30/06/2017 BBC News at One

The cladding, fitted to Grenfell Tower during its refurbishment,

was changed to a cheaper version, saving nearly ?300,000.

Documents, seen by the BBC, show that zinc cladding,

originally proposed, was replaced with an aluminium type.

Meanwhile, Downing Street has criticised Kensington Chelsea

council, after it cut short a meeting to discuss the tragedy,

We'll have the latest from West London.

A Coroner will record conclusions shortly about the death of seven

men, including five young friends, who drowned off

The parents of Charlie Gard - who lost their fight to take him

to America for experimental treatment - say his life support

It's going to be the worst day of our lives.

We know what day our son dies, but we don't even get a say over

Parts of President Trump's controversial travel ban

have come into force, affecting people from six

A rare sea turtle, that washed up thousands of miles

off course in Wales, is taken to Gran Canaria

And coming up in the sport on BBC News, live cricket matches

will return to BBC television for the first time in 21

years, after a new deal was done with the ECB.

Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.

It's emerged that the cladding used to renovate Grenfell Tower -

where police believe 80 people died in a fire - was changed

to a type which cost nearly ?300,000 less.

Documents obtained by BBC News show officials originally

chose a zinc cladding, but then decided upon a less

Kensington and Chelsea Council says safety would not have been

Since the fire, all 137 buildings tested

in England so far have failed fire safety tests.

Our correspondent Nick Beake is at Grenfell tower.

When you look at the burnt-out shell of Grenfell Tower it's easy to

forget this was a newlily refushish building. They spent nearly ?10

million here. Included in the project was the cladding we've heard

so much about. Now the BBC has learned that a cheaper option was

chosen for that cladding and that's something which has infuriated many

people nearby. The families of Grenfell Tower have

long believed they were not valued. Poor people living in a rich

borough. Now they say their suspicions have been confirmed, with

the revelation the cladding used for the refurbishment of the block was

changed to a cheaper version. This is like a coffin in the sky and

these children are deeply traumatised. The news has enraged

those fighting for justice for Grenfell. It is just further

evidence of the, of how little value they attach to people's lives,

people who live in social housing and the community, those affected

and the wider community, are utterly sick of this lack of value ascribed

to human beings who pay their council tax, who pay these people's

wages. I mean, it's unacceptable. Planning documents from 2014

uncovered by BBC News, show that the council saved ?293,000 by switching

to a cheaper, less fire resistant option. So instead of the zinc

panels with the fire retardant core, which residents were first promised,

aluminium panels with a plastic core were fitted instead. There's no

suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety. Chaos at

Kensington Chelsea Council last night. The authority had tried to

ban journalists from a meeting, but the High Court ordered they could

come along. Just minutes in, though, the council leader wound up

proceedings saying what they were discussing could prejudice the

upcoming public inquiry, a move criticised today by Downing Street

and others. The residents have a right to meet with the leaders of

the council. The leaders of the council have been hiding from the

residents for the last week. They should have had the courage to meet

with people and answer questions. The least that we can do is to face

the residents face-to-face and they're not prepared to do it.

Testing of cladding on other tower blocks across the country goes on.

Every one of the 149 high rise buildings examined so far has failed

a safety test. But some believe the process isn't working because the

tests focus on the core of the panel, rather than the panel as a

whole. They should have been fire tested. The information that we've

got now is that they haven't been fire tested. They've just tested the

core of the panel. They haven't tested the whole panel. They haven't

tested the insulation that sits in the cavity fill behind the panel.

Tests are too late for the victims of Grenfell Tower, for survivors,

news that they were given a cheaper level of protection only compounds

their sadness and anger. There's confusion too because

although a cheaper option of cladding was chosen, it had the same

fire safety rating as more expensive options, so clearly there will be

questions about the suitability of that testing regime. Meanwhile, the

Metropolitan Police continue their criminal investigation. We know

we've got a public inquiry too. As we've seen, the local authority

here, behind the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower remains in the

