transport for london save the hammersmith and city line has been pa rt hammersmith and city line hasn police and london fire brigade, coupled with planned engineering work safety concerns around the fire mean the circle line is closed. in other news — pc keith palmer who tried to stop the terror attack in westminster has been awarded the george medal for his bravery as the queen's birthday honours are announced. among others to be recognised is the scottish comedian and actor, billy connolly, who's been knighted. seven us navy crew are missing after a us destroyer collided with a container ship off the east coast of japan. more on those stories later. now on bbc news, it's time for talking books.

transport for london save the hammersmith and city line has been pa rt hammersmith and city line has been part suspended at the request of the metropolitan police and london fire brigade, coupled with planned engineering work safety concerns around the fire mean the circle line is closed. in other news — pc keith palmer who tried to stop the terror attack in westminster has been awarded the george medal for his bravery as the queen's birthday honours are announced. among others to be recognised is the scottish comedian and actor, billy connolly, who's been knighted. seven us navy crew are missing after a us destroyer collided with a container ship off the east coast of japan. more on those stories later. now on bbc news, it's time for talking books. hello and welcome to talking books at hay festival. hay has been inviting audiences to talk, to think, to read and to reflect for 30 years. over ten days 250,000 people will rub shoulders with some of the world's greatest writers, thinkers and performers. all here in the beautiful surroundings of the brecon beacons in wales. today i'm tal

the circle line and the hammersmith & city line are suspended between hammersmith and edgware road, withdelays between turnham green and ealing broadway after an empty train derailed. let's get the weather now. here's kate kinsella. good morning. it is a very bright and sunny start the day. not much in the way of cloud to speak this morning. sunny and very warm. the cabbage will steadily rise. —— temperatures. the uv levels are higher, so sunscreen needed. the pollen count is still very high as well. not much cloud around, so the temperatures could reach between 25 and 27 celsius. maybe even up to 28. a very warm afternoon. pleasant in the sunshine and overnight a warm and humid night. for central london at least staying around 18 celsius, the quite uncomfortable for sleeping. more of the same first thing tomorrow. a bit more cloud pushes across. that's a cold front. a little bit more cloud and it introduces some fresh air, so not as hot tomorrow. 22— 23 the maximum. high pressure stays in charge. it will still be fine and dry. friday, more cloud around and temperatures in the low 205. t

and the london fire brigade warned after a fire in a block in hammersmith last august about the claddinghere was a fire ina about the cladding and there was a fire in a skyscraper in dubai said the fire brigade was all ready concerned about this and all one can say is the government has now said it will urgently review the safety. this is the sort of story that comes out from countries where things are not managed properly, where there is proper control, not a country like oui’s proper control, not a country like ours where we take safety very seriously. controlled regulation should be looked at. and there are regulations, one thing is fire safety regulations only apply to the common parts not individual flats coi'i common parts not individual flats con they do need to look at that but this is a bigger issue and lessons have to be learnt. i'm sure whoever was involved in the cladding had no idea that there would be a fire risk otherwise it would not have happened. no one would do that if they thought it was. we do not know, it maybe it is not the cladding, maybe something to do with gas

that kensington and chelsea has been offered support by other borrowers, for example, by hammersmith,rsmith, and they were very slow to take up the offers of temporary accommodation. there definitely a housing... and emergency housing crisis across london, and that needs to be addressed, but kensington and chelsea, unlike the other councils, have a lot of money. kensington and chelsea should have been throwing money at this problem, but they haven't, because they are incapable of running themselves. but have you, as the leader of the labour group, have you over the years been pushing for that and saying, look, you have money in the bank, you should be thinking... yes, it is the constant theme of the labour group, every single year. the council seems to pride itself on being the wealthiest local authority in europe, and yet they are still reluctant to spend money where it is needed, on the ordinary residents of kensington and chelsea, and they seem to have had a policy that if they don't like it, they can go somewhere else. and i thought about oversight of building projects generally,

