15/06/2017 BBC News at Ten


15/06/2017

Similar Content

Browse content similar to 15/06/2017. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!

Transcript


LineFromTo

Tonight at Ten: There's to be a full public inquiry into the fire that

:00:00.:00:07.

destroyed Grenfell Tower - this residential

:00:08.:00:10.

So far the number of dead stands at 17, but many people

:00:11.:00:16.

are still missing and the number could rise significantly

:00:17.:00:18.

It's the upper floors that will be more challenging and will need some

:00:19.:00:28.

additional shoring for us to be able to get in there.

:00:29.:00:31.

The size of this building, it could take weeks.

:00:32.:00:33.

I want to be realistic - this is a very long process.

:00:34.:00:36.

The first victim has been named as Mohammad Alhajali,

:00:37.:00:41.

a Syrian refugee studying engineering whose brother

:00:42.:00:43.

was rescued from the same flat by the fire brigade.

:00:44.:00:48.

They brought us outside - I thought you were with us."

:00:49.:00:52.

He said, "No one brought me outside."

:00:53.:00:54.

Dozens of people are still listed as missing, as appeals

:00:55.:01:05.

are made by families and friends for information.

:01:06.:01:09.

Jessica is a 12-year-old vibrant young girl who will be

:01:10.:01:11.

She's a lovely little girl with a bubbly personality.

:01:12.:01:16.

We are just worried and concerned about her and we just want her home.

:01:17.:01:22.

In the local community the profound shock and grief are still evident,

:01:23.:01:25.

but there's growing anger - and a demand for answers.

:01:26.:01:29.

At the moment, we're grieving but there's a bubbling anger

:01:30.:01:33.

underneath and we do want to see someone held accountable for this.

:01:34.:01:40.

The Prime Minister made a private visit to the scene and later

:01:41.:01:42.

announced the public inquiry into the disaster.

:01:43.:01:46.

We need to have an explanation of this.

:01:47.:01:51.

We owe that to the families, to the people who have lost

:01:52.:01:54.

loved ones, friends, and the homes in which they lived.

:01:55.:02:00.

And we'll be reporting on the work of the fire fighters -

:02:01.:02:03.

and what they've had to face in the past 48 hours.

:02:04.:02:09.

And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News - India have reached the ICC

:02:10.:02:12.

Champions Trophy final after thrashing Bangladesh.

:02:13.:02:15.

They'll meet Pakistan in Sunday's final.

:02:16.:02:38.

Good evening from West London, where the prime minister came

:02:39.:02:41.

earlier today to see the devastation caused by the fire at Grenfell Tower

:02:42.:02:45.

- and then promised a full public inquiry into what happened.

:02:46.:02:49.

The fire which destroyed this residential housing block

:02:50.:02:52.

in the early hours of yesterday morning spread very quickly,

:02:53.:02:55.

and the number of dead confirmed so far is 17 -

:02:56.:02:58.

though that figure is expected to rise.

:02:59.:03:00.

The emergency services say it will take weeks to complete a full

:03:01.:03:03.

And there's a sense of growing anger in the local community

:03:04.:03:09.

Our first report on the latest on the tower block fire

:03:10.:03:14.

is by our home editor, Mark Easton.

:03:15.:03:16.

A warning - there are some distressing details in his report.

:03:17.:03:24.

Slowly, inch by painstaking inch, fire officers continue their grim

:03:25.:03:27.

Amid the soot-blackened shell of what was once home to hundreds

:03:28.:03:34.

Exactly how many, we do not know, but police today said they hoped

:03:35.:03:40.

the final death toll would not be in three figures.

:03:41.:03:45.

The scale of this tragedy is yet to become clear.

:03:46.:03:49.

Sadly I can confirm the number of people who have died is now 17.

:03:50.:03:53.

We do believe that that number will sadly increase.

:03:54.:03:59.

There are 37 people receiving treatment, of which 17

:04:00.:04:02.

The brother of these two Syrians was one of those who lost his life.

:04:03.:04:10.

Mohammed Alhajali was an engineering student seeking

:04:11.:04:12.

Omar was with him as firemen tried to evacuate the blazing building

:04:13.:04:19.

I looked behind me, I could not see my brother.

:04:20.:04:27.

I said, my brother, my brother, where is he?

:04:28.:04:32.

I thought they took him outside with me.

:04:33.:05:00.

Younger brother Hashim continued to talk to Mohammed on his mobile

:05:01.:05:07.

He said, please tell mum to pray for me.

:05:08.:05:14.

I said, no, who has a problem with you?

:05:15.:05:30.

Relatives of five-year-old Isaac Paulos confirmed today

:05:31.:05:50.

that the little boy was among those who died in the fire.

:05:51.:05:57.

The agony of a wounded neighbourhood is written on a wall,

:05:58.:06:00.

the desperation of people searching for family and friends.

:06:01.:06:03.

Prayers and solace from near and far.

:06:04.:06:07.

For the last two days, Jason Garcia has been searching

:06:08.:06:09.

for his 12-year-old cousin Jessica Urbano.

:06:10.:06:13.

We are hoping that, by putting up posters,

:06:14.:06:19.

sharing her image on social media, and talking to people

:06:20.:06:22.

like yourself, that maybe someone with information will get in touch.

:06:23.:06:33.

