and the head of the local council at kensington and chelsea council said he was going nowhere.claims that the authority had failed local people here. we are told he is giving an interview in the next half an hour or so interview in the next half an hour orso and we interview in the next half an hour or so and we will see if his position remains the same. certainly, overnight, increased anger here with the revelation that the council saved some £300,000 by choosing a cheaper cladding when the refurbishments work to play there, and for many people here that is simply not acceptable. —— the refurbishment work took place here. the families of grenfell tower have long believed they were not valued. poor people living in a rich borough. now they say their suspicions have been confirmed, with the revelation the cladding used for the refurbishment of the block was changed to a cheaper version. this is like a coffin in the sky, and these children are deeply traumatised, and... the news has enraged those fighting for justice for grenfell. it is just further evidence of how little value t

the headlines at 7pm: after weeks of criticism and a stormy council meeting last night the leader of kensington and chelsea council and chelsea council steps down. as council leader, i have to accept my share of responsibility for these perceived failings. residents celebrated his resignation, describing it as a step in the right direction. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, calls on theresa may to broaden the scope of the inquiry into the disaster, in which at least 80 people died. the families of the young men who drowned off camber sands last summer express their anger about safety on the beach. even back home there's lifeguards everywhere. there was no warning, there is no signs. i cannot believe this is happening in the uk. nurseries in england say councils are failing to provide enough money to fund free childcare for three and four—year—olds. and why thousands of british students are heading to eastern europe. bbc research suggests there's been an increase in the numbers of students going to bulgaria and romania after failing to get a place in british universities. and good news for crick

a chaotic meeting at kensington council last night. aborted soon after it began. can you describe, furs, described the atmosphere and what happened last night in that meeting which effectively was brought to a premature conclusion. we went to the meeting to find out what the council was proposing to do, to find a way forward to look after our residents. the leader of the council then read out a statement, statement he should have made ten days ago, and then when he became aware that the press we re when he became aware that the press were present he then summarily ended the meeting. it turned into chaos with none of our questions answered. that led me to call for the suspension of the council and the appointment of commissioners. simply because the council, even after ten days, is failing to get to grips with the situation. the council is saying that they were following legal advice, that they could not proceed with the meeting with the press there. if that is not true? they are changing their story. what i was subsequently told was that they did not want to intrud

the leader of kensington council. 0ne anybody else. the leader of kensington council.nalists managed to get into the meeting and she told us how she did it. this was a cabinet meeting that had been called an earlier on today when we were looking at whether we could come along we were told the public would be excluded and the press as well. a number of journalists including myself raised concerns about that to the council. we were told we still would not be able to attend but a number of newspapers got a court order from a high courtjudge which meant that the council had to let us in. at that point the meeting had already started. they were only letting in journalists with press passes to a few of us managed to get in. when we got inside the council leader had already begun reading out a statement so we did not catch the beginning of it, but as he carried on he talked about how the reputation of the council had been diminished. he talked about how they would be starting a subcommittee of the cabinet and also a scrutiny committee in the council sometime later this week o

council. now the chief executive of kensington and chelsea council says the government has forced him to resignnt, nicholas holgate said: new flats have now been allocated for survivors of the fire. so far thatis for survivors of the fire. so far that is have received some £700,000 from the government. but a conservative government and council are still under pressure. were warnings ignored? why wasn't more done to improve fire safety and tower blocks before a tragedy on this scale could happen? theresa may is expected to offer certainty to eu nationals living in the uk when she meets with european leaders in brussels. it will be the prime minister's first encounter with the other 27—leaders since she lost her parliamentary majority and formal negotiations to leave europe began. our political correspondent ben wright reports. it was a queen's speech dominated by brexit. my government's hierarchy is to secure the best possible deal as the country leaves the european union. with britain set to leave the eu by march 2017 there is a vast amount of passed by a government with no majority in the hous

and quite a few people were able to get in through the front doors of the offices of kensington and chelsea councilre kensington and chelsea council. they were inside for quite a time. maybe 100 people. at one point, the crowd pulled back and were read a statement from the council but most weren't happy with the response they got from kensington and chelsea borough council this afternoon and some have gone back towards the doors to try to get back in again. in the last half—hour, police officers have arrived to try and get them out of the office for ea. some we re them out of the office for ea. some were able to get up to the first floor, we believe. a scene of... the council came back with a very flimsy response. the people weren't satisfied with the answers. the head of the communications department said he would come back with something further but he has not yet done so. people were getting frustrated and came back towards the building. we had a whole group of police officers in high visibility jackets, as soon they walked in, they created a barricade. that lead to physical confrontation betwee

