nick pagett—brown is resigning in the wa ke pagett—brown is resigning in the wake of the fire.reminds us of the number of companies that are involved in a single project. we can discuss that now. to discuss that with me now is bobby chakravarthy, president of the association of planning safety. we read in the newspapers the nearly 60 companies play a part in refurbishing a tower block like that, is that normal? that is normal considering the scale of the project we are dealing with. there is nothing unusual. sometimes more people are involved. construction is very specialised and there are a lot of specialised involved a different times and they all had equal responsibility. it is not uncommon to have so many trades involved in construction. i'm trying to make it as simple as i can, but is it going to basics like there will be a specialist who looks at lighting, another who looks at the environmental impact. there is a specialist for every element, is that the reconstruction operates in this country now? that is how it is and we have specialist at every level of construction. i

nick pagett—brown stood down after this council was criticised for its response.arry miller pen as been put under investigation as part of an inquiry into the misuse of european parliament funds. she has denied any wrongdoing. the german parliament has voted to legalise same—sex marriage. it will grant gay couples full marital rights. that is all from me. we will be back at 10pm with a round—up of the news. first it is time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch. coming up: a clash with andrea leadsom on newsnight. are the bbc presenter is guilty of being too negative and interrupting ridley? is this government minister being given too harder time on bbc news? as the aftermath of the west london fire continues to dominate the news, it has been a difficult week for the housing minister. he was on victoria derbyshire when he was faced with residents from the grenfell tower. derbyshire when he was faced with residents from the grenfell towerli wa nt residents from the grenfell towerli want permanent accommodation. do not give me temporary accommodation. i work

the headlines: nick pagett—brown has announced he is stepping down following criticism to the council'sesponse to the g re nfell tower. a coroner has concluded that the deaths of five friends who drowned off camber sands last summer — as well as another two men the previous month — were due to misadventure. the funeral has taken place of martin, who called himself the coronation street super fan, he died in the manchester arena bombing. now on bbc news, a look ahead to sportsday at 6.30pm tonight. we have a lot to bring you this evening. such an important weekend ahead, we have reporters everywhere. we will have the latest from new zealand as the british and irish lions appearfor a zealand as the british and irish lions appear for a game against the all blacks, and it is the start of the tour de france in germany. we will be hearing from chris froom as it goes for a hat—trick of titles. wimbledon is three days away and we're been at the club where all eyes a re we're been at the club where all eyes are on andy mori. his form has been pure and his fitness is a worry as well. he put in th

from what nick pagett—brown was saying, once last night's meeting became another political story, theprivate meeting and journalists got a court order to be allowed to attend to make it a public meeting, he felt suddenly there was another issue that was taking over rather than the problems itself that needed to be resolved. if it had not been this meeting that had broken the camel's back it would've been something else soon. the meeting went very badly. a number ofjohn ellis had permission to be in the room. you can find the footage online. there were questions about whether journalists were there and it was very scrappy and promptly called to an end. the council did not look in control. not only have we had this massive tragedy but the handling offer it afterwards by the government and the local council, the way the whole thing has been handled in the aftermath has been a shambles and it has put more agony on the per families. theresa may is under pressure. the mayor of london says that should be independent counsel was brought in to run the council and jeremy corbyn questioning the

nick pagett—brown stood down after this council was criticised for its response.ropean parliament funds. she has denied any wrongdoing. the german parliament has voted to legalise same—sex marriage.