in wandsworth, where this fire broke out in 2010,100 wandsworth, where this fire broke out in 2010, 100s are to be fitted with sprinklers. but there is grim, unfinished business back at g re nfell tower. is grim, unfinished business back at grenfell tower. everyone has been accounted for in this flat, but the police need help to be sure they've identified all the victims. their message today, if you know someone who was there, for whatever reason, we need to know. tom symonds, bbc news. let's talk to our correspondent helena lee, whose north london for is that the chalcots estate. this is a huge operation to be undertaking at this time of night. we can see council officials behind you. what's the latest happening there? that's right. a mass evacuation here this evening. we are outside the taplow tower block, one of the tower blocks —— five tower blocks on the chalcots estate in camden, which are evacuating all of their residence this evening. we understand there are 400 households affected by this, and 4000 people who are having to leave their homes the night. the evacuation began just

i've done belmarsh for years, wandsworth, holloway — it's been closed now, thank god, it was gettingo a lot of women's prisons, men's prisons. i do the writing class. i also encourage reading. i've done the six book challenge and i'm still ambassador for that, to go in and get people reading — notjust in prisons, but in the workplace. of course. it's just about getting people back reading books. when you're in a prison, and you're with some fairly ha rd—boiled characters, and presumably you don't know their real names, or what they've done... yeah, you know who they are. some of them you've obviously heard of, but i've never ever asked anybody ever what they've done. no. i think people think you go in and they tell me all their stories, but they don't. i go in there and i do an actual writing class. questions and answers — they ask me things they want to know. and i must admit there have been times when i have known the people in there, and they've gone, "hello, do you know..." and i go, "oh, hello." laughter. but i've got to say, it's very worthwhile. you know, we've got the best ed

in wandsworth, where this fire broke out in 2010, 100 tower blocks are to be fitted with sprinklers.enfell tower. everyone has been accounted for in this flat, but the police need help to be sure they‘ve identified all the victims. their message today, if you know someone who was there, for whatever reason, we need to know. tom symonds, bbc news. earlier i spoke bbc london‘s sonja jessup, who‘s on the estate. this is actually one of the box we are looking at now. i want to tell you a little bit about what has been happening behind it. it is quiet now, but we have seen a steady strea m now, but we have seen a steady stream of people coming through the doors carrying just a few belongings, what they can take with them. we have a few people in yellow security jackets them. we have a few people in yellow securityjackets directing them to me and fire safety wardens talking to them. we have seen young children carrying pillows. we have seen elderly people with overnight bags, with as much as they can carry. we have even seen a lady cradling a small baby. a lot of people we have spoken to h

a number of london boris, barnett, brent, camden, hounslow, islington, lambeth, and wandsworth.which has failed, four buildings across manchester that have failed, one in norwich, three in plymouth, two in portsmouth, three in stockton on tees, we think one of those is in billingham, according to residents there. they said they have been told this by the local authority, and five in sunderland. that is how the 25 local authority areas are made up, and the rough proportions of buildings. that's not surprisingly, the largest cities affected the most, london and manchester. the government says work is continuing iv building search establishment to see as much samples as possible as soon see as much samples as possible as soon as see as much samples as possible as soon as they can. hundreds of people in spain have been evacuated from the path of a huge forest fire. the blaze broke out in a pine forest near the city of huelva last night. windy conditions are making it difficult to bring the flames under control. reports from the area say the fire may have been started deliberately. t

in wandsworth, where this fire broke out in 2010, 100 tower blocks are to be fitted with sprinklers.ut there is grim, unfinished business back at grenfell tower. everyone has been accounted for in this flat, but the police need help to be sure they've identified all the victims. their message today, if you know someone who was there, for whatever reason, we need to know. the white house says president trump is not planning to fire robert mueller, the head of the inquiry into possible collusion between the trump election campaign and russia. mr trump's spokesman sean spicer said the president had the authority to dismiss mr mueller, but had no intention of doing so. he was speaking after mr trump questioned mr mueller‘s impartiality in a television interview. he is very, very good friends with james comey which is very bothersome but he is also, we will have to see. we will have to see in terms... there has been no obstruction, there has been no collusion, there has been leaking by james comey but there has been no collusion, no obstruction and virtually everybody agrees to that. let'

