:00:09. > :00:11.A retired Appeal Court judge is appointed to lead the public inquiry
:00:12. > :00:15.Sir Martin Moore-Bick met residents this morning and promised to get
:00:16. > :00:21.But his appointment has already been criticised by some survivors.
:00:22. > :00:27.As the deadline for a deal looms, the Northern Ireland Secretary says
:00:28. > :00:30.restoring power-sharing remains "possible and achievable".
:00:31. > :00:33.A senior member of the Vatican, Cardinal George Pell,
:00:34. > :00:35.is charged with sexual abuse offences in his home
:00:36. > :00:44.MPs are due to vote on the Queen's Speech with
:00:45. > :00:46.Labour seeking amendments on public spending and Brexit.
:00:47. > :00:51.And the Cornish village whose chapel is being saved by the Emir of Dubai.
:00:52. > :00:54.And coming up in the sport on BBC News: Sam Warburton,
:00:55. > :00:57.Jonny Sexton and Maro Itoje all come into the starting 15 for the British
:00:58. > :01:23.and Irish Lions' second test against New Zealand.
:01:24. > :01:25.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:26. > :01:28.Theresa May has confirmed that a retired High Court judge,
:01:29. > :01:30.Sir Martin Moore-Bick, has been chosen to lead
:01:31. > :01:33.the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire.
:01:34. > :01:35.Sir Martin this morning promised a "vigorous inquiry that gets
:01:36. > :01:38.to the truth" and said he understood the "desire of local
:01:39. > :01:46.The Prime Minister told MPs that she expects he will produce
:01:47. > :01:48.an interim report as early as possible into the tragedy,
:01:49. > :01:50.in which 80 people are now presumed to have died.
:01:51. > :01:53.Sir Martin Moore-Bick spent 20 years as a judge and is said
:01:54. > :01:55.to be highly respected, but his appointment has
:01:56. > :02:03.Here's our correspondent Richard Lister.
:02:04. > :02:14.The family and friends of Tony dissident gathered for his funeral
:02:15. > :02:16.today, a short distance from Grenfell Tower where he died. With
:02:17. > :02:20.an estimated 80 dead, there will be many more such funerals. Looming
:02:21. > :02:25.over them, questions about why they died, who was to blame, how can
:02:26. > :02:29.others be protected. And this is the man now appointed to find the
:02:30. > :02:34.answers, Sir Martin Moore-Bick. A judge for 20 years before he died
:02:35. > :02:39.from the Court of appeals, a focused on complex technical cases in the
:02:40. > :02:45.commercial courts. He's promised to consult Grenfell survives about how
:02:46. > :02:58.to proceed. In a statement after his appointment, he said:
:02:59. > :03:05.We need and demand to be part of every single decision made in that
:03:06. > :03:10.public inquiry... But those who escaped Grenfell Tower
:03:11. > :03:14.that might have demanded more input into shaping this process. They
:03:15. > :03:18.appear not to have been consulted about this appointment. I understand
:03:19. > :03:24.this has to be fair and impartial but I believe the victims of this,
:03:25. > :03:27.you know the Tower victims first, evacuees second and local residents
:03:28. > :03:31.Birtley should be the ones leading this and deciding what direction
:03:32. > :03:36.this inquiry takes and what readmit it has. And a decision by Sir Martin
:03:37. > :03:40.Moore-Bick involving Westminster City Council is also causing
:03:41. > :03:45.Grenfell survivors concern. He backed the decision to move a single
:03:46. > :03:49.mother of five to social housing 50 miles away. If I was speaking to
:03:50. > :03:56.families, I would be saying that on its own to -- tells you nothing. The
:03:57. > :04:01.problem is we don't know what the broader record is. Setting up the
:04:02. > :04:04.public inquiry was always going to be a delicate process. Grenfell
:04:05. > :04:08.survivors are being asked to work with the establishment they feel let
:04:09. > :04:11.them down the decades. The aim is for an interim report this summer.
:04:12. > :04:13.Our legal Correspondent Clive Coleman joins me now.
:04:14. > :04:18.How would you assess this appointment?