This evening, Jessica's parents and friends gathered together

:06:34.:06:36.

in a community that is craving answers but complains

:06:37.:06:38.

At the moment we are grieving, but there is a bubbling anger

:06:39.:06:44.

underneath and we want to see somebody held accountable for this.

:06:45.:06:49.

The love and generosity that has poured into North Kensington

:06:50.:06:52.

in the last couple of days cannot make up for the numbing

:06:53.:06:55.

The Prime Minister made a private visit to the scene today,

:06:56.:06:59.

speaking to emergency workers before announcing there will be a full

:07:00.:07:02.

When I spoke to the emergency services, they told me the way this

:07:03.:07:09.

fire progressed and how it took hold of the building was rapid,

:07:10.:07:13.

We have to get to the bottom of this.

:07:14.:07:20.

The truth has got to come out, and it will.

:07:21.:07:23.

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also went in North Kensington, insisting

:07:24.:07:28.

he would speak up for the community. Shock and grief are being joined

:07:29.:07:32.

by outrage and anger. The questions are raining down,

:07:33.:07:34.

rather like the charred lumps of cladding, which locals

:07:35.:07:37.

are holding up as possible evidence that people were housed

:07:38.:07:39.

in a preventable death trap. This tower block fire looks just

:07:40.:07:44.

like North Kensington. They came in and said, "Get out,

:07:45.:07:47.

get out, evacuate now." But it was three years ago

:07:48.:07:50.

in Melbourne, Australia. And the similarities

:07:51.:07:53.

do not stop there. Those of us who have been around

:07:54.:07:55.

for 30 years or more have never seen In my 29 years in the London Fire

:07:56.:07:59.

Brigade, I have never seen a fire of this nature,

:08:00.:08:03.

and I have seen many Attention in Australia focused

:08:04.:08:06.

on the building's aluminium cladding, an enquiry blaming cheaper

:08:07.:08:12.

plastic fibre backed cladding rather The same distinction is being made

:08:13.:08:14.

about Grenfell Tower, although the authorities insist

:08:15.:08:19.

building regulations were followed. London Mayor Sadiq Khan was heckled

:08:20.:08:26.

by a small group of people Understandably, the residents

:08:27.:08:28.

are very angry and concerned and have genuine questions that

:08:29.:08:40.

demand answers and so whereas... Someone needs to be

:08:41.:08:45.

held accountable. These deaths could

:08:46.:08:47.

have been prevented! The concerns are not just

:08:48.:08:51.

about what went wrong in North Kensington,

:08:52.:08:53.

they are also about what could go wrong in thousands of tower

:08:54.:08:55.

blocks across Britain. Residents at Trellick Tower,

:08:56.:08:58.

who can see Grenfell Tower from their balconies,

:08:59.:09:01.

now have a constant and disturbing reminder of the risks

:09:02.:09:04.

of high-rise living. Mark Easton, BBC News, North

:09:05.:09:12.

Kensington. There were hundreds of people

:09:13.:09:17.

in the building when the fire started, and many families

:09:18.:09:19.

are waiting anxiously for news about their loved ones

:09:20.:09:21.

and posting notices locally The police warned today

:09:22.:09:23.

that they may never be able Our special correspondent

:09:24.:09:27.

Lucy Manning reports now on the families'

:09:28.:09:31.

search for relatives. You may find some of

:09:32.:09:33.

the details upsetting. Mohammed Hakim fears

:09:34.:09:38.

he's lost everyone - his mother, father, two

:09:39.:09:42.

brothers and sister. All his extended family

:09:43.:09:47.

supporting him now rushed to the fire when the calls

:09:48.:09:50.

of panic came. I spoke to her and the last few

:09:51.:09:54.

words she said to me was, "Please forgive me if I've said

:09:55.:09:58.

anything to upset you or hurt you. I don't think we're going to make it

:09:59.:10:01.

out of the building." They were supposed to be

:10:02.:10:05.

celebrating next month. His sister, Husna, was getting

:10:06.:10:07.

married, but the entire family And it was just heartbreaking,

:10:08.:10:11.

and then it just cut out. She was, like, we're not

:10:12.:10:24.

going to make it, we can't make it, I kept saying, try and put things

:10:25.:10:28.

under the door to stop the smoke coming in and get as low as you can

:10:29.:10:37.

and open the windows. Someone's going to come,

:10:38.:10:40.

call the Fire Brigade, do something. All I could hear was this crackling

:10:41.:10:44.

noise in the background, because the phone was still on,

:10:45.:10:48.

but she wasn't saying anything. I really need to find

:10:49.:10:53.

out where they are. The family stood helpless outside,

:10:54.:11:00.

unable to rescue them. This is the worst thing

:11:01.:11:05.

I remember in my life. He kept shouting, "Please,

:11:06.:11:08.

help us, get us out." He was saying Allah's

:11:09.:11:19.

name, and all this. Mohammed, it must be extremely

:11:20.:11:22.

difficult, just not knowing? Not losing one member of my family,

:11:23.:11:30.

but losing all five, I don't have my parents any more

:11:31.:11:32.

and you only get one set They are all gone, in the space

:11:33.:11:37.

of a couple of hours, after leaving their house,

:11:38.:11:43.

they are all gone. And no-one wants to give us any

:11:44.:11:46.

information about their whereabouts, if they are still within

:11:47.:11:49.

the building, or not. They still have hope,

:11:50.:11:53.

but feel bereft of help. Adel Chaoui is another relative deep

:11:54.:11:59.

in grief and frustration. Baby Leena Belkadi,

:12:00.:12:04.

just six months old, is missing, along with her mum,

:12:05.:12:07.