spotlight. Anger still remains

within the community, with residents displaced

across the city living Frankie McCamley has met a father

who managed to escape with his family from the ninth floor

of Grenfell Tower, but who are now stuggling with the aftermath

and trauma of that tragic night. Salaheddine lived on the ninth

floor of Grenfell Tower Now, all four of them live a few

miles away in a hotel. You have a double bed and two single

beds for your children. I sleep maybe four hours a day,

a night, and in one room with two children who just want to get out,

they want to get out. Salaheddine's family

escaped from Grenfell Tower Safe on the ground,

his wife called her brother, Abdul Aziz El-Wahabi, his wife

Fouzia, and their three children, Nurhuda, who was 15,

21-year-old Yasin and Mehdi, just eight years old are all

missing, presumed dead. A devastating reality that

Salaheddine's children My daughter's situation,

it's like a bit, as well. If she ask her to paint something,

she will paint the tower What's it like being a father,

seeing your daughter to draw It's not yet clear when the family

will be able to leave this room and move into their new home. They hope

to stay in the area and at some point go on a family holiday.

A Coroner will record conclusions this afternoon

about the death of seven men, including five young friends,

who drowned off Camber Sands in East Sussex last summer.

The five died in August, just a month after two other men

A total of nine people have drowned on Camber Sands

Duncan Kennedy is at Hastings Coroners Court.

Well, the fact that seven men could die in two separate incidents on one

beach in the space of one month is believed to be unprecedented in

Britain and finally today, we got an understanding, really for the first

time, of exactly how five of those men, those five friends who went

down there, came to their deaths. That was the result of expert

witness which we'll see in a moment and really, how they died and why

they died is exactly why the men's families have come to this inquest.

Kobi Saththiyanathan, his brother Ken, Nitharsan Ravi, Inthushan

Sriskantharasa and Gurushanth Srithavarajah, the five friends who

died on a summer's day out. Their families came for the final time to

hear what happened to them and why they drowned. It was last August,

they'd all gone for a day trip to camber to play volleyball in the

water, when this emergency took hold. Today a key expert on beaches

and currents came the fullest account yet of what probably

happened of how the five were playing far out to sea on these sand

bars and were trapped when the tide turned. Dr Simon Boxall said

powering currents and water temperatures 12 degrees cooler than

a swimming pool meant the men probably went into shock. The water

was cold. They panic, if one of them got into difficulty, for example,

the others would try to help. You can see how what started off as a

very enjoyable day on the beach could turn into the tragedy that it

turned into. Rother Council has put in Life Guards now, but said lack of

money was partly the reason why there weren't any last summer,

despite two recommendations from the RMLI. The council said it had put in

other measures tone Hans safety like beach patrols and signs. Just a

month earlier, on the same stretch of coast, Mohit tried to save

Gustava, but both men also drowned. The inquest heard between 1974 and

2012 50 million people visited Camber Sands without any sea-based

fatalities. Yet in the space of one month last year, seven men died

here. The Coroner will begin his

deliberations this afternoon. But he's made clear whether or not those

five friends who died could swim or not is irrelevant. He said the

council, which looks after Camber Sands, had a duty to look after the

safety of everybody that went there and he also said that no matter

what, he never wants to see a tragedy like this ever again.

The parents of ten-month-old Charlie Gard, who fought

an unsuccessful legal battle to take him to the United States

for experimental treatment, have said his life support will be

Charlie Gard, who's being cared for at Great Ormond Street hospital

in London, has irreversible brain damage and cannot

His parents say doctors have refused to let them take

We should be over the road, sitting next to our son,

Charlie Gard's bed, spending the last precious

But we just thought we would take five minutes out to come

It's a video no one should ever have to make.

In a heartbreaking YouTube post, ten-month-old Charlie Gard's parents

say they're being denied their last hope for their baby boy.

We've promised our little boy every single day

that we would take him home, because that is the promise

We want to give him a bath at home, we want to sit on the sofa with him,

we want to sleep in the bed with him, we want to put him

in a cot that he's never slept in, but we are now being denied that.

Charlie was born with a rare genetic condition and severe brain damage.

Connie Yates and Chris Gard have been fighting to keep his life

support switched on since March, despite doctors saying there's no

They took their fight all the way to the European Court of Human Rights.

But this week, they lost, as judges agreed with the British

courts it was most likely Charlie was being exposed to continued pain.

Today, his life support will be switched off.

His parents say they're being rushed at the most difficult

The 4th of August 2016 was the best day of our life,

The 30th June 2017 is going to be the worst day in our lives.

Great Ormond Street Hospital say they won't comment on specific

details of patient care, but this is a very distressing

situation for Charlie's parents and all of the staff involved,

President Trump's much-delayed ban on people travelling to the US

from six mainly Muslim countries came into effect

The Trump administration says the ban is temporary and will stop

terrorists from entering the country, but many people

have argued that it's unconstitutional and racist.