the council leader of kensington and chelsea, where the grenfell tower fire happened, resigns. after a stormy council meeting last night when the public and press were banned, the leader says he should quit. as council leader, i have to accept my share of responsibility for these perceived failings. new documents obtained by the bbc reveal officials chose cheaper, less fire resistant cladding. and the head of the organisation which manages the tower block has also stepped aside. also tonight. a coroner rules it's impossible to say whether lifeguards could have saved five friends who drowned at camber sands. nurseries in england say they don't have the money to provide the free childcare promised by the government. why british medical students are heading to eastern europe to train as doctors. and chris froome prepares to defend his title, as cyclists head to the starting line for this year's tour de france. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. three days before the defence of his title, murray puts in the practice at wimbledon as he tries to shake off a hip

the leader of chelsea and kensington council speaking to tim donovan.hern ireland will no longer have to pay for abortions provided by the nhs in england. the concession was made by ministers to avoid a conservative rebellion in votes on the queen's speech. the government's legislative programme for the coming two years was eventually passed by a majority of 14 votes in the house of commons. the majority was gained with the support of the democratic unionists, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. what she wants you to see. the prime minister, on the red carpets of europe. everybody‘s in a good mood. everyone in a good mood, her german colleague says. but at home, hard work. to avoid being humbled by the house of commons, with mps threatening defeat... the chancellor of the exchequer. phillip hammond. ministers had to make a last—minute promise that women from northern ireland who go to england for abortions won't have to pay. the government... intends to intervene to fund abortions in england for women arriving here from northern ireland. i

council. it's ridiculous he thought he could hang on. it's really great. kensingtonown after two weeks of failure. we'll find out what residents think. and, from loveable pet... ..to abattoir fodder on the run. we speak tojon ronson, co writer of 0kja, the latest film to confront our insatiable carnivorous habits. good evening, first, more on the controversy over lading ——cladding and buildings razed by the grenfell tower tragedy. newsnight has discovered crucial details about why so many about buildings managed to get cladding installed that does not meet normal safety standards. chris, what have you found out this evening. we have to take a step back to remember how you get cladding signed off by the building inspectors. the first way is to test all of the parts of the cladding you wish to put up in a laboratory and check it is basically impossible to set on fire. the second thing you can do, we have a video showing it, is if you want to use a bit of material that is a little flammable, is you can put that material into a furnace, effectively, in the configuration

the kensington council chief executive quits over the response to the grenfell fire in which at leasty the government to resign. he's described the fire as "heart—breaking" but says his continued presence would be a "distraction". good morning, it's thursday the 22nd ofjune. also this morning: as theresa may faces eu leaders today for the first time since the brexit talks began — she'll outline plans to protect the rights of european citizens in the uk. more than half of british summer fruit and salad growers could be short of migrant workers to harvest their crops this summer

new questions over the grenfell tower disaster, as pressure gi’ows on kensington council.ded in chaos, after a row over whetherjournalists could attend. this morning it emerges that the cladding, originally due to be used on the tower, was downgraded in order to save money. good morning, it's friday 30thjune. also this morning: the parents of io—month—old charlie gard — who lost their legal battle to take him to america for experimental treatment — say his life support will be switched off today.

many papers are running on the fact that the head of kensington council has quit and so has his deputyhow the council dealt with the fire and housing the residents whose lives have been disrupted. we are spoken to residents tonight who are concerned that this is a sop. they have stepped down from the leadership positions but they have not left those councillors, there will not be an election triggered to replace them. where does this leave the leadership? the state of the cabinet? they may have had something to do with it. this brings the total numberof to do with it. this brings the total number of people who have gone to four. the leader and the deputy leader also the chief executive of the council and the head of the organisation that ran the tower block. the very least they can do is to go. they need to fall on their swords but why has it taken them so long, it has been two weeks. from what nick pagett—brown was saying, once last night's meeting became another political story, the fact he was intending for it to be a private meeting and journalists got a court order to be allowed t

chaos at kensington & chelsea council last night.tried to ban journalists from a meeting, but the high court ordered they could come along. just minutes in, though, the council leader wound up proceedings saying what they were discussing could prejudice the upcoming public inquiry, a move criticised today by downing street and others. the residents have a right to meet with the leaders of the council. the leaders of the council have been hiding from the residents for the last week. they should have had the courage to meet with people and answer questions. the least that we can do is to face the residents face—to—face and they're not prepared to do it. testing of cladding on other tower blocks across the country goes on. every one of the 149 high rise buildings examined so far has failed a safety test. but some believe the process isn't working because the tests focus on the core of the panel, rather than the panel as a whole. they should have been fire tested. the information that we've got now is that they haven't been fire tested.

