that was the message from the mp who represents grenfell tower. 72 people died when the west london towerck caught fire in june 2017. renovation and improvements to the building a few years earlier had seen cladding added to the external walls to improve insulation. residents had raised concerns about fire safety. labour asked an urgent question after the daily mirror reported that hundreds of people in manchester were living in a tower block wrapped in combustible cladding. the newspaper reported that people living in the flats weren't told for weeks that the cladding had failed a fire safety test. we have repeatedly called on private building owners not to pass costs on to leaseholders who find themselves in these position through no fault of their own. we have also warned private building owners that unless they remove and replace unsafe acm cladding from their high—rise residential buildings now, local authorities have the power to complete the works and recover the costs from the owner. as a result of our interventions, we've secured commitments from owners of 268 privately owned bui

following the grenfell tower fire, the in limbo basically. charity shelter brought together a panel of 16 independent commissioners to consider the crisis in homelessness. they admit their call to build 3.1 million social houses in england over 20 years is ambitious but insist action is essential now. the commission claims that savings in housing benefit and increased tax revenue would help the scheme to paper itself inside a0 yea rs. scheme to paper itself inside a0 years. ina scheme to paper itself inside a0 years. in a statement, the communities secretary james brokenshire i said: the prime minister has previously pledged to get a grip on the housing crisis. this report by shelter offers one solution to a problem that remains complex but urgent. john mcguire, bbc news, bristol. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: the north korean leader, kimjong—un, is making his fourth trip to china where he's expected to meet president xijinping. there's speculatio that the visit is part of the preparations for a second summit with

the removal of cladding from high rise tower blocks in the wake of the grenfell tower tragedy. councilshe country and to operate within the law of theland and that does not allow us just to go in and look at the cladding from other peoples buildings. too much like show business? televised debates between the party leaders. the media reporting becomes all about how well or not the leaders performed. who looked good, who answered the best questions. but first, the festivities are no more and brexit is back. parliamentary exchanges on the saga that never ends, restarted as mps return from their two week festive break. but first, the festivities are no more and brexit is back. parliamentary exchanges on the saga that never ends, restarted as mps return from their two week festive break. theresa may insisted on sunday, that the critical commons vote, sometimes called the meaningful vote, on the controversial eu withdrawal agreement will go ahead and will not be postponed the second time. that vote will be on tuesday of next week but has anything changed since the politicians adjourned for ch

following the grenfell tower fire, the housing charity shelter brought together a panel of 16 independentcall to build 3.1 million social houses in england over 20 years is ambitious, but insist action is essential now. it is a big amount of money, but it does create an asset for government and, indeed, for the country and, most importantly, it solves a housing crisis, or goes a long way to solving a housing crisis which, affects, i think, everyone in our country. the commission claims that savings in housing benefit and increased tax revenue would help the scheme to pay for itself inside 40 years. in a statement, the communities secretary, james brokenshire, said... the prime minister has previously pledged to get a grip on the housing crisis. this report by shelter offers one solution to a problem that remains complex but urgent. john maguire, bbc news, bristol. the government has announced £45 million pounds of funding to train 900 new social workers working with vunerable children in england. the profession is facing huge challenges at the moment. according to the charity frontline, w

following the grenfell tower fire, the housing charity shelter brought together a panel of 16 independentssness. they admit their call to build 3.1 million social houses in england over 20 years is ambitious, but insist action is essential now. they have created a huge amount of opportunity, notjust for those who need something safe and secure and it is not available now, but also for many young people who are trapped out of ownership and many older people facing their pension years without secure homes. the commission claims that savings in housing benefit and increased tax revenue would help the scheme to pay for itself inside a0 years. in a statement, the communities secretary, james brokenshire, said... the prime minister has previously pledged to get a grip on the housing crisis. this report by shelter offers one solution to a problem that remains complex but urgent. john maguire, bbc news, bristol. the victims‘ commissioner says she is "shocked" by the findings of a bbc news investigation into poor care in some sexual assault referral centres run by private companies. four doctors s