andy slaughter is the mp for hammersmith, the neighbouring constituency. that fire that might appertain to what has happened here? we looked at three main issues, the cause, it was unsafe electrical appliances. and secondly whether there were specific issues to this particular tower block, here i know they had been concerns raised by the residents. but i do not want to speculate about both. then you look at the longer term issues and the defining characteristic of this terrible tragedy is the way that the fire spread. although there were a number of flats damaged in the shepherd's bush via last august, it was contained by the fire services and thankfully we only had minor injuries. he clearly a number of fatalities. just to ask about that stay put instruction, historically that was in place to stop people filling up stairwells and enable fire officers to get up the stairs as quickly as possible. but at some point during a fire like this they have to change the instructions? the received wisdom for the 30 years i have been involved is that tower blocks are

that is andy slaughter, the mp for hammersmith.people here all day who are very distressed and in floods of tears, looking for friends and loved ones and relatives who are still unaccounted for, many people going round with photographs of loved ones, appealing for any information about them. tulip muzumdar reports on the desperate search for the missing, and again a warning that viewers may find this distressing. this hospital in paddington is looking after 11 patients, three of them in critical care, mostly suffering with smoke inhalation. this person is visiting herfriend's daughter, who is extremely unwell. she is not in a good condition, because she is in icu. she cannot talk. how are you? how is the community?” don't know what to say, i'm really stressed, really disappointed. i couldn't believe what happened to them, i only saw them yesterday. it was like a dream. many families desperately searching for loved ones have come here since wednesday morning, but as the hours passed, the search becomes more agonising with the realis

circle and hammersmith and city lines are part—suspended due to ongoing investigations at the site of at parsons green. just to let you know, tim —— finsbury park tube station remain closed due to the incident. seven sisters road is closed between hornsey road and blackstock road. isledon road is also closed. a look at today's weather. it's going to be another hot, sunny day. there is the chance of some thunder later. the temperature will reach a high of around 32 celsius. just before we go, these are live pictures of finsbury park. will ease investigations are ongoing. there is much more on breakfast and the radio station. i will be back with the latest in half an hour. good morning. first, our main story. one man has been killed and eight people have been taken to three separate hospitals after a van drove into a crowd of pedestrians near a mosque in north london. theresa may has said police are treating the incident near finsbury park "as a potential terrorist attack" and counter terrorism police are investigating. the prime minister has also confirmed she will be chairing a meetin

on the tube, and the circle and hammersmith & city line are still part closed due to the grenfell towerk. on the roads, the m25 clockwise, the slip road onto the eastbound m4 is closed after a lorry overturned last night. it is expected to remain closed throughout rush hour. the a2 has queues into town from the south circular to the kidbrooke interchange. in chislehurst the a222 summer hill is closed between chislehurst station and old hill for repairs. let's have a check on the weather now. good morning. the fresher weather continues and it is a slightly cooler start to the morning than we have seen. yesterday there was plenty of cloud around. today we stand a greater chance of something brighter. some sunny spells through the day and it should be dry. some sunshine through the morning, particularly in eastern areas. gradually the cloud will increase through the day. quite a lot of thick cloud iran. it should be dry. bright spells at times. top temperatures 22— 23 degrees and a brisk south—westerly wind. this evening, it will be dry with a little brightness, possibly sunshine at times.

transport for london say the hammersmith and city line has been part suspended at the request of thetan police and the london fire brigade. coupled with plannedengineeringf in other news, pc keith palmer, who tried to stop the terror attack in westminster, has been awarded the george medal for his bravery as the queen's birthday honours are announced. among others to be recognised is the scottish comedian and actor billy connolly, who's been knighted. now on bbc news, it's time for addicted to protein — a look at the multi—billion—pound supplement industry. so i need to be as fit and strong as possible. a lot of people have told me about the need to take but to help my muscles repair as quickly as they can. so do i take supplements or not? i want to be stronger. it's a multibillion—dollar industry. anything with protein written on it will sell. work out, take protein, don't eat carbohydrates, you will look like an adonis. that was my thinking. the amount of protein supplements people have been buying has been growing massively in the last few years. i get what it does, it builds and

