to ask, he is our security correspondent of course, he said regarding the london bridge incident, whitehallicials say the police are leading on this incident, not the intelligence agencies —— to us. he says it appears to have taken the authorities by surprise, that means there was no intelligence warning or surveillance indicating anything of this nature was about to happen. again, we'll be very careful before wejump to any again, we'll be very careful before we jump to any conclusions about the nature of these incidents, which began with the van driving across london bridge. let'sjust pause for a moment, there's a lot to take in. i'm joined a moment, there's a lot to take in. i'mjoined in a moment, there's a lot to take in. i'm joined in the studio by greg dawson, who is one of our reporters who has been following this story for the last hour and a half with me. greg, let's start from the beginning, we're looking at london bridge, this is the first incident police and emergency services were called to, it's all been cordoned off, blue flashing lights. the reform, first report we got were a

that upset other member is of the cabinet and tory party and people in whitehall who felt they should minister because these two people we re minister because these two people were basically running the country. —— members. they could not wait to wield the axe so to speak when the opportunity arose. it was notjust the election result. we were talking about how fragile the power base was right from the moment the tory manifesto was published three weeks before polling day. people lapped onto the front pages of newspapers about it. —— lept. mps were taking this policy onto the doorstep. they we re this policy onto the doorstep. they were finding it was absolutely monstered and savaged. many said it was going down like a bucket of cold sick among conservatives voters. like the triple lock for example. they have been seen as culpable for that. the sunday express, your paper, may's toxic aides resign. and incomes gavin barwell, who lost his seat, finding himself with a good job as chief of staff. —— in comes. twice the money. they are not paying to of them. they are saving money. austerity

he says it was the result of many months of work in whitehall. but it was something he had pushed.ere not consulted before the manifesto went to press, but that was in it. so they had to go out there and explained this policy to the public. days later, theresa may did a u—turn and then they had scrotal explained ina public and then they had scrotal explained in a public why it had changed. this afternoon's events, how much time has that bought theresa may? it's certainly a price that was demanded by her limping on, incredibly weak and. she has lost 12 seats, she's lost her majority. i think it would be unsustainable for her chief of staff to stay on, but it's important to realise how much she relied on them for personal reassurance as well as counsel. she doesn't have close allies in the cabinet who she can rely on now that they're gone. the coming weeks and months, crystal ball time, brexit talks have to be the priority. that's why we are where we are, because the talks are imminent. that's right. the conservative party are known for their fast—moving conservative party are known

she is heading up a whitehall committee meeting, the civil contingency amity. to help people so she isa overall effort to help people so she is a much more overall biggerjob than she is trying to do thatjob. they said, her colleagues have talked about how heartbroken she is. how so many government are heartbroken but i also spent time in saint mary ‘sjust down heartbroken but i also spent time in saint mary ‘s just down the road from here, yesterday of the day before. and you really see the utter personal heartbreak from people who are actually dealing with this, you're going hospital to hospital still at this stage trying to find their loved ones. they say they're not getting enough information, they're saying that emergency line that has been set up their not getting the proper support. we heard from the london metropolitan police about ten of 50 minutes ago saying that loved ones are being asked to call that number and that they will get a member of the police force to call them back and to give them support. they then asked to go to a community centre nearb

the prime minister will chair the so—called g re nfell tower recovery taskforce at a meeting in whitehall 0ne one of the first thing the prime minister will have is this letter which has arrived from the mayor of london. that is right. he has published an open letter that he has sent to the prime minister which raises a number of concerns that he says he has received from local people in the area. he starts off by saying there isa area. he starts off by saying there is a sense of a lack of information on the ground about the number of people who have died in this horrific incident. but also a lack of information for victims who have survived. and the support for them on the ground in terms of housing, he says there has been a confusion on the ground. notjust among those who have been directly affected but confusion among those of been trying to automate the response on the ground. he also raises concerns about those people who are living in towers that are similar to the g re nfell tower, towers that are similar to the grenfell tower, and whether there are sufficient enquiries and inspect

