:00:00. > :00:00.Four weeks after the fire at Grenfell Tower, the new leader
:00:07. > :00:10.of the council says it will take a generation for survivors
:00:11. > :00:17.Elizabeth Campbell promises to use some of the council's
:00:18. > :00:19.reserves to build new homes, to help those who no
:00:20. > :00:34.The community is strong. The chasm is between the community, whether
:00:35. > :00:40.they are rich or poor, it is between them and the state. Whether they've
:00:41. > :00:41.lost trust in local government or in central government. That is what we
:00:42. > :00:43.have got to restore. We'll have the latest
:00:44. > :00:44.from West London. A gay man wins a landmark ruling
:00:45. > :00:48.at the Supreme Court Thousands of married gay couples
:00:49. > :00:52.will now have the same pension entitlements
:00:53. > :00:54.as heterosexual couples. There's been another
:00:55. > :00:58.fall in unemployment. The overall rate of 4.5%
:00:59. > :01:03.is the lowest since 1975. Donald Trump defends his son,
:01:04. > :01:05.who's under pressure after his discussions
:01:06. > :01:08.with a Russian lawyer. The President says Donald Jr
:01:09. > :01:16.is being subjected to a witch hunt. And at Wimbledon, Andy Murray has
:01:17. > :01:19.just walked onto Centre Court in his He's about to play
:01:20. > :01:27.the American Sam Querrey. And coming up in the
:01:28. > :01:32.sport on BBC News. As well as Andy Murray
:01:33. > :01:34.in action today at Wimbledon, Roger Federer takes to Centre Court
:01:35. > :01:56.later against Milos Raonic. Good afternoon and welcome
:01:57. > :02:00.to the BBC News at One. Exactly four weeks after the fire
:02:01. > :02:04.at Grenfell Tower which killed at least 80 people, the new leader
:02:05. > :02:09.of Kensington Chelsea has promised that the council will use some
:02:10. > :02:12.of its reserves to build homes, to help the families
:02:13. > :02:15.who have lost theirs. Elizabeth Campbell said people
:02:16. > :02:18.who survived the fire will take a generation to trust
:02:19. > :02:21.the council again. MPs are debating the inquiry
:02:22. > :02:26.into the fire this lunchtime and, tonight, the community in west
:02:27. > :02:45.London will hold a vigil I have been here in the community
:02:46. > :02:49.for some weeks now, speaking to people who escape from the tower,
:02:50. > :02:52.those who lost their loved ones and people in the community who have
:02:53. > :02:56.been pulling together and giving that much needed help. Emotions here
:02:57. > :03:00.are still extremely raw as people try to come to terms with what has
:03:01. > :03:05.happened. There is still a very long way to go after police said this
:03:06. > :03:06.morning that the recovery operation inside the tower is not going to be
:03:07. > :03:16.complete until the end of the year. Stepping into Grenfell Tower,
:03:17. > :03:20.climbing the stairs to what was people's homes. Investigators have
:03:21. > :03:25.so far recovered 32 bodies out of at least 80 believed to be dead still
:03:26. > :03:29.missing. It is a meticulous process. Some victims may never be
:03:30. > :03:33.identified. I feel passionate about getting those people back to their
:03:34. > :03:37.loved ones. I understand how frustrating it is for people outside
:03:38. > :03:43.this environment to sit and wait and say, "Why can't I have my family
:03:44. > :03:50.back? Surely it is easy?" It isn't. The magnitude started become
:03:51. > :03:53.apparent even before we got there. Inspector Nick Thatcher was in
:03:54. > :03:57.charge of the first officers on the scene. It is very much a case of,
:03:58. > :03:59.you six, you ten, 12 or two, whatever numbers they arrived in,
:04:00. > :04:04.there's a problem there, this is as much as I can tell you, off you go,
:04:05. > :04:07.if you need help, let me go. My briefings to the officers were not
:04:08. > :04:12.great but it was moving so fast because again, as people were
:04:13. > :04:16.arriving, the fire was so aggressive. Most who used to live in
:04:17. > :04:21.a tower are still waiting for permanent homes. Many are in hotels
:04:22. > :04:26.and four weeks on, it is taking its toll. It will be with me forever. I
:04:27. > :04:34.dream about it. Every night it comes back to me. But you can't change it.