:04:19. > :04:24.Sir Martin Moore-Bick has the classic CB of a highly successful
:04:25. > :04:27.Court of Appeal judge. His intellect is beyond question and his
:04:28. > :04:32.experience both as a lawyer, mainly in shipping but also his experience
:04:33. > :04:36.as a judge in the commercial court, and gives him experience of heavy
:04:37. > :04:40.engineering technical issues, and having to get on top of those nobody
:04:41. > :04:46.doubts his ability to do that. But in addition to that, to chair
:04:47. > :04:50.something as big, where passions are running so high in an inquiry such
:04:51. > :04:53.as this, you need emotional intelligence on the high level of
:04:54. > :05:00.communication skills. We have seen that already this morning. If you
:05:01. > :05:05.take for example the 7/7 inquiry, the chair of that was given plaudits
:05:06. > :05:16.for communicating with the families and continuing to command their
:05:17. > :05:17.confidence. This morning we have heard from Joe Delaney, one of the
:05:18. > :05:17.residence, that he wasn't clear about the focus of the inquiry and
:05:18. > :05:21.it should, he said, be more criminally focused. Whoever runs the
:05:22. > :05:25.inquiry has to explain there is a criminal investigation that is
:05:26. > :05:29.running alongside it. Just a little indication I think of how the
:05:30. > :05:33.chairman of this inquiry has to really think hard about how he
:05:34. > :05:43.communicates the purpose of the inquiry, the way it will be run, and
:05:44. > :05:46.how he continues to command the confidence of the people at the
:05:47. > :05:50.heart of it, the families. Let's go over to Norman Smith in Westminster,
:05:51. > :05:55.and how is this appointment and be inquiry itself going down with
:05:56. > :05:59.people in Westminster? I think there is a desire on all sides of
:06:00. > :06:03.Westminster for this inquiry to succeed. Everybody wants it to get
:06:04. > :06:09.answers and get them quickly, maybe even with an interim report by this
:06:10. > :06:13.summer. But I think everyone also knows it cannot succeed without the
:06:14. > :06:18.backing of the families and the reason for that is the experience of
:06:19. > :06:24.the child abuse inquiry, another very high-profile inquiry, again set
:06:25. > :06:26.up by Theresa May but which has been beset by difficulties. We have seen
:06:27. > :06:32.the resignations of three successive chairmen. Why? Because it lacked the
:06:33. > :06:37.confidence and support of victims groups, and the real fear I guess is
:06:38. > :06:43.of history repeating itself with already some residents saying they
:06:44. > :06:46.weren't consulted about Saint Martin's appointment, and others
:06:47. > :06:49.saying they want to focus on the criminal aspects of the
:06:50. > :06:54.investigation, also questioning why Kensington council had been given a
:06:55. > :07:01.say in the readmit of this inquiry. The residents so far are not saying
:07:02. > :07:05.we won't work with Sir Martin, but you do get the sense there is only a
:07:06. > :07:10.relatively narrow window of opportunity for Sir Martin to win
:07:11. > :07:25.the confidence of those families of this inquiry is to get up and
:07:26. > :07:27.running and to be a success. Norman, many thanks. Norman Smith there.
:07:28. > :07:29.137 high-rise buildings have now failed safety tests on cladding
:07:30. > :07:32.in 41 local authority areas, according to the latest
:07:33. > :07:35.Four of those tower blocks are in the London borough of Camden,
:07:36. > :07:38.where residents from 700 flats have been told to leave
:07:39. > :07:42.Our correspondent Tom Burridge has been meeting some of the people
:07:43. > :07:44.still living in the Chalcots estate, despite being told
:07:45. > :07:47.Michelle's family are facing a difficult dilemma.
:07:48. > :07:49.They've been told to leave their flat in North London.
:07:50. > :07:51.Because their tower block has suspect cladding
:07:52. > :07:53.and after the fire at Grenfell, failed an inspection
:07:54. > :08:01.But Camden Council has still not found Michelle suitable alternative
:08:02. > :08:03.accommodation and so she has reluctantly been
:08:04. > :08:09.I mean, last night, my husband refused to stay in it.
:08:10. > :08:14.And at two o'clock I woke up having a panic attack
:08:15. > :08:17.I thought, I know they're starting works.