it is quite an apt word for a lot of what has been going on in whitehall and council buildings up inwn the country, obviously still trying to work out what on earth went one at grenfell and what measures should have been put in place before grenfell and need to be put in place now. the observer kicking off by saying this is all about fire safety in schools specifically. one of the shocking things is that in, i think, between 2007 and 2010, 70% of new school buildings that were being built were installed with sprinklers. that has gone down to 35% because of this loosening of the regulations that the accusation is the conservative government was putting in place. their argument was there are fewer fires in schools, schools are better built, the sprinklers are unnecessary, and unnecessary cost. obviously everything has changed 110w. obviously everything has changed now. david james, the conservative chairman of the conservative all—party fire safety group has been saying for a number of years that these new regulations were absolutely mad, "crazy" was the word he used, so he will be app

we're going live to a scene over whitehall in central london.again this afternoon, anger has been mounting over the g re nfell anger has been mounting over the grenfell fire response from the government and in particular, directed at may, government and in particular, directed at- may, coming directed at theresa may, coming under increasing pressure over her handling of the disaster. we understand that at the moment within downing street itself she is meeting - several victims and of that fire. the protests survivors of that fire. the protests have been - place. friday we have been taking place. friday we saw some. there had been talk of further protests continuing today. it's over the government's response to the tragedy. as it stands at least 30 people are officially named as being killed in that fire. the bbc believes that number could actually be as high as 70. kensington town hall was the scene protests on friday. some people of protests on friday. some people also marching - downing street, also marching onto downing street, again in centr

not know, about how the next occupant of this place would approach everything once in charge when whitehallet down to work to make brexit happen. both main parties say freedom of movement would come to an end, the prime minister claim it is would make hitting her immigration target easier. we will be able to control our own borders, ensuring that we continue to attract the brightest and the best to work or study in this country. but ensuring that we have control of that process, so that it's managed properly. but neither the tories nor labour will be explicit about the kind of new system they'd introduce. what about eu citizens here and brits abroad? well the tories say they will be generous but won't guarantee their rights until the same promises are made for uk citizens. but labour... we will start by giving a fair commitment to every eu national who lives here and works here who contributes a huge amount to our society, they will be guaranteed their existing rights and remain in this country. we're out of the single market, a huge european free trading area under both of the main parties

we can go to ellie price with that whitehall ahead of that meeting. —— who is at. with that whitehallhe last few minutes we had a statement from the conservative party who said they will not campaign nationally today. they will review as the day goes on and as the details of the attack emerge. so far, we have not heard from labour as to whether they will post bone their election campaign. —— postpone. we understand they are considering it. all of the main parties postponed campaigning for a number of days after the manchester bombing. the general election is coming up injust four bombing. the general election is coming up in just four days time. there is a real sense of timing with this latest attack. there is no suggestion the general election will be postponed, but it could be. the government would not want this terror attack to get in the way of this functioning democracy. there will be a cobra meeting in the next couple of hours chaired by the prime minister with her senior cabinet ministers as well as senior security, officials, and the mayor of london, sadiq khan. they will disc

inside westminster and whitehall, people know how powerful these two people were.re two of the most powerful people in this country, along with theresa may. unelected. unelected. to normal people looking at this, hank on, you have had a bad election result and you have sacked your advisers, that is not a good look, she has not... this is the moment where she has dispatched her chief whip to go fast to basically shore up a majority for her to try and basically save her of and, save her skin, her aides have fallen on their sword to save her, and she goes shopping. there is a sense that it hasn't really sunk in. she is probably exhausted because of the time they have had. i do think that caroline is right and there was a sense that she is in denial. anyone that saw that statement outside downing street yesterday, it was embarrassing, she had a crushing result, . .. embarrassing, she had a crushing result,... she embarrassing, she had a crushing result, . .. she couldn't embarrassing, she had a crushing result,... she couldn't believe what happened. she has to be able

