tom symonds, bbc news.ound guilty of inciting dissent and breaking covid rules in a trial widely condemned as unjust. ms suu kyi, whose government was toppled by a military coup in february, denies all the charges, but she could be facing the rest of her life injail. our south east asia correspondent jonathan head has the latest. it has been an extraordinary journey. aung san suu kyi has gone from acclaimed human rights icon to elected leader unrivalled in her popularity and then something of a fallen idol when she defended her generals against charges of genocide at the international court of justice. those same generals over through her government in february. they've now imposed to the first of what is expected to be a series of dubious criminal convictions on her. these fleeting courtroom photos are all we've seen of her for more than ten months. all we've seen of her for more than ten months-— ten months. today is simply a shameful _ ten months. today is simply a shameful day _ ten months. today is sim

our correspondent tom symonds is here. tell us more about what the government has been saying.think, in this enquiry, which is moving into the last five months of its work to examine how the government reacted when it found out about various issues within the building safety system. the government saying there were problems, there were failures, it is deeply sorry for them and has apologised to the bereaved survivors and residents of the fire but also said the apology cannot change what happened or compensate them for the immeasurable loss and grief suffered. that is the government has backed barrister. the government has backed barrister. the government is not saying that it is responsible for the safety of individual buildings. it is also saying that in some cases the industry did not follow regulations that the government regards as absolutely clear and that will be an issue i think which will be disputed and debated at the enquiry in its coming phasers. also the barrister this morning set out the many changes that have happened, the introduction of ed building safety regula

tom symonds, bbc news. will make a statement to mps today after announcing a national review into the death of six—year—old arthur labinjo—hughes. arthur was tortured and killed by his father and stepmother after social workers found "no safeguarding concerns". anisa kadri reports. remembering a little boy killed during lockdown by the people who were supposed to take care of him. a vigil over the weekend took place near the house in the west midlands where arthur labinjo—hughes was tortured by his stepmum and father. neighbours have expressed their shock and sadness. i'm a mother and a grandmother, and i would go to the ends of the earth for my children and my grandchildren. i'd never ever let anything happen to them. and i think a lot needs to be done still to protect vulnerable children. after �*s stepmum emma tustin was jailed 29 years for his murder and his father thomas hughes got 21 years for manslaughter. the government has now announced an urgent inspection of social care, health, police and probat

tom symonds, bbc news, west london.ine to pay their final respects to the late archbishop desmond, tutu, whose body is lying in state for a second day, ahead of the state funeral tomorrow. the archbishop, who played a leading role in the battle against racial segregation and the apartheid regime, died on sunday at the age of 90. this report is from our south africa correspondent, nomsa maseko, in cape town. the clergy, anglican churchwardens and a marching band lining the streets as a guard of honour for archbishop desmond tutu. the outspoken priest who became one of the world's great moral voices lying in state for a second day in a plain, pinewood coffin, in accordance with his wishes. thousands of people have been flocking to st george's cathedral to pay their last respects. one man hitchhiked for more than 1,000 kilometres just for this moment. it's a memory that i will live for for the rest of my life and ijust hope, as he said, in his words, he said, south africa, you must be careful — if you don't live according

tom symonds, bbc news. residential care homes can be expensive.es which have tens of thousands of beds. but some families are asking where the money actually goes. 0ur social affairs editor, alison holt has been investigating for bbc panorama. herfindings have prompted the former health secretary jeremy hunt to call for a closer look into the finances of big care home companies. it's just over a year since dale's father died and he has many questions about the care his dad received, and its cost. norman had dementia and was living in a care home near wigan. he wasn't there long before the family became concerned. sometimes he was dressed in clothes that weren't his. i once went in and he had a woman's blouse on. his dignity had been... gone a little bit. i was mortified when i looked at the bottom of his feet because they were as black as tarmac. i got an apology off the manager at the time. that was like a small snapshot, to me, of what was going on. the private equity—backed care home company says the home has a new senior team, but dale wants t

our correspondent tom symonds reports. the aftermath of worst fire in british history.n a day the government announced a public inquiry into this disaster. now, nearly four and a half years later, there is an apology. the department is deeply sorry for its past failures in relation to the oversight of the system that regulated safety in the construction and refurbishment of high rise buildings. it apologises to the bereaved residents and survivors of the fire for such failures. but those who escaped the fire described this statement as deeply offensive. i believe there were a series of 999 calls, effectively, to the government, that they chose not to act on. there were repeated fires. you know, knowsley heights, garnock court and, in 2009, lakanal house. these were all opportunities for the government to take robust action to fortify the regulations. they chose not to do that. grenfell made the government realise thousands of homes needed to be made safe. today, it admitted not making sure the building industry was sticking to the building regulations. if it had, the go

