huw, this report makes for bittersweet reading.hose failings held up for scrutiny, strong criticisms contained in here, but the team behind the review said today they wanted the overwhelming story to be a positive one. they say there is much to be learned from this, but also that they have barely scraped the surface of the thousands of a cts scraped the surface of the thousands of acts of individual bravery and selflessness which they say were on show in the city here that night. screaming it was just chaos, there was people everywhere on the floor. plenty of which weren't alive, or barely alive. ijust...yeah, i don't know, i just went around and tried to do the best i could. for those who were there, the memories are still fresh. those like rob grew, who heard the sound of the blast and ran inside the building, an ordinary member of the public who gave first aid in the foyer where the bomb went off, whilst most emergency services were kept out amid fears of a gunman. apart from the three paramedics, who were doing a greatjob, that

earlier phillippa kaufmann, the barrister for the two women who brought the case, told my colleague huwards that nick hardwick has been made a scapegoat. what happened here was not down to failings on the part of nick hardwick or systemic failings in his department apart from this is a department apart from this is a department that is so under resourced that at the end of the day you begin to see problems with the operation of the system as an inevitable consequence of under resourcing. you can see at each stage the officials in the ministry ofjustice who should have got this material before the parole board, they overlook it, they don't do it, they overlook it, they don't do it, they are too overworked. the parole board itself is not chaired by a judge. that has changed in the last number of years as the parole board resources have become more and more squeezed because of the amount of cases they have today because of the decisions of politicians skyrocket and they don't have the resources to do it. david gauke is yet again doing something that will make their job even more difficult.

air chief marshal sir stuart peach you talking to huw edwards.news this hour. but first, the headlines on bbc news: a review of the reaction to the suicide bombing that killed 22 people, says there was poor communication between the emergency services. russia vows to hit back, as a growing number expel diplomats following the nerve agent attack in salisbury. employers warn they are fearful about the uk's immigration system after britain leaves the eu. good afternoon, i'm jimmy robertson. in the business news... the battle for gkn goes on. it's the country's second biggest engineering company. melrose industries has offered to buy it for £8.1 billionn. now business secretary greg clark has said yes, butif it wins the bid it's got to agree to a series of "binding" commitments to protect the workforce, research and development and pension schemes. he's also raised concerns over national security — gkn supplies the uk armed forces everything from tank parts tojet engines. gsk, the pharmaceutical company — it used to be glaxo years ago — may be about

huw. natalie pirks for us at wembley. here on bbc one hello, and welcome to sportsday.n the programme... the head of cricket australia apologises over ball tampering and reveals three players are to be sent home including captain steve smith. i want to apologise to all australians that these events have taken place. australians that these events have ta ken place. all three australians that these events have taken place. all three players who have been reported will leave south africa tomorrow. var divides opinion once again as england miss out on victory after a late italian penalty at wembley. and matt phillips does the job in budapest as scotland clinch the first win of alex mcleish‘s second spell in charge. hello and welcome to the programme and we begin injohannesberg where the head of cricket australia has apologised over the ball tampering scandal describing it as a dark day for the sport. he also revealed the three players involved in cheating during the third test against south africa have been sent home while an investigation into the incident will continue be

huw keep up the work, well done. huw edwards could —— and his career into seconds.ion, and all over the uk, on the bbc school report website: bbc. co. uk/schoolreport. police say tests carried out on a door from a flat in grenfell tower showed the door held back fire for only half as long as it was designed to. the housing secretary, sajid javid, told the commons that the government has ordered further tests, but stressed there was no evidence it's a systemic issue, and the risk to public safety is low. nine months ago, we faced a loss of life and suffering on an unimaginable scale at grenfell. since then, significant efforts have been made by the government and others to support survivors to find new homes and keep people safe. however, i know that the matters that i raise today will raise questions, and i want to reiterate that, on the basis of expert advice my department has received, there is no evidence that risks to the public have changed. and i want to reassure honourable members that all possible steps are being taken to properly investigate the issues and

win was still mathematically possible, but such rewards demand ruthlessness, something that escaped huw though is something ireland have in abundance. you needn't give stockdale another chance, just his sixth score of the championship. try number three went the way of the scrum—half conor murray, bundling over to extend the hosts‘ lead. scotland's score, although well worked, proved nothing more than a consolation. and then the crucial fourth try, the bonus point secured, ireland did their bit. a lot of pressure, a lot of people talking about it. we knew how good scotland were. there are a lot of good things in there and to score a bonus point win in six nations is a big feat. as always, there are things we can do better, but ultimately we are really happy to get big win. you will only get so many opportunities against a team as good as against ireland. those opportunities would run pass them. frustrating, but pleasing,. ireland had great opportunities. tries with the order of the day for england in paris against france. they could do only produce one when they needed four to try and ma

