:00:00. > :00:00.Tonight at Ten: After days of mounting pressure,
:00:00. > :00:07.the leader of the West London council responsible
:00:08. > :00:15.Were you pressured by Number Ten to resign?
:00:16. > :00:16.Nicholas Paget-Brown, from Kensington and Chelsea,
:00:17. > :00:19.said the scale of the tragedy inevitably meant the borough
:00:20. > :00:24.As council leader I have to accept my share of responsibility
:00:25. > :00:31.Documents obtained by the BBC suggest cladding
:00:32. > :00:34.fitted to Grenfell Tower during its refurbishment was changed
:00:35. > :00:39.Meanwhile, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn puts pressure
:00:40. > :00:43.on the Prime Minister to speed up the public inquiry into the tragedy
:00:44. > :00:50.A coroner says the presence of lifeguards on Camber Sands
:00:51. > :00:54.might not have prevented the deaths of seven men last summer.
:00:55. > :00:58.Several people, including doctors, are reportedly shot this evening
:00:59. > :01:03.And the Tour de France starts tomorrow, with
:01:04. > :01:09.Britain's Chris Froome seeking a fourth win in five years.
:01:10. > :01:12.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, the British and Irish Lions
:01:13. > :01:16.have been told they need to man up if they are to beat the All Blacks
:01:17. > :01:38.in the second Test and keep the series alive in New Zealand.
:01:39. > :01:41.The leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council,
:01:42. > :01:43.Nicholas Paget-Brown, has announced that
:01:44. > :01:47.he's standing down - after days of mounting criticism
:01:48. > :01:50.of the authority's response to the Grenfell Tower fire.
:01:51. > :01:52.It was rebuked by Downing Street after a decision last night
:01:53. > :01:55.to abort a public meeting - and there's been further
:01:56. > :01:58.evidence that cost-cutting resulted in a downgrading
:01:59. > :02:04.In his statement, Mr Paget-Brown said he had to accept responsibility
:02:05. > :02:08.for what he called "perceived" failings after the tragedy -
:02:09. > :02:10.which has claimed, according to police, at least 80 lives.
:02:11. > :02:16.Here's our home affairs correspondent, Tom Symonds.
:02:17. > :02:18.Were you pressured by No 10 to resign?
:02:19. > :02:22.He was the leader criticised with failing to cope
:02:23. > :02:29.His council quickly lost the confidence
:02:30. > :02:38.Two weeks ago, his Council offices were invaded.
:02:39. > :02:40.And last night, he couldn't even hold a council meeting
:02:41. > :02:43.after deciding that it wasn't possible to speak freely because
:02:44. > :02:50.In particular, my decision to accept legal advice that I should not
:02:51. > :02:52.compromise the public enquiry by having an open discussion
:02:53. > :02:58.in public yesterday, has itself become a political story.
:02:59. > :03:01.And it cannot be right that this should have become the focus
:03:02. > :03:05.of attention when so many are dead or still unaccounted for.
:03:06. > :03:09.And this was the reaction to his resignation.
:03:10. > :03:12.It is good news because there needs to be big changes made
:03:13. > :03:15.in the council and this is at least a start.
:03:16. > :03:19.Mr Paget-Brown claims no council could have coped with this.
:03:20. > :03:22.He thanks the community for its response, the emergency
:03:23. > :03:25.services, other London boroughs, but not the government.
:03:26. > :03:30.His deputy and his housing chiefs have also gone.
:03:31. > :03:35.Investigations by the BBC and The Times newspaper
:03:36. > :03:37.into the decisions made when the council refurbished
:03:38. > :03:38.Grenfell Tower added to the pressure.
:03:39. > :03:41.The big change was the addition of aluminium cladding panels
:03:42. > :03:48.Documents passed to the BBC revealed that zinc panels were originally
:03:49. > :03:55.In 2012, the architects' designs showed this clearly.
:03:56. > :03:58.Residents were told it would be zinc.
:03:59. > :04:00.But there was pressure from the council on contractors
:04:01. > :04:06.By 2015, they had been given amendments to the original tender
:04:07. > :04:10.and told to fit aluminium cladding instead of zinc.
:04:11. > :04:19.So did the change make a difference to fire safety?