Farah, and her dad, Omar. They eventually found two

:12:08.:12:13.

of the baby's sisters in hospital. We cajoled and begged a nurse to go

:12:14.:12:17.

upstairs and after ten minutes, one of them offered to do

:12:18.:12:21.

so and came down and told us they had a child that

:12:22.:12:24.

matched the description, did we want to come

:12:25.:12:27.

up and have a look. We found one of the children

:12:28.:12:29.

there, the younger. My brother's looking around,

:12:30.:12:33.

and he's staring at another bed. And asks Farah's older

:12:34.:12:38.

sister to have a look. Farah's older sister says,

:12:39.:12:42.

"That's the other child, They were beds apart and nobody

:12:43.:12:47.

in authority was making any So many families here

:12:48.:12:52.

are looking, hoping, Throughout the day people living

:12:53.:13:00.

in this community have been expressing anger and frustration,

:13:01.:13:13.

demanding to know who would be held accountable for the tragedy,

:13:14.:13:17.

while the search for missing Our correspondent Fergus Walsh

:13:18.:13:22.

reports now on those still missing Hour by hour, the roll

:13:23.:13:27.

call of the missing Friends and relatives,

:13:28.:13:38.

desperate for information, have posted photos and messages

:13:39.:13:41.

on social media. Many children are among

:13:42.:13:46.

those unaccounted for. 11-year-old Fidoz Kadir

:13:47.:13:50.

and his 13-year-old brother Yaya lived on the 20th floor

:13:51.:13:54.

with their parents and Fatima, Mirna, and three-year-old

:13:55.:13:57.

Zainab Choucair also lived on the 20th floor of Grenfell Tower

:13:58.:14:05.

with their parents and grandmother. Birktee Haftam and her 12-year-old

:14:06.:14:08.

son Birup lived on the 18th floor. Relatives have said they have

:14:09.:14:18.

visited every hospital treating Zainab Dean lived on the 14th floor

:14:19.:14:21.

with her two-year-old son Jeremiah. She called her brother

:14:22.:14:30.

and said she had been told Mirania Ibrahim and her two

:14:31.:14:33.

daughters, five-year-old Fatiya and Hanya, who is three,

:14:34.:14:41.

were on the 23rd floor. The 30-year-old posted

:14:42.:14:45.

footage on social media from the smoke-filled landing before

:14:46.:14:48.

going back in her flat. Khadija Saye on the left

:14:49.:14:54.

is a 24-year-old photographer whose work is on show at the Venice

:14:55.:14:57.

Biennale. She lived on the 20th floor

:14:58.:15:00.

with her mother Mary Mendy. Gloria Trevisan, an architect,

:15:01.:15:04.

and her partner Marco They had only recently moved

:15:05.:15:10.

into a flat on the 23rd floor. They were unable to get out

:15:11.:15:16.

and called their relatives at 4am A family lawyer said there is no

:15:17.:15:19.

hope of finding them alive. More names, more faces

:15:20.:15:27.

are still to come. Behind every picture

:15:28.:15:30.

there is a family, friends and loved ones searching,

:15:31.:15:34.

hoping and in some And Fergus is at St Mary's

:15:35.:15:36.

hospital in Paddington now with an update for us on those

:15:37.:15:48.

who are being treated. Tonight I can tell you that 30

:15:49.:16:04.

patients are being treated across four hospitals. 15 of those are in

:16:05.:16:10.

critical care. All have been identified and their relatives are

:16:11.:16:14.

with them. The main injury that is being treated is from breathing in

:16:15.:16:19.

smoke. That can cause inflammation of the airwaves and in some cases it

:16:20.:16:23.

is so serious that the patients have been given a general anaesthetic and

:16:24.:16:28.

have been put into an induced medical coma and that gives time for

:16:29.:16:34.

their airwaves to heal. Another problem is carbon monoxide

:16:35.:16:39.

poisoning. Although that can be serious, by giving the page as

:16:40.:16:42.

oxygen, that can be successfully treated.

:16:43.:16:47.

There's an emergency number for anyone concerned

:16:48.:16:48.

The Metropolitan Police Casualty Bureau can be

:16:49.:16:55.

In North Kensington is our home editor Mark Easton. You have been

:16:56.:17:18.

talking to a lot of people today. The mood has changed during the day,

:17:19.:17:24.

how do you sense it? There is anger in the air and frustration right now

:17:25.:17:29.

at what many people see as a lack of organisation and coordination. There

:17:30.:17:33.

are people to night sleeping on the floor on mattresses in a local

:17:34.:17:38.

sports centre. The council says they have provided emergency, temporary

:17:39.:17:43.

accommodation to 79 households. They have focused on elderly people and

:17:44.:17:48.

families with young children. But there are hundreds by some

:17:49.:17:52.

estimates, thousands of people, who have been made homeless not only

:17:53.:17:55.

from the tower behind us but from other buildings that have had to be

:17:56.:18:01.

evacuated. We are being told by the emergency services that this tragedy

:18:02.:18:05.

is far from over. The harrowing job of going through the building and

:18:06.:18:11.

identifying the bodies will take not just days, but weeks. I think we can

:18:12.:18:16.

say that this story will be dominating our news and our politics

:18:17.:18:20.

and it will be providing a black backdrop to our lives going into the

:18:21.:18:26.

summer. Thank you for now. Maybe we will have another word before the

:18:27.:18:32.

end of the programme. Let's talk a little more about the government

:18:33.:18:36.