to the look ahead to what the newspapers will be bringing us tomorrow, joining me, lynn davidson, whitehall correspondent at the sun, and news editor of the financial times, peter spiegel. did you enjoy the queen's speech? as always. what else could you do but enjoy the queen's speech. labour and the liberal democrats could look to derail the prime minster‘s "brexit" lines in the lords. the times also leads with the process of britain's departure from the eu, scotland and the lords could block "brexit" legislation. the queen's speech described as a clearing of the decks for the prime minister ahead of the brexit talks. the express leads on the health of the duke of edinburgh, as the queen attends the ceremony at parliament with prince charles rather than with her husband. the guardian focuses on the fallout of the grenfell tower fire, the council inspected the tower 16 times before the tragedy. the mirror says that toxic cyanide gas may have contributed to the deaths following the fire. scandal at uber, chief executive, travis kalanick resigned. trouble for commuters in record heat, tempera

to the look ahead to what the newspapers will be bringing us tomorrow, joining me, lynn davidson, whitehalleech? as always. what else could you do but enjoy the queen's speech. labour and the liberal democrats could look to derail the prime minster‘s "brexit" lines in the lords. the times also leads with the process of britain's departure from the eu, scotland and the lords could block "brexit" legislation. the queen's speech described as a clearing of the decks for the prime minister ahead of the brexit talks. the express leads on the health of the duke of edinburgh, as the queen attends the ceremony at

it was built at the former site of the whitehall inn. >>> celebrations were underway at the betsy ross house today and 13 men and women became citizens here and they took the oath as visits and family looks on. >>> ducis is here with sports at training camp with the eagles. jason peter gets a break from the front office and the birds left tackle is now one happy man. jeff skversky is live with more. >> reporter: ducis how many do you love your boss? eagles left tackle jason peters says he is best friends with owner jeffrey lurie they talk and text all the time and he is quite the friend and over in europe right now peters says he fought for him to get a contract extension. before taking the field at mini camp today peters signs a one year extension keeping him here until 2019 worth $22.5 million and 15 million guaranteed. likely allowing him to retire as an eagle. interesting this comes after the eagles asked peters to take a pay cut this season and he said no. peters bottom line he wants to win a super bowl. >> you want to win a super bowl or save money? it's their decision so i give

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this is whitehall farm in fairfax.hey've got chickens, they've got pigs cows they've tried to do other things to bring in extra income like set up a brand new farmers market which not only sells their own produce, their own meats but also some locally produced gourmet items from throughout virginia but it's not enough. fairfax county, they say, is standing in the way of potentially what could be a $4 million revenue influx over 10 years. jeff and nadine say they just don't understand this. they hear so many politicians environmentalists talk about the importance of farm top table and sustaining farms in our society but yet here they are now faced with a very big deal they cannot afford. nadine says she's afraid if farms like white farms go under other generations might not know their history. >> i would like it to be a step into what a farm looks like because a lot o like anymore and for young children to experience holding a chicken, looking at pigs, looking at cattle and just enjoying nature. >> reporter: we can tell

. >> got any information on this, just call south whitehall township police. >>> president trump is makingews not with his policies but with his tweets today. president trump fired off pair of crude tweets taking aim the mika and joe. he mentions how they went to movement ir-a lag gag for new year's eve. how she was bleeding badly from face live. >> i'm appalled. this is the president of the united states. you don't do things like that. >> i don't think you can expect someone to be personally attac attacked day after day minute by minute and sit back. they knew what they were getting had they voted for donald trump. >> all right that. you the white house press briefing way by the way it's not democrats upset about this much republicans are too. the president did not mention mika or joe in his energy speak. he did talk about fake news. >>> all righty. let's talk about real ports. >> that's right. >> hello ron. >> about to get realer for certain rookie in town. lucy, after one year of manage markelle fultz is more challenging learning environment and what he we her today about his approach a

we'll bejoined by the whitehall corresponded from the sun and the news editor of the financial times. before we go to the sport a brief update on another story breaking in this hour, three people remained trapped after a crane lapsed in crewe. a spokeswoman for the police say they are dealing with the police say they are dealing with the incident. emergency services including hazardous response unit from northwest and the driver has been airlifted to safety. any more on that and we will bring it to you here on the bbc news channel. now it's time for the sport. hello and welcome to sportsday. highland reel is the men at royal ascot to take the day ‘s big race in front of the green. could this man be about to captain the lions in the first test, we will find out later this evening. and and a career in football — as part of women's sport week we meet the 16—year—old female goalkeeper with high aspirations. good evening, plenty to get through tonight including the latest cricket from the rose bowl where england are playing south africa in the first of the t20 series but we start with day

