:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at Ten: There's to be a full public inquiry into the fire that
:00:08. > :00:10.destroyed Grenfell Tower - this residential
:00:11. > :00:16.So far the number of dead stands at 17, but many people
:00:17. > :00:18.are still missing and the number could rise significantly
:00:19. > :00:28.It's the upper floors that will be more challenging and will need some
:00:29. > :00:31.additional shoring for us to be able to get in there.
:00:32. > :00:33.The size of this building, it could take weeks.
:00:34. > :00:36.I want to be realistic - this is a very long process.
:00:37. > :00:41.The first victim has been named as Mohammad Alhajali,
:00:42. > :00:43.a Syrian refugee studying engineering whose brother
:00:44. > :00:48.was rescued from the same flat by the fire brigade.
:00:49. > :00:52.They brought us outside - I thought you were with us."
:00:53. > :00:54.He said, "No one brought me outside."
:00:55. > :01:05.Dozens of people are still listed as missing, as appeals
:01:06. > :01:09.are made by families and friends for information.
:01:10. > :01:11.Jessica is a 12-year-old vibrant young girl who will be
:01:12. > :01:16.She's a lovely little girl with a bubbly personality.
:01:17. > :01:22.We are just worried and concerned about her and we just want her home.
:01:23. > :01:25.In the local community the profound shock and grief are still evident,
:01:26. > :01:29.but there's growing anger - and a demand for answers.
:01:30. > :01:33.At the moment, we're grieving but there's a bubbling anger
:01:34. > :01:40.underneath and we do want to see someone held accountable for this.
:01:41. > :01:42.The Prime Minister made a private visit to the scene and later
:01:43. > :01:46.announced the public inquiry into the disaster.
:01:47. > :01:51.We need to have an explanation of this.
:01:52. > :01:54.We owe that to the families, to the people who have lost
:01:55. > :02:00.loved ones, friends, and the homes in which they lived.
:02:01. > :02:03.And we'll be reporting on the work of the fire fighters -
:02:04. > :02:09.and what they've had to face in the past 48 hours.
:02:10. > :02:12.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News - India have reached the ICC
:02:13. > :02:15.Champions Trophy final after thrashing Bangladesh.
:02:16. > :02:38.They'll meet Pakistan in Sunday's final.
:02:39. > :02:41.Good evening from West London, where the prime minister came
:02:42. > :02:45.earlier today to see the devastation caused by the fire at Grenfell Tower
:02:46. > :02:49.- and then promised a full public inquiry into what happened.
:02:50. > :02:52.The fire which destroyed this residential housing block
:02:53. > :02:55.in the early hours of yesterday morning spread very quickly,
:02:56. > :02:58.and the number of dead confirmed so far is 17 -
:02:59. > :03:00.though that figure is expected to rise.
:03:01. > :03:03.The emergency services say it will take weeks to complete a full
:03:04. > :03:09.And there's a sense of growing anger in the local community
:03:10. > :03:14.Our first report on the latest on the tower block fire
:03:15. > :03:16.is by our home editor, Mark Easton.
:03:17. > :03:24.A warning - there are some distressing details in his report.
:03:25. > :03:27.Slowly, inch by painstaking inch, fire officers continue their grim
:03:28. > :03:34.Amid the soot-blackened shell of what was once home to hundreds
:03:35. > :03:40.Exactly how many, we do not know, but police today said they hoped
:03:41. > :03:45.the final death toll would not be in three figures.
:03:46. > :03:49.The scale of this tragedy is yet to become clear.
:03:50. > :03:53.Sadly I can confirm the number of people who have died is now 17.
:03:54. > :03:59.We do believe that that number will sadly increase.
:04:00. > :04:02.There are 37 people receiving treatment, of which 17
:04:03. > :04:10.The brother of these two Syrians was one of those who lost his life.
:04:11. > :04:12.Mohammed Alhajali was an engineering student seeking
:04:13. > :04:19.Omar was with him as firemen tried to evacuate the blazing building
:04:20. > :04:27.I looked behind me, I could not see my brother.
:04:28. > :04:32.I said, my brother, my brother, where is he?
:04:33. > :05:00.I thought they took him outside with me.
:05:01. > :05:07.Younger brother Hashim continued to talk to Mohammed on his mobile
:05:08. > :05:14.He said, please tell mum to pray for me.
:05:15. > :05:30.I said, no, who has a problem with you?
:05:31. > :05:50.Relatives of five-year-old Isaac Paulos confirmed today
:05:51. > :05:57.that the little boy was among those who died in the fire.
:05:58. > :06:00.The agony of a wounded neighbourhood is written on a wall,
:06:01. > :06:03.the desperation of people searching for family and friends.
:06:04. > :06:07.Prayers and solace from near and far.
:06:08. > :06:09.For the last two days, Jason Garcia has been searching
:06:10. > :06:13.for his 12-year-old cousin Jessica Urbano.
:06:14. > :06:19.We are hoping that, by putting up posters,
:06:20. > :06:22.sharing her image on social media, and talking to people
:06:23. > :06:33.like yourself, that maybe someone with information will get in touch.
:06:34. > :06:36.This evening, Jessica's parents and friends gathered together
:06:37. > :06:38.in a community that is craving answers but complains
:06:39. > :06:44.At the moment we are grieving, but there is a bubbling anger
:06:45. > :06:49.underneath and we want to see somebody held accountable for this.