:04:35. > :04:39.It is going to haunt me for the rest of my life. Following a series of
:04:40. > :04:42.failings by Kensington and Chelsea Council, Elizabeth Campbell takes
:04:43. > :04:48.her position as leader next week and admits there is a lot of work to be
:04:49. > :04:52.done. The community is strong. The chasm is between the community,
:04:53. > :04:56.whether they are rich or poor, it is between them and the state, whether
:04:57. > :04:59.they've lost trust in local government and they've lost trust in
:05:00. > :05:05.central government. That is what we've got to restore. But some think
:05:06. > :05:09.the council is still out of touch with residents here. The public has
:05:10. > :05:15.not got confidence in the new leadership. She is tainted by her
:05:16. > :05:18.connection with the previous leader, fairly or unfairly and I'm afraid
:05:19. > :05:21.what local residents don't want is out of touch leader who does not
:05:22. > :05:26.understand their concerns and what they are going through. Elsewhere,
:05:27. > :05:31.tests have been carried out on 200 buildings with similar cladding to
:05:32. > :05:34.Grenfell Tower. All have failed to shake -- safety checks. Labour has
:05:35. > :05:38.called for the process to be speeded up, saying the government has been
:05:39. > :05:42.too slow at letting others know whether their homes are safe. Later
:05:43. > :05:46.today, there will be a debate in the Commons over the public inquiry into
:05:47. > :05:49.the disaster and tonight, the community will once again come
:05:50. > :05:53.together for a vigil, a chance to reflect and show unity following a
:05:54. > :05:58.tragedy that has torn so many lives apart.
:05:59. > :06:04.Well, this afternoon, the inquest into nine victims will be opened to
:06:05. > :06:07.give families some of those much-needed answers but there are
:06:08. > :06:11.still many questions being asked. Where will people be living and what
:06:12. > :06:16.is going to happen to the towers? Although we are four weeks on, this
:06:17. > :06:18.feels like very much the beginning. Thank you. Frankie McCamley, there.
:06:19. > :06:20.The trauma has had a huge impact on the community,
:06:21. > :06:25.Our correspondent Graham Satchell has been to meet some of them,
:06:26. > :06:28.to find out how they're coping in the aftermath of the fire.
:06:29. > :06:32.In sight of Grenfell Tower, fun and laughter.
:06:33. > :06:35.This is Kids On The Green, a safe space where children
:06:36. > :06:45.There's a lot of food and, yeah, just really fun overall.
:06:46. > :06:50.Then, it got a bit easier after a few weeks.
:06:51. > :06:53.Then, when this started happening, you just come here, it
:06:54. > :06:58.Kids On The Green is run by volunteers, teachers, therapists,
:06:59. > :07:06.Children can play and be supported. Parents can get some respite.
:07:07. > :07:09.I've got two boys and also an older girl, who is 13.
:07:10. > :07:12.And a couple of her friends were in the tower, so she's been
:07:13. > :07:16.really affected by it, as well, and upset.
:07:17. > :07:19.It is hard to know that some of the neighbours, a teacher,
:07:20. > :07:24.children that my kids were friends with, are no longer with us
:07:25. > :07:26.and also, the building being right there, in our
:07:27. > :07:33.A month after the fire, the impact on some of the children
:07:34. > :07:41.The last week, some of the symptoms have become kind of more severe.
:07:42. > :07:44.We find that a lot of kids have been scared to go to bed.
:07:45. > :07:47.They have been scared to fall asleep.
:07:48. > :07:49.So we are giving parents a lot of practical support
:07:50. > :07:55.in resetting their routines and making the children feel safe.
:07:56. > :07:58.In the art tent, children can paint anything they want.
:07:59. > :08:04.We have a team of art therapists on site all the time so that
:08:05. > :08:08.if children are drawing disturbing pictures, that they are supported
:08:09. > :08:14.It is very sad that so many children witnessed it.
:08:15. > :08:22.Such widespread sadness and horror, it's...
:08:23. > :08:26.All the children here have witnessed unimaginable horror.
:08:27. > :08:29.This is just the beginning of a healing process.
:08:30. > :08:33.But we know that healing is going to take years.
:08:34. > :08:40.Graham Satchell, BBC News, West London.