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has been at the scene in west london and has been giving usreen area of parkland, just before 830 yesterday evening. all they have said is that the 16—year—old was found suffering from what they called puncture wounds but clearly there is the potential for him to have been stabbed. two murders at the end of 2021, which have pushed the number of youth homicides or murders or manslaughter is above the level it was at in 2008 which was a previous high. this is actually bucking a national trend in violence generally with murders and knife crime and gun crime all down, but in london they have been 125 murders this year of which 81 were stabbings. 50 involved victims under the age of 25 and as we have heard 30 were under the age of 18. of course there is a general desire to work out why this is happening and why that trend is being barked and one thing that has happened in the last year is that there has been an increased emphasis on looking at each case to work out what the factors were behind them. for example in london there has been an increase

tom symonds, bbc news.s an accident, was an oversight, was somehow something theyjust missed or even a level of incompetence. no, far, far worse. and we say it's looking at a mindset, a political mindset, which actually doesn't remain at the level at which it's broadcast, and i'll come back to it a little later. it doesn't remain at that level. it percolates through to every level because it infuses in each of the citizens of the country as well as those obviously at levels at which they're managing property, overseeing property, constructing property, refurbishing property. if at the back of their minds, almost as an unconscious layer within their thinking, is, "that's all right, we don't need to bother about fire safety," i'll be specific, "because we have," if you like, "a licence from those who govern that actually we've got to in a sense do away with it" because, well, the burning of the bonfires, however you want to describe it, that is the licence, that's the permission, that's the collusion that cre

tom symonds, bbc news.im zahawi, will make a statement to mps today after announcing a national review into the death of six—year—old arthur labinjo—hughes. arthur was tortured and killed by his father and stepmother after social workers found "no safeguarding concerns". anisa kadri reports. remembering a little boy killed during lockdown by the people who were supposed to take care of him. a vigil over the weekend took place near the house in the west midlands where arthur labinjo—hughes was tortured by his stepmum and father. neighbours have expressed their shock and sadness. i'm a mother and a grandmother, and i would go to the ends of the earth for my children and my grandchildren. i'd never ever let anything happen to them. and i think a lot needs to be done still to protect vulnerable children. after �*s stepmum emma tustin was jailed 29 years for his murder and his father thomas hughes got 21 years for manslaughter. the government has now announced an urgent inspection of social care, health, police

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is in west london now. what's the latest, tom?ide of where those detectives and search team officers are standing. they've been here this morning looking in bins and rubbish piles the murder weapon. violent crime is down generally in the uk but in london, there have been 128 murders in the last year, of which 81 were things, 50 involved young people under the age of 25, and 30 involved children under the age of 18. and that figure is bucking the national trend. why is it happening? well, police this morning have pointed to rows on social media breaking out into the real world. they've talked about the way in which drugs are being sold and young people are being sucked into that process. the mayor of london has talked about the increasing ferocity of this sort of attack on young people, perhaps pushing up the number of murders. but i think there is probably another factor, but i think there is probably anotherfactor, though many agencies are looking at this currently, and thatis are looking at this currently, and that is covid. cov

our correspondent tom symonds reports. the aftermath of worst fire in british history.rtment is deeply sorry for its past failures in relation to the oversight of the system that regulated safety in the construction and refurbishment of high rise buildings. it apologises to the bereaved residents and survivors of the fire for such failures. but those who escaped the fire described this statement as deeply offensive. i believe there were a series of 999 calls, effectively, to the government, that they chose not to act on. there were repeated fires. you know, knowsley heights, garnock court and, in 2009, lakanal house. these were all opportunities for the government to take robust action to fortify the regulations. they chose not to do that. grenfell made the government realise thousands of homes needed to be made safe. today, it admitted not making sure the building industry was sticking to the building regulations. if it had, the government barrister said... a large scale cladding fire could—not have happened. but were the regulations themselves... well, safe? the bbc t