a generation ago to work out the distribution of funding from whitehall to the nations, to scotland,een was able to point to the city deals in scotla nd to point to the city deals in scotland that also bypassed the barnet formula there. then that crucial question around the peace process in northern ireland where both the british and irish governments have been committed in the good friday agreement for the best pa rt the good friday agreement for the best part of two decades to be impartial as far as matters in northern ireland between the political parties there are concerned and yet now the conservatives are in an arrangement with the democratic unionists. the way the conservatives attempt to square that circle is referring back to their official title that they say look, we have never been neutral on the central question of northern ireland‘s future, in other words them being a pro—union party and they can point to that alliance with they can point to that alliance with the democratic unionists. when you listen to voices in sinn fein and the nationalists sdlp on the other side of

whitehall farms spans 200 acres in fairfax county. it also operates a ropes course.say they're violating state law saying climbing trees and ropes is not a natural activity and has a bad effect on the health and welfare of the public. owners say they need extra income and it. but the county is now putting their farm at financial risk. we'll led to the national harbor for the national spelling bee. >> yeah, the finals of the national spelling bee are tonight. the field of young contestants has been whittled down from 291 to just 40 who are competing right now. this year's group included the youngest speller ever to compete a six-year-old from oklahoma. >> edith, how does it feel to be the youngest speller in history? >> it feels really exciting. >> do you lope to come back to the bee next year? >> i do if i don't win this time. [laughter] >> unfortunately edith didn't make the cut this year. she spelled both of her words right but was eliminated based on the written test ahead of time. but seems kind of like a safe bet she'll probably be back don't you think. >> i did

not know, about how the next occupant of this place would approach everything once in charge, when whitehallown to work to make brexit happen. both main parties say freedom of movement would come to an end, the prime minister claims it is would make hitting her immigration target easier. we will be able to control our own borders, ensuring that we continue to attract the brightest and the best to work or study in this country. but ensuring that we have control of that process, so that it's managed properly. but neither the tories nor labour will be explicit about the kind of new system they'd introduce. what about eu citizens here and brits abroad? well the tories say they will be generous but won't guarantee their rights until the same promises are made for uk citizens. but labour... we will start by giving a fair commitment to every eu national who lives here and works here who contributes a huge amount to our society, they will be guaranteed their existing rights and remain in this country. we're out of the single market, a huge european free trading area under both of the main parties' p

the prime minister admitted: whitehall officials have been drafted in to help kensington and chelseaouncil cope with the response and the red cross will provide psychological support. as people wait and pray for the missing, church services today will remember those who didn't make it out of grenfell tower. a reminder of the complex and lengthy process of recovering bodies from this charred shell. nick quraishi, bbc news. we can speak now to our correspondent, simonjones, who is outside notting hill methodist church where one of the services will be held. we understand as well as the services today the co—ordination is key and whitehall staff have been drafted in to help? the outside of this church has become a sea of flowers a nd this church has become a sea of flowers and also pictures of many of the people missing, now sadly presumed dead. on the night of the fire, churches like this one open their doors at 3am to welcome people m, their doors at 3am to welcome people in, to offer support, then they collected donations in the following days but a lot of people have been saying thi

again demonstrates the group's questionable ethics this is not the first time that we've saying the whitehall nuts being videoed participating and various atrocities in surrey and going back as far as two thousand and fifteen and the only reason that the white home let's have again put out a statement is of course because typing court out not let's just examine the incident it took place and that although it was an attack on this area an ira bomb made the funding and advice on the old south to damascus highway not all over that is there an arab army soldiers according to my sources on the grounds were killed during the i touch by well not all killed in action many all of them i was there an arab army soldiers were murdered was slaughtered as prisoners of war that both days with and clearly this man but a new to light it and this white home it operates a was seen clambering over the bodies of the syrian arab army soldiers this is not the first time that this is being seen and has been photographed and has been questioned as regards them moral and their their attics. in neighboring iraq suicide