:06:50. > :06:52.The love and generosity that has poured into North Kensington
:06:53. > :06:55.in the last couple of days cannot make up for the numbing
:06:56. > :06:59.The Prime Minister made a private visit to the scene today,
:07:00. > :07:02.speaking to emergency workers before announcing there will be a full
:07:03. > :07:09.When I spoke to the emergency services, they told me the way this
:07:10. > :07:13.fire progressed and how it took hold of the building was rapid,
:07:14. > :07:20.We have to get to the bottom of this.
:07:21. > :07:23.The truth has got to come out, and it will.
:07:24. > :07:28.The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also went in North Kensington, insisting
:07:29. > :07:32.he would speak up for the community. Shock and grief are being joined
:07:33. > :07:34.by outrage and anger. The questions are raining down,
:07:35. > :07:37.rather like the charred lumps of cladding, which locals
:07:38. > :07:39.are holding up as possible evidence that people were housed
:07:40. > :07:44.in a preventable death trap. This tower block fire looks just
:07:45. > :07:47.like North Kensington. They came in and said, "Get out,
:07:48. > :07:50.get out, evacuate now." But it was three years ago
:07:51. > :07:53.in Melbourne, Australia. And the similarities
:07:54. > :07:55.do not stop there. Those of us who have been around
:07:56. > :07:59.for 30 years or more have never seen In my 29 years in the London Fire
:08:00. > :08:03.Brigade, I have never seen a fire of this nature,
:08:04. > :08:06.and I have seen many Attention in Australia focused
:08:07. > :08:12.on the building's aluminium cladding, an enquiry blaming cheaper
:08:13. > :08:14.plastic fibre backed cladding rather The same distinction is being made
:08:15. > :08:19.about Grenfell Tower, although the authorities insist
:08:20. > :08:26.building regulations were followed. London Mayor Sadiq Khan was heckled
:08:27. > :08:28.by a small group of people Understandably, the residents
:08:29. > :08:40.are very angry and concerned and have genuine questions that
:08:41. > :08:45.demand answers and so whereas... Someone needs to be
:08:46. > :08:47.held accountable. These deaths could
:08:48. > :08:51.have been prevented! The concerns are not just
:08:52. > :08:53.about what went wrong in North Kensington,
:08:54. > :08:55.they are also about what could go wrong in thousands of tower
:08:56. > :08:58.blocks across Britain. Residents at Trellick Tower,
:08:59. > :09:01.who can see Grenfell Tower from their balconies,
:09:02. > :09:04.now have a constant and disturbing reminder of the risks
:09:05. > :09:12.of high-rise living. Mark Easton, BBC News, North
:09:13. > :09:17.Kensington. There were hundreds of people
:09:18. > :09:19.in the building when the fire started, and many families
:09:20. > :09:21.are waiting anxiously for news about their loved ones
:09:22. > :09:23.and posting notices locally The police warned today
:09:24. > :09:27.that they may never be able Our special correspondent
:09:28. > :09:31.Lucy Manning reports now on the families'
:09:32. > :09:33.search for relatives. You may find some of
:09:34. > :09:38.the details upsetting. Mohammed Hakim fears
:09:39. > :09:42.he's lost everyone - his mother, father, two
:09:43. > :09:47.brothers and sister. All his extended family
:09:48. > :09:50.supporting him now rushed to the fire when the calls
:09:51. > :09:54.of panic came. I spoke to her and the last few
:09:55. > :09:58.words she said to me was, "Please forgive me if I've said
:09:59. > :10:01.anything to upset you or hurt you. I don't think we're going to make it
:10:02. > :10:05.out of the building." They were supposed to be
:10:06. > :10:07.celebrating next month. His sister, Husna, was getting
:10:08. > :10:11.married, but the entire family And it was just heartbreaking,
:10:12. > :10:24.and then it just cut out. She was, like, we're not
:10:25. > :10:28.going to make it, we can't make it, I kept saying, try and put things
:10:29. > :10:37.under the door to stop the smoke coming in and get as low as you can
:10:38. > :10:40.and open the windows. Someone's going to come,
:10:41. > :10:44.call the Fire Brigade, do something. All I could hear was this crackling
:10:45. > :10:48.noise in the background, because the phone was still on,
:10:49. > :10:53.but she wasn't saying anything. I really need to find
:10:54. > :11:00.out where they are. The family stood helpless outside,
:11:01. > :11:05.unable to rescue them. This is the worst thing
:11:06. > :11:08.I remember in my life. He kept shouting, "Please,
:11:09. > :11:19.help us, get us out." He was saying Allah's
:11:20. > :11:22.name, and all this. Mohammed, it must be extremely
:11:23. > :11:30.difficult, just not knowing? Not losing one member of my family,
:11:31. > :11:32.but losing all five, I don't have my parents any more
:11:33. > :11:37.and you only get one set They are all gone, in the space
:11:38. > :11:43.of a couple of hours, after leaving their house,
:11:44. > :11:46.they are all gone. And no-one wants to give us any
:11:47. > :11:49.information about their whereabouts, if they are still within
:11:50. > :11:53.the building, or not. They still have hope,
:11:54. > :11:59.but feel bereft of help. Adel Chaoui is another relative deep
:12:00. > :12:04.in grief and frustration. Baby Leena Belkadi,
:12:05. > :12:07.just six months old, is missing, along with her mum,
:12:08. > :12:13.Farah, and her dad, Omar. They eventually found two
:12:14. > :12:17.of the baby's sisters in hospital. We cajoled and begged a nurse to go