:08:41. > :08:44.The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in favour of a gay man
:08:45. > :08:47.who argued that he and his husband should have the same pension
:08:48. > :08:52.rights as those enjoyed by heterosexual couples.
:08:53. > :08:55.The case was brought by a former cavalry officer, John Walker,
:08:56. > :08:58.who challenged the rule which limited access
:08:59. > :09:00.to pension funds accrued before 2005, when civil
:09:01. > :09:04.Our legal affairs correspondent Clive Coleman reports
:09:05. > :09:18.Victory after an 11 year legal battle. John Walker worked for the
:09:19. > :09:23.company in a spec the 23 years, paying into the firm's pension
:09:24. > :09:27.scheme. Mr Walker and his now husband became civil partners in
:09:28. > :09:33.2006. That was shortly after the partnerships became legal. But the
:09:34. > :09:36.company, relying on an exception in domestic law, refused to take
:09:37. > :09:43.account of his pension contributions before that date. However, the court
:09:44. > :09:49.ruled EU law trumped that. Mr Walker's husband will be entitled to
:09:50. > :09:53.a spouse's pension on Mr Walker's death, provided of course that they
:09:54. > :09:57.remained married. It would be the same with anybody, whether it is a
:09:58. > :10:01.heterosexual couple or a same-sex couple, someone you love, that
:10:02. > :10:05.person you want to make sure is looked after as long as they are
:10:06. > :10:08.alive. I'm older than him, therefore statistically, the chances are that
:10:09. > :10:13.I will die before him. I wanted to ensure he was looked after. The
:10:14. > :10:18.effect of today's ruling is massive. It does not just about John Walker
:10:19. > :10:21.but everyone who is in a civil partnership or same-sex marriage and
:10:22. > :10:24.that is whether they are paying into an occupational pension scheme with
:10:25. > :10:30.a private employer or within the public sector. Supporters were
:10:31. > :10:35.thrilled but there is a possible storm cloud on the horizon. It is
:10:36. > :10:39.only EU law that allowed him to win today. So obviously, what Mr Walker
:10:40. > :10:42.wants to know and what we want to know is what is going to happen to
:10:43. > :10:47.these rights when we leave the European Union. The UK courts will
:10:48. > :10:52.no longer have the power to apply EU law to British law then. John Walker
:10:53. > :10:56.is happy that equality at the heart of civil partnerships and same-sex
:10:57. > :10:59.marriage has finally caught up with pensions and there is a pot at the
:11:00. > :11:01.end of the rainbow. Clive Coleman, BBC News.
:11:02. > :11:03.There has been another drop in unemployment.
:11:04. > :11:06.It fell by 64,000, to 1.49 million, in the three months to May,
:11:07. > :11:08.according to the latest official figures.
:11:09. > :11:11.This means the unemployment rate of 4.5% is now
:11:12. > :11:18.But wage increases continue to fall further behind inflation.
:11:19. > :11:22.Earnings rose by 2% year-on-year, below the current rate of inflation.
:11:23. > :11:26.Here is our economics correspondent, Andy Verity.
:11:27. > :11:33.Teaching English has been a growing industry in the last 12 years,
:11:34. > :11:35.as the job market keeps generating new vacancies -
:11:36. > :11:38.many of them filled by people who grew up speaking other
:11:39. > :11:42.They will join a record workforce of 32 million.
:11:43. > :11:44.As a proportion of that, unemployment is
:11:45. > :11:50.But the number of new students is not growing as fast
:11:51. > :11:53.now and the owner of this Bristol language school fears
:11:54. > :11:56.why their pay will not beat inflation.
:11:57. > :11:59.It is the most difficult thing a house to do.
:12:00. > :12:01.It is the most difficult thing I have to do.
:12:02. > :12:05.These people have given me loyalty and their hard
:12:06. > :12:08.work and to tell them I cannot reward that as I would like to
:12:09. > :12:12.Unemployment is just under 1.49 million.