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fire responsefell team, including the red cross, london boroughs, and whitehall department, is providing financial, physical, psychological support to more than 2000 people come over 200,000 pounds in a given out, hotels and estate agents finding temporary beds and parliament homes. but why did it take so long? >> arrived two days -- three days too late. why didn't they ask for help earlier? >> that is something people want to see why. mark: some residents with evacuated homes next door to grenfell tower have been told their only option is to return to the flats. one resident says a number of his neighbors are in homes without hot water and immunities. -- i mean 80's. -- amentities. >> that husk of a tower that is where we are being asked to live. mark: authorities say no one has been asked to move back. it seems to challenge all those who stand in its shadow to demand answers and to demand justice for the scores of people we now know lost their lives here. but what is justice mean? with a focus on the cladding used at grenfell cowher, the government has asked associations to check immed

there are people in a bunker in whitehall that know what to do. sure what you can do against a van and a knifem is not like putting together the components for a bomb. exactly. it is not like the thing we're used to, tight security like airports, airlines and airports can bring in a ban on laptops, liquids, whatever. these are people on a street going around restaurants and things on a saturday night. drawing attention to this. three men walking casually through borough market before they we re through borough market before they were shot dead. it may have been even before they carried it out. it may have been after they got out of the van and move across off of the bridge. it talks about what needs to happen in this tougher action. the prevent strategy has been criticised for a long time. they need tothe radicalisation of people. one of the complaints was many people, many muslims, felt there entire communities were being stigmatised by it. this is the problem. again, it goes back to saying if you phone up it goes back to saying if you phone up a

there were minor scuffles in whitehall which had a heavy police presence.ark lobel was there. hundreds of people have been protesting outside downing street today. and the protest organiser is owenjones, a columnist at the guardian. hejoins us now. owen, you have more faith than you did injeremy corbyn a week ago, but if we put that to one side, you are calling for big change at the moment during a precarious time for british politics. is that not a risky strategy? well, the risky strategy is the government at the moment. we have a coalition of chaos in power, barely, with a government which, at the moment, is trying to rely on the support of some homophobic, anti—choice climate change denier extremists. i don't think they are a great choice for this country and i think a lot of people are worried about them having us over a barrel. i don't think that will form a stable government for this country. this is one of the reasons that people here. there are many reasons. if you look at the government this week, they are going to start brexit negotiations. they a

more than 50 truckloads of debris fell on the westbound lane at alder creek between whitehall and kyburzit's not clear how long that road is going to be shut down. >>> it is 4:47 right now. let's get another check on our weather. fog outside on the golden gate bridge. >> yes. fog along the coast, the golden gate bridge, but actually i wouldn't say clear. no fog inland. we have a mix of high and low clouds inland keeping us mild to start off the day. later today temperatures will be cool, like 10 degrees below average for this time of the year. looking at the fog, you can't see the golden gate bridge. temperatures are mild as you head out the door this morning. low 60s for most spots. san francisco, santa rosa, flirting with just below 60 degrees this morning to start your day. the satellite perspective shows the front that brought us the showers has passed through. area of low pressure sitting offshore. it will be a couple of days before it passes through. we'll have cooler air. temperatures below average for this time of the year. we'll get a mixture of sun and clouds in the next couple

it happened as the storm hit south whitehall township.ty crews will be busy again today to try to restore electricity to areas that lost it. "action news" found these crews working on the power lines along the 1000 block of knapp road in montgomeryville after the storms swept through. >> but that's outta' here hopefully taking some of humidity with it. >> yeah, still mug get but that's going to change for the better right now tam. we are primarily dry. if we go if closer there's a little line of lingering showers popping up toward the northeast through the heart of atlantic county and just clipping the northern section of cape may county so a little sprinkle on your shoulder early in some of those south jersey areas. let's step outside and we have sky6. there's the battleship new jersey still looking a little bit hazy down there by the water and some clouds to start out but we are already seeing some clearing moving in from the west and we're going to return plenty of sunshine into play today. 73 degrees is your current temperature in phi

