16/06/2017 BBC News at One

The number of people known to have died in the Grenfell Tower fire has

risen to at least 30 - police say they believe the final

The Queen and Prince William have been visiting here this morning -

they went to a relief centre to meet survivors and rescuers.

The faces of some of the many who are still unaccounted for -

young and old - many of them had been trapped on the upper

An investigation is underway into the cause of the blaze -

but there's growing frusatration here about the lack of answers.

And the other stories in the news this lunchtime:

A second soldier has died following the incident involving

a tank at an army firing range in Pembrokeshire.

Security officials tell the BBC that hackers in North Korea carried out

the cyber attack which crippled large parts of the NHS last month.

And the British and Irish Lions prepare for their biggest

test yet Down Under - can they roar against

And coming up in the sport on BBC News:

The sternest test yet for the Lions - they take

on the Maori All Blacks tomorrow, as Warren Gatland calls

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC news at One.

The number of people known to have died in the Grenfell Tower fire has

risen to at least 30, and police say they believe the final

This morning the Queen and Prince William visited

the scene this morning - they went to a relief centre

which has been helping victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.

They spent time speaking to local residents, volunteers and members

Also this morning Theresa May has been to Chelsea

and Westminster Hospital to visit the injured there.

Richard Lister has our first report - and a warning that it

The Queen came today to join a community in learning. Mourning.

Many said they felt betrayed before and after this tragedy. At times the

pain was overwhelming. In the background the Queen could hear a

woman clearly overcome with grief. Prince William describes the fire is

one of the most terrifying things he'd ever seen, and he praised those

who had to respond to it. A brilliant job... Stung perhaps by

criticism she didn't meet survivors yesterday, the Prime Minister was at

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital to meet some of those injured. While it

could take weeks to get a final figure, the confirmed number of dead

continues to rise. Sadly, as I said before, we always knew the number of

those that died with increased, and I am able to say at this point in

time -- would increase. We know that at least 30 people have died as a

result of this fire. Sadly, and tragically, that includes one person

who was taken to hospital, and despite the very best medical care

from the NHS, has no sadly died. This is the flat that I live in...

Sajar watch the fire destroyed his home that night and is now among

those wondering what the future holds. The council is paying for him

and other Grenfell Tower residents to live in nearby hotels. Their food

is being paid for as well, but this is not home. He still has the keys

to his old flat and no idea about what went wrong that night. Facey

stay in your building. Is that true? When there is a fire, should you

stay in? People stayed home and people died. I saw with my own eyes

people jumping out, because they had read that sign and they thought they

were safe if they stayed. The only chance they had was to jump out.

That is one of the factors to be considered by the public inquiry

into this disaster. There are many questions, most urgently about the

cladding on this building. Getting all the answers will take months at

the very least but the Government is scrambling to ensure millions of

other high-rise residents that their homes are safe. The community

support has been almost overwhelming. Refuge centres say

they no longer need donations of food and clothes. What is really

needed for new homes for the hundreds of

survivors. The council says finding them temporary accommodation has

been hard. Finding permanent homes will be even harder. What we are

committed to doing is making sure every household from Grenfell Tower

tower can find a permanent new home in the local area, but because of

the shortage of housing in London, but in particular in this borough,

that will take some time. We could be talking about a couple of years

while we get to that end point where every household is back in a

permanent new home in the borough. But the trauma of this event will

last long beyond the need to find new homes.

This has been life changing for all those affected, survivors and also

the emergency teams. The conversations I have had, you know,

one colleague said he was going in there are literally having to choose

who to save and who to leave to die because, you know, you only have two

hands and can only take out so many people. My colleagues who went in,

to people out, went in again, to people out, the scenes they would

have encountered in the early hours of Tuesday morning, it is absolutely

unimaginable. As the days pass the need for answers is becoming even

stronger and the grief, it seems, is just as raw.

Well, there are still a lot of people who are unaccounted for.

Heartbreaking stories of last phone calls and messages from people

Sophie Hutchinson reports on the desperate search for the missing -

and again viewers may find this distressing.