:12:13. > :12:24.That is higher than the last figures but not enough to keep up with
:12:25. > :12:29.prizes. This chart shows you what has happened to earnings over the
:12:30. > :12:32.last 12 years so we have had pay rises, the yellow line coming up
:12:33. > :12:37.here, but to take into account inflation, you have to look at the
:12:38. > :12:44.blue line. That is where we are now, we are up about 3.8% from the trough
:12:45. > :12:47.but we are down about 3.2% from the peak in March 2000 eight. If you
:12:48. > :12:55.look at where we are now, we are earning no more in real terms than
:12:56. > :12:58.we were way back in 2006. We need to keep driving wages forward and
:12:59. > :13:03.fundamentally, that is about productivity and about the skills
:13:04. > :13:08.base and underpinning those things is investment. With consumer price
:13:09. > :13:12.inflation accelerating, and new jobs not really paying that much more, it
:13:13. > :13:16.is clear that real wages, consumer purchasing power, is going to be
:13:17. > :13:20.tightening which creates real questions about the longevity of the
:13:21. > :13:24.consumer led recovery. Economists used to think low unemployment would
:13:25. > :13:29.lead workers to lose their fear of the dole queue and demand inflation
:13:30. > :13:32.beating pay rises. But imposed financial crisis Britain, that
:13:33. > :13:35.theory can seem out of line with the facts. Andy Verity, BBC News.
:13:36. > :13:37.The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator
:13:38. > :13:40.Michel Barnier has said Britain must recognise the existence of its
:13:41. > :13:48.Yesterday, the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson suggested
:13:49. > :13:50.the EU could "go whistle", for what he described
:13:51. > :13:54.At a news conference in the last hour, Monsieur Barnier said
:13:55. > :13:56.he cannot hear any whistling, just the clock ticking.
:13:57. > :14:00.Let's talk to our Brussels reporter, Adam Fleming.
:14:01. > :14:09.Michel Barnier showing some frustration with Britain, Adam? Yes,
:14:10. > :14:14.he was his usual unruffled self, unlike me in the wind in Brussels
:14:15. > :14:17.this afternoon, but there was a bit of frustration from what he sees as
:14:18. > :14:21.the fact that the UK site has not been as transparent and open as he
:14:22. > :14:27.has in terms of what their actual position is on a range of issues, Mr
:14:28. > :14:31.Barnier pointed out his side has published lots of papers covering
:14:32. > :14:34.lots of different areas of the Brexit negotiations. He repeated his
:14:35. > :14:39.criticism of Theresa May's proposal for the rights of EU nationals
:14:40. > :14:42.living in the UK after Brexit. Mr Barnier said they don't go far
:14:43. > :14:47.enough and they don't give a role to the European Court of Justice which
:14:48. > :14:51.is one of Mrs May's redlines. As you mentioned, this big sticking point
:14:52. > :14:55.emerging now is the idea of the financial settlement. Should the UK
:14:56. > :15:00.pay a bill for its financial obligations it had as a member of
:15:01. > :15:03.the EU? Mr Barnier says until David Davis acknowledges the principle
:15:04. > :15:06.that there is a bill to be paid, there will be a lack of trust
:15:07. > :15:10.between the two side and they can't have any talks about the future
:15:11. > :15:12.relationship between the EU and the UK. Thanks, Adam Fleming, there.
:15:13. > :15:15.The charity Citizens Advice is calling for all energy customers
:15:16. > :15:18.to be given a rebate of ?285, because it says the companies
:15:19. > :15:20.which manage the gas and electricity grids and local networks have been
:15:21. > :15:24.allowed to charge people too much, even though their prices are
:15:25. > :15:27.controlled by the energy regulator, Ofgem.
:15:28. > :15:31.Here's our business correspondent, Theo Leggett.
:15:32. > :15:35.The cost of transporting electricity and gas
:15:36. > :15:38.makes up a quarter of our energy bills.
:15:39. > :15:40.These networks are looked after by National Grid, along with a
:15:41. > :15:47.Because they don't face any competition, the prices they can
:15:48. > :15:50.charge are vetted by the regulator, Ofgem,
:15:51. > :15:52.and approved for an eight-year period.
:15:53. > :15:55.But Citizens Advice estimates that, during the current
:15:56. > :15:57.period, which we are halfway through, the network companies will
:15:58. > :16:01.make too much money - ?7.5 billion of excess profits.
:16:02. > :16:05.So,they want each household to get a rebate of ?285 to
:16:06. > :16:12.Ofgem have overestimated the cost of investment and borrowing.
:16:13. > :16:15.For example, interest rates have not been as high as they expected.