:12:18. > :12:21.upstairs and after ten minutes, one of them offered to do
:12:22. > :12:24.so and came down and told us they had a child that
:12:25. > :12:27.matched the description, did we want to come
:12:28. > :12:29.up and have a look. We found one of the children
:12:30. > :12:33.there, the younger. My brother's looking around,
:12:34. > :12:38.and he's staring at another bed. And asks Farah's older
:12:39. > :12:42.sister to have a look. Farah's older sister says,
:12:43. > :12:47."That's the other child, They were beds apart and nobody
:12:48. > :12:52.in authority was making any So many families here
:12:53. > :13:00.are looking, hoping, Throughout the day people living
:13:01. > :13:13.in this community have been expressing anger and frustration,
:13:14. > :13:17.demanding to know who would be held accountable for the tragedy,
:13:18. > :13:22.while the search for missing Our correspondent Fergus Walsh
:13:23. > :13:27.reports now on those still missing Hour by hour, the roll
:13:28. > :13:38.call of the missing Friends and relatives,
:13:39. > :13:41.desperate for information, have posted photos and messages
:13:42. > :13:46.on social media. Many children are among
:13:47. > :13:50.those unaccounted for. 11-year-old Fidoz Kadir
:13:51. > :13:54.and his 13-year-old brother Yaya lived on the 20th floor
:13:55. > :13:57.with their parents and Fatima, Mirna, and three-year-old
:13:58. > :14:05.Zainab Choucair also lived on the 20th floor of Grenfell Tower
:14:06. > :14:08.with their parents and grandmother. Birktee Haftam and her 12-year-old
:14:09. > :14:18.son Birup lived on the 18th floor. Relatives have said they have
:14:19. > :14:21.visited every hospital treating Zainab Dean lived on the 14th floor
:14:22. > :14:30.with her two-year-old son Jeremiah. She called her brother
:14:31. > :14:33.and said she had been told Mirania Ibrahim and her two
:14:34. > :14:41.daughters, five-year-old Fatiya and Hanya, who is three,
:14:42. > :14:45.were on the 23rd floor. The 30-year-old posted
:14:46. > :14:48.footage on social media from the smoke-filled landing before
:14:49. > :14:54.going back in her flat. Khadija Saye on the left
:14:55. > :14:57.is a 24-year-old photographer whose work is on show at the Venice
:14:58. > :15:00.Biennale. She lived on the 20th floor
:15:01. > :15:04.with her mother Mary Mendy. Gloria Trevisan, an architect,
:15:05. > :15:10.and her partner Marco They had only recently moved
:15:11. > :15:16.into a flat on the 23rd floor. They were unable to get out
:15:17. > :15:19.and called their relatives at 4am A family lawyer said there is no
:15:20. > :15:27.hope of finding them alive. More names, more faces
:15:28. > :15:30.are still to come. Behind every picture
:15:31. > :15:34.there is a family, friends and loved ones searching,
:15:35. > :15:36.hoping and in some And Fergus is at St Mary's
:15:37. > :15:48.hospital in Paddington now with an update for us on those
:15:49. > :16:04.who are being treated. Tonight I can tell you that 30
:16:05. > :16:10.patients are being treated across four hospitals. 15 of those are in
:16:11. > :16:14.critical care. All have been identified and their relatives are
:16:15. > :16:19.with them. The main injury that is being treated is from breathing in
:16:20. > :16:23.smoke. That can cause inflammation of the airwaves and in some cases it
:16:24. > :16:28.is so serious that the patients have been given a general anaesthetic and
:16:29. > :16:34.have been put into an induced medical coma and that gives time for
:16:35. > :16:39.their airwaves to heal. Another problem is carbon monoxide
:16:40. > :16:42.poisoning. Although that can be serious, by giving the page as
:16:43. > :16:47.oxygen, that can be successfully treated.
:16:48. > :16:48.There's an emergency number for anyone concerned
:16:49. > :16:55.The Metropolitan Police Casualty Bureau can be
:16:56. > :17:18.In North Kensington is our home editor Mark Easton. You have been
:17:19. > :17:24.talking to a lot of people today. The mood has changed during the day,
:17:25. > :17:29.how do you sense it? There is anger in the air and frustration right now
:17:30. > :17:33.at what many people see as a lack of organisation and coordination. There
:17:34. > :17:38.are people to night sleeping on the floor on mattresses in a local
:17:39. > :17:43.sports centre. The council says they have provided emergency, temporary
:17:44. > :17:48.accommodation to 79 households. They have focused on elderly people and
:17:49. > :17:52.families with young children. But there are hundreds by some
:17:53. > :17:55.estimates, thousands of people, who have been made homeless not only
:17:56. > :18:01.from the tower behind us but from other buildings that have had to be
:18:02. > :18:05.evacuated. We are being told by the emergency services that this tragedy
:18:06. > :18:11.is far from over. The harrowing job of going through the building and
:18:12. > :18:16.identifying the bodies will take not just days, but weeks. I think we can
:18:17. > :18:20.say that this story will be dominating our news and our politics
:18:21. > :18:26.and it will be providing a black backdrop to our lives going into the
:18:27. > :18:32.summer. Thank you for now. Maybe we will have another word before the
:18:33. > :18:36.end of the programme. Let's talk a little more about the government
:18:37. > :18:39.As we've heard, both Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn
:18:40. > :18:43.And at Westminster, MPs questioned the minister for policing
:18:44. > :18:45.and the Fire Service, Nick Hurd.