Outside a local church, people have come to honour the injured and the

dead. The number of flowers, candles and toys has been growing, as the

extent of this tragedy emerges. The official death toll is now 30, but

no one is in any doubt that actual figure will be far higher. Mohammed

al-Haj Ali, a Syrian refugee, the only victim to have been officially

named. His friend paid tribute to him. He was a kind man, he was full

of passion for his family. He was a great individual. He came here

looking for safety. They wanted to do his degree in civil engineering,

and once I asked him, why are you studying civil engineering? Why

don't you study IT so I can find you a job? He said, because I want to go

back to Syria when the war is over and help rebuild the country. He

said, they will need us. This is the kind of person he was. These are

some of the faces of those who are missing. The BBC believes as many as

76 people are unaccounted for. These siblings lived on the 20th floor

with their parents and little brother, and all are missing. Zainab

lived on the 14th floor with her two-year-old son. She called her

brother and said she had been told to stay in her flat. Eventually the

phone cut out. Local residents are still reeling from what happened.

Just thinking of the people who died, the babies, the children, the

families, the mothers, the grandfathers and grandmothers, all

our minds are with them today. 24 people who were injured in the blaze

are still being treated in hospital. 12 hour in a critical condition.

Today police said they didn't expect to find any more survivors. Sophie

Hutchinson, BBC News. There has been a lot of focus

on the new exterior cladding that was put on this 1970s tower

block just last year as part of a ?10 million

refurbishment. But there are still many

questions outstanding for the local authority,

builders, and subcontractors, as well as the company

that managed the tower. Simon Gompertz reports

on the investigations that will take There are still so much unclear,

evidence perhaps destroyed in the fire, which is no subject to what is

bound to be a lengthy investigation and public inquiry, but some

worrying claims are emerging. Firstly, that the sort of cladding

that may have been used at Grenfell Tower, the polyethylene inside it

not being fireproof enough, is banned in high-rise buildings in

other countries included the United States. Polyethylene as a material

is used as the core of certain composite panels and it does have

the ability to burn. Having said that, the panels on this building,

we don't yet know precisely what the make-up was. If they include an

element of polyethylene, that could be acceptable if the other materials

going with it are noncombustible. It is common among refurbishments of

older tower blocks to attach a layer of foam insulation, leave a gap,

then have a cladding likely to consist of aluminium outer layers

and filling that could be plastic, the standard version, or a fire

resistant material. There is concern Grenfell Tower had the standard

cladding likely to be around ?2 cheaper per panel. It is alleged

today fire resistant panels would have cost just ?5,000 more overall.

Now other buildings have to be assessed. The first point is to

identify those buildings. About 4000 high-rise buildings in the country,

but not of them have been very clouded, but let's not make the

assumption it is all about cladding. We need to be led by the experts. As

soon as we have more information from the experts, which we expect a

day or over the weekend, I think that is what should be used for

these emergency inspections. The six towers in London estate just a mile

from the fire so the challenge now faced by councils up and down the

country. You can see the cladding that has put on here recently, as in

so many buildings around the country. The local authorities say

they complied with safety regulations and there is no reason

to suppose it is exactly the same material as at Grenfell Tower,

however it does come from the same supplier and now urgent checks have

been ordered into the cladding itself, and the way it is being

installed. I have a lot of cousins here living in this building, and

over there as well, people in both the properties. And if they have

done that in a similar way they should do something about it. I know

some people who actually went to the housing that live in these towers,

and they have told the housing that they do not want to live here any

more. And that is very stressful for the housing as well. Everyone is

very upset, scared. Families are scared. Even young kids are scared.

The aim must be not just to find out why this happened, but to make sure

it can never happen again, and allay the growing fears of people living

in tower blocks. Simon Gompertz, BBC News.

The response from the community here continues to be extraordinary.

Some of the centres and sports halls that have been used

as temporary shelters have received so many donations they've had

Yet as many people continue to search for loved ones,

the mood has turned to anger at the failings that have

The messages keep coming. Love, support. People here want action and

answers. You've got to trust in the local services and public

confidence, and that is a huge thing to do... For them to rebuild that

confidence, I feel they have to be held accountable. Her friend and a

video live on Facebook as she anchor-2-mac: Young children were

trapped on the top floor. -- this as she and her two young children were

trapped on the top floor. How did you feel about her being trapped in

her apartment? It was the wrong advice given to her. She said, OK,

I'm not going to move, and all of a sudden at the end of the video, she

said, they are telling us to get off. How are we going to get off

from this top floor. She was a bit confused, to be honest. Very

confused about what she had to do. Do you think she could have got out?