As we've heard, both Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn

:18:37.:18:39.

And at Westminster, MPs questioned the minister for policing

:18:40.:18:43.

and the Fire Service, Nick Hurd.

:18:44.:18:45.

He described what happened here as "a national tragedy".

:18:46.:18:47.

The Labour MP David Lammy - one of whose friends

:18:48.:18:50.

is still missing - called for a criminal investigation.

:18:51.:18:52.

Our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports

:18:53.:18:54.

The Prime Minister met firefighters who have given

:18:55.:19:04.

everything at Grenfell, but none of the families that have

:19:05.:19:07.

She met volunteers on the ground, but returning to Number 10,

:19:08.:19:14.

the focus today, getting help to those that need it.

:19:15.:19:17.

The Government stands ready to provide every assistance

:19:18.:19:20.

necessary to the emergency services and to the local authority.

:19:21.:19:24.

I know we've all heard absolutely heartbreaking,

:19:25.:19:27.

as I did this morning, heartbreaking stories of the people

:19:28.:19:30.

that were caught up in this terrible, terrible tragedy.

:19:31.:19:37.

The Labour leader was on hand in a local church, hearing fears...

:19:38.:19:42.

Somebody has to be held accountable, somebody has to be held responsible.

:19:43.:19:45.

We do not want this kicked into the long grass.

:19:46.:19:48.

We do not want the Government to hide this with some

:19:49.:19:50.

hollow platitudes that lessons will be learned.

:19:51.:19:52.

They knew. They knew that Grenfell was unsafe.

:19:53.:19:59.

We cannot allow people to live in a dangerous state,

:20:00.:20:05.

and that is a worry, but the resources have to be found

:20:06.:20:09.

and we will demand and make sure those resources are found.

:20:10.:20:15.

With worries for people who live in similar blocks

:20:16.:20:17.

and so much still unknown, MPs demanded a meeting

:20:18.:20:21.

When we talk about this as a tragedy, we're talking about it

:20:22.:20:26.

The truth is, it wasn't some natural disaster.

:20:27.:20:30.

We look to you both, as ministers, to leave no stone unturned

:20:31.:20:35.

in getting justice and getting to the bottom of this.

:20:36.:20:39.

It's really important that there is utter clarity today

:20:40.:20:42.

about whether people should stay in their flats in the event

:20:43.:20:46.

of another horrific fire, which could happen this afternoon,

:20:47.:20:49.

as we speak here, or whether they should leave.

:20:50.:20:59.

I would like to see the minister putting resources into the Fire

:21:00.:21:05.

Service to make sure they have the resources to do full inspections of

:21:06.:21:09.

all the other blocks across the country within the next week.

:21:10.:21:13.

The Government did promise all the survivors would get

:21:14.:21:15.

We have to act and think as if it was our friends,

:21:16.:21:19.

We have to have that emotional connection with what is going on,

:21:20.:21:23.

because there is no room for cool, detached, plodding bureaucracy.

:21:24.:21:26.

Yet only those that lost their beds, their homes and their loved ones

:21:27.:21:30.

We have heard already about anger, resentment and frustration directed

:21:31.:21:46.

at some authorities and government. How is that being seen at

:21:47.:21:52.

Westminster? At Westminster politicians are very well aware that

:21:53.:21:54.

kind of sentiment may develop very fast. The government has a very

:21:55.:22:01.

complicated to do less. The immediate priorities is making sure

:22:02.:22:06.

help is getting quickly to where it is needed most, release extra cash

:22:07.:22:09.

for the Council. Emergency funding has been put in place. Thirdly, the

:22:10.:22:14.

government has acted quickly to announce a full public enquiry and

:22:15.:22:19.

the Prime Minister wants that to get going without delay. But at

:22:20.:22:23.

Westminster there is a depressing sense that any inquiry beyond

:22:24.:22:27.

looking at the particularities of what actually happened is likely to

:22:28.:22:32.

reveal a picture of successive governments simply not prepared to

:22:33.:22:36.

put enough political effort, time or energy into making sure this kind of

:22:37.:22:42.

housing is up to scratch. Of course there are huge layers of

:22:43.:22:45.

regulations, there are different layers of accountability. Housing

:22:46.:22:50.

associations, the individual council before you get to central

:22:51.:22:53.

government, but in Westminster there is that sentiment that ultimately a

:22:54.:22:59.

picture will be painted that politicians have for a long time

:23:00.:23:02.

just not paid enough attention to this kind of issue. For any

:23:03.:23:06.

government this kind of big, national tragedy is required to deal

:23:07.:23:15.

with a huge sensitivity and nimbleness, but right now this is an

:23:16.:23:20.

extremely fragile government. The State Opening of Parliament is not

:23:21.:23:24.

under way and Theresa May is only just days after a bruising political

:23:25.:23:29.

defeat. So the complexity of a situation like this is a huge

:23:30.:23:32.