:04:20. > :04:23.Well, this panel is similar to the ones that were eventually used.
:04:24. > :04:26.It's an aluminium sandwich with a plastic filling,
:04:27. > :04:31.The original zinc panels were marketed as capable
:04:32. > :04:39.Both panels have the same safety rating under European tests.
:04:40. > :04:41.But one expert has told us there are circumstances
:04:42. > :04:45.where the cheaper material would have burned faster.
:04:46. > :04:48.However, even the fact that there was pressure to cut costs
:04:49. > :04:52.has infuriated those affected by the fire.
:04:53. > :04:57.Those affected and the wider community are utterly sick of this
:04:58. > :05:02.lack of value ascribed to human beings who pay their council tax,
:05:03. > :05:09.Meanwhile, cladding from 149 tower blocks has now
:05:10. > :05:17.The whole process has been criticised as
:05:18. > :05:20.the cladding is being tested, not for example, installation,
:05:21. > :05:31.It is very critical at the beginning to do these screening tests,
:05:32. > :05:34.just to see whether there is a risk or not.
:05:35. > :05:36.Whether buildings have this flammable cladding or not.
:05:37. > :05:39.Many do, so now the question is, what do we do about it?
:05:40. > :05:41.And are there other risks that might happen as a consequence
:05:42. > :05:44.or are there other things we need to consider?
:05:45. > :05:51.Resignations, a crisis in social housing, a police investigation,
:05:52. > :05:53.a public enquiry, unimaginable loss of life.
:05:54. > :05:59.Let's talk to our political correspondent, Iain Watson,
:06:00. > :06:12.Despite Mr Paget-Brown going, the opposition is keeping up the
:06:13. > :06:16.pressure. That's right. Despite the Kensington leader's resignation this
:06:17. > :06:19.evening, he seems to have lost the confidence of government ministers
:06:20. > :06:23.as well as the local community, the opposition do not want this to draw
:06:24. > :06:27.a political line under the crisis. So Labour's London Mayor Sadiq Khan
:06:28. > :06:29.is effectively calling for the whole Conservative Administration of
:06:30. > :06:34.Kensington to be sacked. He wants the council to be run by
:06:35. > :06:37.commissioners. These are usually experts and senior officials. But
:06:38. > :06:41.for Jeremy Corbyn, the main target isn't so much the council, its
:06:42. > :06:45.Theresa May. In a letter the Prime Minister this evening he worries the
:06:46. > :06:49.public enquiry she announced will have narrow a remit and some of the
:06:50. > :06:52.wider concerns the residents have will be simply overlooked. He also
:06:53. > :06:56.wants to see an interim report into the crisis produced by September at
:06:57. > :06:58.the latest and throughout this letter you get the impression he
:06:59. > :07:03.wants to push the government just one step beyond where they feel
:07:04. > :07:06.comfortable going, to try to seize the initiative. Tonight, Downing
:07:07. > :07:10.Street say they can reassure residents their voices will be heard
:07:11. > :07:12.throughout the public enquiry. Iain Watson, many thanks.
:07:13. > :07:15.The families of five friends from London who drowned off
:07:16. > :07:17.Camber Sands in Sussex last summer have demanded to know
:07:18. > :07:19.why no lifeguards were deployed on the beach.
:07:20. > :07:23.The five died just a month after two other men drowned in the same area.
:07:24. > :07:26.Lifeguards were introduced at Camber soon afterwards.
:07:27. > :07:29.A coroner concluded that all seven deaths were due to misadventure.
:07:30. > :07:36.It's the beach where generations of families have made
:07:37. > :07:44.A place where happy memories are created.
:07:45. > :07:49.But for Kobi Saththiyanathan, his brother Ken, Nitharsan Ravi,
:07:50. > :07:53.Inthushan Sriskantharasa, and Gurushanth Srithavarajah, it
:07:54. > :08:00.Tonight the men's families rejected the coroner's findings that
:08:01. > :08:07.them. Their anger, matched by their anguish.
:08:08. > :08:10.They didn't make any attempt to find those boys.
:08:11. > :08:22.And even then my brother was found by the public.
:08:23. > :08:27.Even all the other boys were found by the public, not by the staff.