I think so. This morning volunteers still organising the huge quantity

of things people have donated, to help those who survived. Everybody

wants answers. Everybody's feeling upset and angry. Little babies have

lost their parents. Sad, feeling very sad. I'm a local resident and I

just felt I had to come and help out. You wanted to do something? To

do something and help. They need a lot of help. It is just so

upsetting. Yes, there is unity and, yes, this incredible response from

the community here, but as people learn more about how this tragedy

unfolded, there is more anger. Some are angry that on her visit

yesterday the Prime Minister did not meet with local residents. Theresa

May is awful, she shouldn't be Prime Minister, because at the end of the

day, you came down here, you didn't speak to people, survivors, the

local community. You didn't care about the people, but you want us to

let you read us. -- lead us. This community has shown itself to be

incredibly strong but everyone here is asking how this could happen.

This has become a focal point, the wall of condolences, people can pay

tribute. Heartbreaking reading some of the messages here, you can see

these missing posters all around this area, not just the wall here, a

large amount of flowers and a sombre mood here, you can see people are

coming all throughout this morning to write a message, leave flowers.

Young Jessica, 12 years old, I have spoken to a family friend this

morning, when I spoke to them, they still had no information about where

she was. Messages of support, messages in other languages,

reflecting the diverse community. Comparing the sense of helplessness,

the people trapped inside the tower block to those on board the Titanic,

message here. There is a lot of love, there is people saying, never

give up, there is growing sense and pressure on the government, locally

and nationally, that they want answers quickly and properly. We

believe that local residents will march towards the local authority,

the town hall map later this afternoon. One word, if you come

down... -- the town hall, later this afternoon. One word, in among all

the love, there are messages of recrimination, that people need to

be held to account, and there is just one word here, which sums up a

lot of messages we have been receiving.

Within the last hour, the Prime Minister has

visited some of the victims of the fire in hospital.

Meanwhile, the government has promised it will do "whatever

is required" to ensure people living in tower blocks are safe.

Our Political Correspondent Chris Mason is at Westminster.

Chris, we heard a little earlier from local people expressing a lot

of anger at Theresa May. She is under a lot of pressure. She is, and

I think there is a striking response this morning with the Prime

Minister's visit to the hospital in the last hour, to meet some of those

recovering after the fire this afternoon she will chair a committee

meeting in Whitehall, involving senior ministers, as she spearheads

the government responds to this. I think there was a keen awareness of

the criticism that had come the weight of the Prime Minister, as we

heard reflected a couple of minutes ago, her decision not to meet local

people in the visit she made yesterday. A clear desire from

Downing Street to emphasise that the Prime Minister in particular and the

government in general is doing all that it can. We have seen the Leader

of the Commons, Angela Ledson, pay a visit, face questions from local

people. -- Andrea Leadsom. And Sajid Javid. Community secretary.

Strikingly he has said repeatedly that the government will do all it

can and cost is not an issue. Local authorities and fire authorities

across the country are examining buildings in their area to see what

may need to be done, and particularly, in their area, the is

sticky and financially, there is a huge issue if some buildings are

deemed not to be safe. As we have heard, some people fearing they do

not want to stay in those tower blocks. We also know, with the

public enquiry missed, Judge lead, that this whole issue of housing,

its safety, how much money has been spent, a question that steps back

and whole generation in terms of little responsibility. This whole

issue will remain politically salient for months, if not years to

come now. This is the end of a week of tragedy

and trauma here in West London. We have seen authorities at every level

racing for answers, and local people desperate for action. This is a week

that people will never forget. As we reflect on what has happened, there

is a feeling of real turbulence here, and a desire for justice.

Jane, for the time being, back to you.

the number of people known to have died in the Grenfell Tower fire has

Police say they believe the final total will be higher.