:08:18. > :08:23.There are people still here trying to find somewhere to stay.
:08:24. > :08:25.I can't tell you the emotional impact it's having on everyone,
:08:26. > :08:31.I've never been in this terrible state like this before.
:08:32. > :08:39.Michelle, like others we met, doesn't blame the council.
:08:40. > :08:42.It says it is doing all it can to rehouse the most vulnerable
:08:43. > :08:44.people first in appropriate accommodation as close
:08:45. > :08:51.But Sean Henry was offered a flat with nothing in it and that simply
:08:52. > :08:57.Well, at this point I don't have an option.
:08:58. > :09:02.I need to make sure my family is safe.
:09:03. > :09:04.And until I get the appropriate or suitable accommodation,
:09:05. > :09:07.Because right now this is the safest place.
:09:08. > :09:11.Even though it has been deemed unsafe.
:09:12. > :09:13.This man has a four-year-old daughter with a serious blood
:09:14. > :09:16.disease and a seven-year-old son with severe autism.
:09:17. > :09:20.The hotel they were in wasn't appropriate for his children.
:09:21. > :09:25.Looking for somewhere to cook, clean, you know, clean
:09:26. > :09:35.So, like others, he spent the day at the local leisure centre.
:09:36. > :09:37.Well, it's roughly five hours since we met him earlier,
:09:38. > :09:39.and he's been inside chatting to council officials and it
:09:40. > :09:43.still seems they haven't been able to find him and his family anywhere
:09:44. > :09:48.Later, though, he was told that they had been
:09:49. > :09:54.I can bring his PlayStation, his toys.
:09:55. > :10:02.So, it's a struggle for a semblance of normal life, when you're suddenly
:10:03. > :10:05.told your home is not safe, amidst a national scandal
:10:06. > :10:10.about how so many buildings in Britain have been built.
:10:11. > :10:18.As politicians in Stormont continue talks to restore power-sharing
:10:19. > :10:20.the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland says
:10:21. > :10:26.Speaking in the last hour James Brokenshire said significance
:10:27. > :10:36.progress has been made but several issues remain outstanding.
:10:37. > :10:39.Sinn Fein said there is still no agreement over nationalist demands
:10:40. > :10:42.Our Ireland Correspondent Chris Buckler is in Stormont.
:10:43. > :10:49.The Democratic Unionist Party have made it clear they are prepared to
:10:50. > :10:53.go back into government, the power -- problem with power-sharing is
:10:54. > :10:58.unique parties who are prepared to share power and Sinn Fein have said
:10:59. > :11:02.they are not willing to go back into power-sharing with the DUP. Whilst
:11:03. > :11:05.political negotiations are sometimes treated as fun and games, despite
:11:06. > :11:14.appearances things have got serious. The DUP and Sinn Fein have spent
:11:15. > :11:16.months clashing, and now the negotiations to try to get
:11:17. > :11:21.power-sharing back up and running are set to come to a shuddering halt
:11:22. > :11:25.and an uncomfortable stalemate. The future of devolved government in
:11:26. > :11:30.Ireland now hangs in the balance, to the frustration of many at this
:11:31. > :11:34.funfair in Belfast. I just think they need now to put their
:11:35. > :11:41.differences aside. We have voted for them, we put them in, it is now time
:11:42. > :11:44.for them to do their jobs. The DUP's deal to prop up the Conservatives at
:11:45. > :11:47.Westminster has brought the promise of ?1 billion from Northern Ireland
:11:48. > :11:56.and much of that money will be used to help an economy that has suffered
:11:57. > :12:00.badly since the days long ago when shipbuilding was a major industry in
:12:01. > :12:03.Belfast, but will there be a government to spend the cash? I
:12:04. > :12:08.believe the resolution will be found and I am urging the parties to
:12:09. > :12:13.continue focusing all of their efforts on achieving this. The last
:12:14. > :12:17.few days have seen intensive negotiations take place at Stormont
:12:18. > :12:21.Castle to try to find a deal that will resolve a whole range of
:12:22. > :12:26.disagreements, but so far the DUP are refusing to give in to Sinn
:12:27. > :12:31.Fein's demands for an Irish language act. We want these institutions back
:12:32. > :12:35.up and running again but it has to be on the basis of equality and
:12:36. > :12:38.respect at their core and institutions that command public
:12:39. > :12:42.confidence sale in our view it is make up your mind time for the DUP.