council, why didn't they do more? one conservative councillor from kensington and chelsea borough council admits things have gone badlyng. from what i can see, we have been caught off guard. on the ground, people were very quick to organise themselves. it has been kind of a disgrace, a slow limp, if ican kind of a disgrace, a slow limp, if i can put it like that. the prime minister accents that in the hours after the disaster, the support for families was not good enough. now, extra government staff are being drafted in to work with the council. it follows a meeting between the local people and theresa may in which they were keen to have their voices heard. things are finally moving forward and the government and the council are being proactive. i think sadly it took a long time to get them up and running and if it wasn't for other centres, none of this would have been done. we are lucky we have so many bright, important, smart people in the area. the home office is making arrangements for the family of one of those who died, mohammad alhajali, to travel from syria to the uk for his funeral. he was killed when he was

wearing a high visibility jacket, whether they are from the local council, that is immaterial, what people need to know is that kensingtonave been working round the clock since wednesday, and i have come on air to support the work they are doing. i understand the enormous concerns and anger of people in north kensington —— kensington and wider, i share that anger, the council is wanting to know why that fire started, why it spread so quickly. my immediate concern this weekend is to ensure the right support services for very vulnerable people are on the ground, i have been out this morning to check that they are and satisfied myself that they are. this is a long—term requirement. the operation of the tmo, the way blocks should be refurbished and managed, those are proper questions and questions for the enquiry, which will surely be set up to investigate the fire. awful tragedy for kensington and chelsea and its residents but this is, it raises a number of issues about towers and the way that housing has been designed over the la st 50 housing has been designed over the last 50 or 60 years. some form of apology that relief

council's performance. many residents have said they have received little or no assistance from kensington and chelsea council the authorities insisted they are committed to supporting anyone affected. meanwhile, church services will be held today to remember the victims of the blaze. nick quraishi reports. the devastation caused by the inferno stops people in their tracks. the dark reality abundantly clear in broad daylight. four days on, the community is still angry about a lack of co—ordination, communication and accountability. it's always the public that runs to the rescue. where's the authorities? where are they? residents, community leaders and volunteers took their frustrations to downing street, spending two hours with the prime minister. it was a robust discussion, there was forceful emotion in the room, people were able to say what they wanted to say and we felt that was listened to and listened to carefully. theresa may, who has come in for widespread personal criticism over her handling of the crisis, said she'd heard the concerns. the prime minister admitted: whitehall officials have been drafte

he was making the point that he thought the council demonstrated it didn't have the resources needed to deal with this kind of issue, this is kensingtond he could understand why it wasn't the case. he thought that something had gone badly wrong in britain to have this situation. he has mentioned the idea of requisitioning properties. he said he didn't think it was controversial. there are a lot of empty properties, and a place like kensington certainly has some. he said you could engage in compulsory purchase orders. there are a large number of deliberately kept vacant flats and properties all over london. it's called land banking. people with a lot of money by a house or a flat and keep it empty. would you just keep it as long as it was needed? occupy it, requisitioning it, compulsory purchase. there's a lot of things we can do. as a society, can we think of all of us? it is all very well putting your arms around people in a crisis, but the housing crisis is rising and homelessness is getting worse. in an emergency you rising and homelessness is getting worse. in an emergency you have to bring all assets to the table to deal with the

after weeks of criticism and a stormy council meeting last night, the leader of kensington and chelseaower fire. 80 finally steps down in the wake of the grenfell towerfire. 80 people are believed to have died in it. let's get all the sports news with damian johnson. andy murray let's get all the sports news with damianjohnson. andy murray says he is feeling good, despite limping through much practice three days before his scheduled to begin the event of his wimbledon title. he pulled out of his final warm up match with a sore hip. the defending champion managed to work with coach ivan lendl today but there were some ominous signs as he was clearly moving rather gingerly but he remains hopeful he will be fit for the first round. novak djokovic is through to the men's file at the eastbourne tournament. he showed a few flashes of his best form, beating the brevet in straight sets. —— beating medal the dead in straight sets. caroline wozniacki is into the women's final. she will play karolina pliskova in the final. her opponentjohanna konta withdrew due to a back injury. chris froome has

