24/06/2017 BBC Weekend News


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27 high rise buildings around the country have failed fire safety

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tests on their external cladding, according to latest

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Thousands of buildings - including some schools and hospitals

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are now being checked following the Grenfell

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One council in North London has defended its decision to evacuate

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four tower blocks at extremely short notice, moving hundreds of people

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Our correspondet Richard Lister reports.

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Why was we all ordered to be evacuated at 8.30 at night. Tempers

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were running high today, the leader of Camden Council took the brunt of

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the frustration from people evacuated overnight. I am being told

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they can't rehouse me because I've got a dog. A hotel place was found

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for this woman, and her dog, but there are thousands of others,

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people and pets, facing weeks of uncertainty. More than 100 spent the

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night at this leisure centre. The cladding at four of these blocks

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is similar to that on Grenfell Tower, but it was issues with gas

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pipes and fire doors that made the Fire Service demand an evacuation.

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They said there was nothing that we could do to guarantee residents'

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safety that night. In that situation, you know, given the

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circumstances we are in, I thought we had to act swiftly.

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Peter who is 94 had to leave the flat he has had for almost 50 years.

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I felt sorry for people who are a lot worse than me, especially with

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children. They have to carry on. But there are at least 80 flats

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where residents are refusing to leave. I really cried last night.

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The council officials came to the door, banging on the door, get out,

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get out, but the chap round the hallway said she's not going, she is

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getting on for 80. She can't go anywhere, she's got a cat. Work is

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under way to fix the faults but it will take weeks to complete. The

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residents of this tower block feel themselves to be in limbo, unsure of

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just how dangerous this building is s and how long they might be

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excluded from their homes. In some cases it is possible to take

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mitigating action and the Fire Service are content that the blocks

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are safe, in others it has been necessary for people to move out on

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a temporary basis, that is what happened in Camden last night.

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Most living in these blocks have been back to get enough for an

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extended stay somewhere else, even as others argue there is no need to

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Local authorities across the UK are working urgently to identify

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Fire safety officers are carrying out inspections ,

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with suspect cladding sent for independent testing.

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The government has promised to meet the costs but some councils

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are warning they need more help, as Duncan Kennedy reports.

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No amount of days that pass can ease the hurt of loss felt by those left

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bereft by the Grenfell fire. In silence and in unity volunteers and

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families of some of those who died gathered today, near the tower to

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reflect. Not since the Second World War have

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so many buildings been subject to checks in the aftermath of a single

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fire. 27 blocks have failed safety

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inspections across 15 councils. Birmingham says the Government must

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help pay for it. Retrofitting of sprinklers should be one of our

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responses here, and when your Chief Fire Officer of your region tells

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you that, clearly as the leader of a city you have to listen to that so

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we started to look at the figures and it comes round ?31 million.

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Manchester, Plymouth, Hounslow and Portsmouth are many others are

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facing huge bills. The Government insists it will help on a case by

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case basis. If they need financial support, not

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all will need it, if they need it we will work with them to make sure

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they have the resours to do this necessary work, absolutely. That

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will not be put at risk. The Grenfell fire was reflected

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today, at Glastonbury, Jeremy Corbyn appeared on the permid stage

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pressing for what he calls a national Government response.

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Is it right that so many people are frightened of where they live at the

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moment, having seen the horrors of what happened in Grenfell Tower?

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Away from the crowds in west London, the fire continues to draw people to

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reflect on the disaster, and the difficulties being felt. And what

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all this means, is that in the ten day since Grenfell, the lives of

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literally thousands and thousands of people have been affected. And with

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more testing on cladding, fire door, pipes, and other buildings still to

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come, those numbers will almost certainly increase.

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As those checks continue, resources everywhere are being put under huge

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pressure, the one capacity there is no shortage of is sympathy.

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A cyber attack on the Houses of Parliament has targeted the email

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accounts of some MPs and members of the House of Lords.

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The parliamentary authorities said unauthorised attempts had been made

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to access some accounts, and measures had been taken

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Trading standards officers are investigating claims

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that the car hire company, Europcar, has been deliberately

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over-charging some customers for repairs.

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The offices of the firm in Leicester were raided yesterday after a number

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Iraq's Prime Minister has said the city of Mosul will be liberated

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from so called Islamic State militants within days.

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Around 400 IS fighters are surrounded in the centre of

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Our correspondent Orla Guerin, along with her team Nicholas Ham-eon

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and Firle Davies, have been to the front line in Mosul's

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old city - their report contains images you may find distressing.

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A journey to the front line. Our windscreen a reminder of the dangers

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ahead. Our escort, from Iraq's elite

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counter-terrorism force. Snaking forward towards an enemy that is

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still inflicting casualties. Like this wounded soldier, being

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rushed away as we arrived. And families fleeing too. On foot.

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Escaping hunger and fear, and a beloved city robbed of life.

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No food. No water. Mosul dead. This is the old city area, it is really

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the heart of the battle, and when you look around here you get a real

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sense of how fierce the fighting has been, the damage is immense. In

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every direction. The narrow streets are tight squeeze

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as troops close in on the last pockets of IS resistance. We were

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told the militants were just 300 metres away. Some on the receiving

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end of an Iraqi missile strike. The extremists are facing defeat

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here, but it has taken three years to get this far. And immense damage

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has been done to the fabric of Mosul, and the unity of Iraq.

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In China more than 120 people are missing after a massive

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landslide in the far west of the country.

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It happened in a village in Sichuan province after the side

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of a mountain collapsed following days of heavy rain.

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Five bodies have been pulled from the rubble so far.

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President Shee has urged rescue workers to spare no effort

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Rugby now, and the British and Irish Lions rose

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to the challenge, but the All Blacks were imperious in the first

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test in Auckland - New Zealand won by 30 points to 15,

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continuing their 23-year unbeaten run at Eden Park.

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Our sports correspondent, Katie Gornall, was there.

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They're the team with the hopes of four nations on their shoulders.

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The Lions may be guests in New Zealand, but they don't

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Recent results have given these fans genuine hope, but no-one thinks

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Many here will remember the 2005 series in New Zealand,

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a whitewash the Lions would rather forget.

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Once again, this was a tale of underdogs.

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Unfancied by almost everyone at the start of the tour,

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The Lions made a ferocious start, but they faced

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A forward on the wing, well, this is New Zealand,

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They stood firm and wriggled from the All Blacks' grasp.

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One of the greatest Lions' test tries finished by Shaun O'Brien

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13-8 at half-time, but the All Blacks ran

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through the tourists' defence as few sides can.

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The Lions forced to admire New Zealand's best at their best.

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Mistakes were creeping in and New Zealand were lurking.

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The 20-year-old wasn't even born the last time

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The All Blacks haven't played champagne rugby and throwing

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In fairness they were very direct up front, and so we need to make sure

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we are better in those areas in terms of combatting

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They are down but not out, although right now

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Rugby Union's North-South divide seems wider than ever.

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I'll be back with the team here for the late news at 10.20 -

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