in wandsworth, where this fire broke out in 2010, 100 tower blocks are to be fitted with sprinklers.s grim, unfinished business back at grenfell tower. everyone has been accounted for in this flat, but the police need help to be sure they've identified all the victims. their message today, if you know someone who was there, for whatever reason, we need to know. tom symonds, bbc news. 0ur correspondent sonya jessup is in north london where the residents have been evacuated. this is actually the taplow block we are looking at and i want to tell you what has been happening. it looks quiet at the moment but at times there has been a steady stream of people coming through the doors behind me carrying whatever they can ta ke behind me carrying whatever they can take with them. we have people in yellow security jackets are directing them and fire safety wardens speaking to them. young children carry pillows and elderly people with a small overnight bag of belongings. we have seen a lady cradling a small baby. many people i spoke to say they were quite frustrated by the way this has been car

in wandsworth, where this fire broke out in 2010, 100 tower blocks are to be fitted with sprinklers.re is grim, unfinished business back at grenfell tower. everyone has been accounted for in this flat, but the police need help to be sure they've identified all the victims. their message today — if you know someone who was there, for whatever reason, we need to know. tom symonds, bbc news. 0ur correspondent sonya jessup is in north london where the residents have been evacuated. this is actually a different block we are looking at. i want to tell you a bit about what's been happening behind me. at times we have seen a steady stream of people coming through the doors behind me, carrying the few belongings. we've got a few people in yellow security jackets. we have had fire safety wardens talking to them. we've seen young children carrying pillows. elderly people with just one overnight small bag of belongings, as much as they can carry, and we've even seen a lady cradling a small baby. a lot of speed will —— people i've spoken to say they are very frustrated at the way this has been ca

in wandsworth, where this fire broke out in 2010, 100 tower blocks are to be fitted with sprinklers.s grim, unfinished business back at grenfell tower. everyone has been accounted for in this flat, but the police need help to be sure they've identified all the victims. their message today — if you know someone who was there, for whatever reason, we need to know. tom symonds, bbc news. more than 100 people are feared buried after a massive landslide swallowed about a0 homes in south—west china. video posted by the people's daily newspaper shows the emergency rescue operation underway in sichuan province, where debris from a collapsed mountain is blocking a 2km stretch of river. stephen mcdonall is our correspondent in beijing. what more do we know? as you mentioned, a frantic rescue effort is under way as we speak. to give people an idea of the type of landscape we talking about here, it is very prone to landslides and i've been to this area of sichuan province and like in a big earthquake there in 2008, it is not uncommon for entire side of a mountain to collapse into a valley. so yo

in wandsworth, where this fire broke out in 2010, 100 tower blocks are to be fitted with sprinklers. is grim, unfinished business back at grenfell tower. everyone has been accounted for in this flat, but the police need help to be sure they've identified all the victims. their message today, if you know someone who was there, for whatever reason, we need to know. tom symonds, bbc news. 0ur correspondent sonja jessup joined us from north london, where residents are being evacuated. this is a block that we are looking at here. i will tell you little bit about what is going on behind it. it is quiet now, but at times we have seen a steady stream of people coming through, carrying just seen a steady stream of people coming through, carrying just a few belongings, what they can take with them. we have a few people in yellow security jack is them. we have a few people in yellow securityjack is that are directing them. we have had fire safety wardens talking to them. we have seen young wardens talking to them. we have seen young children carrying pillows. we have seen elderly people with ju

in wandsworth, where this fire broke out in 2010, 100 tower blocks are to be fitted with sprinklers.grim, unfinished business back g re nfell tower. is grim, unfinished business back grenfell tower. everyone's been accounted for in this flat, but police need help to ensure that identified all victims. their message today — if you know someone that was there for whatever reason, we need to know. the fact that the cladding and insulation failed the police's tests — does that mean they were both in contravention of existing safety regulations so should never have been put up? or is that the safety regulations themselves aren't tough enough? it's quite possibly the second of those two, fiona. i think i was struck today by the concern shown by the police that the tests that they had commissioned, independent tests in the wake of this fire, had been failed by the cladding. and the installation, the bits behind the cladding, apply to the size of this building. the installation appears to have burned very quickly indeed. the cladding should have passed the test in 1997 forfire the cladding s

but a controlled explosion carried out outside the american embassy being built in the wandsworth areakeep you posted on that. let's go backjust while we're waiting for more information on that, to the election tomorrow. the outcome of which of course will be decided in key marginaland course will be decided in key marginal and target seats around the country. jeremy vine is in our election studio and has been considering the scale of the electoral challenge facing each of the main parties. let's look at what the parties may be hoping for, and perhaps fearing as well. here is the map as it was painted in in the 2015 election only two years ago. let's look first at the conservative battleground, the seats they are defending, the most marginal, the tightest last time. gower, derby north, croydon central. these are all ones that they will struggle to hang onto if they're on the back foot. if they lose just this first column here, the conservatives will be plunged into a minority where they can't outnumber all the other mps in the house of commons. but look at it from the other angle. when