the tube is mostly running well, apart from the ongoing closure of the circle line and hammersmith andthe investigation at the grenfell tower site. let's ta ke let's take a quick look at bridge street, in westminster. that is close between parliament square and westminster bridge northside for various works. time for the weather now with elizabeth rizzini. good morning. yesterday was the hottestjune good morning. yesterday was the hottest june day for over 40 good morning. yesterday was the hottestjune day for over 40 years. we saw 34.5 degrees at heathrow. if that was too hot for you, much better news today. it will gradually better news today. it will gradually be turning cooler but it is still a very mild start to the morning. temperatures in central london have not dropped below 20 or might. i must stress that most places today will stay dry, but the met office hasissued will stay dry, but the met office has issued a weather warning for heavy rain and. there will be thunderstorms, very isolated, mostly through the late morning. that risk will transfer east as we head into the after

think there's a lot of, i am a voice for the charity ovarian cancer action and research centre at hammersmithg fantastic research. i think we need more money to be put into research so the outcome for women could be better, more quickly. we have had an amazing advance in the treatment of breast cancer and the same needs to happen with ovarian cancer. pleasure to speak to you, thank you so much. good to be talking about potentially positive news. thank you. statins — which are usually prescribed to lower cholesterol — could help reduce the risk of dying from breast cancer by 27%, according to a new study. scientists in china who analysed research involving 200,000 women, found patients who took the drug were less likely to see their cancer return. charities have welcomed the news but say more clinical trials are needed. the consumer group which is calling on british airways to create an automatic compensation system for passengers affected by serious flight delays and cancellations. it comes a week after a major it failure caused hundreds of the airline's flights to be grounded. the images of

let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. 0n the tube board, the circle and hammersmith and city. today it‘s going to be another hot one. lots of sunny spells around today as well. the temperature likely to get up to around 31 in central london. not quite as warm as yesterday. there is a bit more in the way of cloud and uv levels are still high at the pollen count high as well. another warm and muggy night, very uncomfortable for sleeping. the temperature dropping down to around 17 celsius as a minimum. a warm start tomorrow and then the warm air heads back and it looks like it will be a hotter day for wednesday. sunny spells but the temperature likely to reach around 33 celsius in london. warm night wednesday into thursday and then some fresher air arrives. we will get thunderstorms overnight wednesday into thursday and behind those, the air as bit more fresher. a bit cooler for thursday, more cloud around and then for friday, cooler still. there‘s more on yesterday‘s terror attack in findbury park and the grenfell tower block fire, with vanessa felz on bbc radio london from 7.

we need to cooperate with other local authorities, i understand hammersmith has offered facilities with it is good to here that other authorities are offering support and we need to grab it with both hands and give people a decent chance to get their lives into some sort of order. in terms of answering questions, do you want to full government inquiry? what sort of investigation should be taken into this? there are obvious implications for thousands of other tower blocks, not just implications for thousands of other tower blocks, notjust in london but attended united kingdom. we are urged not to leap to conclusions and i will be interested to here about the fire authorities have to say but the fire authorities have to say but the simple sight of how that blog went up as an infernal, it is pretty easy to work out there was a problem with the cladding and harriet harman is insistent that something similar happened in southwark and she is demanding to know why the report that was commissioned and published was not acted upon either by central government or by local authorities. that is a v

involved in the requisite of several high rise estates including one with 23 storey tower blocks in hammersmithrmoly as well as in noise. so there are other forms of cladding that are really much more appropriate. 0ne of cladding that are really much more appropriate. one of the problems might be that the cladding itself can be covered with a skin and if that skin is plastic—based, then that might be inflammable. there is another problem, as i think the fire brigade has pointed out, that if you put holes through the cladding, then you can create an u pwa rd cladding, then you can create an upward airdraft cladding, then you can create an upward air draft through the cladding. sorry, ann, this is obviously going to be the focus of any inquiry. i'm more interested in the cost issues. we are talking about a reif you arishment that cost £10 million. how much extra would that sort of cladding have added to the build? i doubt they were choosing between costs. i think the cost of the material cladding in a scheme that's going up 23 storeys isn't going to be the biggest factor in making that decision.