:18:46. > :18:47.He described what happened here as "a national tragedy".
:18:48. > :18:50.The Labour MP David Lammy - one of whose friends
:18:51. > :18:52.is still missing - called for a criminal investigation.
:18:53. > :18:54.Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports
:18:55. > :19:04.The Prime Minister met firefighters who have given
:19:05. > :19:07.everything at Grenfell, but none of the families that have
:19:08. > :19:14.She met volunteers on the ground, but returning to Number 10,
:19:15. > :19:17.the focus today, getting help to those that need it.
:19:18. > :19:20.The Government stands ready to provide every assistance
:19:21. > :19:24.necessary to the emergency services and to the local authority.
:19:25. > :19:27.I know we've all heard absolutely heartbreaking,
:19:28. > :19:30.as I did this morning, heartbreaking stories of the people
:19:31. > :19:37.that were caught up in this terrible, terrible tragedy.
:19:38. > :19:42.The Labour leader was on hand in a local church, hearing fears...
:19:43. > :19:45.Somebody has to be held accountable, somebody has to be held responsible.
:19:46. > :19:48.We do not want this kicked into the long grass.
:19:49. > :19:50.We do not want the Government to hide this with some
:19:51. > :19:52.hollow platitudes that lessons will be learned.
:19:53. > :19:59.They knew. They knew that Grenfell was unsafe.
:20:00. > :20:05.We cannot allow people to live in a dangerous state,
:20:06. > :20:09.and that is a worry, but the resources have to be found
:20:10. > :20:15.and we will demand and make sure those resources are found.
:20:16. > :20:17.With worries for people who live in similar blocks
:20:18. > :20:21.and so much still unknown, MPs demanded a meeting
:20:22. > :20:26.When we talk about this as a tragedy, we're talking about it
:20:27. > :20:30.The truth is, it wasn't some natural disaster.
:20:31. > :20:35.We look to you both, as ministers, to leave no stone unturned
:20:36. > :20:39.in getting justice and getting to the bottom of this.
:20:40. > :20:42.It's really important that there is utter clarity today
:20:43. > :20:46.about whether people should stay in their flats in the event
:20:47. > :20:49.of another horrific fire, which could happen this afternoon,
:20:50. > :20:59.as we speak here, or whether they should leave.
:21:00. > :21:05.I would like to see the minister putting resources into the Fire
:21:06. > :21:09.Service to make sure they have the resources to do full inspections of
:21:10. > :21:13.all the other blocks across the country within the next week.
:21:14. > :21:15.The Government did promise all the survivors would get
:21:16. > :21:19.We have to act and think as if it was our friends,
:21:20. > :21:23.We have to have that emotional connection with what is going on,
:21:24. > :21:26.because there is no room for cool, detached, plodding bureaucracy.
:21:27. > :21:30.Yet only those that lost their beds, their homes and their loved ones
:21:31. > :21:46.We have heard already about anger, resentment and frustration directed
:21:47. > :21:52.at some authorities and government. How is that being seen at
:21:53. > :21:54.Westminster? At Westminster politicians are very well aware that
:21:55. > :22:01.kind of sentiment may develop very fast. The government has a very
:22:02. > :22:06.complicated to do less. The immediate priorities is making sure
:22:07. > :22:09.help is getting quickly to where it is needed most, release extra cash
:22:10. > :22:14.for the Council. Emergency funding has been put in place. Thirdly, the
:22:15. > :22:19.government has acted quickly to announce a full public enquiry and
:22:20. > :22:23.the Prime Minister wants that to get going without delay. But at
:22:24. > :22:27.Westminster there is a depressing sense that any inquiry beyond
:22:28. > :22:32.looking at the particularities of what actually happened is likely to
:22:33. > :22:36.reveal a picture of successive governments simply not prepared to
:22:37. > :22:42.put enough political effort, time or energy into making sure this kind of
:22:43. > :22:45.housing is up to scratch. Of course there are huge layers of
:22:46. > :22:50.regulations, there are different layers of accountability. Housing
:22:51. > :22:53.associations, the individual council before you get to central
:22:54. > :22:59.government, but in Westminster there is that sentiment that ultimately a
:23:00. > :23:02.picture will be painted that politicians have for a long time
:23:03. > :23:06.just not paid enough attention to this kind of issue. For any
:23:07. > :23:15.government this kind of big, national tragedy is required to deal
:23:16. > :23:20.with a huge sensitivity and nimbleness, but right now this is an
:23:21. > :23:24.extremely fragile government. The State Opening of Parliament is not
:23:25. > :23:29.under way and Theresa May is only just days after a bruising political
:23:30. > :23:32.defeat. So the complexity of a situation like this is a huge
:23:33. > :23:38.political risk for number ten in particular. While Theresa May's team
:23:39. > :23:42.believe she made the decision not to visit residents and families of the
:23:43. > :23:46.victims of this tragedy, they think they made those decisions for the
:23:47. > :23:52.right reasons, they did not want to get in the way, they wanted to allow
:23:53. > :23:56.the emergency effort to carry on not impeded and it is not her style to
:23:57. > :24:01.have television cameras trailing her every move, but with the mood is
:24:02. > :24:06.developing that decision could prove to be a miscalculation. Events like
:24:07. > :24:09.this can require real displays of empathy rather than just a
:24:10. > :24:17.concentration of getting on with the job. Many thanks. As Laura was
:24:18. > :24:23.saying, the government was saying the public enquiry will deal with
:24:24. > :24:26.all aspects of what happened and insists Downing Street completely
:24:27. > :24:30.understand the shock and anger felt by many people.