:08:28. > :08:31.The families also said Rother Council, which runs Camber Sands,
:08:32. > :08:33.had been wrong to suggest people from ethnic minorities
:08:34. > :08:40.That's why we're fighting, to change something.
:08:41. > :08:55.Not for us, because my son will never come back to us.
:08:56. > :08:57.Saththiyanatnan, the father of the two brothers,
:08:58. > :09:00.Kobi and Ken who died, said his children were being blamed
:09:01. > :09:09.This is the moment it became clear the five men had drowned.
:09:10. > :09:11.Rother Council said it hadn't put in lifegaurds,
:09:12. > :09:13.partly because it didn't have the money but did have
:09:14. > :09:18.Tonight the council was asked why it hadn't yet
:09:19. > :09:24.The council has made it clear that they send
:09:25. > :09:33.We do not wish to see that happen again on any of our beaches.
:09:34. > :09:37.The coroner has taken away a lot of information from this and will be
:09:38. > :09:42.Dr Simon Boxall is an expert in oceanography.
:09:43. > :09:45.He says the five men who died were most probably caught by strong
:09:46. > :09:52.Dr Boxall also said that sea temperatures on this stretch
:09:53. > :09:56.of coast at this time of year could be as much as 12 degrees
:09:57. > :10:00.He said it was likely the men entered the water
:10:01. > :10:07.Just a month earlier, on the same beach, Mohit Dupar
:10:08. > :10:11.and Gustavo Silva Da Cruz also drowned.
:10:12. > :10:13.For the family of all the men who died in this unprecedented
:10:14. > :10:17.sequence of beach tragedies, there is bewilderment about how this
:10:18. > :10:23.could happen in such a benign, relaxed and familiar setting.
:10:24. > :10:31.In New York, several people - including at least three doctors -
:10:32. > :10:33.are believed to have been wounded after shots were fired
:10:34. > :10:48.Police say the suspect barricaded himself inside New York City's Bronx
:10:49. > :10:51.They swarmed the building in search of him, and say he's now dead.
:10:52. > :10:55.We can go to our correspondent in New York, Nada Tawfik.
:10:56. > :11:03.What more do we know about what has happened? Media reports have
:11:04. > :11:07.identified the shooter as Doctor Henry Bello, a 45-year-old male, who
:11:08. > :11:11.was a former employee of Bronx Lebanon Hospital. This afternoon he
:11:12. > :11:16.walked into the hospital just north of here New York's Borough of the
:11:17. > :11:28.Bronx, with an assault rifle concealed under his white doctor's
:11:29. > :11:40.code. From there he went on the 16th floor, where he fired several
:11:41. > :11:46.rounds, injured five or six people, some doctors on duty. We don't know
:11:47. > :11:49.the conditions of those people. A Fire Department official said one
:11:50. > :11:53.doctor was treated with a fire hose used as a tourniquet. Another said
:11:54. > :11:58.the public barricaded themselves in rooms. The NYPD has confirmed the
:11:59. > :12:01.shooter is dead, after taking his own life. It's unclear what his
:12:02. > :12:05.motive was. New York is one of the few states in the country that has a
:12:06. > :12:08.ban on assault rifles like these. Thank you.
:12:09. > :12:11.Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of one of the victims
:12:12. > :12:14.Coronation Street stars joined mourners in Stockport at the funeral
:12:15. > :12:17.of Martyn Hett, who was a huge fan of the soap.
:12:18. > :12:22.Martyn Hett loved to make an entrance.
:12:23. > :12:25.At 29, he'd planned his own funeral, with two white horses
:12:26. > :12:34.His family took a moment for private grief, before
:12:35. > :12:41.a very public celebration for the extrovert blogger.
:12:42. > :12:44.We have received messages from all around the world
:12:45. > :12:46.from people who followed Martyn, just waiting for his
:12:47. > :12:57.Martyn loved being in the limelight, and the centre of attention.
:12:58. > :12:59.He will be loving every minute of this fantastic
:13:00. > :13:18.Hello, and welcome to the Ten O'Clock News,
:13:19. > :13:20.I absolutely adore Coronation Street...
:13:21. > :13:22.Martyn's family played this film, including a tribute
:13:23. > :13:24.to his love of Corrie, and his favourite character.