:12:43. > :12:47.Neither unionists nor Republicans want to be seen as losers in this
:12:48. > :12:51.negotiation, and the demands for legislation to give official status
:12:52. > :13:07.to the Irish language have proved particularly divisive. Sinn Fein
:13:08. > :13:11.wants too much. They treat it as a joke, the DUP. But there's a danger
:13:12. > :13:18.no one walks away from these talks with anything and that is very risky
:13:19. > :13:21.for the parties politics here. There is a stripped four o'clock deadline
:13:22. > :13:25.for an agreement, if not it could be the case Westminster has to step in
:13:26. > :13:29.and take over some of the responsibilities of Northern
:13:30. > :13:32.Ireland. As it is, the DUP are just coming out to speak to the cameras.
:13:33. > :13:37.We might get a sense of whether the deadline might be met or
:13:38. > :13:40.alternatively running into another deepening crisis.
:13:41. > :13:43.Labour will try to get elements of its general election manifesto
:13:44. > :13:45.into the government's programme when MPs vote on the Queen's
:13:46. > :13:49.They'll call on the government to end austerity in public services,
:13:50. > :13:51.and to negotiate a Brexit deal that "delivers the exact same benefits"
:13:52. > :13:55.as membership of the single market and the customs union.
:13:56. > :13:57.Let's go over to our Political Correspondent Alex Forsyth,
:13:58. > :14:00.who's in the Palace of Westminster for us now.
:14:01. > :14:02.A piece of parchment setting out the government's policy plans.
:14:03. > :14:05.Written by ministers, read by the Queen at the formal
:14:06. > :14:11.My ministers are committed to working with Parliament,
:14:12. > :14:13.the devolved administrations, business and others,
:14:14. > :14:15.to build the widest possible consensus on the country's future
:14:16. > :14:26.But now there's a hung parliament that consensus
:14:27. > :14:28.will be hard to achieve, not just on Brexit,
:14:29. > :14:35.The one vote the government is confident of winning, today's,
:14:36. > :14:40.when MPs will be asked to approve the Queen's Speech.
:14:41. > :14:43.We set out a programme in the national interest,
:14:44. > :14:45.delivering on Brexit and other important domestic matters
:14:46. > :14:48.and I think that is important to deliver that said the government
:14:49. > :14:52.can get on governing as the people of Britain would expect us to do.
:14:53. > :15:01.Yesterday the government saw off the challenge by Labour.
:15:02. > :15:04.They tried to amend the Queen's Speech, to get more
:15:05. > :15:06.investment in public services and the scrapping of the cap
:15:07. > :15:13.But whilst some Tories hinted at their concerns over austerity...
:15:14. > :15:16.It's time for us to think again about the impact
:15:17. > :15:21.None were willing to undermine the Prime Minister
:15:22. > :15:27.Today, Labour will try again with another amendment.
:15:28. > :15:29.We are putting forward fundamentally what was in our
:15:30. > :15:34.A Brexit that guarantees trade relations with Europe.
:15:35. > :15:38.A government that ends the public sector pay cap.
:15:39. > :15:40.And a government that invests in the education future
:15:41. > :15:45.of all of our children from nursery through to university.
:15:46. > :15:47.Despite Labour's efforts to tease open any divisions
:15:48. > :15:49.within the Conservative Party over austerity, it's highly likely that
:15:50. > :15:55.Theresa May's Queen's Speech will get through the Commons today.
:15:56. > :15:59.Tory MPs won't risk challenging her authority on this.
:16:00. > :16:01.And she has the support of ten Democratic Unionist MPs
:16:02. > :16:07.with whom she did a deal to get their backing on key votes.
:16:08. > :16:09.But even with that, the prime minister's majority is slim
:16:10. > :16:15.and Labour will seek to exploit that at every opportunity.