:24:31. > :24:32.There are many questions outstanding for the local authority,
:24:33. > :24:34.builders, and subcontractors, as well as the company that
:24:35. > :24:37.Our correspondent Tom Symonds reports on the investigations that
:24:38. > :24:40.will take place into the causes of the fire - and why
:24:41. > :24:51.Grenfell Tower showing its age a few years ago. It was built in the 1960s
:24:52. > :24:55.and recently it was refurbished. New cladding and windows were added,
:24:56. > :25:01.standard treatment given to tower is all over the country. So why this?
:25:02. > :25:07.How did it start? Why did it spread so fast? It is clear something went
:25:08. > :25:09.badly wrong. Colin Todd wrote the guidelines Council 's use when
:25:10. > :25:15.considering fire safety in tower blocks. I have been in fire safety
:25:16. > :25:22.for 41 years and never seen a fire of this nature in terms of speed of
:25:23. > :25:26.spread and extent of development. Investigators' first priority will
:25:27. > :25:30.be to find out how it managed to spread so quickly and without any
:25:31. > :25:35.containment. These are the plans for the renovation of the tower. They
:25:36. > :25:39.include cladding panels and insulation fixed to its walls, part
:25:40. > :25:45.of a system of components designed to contain any fire. The panels do
:25:46. > :25:53.not have to be completely fireproof, but the system is supposed to slow
:25:54. > :25:55.down the spread of flames. The aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire
:25:56. > :26:00.suggests the opposite happened. Harley facades is responsible for
:26:01. > :26:05.the cladding, its materials and is fitting. Was the work properly
:26:06. > :26:10.completed? The company says it is not aware of any link to the fire.
:26:11. > :26:16.Ride and manage the project and insists it met all the relevant
:26:17. > :26:19.safety standards. The Kensington and Chelsea management association
:26:20. > :26:24.manages the tower and it submitted a planning application which will be
:26:25. > :26:28.scrutinised closely. And the borough council owns the building. It agreed
:26:29. > :26:32.the planning application and was responsible for signing of the
:26:33. > :26:37.completed work. The council will be at the centre of various enquiries.
:26:38. > :26:42.All the companies involved face intense scrutiny of their work and
:26:43. > :26:47.of the specifications and which it was carried out. This is a family
:26:48. > :26:51.firm and the staff here are devastated over what happened, and
:26:52. > :26:55.they say they will work closely with the various investigations. The
:26:56. > :26:59.London Fire Brigade today used a drone to examine the wreckage and is
:27:00. > :27:04.leading those enquiries. Its teams will have to work out the cause of
:27:05. > :27:09.the fire. One theory among residents is that a faulty fridge was the
:27:10. > :27:13.spark. If there is evidence of arson or negligence, the police will step
:27:14. > :27:17.in and there is a possibility companies could be prosecuted for
:27:18. > :27:23.manslaughter. But the government's announcement of a public enquiry
:27:24. > :27:27.places the Grenfell Tower disaster alongside an event like
:27:28. > :27:30.Hillsborough. Then 96 died. Today the police said they hoped the
:27:31. > :27:31.number of lost lives would not reach three figures.
:27:32. > :27:35.The recently-appointed housing minister Alok Sharma has said
:27:36. > :27:38.the government's started talking to local authorities and housing
:27:39. > :27:40.associations about how they will ensure that the homes
:27:41. > :27:44.But there are still questions about how ministers have responded
:27:45. > :27:51.Our science editor David Shukman has been looking as some of the safety
:27:52. > :27:54.issues that have been raised in the past - and reports on the
:27:55. > :28:02.The London fire has triggered concern right across the country.
:28:03. > :28:05.In Belfast, fire safety leaflets are being handed out
:28:06. > :28:11.Suddenly there's intense scrutiny at every detail of the arrangements
:28:12. > :28:18.There are now questions about safety in all tower blocks,
:28:19. > :28:20.but with a particular focus on the ones that have been
:28:21. > :28:25.Experts point to fires like this one, in Southampton, in 2010,
:28:26. > :28:27.where two firefighters died, and where the installation
:28:28. > :28:30.of sprinklers might have made all the difference.
:28:31. > :28:32.People don't die in sprinkler buildings.
:28:33. > :28:36.A single death in a sprinkler building is a very, very rare event
:28:37. > :28:45.One of many tragic aspects of this tower block disaster is that
:28:46. > :28:49.for years experts have warned of the dangers of fire.