:13:25. > :13:27.Some of the cast were there to celebrate their superfan,
:13:28. > :13:31.I love you, and I'm so happy that we got a chance to meet.
:13:32. > :13:34.And I know that you're shining down on us from heaven.
:13:35. > :13:37.Me and my group of friends and everyone at Radio One
:13:38. > :13:39.were always commenting on how funny, how sharp and how hilarious Martyn
:13:40. > :13:45.The service was beamed to the crowd outside.
:13:46. > :13:50.The impact of the Manchester attack still felt here.
:13:51. > :13:54.Martyn was really the complete opposite of the person
:13:55. > :14:02.He just swallowed it all up, all that hate and anger,
:14:03. > :14:08.and his star is shining bright for us all to see and remember.
:14:09. > :14:15.Martyn's mum said she wanted him to make a diva exit, and so he did.
:14:16. > :14:17.Applauded by his family, his friends, his audience.
:14:18. > :14:26.In Merseyside, mourners lined the streets to pay their final
:14:27. > :14:28.respects to 15-year-old Megan Hurley, who also died
:14:29. > :14:36.Her family asked for privacy at today's service, where the bells
:14:37. > :14:38.of St Nicholas Church in Halewood rang 22 times for the
:14:39. > :14:42.People were encouraged to wear Megan's favourite colour,
:14:43. > :14:52.The Iraqi army says it will announce the recapture of Mosul
:14:53. > :14:54.from so-called Islamic State within the next few days.
:14:55. > :14:57.But for the moment fighting remains fierce and the situation
:14:58. > :14:59.for civilians still trapped in the Old City
:15:00. > :15:02.Our correspondent, Nafiseh Kohnavard, has travelled
:15:03. > :15:05.to Mosul and spoken to families who've fled the fighting,
:15:06. > :15:17.After nine months of fighting, there is now celebrations.
:15:18. > :15:20.The Iraqi flag raised over what is left of the historic Al-Nuri Mosque
:15:21. > :15:23.where the leader of the so-called Islamic State once declared himself
:15:24. > :15:33.The security forces are close to pushing out the militants
:15:34. > :15:44.Just 500m away from us in this direction,
:15:45. > :15:50.occupy is getting smaller and as this happens,
:15:51. > :15:56.rescuing trapped civilians becomes extremely challenging.
:15:57. > :15:59.This is one group that managed to find safety.
:16:00. > :16:05.These children were held as human shields by IS.
:16:06. > :16:07.Most of them were living in an orphanage but the militants
:16:08. > :16:11.moved them closer to where the fighting was taking place.
:16:12. > :16:31.Transported here as IS occupied their villages.
:16:32. > :17:08.The Iraqi forces are now moving them out of the Old City.
:17:09. > :17:11.The children are now being looked after by aid workers
:17:12. > :17:26.They will be safe but like so many here, the future remains uncertain.
:17:27. > :17:32.Thousands of British students who fail to get places in medical
:17:33. > :17:34.school here, are heading to Eastern Europe to train to be
:17:35. > :17:38.Research done by BBC News suggests there's been an increase
:17:39. > :17:40.in the numbers of students going to places like
:17:41. > :17:46.That's partly because of the limited places at universities here.
:17:47. > :17:49.There are 7,600 places available each year in the UK to study
:17:50. > :17:52.medicine but competition is fierce, as there are about 14,500
:17:53. > :17:58.And this at a time when we're facing a shortage of doctors.
:17:59. > :18:03.Our Health Editor, Hugh Pym, reports from Varna in Bulgaria.
:18:04. > :18:05.They're so keen to study medicine, they've come a long way
:18:06. > :18:10.These British students are at the University
:18:11. > :18:11.of Varna in Bulgaria, because it was difficult
:18:12. > :18:22.One of them is Zahara, a mature student who is a mother of four.
:18:23. > :18:25.She's frustrated she was turned down by a British medical school
:18:26. > :18:30.They were thinking it's going to be like, I'm
:18:31. > :18:34.going to leave in the middle or something like that.
:18:35. > :18:39.So actually I was very disappointed and very upset.