building safety in the years leading up to the disaster that claimed 72 lives. 0ur correspondent tom symondsater, there is an apology. the department is deeply sorry for its past failures in relation to the oversight of the system that regulated safety in the construction and refurbishment of high rise buildings. it apologised to the bereaved resident and survivors of the fire for such failures. but those who — the fire for such failures. but those who escaped the fire described this statement as deeply offensive. i believe there were a series of nine _ i believe there were a series of nine nine — i believe there were a series of nine nine calls that they close not to act _ nine nine calls that they close not to act on— nine nine calls that they close not to act on and there were repeated fires, _ to act on and there were repeated fires, mosley heights and in 2009, these _ fires, mosley heights and in 2009, these were opportunities for the government to take robust action to fortify— government to take robust action to fortify the _ government to take robust action to fortify the regulations

our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, is with me.ng to be in the broadest terms about what the government do and what the government do and what the government did about the concerns about the risk of flammable cladding. in particularwe about the risk of flammable cladding. in particular we are going to hear whether the government should have stepped in to change the building regulations which were in place when grenfell was put together and the barrister leading the inquiry said that this was not going to be a game of cat and mouse where core participants might hope their witnesses would smuggle same kind of evidence past on without him noticing. he said they ought to know if they should —— they should admit to something wrong if they have done that. one of the residence is said what we had was a period of concealment by the government over something like 20, 30 years, several governments, labourand governments, labour and conservative, of governments, labourand conservative, of the risks of the problems with the building regulation

includes not acting on tests more than a decade before the fire here's our home affairs correspondent tom symondsarticipants might hope that their witnesses will smuggle something past counsel to the enquiry or counsel to the enquiry might miss a trick.— might miss a trick. core participants _ might miss a trick. core participants including i might miss a trick. core l participants including the government and other industry bodies. a key question, why a fire classification known as class era remained in place for decades, cladding panels rated class era were allowed on tall buildings but class zero included materials that catch light easily and after rand fell all the cladding had to be removed. the grenfell disaster is predictable but unintended consequence of that combination of the laudable desire to reduce — combination of the laudable desire to reduce carbon emissions, coupled with an _ to reduce carbon emissions, coupled with an unbridled passion for deregulation. in particular, a desire — deregulation. in particular, a desire to _ deregulation. in particular, a desire to deregulate and bo

our correspondent tom symonds is outside maidstone crown court.the end of a long journey for— been happening. this is the end of a long journey for the _ been happening. this is the end of a long journey for the police _ been happening. this is the end of a long journey for the police officers i long journey for the police officers who brought david fuller to trial and to justice in the last few weeks. he admitted a few weeks ago the murder of wendy now and caroline pierce, two women in their 20s who were living in small flats in time with wales in 1987. that case took a long time to solve because dna techniques in the 1980s were not up to thejob of techniques in the 1980s were not up to the job of identifying the samples that had been found at the seams of those two murders, samples we now note left by david fuller. but a cold case was only on the files and so can police kept going with it and improvements in dna technology which allows the police to identify family members of its aspects and narrow down the number of people they are looking at,

our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is with me. take us through what has been released.rry for its past failures in relation to the oversight— past failures in relation to the oversight of the system that regulated safety in the construction and refurbishment of high—rise buildings. also deeply regrets past failures— buildings. also deeply regrets past failures in— buildings. also deeply regrets past failures in relation to the superintendence of the building control— superintendence of the building control bodies which themselves had a key— control bodies which themselves had a key role _ control bodies which themselves had a key role in ensuring the safe construction and refurbishment of such buildings. it apologises to the bereaved _ such buildings. it apologises to the bereaved residents and survivors of the fire _ bereaved residents and survivors of the fire for— bereaved residents and survivors of the fire for such failures. and he went on to say that this could of course never change what had happened no compensate those bereaved and survivors for the loss and gri