:28:50. > :28:52.Back in 2013, a coroner called for sprinklers to be fitted
:28:53. > :28:59.A fire in south London had killed six people,
:29:00. > :29:02.but the recommendation wasn't followed - and sprinklers
:29:03. > :29:05.are usually only installed in new buildings.
:29:06. > :29:08.Next, having just one staircase - like in Grenfell Tower -
:29:09. > :29:11.has repeatedly been criticised as a hazard, limiting the chance
:29:12. > :29:16.for people to escape and for firefighters to get in.
:29:17. > :29:19.And there have long been concerns about cladding -
:29:20. > :29:22.the panels fitted outside the buildings.
:29:23. > :29:25.These are usually metal with a layer of insulating material.
:29:26. > :29:29.Back in 1991, the rules about them were tightened,
:29:30. > :29:32.but regulations do not require that the panels should never burn.
:29:33. > :29:36.Some critics say the current system of testing them
:29:37. > :29:42.The cladding at Lakanal House in south London was judged to have
:29:43. > :29:49.It was hoped back then that out of this tragedy
:29:50. > :29:52.would come a turning point, leading to safer the conditions
:29:53. > :29:59.But promised reforms never happened and the lawyer who represented
:30:00. > :30:01.the victims' families says that this time the authorities must
:30:02. > :30:06.We don't want the same situation as in Lakanal House,
:30:07. > :30:09.where things dragged on and on and on and then it just
:30:10. > :30:14.fell off the public agenda and then the public enquiry didn't happen.
:30:15. > :30:17.It was only an inquest and then nobody listened.
:30:18. > :30:21.This time the government must listen, and maybe,
:30:22. > :30:26.as others have said, maybe heads need to roll too.
:30:27. > :30:29.Tonight in North London, a tower block, fitted with cladding
:30:30. > :30:32.by the same company, Rydon, that worked
:30:33. > :30:37.It said again today that it followed every building regulation.
:30:38. > :30:43.We don't know what the cladding is made of, but everybody now
:30:44. > :30:46.is concerned and very paranoid since what's happened
:30:47. > :30:52.We're worried about what is going to happen to us as well.
:30:53. > :30:56.Last night I couldn't sleep very well.
:30:57. > :30:59.I'm very shocked with my mum and my kids as well.
:31:00. > :31:02.It may be that the horror at Grenfell Tower will bring real
:31:03. > :31:04.change, but this involves challenges that will be expensive
:31:05. > :31:11.Among them, getting more money to local councils,
:31:12. > :31:13.reviewing how towers are renovated, and overhauling the
:31:14. > :31:21.As we've heard, the government has said every family
:31:22. > :31:24.from Grenfell Tower will be rehoused in the local area.
:31:25. > :31:27.In the meantime, former residents have been staying in hotels
:31:28. > :31:33.and in emergency accommodation at a sports centre.
:31:34. > :31:35.Local churches have been offering food, drink and clothing,
:31:36. > :31:38.but community groups say that so much has been given that people
:31:39. > :31:43.should donate only if they see appeals for specific items.
:31:44. > :31:44.Our correspondent Elaine Dunkley has the latest
:31:45. > :31:54.From all over the country, donations are arriving -
:31:55. > :32:03.Many have not slept since the fire destroyed homes.
:32:04. > :32:06.We are working under an umbrella of humanity,
:32:07. > :32:11.so that communities do come together.
:32:12. > :32:13.There were Muslim people donating to churches,
:32:14. > :32:25.It's just a network of not races, not colours, not anything,
:32:26. > :32:33.Many people felt helpless as they watched the tower block on fire.
:32:34. > :32:37.Donating food and clothes is helping this community heal.
:32:38. > :32:40.I lived in New York when the towers came down.
:32:41. > :32:49.Just, generally, you want to help, you want to do whatever you can.
:32:50. > :32:52.But as well as generosity, there is frustration that food
:32:53. > :32:55.and clothes are being left on the street.
:32:56. > :32:58.We're trying to create a central base here.
:32:59. > :33:04.He's organised a sorting facility to take collections.
:33:05. > :33:08.We don't want any bags left on the street that's been sent
:33:09. > :33:13.I don't think people need to send so much stuff any more.
:33:14. > :33:15.But people need to support the community in whatever
:33:16. > :33:20.In the midst of this horror and destruction,
:33:21. > :33:27.There's a bit of upliftment, a bit of seeing that we have a lot
:33:28. > :33:40.Clothes are going here, food only is going there.
:33:41. > :33:42.As more boxes arrive, those who are trying to help
:33:43. > :33:45.are feeling overwhelmed and say the council could do more
:33:46. > :33:50.to organise collections, volunteers and storage.
:33:51. > :33:55.But I've got to say, the council sort of dragged their feet a lot.
:33:56. > :33:59.We've just come to help, and there hasn't been
:34:00. > :34:01.any contingency plans, there hasn't been any strategies.
:34:02. > :34:04.I've got a week off, and I've just given my time
:34:05. > :34:08.But there are so many people here, and I'm just waiting for somebody
:34:09. > :34:15.The local authority says it is trying to manage donations,
:34:16. > :34:19.but says the priority is finding homes for vulnerable families.
:34:20. > :34:22.How do you respond to the criticism from people around here
:34:23. > :34:25.that the council hasn't done enough to help?
