 of those are private apartment blocks. only three towers, all council owned, have been through the whole process of having the cladding replaced. in some cases, the delay is because of arguments between property managers and flat owners over who should cover the costs, which could run into millions per building. the main issue here is time. people are living in un

of bitch and activists around here lifting grenfell's our he won countless times. about the regulation and in the fire safety standards he said only a catastrophe would lead them to see and he was right and plan is not to have a plan and that's a great plan when you're trying to run something down into the ground you know because you just don't invest in it you don't use it it just is just not look soft as languished we're not i mean it just you know just they allowed it to i mean some is it isn't is a is a strong word but they are allowed it to sort of slip into a slum loike status which is disgusting considering this power has a first of all had referred of a billion pounds in reserves that we've been losing all of our public and public buildings in north kensington. the people that are responsible for that at all because i see a small caballo of officers keeping us safe they spent their whole time nation center underneath the fly over comment on that it seems to me that ban on housing on making sure they're directing the one with direct leaks like former deputy

grenfell changed everything. it did the consequences we saw fit to make the cranes live in the horizon in different morph anyways no i live in cannes in the chelsea it's one of the richest areas in the whole country but the north where we live has one of the highest concentration of people of low incomes. the growing inequality is pushing so many out the area it's obvious global capital has no the god for people like me it's the same story the world over from butt into rio madrid to new york but maybe because we haven't such prime real estate well. we had to live could be a warning for you all so i set out to learn from those who are in the know about here and tell you about. me they want to paris more due. here where they push everyone out to the outskirts in a suburb where you can easily control that outside of that of the inner circle where they have taken over and you go i have a income to even be there i was the only reason you're going to be going in is to commute go to work and do some menial task and come

an accountancy firm advising the grenfell inquiry has quit amid concerns over a conflict of interest.investigated, also works with the royal borough of kensington and chelsea, where the tower is located. the firm said it had "mutually agreed" to step down from the inquiry. a ten—year study has found women are three times more likely to die in the year following a heart attack than men because they're not given the same treatment. analysis of more than 180,000 patients over a decade by leeds university researchers found women were less likely to receive recommended treatments including bypass surgery or statins. when they did, the gap in mortality decreased dramatically. new measures to tackle the sale of unsafe laser pens which can cause blindness have been announced by the government. it comes after an increase in incidents targeting pilots and train drivers. the new powers would include better labelling, as daniela relph reports. and increased checks at borders to ensure that the devices do not enter the country in the first place. there are growing fears of an environmental disaste

i visited grenfell tower while it was still burning. i remember the desperation and sorrow.er the attack, justin welby witnessed the recovery of a community that, like others, has inspired the nation. in concluding his message, the archbishop asked, what will define us in the year ahead? will it be the depth of suffering, or the breadth of compassion? the darkness, or the light of human kindness? it is a choice. but not one we have to make alone. jesus christ, the light of the world, weeps for our struggles, works for our healing, and invites us to walk in his light. he is right there with us in the midst of everything. may i wish you all a very happy new year. martin bashir, bbc news, borough market, london. and you can see the archbishop of canterbury's new year message at 12.55 on bbc one and 4.25 on bbc two, apart from in scotland. the north korean leader has said that he has a nuclear button on his desk. in a defiant new year message, kim jong un says now that north korea had developed the capability to hit all of the us mainland with its nuclear weapons, washington wou

wiring have previously said it was a risk like grenfell. wiring and everything else.ng as well. they're going to move out until 2025. it takes seven to move out until 2025. it takes seve n yea rs to move out until 2025. it takes seven years to get to the point where we move out. at least had taken the decision today. compared with the options put in front of mps, this was the most immediate. the one put forward by the government last week was effectively, oh, let's make a decision in another however many yea rs' decision in another however many years' time. at least admit some decisions. it is a hard sell to taxpayers to spend millions of pounds on a refit of the office, essentially. if it fell down or burned down, no—one would be happy with that. there should be an a cce pta nce with that. there should be an acceptance that this is a building that needs to be looked at. let's move to a warning for all of us over 40. move to a warning for all of us over a0. stroke warning. it recognised people are having strokes. why is that? -- people are having strokes. why is that?