:16:16. > :16:17.Parliament's likely to see some brutal battles over
:16:18. > :16:21.Backbenchers will be emboldened, every vote will count
:16:22. > :16:33.in getting anything through, and it won't be plain sailing.
:16:34. > :16:40.Today we had some indication of the power backbenchers wheeled, there
:16:41. > :16:42.were suggestions some Tory MPs had sympathy for another Labour
:16:43. > :16:46.amendment to the Queen's speech, this one calling for free access to
:16:47. > :16:51.abortion services in England for women from Northern Ireland, where
:16:52. > :16:54.abortion rules are strict. I understand the Government is looking
:16:55. > :16:58.at putting together a package of measures so that women across the UK
:16:59. > :17:02.can access abortion services, in part it seems to stave off potential
:17:03. > :17:06.rebellion from its own backbenchers. What we are seeing now is that
:17:07. > :17:10.without a majority of her own, Theresa May will have to cajole and
:17:11. > :17:17.make concessions and some compromises in order to get things
:17:18. > :17:21.done. Even in these very early days of this new parliament.
:17:22. > :17:23.One of the Pope's closest advisors, Cardinal George Pell,
:17:24. > :17:25.has been charged in his native Australia with historical sexual
:17:26. > :17:28.At a press conference this morning the Cardinal insisted
:17:29. > :17:31.he was innocent of the charges, and said he looked forward
:17:32. > :17:37.Our correspondent James Reynolds reports from Rome.
:17:38. > :17:41.This morning St Peter's Square, the cardinals of the Catholic Church
:17:42. > :17:44.turned out for a celebration led by the Pope, but one
:17:45. > :17:51.Cardinal George Pell appeared instead in a Vatican press room
:17:52. > :17:55.to respond to the charges made the Australian police.
:17:56. > :18:06.The whole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me.
:18:07. > :18:10.So I'm very grateful to the Holy Father for
:18:11. > :18:16.giving me this leave to return to Australia.
:18:17. > :18:18.Today, Victoria police have charged Cardinal George...
:18:19. > :18:21.Earlier in Australia, the police outlined the charges
:18:22. > :18:30.Cardinal Pell is facing multiple charges in respect
:18:31. > :18:32.of historic sexual offences, and there are multiple complainants
:18:33. > :18:38.For more than 40 years, George Pell worked as a priest, then
:18:39. > :18:45.In 2014, Pope Francis called him to work in Rome.
:18:46. > :18:49.In February last year the cardinal testified via video link
:18:50. > :18:51.to an Australian commission investigating official
:18:52. > :18:56.Victims flew in to watch his testimony.
:18:57. > :19:00.Now the Cardinal will have to defend himself in court.
:19:01. > :19:05.The charges leave the Church and the Pope in an uncomfortable position.
:19:06. > :19:08.After his election, Francis created a commission to deal
:19:09. > :19:12.with allegations of sexual abuse by clerics.
:19:13. > :19:22.Now he finds that one of his closest advisers faces charges of his own.
:19:23. > :19:25.The Pope will now face questions about his ally.
:19:26. > :19:27.George Pell will appear in court in Australia next month.
:19:28. > :19:40.Sir Martin Moore-Bick is appointed to lead the public inquiry
:19:41. > :19:44.He met residents this morning and promised to get to the truth
:19:45. > :19:48.And still to come: It's all in the name.
:19:49. > :19:51.How the Emir who owns the world's most famous stables helped a Cornish
:19:52. > :19:58.Coming up in sport: Can Novak Djokovic turn
:19:59. > :20:01.around his form this season on grass?
:20:02. > :20:04.He's warming up for next week's Wimbledon with a third round match
:20:05. > :20:14.against American Donald Young at the Aegon Classic in Eastbourne.
:20:15. > :20:17.It's three years since the self-proclaimed Islamic State
:20:18. > :20:19.declared the creation of a caliphate.
:20:20. > :20:24.Now, under extreme attack from a US-led international
:20:25. > :20:26.coalition, they are clinging on to their last major strongholds
:20:27. > :20:30.Britain has carried out the second largest number of air strikes
:20:31. > :20:35.Now, for the first time, RAF crews have been talking
:20:36. > :20:37.to the BBC about the challenges they face in avoiding
:20:38. > :20:45.Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports.