the leader of kensington and chelsea council says he understands the criticism his authority has facede has also defended their response. yes, of course, there is more we can always do, and we are attempting to do that but this was an enormous disaster, it has profound consequences. cheering gratitude this afternoon for the firefighters, who are searching for the lost, night and day. there is a growing sense here that all the emotion unleashed by the fire must lead to change. angry. angry, angry about the poor response, but also, the years of neglect from the council and successive governments. while politicians talk of the legacy and of lessons learned, for some here, it is far too early. on a day like this, they say, it is impossible to think about the future. the families of some of those missing remain hopeful that some of their the families of some of those still missing, remain hopeful their relatives may still be alive, but they're also realistic, that the chances are slim. 0ur reporter sima kotecha, has been speaking to two brothers, searching for six members of theirfamily. th

nick paget—brown, leader of kensington and borough council. moments, downing street has outlined a statement —— released a statement outlining how the emergency fund will be distributed. every household whose house has been destroyed will receive a guaranteed £5,500, £500 in cash, £5,000 in addition will be delivered by the department for work and pensions into bank accounts, or other arrangements will be made for those who do not have bank accounts, a single payment into a bank account oi’ a single payment into a bank account or some other method. —— number ten has just released a statement outlining how the five million pound emergency fund will be distributed. people need the £500 now, they can get the council from —— they can get the payment from the westway sports centre, which is where the council is working basically full—time. some criticism, not least from the mayor of london, that lots of people cannot get to the west west into. those that cannot will be able to access the £500 cash payment from tomorrow at the post office on portobe

chaos at kensington & chelsea council last night.ty had tried to ban journalists from a meeting, but the high court ordered they could come along. just minutes in, though, the council leader wound up proceedings, saying what they were discussing could prejudice the upcoming public inquiry, a move criticised today by downing street and others. the residents have a right to meet with the leaders of the council. the leaders of the council have been hiding from the residents for the last week. they should have had the courage to meet with people and answer questions. the least that we can do is to face the residents face—to—face and they're not prepared to do it. testing of cladding on other tower blocks across the country goes on. every one of the 149 high rise buildings examined so far has failed a safety test. but some believe the process isn't working because the tests focus on the core of the panel, rather than the panel as a whole. they should have been fire tested. the information that we've got now is that they haven't been fire

downing street has strongly criticised kensington and chelsea council for cutting short a meeting to anagement 0rganisation, which manages grenfell tower, says he is stepping aside from his role. president trump's travel ban comes into force. people from six mainly muslim countries and all refugees now face tougher entry into the us. funerals take place for 29—year—old martyn hett and 15—year—old megan hurley, who died in the manchester bomb attack time for the sport. hello again. british number three heather watson has missed out on a place in the final of the aegon international at eastbourne, after defeat to sixth seed caroline wozniacki. wozniacki took the first set 6—2, before treatment to an abdominal injury in the second saw watson storm back to take it 6—3. the decider was the tightest set by some way, as both players dug in for victory. the dane eventually took it 7—5 with a break in the final game of the match. i'm disappointed with the lost today asi i'm disappointed with the lost today as i felt that i got myself back into the match and give myself opportunities win. but c

relatives and whether they are wearing a high visibilityjacket, or from a community group or council is immaterial. kensington have been working around the clock since wednesday and i have, or nearto around the clock since wednesday and i have, or near to support the work they have been doing. we will look at all the challenges but to save the local authority is not president and not working together with other councils is inaccurate. you heard an interview there are concerns about the role of the tenant management organisation. people understand this is effectively kensington and chelsea handing over responsibility but obviously has residual responsibility for the welfare of his residence. do you think they‘re tmo has behaved correctly and do you understand the course for people to step aside from that?|j understand the course for people to step aside from that? i understand the concerns and anger of people in north kensington and more widely about the events leading up to this fire. i shared that anger, the council is wanting to know why that fire started, why gets spread. my immediate concern is to ensure

