one assumes that you welcome as well the resignation of nicholas paget—brown?” as well the resignation of nicholas paget-brown? i think you should have gone earlier to be honest with you. the response from the authority was wonderful. i don't think it is quite good enough simply to replace the leader with another local councillor. and sadiq khan has called for the government to take more firm action and put in place commissioners to actually get the proper organisation to provide a proper organisation to provide a proper recovery service and proper support for the people who have been affected by the support and tragedy. the government has made it clear that for now, it has no plans to do that? is not acceptable. the government has been woeful in a number of different respects. the way the government is talking about providing temporary accommodation, what they should be saying and doing is providing permanent accommodation for people affected. it's no good to say that they are going to provide temporary accommodation and i hear reports that they are planning to

chelsea, following the resignation last week of nicholas paget—brown.eavily criticised over his handling and the council's handling of the aftermath of the grenfell tower disaster almost three weeks ago. there were suggestions from the labour party and other critics of the central government's handling of this, as well the local council was mccambley, that an independent commissioner should be appointed by sajid javid to deal with the council's issues on all of this. the government says that will not happen, selling at the short term and that has no plans to appoint any independent commissioners. at the council has come forward with a replacement for the head of the council and we're now told that as elizabeth campbell. she has elected as the new leader of kensington and chelsea council. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10.40 this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are miranda green

nobody has seen nicholas paget—brown and his cabinet seem nicholas paget—brown and his cabinet seem toe has seen him and in this world it is all about perceptions and image, and the perceptions and image, and the perception is they have failed miserably. ok, let us go on to by. miserably. ok, let us go on to rugby. well, are you rugby people? i ama rugby. well, are you rugby people? i am a massive fan. you will have to ta ke am a massive fan. you will have to take this over. i had five friend over yesterday morning, and my wife, who had had a bit of a late—night on friday and my youngest daughter were upstairs and by 8.45, ten minutes after kick off, they had been woken up after kick off, they had been woken up three times by our shouting. in the end they came down to watch, they said 0 we can't sleep through this. the shouting, all over the country for people watching was amazing, because the, to give you some of the stats, the all blacks have not lost at home since 2009. they were playing with a man down. he deserved to go off, he did a shoulder charge on a defenceless man. i think i

at the council since the fire at grenfell tower that led to the resignation of its leader, nicholas paget—browno the resignation of its leader, nicholas paget-brown. as council leader, i have to accept my share of responsibility for these perceived failings. pressure had been mounting on the council following intense criticism of the way the disaster had been handled from day one. i completely understand the anger, the frustration of the local community. but i, of course, we were not immediately quick off the ground, it was an enormous tragedy. i don't know if everyone realised how complex and how fast this fire was. i challenge any borough in the whole country to immediately have an action plan they could put into place. the resignation has been welcomed by many including the mayor of london, sadiq khan who in a letter to the prime minister urged her to get a grip and immediately appoint commissioners to run the borough. he wrote, commissioners who are untainted should take over the running of the council to act in the best interests of residence. but some in this community that already feels

nicholas paget—brown stood down for its response to the disaster. coroner has ruled that seven men, who drowned at camber sands in east sussex last summer, died because of misadventure. relatives of some of the victims have been asking why no lifeguards were on the beach. but the coroner said they might still have drowned even if there had been lifeguards. coming up in ten minutes‘ time, newswatch, but first on bbc news, click. this is salad, grown the old —fashioned way. you know, in shipping containers, under led lights, without soil, in an optimised water and nutrient mix. as farmer spock called it, good old hydroponics. in all seriousness, it's been suggested that the type of intense farming going on here at local roots in los angeles could help solve the world's food problems in years to come. transport costs can be reduced by growing plants wherever they are needed, even in areas of famine where the land and climate are too harsh. you get higher volumes and many more crop cycles during the year, too. lettuce can be grown in 30 days instead of

councillor elizabeth campbell replaces nicholas paget—brown, who resigned following criticism over thegrenfell tower fire. she apologised to the community for the handling of the disaster. the first thing i want to do is apologise. this is our community and we have failed it, when people needed us the most. we are truly sorry. as a new leader, i will appoint a new cabinet tomorrow and things are going to change. the first thing i'm going to do is to reach out to our community so we can begin to heal the wounds. charities that harass donors for cash could be fined up to 25,000 pounds under new rules being introduced this week. a new fundraising preference service beginning on thursday will allow the public to ask charities to stop contacting them. if charities choose to ignore warnings from the regulator they will be reported to the information commissioner and face sanctions. south korean authorities say north korea has fired a ballistic missile from its western region — the 11th detected missile launch this year. south korean officials say an unidentified rocket was tracked being fire

