michael buchanan reports.renfell fire was meant to change the nation's attitude to housing the poor. for too long in our country, under governments of both colours, we simply haven't given enough attention to social housing. we must affix the broken housing market and we must fix it now. tomorrow will be too late. today, ministers revealed what changes this tragedy would mean for social housing tenants across england. they'll get more powers to hold landlords to account, government support to ensure homes are all decent quality. for this housing adviser, the proposals after a year of waiting are pitiful. we expected something impressive, some action that would really benefit people — and this is weak and disappointing. and we have to carry on trying to pressure the government, obviously, into taking the action on housing that we need. for those living in social housing, the proposals should see their complaints handled quicker, their landlords treat them better. this is an important next step. we want to consu

michael buchanan, bbc news.kle brothers — who has died at the age of 73. alongside his brother paul, he became a fixture on children's television from the 1980s onwards. david sillito looks back at his career. i tell you what, move it towards me a bit. right. to you. to me... to me, to you. for more than 30 years, barry elliott was barry chuckle. it was a comic career dominated by a never—ending struggle with awkward bits of furniture. you could saw a bit off the cue. their children's tv show began in the 1980s. the act was made up of the classic musical routines that they had grown up with. the whole family was in show business. can you stop the music and let me out...? 0h! their dad was a comedian. their older brothers were also an act, the patton brothers. and young barry and paul continued the family trade. there was some early success on opportunity knocks and new faces, but chucklevision changed everything for the rotherham duo. i am sven from sweden. lam ethel...from rotherham. it is a sad day in rotherha

michael buchanan, bbc news.heir homes after seven years of war, which means syria must be rebuilt. on a visit to turkey, russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, said he was surprised at what he described as western opposition to refugees going back to syria. steve rosenberg has been embedded in southern syria with the russian military, who back president assad. seven years of war began in this town. dera'a is the cradle of the syrian revolution. the first place to rise up against the rule of president assad. last month, government troops regained control of the whole area. it's a hugely symbolic victory for the syrian president. what began here as a pro—democracy protest became a civil war that has left more than half a million people dead and forced more than 12 million syrians from their homes. it is a war which president assad now seems certain to win. but he couldn't have done that without the russian military. and our guides for this trip are the russian military. theiraim in bringing foreignjournalists h

michael buchanan, bbc news. to end up like this. after years? of secretive negotiations, ?eal with profound implicatons for their fractious relationship. a compromise — in which the vatican allows the chinese government a greater say in the appointment of clergy — appears likely. some regard it as a way for the church to expand the numbers of china's catholic minority. for the church to expand the numbers but as our correspondent john sudworth reports — critics see it as a betrayal. john sudworth reports — in china, not even prayer is free from communist party control. for decades, an atheist government has insisted on the right to appoint priests and bishops in the catholic church. but this church in eastern china is one of the many that has been holding out. is one of the many that in defiance of the chinese government, the bishop here has been appointed directly by rome. government, the bishop here has been he now finds himself at the centre of a momentous compromise. despite being frequently detained for his loyalty, the vatican is planning to ask him to step aside. it

michael buchanan, bbc news.a further a2 stores, putting around 1,500 jobs at risk. the parent company hilco bought the chain for £1 in may, and says the current number of outlets is no longer viable. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. homebase has already been shutting stores. this one in west london is about to go and a2 more are set to follow. it's a shame, it really is. i mean, because there's nothing. where can we go here in walking distance to get some plants and things like this? there's nowhere. i'm sort of ambivalent about it in a way but, obviously, there's a loss ofjobs that kind of thing, then it's very tricky for people. there's no doubt retailers are having a tough time but, here's the thing. homebase was a profitable business until it was bought two years ago by one of australia's biggest companies. they thought they could teach the brits a thing or two about diy, but they made a real hash of it. we've got carpet and we've even got rugs. in australia, the bunnings diy chain is a big s

michael buchanan, bbc news.ing about 1,500 jobs at risk. the restructuring company hilco bought the chain for £1 in may and says that the current number of outlets is no longer viable. our business correspondent, emma simpson, reports. homebase has already been shutting stores. this one in west london is about to go and 42 more are set to follow. it's a shame, it really is. i mean, because there's nothing. where can we go here in walking distance to get some plants and things like this? there's nowhere. i'm sort of ambivalent about it in a way but, obviously, there's a loss ofjobs that kind of thing, then it's very tricky for people. there's no doubt retailers are having a tough time but, here's the thing. homebase was a profitable business until it was bought two years ago by one of australia's biggest companies. they thought they could teach the brits a thing or two about diy but they made a real hash of it. we've got carpet and we've even got rugs. in australia, the bunnings diy chain is a big success but, in

our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports.n‘s attitude to housing the poor. for too long in our country, under governments of both colours, we simply have not given enough attention to social housing. we must fix the broken housing market and we must fix it now. tomorrow will be too late. today, ministers revealed what changes this tragedy would mean for social housing tenna nts across england. they will get more powers to hold landlords to account, government support to ensure their homes are of decent quality. for this housing adviser, who worked with many grenfell residents, today‘s proposals, after a year of waiting are pitiful. we expected something impressive, some action that would really, really benefit people and this is weak and disappointing. and we have to carry on trying to pressure the government, obviously, into taking the action on housing that we need. for those living in social housing, the proposals should see their complaints handled quicker, that landlords treat them better. this is an important next step.