well, we saw grenfell tower, we know there are problems with the fire regulations, i think you need toput in that unit, mark's whole business was put in that unit, it's all gone because you didn't provide the level of security and assurance from fire that they were led to believe they we re that they were led to believe they were paying for when they put their things in your facility. do you really understand the gravity of what‘s happened ? really understand the gravity of what's happened? we do. we have... there are unfortunately a number of cases where people have been really seriously hit, sentimentally, but also in terms of value. we do genuinely understand. and what responsibility do you accept the what‘s happened ? responsibility do you accept the what's happened? we run a business and we run a site which as i said to you before is fully compliant all building and fire regulation is. so what responsibility do you accept the what‘s happened ? what responsibility do you accept the what's happened? we will work with each individual, and we have beenin with each individual, and we h

following the grenfell tower fire, the housing charity shelter brought together a panel of 16 independents to consider the crisis in homelessness. they admit their call to build 3.1 million social houses in england over 20 years is ambitious, but insist action is essential now. they have created a huge amount of opportunity, notjust they have created a huge amount of opportunity, not just for those they have created a huge amount of opportunity, notjust for those who need something safe and secure and it is not available now, but also for many young people who are trapped out of ownership and many older people facing their pension yea rs older people facing their pension years without secure homes. the commission claims that savings in housing benefit and increased tax revenue would help the scheme to pay for itself inside a0 years. in a statement, the communities secretary, james brokenshire, said: the prime minister has previously pledged to get a grip on the housing crisis. this report by shelter offers one solution to a problem that remains complex but urgent. john maguire, bbc news,

following the grenfell tower fire, the housing charity shelter brought together a panel of 16 independentction is essential now. it is a big amount of money, but it does create an asset for government and, indeed, for the country and, most importantly, it solves a housing crisis, or goes a long way to solving a housing crisis which, i think, affects everyone in our country. the commission claims that savings in housing benefit and increased tax revenue would help the scheme to pay for itself inside a0 years. in a statement, the communities secretary, james brokenshire, said... the prime minister has previously pledged to get a grip on the housing crisis. this report by shelter offers one solution to a problem that remains complex but urgent. john maguire, bbc news, bristol. maryam moshiri is here... we were having a huge row about who should be the nextjames bond... but thatis should be the nextjames bond... but that is private! laughter in a moment she will be telling us what's hot and what's not in the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live scotland yard investig

following the grenfell tower fire, the housing charity shelter brought together a panel of 16 independentany young people trapped out of ownership and many other people facing their years without a secure home. the commission claims that savings in housing benefit and increased tax revenue would help the scheme to pay for itself inside 40 years. in a statement, the communities secretary, james brokenshire, said... the prime minister has previously pledged to get a grip on the housing crisis. this report by shelter offers one solution to a problem that remains complex, but urgent. john maguire, bbc news, bristol. roads are blocked, schools are closed. but, even so, people are trying to clear pathways to get out of their homes. with so much snow already on the ground and more on the way, officials say the chances of further avalanches are high. translation: the bavarian avalanche warning institute has issued a level four warning, the second—highest, which also poses a high risk of avalanches in unsecured skiing areas. in central and northern austria, up to 1.5 metres of snow has already fal

today national fire chief submitted information to the grenfell fire inquiry weeks after the worst post-war tower block fire in one of the poorest communities amidst one of the richest in europe you among those who think jeremy corbyn should recount his old views and say look like us and we condemn what media is doing that's my duro is in president nicolas maduro condemned what media is doing that's my duro is in president nicolas maduro who has just assumed the presidency of the world oil exporting alliance opec that's what duros seen here responding to don't trump the military threats against the wall of aryan revolution after that b.b.c. program at an energy conference in moscow president has not ruled out military action in venezuela do you take that threat seriously. you not knowing that this is a form on energy. of course we can discuss other types of benefits of spiritual energy let's take a look at this the president of the largest the most powerful military power in the world has no right to joke or not be serious the people of venezuela are rebellious people we fight for our freedoms th