:16:16. > :16:19.They have also allowed the companies to earn money at the rate that
:16:20. > :16:22.a much riskier company would be able to do and they have
:16:23. > :16:25.not been tough enough with the companies on sharing the benefits
:16:26. > :16:28.of any efficiency savings they have made.
:16:29. > :16:32.Ofgem insists it is protecting the interests of bill payers and it
:16:33. > :16:34.has warned the network companies that the next
:16:35. > :16:38.set of price controls, from 2021, will be tougher.
:16:39. > :16:41.As Ofgem, we are always looking at ways we can
:16:42. > :16:43.improve value for money for consumers.
:16:44. > :16:46.As part of that, there is a broad discussion about how we make
:16:47. > :16:49.We are keen to engage people like Citizens Advice.
:16:50. > :16:52.One thing I'm determined to make sure is that these
:16:53. > :16:53.next price controls will be consumer-led.
:16:54. > :16:55.Therefore, we welcome interactions with people
:16:56. > :16:58.like Citizens Advice and other consumer bodies.
:16:59. > :17:01.The network companies themselves reject the
:17:02. > :17:04.calculations made by Citizens Advice and they point out that they are
:17:05. > :17:07.planning to invest huge sums in infrastructure over the next few
:17:08. > :17:11.years to help keep the lights on and our homes warm.
:17:12. > :17:22.Four weeks after the fire at Grenfell Tower, the new leader
:17:23. > :17:25.of the council says it will take a generation for survivors
:17:26. > :17:42.At an expectant Wimbledon, Andy Murray is on court and hoping to
:17:43. > :17:43.join Johanna Konta in the semifinals.
:17:44. > :17:46.England are aiming for their fifth consecutive win
:17:47. > :17:50.They're facing New Zealand in Derby after their win over
:17:51. > :18:01.President Trump has defended his eldest son,
:18:02. > :18:03.who is under pressure for meeting a Russian lawyer during last
:18:04. > :18:10.He tweeted that Donald Jr was transparent, open and innocent
:18:11. > :18:13.and was being subjected to the greatest witch hunt
:18:14. > :18:23.Donald Trump Jr played a key role in his father's
:18:24. > :18:27.Now, his actions are almost threatening to
:18:28. > :18:32.Fearing further revelations about a meeting last
:18:33. > :18:36.year at Trump Tower, the President's eldest son chose
:18:37. > :18:39.to release copies of an e-mail exchange between him and the man
:18:40. > :18:45.Those e-mails have released some disturbing questions.
:18:46. > :18:49.In retrospect, I would have done things differently.
:18:50. > :18:53.This is before they were building it up in the press.
:18:54. > :18:56.This was opposition research, I wanted to hear it out.
:18:57. > :19:02.But that was not what the meeting was about.
:19:03. > :19:04.The e-mails feature an exchange between Donald Trump Jr
:19:05. > :19:07.and a British publicist named Rob Goldstone.
:19:08. > :19:12.Goldstone offers to broker a meeting with a Russian lawyer who he says
:19:13. > :19:16.has damaging information about Hillary Clinton,
:19:17. > :19:18."information which would be very useful to your father".
:19:19. > :19:21.The e-mail continues, "This is obviously very high level
:19:22. > :19:25.and sensitive information, but is part of Russia
:19:26. > :19:27.and its government's support for Mr Trump."
:19:28. > :19:33.Donald Trump Jr replied simply, "If it is what you say, I love it."
:19:34. > :19:36.Do you tell your father anything about this?
:19:37. > :19:40.It was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell.
:19:41. > :19:43.I would not have even remembered it until you start
:19:44. > :19:47.It was a wasted 20 minutes, which was a shame.
:19:48. > :19:50.President Trump has been largely silent on the issue,
:19:51. > :19:53.saying only that his son was a high-quality person and that
:19:54. > :19:56.he applauded his transparency, but the apparent eagerness
:19:57. > :20:01.of Donald Jr to accept a Russian offer of help with his father's
:20:02. > :20:06.campaign has left lawmakers of both parties deeply concerned.
:20:07. > :20:11.This is obviously very significant, deeply disturbing, new public
:20:12. > :20:16.information about direct contacts between the Russian government
:20:17. > :20:20.and its intermediaries at the very centre of the Trump family,
:20:21. > :20:26.The fact that Donald Trump's son-in-law was also present
:20:27. > :20:31.at the meeting at Trump Tower only adds to the concern here.