the headlines at three o'clock: the leader of kensington and chelsea borough council insists the local authority is helping victims of the grenfell fire. councillor nick paget—brown said there was now "a coordinated relief effort on the ground". by by the time i got there just after 3:30am on wednesday it was clear that no one local authority in london would be able to cope with the enormous challenges facing a number of displaced residents and people affected by this. but sadiq khan says more needs to be done to help the community. they are showing a community coming together to grave but also a community angry not only at the poor response in the days afterwards from the council and government, but the years of neglect and the council and successive governments. no queen 's speech to parliament next year to allow mps more time to scrutinise brexit negotiations. at least 62 people are killed in a forest fire in central portugal. three days of mourning have been declared. claims of growing inequality across britain — a new report says the gap between rich and poor is getting wider. goo

we can speak to a member of kensington and chelsea council.esent inside the tower hall, is that right? no, i am nearby ward where i am trying to give practical assistance. i do not know if you heard... i have heard some of this... you heard some of the points being made. iam this... you heard some of the points being made. i am sorry to cut across you. people were demanding that survivors be relocated as soon, as near as possible to their houses. they wanted information on the numbers of those deceased that they wa nted numbers of those deceased that they wanted more representation from the council. of course. i can understand perfectly well why this neglected and unlicensed to population are angry, furious, and what has happened. absolutely i understand where they are coming from. it is extremely important the council actually gets a grip of their situation and houses people and provides information as quickly as possible. one of the points being made is where i card the council leaders? did you feel you have seen enough of them on the ground

kensington buildings. but yes, the performance of the council is under scrutiny.ouncil leader yesterday saying he wasn't going to resign at this time, but we will see what happens in the coming days and weeks. nick, thank you very much for that. nick beake. meanwhile, a man has been charged with fraud after allegedly claiming he lost family members in the grenfell tower fire. ann noo nuen, who's 52 and of no fixed address, faces five charges. he will appear in court later today. the parents of ten—month—old charlie gard, who fought an unsuccessful legal battle to take him to america for experimental treatment, say he will stop receiving life support today. charlie has a rare genetic condition and brain damage. doctors at great 0rmond street hospital say the us treatment wouldn't help him. kathryn stanczyszyn reports. we should be over the road, sitting next to our son, charlie gard's bed, spending the last precious few hours with him. but we just thought we would take five minutes out to come and tell you where we are. it's a video no one should ever have to make.

there is no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety, and kensington & chelsea counciluld not have been compromised in order to manage budgets. our correspondent nick beake is in north kensington. what sort of reaction to what we are hearing? the level of mistrust and also anger with the powers that be, the council in particular, the feeling among people is not going away. why is that? because on one hand people are angry that last night the council wouldn't let journalists angry that last night the council wouldn't letjournalists in to listen to questions being asked of the people in charge, but also overnight this revelation that the council saved some £300,000 by choosing a cheaper form council saved some £300,000 by choosing a cheaperform of cladding, which of course went up on grenfell tower. we know that back in 2014 decision was taken go for this cheaper option. for some people living here this confirms their suspicion that they feel they have been badly done by. the families of grenfell tower have long believed they were not valued. poor people living in a rich

kensington and chelsea council have adjourned a meeting where the official response to the grenfell towers meant to have been discussed. our reporter is at kensington town hall. journalists initially were not meant to be there, but you manage to get in, susana. tell us how. villa this was a cabinet meeting that had been called. earlier today, we were told the public would be excluded and the press would be excluded. a number of journalists including myself raised concerns about that to the council. we were told we would still not be able to attend, but then a number of newspapers got a court order from a high courtjudge that meant that then, the council had to let us in. at that point, the meeting had already started and we were waiting outside and they were only letting in journalists with press passes. outside and they were only letting injournalists with press passes. so a few of us managed to get in. when we got inside, the council leader had already begun reading out the statement. so we didn't catch the beginning of it. but as he carried on, he talked about how the reputation of the

the conservative councillor for the chelsea and kensington council. good morning.k, this week hosted by nick robinson. sorry, andrew. what do you have coming up? we will be talking to residents of grenfell tower and the chancellor of the exchequer. we do not see much of him during the general election campaign but we would like to hear what he is to say about austerity and brexit talks to begin next week. we also have the brexit spokesman for labour as well in the studio. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. still to come this morning: the travel show visits bermuda as its turquoise waters play host to the competition described as the formula 1 of sailing — the america's cup. stay with us — headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and naga munchetty. coming up before 8am, helen will have the weather. but a summary of this morning's main news. church services will be held today to remember the victims of the grenfell tower fire in west london. police have revealed that 58 people are missing and are believed to have died but that figure co