political risk for number ten in particular. While Theresa May's team

:23:33.:23:38.

believe she made the decision not to visit residents and families of the

:23:39.:23:42.

victims of this tragedy, they think they made those decisions for the

:23:43.:23:46.

right reasons, they did not want to get in the way, they wanted to allow

:23:47.:23:52.

the emergency effort to carry on not impeded and it is not her style to

:23:53.:23:56.

have television cameras trailing her every move, but with the mood is

:23:57.:24:01.

developing that decision could prove to be a miscalculation. Events like

:24:02.:24:06.

this can require real displays of empathy rather than just a

:24:07.:24:09.

concentration of getting on with the job. Many thanks. As Laura was

:24:10.:24:17.

saying, the government was saying the public enquiry will deal with

:24:18.:24:23.

all aspects of what happened and insists Downing Street completely

:24:24.:24:26.

understand the shock and anger felt by many people.

:24:27.:24:30.

There are many questions outstanding for the local authority,

:24:31.:24:32.

builders, and subcontractors, as well as the company that

:24:33.:24:34.

Our correspondent Tom Symonds reports on the investigations that

:24:35.:24:37.

will take place into the causes of the fire - and why

:24:38.:24:40.

Grenfell Tower showing its age a few years ago. It was built in the 1960s

:24:41.:24:51.

and recently it was refurbished. New cladding and windows were added,

:24:52.:24:55.

standard treatment given to tower is all over the country. So why this?

:24:56.:25:01.

How did it start? Why did it spread so fast? It is clear something went

:25:02.:25:07.

badly wrong. Colin Todd wrote the guidelines Council 's use when

:25:08.:25:09.

considering fire safety in tower blocks. I have been in fire safety

:25:10.:25:15.

for 41 years and never seen a fire of this nature in terms of speed of

:25:16.:25:22.

spread and extent of development. Investigators' first priority will

:25:23.:25:26.

be to find out how it managed to spread so quickly and without any

:25:27.:25:30.

containment. These are the plans for the renovation of the tower. They

:25:31.:25:35.

include cladding panels and insulation fixed to its walls, part

:25:36.:25:39.

of a system of components designed to contain any fire. The panels do

:25:40.:25:45.

not have to be completely fireproof, but the system is supposed to slow

:25:46.:25:53.

down the spread of flames. The aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire

:25:54.:25:55.

suggests the opposite happened. Harley facades is responsible for

:25:56.:26:00.

the cladding, its materials and is fitting. Was the work properly

:26:01.:26:05.

completed? The company says it is not aware of any link to the fire.

:26:06.:26:10.

Ride and manage the project and insists it met all the relevant

:26:11.:26:16.

safety standards. The Kensington and Chelsea management association

:26:17.:26:19.

manages the tower and it submitted a planning application which will be

:26:20.:26:24.

scrutinised closely. And the borough council owns the building. It agreed

:26:25.:26:28.

the planning application and was responsible for signing of the

:26:29.:26:32.

completed work. The council will be at the centre of various enquiries.

:26:33.:26:37.

All the companies involved face intense scrutiny of their work and

:26:38.:26:42.

of the specifications and which it was carried out. This is a family

:26:43.:26:47.

firm and the staff here are devastated over what happened, and

:26:48.:26:51.

they say they will work closely with the various investigations. The

:26:52.:26:55.

London Fire Brigade today used a drone to examine the wreckage and is

:26:56.:26:59.

leading those enquiries. Its teams will have to work out the cause of

:27:00.:27:04.

the fire. One theory among residents is that a faulty fridge was the

:27:05.:27:09.

spark. If there is evidence of arson or negligence, the police will step

:27:10.:27:13.

in and there is a possibility companies could be prosecuted for

:27:14.:27:17.

manslaughter. But the government's announcement of a public enquiry

:27:18.:27:23.

places the Grenfell Tower disaster alongside an event like

:27:24.:27:27.

Hillsborough. Then 96 died. Today the police said they hoped the

:27:28.:27:30.

number of lost lives would not reach three figures.

:27:31.:27:31.

The recently-appointed housing minister Alok Sharma has said

:27:32.:27:35.

the government's started talking to local authorities and housing

:27:36.:27:38.

associations about how they will ensure that the homes

:27:39.:27:40.

But there are still questions about how ministers have responded

:27:41.:27:44.

Our science editor David Shukman has been looking as some of the safety

:27:45.:27:51.

issues that have been raised in the past - and reports on the

:27:52.:27:54.

The London fire has triggered concern right across the country.

:27:55.:28:02.

In Belfast, fire safety leaflets are being handed out

:28:03.:28:05.

Suddenly there's intense scrutiny at every detail of the arrangements

:28:06.:28:11.

There are now questions about safety in all tower blocks,

:28:12.:28:18.

but with a particular focus on the ones that have been

:28:19.:28:20.

Experts point to fires like this one, in Southampton, in 2010,

:28:21.:28:25.

where two firefighters died, and where the installation

:28:26.:28:27.

of sprinklers might have made all the difference.

:28:28.:28:30.

People don't die in sprinkler buildings.

:28:31.:28:32.

A single death in a sprinkler building is a very, very rare event

:28:33.:28:36.

One of many tragic aspects of this tower block disaster is that

:28:37.:28:45.

for years experts have warned of the dangers of fire.