after grenfell tower, the cladding was tested and it failed. freeholder does not have access to the funds it should be the government. the managing agents want the matter settled at a property tribunal next month. while the government is saying that landlords should foot the bill for the refurbishments, it is not clear what it is. all of which make it is a time of considerable anxiety. everyone is worried. i have had m essa 9 es everyone is worried. i have had messages where people are feeling like they are going to have a heart attack. we were not expecting this increase, this £2 million bill. everyone is in shock with that. the agent told news a statement... —— the agent in charge of the manage of the building told news a statement... it is like they are asking six months, five months, eight months, or more for an average annual salary to churn out. we don't know how to pay. the sting in the tail is that for every week it goes by unresolved it is costing £4,000 for the fire wardens to patrol, a bill that is being met by the leaseholders. the

grenfell changed everything. it did the consequences we saw fit to make the cranes loom in the horizon and different morph anyways no i live in cannes in the chelsea it's one of the richest areas in the whole country but the north where we live has one of the highest concentration of people of low incomes. the growing inequality is pushing so many out the area it's obvious global capital has no the god for people like me.

grenfell changed everything. it did the consequences we suffered it made the cranes loom in the horizon and different morph anyways no i live in cannes in the chelsea it's one of the richest areas in the whole country but the north where we live has one of the highest concentration of people a low incomes. the growing inequality is pushing so many out the area it's obvious global capital has no regard for people like me it's the same story the world over from but into rio madrid to new york but maybe because we're having such prime real estate what we had to live through could be a warning for you all so i set out to learn from those who are in the know about here and tell you about it. they want to paris want to. hear what a push everyone out to the outskirts in the suburbs.

and when the chance arose to do something, a little thing, to raise some money on behalf of the grenfelltims, i thought that i must join in, i must do what i can do to help. so they auctioned the rights to naming a character in the book i was writing now. and i'm very pleased to find that it was -- the auction was won by someone who would like me to name a character nurhudda al wahabi, who's one of the girls who very tragically died in that fire. i'm very happy to do that. and nurhudda will have a part in the second part of the "book of dust" which i'm writing now. >> it is a remarkable gift for her family. she will live on forever in the covers of your book. >> i hope her relatives and friends like the character that i'm writing about. of course it won't be the real one, whom i never knew. but i hope they feel i do justice to her name. >> philip pullman, thank you so much for joining us. >> it's been a pleasure. thank you. >> and while pullman's ambitious stories challenge his many readers, sometimes it's the simplest tales that inspire, especially younger minds. i caught up with the in

i visited grenfell tower while it was still burning, i remember the desperation and sorrow. after the attack, justin welby witnessed the recovery of a community that, like others, has inspired the nation. in concluding his message, the archbishop of what would define us in the year ahead? will it be the depth of suffering or the breadth of compassion? the darkness or the light of human kindness? it is a choice. but not one we have to make a loan. jesus christ, the light of the world, weeks for all struggles, works for oui’ weeks for all struggles, works for our healing, and invites us to walk in his light. he is right there with us in his light. he is right there with us in the midst of everything. may i wish you all a very happy new year. martin bashir, bbc news, borough market, london. special coins marking 100—year anniversaries of women getting the right to vote and the end of the first world war are being released this year. the royal mint will also introduce ones celebrating 200 years since the publication of mary shelley's frankenstein. the two—pound coin, marking the

i visited grenfell tower while it was still burning. i remember the desperation and sorrow.ting borough market six months after the attack, justin welby witnessed the recovery of a community that, like others, has inspired the nation. in concluding his message, the archbishop asked, what will define us in the year ahead? will it be the depth of suffering, or the breadth of compassion? the darkness, or the light of human kindness? it is a choice. but not one we have to make alone. jesus christ, the light of the world, weeps for our struggles, works for our healing, and invites us to walk in his light. he is right there with us in the midst of everything. may i wish you all a very happy new year. martin bashir, bbc news, borough market, london. pope francis has condemned what he called the banality of consumerism in his homily at a new year mass in st peter's basilica in vatican city. he contrasted the contemplative silence of the virgin mary, the mother ofjesus in the christian faith, with the blare of commercials, saying the wave of shouting had a corrosive effect on society

