and we'll talk to the vice—chair of capaign group grenfell united as the second phase of the inquiryuse went undercover to expose landlords offering would be tenants a roof over their heads return for sex. her report made a big imapact. the mp wera hobhouse raised the issue in parliament, and the crown prosecution service updated its guidelines to make it clear this can be a criminal offence. but, the cps has told us it's not are that anyone has been prosecuted, and guidelines suggest it's not at all straight—forward to bring a case. but we've got evidence that landlords are still doing it. this morning we can also reveal landlords are resorting to more devious tactics to exploit vulnerable people. here's rachel's latest exclusive report. we all know sex sells, but even we are surprised how far our story travelled. in 20181 are surprised how far our story travelled. in 2018i went undercover to expose landlords offering free rent in return for sex. as a result of our investigation, the issue was raised in parliament. the practice of offering sex for rent is as unacceptable. the cps up

in a statement, grenfell united, the group representing survivors and the bereaved, said the resignationelped to lift growing anxiety ahead of phase two but that the government should never have put families in the situation and must urgently find a new panellist to replace her. a report following the first phase of the inquiry into the fire found the cladding was the main reason for the fire's rapid spread and that it did not comply with building regulations. arconic said it was a series of circumstances, not just the presence of the panels, that caused the spread of the fire. tomorrow, the second part of the inquiry will begin, hoping to answer questions about what led to the blaze. emergency teams in turkey are continuing to search for survivors of friday's earthquake. at least 29 people are known to have been killed and more than 1,400 injured after the quake in the east of the country. our world affairs correspondent, richard galpin, has the latest. she is just five years old, and covered in blood, but this girl is now safe. the rescue team pulling her out from under the smashed blo

the grenfell united group welcomed ms mehra's resignation but accused the government of failing to carry checks before appointing her. it said a new panellist with expertise in community relations must be found urgently. the government has given its clearest indication yet that the hs2 high speed rail project will go ahead. a formal review of the new line from london to birmingham and the north of engand is taking place, following concerns over rising costs. but today the brexit secretary stephen barclay said the rail link will be a vital part of the uk's transport network. we have a strong commitment to levelling up all parts of the united kingdom. hs2 has that from a capacity point of view on the line. gut feeling, yes or no? yes. 0ur political correspondent iain watson says ministers are usually more cautious on such a divisive subject. some of these new northern mps want this project cancelled and want the money diverted elsewhere. 0ther influential voices, such as the conservative mayor of the west midlands, are saying this project must go ahead. what i thought was significant about

the grenfell united group welcomed ms mehra's resignation but accused the government of failing to carrybefore appointing her. it said a new panellist with expertise in community relations must be found urgently. that cabinet office has responded to those concerns today, saying the appointment, due processes were followed come due diligence checks we re followed come due diligence checks were conducted as with all appointees in similar situations and official site the links she had with the our comic charitable foundation would not have affected her an partiality but she has stood down in the second phase of the inquiry will begin without her on time tomorrow. a murder investigation has begun after a footballer died following an attack during a night out. jordan sinnott, who was on loan at matlock town, was found unconscious in retford in nottinghamshire, in the early hours of friday morning. the 25—year—old had suffered a fractured skull and died in hospital. a man has been arrested. the government has given its clearest indication yet that the hs2 high speed rail project will go ahead.

i think the enquiry at the moment has all the technical expertise that it has, but as grenfell uniteded out, there is somebody necessary for housing at this stage. and in terms of the length of time what still needs to be examined that as yet has been overlooked from your point of view? phase one concentrated just on the night of the fire and emergency response. phase two will be wider, and will probably last around 18 months. it will look at the refurbishment, the cladding, the government response to previous fires. there is a lot there will be looked at in the second phase. when it is concluded, are you confident that we now have a process in place that we now have a process in place thatis that we now have a process in place that is properly going to answer some of the questions that people so desperately want to answers to? the families want truth, justice and accountability. the phase one report that was produced by the enquiry tea m that was produced by the enquiry team has been received well and made 46 crucial recommendations that now need to be implemented, so of course the g

in a statement, grenfell united, the group representing survivors and the bereaved, said the resignationto lift growing anxiety ahead of phase two but that the government should never have put families in the situation and must urgently find a new panellist to replace her. a report following the first phase of the inquiry into the fire found the cladding was the main reason for the fire's rapid spread and that it did not comply with building regulations. arconic said it was a series of circumstances, not just the presence of the panels, that caused the spread of the fire. tomorrow, the second part of the inquiry will begin, hoping to answer questions about what led to the blaze. the latest headlines... the death toll from the coronavirus in china has risen to 56. 0fficials in china has risen to 56. warn the spread of the viruses 0fficials warn the spread of the viruses are celebrating in the country is facing a grave situation. a member of the grenfell tower enquiry panel resigns over links with the firm supplying the deadly cladding. 31 people are dead after a powerful earthquake in eas