The Queen and Prince William have been visiting a relief centre this

morning to meet survivors and rescuers.

coming up in sport, successful start to the summer tour, Wales beat

Tonga, 24-6. after being wounded in an incident

involving a tank at an army firing Two other soldiers were injured

at Castlemartin Ranges VOICEOVER: Flags lowered to

half-mast at Castlemartin as a mark of respect for the two soldiers

died, two others were seriously injured during a training exercise

carried out here by the Wiltshire -based Royal Tank Regiment on

Wednesday. Inevitably, because they are trying to get as close as

possible to the real experience of testing and firing their weaponry,

there is a danger element, a risk element attached to that. This

serves to remind us that, as I say, these guys put themselves in this

position on our behalf on a daily basis. The Castlemartin Ranges is

one of two training areas in the UK used for tank training, where a live

firing exercises can take place. It is understood this incident

involved ammunition. What happened here is being investigated by the

Ministry of Defence together with death if Powys police and the Health

and Safety Executive, for the moment, tank live firing at

Castlemartin has been suspended as a precaution. The Ministry of Defence

has not yet released any information about those who were killed or

injured here. One soldier died in hospital, his family by his bedside,

they have asked for privacy before any details are made known. --

Dyfed?Powys Police. STUDIO: It's appears this

lunchtime that Britain has that Brexit talks should agree

citizens rights and a financial settlement before moving

on to a future trade deal. The latest from Europe

correspondent, Damien Cler Matt DeCourcey, in Luxembourg. What more

can you tell us. -- Damian Grammaticas is in Luxembourg.

. We have a clear understanding of what will happen next week when

Brexit talks begin. One face-to-face negotiations between David Davis and

Michel Barnier, we have then been told by a source at the is that the

subsequent pattern is going to follow what they believe what the EU

has set out, one week of face-to-face talks every forward

ekes, and the understanding is that the talks will follow the EU's

desired pattern, they understand, which is to deal with exit issues

first, that is, citizens rights and money issues, before moving on to a

future trade deal. David Davis, Brexit secretary, had predicted the

row of the summer would be about that sequence. We will see what he

says on Monday in Brussels. A man has been tasered by police

outside the Houses of Parliament, after he reached for a knife

when approached by officers. Police on routine duties became

aware of a man acting suspiciously. The man, in his 30s,

was arrested for possession He's now being held in a central

London police station. British security officials have told

the BBC that hackers in North Korea carried out the cyber

attack that crippled parts The hackers are thought to have

done it to make money, to which the computer

virus would spread. Here's our security

correspondent Gordon Corera. VOICEOVER: The cyber attack

spread around the world, with hackers demanding a ransom

be paid Britain's National Cyber Security

Centre led the investigation and security sources have told

the BBC that the centre believes in North Korean-based hacking

group known as Lazarus

launched the attack. The same group is believed to have

targeted Sony Pictures after it planned to release a film involving

the North Korean leader and was also thought to have been behind

the theft of more than $80 million from Bangladesh's

central bank last year. The ransomware last month did not

target Britain or the NHS specifically and may well have been

a money making scheme especially since the hackers have

not yet retrieved any of the ransom money that's been

paid into the accounts. STUDIO: A service will be held

at Southwark Cathedral this afternoon, in the wake

of the terrorist attack on London The Service of Hope,

as it's being called, will be attended by survivors

and their families, and members Our religious affairs correspondent

Martin Bashir is outside The Dean of Southwark Cathedral has

said that while they were at the centre of the horrific events, this

is an opportunity for Southwark Cathedral to renew its commitment to

being a place of healing, of reconciliation and community, also

an opportunity to honour those who were impacted by this terrible

attack. The 48 or so people who were taken to five hospitals and of

course the eight individuals whose lives were taken. I am also told the

Archbishop of Canterbury will preach, and will be given -- we have

been given a brief note of what he will say: here, in this building,

built to say that the future that each of us has in Christ is one of

life, hope and eventually, though hard it may be to see it today, Joy.