:20:32. > :20:34.Now a senior adviser to the President, some say
:20:35. > :20:37.it is another sign of how keen the Trump campaign
:20:38. > :20:41.was for information about its Presidential rival.
:20:42. > :20:45.President Trump travelled to France today, anxious, no doubt,
:20:46. > :20:48.to escape the impression that his is an administration
:20:49. > :20:57.It has been a year since the failed coup attempt in Turkey and,
:20:58. > :21:00.in an exclusive interview with the BBC, President Erdogan has
:21:01. > :21:04.rejected criticism of Turkey's record on press freedom
:21:05. > :21:08.He also criticised the EU for being insincere about possible
:21:09. > :21:12.Turkish membership and said he hoped for a post-Brexit free
:21:13. > :21:22.A year ago, Turkey almost fell to the tanks.
:21:23. > :21:27.An attempted coup thwarted as Turks resisted rogue soldiers, responding
:21:28. > :21:36.He evaded capture and emerged stronger.
:21:37. > :21:44.150,000 sacked or suspended, accused of links to the plotters.
:21:45. > :21:48.Turkey again the world's leading jailer of journalists.
:21:49. > :21:54.But speaking to the BBC's HARDtalk, President Erdogan shook off
:21:55. > :22:01.criticism and denied that press freedom was under attack.
:22:02. > :22:05.TRANSLATION: Those people in jail are not titled journalists.
:22:06. > :22:08.Some of them collaborated with terror organisations,
:22:09. > :22:12.some of them were jailed for possession of a firearm.
:22:13. > :22:15.The past year has soured relations with Europe.
:22:16. > :22:18.Turkey furious at Western criticism of the purge,
:22:19. > :22:22.Mr Erdogan slamming German and Dutch leaders as "Nazis".
:22:23. > :22:29.He said Turkey's decades-long dream of EU membership is not absolute.
:22:30. > :22:33.TRANSLATION: The majority of my people do not want EU anymore,
:22:34. > :22:37.they don't think its approach to Turkey is sincere.
:22:38. > :22:41.Despite this, we will continue on being sincere with the EU
:22:42. > :22:45.Turkey's big economy is a prime trade target
:22:46. > :22:51.The President said he wanted stronger relations,
:22:52. > :22:54.two countries at either door of the EU, striking
:22:55. > :23:05.Pugnacious, delighting his supporters, but to his critics,
:23:06. > :23:11.it is proof of Turkey's democratic decay.
:23:12. > :23:13.His country is less anchored to the West,
:23:14. > :23:20.And for their EU and Nato allies, he is not an easy partner.
:23:21. > :23:26.And you can see more of that interview on HARDtalk this Friday
:23:27. > :23:35.King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain have begun a three-day
:23:36. > :23:39.It is being seen by the Government as an opportunity to forge
:23:40. > :23:51.closer ties with Spain, as the UK prepares to leave the EU.
:23:52. > :24:01.A degree of pomp and ceremony, but some serious business to be done as
:24:02. > :24:04.well? That is right. But remind ourselves, a state visit is a
:24:05. > :24:10.personal invitation from the Queen to stay at Buckingham Palace, it is
:24:11. > :24:15.the ultimate in hospitality. But with serious business being done by
:24:16. > :24:17.the politicians and officials who accompanied the visitor, and the
:24:18. > :24:21.positive atmosphere the visit creates. The Queen and Duke of
:24:22. > :24:26.Edinburgh work that Horse Guards to greet them, possibly the last time
:24:27. > :24:31.we will see the Duke of Edinburgh at a state visit. That is perhaps the
:24:32. > :24:37.case, though if Donald Trump and his wife turned up, I am sure his
:24:38. > :24:41.curiosity may get the better of him. The state visitors were welcomed by
:24:42. > :24:45.the Queen and the Duke, they expected a guard of honour from the
:24:46. > :24:50.Irish Guards, and part of the ceremony of these visits, the right
:24:51. > :24:58.with the Household Cavalry, in a carriage at the Queen and the
:24:59. > :25:02.Spanish Queen in the first carriage. What is the serious business?