Our correspondent Richard Lister has the details.

This was the response when President Trump first

The courts struck it down but now it's been partially revived

The travel ban is more limited and the protests are smaller

but this is an issue on which America feels deeply.

We are in a political climate where Muslims are being targeted

If nothing else, it will make a psychological difference,

you know, that we're actually going to do something

Most Muslims feel this isn't the best way to promote peace

and to stop terrorism, which we all want to do.

For the next 90 days, non-US visa holders from six

predominantly Muslim countries will be denied entry to the US

Those with close family members already in America may be admitted

but not grandparents or more extended family.

Those with US college places or jobs can be admitted, too,

but the administration is struggling to explain how exactly these

This has been one of the President's top issues.

He has talked consistently about how he believes the United States needs

to do more to enhance our screening procedures and to take a better look

at people who will be coming into the United States.

Lawyers are talking to new arrivals at airports around the country

The rules include a 120-day ban on most refugees from anywhere.

We try to gather the information so we can know for future travellers

If we do need to file lawsuits or habeas petitions,

The Supreme Court is due to consider the ban in October,

by which time, in theory, some of the restrictions

It's emerged that the cladding used on Grenfell Tower was changed

to a type that cost nearly ?300,000 less than alternatives.

And still to come on the programme - it's a game they can't

The Lions prepare to take on the All Blacks in Wellington.

can Great Britain's Heather Watson come from a set down

against former World No 1 Caroline Wozniacki

to reach the final of the Aegon Classic in Eastbourne?

President Xi Jinping insisted that Hong Kong has a stable

future under Chinese rule, as he arrived in the territory

to mark 20 years since its handover from Britain.

Hong Kong police have now released all 26 activists who were detained

for staging a protest in advance of the visit, calling for more

Our correspondent in Hong Kong Stephen McDonell reports.

The President of China, Xi Jinping, started the day

with a troop inspection at the People's Liberation Army

Since this former British colony was returned to China two decades

ago, the military has kept a pretty low profile here and is only on show

The city itself is also being dressed up for the 20th

anniversary, with light shows and performances planned.

Strong development in the future is one of the key messages being

In 1997, Hong Kong was handed back to the mainland,

along with guarantees of an independent judiciary, free

Yes, this would be part of China but under the banner of one country,

two systems, it would be a region with special privileges.

Yet the last British governor says he now worried that Beijing is not

The mood has got much more sour in the last few years

because while President Xi Jinping has been in office, just

as there has been a crackdown on dissidents on mainland China,

so the Chinese have been increasing their grip

A failure to introduce promised democratic elections for Hong Kong's

leader brought hundreds of thousands of protesters into the streets three

And more demonstrations are planned for this weekend,

It would be a mistake to think that the bulk of this city's dissent

On this 20th anniversary, if the opinion polls are to be

believed, most people in Hong Kong still want to be part

of China as long as their freedoms are guaranteed.

But wherever President Xi is, there will be no talk

Instead, he told a banquet with hundreds of selected guests

that he remained confident in this city.

Steven McDonnell, BBC News, Hong Kong.

Fewer people are taking their own life on the railways,

and that's thought to be because of a ground-breaking

partnership between the charity Samaritans and Network Rail.

One in six railway staff and transport police have now been

trained on what to do if they see someone who looks vulnerable.

Our transport correspondent Richard Westcott reports.

Every year, more than 200 people take their own life on the railways.

People of all ages, from all backgrounds.

The initial shock after Oscar died...

You're just numb and then in the weeks and months

after you get hit with a tsunami of grief.

Carmel's son Oscar was just 16 when he took his life in 2015.

He was smart, fun, popular at school.

There was no clue as to how he was really feeling.

You feel like your heart has been turned into glass, shattered.

You're so vulnerable yourself and at that point

Carmel's now starting a charity in Oscar's name,

going into schools, encouraging children to speak out

What we do know is that many people who are suicidal,

one of the things they are feeling...

You can learn how to help prevent suicide.

In recent years, nearly 15,000 rail staff and transport police have been

on this ground-breaking Samaritans course, showing them what to do

Andy admits he was cynical before the lesson, but he soon relied on it

So I sat down, I spoke to him, asked him if I could help,

He said to me he was a coward and that he wanted to die.