saying they want to focus on the criminal aspects of the investigation, also questioning why kensington councilit of this inquiry. the residents so far are not saying we won't work with sir martin, but you do get the sense there is only a relatively narrow window of opportunity for sir martin to win the confidence of those families of this inquiry is to get up and running and to be a success. norman, many thanks. norman smith there. 137 high—rise buildings have now failed safety tests on cladding in 41 local authority areas, according to the latest government figures. four of those tower blocks are in the london borough of camden, where residents from 700 flats have been told to leave because of fire safety concerns. 0ur correspondent tom burridge has been meeting some of the people still living in the chalcots estate, despite being told to leave nearly a week ago. michelle's family are facing a difficult dilemma. they've been told to leave theirflat in north london. because their tower block has suspect cladding and after the fire at grenfell, failed an inspection by the london fire brigade. b

on behalf of the council, that counts —— the kensington and chelsea council, my colleague greg dawsonnitoring this event. for viewers joining has been monitoring this event. for viewersjoining us, has been monitoring this event. for viewers joining us, making has been monitoring this event. for viewersjoining us, making up this situation taking place, just to bring us up—to—date with what has happened so far. the fact that we know. a lot of speculation about what happened, he was living there. what we know is that this fire has been going on for five what we know is that this fire has been going on forfive hours. it was just approaching 12:45 a.m.. that is when the fire service were called to this apartment building which is a least 24 storeys high. obviously at that time of the night, in the middle of the night, most people would have been in bed. very quickly it appeared that the fire spread throughout the building. reports of a number of people unaccounted for. the london fire service say they sent 200 firefighters to the building. what they can do to tackle it given the ferocity,

hospital today to speak to patients but people are complaining not only about their own borough council, kensingtonouncil, but also about the government ‘s response. police say that at least 30 people are now confirmed to have died in the fire that engulfed grenfell tower in west london. the bbc understands that the total number of people who are dead or missing so far is around 70. as we have been seeing, there is growing anger at the way the authorities have dealt with the aftermath of the fire — at around 4pm this afternoon around 400 protestors tried to get in kensington town hall. the queen and prince william have been visiting a relief centre which has been helping victims of the fire. our first report tonight — on the latest on the tower block fire, is from our correspondent jeremy cooke. a crowd storms kensington town hall, demanding action. we wantjustice, we wantjustice. demanding justice. and demanding answers. we need to be heard. we have things to say. we are in pain. i understand that the response we get from the council is not satisfactory. how could this tragedy have happened, on th

the prime minister said it is right that the ceo of kensington and chelsea council has now resigned. speaker, from hillsborough to the child sex abuse scandal the grenfell tower, the pattern is consistent. working class people's voices are ignored, their concerns dismissed by those in power. the grenfell tower residents and north kensington community deserve answers, and thousands and thousands of people living in tower blocks around the country need very urgent reassurance. 0ur very brave firefighters must reassurance. our very brave firefighters must never have to deal with such horrific incident again. and the prime minister is right when she talks about the bravery of firefighters running into a burning building. i have spoken to firefighters on many occasions. but they are overstretched and they are traumatised, traumatised by dealing with london bridge, traumatised by g re nfell tower, with london bridge, traumatised by grenfell tower, yet they carry on doing it, overstretched and understaffed. we need to look at the whole issue of the security of our fire service. those of us

the headlines: a meeting of kensington council about the grenfell tower tragedy is scrapped afterjournalistsry into the grenfell tower fire — he says it may not be as wide—ranging as some residents hope. mps have voted in favour of the queen's speech, by a majority of 1a votes. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. more now on the appointment of the judge who is to lead the inquiry into the grenfell tower tragedy. sir martin moore—bick is a retired appeal courtjudge, and he's been asked by theresa may to produce an interim report as early as possible. our legal correspondent clive coleman gave us some insight in to his background. he has the sort of classic cv of a highly successful court of appeal judge. he is 70. he retired in december from the court of appeal. he isa december from the court of appeal. he is a man who sat in the commercial court initially. before that, he was a practising barrister who was involved in commercial and shipping cases. the reason that is important is that he would have been dealing with cases, big—money case