but there's been resistance in whitehall to regulation reform and in part, it's because officials didn't we've had with officials at dclg, very recently have pointed out that people aren't dying in these buildings. and so, while no one was dying, it didn't matter? it becomes less of a priority. group upon group have been lining up to tell the government they need to make a review of building regulations. a full explanation of the tragedy will certainly go well beyond cladding. the fire penetrated the building very deeply, so why didn't its internal fire brakes hold the fire back? was gas a factor? do we need sprinklers in more buildings? we certainly need a full enquiry. the deputy leader of kensington and chelsea council, which owns the block, spoke to the bbc earlier and he was asked if it was a mistake to not fit sprinklers during a multi—million pound refit of the building only last year. we're going to have to have a public enquiry to look into this. this council has been asked by the investigating authorities not to speculate and talk about the specifics around fire safety issues i

the prime minister admitted: whitehall officials have been drafted in to help kensington and chelsea the response and the red cross will provide psychological support. as people wait and pray for the missing, church services today will remember those who didn't make it out of grenfell tower. a reminder of the complex and lengthy process of recovering bodies from this charred shell. nick quraishi, bbc news. our correspondent mark lobel is in west london, outside notting hill methodist church where one of the services will be held. before we talk about the church service, just to note that the residents here are now telling us that the volunteers are at breaking point. as we heard in the package, there are expected to be government civil servants down here on the ground helping out, whether they are in high vizjackets or whether they are meant to be replacing the volunteers. there has been no sign of them so far. the volunteers here have not noticed a change yet. we are trying to get to the bottom of how the government's efforts that theresa may was talking about yesterday will change

the coroner and whitehall township police are investigating. former governor rendell appointed halal in 2007 to fill a vacancy. he was later elected to a full term. >>> in burlington county, state police and postal workers will get a dedicated tree in memory of trooper sean cullen. he was on the scene of a car fire on 295 last year when another car hit him. the dedication ceremony is set for this morning at the post office. the trooper was a graduate of cinaminson high school. >>> voters in the colonial school district will take a second crack at an $11 million funding referendum to plan backn february. district officials said they'll have to make big cuts if the 170 jobs, fails again. middle school and freshman sports, and money for school supptrip a >>> a local wawa store is getting its own police detail. >> coming up, the summer gameio the problems they're hoping to avoid by adding those 4:35, cap. ahead, you will only seeife off capture a black bear that was wandering through a bucks county neighborhood. >>> and portraying paterno. hbo taps

they are notjust to normal special advisers, they are known beyond whitehall for their ferocious loyaltylength of time it be with her, both nick timothy and fiona hill have been with her through her time at the home office, into number ten, incredibly powerfuljoint chiefs of staff. i've known fiona hill for herferocious chiefs of staff. i've known fiona hill for her ferocious temper when dealing with civil servants is not happy with. the manifesto was very much the work of nick timothy, reflecting his background, his aspirations for a more american autocratic country. hugely important to theresa may for many years. she will not want to have lose —— lost them, but it has been made clear by tory mps that as a minimal price was staying in office, these two had to go. i think even had the tories won with an increased majority, that would have been calls, because they epitomise a clause to, of governing that theresa may has put emotions as she entered number ten, but i think they were going to be demands for that to be cracked open, for there to be more voices and collective cabinet responsib

there is no access from whitehall to westminster bridge.uly, for watermain work. let's have a check on the weather now, with kate kinsella. good morning. well, following all the sunny and warm weather we have had recently, today it is all change. it is a rather cloudy morning, with rain on the way. now, we have already got one or two showers around here and there some drives spells that this morning. gradually that rain is going to arrive, moving on from the west through the course of the afternoon, affecting the latter stage of the afternoon in the rush hour this evening especially. now, the maximum temperatures still managing to reach 20 celsius. now, some really heavy burst of rain through this evening and through much of the night as well. the minimum temperature staying in the mid—teens, 15 or 16 celsius. it is going to be a rather damp start tomorrow, but gradually that rain will start to move away north and west. still going to see some showers, but some dry spells around. could feel a little bit humid through tomorrow. the maximum t