:25:03. > :25:07.Britain wants to encourage as good a relationship is possible with all
:25:08. > :25:12.individual European nations. Spain wants to raise that particular
:25:13. > :25:17.subject of Gibraltar, something the King in the past has called a
:25:18. > :25:18.colonial anachronism, he may well do that at a speech in Westminster this
:25:19. > :25:20.afternoon. Britain's Andy Murray has just
:25:21. > :25:25.begun his match on Centre Court against the American Sam Querry,
:25:26. > :25:29.the 24th seed. Murray is aiming to secure a place
:25:30. > :25:33.in the semifinals of the tournament, after Johanna Konta yesterday became
:25:34. > :25:53.the first British woman to reach It is actually 50 years since
:25:54. > :25:58.Britain had a man and a woman in the Wimbledon singles semifinals, that
:25:59. > :26:00.if Andy Murray wins today, the wait will be over. Finally he is not
:26:01. > :26:10.alone in flying the flag. History was made sweeter by the
:26:11. > :26:15.presence Joanna Conser had just emulated, the first Briton since
:26:16. > :26:18.Virginia Wade to reach the women's singles semifinals at Wimbledon and
:26:19. > :26:24.quite possibly the first to pose for a sulphate with a Chelsea
:26:25. > :26:28.Pensioners. Last night when I got back I got back to the Royal
:26:29. > :26:32.Hospital at 8pm and my phone never stopped ringing, texts, I had a
:26:33. > :26:37.message from my son to say, you have gone viral! Amazing. It was an
:26:38. > :26:45.occasion I did not want to miss a once-in-a-lifetime. Gratefully, I
:26:46. > :26:50.pulled it off. From her celebrations to Andy Murray's preparations, a
:26:51. > :26:54.quarterfinal against Sam Querrey, the six foot six California with a
:26:55. > :27:00.Hollywood serve. He will find a way to break him down, but he has got to
:27:01. > :27:05.keep improving his performance, because the matches will only get
:27:06. > :27:09.tougher. He knows he has got a couple more matches in the tank to
:27:10. > :27:14.get him back into the final, to hopefully defend his title. For
:27:15. > :27:18.years it has been known as Henman Hill, and not even the heroics of
:27:19. > :27:23.Andy Murray will change that, but otherwise Wimbledon has become
:27:24. > :27:26.synonymous with the Scot. Because he is now a two-time champion, and
:27:27. > :27:32.today marks his tenth consecutive appearance in the last eight. The
:27:33. > :27:36.run started against Rafael Nadal in 2008, he suffered a heavy defeat,
:27:37. > :27:42.the like of which he will hope not to repeat. He knows how to win here,
:27:43. > :27:48.he has done it twice, so it is not new territory. I am sure he will
:27:49. > :27:53.feel comfortable with the situation. I am sure he knows he needs to up
:27:54. > :27:59.his game, because now he will have to play the real top layers. I hope
:28:00. > :28:04.he is ready for that. The path is well trodden by him, less so Johanna
:28:05. > :28:05.Konta, but their combined progress is uniting Wimbledon in excitement,
:28:06. > :28:17.a nation enthralled. Andy Murray leads by a break in the
:28:18. > :28:21.first set, so it is going to plan. Do we think we will wake up tomorrow
:28:22. > :28:26.morning to two British players in the semifinals? It looks that way.
:28:27. > :28:31.Andy Murray has such a great return of serve, and even though he is up
:28:32. > :28:33.against a big server, who beat Novak Djokovic last year, once he
:28:34. > :28:40.nullifies the serve, you still have to pick him in any of those baseline
:28:41. > :28:43.encounters. Johanna Konta plays Venus Williams tomorrow, will she
:28:44. > :28:49.reached the final? She can achieve that. She is playing some of the
:28:50. > :28:54.best tennis we have seen her play. The victory against Simona Halep
:28:55. > :28:59.Boston nominal, and she has beaten Venus Williams three times out of
:29:00. > :29:03.five, but this is Venus Williams' domain, she has won this title five
:29:04. > :29:08.times, she is named after the trophy. But I think we might see
:29:09. > :29:13.Johanna Konta in the final. The sun is out, Andy Murray is on court,
:29:14. > :29:16.what more could you want? Not anything, really, to be honest!
:29:17. > :29:19.One of the largest icebergs ever recorded has broken away from an ice
:29:20. > :29:23.The block is about a quarter of the size of Wales,
:29:24. > :29:26.and is calculated to weigh a trillion tonnes.