so i would say to kensington council, one of the richest councils and the country, that those offersready but just been some political finger—pointing already butjust briefly, jeremy corbyn saying they will look at preventative measures, look at fire staffing of cause and also building regulations and it is especially those building regulations, there was supposed to be a review of that since 2010 and it has not happened. i think there has been, all public services have been dramatically reduced in the past seven years. local authorities and the fire service and many other bodies. people are looking not to take on responsibilities that they would have in the past. that has to stop. it is not just have in the past. that has to stop. it is notjust responding to fire, i think the fire brigade did brilliantly last night but it is all those inspections, making sure there are the right materials and sprinkler systems, if nothing else comes from this tragedy i hope we will do that and provide those resources to do that now. there will bea resources to do that now. there will be a public cla

council responsible for grenfell tower is to step down. were you pressured by number ten to resign? nicholas paget—brown, from kensingtonnd chelsea, said the scale of the tragedy inevitably meant the borough couldn't cope alone. as council leader i have to accept my share of responsibility for these perceived failings. documents obtained by the bbc suggest cladding fitted to grenfell tower during its refurbishment was changed to a cheaper version. meanwhile, the labour leader jeremy corbyn puts pressure on the prime minister to speed up the public inquiry into the tragedy and to clarify its remit. also tonight. a coroner says the presence of lifeguards on camber sands might not have prevented the deaths of seven men last summer. several people, including doctors, are reportedly shot this evening inside a hospital in new york. and the tour de france starts tomorrow, with britain's chris froome seeking a fourth win in five years. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, the british and irish lions have been told they need to man up if they are to beat the all blacks in the second test and keep the series alive in new zeala

kensington and chelsea council is holding a cabinet meeting tonight to discuss its response to the fire at grenfell tower, in which at least 80 people are known to have died. the meeting was due to be held behind closed doors but it's been announced this evening, following a court order, thatjournalists will be allowed in. nick paget—brown, speaking to bbc london's political editor, tim donovan, a little earlier, said he doesn't want to be drawn on whether he should stay on as leader. that's not a matterfor today, that's something that we will look at in due course. myjob at the moment is to make sure that the council has a head that can be recognised, a public face of the council, and i need to be seen to be making sure the proper response to people's lives that have been so devastated by this tragedy is in place. would you expect to be the leader in six months‘ time? place. would you expect to be the leader in six months' time? that's not a matter i am able to express now and not a matter for me. would you be the person leading the council, the conservatives into the election next yea

good afternoon, i'm councillor nick badgett brown, the leader of kensington and chelsea council and itat this has been a terrible day for north kensington and i wanted to express my thanks and residents thanks for the enormous response we've had from the emergency services, the buyer ambulance and police have behaved magnificently on what has been a terrible day. —— the fire brigade, fabulous and police. 0ur fire brigade, fabulous and police. our thoughts are clearly with those who have lost their lives, those who are injured and those who are currently estranged or looking for other members of their family. the council has set up a number of emergency centres around grenfell tower and is supporting local people who are making use of them at the moment. i am very grateful to those who have made donations of food and clothes to kensington town hall. that is hugely appreciated. i also wanted to thank other london boroughs, the mayor of london and a huge number of voluntary associations locally for the help that they have also offered. we will work very closely with all those who've lost

council's attempts to deal with the aftermath of the tragedy. but the long—standing shortage of social housing in the area is making matters worse. kensingtonme facades. some argue empty terraces should be requisitioned for the homeless of g re nfell towers, because of years of neglect in building council housing. this borough has one of the highest levels of households living in temporary accommodation, yet it is one of the richest in london. last year, more than 2700 people were on the social housing waiting list. meanwhile, more than 1800 people are living in temporary accommodation. that's more than a much poorer borough like lewisham. today, theresa may made a commitment, that those who lost their homes in the fire would be rehoused in three weeks, and as close as possible to grenfell tower. the local mp says that as a pipe dream. how much of a problem is social housing in what is probably one of the richest boroughs in the country? yeah, it's chronic. i have been a councillorfor 11 years, and some of the cases i have seen over that time have just been horrific. she agrees, empty luxury apartments should be taken over. the idea that th

the headlines on bbc news: a meeting of kensington and chelsea council about the grenfell tower tragedy is scrapped as journalists enter the room. a retired appeal courtjudge will lead the public inquiry into the fire — he says it may not be as wide—ranging as some residents hope. mps have voted in favour of the queen's speech, by a majority of 1a votes. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. thousands of revellers have been attending a wine festival in northern spain — nothing unusual there, you might say. except this one has a rather unusual twist. it's called la battalla del vino, or the battle of the wine, in which visitors hurl the good stuff at each other. according to local legend, it has been taking place since the 13th century, and was originally to demarcate the border between two towns. the organisers say a range of weapons are allowed including buckets, wineskins, hose sprays or anything else which can launch thousands of litres of wine over the crowd. now it's time for this week's meet the author. the irish writer paula mc