:18:40. > :18:42.So I thought, like, there's no need to waste my time here in the UK,
:18:43. > :18:45.and try to convince them or impress them with my grades
:18:46. > :18:55.They do need to learn Bulgarian to talk to patients.
:18:56. > :19:06.Shahswar, from West London, explains that competition
:19:07. > :19:08.for places at British medical schools is intense.
:19:09. > :19:13.So to pursue his dream of becoming a neurosurgeon,
:19:14. > :19:20.We have Ph.D students and Master's students
:19:21. > :19:23.who are applying for the same places as you are applying to.
:19:24. > :19:28.And we have a lot of people get rejected, a lot of good
:19:29. > :19:32.There are 250 British medical and dental students in Varna,
:19:33. > :19:42.Living costs are cheaper, and tuition fees lower than in England.
:19:43. > :19:45.But I asked the university vice-rector how she could be sure
:19:46. > :19:48.British students were up to doing medicine if they hadn't got
:19:49. > :19:54.Those who approach the university are highly motivated young British
:19:55. > :19:59.people who are very much willing to study medicine.
:20:00. > :20:01.And we pass them through our system for admission.
:20:02. > :20:06.They need to sit for entry exams in biology and chemistry.
:20:07. > :20:08.There's nothing new about British medical students wanting
:20:09. > :20:13.What we've discovered is that there has been a noticeable
:20:14. > :20:16.increase in the numbers going to medical schools
:20:17. > :20:19.in Romania, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Croatia,
:20:20. > :20:27.They're being promoted around the UK at events like this.
:20:28. > :20:30.An agent charging a fee helps with the application process,
:20:31. > :20:35.and says those without A grades at A-level can still get in.
:20:36. > :20:40.Some universities might be actually a bit more, a little flexible,
:20:41. > :20:43.and might go for something lower like a C or something like that.
:20:44. > :20:45.But, these people they need to go through some exams.
:20:46. > :20:48.But you could get a place, could you, with Bs and Cs?
:20:49. > :20:54.Doctors qualifying at an EU medical school are automatically
:20:55. > :21:06.But the regulator, the General Medical Council, says things might
:21:07. > :21:08.change after Brexit, with extra tests imposed.
:21:09. > :21:11.At a time when new doctors are badly needed, these students say they'll
:21:12. > :21:13.do whatever it takes to work in the NHS.
:21:14. > :21:20.A review of the main sex offender treatment programme -
:21:21. > :21:23.which was used in England and Wales until very recently -
:21:24. > :21:28.has concluded that it failed to cut re-offending,
:21:29. > :21:30.and, if anything, made prisoners more likely to commit
:21:31. > :21:34.The study found that the group therapy sessions may have
:21:35. > :21:46.Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather
:21:47. > :21:47.in the Canadian capital, Ottawa, tomorrow to celebrate
:21:48. > :21:51.It's a nation that thrives on diversity and which welcomes tens
:21:52. > :21:54.of thousands of refugees every year but not everyone is celebrating
:21:55. > :21:55.the country's milestone, as our chief correspondent
:21:56. > :22:18.The start of a long weekend party. Canada has begun celebrating its
:22:19. > :22:26.150th birthday. Millions of people expected to celebrate a young
:22:27. > :22:31.country that unexpectly roots its identity in multiculturalism. Canada
:22:32. > :22:36.means home, but it means diversity. We're accepting everyone here.
:22:37. > :22:41.Diverts of different minds, sex, everything. Why do the celebrations
:22:42. > :22:48.matter? Canada finds itself in the spotlight, astride one of the great
:22:49. > :22:51.fault lines at the moment. Its Prime Minister, Justin Trudeux troou has
:22:52. > :22:55.become a standard bearer for Liberalism in stark contrast to his
:22:56. > :22:59.neighbour to the South, Donald Trump. Justin Trudeux made point of
:23:00. > :23:11.going to the airport, with warm clothing, to welcome Syrian
:23:12. > :23:17.refugees. A school gate in Toronto. This couple picking up their
:23:18. > :23:23.children once fleed Homs in Syria. The mother is at college and the
:23:24. > :23:30.father is a taxi driver. They want to feel Canadian as soon as possible
:23:31. > :23:39.Somebody asks me - do you like Canada? I tell them it is the best.
:23:40. > :23:43.My neighbours, the street, anywhere, they ask is where we are from.