:34:26. > :34:27.Well, I'm sorry there is that criticism.
:34:28. > :34:30.In fact, we were very quick to set up three emergency
:34:31. > :34:34.They are staffed by council staff, who have expertise in looking
:34:35. > :34:37.after younger people, older people with particular
:34:38. > :34:43.Tonight, most residents are in temporary accommodation.
:34:44. > :34:45.For now, there are enough provisions.
:34:46. > :34:54.What people need is a roof over their heads.
:34:55. > :34:59.Every few minutes you will see an act of kindness here, despite the
:35:00. > :35:03.anger and despite the despair. People haven't just been donating
:35:04. > :35:07.boxes of food and clothing. People have also been offering emotional
:35:08. > :35:11.support, whether that's giving someone a hug, all holding someone's
:35:12. > :35:15.hand. Earlier this evening hundreds of residents attended vigil and all
:35:16. > :35:18.day today, people have been coming along to this wall to leave
:35:19. > :35:27.messages. There are also flowers on the floor. Every bit of space on
:35:28. > :35:30.this wall, there's a message to a loved one more to the people on this
:35:31. > :35:32.community. The writing on this wall is in so many different languages
:35:33. > :35:34.and that very much reflects the multicultural nature of this area.
:35:35. > :35:37.Many different people from different faiths and different backgrounds
:35:38. > :35:40.coming together to express their grief. They've had to put up more
:35:41. > :35:44.boards. This now stretches all the way around the building and also
:35:45. > :35:48.along the fence, so people can leave tributes here. This area has now
:35:49. > :35:55.become a shrine to a community trying to stay strong.
:35:56. > :35:59.Elaine Dunkley forums with the latest on the tributes that are
:36:00. > :36:05.being left in the streets around this area in North Kensington. A
:36:06. > :36:09.little later we'll be talking about the exceptional work of the
:36:10. > :36:13.firefighters in this area over the past 48 hours. That's in a few
:36:14. > :36:14.minutes' time but now let's join Clive for the rest of the day's
:36:15. > :36:18.news. Well, the annual Mansion House
:36:19. > :36:21.dinner in the City of London, which was due to take place this
:36:22. > :36:24.evening, has been cancelled as a result
:36:25. > :36:26.of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The organisers made the decision
:36:27. > :36:28.shortly after the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, withdrew
:36:29. > :36:30.from the event where he was expected to offer reassurances to businesses
:36:31. > :36:33.worried about the impact of Brexit. The Treasury says the Chancellor
:36:34. > :36:36.will address those issues at what it called a suitable time
:36:37. > :36:38.in the near future. Our Economics Editor Kamal Ahmed
:36:39. > :36:41.is here and, Kamal, we were expecting a significant
:36:42. > :36:51.intervention from the Chancellor We were, but understandably the
:36:52. > :36:56.normal run of news events has been postponed, given the events of the
:36:57. > :36:59.last two days. But as you say the Treasury say the speech will happen,
:37:00. > :37:03.when it's appropriate. And as you say as well, it was going to be a
:37:04. > :37:07.speech which may be revealed a slightly softer tone towards the
:37:08. > :37:11.whole Brexit negotiations than the tone we heard before the referendum.
:37:12. > :37:18.We are told the Brexit negotiations will start on Monday, despite the
:37:19. > :37:22.events of the last 48 hours, so those negotiations will begin. I'm
:37:23. > :37:26.sure that Mr Hammond will make his speech in the next few days. Two
:37:27. > :37:34.significant announcements were made today about the economy. Firstly,
:37:35. > :37:38.that retail sales have slowed to their lowest level for four years,
:37:39. > :37:41.which shows that income squeezed that people have been suffering
:37:42. > :37:47.because of higher inflation is really with this. One other
:37:48. > :37:50.significant moment is that the Bank, although it has held interest rates
:37:51. > :37:55.at the historic low levels that they've been up since the financial
:37:56. > :38:00.crisis, it was the closest votes raising those interest rates that
:38:01. > :38:03.we've had in ten years. Just 5-3 votes, very close, the suggestion
:38:04. > :38:08.being that interest rate rises because of rising inflation could be
:38:09. > :38:12.coming. Any rise will be limited and gradual, but the Bank is signalling
:38:13. > :38:14.those historic low interest rates could be coming to an end. Kamal
:38:15. > :38:17.Ahmed, many thanks. Theresa May has been
:38:18. > :38:19.meeting the main political parties of Northern Ireland
:38:20. > :38:22.at Downing Street to try to reassure them that a proposed deal
:38:23. > :38:24.between the Conservatives and the Democratic Unionists
:38:25. > :38:26.wouldn't affect the prospects of The Prime Minister hopes to secure
:38:27. > :38:31.the support of the DUP to give her government a working
:38:32. > :38:34.majority in Parliament, but critics have warned any deal
:38:35. > :38:38.could create a conflict of interest as the Good Friday Agreement commits
:38:39. > :38:40.the British government to demonstrate "rigorous
:38:41. > :38:42.impartiality" in its dealings The owner of British Airways, IAG,
:38:43. > :38:51.has said last month's computer failure which caused passenger chaos
:38:52. > :39:05.will cost the company More than 700 flights were cancelled
:39:06. > :39:09.over three days. The Chief Executive, Willie Walsh, told the
:39:10. > :39:10.firm's annual general meeting it had been a dreadful experience for
:39:11. > :39:14.customers. A drug that can extend the life
:39:15. > :39:17.of patients with breast cancer, has been approved for use
:39:18. > :39:19.on the NHS in England. Kadcyla had been deemed too
:39:20. > :39:22.expensive, but now an agreement has been reached with the manufacturer
:39:23. > :39:24.Roche, which the NHS says provides "a good deal"
:39:25. > :39:29.for patients and taxpayers. Now, let's rejoin
:39:30. > :39:35.Huw in West London. Throughout the day more
:39:36. > :39:37.accounts have been shared of the exceptional bravery,
:39:38. > :39:42.and stories of extraordinary More than 200 firefighters
:39:43. > :39:45.tackled the fire yesterday, entering the building
:39:46. > :39:47.when it was still burning as they tried to help
:39:48. > :39:50.those who were trapped. They're now involved
:39:51. > :40:01.in the recovery operation. Tonight, we've spotted one or two
:40:02. > :40:03.firefighters in the building as we speak.