He he says, hope flowers in the desert of suffering when it is

watered by love. American politicians have

played their annual charity baseball a day after a leading Republican

and three other people were shot Steve Scalise is still

critically ill in hospital, Our correspondent Laura Bicker

reports from the site VOICEOVER: Together,

with hands on hearts, their minds were on those

who could not be here. Congressman Steve Scalise

is critically ill in hospital President Donald Trump had this

video message for the players. This game is always an important

moment for both parties to come build friendships and celebrate

our national pastime. The ceremonial honour of the first

pitch went to David Bailey, the Capitol Hill police officer

who was injured when he helped bring

down the government. The crowd had come in their

thousands, to pay tribute

to the spirit of this game. these politicians put and often

bitter and entrenched For those who survived the gunmen's

hail of bullets, that message We are glad to be here,

raising twice as much money for charity as we usually do,

twice as many eyes on us tonight, All of us are pulling

for Steve Scalise. Republicans and Democrats

will manage to put their bitter But what happens

after the last inning? It is less than one mile from this

stadium to Capitol Hill. Can the bipartisanship

mood make that journey? Democrats and Republicans can lower

the temperature on our rhetoric in the hopes of proceeding in a way

that does not incite people. The Democrats were well ahead

by half-time, though perhaps because yes,

the rivalries are fierce, but so are the friendships forged

on this field. STUDIO: The British and Irish Lions

are preparing for the biggest match With the first test just a week

away, the Lions are in need of a morale boosting win, having

been beaten in two of their four matches and having lost key

players through injury. Tomorrow they face

the toughest of tests, playing the Maori All Blacks

in Rotorua, from where Katie Gornall

sent this report. In New Zealand, passion is never

far from the surface. This is how Rotorua Boys' High

welcome back one of their own. For these schoolboys,

Liam Messam is a reminder of the dizzy heights rugby

can take you. he now has 43 All Black caps

to his name and will play for

the Maori All Blacks The whole energy has

changed about the country, about them being here, so I'm

looking forward to going out there. We get to test ourselves

against the best opposition With a population of just

over 4 million people, New Zealand really punches

above its weight when They start them young here,

these boys will have begun playing when they are around four years old,

and almost all of them grow up So far, nine boys from here have

fulfilled that dream, and all along the walls,

reminders that the path from Rotorua to rugby's elite

is a well-trodden one. We are not just talking

about All Blacks, I've jsut Funnily enough, he was never

an angry man at school, He contributed well

to our XVs programme. With no room for England's

captain on this tour, Warren Gatland has others

to lead the Lions. Ireland Peter O'Mahony

will captain the side. He was meant to be joined

there by Owen Farrell, before the fly half was ruled out

with a thigh strain. this was expected to be

a first choice team. We've got to make sure we are not

fully showing our hand, We need to keep the All Blacks

guessing a little bit the Lions have found

hazards at every turn. This is their moment

and they intend to seize it. Now, for a look at the weather, Jay

Wynne has joined me. Good news for those who like warmer conditions.

It is going to turn hot, not everybody does like that, nice start

to the day in some parts of the UK with good spells of sunshine. Warm

with good spells of sunshine, not for all, a bit cloudy in Wales but

that is showing signs of breaking up. They cloud towards the

north-west, that a bit of rain with it. When coming in from the

south-west, bringing increasingly warm out. Temperatures on the rise.

Wetter weather to be had in the north-west of the UK. The rain is

not overly heavy, nevertheless, not much getting across to the eastern

side of Scotland, we could see temperatures into the upper teams,

more like the low 20s in Northern Ireland, nice afternoon here, drips

and grabs getting in, the north-east should see some good spells of

sunshine, temperatures in the high teams, the low 20s, peaking around

23 degrees in the south-eastern corner. Lots of sunshine in the

south-west, about breaking up. Pollen levels are high or very high,

lots of people sneezing and sniffling out there this afternoon.

Through the evening, patchy rain moving across the North from the

West of Scotland, elsewhere, dry night, clear spells, wind coming in

from the south-west. It is going to be a warm night, temperatures for

some places no lower than 16, 17 degrees. Quite a difficult night for

sleeping across large swathes of the UK. Warm start to what will be a hot

weekend. To the south, Iberia, hot weather, roughly where the air is

coming from on the south-westerly breeze. Into the weekend,

temperatures soaring up to 30 Celsius, may get higher than that

early next week. Away from the north-west, the best of the

sunshine. In the north-west, breezy, cloudy, outbreaks of rain. For most

places, lovely day, sunshine, heat, hot in the south-east, it is the

middle 20s, quite widely, 24 degrees elsewhere. Sunday, similar day,

north-west, cloud, outbreaks of rain, most of the places, fine and

dry and warm, middle to upper 20s. In central London, 30, 30 1 degrees.

Probably do it again on Monday, another hot day much of England and

Wales. -- 30, 31 degrees. Tuesday, temperatures in Cardiff and London

creeping down to something nearer to normal.

The main story here this lunchtime: the number of people known to have

died in the Grenfell Tower fire has risen to at least 30, police say

they believe the final total will be higher again. That is all from the

BBC News at 1pm, goodbye from me.