:28:46.:28:49.

Back in 2013, a coroner called for sprinklers to be fitted

:28:50.:28:52.

A fire in south London had killed six people,

:28:53.:28:59.

but the recommendation wasn't followed - and sprinklers

:29:00.:29:02.

are usually only installed in new buildings.

:29:03.:29:05.

Next, having just one staircase - like in Grenfell Tower -

:29:06.:29:08.

has repeatedly been criticised as a hazard, limiting the chance

:29:09.:29:11.

for people to escape and for firefighters to get in.

:29:12.:29:16.

And there have long been concerns about cladding -

:29:17.:29:19.

the panels fitted outside the buildings.

:29:20.:29:22.

These are usually metal with a layer of insulating material.

:29:23.:29:25.

Back in 1991, the rules about them were tightened,

:29:26.:29:29.

but regulations do not require that the panels should never burn.

:29:30.:29:32.

Some critics say the current system of testing them

:29:33.:29:36.

The cladding at Lakanal House in south London was judged to have

:29:37.:29:42.

It was hoped back then that out of this tragedy

:29:43.:29:49.

would come a turning point, leading to safer the conditions

:29:50.:29:52.

But promised reforms never happened and the lawyer who represented

:29:53.:29:59.

the victims' families says that this time the authorities must

:30:00.:30:01.

We don't want the same situation as in Lakanal House,

:30:02.:30:06.

where things dragged on and on and on and then it just

:30:07.:30:09.

fell off the public agenda and then the public enquiry didn't happen.

:30:10.:30:14.

It was only an inquest and then nobody listened.

:30:15.:30:17.

This time the government must listen, and maybe,

:30:18.:30:21.

as others have said, maybe heads need to roll too.

:30:22.:30:26.

Tonight in North London, a tower block, fitted with cladding

:30:27.:30:29.

by the same company, Rydon, that worked

:30:30.:30:32.

It said again today that it followed every building regulation.

:30:33.:30:37.

We don't know what the cladding is made of, but everybody now

:30:38.:30:43.

is concerned and very paranoid since what's happened

:30:44.:30:46.

We're worried about what is going to happen to us as well.

:30:47.:30:52.

Last night I couldn't sleep very well.

:30:53.:30:56.

I'm very shocked with my mum and my kids as well.

:30:57.:30:59.

It may be that the horror at Grenfell Tower will bring real

:31:00.:31:02.

change, but this involves challenges that will be expensive

:31:03.:31:04.

Among them, getting more money to local councils,

:31:05.:31:11.

reviewing how towers are renovated, and overhauling the

:31:12.:31:13.

As we've heard, the government has said every family

:31:14.:31:21.

from Grenfell Tower will be rehoused in the local area.

:31:22.:31:24.

In the meantime, former residents have been staying in hotels

:31:25.:31:27.

and in emergency accommodation at a sports centre.

:31:28.:31:33.

Local churches have been offering food, drink and clothing,

:31:34.:31:35.

but community groups say that so much has been given that people

:31:36.:31:38.

should donate only if they see appeals for specific items.

:31:39.:31:43.

Our correspondent Elaine Dunkley has the latest

:31:44.:31:44.

From all over the country, donations are arriving -

:31:45.:31:54.

Many have not slept since the fire destroyed homes.

:31:55.:32:03.

We are working under an umbrella of humanity,

:32:04.:32:06.

so that communities do come together.

:32:07.:32:11.

There were Muslim people donating to churches,

:32:12.:32:13.

It's just a network of not races, not colours, not anything,

:32:14.:32:25.

Many people felt helpless as they watched the tower block on fire.

:32:26.:32:33.

Donating food and clothes is helping this community heal.

:32:34.:32:37.

I lived in New York when the towers came down.

:32:38.:32:40.

Just, generally, you want to help, you want to do whatever you can.

:32:41.:32:49.

But as well as generosity, there is frustration that food

:32:50.:32:52.

and clothes are being left on the street.

:32:53.:32:55.

We're trying to create a central base here.

:32:56.:32:58.

He's organised a sorting facility to take collections.

:32:59.:33:04.

We don't want any bags left on the street that's been sent

:33:05.:33:08.

I don't think people need to send so much stuff any more.

:33:09.:33:13.

But people need to support the community in whatever

:33:14.:33:15.

In the midst of this horror and destruction,

:33:16.:33:20.

There's a bit of upliftment, a bit of seeing that we have a lot

:33:21.:33:27.

Clothes are going here, food only is going there.

:33:28.:33:40.

As more boxes arrive, those who are trying to help

:33:41.:33:42.

are feeling overwhelmed and say the council could do more

:33:43.:33:45.

to organise collections, volunteers and storage.

:33:46.:33:50.

But I've got to say, the council sort of dragged their feet a lot.

:33:51.:33:55.

We've just come to help, and there hasn't been

:33:56.:33:59.

any contingency plans, there hasn't been any strategies.

:34:00.:34:01.

I've got a week off, and I've just given my time

:34:02.:34:04.

But there are so many people here, and I'm just waiting for somebody

:34:05.:34:08.

The local authority says it is trying to manage donations,

:34:09.:34:15.

but says the priority is finding homes for vulnerable families.

:34:16.:34:19.

How do you respond to the criticism from people around here

:34:20.:34:22.

that the council hasn't done enough to help?