making its way down into whitehall. comes the jaguar car containing the prime minister. we expect theresa may is about to confirm that she will stay on as prime minister with some arrangement with the dup. not the scenario that she had dreamt of, not the scenario that she hoped for as she exits the car with her husband. the door being opened for her. putting a rather grim face on it as she gets out of the car and walks to the podium. of course, only seven weeks and she stood there and announced a snap election, the election that she had said would not happen, the election that she changed her mind about and how any human being in her position must regret that decision, one can only imagine, but here she is, theresa may. i have just imagine, but here she is, theresa may. i havejust been imagine, but here she is, theresa may. i have just been to see her majesty, the queen. i will now form a government. a government that can provide a certainty and lead britain forward at this critical time for our country. this government

million of government spending to help the victims. 0ur political correspondent emma vardy is on whitehallf this task force, not much sign of it on the ground? that's right. we understand at the moment that the prime minister herself is chairing this grenfell tower recovery task force, we understand there are representatives that the cabinet office this moment from various departments, the treasury, the home office, the department for communities and local and. we expect to hear some outcome from the task force in the next hour. the government has faced a very challenging few days over this situation is hostility has increased, there have been increasing calls and frustration from local people as anger has boiled over, not least because of the situation facing people directly affected by this tragedy and also because of peoples needs to find a nswe rs because of peoples needs to find answers and there need to see authorities held accountable. the first secretary of state, damian green, attempted to provide some a nswe rs green, attempted to provide some answers as he spoke to the bbc this

not know, about how the next occupant of this place would approach everything once in charge when whitehall work to make brexit happen. both main parties say freedom of movement would come to an end, the prime minister claims it would make hitting her immigration target easier. we will be able to control our own borders, ensuring that we continue to attract the brightest and the best to work or study in this country, but ensuring that we have control of that process so that it's managed properly. but neither the tories nor labour will be explicit about the kind of new system they'd introduce. what about eu citizens here and brits abroad? well, the tories say they will be generous but won't guarantee their rights until the same promises are made for uk citizens. but labour... we will start by giving a fair commitment to every eu national we will start by giving a clear commitment to every eu national who lives here and works here who contributes a huge amount to our society, they will be guaranteed their existing rights and remain in this country. we're out of the single market, a huge europ

today he has suggested it was not his pet project but had been in the pipelines for a long time in whitehallhat was a key moment at which the prime minister unravelled. this line of strong and stable leadership was undermined by that u—turn and a lot of people were pointing the finger at him. now she has a new chief of staff in gavin ba rwell, has a new chief of staff in gavin barwell, who lost his seat. it is a strange time. gavin barwell would have remained mp if not for the prime minister calling this unnecessary election, this gamble that failed. so in a way, it is odd. he certainly doesn't owe her a bit of loyalty given that he has lost his seat. gavin barwell is a nice man. conservative contacts seem to have good words to say about him. after the more hostile, macho style of nick and fiona, that will be welcome. diplomacy and charm will be needed now that the prime minister is so we can. secondly, he's very much a party man. he worked for conservative central office and now conservative central office and now conservative headquarters, at the heart of the party for 70 years. so we are

meet some of those recovering after the fire this afternoon she will chair a committee meeting in whitehallsponds to this. i think there was a keen awareness of the criticism that had come the weight of the prime minister, as we heard reflected a couple of minutes ago, her decision not to meet local people in the visit she made yesterday. a clear desire from downing street to emphasise that the prime minister in particular and the government in general is doing all that it can. we have seen the leader of the commons, angela ledson, pay a visit, face questions from local people. —— andrea leadsom. and sajid javid. community secretary. strikingly he has said repeatedly that the government will do all it can and cost is not an issue. local authorities and fire authorities across the country are examining buildings in their area to see what may need to be done, and particularly, in their area, the is sticky and financially, there is a huge issue if some buildings are deemed not to be safe. as we have heard, some people fearing they do not want to stay in those tower blocks. we also know, with t

there right now because of what happened on that wednesday for now though an associate check around whitehall thanks for that. political activist george bush believes that the london tower block tragedy demonstrates the extent to which the u.k.'s polar neglected by the government. this horrible story coming so soon on the back of the election it says everything that's wrong about our society this is one of the richest countries in the world one of the richest places in the world this bar in london as well but this is an area where the poor people live and their lives this century have been sold up the river based on this crazy ideology of deregulation because worth noting the reason may when she went down to the fire to the site of the tragedy she talked to some fire officers but she didn't talk to any of the local people and i think the reason for that was that she knew that they would that they would repent for that for the many catastrophic failings that have led to this and i think he's only strengthened the sense in the mine just that we must see the end of this government and see a tran