:20:46. > :20:48.The RAF prepares for another bombing mission against the group calling
:20:49. > :20:53.They've been flying these sorties from their base
:20:54. > :20:58.in Cyprus round the clock, in what's become another long war.
:20:59. > :21:01.What you're looking at a densely packed urban area with buildings
:21:02. > :21:07.For the first time the RAF's allowed their crews to talk
:21:08. > :21:12.They want to show the care they take to protect civilian life.
:21:13. > :21:17.The priority is to make sure our missile hits...
:21:18. > :21:21.Dave - not his real name - operates a Reaper remotely piloted drone.
:21:22. > :21:26.He shows me video of one targeting an IS, or Daesh, mortar position,
:21:27. > :21:31.Can you honestly say to me you can guarantee you won't cause
:21:32. > :21:40.What we can demonstrate through rigour and the use of these
:21:41. > :21:43.videos is we do absolutely everything within our power.
:21:44. > :21:46.Every member of the crew wants to go home with a battle damage assessment
:21:47. > :21:54.The RAF has been carrying out these bombing missions
:21:55. > :21:58.against IS for coming up to three years now.
:21:59. > :22:02.And in that time they've carried out more than 1000 air strikes,
:22:03. > :22:07.dropping more than 3000 bombs and missiles.
:22:08. > :22:10.And yet, they say, they've seen no evidence so far that
:22:11. > :22:15.they've been responsible for any civilian casualties.
:22:16. > :22:20.What I can say right now is that the evidence that we have
:22:21. > :22:28.It's human activity and we're not perfect, and even with our best
:22:29. > :22:31.efforts I cannot hand on heart say that wouldn't happen.
:22:32. > :22:35.But there are those who already believe Britain's paying
:22:36. > :22:39.a price for this war, with some linking this kind
:22:40. > :22:42.of military intervention to the recent terrorist attacks
:22:43. > :22:47.I do struggle a bit to link that to modern foreign policy.
:22:48. > :22:50.We have an opponent who just hates us and everything we stand
:22:51. > :22:53.for and all of our values, and we have to deal with that.
:22:54. > :22:58.We have to defeat them militarily and that's why we're here.
:22:59. > :23:07.They're fighting a brutal enemy that unlike them isn't worried
:23:08. > :23:24.Jonathan Beale, BBC News, RAF Akrotiri.
:23:25. > :23:32.The Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised to maintain the one country
:23:33. > :23:45.two Systems system ends Hong Kong. He's in Hong Kong for the 20th
:23:46. > :23:49.anniversary of the hand-out. A large security operation is under way, as
:23:50. > :23:51.protests are planned throughout the visit. Yesterday, democracy
:23:52. > :23:52.activists were arrested after chaining themselves to a monument to
:23:53. > :23:54.symbolise the handover. The Culture Secretary,
:23:55. > :23:56.Karen Bradley, says she is "minded" to refer Rupert Murdoch's 21st
:23:57. > :23:59.Century Fox bid to take control of Ms Bradley pointed to concerns
:24:00. > :24:03.about media plurality - but has yet to make her final
:24:04. > :24:04.decision. Mr Murdoch already owns 39% of Sky
:24:05. > :24:08.and opponents believe the deal would give him too much power
:24:09. > :24:10.in the UK media. Our entertainment correspondent
:24:11. > :24:11.David Sillito reports. It was set up by Rupert Murdoch
:24:12. > :24:16.but he owns only 39% of the shares. However, his media empire also owns
:24:17. > :24:21.The Sun and The Times and produces Should this be a matter
:24:22. > :24:27.for the competition authority? The Culture Secretary
:24:28. > :24:29.asked the watchdog Ofcom It concludes, "The transaction
:24:30. > :24:37.raises public interest concerns as a result of the risk of increased
:24:38. > :24:40.influence by members of the Murdoch family trust over the UK news agenda
:24:41. > :24:42.and the political process. With its unique presence on radio,
:24:43. > :24:50.television and in print and online. We consider that these concerns may
:24:51. > :24:55.justify reference by the Secretary of State to the Competition
