that was robert barnstone there.ls throughout the afternoon on bbc news. it is 17 minutes to two. melissa ohden was 1a when she learned a shocking secret — she was the survivor of a failed abortion. in 1977 her 19—year—old mother had left the hospital in america, believing the toxic saline solution she'd been given over a five—day period when she was eight months pregnant had aborted her child. in fact, unbeknown to her, she'd delivered a baby that was still alive. melissa was adopted into a loving family, but after learning about her unlikely birth, she spent nearly two decades searching for answers. melissa and her birth—mother have now been reunited. she told victoria derbyshire how she felt when she first found out what had happened. it affected me in a huge way. i don't think anybody‘s ever prepared for this kind of news. to be 1a and really struggling with who i was in the first place, this news was absolutely devastating, so not long after i learned the truth about my life i really turned my pain upon myself,

robert barnstone, thank you very much.or so. the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire has been told that companies who took part in the building's refurbishment are trying to derail proceedings —— by refusing to say whether their work breached official regulations. 0ur correspondent, tom burridge has been following proceedings and joins me now from outside the hearing in central london. what is being said?|j what is being said? i think this is the first time we have really got a sense of, you know, the tangled web of who was responsible, what decisions were taken by which companies, in terms of the design of g re nfell tower companies, in terms of the design of grenfell tower and the building materials used. and ultimately, of course, those decisions were fatal for 72 people. now, the main contractor in the project won a £10 million contract to refurbish the building on behalf of kensington and chelsea council. the qc on behalf of the relatives and survivors, stephanie barwise, the relatives and survivors, stephanie ba rwi