:29:27. > :29:30.An American satellite observed the iceberg while passing over
:29:31. > :29:48.It is absolutely immense. It is deep winter in the Antarctic, submit to
:29:49. > :29:54.not have great pictures, but the satellites going over, and they are
:29:55. > :29:59.getting some ideas of where it has broken, and we see the crack in the
:30:00. > :30:04.satellite images. You know icebergs stand more above the water than they
:30:05. > :30:10.do below, actually, the other way around, it is 30 metres above the
:30:11. > :30:16.surface, 200 metres below. In the top three, four or five in the
:30:17. > :30:20.satellite era, we think this is, but back in the 1950s the US Navy
:30:21. > :30:24.spotted one that they set for something like 35,000 square
:30:25. > :30:31.kilometres, the size of Belgium. Imagine that. But no satellites then
:30:32. > :30:34.to confirm it. A quick thought about significant? This is the natural
:30:35. > :30:39.order of things, other places have been warming and melting, we do not
:30:40. > :30:44.think that in this instance this is that case. It is probably just what
:30:45. > :30:46.the ice does, it carves icebergs sometimes, and that is what we are
:30:47. > :31:04.seeing. A wet 24 hours across England and
:31:05. > :31:10.Wales, the rain pouring down, the largest rainfall totals concentrated
:31:11. > :31:14.in the south. Over half a month's rein in the space of 24 hours, it
:31:15. > :31:20.led to large puddles, dangerous driving conditions earlier today
:31:21. > :31:22.around Greater London. You can see how the weather system drove east
:31:23. > :31:29.across England and Wales, ringing the heavy rain, but just as quickly
:31:30. > :31:34.as it has pushed away, we have seen the sunshine come out, the sky in
:31:35. > :31:37.Scotland looking like this, glorious weather in the Highlands. The
:31:38. > :31:41.sunshine is becoming increasingly widespread. We have patchy cloud
:31:42. > :31:46.left over from the weather system across the south of England, but the
:31:47. > :31:50.cloud will could he be to break up through the afternoon, with spells
:31:51. > :31:54.of sunshine coming through. Barely a cloud in the sky for the Midlands.
:31:55. > :32:00.For Northern Ireland, another dry day, more sunshine than yesterday.
:32:01. > :32:04.Showers yesterday in Scotland, but today it is dry and sunny. There
:32:05. > :32:08.will be no interruptions to play caused by the weather at Wimbledon.
:32:09. > :32:15.We keep the sunny spells for the afternoon. It will feel pleasantly
:32:16. > :32:19.warm. As we go through the night, we have got high pressure in charge,
:32:20. > :32:26.and with the clear sky, the temperatures will fall away quickly.
:32:27. > :32:30.It could get cold enough for a touch of ground frost, but the
:32:31. > :32:35.temperatures in the towns and cities hold-up. High pressure still with us
:32:36. > :32:38.for Thursday, but this complication from the Atlantic will bring some
:32:39. > :32:43.rain late in the day for the Northwest. The morning will stay
:32:44. > :32:49.dry, but we. To see showers developing for the afternoon across
:32:50. > :32:52.England and Wales. Avoiding east Anglia and the south-east and
:32:53. > :32:56.eastern Scotland. Some of the showers could be heavy, and we see
:32:57. > :33:00.the band of rain moving into western Scotland and Northern Ireland. The
:33:01. > :33:05.rain could be quite heavy in western Scotland. By the time we get to
:33:06. > :33:10.Friday, it is largely dry, with sunny spells. There could be one or
:33:11. > :33:15.two isolated showers. A weather front will bring a spell of wet
:33:16. > :33:19.weather overnight to the north and west of the UK, with freshening
:33:20. > :33:25.wind, and it will leave a legacy of cloudy skies as we work on into the
:33:26. > :33:27.weekend, with showers mainly in the north-west, but if the sun comes out
:33:28. > :33:29.in the south, it could become warm and humid.
:33:30. > :33:34.A reminder of our main story this lunchtime.
:33:35. > :33:40.The new leader of the council says it will take a generation for
:33:41. > :33:42.survivors of the tower fire to trust the council again.
:33:43. > :33:45.That is all from the BBC News at One, so it's goodbye from me,
:33:46. > :33:47.and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.