the headlines at four o'clock: the leader of kensington and chelsea borough council insists the localf effort on the ground. by by the time i got there just after 3:30am on wednesday it was clear that no one local authority in london would be able to cope with the enormous challenges facing a huge number of displaced residents. iam huge number of displaced residents. i am told the council is never in evidence, that was not my perception this morning. but the mayor of london, sadiq khan, says more needs to be done to help the community. they are showing a community coming together to grieve, but also a community frustrated and angry, not simply at the poor response in the days afterwards from the council and

jeremy the target is kensington : town hall, the offices of the council which owns the tower. they're demanding answers. >> we have things to say. and we need to be heard. we all have something to say. >> i understand it is not satisfactory. jeremy: they want to hear from the local authority officials who they hold responsible. how could this tragedy have happened on this scale in this city? it's 2017. >> the whole procedure is chaos. we are sent from hospital to hospital.

the target is kensington town hall, the officers of the council which owns grenfell tower. demanding answers. we need to be heard! we all have things to say! we are in pain! i understand that the response we get from the council is not satisfactory. they want to hear from the local authority officials who they hold responsible. justice! how could this tragedy have happened on this scale in this city in 2017? the whole procedure is chaos. we are sent from hospital to hospital, to shelters. why is there not a community house for family members? why? why do we have to go out there and look actively for them, and then be told misled information? we told there is to call, asking us to call family members, and that u nless we to call family members, and that unless we know somebody, we cannot somebody on their behalf. it does not make sense! but today, again, in the shadow of grenfell tower, a different kind of response. sorry! it is an overwhelming community tragedy with an overwhelming community response. if we get all the missing people on the same window... a continuing grass

the headlines at three o'clock: the leader of kensington and chelsea borough council insists the localow "a coordinated relief effort on the ground". by by the time i got there just after 3:30am on wednesday it was clear that no one local authority in london would be able to cope with the enormous challenges facing a number of displaced residents and people affected by this. but sadiq khan say5 people affected by this. but sadiq khan says more needs to be done to help the community. they are showing a community coming together to grave but also a community angry not only at the poor response in the days afterwards from

throughout the whole of the day about a public meeting which should have held the night in kensington and chelsea councilprivate meeting and the guardian and other media organisations got a court order to allow reporters into the meeting. yes during the course of the day that was a high court ruling that says journalist should be allowed into this, what was supposed to bea allowed into this, what was supposed to be a public meeting which was changed to be private at the council. and when the leader of the council. and when the leader of the council realised at the start of the meeting that there were journalists he had another meeting to take place. he did seem to understand they were there in the first place. and finally some levity if you don't mind. the daily express, not in the house, mps can go tireless. the common speaker sweeping away a custom for 100 years, should men have to wear a tie? i have been meditating upon the sordo. on the one hand the wearing a retired means you have two the business, the extra effort to look presentable means your mind is focused. on the other hand some people wear su

meanwhile, downing street criticises kensington & chelsea council, after it cut short a meeting to discussppened with the fire but the sheer and ongoing incompetence that this council has shown ever since it happened. a coroner will record conclusions into the deaths of seven men, including five young friends, who drowned off camber sands last summer. the parents of charlie gard, who lost their fight to take him to america for experimental treatment, say his life support will be switched off today. it's going to be the worst day of our lives... we know what day our son dies, but we don't even get a say over

council responsible said was not up to standard. in another development, the government denied it was responsible for the resignation of kensington and council chief executive nicholas holgate who quit after claiming that the communities secretary, sajid javid, had asked him to resign. the news that three tower blocks have combustible cladding was revealed in the house of commons by the prime minister. the government says an estimated 600 high—rise buildings in england are covered in some form of cladding — landlords will be asked to check if it is similar to that used on grenfell tower. the tests are ongoing with samples from tower blocks all over england being sent in for testing. 100 samples can be processed a day. the prime minister says steps are being taken to make the buildings affected safe and to inform residents. our political correspondent iain watson reports. an unimaginable tragedy, that's how the prime minister described the fire at grenfell tower. but was it an avoidable tragedy? and are tenants in the tower blocks at risk? melli politicians —— many politicians do not want to wait for a public enquiry for answers. loca