and thenl told that we are in hammersmith and then i went back friday to the rugby clu b then i wentle who survived. and i didn't know everyone is going to we stway, i didn't know everyone is going to westway, i was in the rugby club most of the time. i waited until the evening to be told where to go and around 6.30pm... evening to be told where to go and around 6.30pm. .. who evening to be told where to go and around 6.30pm... who told evening to be told where to go and around 6.30pm. .. who told you? it was around 6.30pm. .. who told you? it was the council. the officers, they we re was the council. the officers, they were calling me and social worker and people was like, keep calling and people was like, keep calling and telling me did you get somewhere? i said no, i'm still waiting. in the end, through the evening, they told me to go to where we are now, kensington high street, the tower hotel. when i went there, my name wasn't on the list and the receptionist couldn't find my name and anything and i was so lucky, there was two ladies, a social workerjust arrived and they were ar

at that point i said that is awful, it reminds me of the fire at hammersmith, hopefully the fire at hammersmithgade are dealing with it. i then actually fell back asleep but was woken up an hour later, went back on the balcony and by this time my daughter was in floods of tears and said she had been called by a number of her friends in the area saying they were down stairs at g re nfell saying they were down stairs at grenfell and people were calling for help. i went back on the balcony and by then the flames had taken over and spread quite rapidly. by 4am the whole building was on fire, it was shocking. i just whole building was on fire, it was shocking. ijust hearing sadiq khan is going to give news conference at quarter to ten, about 20 minutes time, we will bring that to you live. he has already said this morning questions will need to be a nswered morning questions will need to be answered following the deadly fire at the london tower block. some residents have said to me the building had been refurbished recently, the last six months, and external cladding could potentially bea external c

on the tube there are currently minor delays on the circle and hammersmith and city lines following a sunny spells with more cloud building into the afternoon. a light southerly breeze. top temperatures between 23 and 26. watch out, the pollen levels will be creeping up. plenty of late sunshine around this evening. sunshine to enjoy tonight. overnight, it‘s looking dry and mild. mist patches again into tomorrow morning. we start the day off on 14 or 15. tomorrow, this is the weather front thatis tomorrow, this is the weather front that is going to change the weather in time for the weekend. tomorrow we are still in the warm and muggy air. temperatures will be even higher, at 26 or 27. plenty of sunshine through the morning and maybe some scattered showers around to end the day. feeling fresher in time for the weekend. temperatures back down to where they should be at this time of year. there could be some showers about, but also some spells of sunshine. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. hello this is

in the hammersmith and fulham borough.r you need to be somewhere, you need to be sheltered. so we just took what we we re sheltered. so we just took what we were given. a lot of people are further away and for different reasons i know a lot of my friends and family who were in the tower don't want to be anywhere near the tower and are still forced to have tower and are still forced to have to pass it every day because we still have to come to the recovery centre that is next to the tower as well. i personally can't leave my community. i don't necessarily want to look at it, it is very hard, but i'm always here at 8am and we leave at midnight to go home and sleep.” will come back to you in a moment. pilgrim, we know you were in charge of this fire safety campaign and there's been so much talk and looking at what went wrong. what we re looking at what went wrong. what were your main concerns before this? the main concern of the residence at the time i was working here was the overall refurbishment job that was going on. the

a reminder that the circle, hammersmith & city lines are still partly closed.st this is the a 12 in romford. eastern avenue west is closed because of a burst water main. you can expect long delays they are. on the m25 we have two lanes closed anticlockwise and one lane closed clockwise after and one lane closed clockwise after a lorry went through the central reservation. singh: bromley road means it is closed. let's have a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. it was another warm night that this morning feels a little fresher than it has done for the last few mornings. it is another hot and sunny day that it got richer today is likely to be the hottest this week. we look at maximum of 33, 30 four celsius so it does get high and it looks like the hottestjune day since 1976. a lot of sunshine, not a cloud, a lot of cloud around so the uv levels are high as if the pollen count. and looks like the last of the hot days this a change for. overnight still warm and muggy, 19— 21 the minimum that tomorrow will see this cloud moving in and with it the potential f