:24:56. > :24:58.and Markets Authority". On the basis of Ofcom's report,
:24:59. > :25:02.I confirm that I am minded to refer to a phase two investigation
:25:03. > :25:08.on the grounds of media plurality. Plurality essentially means,
:25:09. > :25:10.does one media owner have too Opponents of the Murdoch empire
:25:11. > :25:16.were today protesting, But they also fear that other
:25:17. > :25:33.concerns about past misdeeds We feel Rupert Murdoch has too much
:25:34. > :25:36.power over our politics. He's a very dangerous man and we need a full
:25:37. > :25:38.investigation of everything to do with the Murdochs, before we hand
:25:39. > :25:43.him any more of media. And so a takeover bid that was first
:25:44. > :25:46.proposed seven years ago But for the Murdoch family,
:25:47. > :25:49.Sky was their creation. It almost bankrupted them
:25:50. > :25:51.in the '90s, before they turned it The battle is still very much
:25:52. > :25:55.on to finally make it theirs. Britain's household energy bills -
:25:56. > :26:02.and carbon emissions - have been kept in check by EU rules
:26:03. > :26:05.on energy efficiency, but a new report warns that both
:26:06. > :26:09.could rise unless ministers implement new policies
:26:10. > :26:11.to save power. The Committee on Climate Change says
:26:12. > :26:15.the UK needs to move quickly towards developing plans
:26:16. > :26:17.to keep emissions down. Ministers say they will come forward
:26:18. > :26:21.with a new policy in the autumn. Here's our environment
:26:22. > :26:25.analyst, Roger Harrabin. We have more and more
:26:26. > :26:27.gadgets all the time. Yet the average home is paying less
:26:28. > :26:39.for energy than we were before, It's because appliances like this
:26:40. > :26:45.are being forced to be ever more That means they do the same amount
:26:46. > :26:52.of work but for less power. It cuts our bills and it
:26:53. > :26:55.reduces carbon emissions. The biggest saving has been thanks
:26:56. > :27:01.to insulation and gas boilers. Gas demand is down 23%
:27:02. > :27:08.since 2008, the report says. It is exciting that we have
:27:09. > :27:12.managed to keep bills down The reason for that,
:27:13. > :27:17.the reason we are spending ?20 a month less on our bills,
:27:18. > :27:21.is because of the tough This government will have to make
:27:22. > :27:29.sure that we replicate those Greater home insulation
:27:30. > :27:38.is the big challenge ahead. The committee says the government
:27:39. > :27:40.has to find some way of persuading people to invest
:27:41. > :27:44.in making their homes warmer. Without that, the UK's target
:27:45. > :27:47.on emissions and affordable Electric vehicles are the other big
:27:48. > :27:53.issue raised in the report. Emissions from transport have been
:27:54. > :27:57.going up, when they should That's bad for local air pollution
:27:58. > :28:02.as well as for the climate. The government will bring forward
:28:03. > :28:05.its own plans for a low carbon, Not an idea most people would have,
:28:06. > :28:19.but it's paid off for the people of Godolphin Cross,
:28:20. > :28:21.near Helston in Cornwall. The village shares its name
:28:22. > :28:24.with one of the most famous stables in the world -
:28:25. > :28:27.owned by the Emir of Dubai. People were so desperate for funds
:28:28. > :28:30.for their local church that one contacted Sheikh Mohammed bin
:28:31. > :28:34.Rashid Al Maktoum for help. Godolphin Cross, a quiet village
:28:35. > :28:42.in Cornwall where the pace of life is gentle and the Methodist Chapel
:28:43. > :28:47.looks set to stand empty forever. The villagers were giving up hope
:28:48. > :28:49.of finding enough funds to buy it, and convert it
:28:50. > :28:54.to a community centre. But a bright spark thought
:28:55. > :28:57.of the ruler of Dubai. Sheikh Mohammed bin
:28:58. > :29:00.Rashid Al Maktoum. Their village shares its name
:29:01. > :29:04.with the world-famous Godolphin Stables in Newmarket
:29:05. > :29:10.which he founded. He's rubbed shoulders with
:29:11. > :29:13.the establishment and the powerful. Residents sent him a letter,