:34:23.:34:25.

Well, I'm sorry there is that criticism.

:34:26.:34:27.

In fact, we were very quick to set up three emergency

:34:28.:34:30.

They are staffed by council staff, who have expertise in looking

:34:31.:34:34.

after younger people, older people with particular

:34:35.:34:37.

Tonight, most residents are in temporary accommodation.

:34:38.:34:43.

For now, there are enough provisions.

:34:44.:34:45.

What people need is a roof over their heads.

:34:46.:34:54.

Every few minutes you will see an act of kindness here, despite the

:34:55.:34:59.

anger and despite the despair. People haven't just been donating

:35:00.:35:03.

boxes of food and clothing. People have also been offering emotional

:35:04.:35:07.

support, whether that's giving someone a hug, all holding someone's

:35:08.:35:11.

hand. Earlier this evening hundreds of residents attended vigil and all

:35:12.:35:15.

day today, people have been coming along to this wall to leave

:35:16.:35:18.

messages. There are also flowers on the floor. Every bit of space on

:35:19.:35:27.

this wall, there's a message to a loved one more to the people on this

:35:28.:35:30.

community. The writing on this wall is in so many different languages

:35:31.:35:32.

and that very much reflects the multicultural nature of this area.

:35:33.:35:34.

Many different people from different faiths and different backgrounds

:35:35.:35:37.

coming together to express their grief. They've had to put up more

:35:38.:35:40.

boards. This now stretches all the way around the building and also

:35:41.:35:44.

along the fence, so people can leave tributes here. This area has now

:35:45.:35:48.

become a shrine to a community trying to stay strong.

:35:49.:35:55.

Elaine Dunkley forums with the latest on the tributes that are

:35:56.:35:59.

being left in the streets around this area in North Kensington. A

:36:00.:36:05.

little later we'll be talking about the exceptional work of the

:36:06.:36:09.

firefighters in this area over the past 48 hours. That's in a few

:36:10.:36:13.

minutes' time but now let's join Clive for the rest of the day's

:36:14.:36:14.

news. Well, the annual Mansion House

:36:15.:36:18.

dinner in the City of London, which was due to take place this

:36:19.:36:21.

evening, has been cancelled as a result

:36:22.:36:24.

of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The organisers made the decision

:36:25.:36:26.

shortly after the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, withdrew

:36:27.:36:28.

from the event where he was expected to offer reassurances to businesses

:36:29.:36:30.

worried about the impact of Brexit. The Treasury says the Chancellor

:36:31.:36:33.

will address those issues at what it called a suitable time

:36:34.:36:36.

in the near future. Our Economics Editor Kamal Ahmed

:36:37.:36:38.

is here and, Kamal, we were expecting a significant

:36:39.:36:41.

intervention from the Chancellor We were, but understandably the

:36:42.:36:51.

normal run of news events has been postponed, given the events of the

:36:52.:36:56.

last two days. But as you say the Treasury say the speech will happen,

:36:57.:36:59.

when it's appropriate. And as you say as well, it was going to be a

:37:00.:37:03.

speech which may be revealed a slightly softer tone towards the

:37:04.:37:07.

whole Brexit negotiations than the tone we heard before the referendum.

:37:08.:37:11.

We are told the Brexit negotiations will start on Monday, despite the

:37:12.:37:18.

events of the last 48 hours, so those negotiations will begin. I'm

:37:19.:37:22.

sure that Mr Hammond will make his speech in the next few days. Two

:37:23.:37:26.

significant announcements were made today about the economy. Firstly,

:37:27.:37:34.

that retail sales have slowed to their lowest level for four years,

:37:35.:37:38.

which shows that income squeezed that people have been suffering

:37:39.:37:41.

because of higher inflation is really with this. One other

:37:42.:37:47.

significant moment is that the Bank, although it has held interest rates

:37:48.:37:50.

at the historic low levels that they've been up since the financial

:37:51.:37:55.

crisis, it was the closest votes raising those interest rates that

:37:56.:38:00.

we've had in ten years. Just 5-3 votes, very close, the suggestion

:38:01.:38:03.

being that interest rate rises because of rising inflation could be

:38:04.:38:08.

coming. Any rise will be limited and gradual, but the Bank is signalling

:38:09.:38:12.

those historic low interest rates could be coming to an end. Kamal

:38:13.:38:14.

Ahmed, many thanks. Theresa May has been

:38:15.:38:17.

meeting the main political parties of Northern Ireland

:38:18.:38:19.

at Downing Street to try to reassure them that a proposed deal

:38:20.:38:22.

between the Conservatives and the Democratic Unionists

:38:23.:38:24.

wouldn't affect the prospects of The Prime Minister hopes to secure

:38:25.:38:26.

the support of the DUP to give her government a working

:38:27.:38:31.

majority in Parliament, but critics have warned any deal

:38:32.:38:34.

could create a conflict of interest as the Good Friday Agreement commits

:38:35.:38:38.

the British government to demonstrate "rigorous

:38:39.:38:40.

impartiality" in its dealings The owner of British Airways, IAG,

:38:41.:38:42.

has said last month's computer failure which caused passenger chaos

:38:43.:38:51.

will cost the company More than 700 flights were cancelled

:38:52.:39:05.

over three days. The Chief Executive, Willie Walsh, told the

:39:06.:39:09.

firm's annual general meeting it had been a dreadful experience for

:39:10.:39:10.

customers. A drug that can extend the life

:39:11.:39:14.

of patients with breast cancer, has been approved for use

:39:15.:39:17.

on the NHS in England. Kadcyla had been deemed too

:39:18.:39:19.

expensive, but now an agreement has been reached with the manufacturer

:39:20.:39:22.