well, huw, in recent days there have been harare shall words between russian and british politicians.mir putin to adolf hitler probably tops the list. to realisejust putin to adolf hitler probably tops the list. to realise just how incendiary the comparison is you have to remember millions upon millions of russians died fighting adolf hitler's nazis. now the foreign office here has been keen to keep this an international confrontation, they have been marshalling allies against what they see as russia's international pattern of aggressive material. that is why the british government hasn't retaliated against russia's decision to expel 23 british diplomats. they wa nt to to expel 23 british diplomats. they want to keep it from being seen as some kind of bilateral spat between london and moscow. the problem, is mrjohnson‘s remarks risk doing exactly that. tomorrow, when theresa may goes to brussels, she will have just a little bit more work to do to reassure european allies who might be feeling a bit fearful now of getting caught up in an increasingly diplomatic cross fire between london

certainly, huw, the rhetoric very positive. i think the figures rather more mixed.was slightly better news on the economy for this year. slightly better news on borrow, which might give the chancellor more head room on public spending. the office for budget responsibility said that inflation would be coming down, prices. that means that income squeeze that affected so many people could come to an end. there is one big challenge in these figures. i.5% growth is the new normal for the growth is the new normalfor the uk. we used to have growth of 2% to 2.596. we used to have growth of 2% to 2.5%. the oecd, as you said, said that put us at the bottom of the g20 list of industrialised nations growth, behind america, behind germany, behind france. for every 0.i% germany, behind france. for every 0.1% of growth that you lose, that's lower tax revenues, lower government income and that's less room for manoeuvre for spending on health, and for defence and head education which is what philip hammond will wa nt to which is what philip hammond will want to do when it comes to t

air chief marshall, sir stephen hillier, has spoken to huw edwards about the events taking place to markut to be in this position in the centenary year of the airforce this position in the centenary year of the air force is really a very special privilege indeed. how does it strike you? exactly how you describe it. enormous privilege. i'm really proud to be in command of the raf. but in this year in particular, oui’ raf. but in this year in particular, our 100th anniversary year, the 31st chief of the air staff. i feel that connection with our history and heritage and our tradition. what are you trying to say to people this year about the significance of the force, and its place in modern british society? we have three themes. we want to commemorate that which history, our heritage, our traditions, and all of that sacrifice and courage that has come on over the last of hundred years. but we also want to celebrate what it is doing today, exceptionally busyin it is doing today, exceptionally busy in operations, defending the uk, protecting our interest here and overseas. we also want to in

huw, anything you want to add? add? further deployments from the service. service.had different effectsm had an effect. had an effect. judgment to move back from the rendezvous point. rendezvous point. question here and then here, if that's ok? that's ok? do you want to go first and then we will go over there. and then we will go over there. thank you. i'm from the guardian. followed, you would be telling a different story here. different story here. such as this, the point that he was making. making. saying that is something they shouldn't have done, per se. shouldn't have done, per se. what we are saying is twofold. are saying is twofold. when those procedures didn't work as planned. planned. the nilo it says ringerfor studio officer, he couldn't get through. officer, he couldn't get through. taken to say, ok, how else could we find out what is going on? find out what is going on? that is the point that i was making. the point that i was making. rest of the fire service what was going on. that's what i meant, really. really. worked against their rapid arrival at t

that's it from your afternoon live team for today, next the bbc news at 5 with huw.ow morning. quite nice, the son should be out. there is a weather front coming in, south—westerly wind, milder wins marching in. despite cloud and range, we still think that temperatures in belfast to get up to around about 10 degrees or so. by the brighter weather will be, from edinburgh down to norwich and london, 12 or 13 degrees in one of two spot. thursday, a bit ofa in one of two spot. thursday, a bit of a next, but we will see that milder weather. i want to see you the bigger picture about what is happening across the neck of the woods. you can see the jet stream here raising out across the north america and the atlantic. primarily weather front and weather systems coming in, so temperatures will also go coming in, so temperatures will also 9° up coming in, so temperatures will also go up and down a little bit, as these weather fun smooth fruit through, but patterning turning a bit cooler once again as those swing towards... perhaps in those northern areas, eight or 9 degrees, a

that‘s it from your afternoon live team for today, next the bbc news at five with huw edwards.. the whole thing will move away quickly in the morning, around the rush hour, and skies will brighten nicely laid in the morning and into the afternoon. not a bad afternoon, a few showers across the north and the west, these will again be wintry of a higher ground in the north, chillier across—the—board with temperatures reaching nine or 10 degrees in the south. the picture for friday shows once more a largely fine day for many places with a lot of sunshine, still quite chilly across northern areas where we get showers, they will be wintry, certainly of a higher ground, further south in the south—west rain will arrive, temperature wise ten to 11 degrees in the south, quite mild even though we have sunshine, towards the weekend we will see an area of low pressure moving up in the south, bringing outbreaks of rain but also pulling in this milder airfrom france. rain but also pulling in this milder air from france. it rain but also pulling in this milder airfrom france. it will be rain b