his resignation he filled a med and managed to reach innovation that so deadly kept in touch to grenfell now he's advise in big businesses how to profit from local authorities yeah i'll give you the parts. he was actually he's made a business of tenant of accounts who this is how you do a budget night this is how you make money off a budget and he was making a living off this after he was he should be in jail he should be in jail. projected office to respond to allegations made in this film a week after the fire to rescind me made it official she apologized in parliament calling grenfell a failure of state the support on the ground for families in the initial alice was not good enough that was a failure of the state local and national. but for those of us who disputed continue speeding's of state before and after the fire this was too little too late . failure implies that there is a positive intention in the beginning to actually fulfill this toss what i think we have seen is yes incompetence on one hand but this stain and purposeful money speak of social housing in this bar in order to

the incident occurred three weeks after the grenfell fire and a psychotherapist‘s report showed thathim a fine and six points on his driving licence. the prime minister's spokesman says britain will not hold a second eu referendum, after nigel farage said he's warming to the idea. the former ukip leader and brexit campaigner told channel 5's the wright stuff programme that he is close to backing a second brexit vote, to end what he called the "whinging and whining" of anti—brexit campaigners. let's return now to the prime minister's pledge to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste within 25 years as part of a new government drive on the environment. the 5p charge for plastic bags at supermarkets will be extended to all shops in england, and stores will be encouraged to introduce "plastic free aisles." some campaigners have said that the measures don't go far enough. we can now talk to the shadow environment minister holly lynch. she's in westminster for us now. eliminate all plastic waste within 25 years. could you do that faster? i think we could. we all watched david attenborough‘s

think seven months since the incident which killed in the forty which killed over seventy people in grenfell tower that's remember that was in large part because the external cladding turned out to be flammable get this ash and there are more buildings clad with that climb of all material now than at the time of the incident now the government's trying to fob this soft little bit on the local. it is they're saying savage of it says that not very many councils are come forward and given the information needed to make these funds available but come on let's just be realistic seventy people seventy plus people died here and there are tens of thousands of people living in virtually identical circumstances to this all over the country now that is not exactly the kind of legacy a jew expected from grenfell in fairness lembit a quarter of the grunfeld tenants have been permanently rehabbed this means three quarters haven't that's all you need to remember and since june all this on the day to day when universal credit is on trial in parliament does the employer the minister alex sharma gives evidenc

you have been working with schoolchildren in and around grenfell tower, is that right?ldren from around g re nfell created by children from around grenfell and it is about the positives of community. that artwork has helped them, do you think? well, they're giving with such generosity a really positive message to the public, to the world. colin, you've done this many times. what‘s the day like? well, this is a real celebration, but it starts, but get lined up by green park at 10.30am. we play, we play, we play and we carry on to 2pm. and it is a fantastic way to start the new year. i‘m going to have a chat with the conductor, justin. good morning, justin. tell me about your band. we are from southern california. have you been to britain or europe before? no. what do you think of london? it is great coming to london and seeing it. it is different. london? it is great coming to london and seeing it. it is differentm will be quite a day today. are you looking forward to it? oh yes, for sure. happy new year. thank you. quite a scene here and we are celebrating, not just qui

is part of this country something from kensington and chelsea here are along with a grim story of grenfell the movements aren't nearly as big as one would have expected the guardian reports only three out of one hundred sixty social housing towers reka. after grandfather thought as of this week that's right they've had i think seven months since the incident which killed in the forty which killed over seventy people in grenfell tower that's remember that was in large part because the external cladding turned out to be flammable get this action the wrong more buildings clad without climbing all material now then at the time of the incident now the government's trying to fob this off a little bit on the local authorities there saying such a job it says that not very many councils are come forward and given the information needed to make these funds available but come on let's be realistic seventy people seventy plus people died here and there are tens of thousands of people living in virtually identical circumstances to this all over the country now that is not exactly the kind of legacy tha