paget—brown? the leader, nicholas paget—brown, is on his way out, but labour councillor beinazir lasharie, who hasreturned to her home in the shadow of grenfell tower, says change is needed quickly. now that he's resigned, who's taking responsibility? who's he going to palm this off to? yes, he should resign, but yes, he should take responsibility. people need to be in place to manage what is going on here. as the community mourns the dead, the government says the new leader will be chosen by the council itself. commissioners from outside won't be sent in. but it is warning it will intervene if it needs to. the absolute priority remains looking after the victims, their family and friends, making sure they get everything they need, and in doing so, when it comes to the local council, nothing is off the table. the council insists the disaster was so huge, any authority would have struggled to cope. but it says it wants to learn lessons. when that new leader has been elected, we have to revise how we've come across, we have to be more proactive. we have to listen more, we have to show the residents t

the council leader, nicholas paget—brown, and his deputy, both resigned yesterday.jones reports. after angry protests at the council offices and after a meeting of the council was cut short following an attempt to ban the public and press.. reporter: were you pressured by number 10 to resign? ..the pressure for the leader got too great. this is a huge human tragedy for so many families. the task for my successor is to ensure that the strengths would also characterise this place, and north kensington, in particular, are seen to play their part in bringing the community together. but the mayor of london says this cannot happen with a change of leadership from among the existing councillors. sadiq khan says the fire has shown the authority is not fit for purpose. what he called "untainted commissioners", government—appointed experts must be brought in immediately. he has the backing of one community campaigner who says residents have been ignored for too long. trust in the whole of the cabinet hasjust gone, confidence in the council has gone. they weren't confident in

paget—brown? pressure had been mounting on nicholas paget—brown following intense criticism of the way the disaster one. the resignation has been welcomed by many, including the mayor of london, sadiq khan, who has urged but the government says it is keeping its options open. nothing is off the table in making sure that the local residents, especially the victims, their families and friends, they get all the support they need. clearly there's a role for the local council and government and for many others, but where anyone is not stepping up and doing what is expected of them, then nothing should be off the table. the council now needs a new leader and that person will have to be elected by the council itself, not by the people, and some residents here say they're not happy with that. they want a bigger say on who is going to be making those key decisions. and some are sceptical of the selection process. they need to stay in engagement with us. they cannot just impose their old boy network and their friends and family scheme that they seem to operate elsewhere. there needs to be a proper process fo

the council leader, nicholas paget—brown, and his deputy, both resigned yesterday.onjones reports. after angry protests at the council officers and after a meeting of the council was cut short following an attempt to land the public and press... were you pressured by number ten to resign? the pressure for the leader got too great. this isa for the leader got too great. this is a huge human tragedy. many families. the task, successor is to ensure that the strengths which also characterise this place and north kensington in particular, seem to play their part in bringing the community together. but the mayor of london says that this cannot happen without a change of leadership from the existing councils. he said the authority is not fit for purpose. tate commissioners must be brought in immediately. he has the backing ofa in immediately. he has the backing of a community campaigner who says residents have been in lord forfar too long. trust in the whole of the cabinet has gone, confidence in the council has gone. they would complain if the yes and raise these issues a

the council leader, nicholas paget—brown, and his deputy, both resigned yesterday.imonjones reports. after angry protests at the council offices and after a meeting of the council was cut short following an attempt to ban the public and press.. reporter: were you pressured by number 10 to resign? ..the pressure for the leader got too great. this is a huge human tragedy for so many families. the task for my successor is to ensure that the strengths would also characterise this place, and north kensington, in particular, are seen to play their part in bringing the community together. but the mayor of london says this cannot happen with a change of leadership from among the existing councillors. sadiq khan says the fire has shown the authority is not fit for purpose. what he called "untainted commissioners", government—appointed experts must be brought in immediately. he has the backing of one community campaigner who says residents have been ignored for too long. trust in the whole of the cabinet hasjust gone, confidence in the council has gone. they weren't confident