michael buchanan reporting.vestigating the murder of a mother and daughter in the west midlands have arrested a 21—year—old man. howler saleem, who was a9, and raneem 0wdeh, who was 22, were stabbed to death outside their home in solihull. 0ur midlands correspondent, seema kotecha, has been talking exclusively to some of their relatives. khaola saleem and raneem 0udeh, mother and daughter, stabbed to death in the early hours of monday morning. last night, the prime suspect was arrested in the sparkhill area of birmingham. janbaz tarin used to be married to raneem and has been on the run since the killings. today, the family of the two women paid tribute to them. she was my soulmate. we used to... life is just fun around her, that's all i can say. if you are sad, she'll make you happy. if you are happy, she'll make you more happy. so you can imagine it's not... u nless unless you know her, then you'll understand what talking about. people who knew her, they have a lot to say about her, more than me. raneem is the

this exclusive investigation from michael buchanan.ren should all be alive, but maternity errors by one nhs trust means they have all died. what makes the deaths more unbearable is that the shrewsbury and telford trust often didn't learn lessons. we've had quite a few scares. devon and gavin cadwallader‘s baby should now be eight months old but last december their daughter died in the princess royal hospital in telford. devon had complained to staff that her baby's movements had slowed. the hospital reassured her everything was fine but it wasn't. after three days in hospital, the couple was told their daughter had no heartbeat. in your mind, was your daughter's death preventable? yes. yeah. going in, she was... i mean, even after the postmortem that we had back, they couldn't find anything to say that there was something wrong with her. i think, in our heads, although it's horrible to say, if something had been wrong with her, we could maybe have dealt with it a bit more. the whole time, i was a number to them. no—one stopped to think

michael buchanan, bbc news.a terror attack at the 1972 his attendance at the event in tunis in 201a has prompted criticism from the israeli prime minister. mr corbyn said he had been taking part in a ceremony honouring victims of another attack, an israeli air strike on palestinian headquarters in 1985. the headlines on bbc news... at least 35 people are killed as a major motorway bridge collapses near the northern italian city of genoa. anti—terror police are questioning a 29—year—old man who was arrested after a car was driven into barriers, at the houses of parliament this morning, injuring a number of people. officers are also carrying out searches at three addresses in the midlands as part of their investigation. england cricketer ben stokes is found not guilty of affray at bristol crown court. half of premier league clubs could have played in empty stadiums and still have made a profit in the first season of the current broadcast deal. that‘s according to research by the bbc. in the 2016/2017 season, which

michael buchanan, bbc news. let's get the latest on the weather front. good evening.e for some, but for many more, generally quite cloudy conditions, particularly across scotland and northern ireland, where the cloud has brought some outbreaks of rain. through this evening and tonight, we will continue to see a fair amount of cloud feeding in from the west. some more rain pushing into northern ireland and the western side of scotland. eastern areas seeing some clear spells at times and temperatures not falling too far, 12—17 degrees. pretty warm night and quite muggy, especially in the south. so we go into tomorrow with quite a cloudy start but that cloud should break up to give us spells of sunshine toward central and eastern parts of england. should be largely dry for the southwest. for wales and northwest england, a bit of patchy rain. certainly cloud for northern ireland and scotland. 19 degrees in glasgow, and still up into the mid—20s across parts of the southeast. however, as some rain sweeps southeastwards on thursday, it will leave cooler conditions behind an

this exclusive investigation from michael buchanan. children should all be alive, but maternity errors by one nhs trust means they have all died. what makes the deaths more unbearable is that the shrewsbury and telford trust often didn't learn lessons. devon and gavin cadwallader‘s baby should now be eight months old but last december their daughter died in the princess royal hospital in telford. devon had complained to staff that her baby's movements had slowed. the hospital reassured her everything was fine but it wasn't. after three days in hospital, the couple was told their daughter had no heartbeat. in your mind, was your daughter's death preventable? yes. yeah. i mean, even after the postmortem that we had back, they couldn't find anything to say that there was something wrong with her. i think, there was something wrong with her. ithink, in there was something wrong with her. i think, in our heads, although it's horrible to say, if something had been wrong with her, we could maybe have dealt with it a bit more, but for the resu

this exclusive investigation from michael buchanan.ren should all be alive, but maternity errors by one nhs trust left the parents bereft. what makes the deaths more unbearable is that the shrewsbury and telford trust often didn't learn lessons. i mean, we've had quite a few scares. and after what happened previously, it is quite hard to get excited. devon and gavin cadwallader are expecting their second baby. theirfirst child should now be eight months. but, last december, their daughter died in the princess royal hospital in telford. devon had complained to staff that her baby's movements had slowed. the hospital constantly reassured her that everything was fine. it wasn't. after three days in hospital, the couple were told their daughter had no heartbeat. in your mind, was your daughter's death preventable? yes. yeah. i mean, even after the postmortem that we had back, they couldn't find anything to say that there was something wrong with her. i think, in our heads, although it's horrible to say, if something had been wrong with her