theresa may propped up by a party linked to far right paramilitaries would have been of the lethal grenfell tower inferno had happened before and not after june's u.k. general election joining me now is the founder of the big issue crossbenchers lord bird who is proposing the creation of a new body to curb the excesses of capitalism on bird welcome back to going underground so what's the reason is government's response to your proposal for a poverty prevention unit well when i spoke to her previous to the election just before a few days before she announced it. she liked the idea of looking at this how you could make all departments. passed through the prism of how does this relate to prevention she like the idea of it are made the point to save i'm making it that most units never really car use so they're bureaucratic and i mean that is quite a form filling in and all that and we know damn well that every every government minister in their department are clearly like you know chasing the greyhounds chasing the rabbit of their department and then you know in the slightest bit interested in

the accountancy firm kpmg has quit its advisor role on the grenfell inquiry here in the uk.its appointment to be reversed, saying the firm had failed to disclose a conflict of interest. kpmg is the auditor of three firms under scrutiny by the inquiry into the blaze, which killed 71 people last year. and now, what's trending in the business news this morning. the wall streetjournal reports an activist investor and pension fund are urging apple to be more socially responsible. they're telling the tech giant it needs to address mobile phone addiction among young people. britain is pushing to be part of the european medicines agency following brexit — that's according to the ft, which says three government figures say the uk hopes to be regulated by the agency, even as it moves from london to amsterdam. the new york times says intel will face scrutiny at the consumer electronics show in las vegas this week. it's all over those two chip vulnerabilities, dubbed meltdown and spectre. that is look at financial markets really quickly. you have a record close on wall street friday so

who had lost tens of thousands of children unless this whole chris was a new year season well the grenfell tower silent march will be on the fourteenth of january two weeks' time that will occur two days after germany corbin faces a test as the national executive committee of the labor party ballots closes to see whether or it will reflect the membership of the labor party or. blairites to continue to move when the sings it almost sounds like your becoming a blairite is that the option of twenty eighteen and if you. can suggest to you that corbin had a great twenty seventeen. he's in an unassailable position and his party has currency only still in the entire parliamentary we've been in parliament what do you think his legs sitting there on the front bench milling most of the people behind you hate you but they don't hate him they are not quite as careerist as maybe some other parties but they grudgingly accept that he delivered the best result for the labor party since tony blair in one thousand ninety seven he built the party so they've got a challenge just as i mentioned the mayor lecti

>> it has been described as a tragedy unprecedented in modern times, the fire that swept through grenfell tower in june that left 71 people dead. the blaze was thought to have began accidentally on a flat on the fourth floor. at its height 250 firefighters , from across london were at the scene. in the immediate aftermath, you the local community rallied around them to provide shelter for those affected and relief centers were set up to accept donations across the capital. six months on a memorial service , is held in london. it was attended by the prime minister and members of the royal family. just before christmas, the community secretary came to the commons to update mps. >> the council has been tasked with finding places to live for 207 households from grenfell tower. to date 144 households, almost , 70% have accepted an offer of temporary or permanent accommodation. we have all been very clear that we should move at pace of the families involved and that nobody should be rushed were pushed into making a decision about where to live. but to have so many families, including some child

the archbishop of canterbury praises the response of emergency services to terror attacks and the grenfellower disaster in his new year message. bong. and london hosts its traditional new year fireworks display in front of a crowd of more than 100,000, and big ben welcomed in 2018, despite its restoration work. now on bbc news it's time for click, this week the programme looks back on the highlights of its travels through the world of tech in 2017. 2017, the year of curious cats, haunting holograms, and trigger—happy trackers. hi there. it's time to look back on the year in tech. as 2017 fades away, we could tell you about all the technology news that has happened — the hacking, the launching, the automatic driving — but that would be just like last year and, come to think of it, the year before that. so we prefer to share with you some unforgettable memories from our year on click, as we've travelled far and wide to bring you some extraordinary moments. and we start with a personal highlight for me. back in october we travelled to japan and we got rare access to see how robots are helping

