sir ken knight. now its time for meet the author.nother martina cole thriller, another number one bestseller. betrayal continues herjourney through the london underworld where, in martina cole's stories, it's the women who are the most dangerous. in this one it's jade who is plotting to become miss big. for 25 years, since dangerous lady, this is an author who has made that world her own. welcome. 25 years since dangerous lady, martina, and the ladies are still pretty dangerous and rough, aren't they? yeah, i think i like my dangerous ladies, and i also like my dangerous men. i normally write from the point of view of the criminal, as everybody knows, as opposed to the police. i don't really write many police procedurals, so i quite enjoy sort of being on the other side of the coin. the other side of the coin — it's where you've always been, in a way, and the brilliance with which you made these tough women the ones who really ran the show, i mean, was that something thatjust came to you accidentally? you just tumbled into it? you kn

the former chief fire and rescue adviser, sir ken knight, said he was impressed by the speed at whichnts were set up, as i said, very early after the fire itself. of being able to do with up to 100 tests a day. they have not reached anything like that level, of course. there is no backlog of tests now. it doesn't mean to say there won't be the samples coming in, and the local figures show a worrying result, with some of those tests, but nevertheless the testing has been going at pace. all of those panels that have failed those tests, either the housing authority or the local authority, either has been informed or if they haven't been informed, will be informed within the next few hours, i understand. they evidently know the urgency of the need to test and that is why the arrangements were putting place. i think they are coming in at the speed that they do. i'm sure, and i can't tell you at the moment out of these 600 i'm unsure, and i can't tell you at the moment out of these 600 that has cladding that needs to be tested, because that is not the issue in all cases, but i think the tes

the most interesting perhaps to appear on the list, the make up of the panel is sir ken knight, a chiefaction that's required so that the public can be confident everything possible is being done to make all public and private buildings safe as quickly as possible. so this is one of the immediate measures that's being put if place, as simon was saying, following the dreadful fire at the g re nfell tower tower following the dreadful fire at the grenfell tower tower block. that news is just coming grenfell tower tower block. that news isjust coming in grenfell tower tower block. that news is just coming in to us. let's get more now on the announcement made by the first minister of scotland, nicola sturgeon to put plans for a second independence referendum on hold. ms sturgeon told msps that she wants to "reset" her plans and ask the scottish electorate instead in the autumn of 2018 or the spring of 2019. we can speak to patrick harvie. it depends on who you're listening to, whether they think the idea of a second referendum has been scrapped or parked or perhaps even that a thing hasn't c

it will be headed by sir ken knight, the former fire commissioner in london, and a former adviser onat whether a building has the type of cladding, if it has the suspect cladding we saw in grenfell tower leader grenfell, what other measures should be taken to mitigate the risk? —— the cladding that we saw bee. should there be fire doors, sprinklers, that type of thing? in terms of the cladding itself, iwonder whether people are getting more and more confused, because they will think why is something that is not safe, on so many buildings it would appear in so many different parts of the country, and we know lots of testing has been going on, so is it accurate to say that this testing now is far more stringent than what had previously gone on in years gone by? we believe it is stricter. the tests are being carried out by the building research establishment, a company in watford, owned by the government, which is now a private company. those tests are ongoing and every single test has failed to date of samples taking from cladding around the country. in the past, if you think of it lik

sir ken knight is a former chief fire officer with the london fire brigade. what could have gone wrong? can i just say what a horrific scene it was, that we all woke up to this morning. we have never seen the like in this country andi never seen the like in this country and i did not see in my a0 years as and i did not see in my a0 years as a fire officer. horrific for the residents and the whole community. i just want to take a moment to pay tribute to all emergency services and hospitals and especially london fire brigade who had professional firefighters going into that block as people were having to come out. we owe them a huge debt of gratitude for what they've done. but in order to come to your question, it would be wrong to speculate at this stage. from my experience of a long time in the fire and rescue service i know there will be now a number of enquiries and looking at what happened and how the fire started and how it spread. all of those concerns will be addressed as they wear in camberwell in south london after that fire. we heard from residents

some controversy about that this morning, it is chaired by sir ken knight, a former london fire commissionerpractical economically or it's not viable to do that. what we've got here, though, two weeks on our many questions still left unanswered, how many people died in the fire, why are so many buildings now failing the safety test? to give you a sense of where we are, this is the church that's become a site for many people to pay tributes, to bring flowers, posters of those who have lost their lives. then it's very much in the shadow of grenfell tower. it's not just tower blocks causing concern. we've got nine nhs trusts who also have cladding similar to grenfell tower and that will be tested and schools are being told to check the cladding on buildings hire van four storeys to see what they are made of —— hire than. local people want to be heard here. they want to make sure any failings during the aftermath should be brought tojustice. during the aftermath should be brought to justice. we will be speaking to some of the residents later in the programme. iain watson joins us from westminste

looked at that competence to look at that and would they get the advice from and somebody like sir ken knightse alarm systems, wage a fire risk assessment you should do a sample of the flats. more regular than 2015? the judge in a recent case suggested annually or though there was no specific statement when it should be done but i would recommend statement when it should be done but iwould recommend in statement when it should be done but i would recommend in a tower block this ilk you should be done annually. interesting thoughts. thank you for being with us. i think we do have control of the theresa may tape so let's play it. i have received the latest update on the tragedy at grenfell tower, 12 people have been confirmed dead in this terrible fire that has taken place and sadly the police expect that number to rise further and my thoughts are with the victims, their families and all of those who had their homes destroyed. it is impossible to comprehend the horror of what they have been going through. the response of people living nearby who have provided help, compassion and support has onc

we're in the knight library in special collections and university archives and at the moment we're in the ken keezy classroom. he was an oregonian, he lived in springfield, oregon, and attended the university of oregon. he wrote two of the great american novels, one flew over the cuckoo's nest and sometimes a great notion. his papers are here at the university of oregon because he wanted his collection to be here. he felt that -- he was an oregonian, he had so many experiences here in oregon, and he felt it was the right thing for the collection to be here in his alma mater. today i wrought out a number of different examples of manuscripts that are included in the collection x that includes things like correspondence, his artwork. he was not just a writer, but also an artist. so we have examples of his artwork we have literary manuscripts in the collection, we have a diary that he kept when he was at the university which is a fabulous resource about what his experience was like when he was a student here at the university. talk about his relationships with other people in his life. just very

that is keisha knight pulliam. lets bring in ken rottweiler, so what, why.that just didn't happen, by happenstance. >> it didn't, it was staged. i don't think it was good. >> why. >> when i saw it, you know what i said, where is his real wife, like. why wasn't his real live wife walking with him. >> because it is so hard to say. >> that is right. >> true. >> well, we brought this up and steve has been reporting on this and he put out thought maybe she will be a possible witness or called and therefore she cannot be. >> camille the wife. >> well, i think she can still be there even if she's called as a witness. >> you are allowed to hear other peoples testimony. >> there hasn't been any motions to have her sequestered out of the courtroom. i have not heard anything about why camille was not there. silence by lawyers as to why she's not there. >> it is not a rule then if you are a witness in the trial or proceedings that you can be in there and hear other peoples testimony about the current case. >> if is there a motion by other side to keep you out then judge