Roche, which the NHS says provides "a good deal"

:39:23.:39:24.

for patients and taxpayers. Now, let's rejoin

:39:25.:39:29.

Huw in West London. Throughout the day more

:39:30.:39:35.

accounts have been shared of the exceptional bravery,

:39:36.:39:37.

and stories of extraordinary More than 200 firefighters

:39:38.:39:42.

tackled the fire yesterday, entering the building

:39:43.:39:45.

when it was still burning as they tried to help

:39:46.:39:47.

those who were trapped. They're now involved

:39:48.:39:50.

in the recovery operation. Tonight, we've spotted one or two

:39:51.:40:01.

firefighters in the building as we speak.

:40:02.:40:03.

Our correspondent Sarah Campbell reports on the firefighters

:40:04.:40:05.

and the impact this fire has had on them.

:40:06.:40:07.

It is impossible to imagine how anyone would willingly run

:40:08.:40:14.

into this, but that is exactly what more than 200 firefighters did.

:40:15.:40:20.

The main thing with this building on the night was the speed the fire

:40:21.:40:24.

moved from the bottom up to the top and the thick black smoke

:40:25.:40:27.

that filled the air, that filled the building.

:40:28.:40:31.

We have also got people, quite rightly, trying to get out

:40:32.:40:36.

of the building quickly as we were trying to get in.

:40:37.:40:38.

I have never seen a fire on this scale in my whole career, no.

:40:39.:40:44.

I have seen lots of fires in the London Fire Brigade

:40:45.:40:46.

Exhausted, having spent hours tackling a fire which has been

:40:47.:40:50.

described as unprecedented in its scale, and the work

:40:51.:40:53.

Now comes the task of making the building safe enough to allow

:40:54.:40:59.

You have had a chance to speak to some of those involved.

:41:00.:41:05.

How are they doing if not physically but mentally?

:41:06.:41:08.

I have spoken to quite a few people, they are OK.

:41:09.:41:11.

The main thing is they are tired, but they are so keen to ensure

:41:12.:41:14.

They were on duty again, a lot of them were on duty last night,

:41:15.:41:23.

some of them will be on duty tonight, and they want to come back.

:41:24.:41:26.

Thankfully only a handful of firefighters received

:41:27.:41:30.

The mental scars from what they saw and heard may take longer to heal.

:41:31.:41:37.

People have coping mechanisms in all sorts of ways and the most

:41:38.:41:40.

obvious one is the support of your colleagues who have been

:41:41.:41:43.

But clearly the scale of this and the sort of horrors that people

:41:44.:41:48.

have seen means that they will need to be watched and they will need

:41:49.:41:53.

to be supported and that will need professional support.

:41:54.:41:56.

There is anger here with many local people feeling let

:41:57.:41:59.

down by the authorities, but there is thanks too for those

:42:00.:42:02.

willing to put their lives on the line to save others.

:42:03.:42:06.

They went in to try and save people in that.

:42:07.:42:14.

Our correspondent Sarah Campbell reporting there.

:42:15.:42:29.

Reporting on the exceptional courage and firefighters of the past 48

:42:30.:42:36.

hours. Mark Easton is with me. Throughout the day people beginning

:42:37.:42:40.

to look at precisely what the technical requirements are buildings

:42:41.:42:46.

and asking very searching questions about how this could have happened.

:42:47.:42:51.

Indeed, the more we learn, the more questions there seem to be. Not

:42:52.:42:55.

least, here we are in one of the richest boroughs in one of the

:42:56.:42:58.

richest cities in one of the richest countries in the world and yet

:42:59.:43:02.

hundreds of people are housed in a tower block that cannot withstand a

:43:03.:43:08.

small fire in one person's flat. And of course it's hugely important that

:43:09.:43:12.

a building like that is there. It's supposed to be building regulations,

:43:13.:43:15.

there are supposed to be housing regulations. We believed those would

:43:16.:43:19.

be enough to keep people safe and the kind of people who are housed in

:43:20.:43:23.

the often vulnerable. They are people with disabilities, elderly

:43:24.:43:26.

people, families with babies and young children. We look to our local

:43:27.:43:30.

authorities and other agencies to ensure that those people are kept

:43:31.:43:34.

safe and that no corners are cut. And I think people are asking

:43:35.:43:41.

questions now, can it be that that safety was perhaps compromised in a

:43:42.:43:46.

drive for efficiency, for savings, for cutting red tape? Those are the

:43:47.:43:49.

questions the community is asking now, and I think they'll still be

:43:50.:43:53.

asking those questions in the days, the month and quite probably the

:43:54.:44:00.

years to come. Mark Easton, our home editor. That's all from West London,

:44:01.:44:03.

from North Kensington tonight. There's more coverage for you on the

:44:04.:44:08.

BBC News Channel and on BBC News online, constantly updated

:44:09.:44:12.

throughout the night as well. Here on BBC One it's time

:44:13.:44:13.

Download Subtitles

SRT

ASS