the grenfell united group welcomed ms mehra's resignation but accused the government of failing to carryasic checks before appointing her. it said a new panellist with expertise in community relations must be found urgently. earlier, our home affairs correpsondent danny shaw sent us this update from the site of the tower in west london. the cabinet office has responded by saying that due process was followed in this appointment and that all procedures and checks which should have taken place did take place. officials have also made it clear that the do not believe that benita mehra's links with arconic would have affected her impartiality in any way. the second phase will go ahead tomorrow without her. joining me now to comment on that is a man who lost six members of his family in the grenfell tower fire. thank you very much forjoining us. what is your response to what the cabinet office has said? all checks were carried out? it was very upsetting and disrespectful in the way that we found out. that they hadn't done their check. it is a big embarrassment. they should have done thorough

g re nfell grenfell united, the group representing survivors and the breach, said the resignation hadowing anxiety ahead of the phase 2 but that the government should never have put families in this situation and must urgently find a new panellist to replace her. the report following the 1st phase of the enquiry into the 1st phase of the enquiry into the fire found the cladding was the main reason for the fire's rapid spread and that it didn't comply with building regulations. arconic said it was a series of consequences, not just said it was a series of consequences, notjust the presence of the panels, that caused the spread of the fire. tomorrow the 2nd pa rt spread of the fire. tomorrow the 2nd part of the enquiry will begin, hoping to answer questions about what led to the blouse. a cabinet secretary has said it is his gut feeling that hs2 should go ahead. ministers are mulling over whether to go ahead with a high—speed right line with a decision that is expected in the coming weeks. the latest now from political correspondent pete sall, is stephen barclay giving the game away, in

this was uncovered by grenfell united and the guardian newspaper.rnment must have known about it, if they didn't, then that is a question in itself, and if they did, what kind of question is does that raise about how they assess whether somebody is suitable to be on such a position at an enquiry like this? where do you feel it is going, and do you think it is ultimately going to give you and all the victims of the grenfell disaster they kind of a nswe i’s the grenfell disaster they kind of answers that they need and that they have been looking for false along? the report from phase1 have been looking for false along? the report from phase 1 was positive in that it demonstrated that the enquiry team are rigourous enough to go into the facts, they are not afraid to make bold judgements and assessments, so i think that moving into phase 2, there is an air of cautious optimism that the enquiry is going to progress. i mean, as i have said, the phase1 report has made the finding that the panels we re made the finding that the panels were the main cause of

he and this family escaped and he now works with grenfell united, a group who campaigned for safer homes phase, what is it you would like to know that needs to get to the bottom of on your behalf?” think notjust for myself but for bereaved survivors in general, one of our main concerns is why this was allowed to happen in the first place. as survivors we believe phase two of the enquiry is the most important part where we find out why the cladding was allowed to be put on the building and what decisions lead to that decision being made. for us, it gets to the crux of what it is that we experienced that night, it is finally a time when we can actually get to the bottom and people all over the world and especially all over the country start to feel that they can trust system again. we look at all over the country there are still buildings with grenfell cladding on it and buildings with other types of flammable material and until this enquiry uncovers the truth about the scale of how the building industry fail that night, i don't think we will ever get the justice we feel we deserve. it too

here's vice chairman of grenfell united, karim mussilhy, speaking earlier on the victoria derbyshireut concerns not only with the materials but also with how they are being fitted to the building, and they were ignored, and, in some cases, threatened. so, it is going to be very difficult 18 months for us, hearing all of this stuff, but we wanted to be uncomfortable. we want accountability, and up until now, all these organisations, they have just been blaming each other. nobody has accepted any responsibility anywhere, or tried to say, look, the industry needs to learn from what happened and try to make some changes so that we as an industry make sure that we are doing our part. but no one is doing it, eve ryo ne part. but no one is doing it, everyone is just blaming part. but no one is doing it, everyone isjust blaming each part. but no one is doing it, everyone is just blaming each other, thatis everyone is just blaming each other, that is important, because we need this to be uncovered and we need accountability, and i believe what is coming through in the next 18 months, there is

survivors group grenfell united said there was "no true remorse" in the admission by the council.nd that scotland passed my future should be decided by the people who live here. the motion itself says that, as scotland will leave the eu at the end of this week, this will be a material change in scotland‘s circumstances and that a referendum should be held and that word should is key, it doesn‘t say will be held, it says should be held, because the power to hold a referendum resides with westminster, they have to grant it to the scottish parliament and they have said that will not happen, but it is nonetheless a symbolic debate, it is a significant debate in this ongoing constitutional stand—off and that relationship with the eu is key. of course, a majority of people who voted here in scotland voted to remain as part of the eu and nicola sturgeon reference to that relationship with the eu in her opening remarks. because we are not independent, we have a borisjohnson lead majority government that scotland did not vote for and we stand just two days away from losing our eu membershi