in wandsworth, where this fire broke out in 2010, 100 tower blocks are to be fitted with sprinklers. there is grim, unfinished business back at grenfell tower. everyone has been accounted for in this flat, but the police need help to be sure they've identified all the victims. their message today, if you know someone who was there, for whatever reason, we need to know. tom symonds, bbc news. with me is stephen mackenzie, who's a fire and safety consultant. there are so many questions regarding grenfell tower. but let's told about tonight, because everything is changed, as we had to be said, since grenfell tower. we now have 4000 people being evacuated and moved from their houses in north london. is that the right thing to do? i think this is a question for the parliamentary enquiry. this is beyond individuals. this is a national catastrophe. we've seen the g re nfell tower national catastrophe. we've seen the grenfell tower fatalities and knee—jerk responses. we have seen inaccurate information and now we see a mass evacuation. they should not happen. lessons were learnt after previo

in wandsworth, where this fire broke out in 2010, 100 tower blocks are to be fitted with sprinklers.here is grim, unfinished business back at grenfell tower. everyone‘s been accounted for in this flat, but police need help to ensure that identified all victims. their message today — if you know someone that was there for whatever reason, we need to know. there are concerns about high rise buildings across the uk, in salford nine buildings will have cladding removed after tests show it was made of similar material, salford city council say although more tests need to be done they will remove all cladding to assure all residents. last night he was told the cladding on the tower block was similar to that used on grenfell tower will but it's still unclear how safe his home is. the main thing is people want a nswe rs is. the main thing is people want answers and people want answers now. there is a lot of stressed people at this present moment in time. people that don't know what is going to be around the corner. a total of nine tower blocks in salford have the cladding which is causing co

i was at the wandsworth council last night.oted go to the liberal democrats, that was a show of force. both remain votes, 75% voting remain, went to labour. was that on the cards? where you seeing that potentially in the run—up to this election? i think that is simply a demonstration of tactical demonstrations. who is the best recipient of our pro—remain sentiment. battersea, they knew it would be a real challenge. she slipped under the radar, it has to be said. here she was as a tory mp ina be said. here she was as a tory mp in a seat with the highest remain vote. 78, 70 6% in the referendum, she knew it was going to be trouble. for the reasons you give, she like other conservatives were telling us and they were telling people on the doorstep and hearing people back on the doorstep that we need to move on. that was a decision that has been made. let's focus on the negotiations and the deal we need to strike in the future. it is clear that londoners have said in huge numbers, no! you don't get away with that that easily. it is

in wandsworth, where this fire broke out in 2010, 100 tower blocks are to be fitted with sprinklers.unfinished business back g re nfell tower. everyone's been accounted for in this flat, but police need help to ensure that identified all victims. their message today — if you know someone that was there for whatever reason, we need to know. 0ur reporter kim riley has been at the celotex factory in suffolk, the company today announced it would stop supplying cladding for use on tall buildings. it's a well—respected company of producing installation materials, it's been doing it for a0 years. they have a huge range of products and they have a presence on this industrial estate. it provided this rssooo to the industrial estate. it provided this rs5000 to the grenfell tower. it has a class zero rating under the building regulations in the uk, meaning it has the highest rating for preventing the spread of flames. the company always admitted it will burn if exposed to fire of sufficient heat and intensity. today the police said preliminary test burst into flames pretty quickly. the statemen

it could be interesting, at wandsworth, justine greening, 10,000 majority so highly likely to retain battersea could be interesting. , tooting of course the former seat of the mirror of london. and when he stood down, it was held by the labour party, the majority was just over 6000. and the conservatives have been covering tooting for the last two elections cycles, poured money, campaigners. and they really thought certainly up until the last few days of the campaign that they had been making inroads. i have been talking to labour activists and they are confident they are going to hang on to tooting, getting activists to come to tooting. and the feeling is that they have been doing pretty well. the final say, battersea, killed by the conservatives and jane ellison, —— held by the conservatives and jane ellison and if the overall exit poll is anything to go by, it could be that labour have taken this. interesting times. we are waiting for sunderland south. and there they are counting. what should we look out for, in terms of verifying the exit poll? this is the first real test of the