two days after the grenfell tower burned, the queen and prince william listened to some of those whomembers of the royal family, school children who lived near the tower scattered green hearts in memory of those who died. this was a national service of remembrance, community and hope that a tragedy such as this would never be repeated. princes william and harry were just 15 and 12 when their mother, diana, princess of wales, died. by their own admission, in the years since they had spoken very little about the impact on them of her death but this year, 20 years on, they decided to open up about their own trauma and their hope was they could start a national conversation around the issue of mental health. this was the year william, catherine and harry showed how persuasive a campaigning force they can be. the initiative heads together was picked as a london marathon lead charity. that high—profile event enabled them to highlight mental health and the stigma which can surround it. it was the common thread, mental health, it seemed to run between military with your self and addiction wi

grenfell for local and good old reasons there's a bigger picture more about every day we talk politics now and how we can take power because we learned that we have to look off to ourselves. changed everything . it did the consequences we saw fit to make the cranes leaman the horizon and different more for anyways no i live in cannes in the chelsea it's one of the richest areas in the whole country but the north where we live has one of the highest concentration of people a low incomes the growing inequality is pushed.

wealth in twenty seventeen into the hands of the richest one percent plus on the headlines how the grenfell towers like to see it go up in smoke and who's been whitewashing a blacklist all the more going up in today's going underground but first how disunited is nato today the usa is supporting the neo marxist white b.g. in syria its leader is a lot to learn and who and where is or chill are now de facto backed by donald trump's u.s. taxpayer dollars for almost fifteen years john has languished in a turkish prison as the only inmate guarded by fifteen hundred turkish soldiers of the magellan is a solitary figure sitting in a remote turkish prison of the sea of marmara he thoughts had lots of time to rethink the strategies of the struggle for credit rights and independence he also reflected on other key issues the violent guerrilla tactics and strategies obvious marxist inspired peter terry yes donald trump is backing anti isis near marxists against his fellow nato ally turkey which is using warplanes against them as for britain dres may continue to factor aid i says an al-qaeda linked group

theresa may propped up by a party linked to far right paramilitaries would have been of the lethal grenfell tower inferno had happened before and not after june's u.k. general election joining me now is the founder of the big issue crossbenchers lord bird who is proposing the creation of a new body to curb the excesses of capitalism but welcome back to. going underground so wants to resume the government's response to a proposal for a poverty prevention unit well when i spoke to her previous to the election just before a few days before she announced it. she liked the idea of looking at this how you could make all departments pass through the prism of how does this relate to prevention she like the idea of it are made the point to save or making it that most units never really car use says they're bureaucratic and i mean there's a squad of form filling in and all that and we know damn well that every every government minister in their department are told clearly like you know chasing the greyhound chasing the rabbit of their department and then you know in the slightest bit interested in wo

wealth in twenty seventeen into the hands of the richest one percent plus on the headlines how the grenfell towers legacy to go up in smoke and who's been whitewashing a blacklist all the more going up in today's going underground but first how disunited is nato today the usa is supporting the neo marxist white b.g. in syria its leader is a lot to learn and who and where is or chill are now de facto backed by donald trump's u.s. taxpayer dollars for almost fifteen years john has languished in a turkish prison as the only inmate guarded by fifteen hundred turkish soldiers of the original un is a solitary figure sitting in a remote turkish prison of the sea of marmara he thoughts had lots of time to rethink the strategies of the struggle for cut his rights and independence he also reflected on other key issues the violent guerrilla tactics and strategies obvious marxist inspired peter terry yes donald trump is backing and he isis new marxists against his fellow nato ally turkey which is using warplanes against them that's what britain drazen may continue to factor eight i says an al-qaeda lin