the prime minister admitted: whitehall officials have been drafted in to help kensington and chelseancil cope with the response and the red cross will provide psychological support. as people wait and pray for the missing, church services today will remember those who didn't make it out of grenfell tower. a reminder of the complex and lengthy process of recovering bodies from this charred shell. nick quraishi, bbc news. our correspondent simonjones is in west london, outside notting hill methodist church, where one of the services will be held. well, throughout the morning more people have arrived to leave flowers as tribute to the many people who lost their lives here. there are also posted up on the side of the church of people missing, now sadly presumed dead. in the past few days, we have had the shock, we have had the grief, we have had the anger. what the church leaders are hoping is that today can be a day of reflection. there will be a service here, where there will be special prayers to remember those who lost their lives and those who have been affect it, and it is very muc

this place would approach everything once in charge, when white house really has to get to work —— whitehalls to get to work to make things happen. the prime minister claims ending freedom of movement would make hitting her immigration target easier. we would be able to control oui’ easier. we would be able to control our borders, ensuring we could continue to practice the brightest and best of work and study in this country, but ensuring we have control over that process so that it is managed properly. but neither those tories nor labour will be explicit about the kind of new system they would introduce. what about eu citizens here and brits abroad? the tories say they will be generous, but won't guarantee their rights until the same promises are made for uk citizens. but labour... we will start by giving a clear commitment to every eu national who lives here and works here to contributes huge amount our society, they will be guaranteed their existing rights and remain in this country. we are out of the single market, the huge european free trading area, under both of the main parties' plan

the grenfell fire response team, including the red cross, london boroughs and whitehall departments,than 2000 people. over £200,000 in aid has been given out, hotels and estate agents are helping find temporary bed and permanent homes. but why did it take so long? is almost as though you have arrived three days too late. the arrangements were not invoked by the royal borough of kensington and chelsea until friday afternoon. why not? at that point that is when we can step in. why didn't they ask for help earlier? that is obviously something that people would want to look to see why. some residents from evacuated homes next door to grenfell tower say they have been told their only option is to return to the flats. one resident, joe delaney, says a number of his neighbours are now in homes without hot water and other amenities. without hot water and with water coming from a tank that is under that charred husk of a tower, yes, that is where we are being asked to live at the moment. the authorities say no one has been forced to move back. the blackened shell of grenfell tower stands agai

the prime minister admitted: whitehall officials have been drafted in to help kensington and chelseae with the response and the red cross will provide psychological support. as people wait and pray for the missing, church services today will remember those who didn't make it out of grenfell tower. a reminder of the complex and lengthy process of recovering bodies from this charred shell. nick quraishi, bbc news. 0ur correspondent mark lobel is in west london, outside notting hill methodist church, where one of the services will be held. as you say, one of those services is under way. it's been going on for about an hour here at the notting hill methodist church. the church is surrounded by flowers, notes and onlookers. people have come to pay their respects in great numbers, and that service should be concluding $0011. that service should be concluding soon. a message that service should be concluding $0011. a message we that service should be concluding soon. a message we are hearing from residents is for a greater expectation of government help here. residents say they haven't seen

just worth repeating that our security correspondent frank gardner posted a while ago that whitehallicials say it is very much the police leading on this incident, not the intelligence agencies. authorities were taken by surprise, no intelligence warning or surveillance indicating this was about to happen. my colleague greg dawson is the reporter sitting here patiently with me in the studio trying to piece together steadily what's been happening over the last couple of hours. what have you been watching on the wires, greg? what's probably the most significant development in the last 20 minutes is the reopening of vauxhall station, which is a little way away from the incident at london bridge and the incident at borough market. clearly if police and transport for london had concerns about the station early in the evening, they are now sufficiently confident it is fine to reopen the station. it's on the victoria line, it runs 2a hours on the weekend, many people will be wanting to get home. it relates to the metropolitan police saying they are attending an incident in vauxhall and conn