:23:44. > :23:46.And they have offered, if we want help.
:23:47. > :23:48.But Canada cannot escape the scars of its past.
:23:49. > :23:50.These are the lands of the Iroquois, building
:23:51. > :23:54.Some indigenous groups, native Canadians, are boycotting
:23:55. > :23:59.For many, the past 150 years have seen lands taken
:24:00. > :24:07.We were here, we look back further than 150 years.
:24:08. > :24:12.Because we have been here for thousands of years.
:24:13. > :24:13.And you think Canadians are celebrating, well,
:24:14. > :24:15.not everybody who lives in this country is celebrating
:24:16. > :24:22.And then there's the British connection.
:24:23. > :24:25.Today, Prince Charles was in the small town of Wellington
:24:26. > :24:33.One day, if things remain as they are, he will be
:24:34. > :24:38.Many in the crowd want to retain the British ties but elsewhere,
:24:39. > :24:42.At this anniversary, Canadians are celebrating their history
:24:43. > :24:48.They seem on a different path to their friend
:24:49. > :24:53.and neighbour to the south, the United States.
:24:54. > :24:56.It may prompt Canada to be assertive in promoting its own identity.
:24:57. > :25:03.Andy Murray will begin his defence of his Wimbledon title
:25:04. > :25:06.against a player ranked 134 in the world, when the
:25:07. > :25:12.He pulled out of his last warm-up game today because of a hip problem,
:25:13. > :25:15.but was practising on the grass at the All England Club.
:25:16. > :25:18.Murray is drawn in the same half as the French Open
:25:19. > :25:22.champion, Rafael Nadal, and Stan Wawrinka.
:25:23. > :25:25.The British cyclist Chris Froome will attempt to defend his
:25:26. > :25:29.title when the Tour de France begins tomorrow.
:25:30. > :25:31.He's hoping to complete his third straight win
:25:32. > :25:36.But he faces stiff competition from some the world's leading cyclists.
:25:37. > :25:38.The race begins in Dusseldorf in Germany, from where
:25:39. > :25:44.Chris Froome becomes the first Briton to retain
:25:45. > :25:50.Chris Froome knows what it takes to win the Tour de France.
:25:51. > :25:52.Tomorrow, he starts his quest for a fourth victory
:25:53. > :26:02.Media interest is always sky-high, but this year, Froome's team roll
:26:03. > :26:05.off the start line the subject of an ongoing doping investigation,
:26:06. > :26:07.and with questions looming over their leader's credibility.
:26:08. > :26:11.I've been involved in this sport a long time and I've tried to do it
:26:12. > :26:14.absolutely the way that I've always thought it should be done.
:26:15. > :26:16.And I'm proud of what we've achieved in this sport,
:26:17. > :26:21.Evidence from Sir Dave Brailsford and other Team Sky officials to MPs
:26:22. > :26:22.earlier this year, revealed an alarming lack of
:26:23. > :26:28.It all relates to a package alleged to have contained a banned substance
:26:29. > :26:31.administered to Sir Bradley Wiggins shortly before he went on to win
:26:32. > :26:36.Team Sky and Sir Bradley deny any wrongdoing,
:26:37. > :26:38.but the issue has presented the sport, and the head
:26:39. > :26:42.of its world governing body, with a familiar problem.
:26:43. > :26:45.Certainly the reputational problems that have been around that team
:26:46. > :26:49.in the last few months have not been helpful.
:26:50. > :26:52.We were previously considered pariahs of the anti-doping world
:26:53. > :26:55.and now we've got one of the best reputations in sport, I believe.
:26:56. > :26:59.The Tour, like its cyclists, endures.
:27:00. > :27:02.Millions will watch on TV, and, just as in Yorkshire in 2014,
:27:03. > :27:05.thousands will line the route for the start, which this year takes
:27:06. > :27:13.For Chris Froome, he must now focus on more than 2,000 miles of racing
:27:14. > :27:15.that stand between him and road cycling's greatest prize.
:27:16. > :27:39.This is the biggest challenge I've faced in my career.
:27:40. > :27:42.I think the level of my rivals and the course that we're racing
:27:43. > :27:46.on this year leads it to be a much more open race.