:29:14. > :29:15.more in hope than expectation, and were amazed when he offered
:29:16. > :29:19.help. It's not the only
:29:20. > :29:26.giving that they do. They give to other projects around
:29:27. > :29:29.the world and in the UK, but it was fantastic
:29:30. > :29:31.because as I say we were We were in trouble,
:29:32. > :29:35.we were going to lose our last space So the sheik, who has
:29:36. > :29:47.a passion for horses, has become the village's
:29:48. > :29:50.unlikely knight in shining armour. No one will say how much he's
:29:51. > :29:53.given but it is thought And Godolphin residents say any time
:29:54. > :29:56.he wants to take a break, from his champagne lifestyle,
:29:57. > :29:59.there's a warm welcome awaiting him. If ever he comes down this way,
:30:00. > :30:18.there's a pasty with his name on it, It's been really wet across Scotland
:30:19. > :30:22.so far today. Here's a picture from Edinburgh, huge puddles. The rain
:30:23. > :30:25.stretches down into parts of Wales and the south-west of England as
:30:26. > :30:30.well. It's not all doom and gloom, there is some brighter weather. This
:30:31. > :30:33.is Surrey, sunshine breaking through the cloud. This radar picture
:30:34. > :30:37.confirms it's been wet across Scotland. The rain is more patchy
:30:38. > :30:42.and northern England, Wales and the south-west. The rain is toppling
:30:43. > :30:47.westwards, getting into the western side of Northern Ireland over the
:30:48. > :30:52.next few hours. Not just wet, also really windy. The wind is quite
:30:53. > :30:54.chilly, not very summery. Into the afternoon across the south-west of
:30:55. > :30:59.England there will be some patchy rain around. As temperatures get
:31:00. > :31:04.around 19-20 in the south-east, it might spark off one or two showers,
:31:05. > :31:09.but few and far between. Patchy rain in North Wales and northern England.
:31:10. > :31:15.It spreads westwards across Northern Ireland and the rate will get pretty
:31:16. > :31:19.close to the Western Isles over the next few hours. The temperatures in
:31:20. > :31:22.the wind on the east coast, 11-12, not much better in the Glasgow area.
:31:23. > :31:26.Actually feel the things here. In the evening it stays pretty wet
:31:27. > :31:29.across Scotland. The rain across Western England and where is becomes
:31:30. > :31:34.lighter and more patchy, but it's still there overnight. It should be
:31:35. > :31:38.drier in the south-east. A fair bit of cloud, temperatures about 14 in
:31:39. > :31:42.the south-east and 10 degrees in the north-west. Not a cold night, quite
:31:43. > :31:46.mild for most, but still wet through the morning across Scotland and the
:31:47. > :31:49.western side of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The rain is
:31:50. > :31:55.gradually slipping southwards and eastwards, getting towards the
:31:56. > :31:58.south-east later on. Temperatures around 22 here, pressure north and
:31:59. > :32:02.west. The rain pushes through the south-east on Friday evening for the
:32:03. > :32:04.start of the weekend we have this range of high pressure that will
:32:05. > :32:13.settle things down for the most part. There's a weak front coming
:32:14. > :32:18.into the Northwest, a bit of a breeze and some rain, but most
:32:19. > :32:20.places dry, bright, a bit of sunshine will stop breezy, but
:32:21. > :32:24.reasonable in most places. Rain will sink South all parts on Saturday
:32:25. > :32:30.night. It's gone on Sunday. Sunday is pretty similar, the Saturday,
:32:31. > :32:42.most places are dry, variable cloud, some sunshine. Temperatures up by a
:32:43. > :32:44.notch or two. In summary it is wet, but the prospects through the
:32:45. > :32:47.weekend are looking that bit better. Drier, brighter, maybe a bit warmer.
:32:48. > :32:52.A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
:32:53. > :32:57.Sir Martin Moore-Bick is appointed to lead the public enquiry into the
:32:58. > :33:01.Grenfell Tower fire. He met residents this morning and promised
:33:02. > :33:04.to get the truth as as possible. It's goodbye from me and on BBC One
:33:05. > :33:05.we join the BBC's