this exclusive investigation from michael buchanan. children should all be alive, that maternity errors by one nhs trust means they have all died. what makes the deaths more unbearable is that the shrews breanne telford trust often didn't learn lessons. this couple ‘s baby should now be eight months old but last december, their daughter died in telford. devon had complained to staff that her baby ‘s movements had slowed. the hospital had constantly reassured her everything was fine. it wasn't. after three days, the couple were told their daughter had no heartbeat. was your daughter ‘s death preve nta ble, was your daughter ‘s death preventable, in your mind? yes. we we re preventable, in your mind? yes. we were going in, even after the postmortem that we have had back, they could not find any to say there was anything wrong with her. in our heads, i think, was anything wrong with her. in our heads, ithink, although was anything wrong with her. in our heads, i think, although it is horrible to say, if something had been wrong with her,

graham satchell, bbc news. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan is here. has there been such a rise in the number of homeless people in the last seven yea rs, homeless people in the last seven years, the figure has gone up and ? years, the figure has gone up and up...? well, for years, the figure has gone up and up. . . ? well, for some years, the figure has gone up and up...? well, for some people years, the figure has gone up and up. . . ? well, for some people there is clearly a lack of housing, private rent has gone up, their tenancy has ended, they can't afford to find somewhere else and they don't become eligible for support from the local authority and so they end up sleeping rough. but on top of that and much more common, certainly with a number of rough sleepers i have spoken to in recent times, has been cuts to drug and alcohol services, many of them claim they're waiting and have been waiting for months and months and months to get into some sort of rehab service. tens of millions pounds have been cut from those services in recent yea rs. cut fr

michael buchanan reporting there from widnes.ecstasy that get the headlines because these deaths are associated with younger people, especially in the females. yet most of the deaths occur in high—risk excluded populations and associated with heroin and crack cocaine. it's not just related overdoses although that is important. we are talking about a population who are usually ill in their 405 or 505 suffering from a range health conditions, so we need to make sure that any response to drug—related deaths doesn't just focus on the drug users but also the drug using population. britain's most senior police chief cressida dick said there is a challenge that a group of middle class people sitting around happily thinking about global warming, fair trade and environmental protection or organic food, yet they say there is no harm in taking some cocaine. she says there is, there is misery throughout there is, there is misery throughout the supply chain, her close to the truth is that? i think it's certainly true that contain consumption

buchanan. >> as an pennsylvania -- in our back [ inaudible ]. >> my name is michael lynch.i work for the abraham lincoln library museum in eastern tennessee. not the one in springfield. i guess the question is primarily directed to dr. smith. presidential librarians, and some museums and other sites have a broad mandate, where we are basically charged with the kind of cradle-to-grave approach that requires interpreting a person within their historical context, the decisions they make, the way they affect institutions. on the other hand, also looking at them as people. their private lives, domestic lives, relationships, their hobbies. how do we balance the subjects? and should be balance in? do we think we -- do you think we should privilege one over the other? >> internally, we balance them, if we are to have credibility. there is a curious thing at work here. there is the passion for your subject, with that -- detachment that is required in telling the story. at the hoover library, for example, one thing everyone knew going in, was that hoover was involved with the great d

buchanan. >> we'll get in trouble for that. >> as in pennsylvania, and i'm happy. >> sir, you're up. >> my name is michael lynch.k for the lincoln library and museum in eastern tennessee, not the one in springfield. i guess this question is primarily directed to dr. smith. presidential librarians and some museums and other sites have a broad mandate. we are charged with a cradle to grave approach that requires a person within their historical context, the decisions they made, the way they affect institutions and looking at them as people. their private lives, domestic lives, relationships, hobbies. how do we balance the subjects and should we balance them? do you think we should privilege one over the other? >> internally, we balance them if we were to have credibility. there is a curious thing at work here. there is a passion for your subject with the detachment that's required in telling the story. at the hoover library, for example. hoover somehow was involved or caused the great depression. we create an exhibit at the end of the gallery where you vote on how you think hoover did. however you vote, you see a

buchanan. [ laughter ] >> you're going to get in trouble for that. >> in pennsylvania and i'm happy my chief executive -- >> you notice there hasn't been another president from pennsylvania? >> i have. >> my name is michael lynch, i work for the abraham lincoln high brar and muse library in eastern tennessee, not the one in springfield. dr. smith, presidential libraries and some museums and other sites have a very broad mandate where we're charged with a cradle-to-grave approach that requires interpreting a person within their historical context, the decisions they made, the way they affect institutions and on the other hand looking at them as people, their private lives, domestic lives, relationships, their hobbies. how do we balance those subjects and should we balance them? do you think we should privilege one over the other? >> internally we balance them if we're to have credibility. there's a curious thing at work here. there's the passion for your subject with the detachment that is required in telling the story. at the hoover library, for example, one thing everyone knows going in is that hoover somehow was involved with or caused the great depression. we create an exhibit at the end of that galle