sadiq khan welcomed the decision by both nicholas paget—brown and his deputy to reign, but said publicd public trust could not be restored by other members of the council. one local councillor has insisted the council is capable of handling by itself the aftermath of the fire. it was the breakdown of this, the first cabinet meeting at the council since the fire at grenfell to you they're led to the resignation

sadiq khan welcomed the decision by both nicholas paget—brown and his deputy to reign, but said publicrust could not and his deputy to quit, but said public trust could not be restored by other members of the council. one local councillor has insisted the council is capable of handling by itself the aftermath of the fire. it was the breakdown of this, the first cabinet meeting at the council since the fire at grenfell to you they're led to the resignation of its leader, nicolas paget—brown. they're led to the resignation of its leader, nicolas paget-brown. as council leader i have to accept my share of responsibility for these perceived failings. pressure had been mounting on the council following intense criticism of the way the disaster had been handled from day one. i completely understand the anger, the frustration of the local community, but i of course we weren't immediately quick off the ground, it was an enormous ‘ immediately quick off the ground, it was an enormous “i immediately quick off the ground, it was an enormous — i don't know if everyone realised how complex and how

he also welcomed the resignation of the leader of kensington and chelsea council nicholas paget—browneople living in flats that were illegally sublet who had no idea about the true status of the tenancy. their families want to know if they perished in the fire. these are their sons, their daughters, their brothers, their sisters. they need closure and it's the least that they deserve. but that can't happen unless we have the information we need. so we are urging anyone with that information to come forward and to do so as quickly as they can. mr speaker, the immediate response to the grenfell disaster is being coordinated by the grenfell response team led led by john barrowdale. he is being supported by colleagues from local councils, the wider government support sector, the voluntary sector, police, health and fire services as well as central government. their expertise and hard work is making a huge difference. but this is only a temporary measure. it is also vital that we put in place long—term support for the longer term recovery. it was right that the leader of the royal borough

elizabeth campbell, who replaced the former council leader nicholas paget—brown after he resigned overoned last month over the presence of journalists in the crowd. this time the meeting was held in public, with around 70 survivors present. the culture of this council will change. in practicalterms, we will create a future of this borough together with you, the residents. 0ur councillors and ceosenior executives will not decide this for residents, but with residents. we will rethink all our plans for regeneration in this borough. we will work with residents to create new plans, and you will vote on any results. if people vote against it, we will go back to the drawing board together and start again. secondly, how we work for and with our community will change. we need to understand and appreciate the strength that is in our neighbourhoods, the very strength that stepped into the void after the fire. that is elizabeth campbell, the new leader of kensington and chelsea council. sid—ali atmani was one of several residents of grenfell tower who spoke at the meeting. he said that the commun

the new leader of kensington and chelsea council, following the resignation two weeks ago of nicholas paget—browne was at that meeting as well. any more on that, we will bring it to you when we get it. the royal bank of scotland has agreed to pay nearly four—billion pounds to the us authorities for its role in selling on risky mortgages. a separate deal with the department ofjustice is expected later this year. the mortgages — which had been repackaged as investment products — later proved to be worthless when the financial crisis hit. our business editor simon jack has more. 0k, we're going to move on now. the european union's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has said that britain must recognise the existence of its financial obligations to the eu. yesterday the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, suggested that the eu could go whistle for what he described as extortionate financial demands. today, mr barnier hit back saying he couldn't hear any whistling, just the clock ticking. 0ur europe correspondent damian grammaticus reports. in brussels today, determination and frustration. the eu's

you'll remember the former leader nicholas paget—brown and his deputy rock fielding resigned 48 hoursf grenfell and indeed other tower blocks around the country. this programme has learned that the type of cladding used on the outside of grenfell tower — when it's burned — releases 14 times the amount of heat than is allowed under a key government safety test. 0ur reporterjim reed is here with more. so we've heard lots about the cladding used on grenfell and how it appeared to spread the fire. what have you find out and how significant is it? the witnesses have also talked about that night, how quickly the flames seemed to spread up the building. these cladding panels in the installation, were installed over a couple of years as part of this £10 million refurbishment of grenfell tower. we now know the government tested these panels. those panels did not pass that safety test. they failed the test of limited combustibility. what is surprising if by how much they failed. the heat produced by these panels was 14 times the limit set by the government to pass that test so significantly abo