So I asked him if he would come and sit in the van and let me

At the time it was the only safe place I could think to get him.

He says one thing in particular came back to him.

I can remember the instructor actually saying, don't say "I know

That's always stuck in my mind because it's the type of thing

I probably would have said, so that's in your mind,

Rail staff stepped in to talk to a vulnerable person an average

of four times a day last year and the number of rail suicides

If it was you that was stood there, in that vulnerable position,

how would you feel if someone didn't come up and talk

to you and you were allowed to go and take your own life?

You would want to be able to thank someone one day.

Nurseries in England say local councils are failing to provide

enough money to fund more free childcare for three

From September, children will be eligible for 30 hours of free

nursery education if both parents are in work.

But the National Day Nurseries Association say

Our education correspondent Gillian Hargreaves reports.

From September, all three and four-year-olds in England

will be eligible for up to 30 hours free childcare to help

It was a flagship Conservative policy in the 2015 general election,

and will cost the Government an extra ?1 billion.

However, the National Day Nurseries Association asked 128 local

authorities how much they will pay nurseries for subsidised

The average hourly rate will go up from ?3.97 this

year to ?4.37 next year, an increase of 40p.

Despite a Government proposal that no nursery should receive

less than ?4 per hour, seven authorities are

The association says the rise is too low,

and won't cover costs like heating, lighting and a rise

in the National Living Wage, meaning some nurseries will opt out

The current funding levels are totally inadequate,

and if nurseries opt out of delivering the 30

hours' free childcare, that will mean 50,000 children,

which is equal to the child population of Manchester,

are going to miss out on this 30 hours of free childcare.

Parents dropping their children off at nursery this morning had strong

It is disappointing because obviously, you know,

other nurseries have got that 30 hours free, potentially,

I can understand from their perspective but it is, actually,

from a parent's perspective, it will be a bit of a challenge.

They should definitely request a bit more money from the government.

I know how difficult that is but it is the next phase.

The Government has committed an extra ?1 billion to fund

the extension of hours on top of ?6 billion already spent

Live cricket is returning to BBC television for

From 2020, the new four-year deal includes both men's and women's

international and domestic T20 matches.

Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss is at the BBC Sport Centre.