:40:04. > :40:05.Our correspondent Sarah Campbell reports on the firefighters
:40:06. > :40:07.and the impact this fire has had on them.
:40:08. > :40:14.It is impossible to imagine how anyone would willingly run
:40:15. > :40:20.into this, but that is exactly what more than 200 firefighters did.
:40:21. > :40:24.The main thing with this building on the night was the speed the fire
:40:25. > :40:27.moved from the bottom up to the top and the thick black smoke
:40:28. > :40:31.that filled the air, that filled the building.
:40:32. > :40:36.We have also got people, quite rightly, trying to get out
:40:37. > :40:38.of the building quickly as we were trying to get in.
:40:39. > :40:44.I have never seen a fire on this scale in my whole career, no.
:40:45. > :40:46.I have seen lots of fires in the London Fire Brigade
:40:47. > :40:50.Exhausted, having spent hours tackling a fire which has been
:40:51. > :40:53.described as unprecedented in its scale, and the work
:40:54. > :40:59.Now comes the task of making the building safe enough to allow
:41:00. > :41:05.You have had a chance to speak to some of those involved.
:41:06. > :41:08.How are they doing if not physically but mentally?
:41:09. > :41:11.I have spoken to quite a few people, they are OK.
:41:12. > :41:14.The main thing is they are tired, but they are so keen to ensure
:41:15. > :41:23.They were on duty again, a lot of them were on duty last night,
:41:24. > :41:26.some of them will be on duty tonight, and they want to come back.
:41:27. > :41:30.Thankfully only a handful of firefighters received
:41:31. > :41:37.The mental scars from what they saw and heard may take longer to heal.
:41:38. > :41:40.People have coping mechanisms in all sorts of ways and the most
:41:41. > :41:43.obvious one is the support of your colleagues who have been
:41:44. > :41:48.But clearly the scale of this and the sort of horrors that people
:41:49. > :41:53.have seen means that they will need to be watched and they will need
:41:54. > :41:56.to be supported and that will need professional support.
:41:57. > :41:59.There is anger here with many local people feeling let
:42:00. > :42:02.down by the authorities, but there is thanks too for those
:42:03. > :42:06.willing to put their lives on the line to save others.
:42:07. > :42:14.They went in to try and save people in that.
:42:15. > :42:29.Our correspondent Sarah Campbell reporting there.
:42:30. > :42:36.Reporting on the exceptional courage and firefighters of the past 48
:42:37. > :42:40.hours. Mark Easton is with me. Throughout the day people beginning
:42:41. > :42:46.to look at precisely what the technical requirements are buildings
:42:47. > :42:51.and asking very searching questions about how this could have happened.
:42:52. > :42:55.Indeed, the more we learn, the more questions there seem to be. Not
:42:56. > :42:58.least, here we are in one of the richest boroughs in one of the
:42:59. > :43:02.richest cities in one of the richest countries in the world and yet
:43:03. > :43:08.hundreds of people are housed in a tower block that cannot withstand a
:43:09. > :43:12.small fire in one person's flat. And of course it's hugely important that
:43:13. > :43:15.a building like that is there. It's supposed to be building regulations,
:43:16. > :43:19.there are supposed to be housing regulations. We believed those would
:43:20. > :43:23.be enough to keep people safe and the kind of people who are housed in
:43:24. > :43:26.the often vulnerable. They are people with disabilities, elderly
:43:27. > :43:30.people, families with babies and young children. We look to our local
:43:31. > :43:34.authorities and other agencies to ensure that those people are kept
:43:35. > :43:41.safe and that no corners are cut. And I think people are asking
:43:42. > :43:46.questions now, can it be that that safety was perhaps compromised in a
:43:47. > :43:49.drive for efficiency, for savings, for cutting red tape? Those are the
:43:50. > :43:53.questions the community is asking now, and I think they'll still be
:43:54. > :44:00.asking those questions in the days, the month and quite probably the
:44:01. > :44:03.years to come. Mark Easton, our home editor. That's all from West London,
:44:04. > :44:08.from North Kensington tonight. There's more coverage for you on the
:44:09. > :44:12.BBC News Channel and on BBC News online, constantly updated
:44:13. > :44:13.throughout the night as well. Here on BBC One it's time