as the united states announces plans to fly some of its citizens home, the foreign office says the situation is under review. a member of the grenfellied the tower block‘s deadly cladding. s1 people are dead after a powerful earthquake in eastern turkey. more than 1,600 are injured. three million brexit coins go into circulation on friday to commemorate the day britain leaves the european union. and coming up, the travel show heads to san sebastian, where some tourists are being overcharged for the local dish.

as the united states announces plans to fly some of its citizens home, the foreign office here says the situation is under review. a member of the grenfeller inquiry panel resigns over links with the firm that supplied the tower block's deadly cladding. 35 people are dead after the powerful earthquake in eastern turkey — more than 1,600 are injured. three million brexit coins go into circulation on friday — to commemorate the day britain leaves the european union. time now for the travel show. this week i'm in san sebastian. spain's culinary hotspot, tasting my way through all of the pinxtos, and finding out how to pay back a local. aupa! we hear about the positive effects of travel on our mental health. i am feeling on top of the world. fantastic! and rajan is in saudi arabia, exploring jeddah‘s historic district. san sebastian, the basque country's holiday playground, tucked away up here on the bay of biscay. it's really stunning. there are three beaches with coastal hiking trails, but what people really come here for is the food. this northern spanish city holds one of the highest numbers of michelin stars per square metre in the worl

as the united states announces plans to fly some of its citizens home, the foreign office says the situation is under review. a member of the grenfellower inquiry panel resigns over links with the firm that supplied the tower block's deadly cladding. 31 people are dead after a powerful earthquake in eastern turkey. more than 1,600 are injured. three million brexit coins go into circulation on friday to commemorate the day britain leaves the european union. and coming up, the travel show heads to san sebastian, where some tourists are being overcharged for the local dish. hello, good afternoon. the president of china has said his country is facing a "grave situation" after the number of cases of coronavirus rose sharply to nearly 2000. chinese officials say the virus is infectious in its incubation period, before symptoms show, making it harder to contain. chinese state media say 56 people have now died. chinese president xijinping held a special government meeting on the lunar new year public holiday, where he warned that the spread of the virus is accelerating. a nationwide ban on the sale of wildlife has been imposed. it's believe

the united states plans to fly some of its citizens from china, the foreign office is warning british citizens to leave the province as soon as possible. a member of the grenfellower enquiry panel resigned over links with the firm that supplied the tower block's deadly cladding. 31 people are dead after a powerful earthquake in eastern turkey. more than 1600 have been injured. 3,000,000 brexit coins go into circulation this friday to commemorate the data britain leaves the european union. coming up, our paper review, after the sport. coming up, our paper review, after the sport. before the papers, a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good morning. no rest on sunday at the australian open tennis, where defending champion novak djokovic is through, but for 15—year—old coco gauff, her impressive run is over after a fourth round defeat to fellow american sofia kenin. john watson is in amongst the crowd in melbourne for us where they're enjoying a home favourite on the main court. john. you join me at a great moment. plenty of australians turning out to see ash party. ash party is the world number 1 and see ash party. ash party is the world number1 and home f

united states announces plans to fly some of its citizens home, the foreign office is urging british citizens to leave and advising against further travel to the hubei province. a member of the grenfellied the tower block's deadly cladding. 31 people are dead after a powerful earthquake in eastern turkey. more than 1,600 are injured.

united states announces plans to fly some of its citizens home, the foreign office is urging british citizens to leave and advising against further travel to the hubei province. a member of the grenfelligns over links with the firm that supplied the tower block's deadly cladding. 31 people are dead after a powerful earthquake in eastern turkey.

in a statement, grenfell united, the group representing survivors and the bereaved, said the resignationirst phase of the enquiry into the fire found the cladding was the main reason for the fire's rapid spread and that it did not comply with building regulations. aconic said it was a series of circumstances, not just the presence of the panels, that caused the spread of the fire. tomorrow, the second part of the enquiry will begin, hoping to answer questions about what led to the blaze. a special 50p coin to commemorate brexit has been unveiled by the chancellor. millions of the coins will be put into circulation on friday to mark the day the uk officially leaves the eu. let's talk to our political correspondent. peter, we can talk about coins but also the sense of history this week. after a ll also the sense of history this week. after all of the hullabaloo and all of the arguments over the last few yea rs, of the arguments over the last few years, this is the moment and the word historic is over used by people like you and i but it is actually what is happening on friday. happy brexit