Good news for all cricket fans, then. It is big news coming years,

Jane, because while Sky Sports will carry on showing the vast majority

of cricket, but the first time since 1999, there will be live cricket on

BBC TV. From 2020, the BBC will show three England T20 internationals,

two men's matches and one women's match and there will be live matches

from a new domestic T20 tournament which is being launched, again both

men's and women's matches. There will be highlights on prime-time TV

of England's home internationals. There will be highlights online, two

and of course, Test match special will continue to provide radio

commentary. It is an extensive cricket package on TV, radio and

online. Why is it happening? The England and Wales Cricket board

essentially want to reach a far broader audience. Their decision

back in 2005 to sell the broadcasting rights, the TV rights

exclusively to Sky Sports was good for the game's finances but not so

good for the game's profile. It has struggled to reach the level of

audience it used to. Participation rates particularly among young

people have fallen. By taking the game back to terrestrial TV, they

can reach a far wider audience, particularly with young fans through

T20 cricket. Andy Swiss, there. Now, rugby union, and tomorrow's

crucial game for the British The Lions can't afford

to lose, or they will hand Katie Gornall reports

from Wellington. The all-important second

Test is just a day away, and the All Blacks captain seems

pretty relaxed about it. Most teams would shut themselves

away with such a big game on the horizon,

but not New Zealand. I think it's a good balance,

getting out and interacting with people from around the city,

and taking your mind off it. So, fair to say the boys are pretty

relaxed, but they know there's The All Blacks took a grip

on the series with a ruthless win in Auckland as the Lions found

themselves outfought There were some encouraging

flourishes from Warren Gatland's side, but after all the hype,

it was a deflating defeat. Wellington offers a fresh

start for the Lions, and a chance for them

to reinvigorate the pack. Gatland has gambled with his

selection, and opted Warren Gatland has made

a bold change to his team He's included Owen Farrell

and Jonny Sexton in the same midfield, despite them not having

started a game together Now if that was a surprise,

this next change was expected. Maro Itoje and Sam Warburton come

into the forward pack as the Lions try and match

the All Blacks physically. You play rugby because you enjoy

the physical side of the sport, and that's definitely

the case for me. So when you come off second best

there, it does hurt you as a player. We're looking forward to trying

to get a win and making it 1-1, but if not, then you can look back

on the game and put your hands up and say, perhaps we were beaten

by the better team. In their efforts to salvage

the series through Sexton and Farrell, the Lions have decided

to go on the attack. One man who faced the same situation

as captain back in 1993 told me the odds are stacked

against the Lions. We've just got to go and play

the game of our lives. We've got to believe first

and foremost that we can win the game, and they're going to have

to play well, they're going to have to produce unquestionably the best

performance of the tour in order Another series win is within

the All Blacks' grasp. The Lions won't be underestimated,

but there's no doubt Read a rare sea turtle washed up on

a beach in Anglesey is going to be taken to Gran Canaria and set free.

Menai, and Olive Ridley turtle, would normally be found in warmer

waters close to the equator. Wales correspondent Sian Lloyd reports.

Menai's arrival at this turtle sanctuary in Gran Canaria

marks a new chapter in her remarkable story.

She's defied the odds in getting this far, and will spend

By her side, marine biologist Frankie Hobro, who has helped

She was found stranded on a beach of Anglesey.

Here it is sunny every day and we saw the second day she was here

she was basking quite happily, floating on the surface,

That is an important part of her behaviour so that is part of the

transitional stage while she is here before she is released into the

wild. It's thought Menai was swept off

course, away from the south-western breeding grounds off Africa,

past the east coast of America and back across the Atlantic,

all the way to the UK When she was found last November,

she was just minutes away The team there helped her overcome

hypothermia, buoyancy problems She may have come this far but it is

in the end of the story. Really, what we want to do

is take her further south-west in the Atlantic and release

her in slightly warmer of the breeding grounds

and let her find her own way there. We really need someone with a boat

or ship or some means of transporting her from here.

If that happens, Menai will be back where she belongs,

where experts hope she'll breed and so play a part in helping

secure the future of this endangered species.

Time for a look at the weather. Here's Jay Wynne.

Hello. Good afternoon and this is a picture

for one of our weather watchers in Kent earlier. That is where the best

of the sunny spells have been so far. Elsewhere, a lot of cloud out

there and some rain to be had. Not too heavy and not too widespread but

it is a bit dull and damp across the south-west of the UK in particular,

down towards Newquay, some wetter weather and elsewhere, a lot of

cloud and pockets of rain. We will see damp weather in the east of

Scotland. A cool day in Aberdeenshire, temperatures not much

higher than 12 or 13. Drier in western Scotland and Northern

Ireland but rather cloudy. Outbreaks of rain in northern England,

particularly the north-east and patchy rain in parts of the Midlands

and maybe West Wales. Temperatures getting into the low 20s in the

south-east where we have already seen some showers and that could

turn into the odd thunderstorm but pretty isolated. Still breezy in the

south and west with lots of cloud and further outbreaks of rain. More

rain to come this evening and overnight, drifting south across

England and Wales but drier conditions following, still a good

deal of cloud keeping chapters at nine or ten in the north and 14 or

15 further south. Early rain in the south-east clears the way. A ridge

of high pressure builds across England and Wales, in particular

bringing a decent weekend to most parts. Particularly so for England

and Wales, a lot drier and brighter than recently. Some early rain soon

clearing away from the south-east and it brightens up quite nicely

with spells of sunshine and patchy cloud, light wind. A different story

in Scotland and Northern Ireland, more breeze, more rain spreading

from West to East butter warmer day in Aberdeenshire, 19 or so and quite

warm in the south-east, 23 or 24. Sunday a similar day with early rain

clearing away from the south-eastern corner and then it brightens up

quite nicely with good spells of sunshine and once again, more of a

breeze in western Scotland with clout and outbreaks of rain. As we

head into the start of the new week, yet another weather system coming in

from the Atlantic. It is weakening all the while so a fair bit of

cloud, not a great deal of rain but some which will slip its way from

the north-west of the UK, slowly getting down towards the south-east

later in the day. Of course, Wimbledon starts on Monday, maybe a

few interruptions later but apart from that, pretty decent spells of

play. On Tuesday, again some rain in the south-west of the UK but lots of

dry and bright weather elsewhere. That's all from the BBC News at One,

so it's goodbye from me.