:00:00. > :00:08.Good evening, you are watching BBC throughout the afternoon.
:00:09. > :00:12.Good evening, you are watching BBC London News, welcome to viewers on
:00:13. > :00:15.the BBC News Channel as well. This is my view of the burning tower
:00:16. > :00:20.block which you can see smoke is still coming from the building on
:00:21. > :00:23.the 15th floor. You can see flames depending on when the wind turns
:00:24. > :00:27.this way, flames and letting the side of the building, which is why
:00:28. > :00:34.we've been told to wear these facemasks, because there is debris,
:00:35. > :00:38.cert and dirt on the air. Their rockets flying around, this is
:00:39. > :00:44.directly from the building itself. These are on the streets. They have
:00:45. > :00:52.taken days -- it will take days to clear up. A bird's eye view of the
:00:53. > :00:57.building, this level of devastation has been caused, the fire began at
:00:58. > :01:02.1am this morning, and it has claimed lives. Currently 12 lives is the
:01:03. > :01:06.official total, but the Metropolitan Police tell us that number is likely
:01:07. > :01:09.to go up. Reporters have been on the ground and around the area all day
:01:10. > :01:13.from early this morning. We will be hearing from them later in the
:01:14. > :01:18.programme. We will hear from Karl Mercer at a nearby mosque which
:01:19. > :01:23.opened its doors to help those in need tonight, who were evacuated
:01:24. > :01:28.from the tower block itself. Alice has a different vantage point of the
:01:29. > :01:32.one I've got now. Firstly, I think we should hear from those affected
:01:33. > :01:38.most. People who tonight are counting themselves lucky to escape
:01:39. > :01:41.alive. People who lost their homes and in many cases, people who have
:01:42. > :01:49.lost just about everything they own... Today is the 14th of June...
:01:50. > :01:51.2am, I was woken up by the siren noise.
:01:52. > :02:06.We ran downstairs, it took us a solid four minutes to get out,
:02:07. > :02:08.just as I was entering the ground floor, the fire
:02:09. > :02:19.I looked down and there was fire on the left side.
:02:20. > :02:22.Every minute, it was getting worse and worse.
:02:23. > :02:31.People were in the building after an hour.
:02:32. > :03:06.The people screaming, the worst thing.
:03:07. > :03:09.People were calling out and asking what floor they were on.
:03:10. > :03:12.There were people on the tenth and 11th floors, where
:03:13. > :03:15.they were actually using the fire hoses, and they saw people waving
:03:16. > :03:17.from the windows and a woman screaming that she had
:03:18. > :03:27.Already, she's out, but her brother and wife
:03:28. > :03:38.We don't know if they are safe or not.
:03:39. > :03:41.For me, the one image that sticks in my mind was seeing a family
:03:42. > :03:45.waving what appeared to be a towel for around an hour.
:03:46. > :03:48.There was a helicopter coming about 400 metres from their window,
:03:49. > :03:53.For me, the thing I took from this was how agonising must that have
:03:54. > :03:57.been for that family, when they were there.
:03:58. > :04:04.We watched them stop moving from the street.
:04:05. > :04:07.This is one of my main concerns about living in a tower block.
:04:08. > :04:10.On Saturday, we did have the fire brigade team come around and speak
:04:11. > :04:21.They told us that the protocol was to close your door
:04:22. > :04:24.because the fire door will withstand the heat for a duration of time.
:04:25. > :04:27.But I think what has happened is they haven't understood
:04:28. > :04:28.that the fire had spread around the building.
:04:29. > :04:30.That is wrong information for that building and
:04:31. > :04:37.If you are staying in your house, you could still be trapped.
:04:38. > :04:44.If you had stayed... If I listen to the advice given to me by the fire
:04:45. > :04:51.brigade and by the TMO management team, we could be dead. You've got
:04:52. > :04:55.family on the 18th floor, and you spoke to them last night? What were
:04:56. > :05:01.they saying? Smoke. They couldn't get out because of the smoke. I
:05:02. > :05:05.asked... I don't know what I would do if I was him. He just stayed in
:05:06. > :05:11.the room, hoping the fire brigade would get up there. That is what
:05:12. > :05:14.they were told? Yeah, they stayed in there to follow the instructions.
:05:15. > :05:22.Not much you could do from the 80th floor and they cannot fly. -- 18th.
:05:23. > :05:26.He was like an older brother, always looking after me. What is the
:05:27. > :05:32.latest? Apparently it has been confirmed that he has passed, due to
:05:33. > :05:39.the chemicals from the building, in the hospital... I just... I don't
:05:40. > :05:44.know what to think. The moment that building went up, how, why? There
:05:45. > :05:45.are a lot of questions to be asked. The
:05:46. > :05:50.voices of those affected by the tower block fire in the early hours
:05:51. > :05:55.of the morning. I noticed as soon as I came to the area this afternoon to
:05:56. > :05:55.see the fire myself, people were approaching me immediately and
:05:56. > :06:10.asking if we had heard from their loved ones,
:06:11. > :06:15.one of those people is Ray Fiasco, tell us about them? A good friend of
:06:16. > :06:27.mine. Her and her mother, the last we heard from them was at 3:30am.
:06:28. > :06:34.Did you hear from them on the phone? No, they were messaging a friend on
:06:35. > :06:41.Twitter. As soon as he heard, he got there and from 2:30am to 3:30am,
:06:42. > :06:47.they lost contact. I woke up to a phone call saying to check the news,
:06:48. > :06:51.Khadija is in there. I could not get through. I turned to social media
:06:52. > :06:55.and I thought, you know what? Maybe someone has seen her. You are
:06:56. > :07:00.handing out leaflets in the area. All the best of luck. I hope you do
:07:01. > :07:04.find Khadija. That is typical of a number of people in the area. It
:07:05. > :07:10.seems to me, London is a huge city with millions of people inside. When
:07:11. > :07:14.it comes to a tragedy, Londoners behave like one community, as you
:07:15. > :07:17.would expect in a small village somewhere, of people coming together
:07:18. > :07:21.and supporting those in need. Karl Mercer is in a mosque a short
:07:22. > :07:25.distance from where I am now. He's been looking to see how people are
:07:26. > :07:32.doing just that, and coming together. Karl? Yes, we've seen it
:07:33. > :07:38.across west London all afternoon, people coming with bags and bringing
:07:39. > :07:42.food. Here we are, just about half a mile from the scene. You can see
:07:43. > :07:46.just how busy it is. If you take a walk inside, when we arrived at 12
:07:47. > :07:51.o'clock this afternoon, there was hardly anything here. Hardly anybody
:07:52. > :07:56.here. But, take a look at what has happened since. This room has been
:07:57. > :08:00.full, a lot of water and food from here has already been taken to those
:08:01. > :08:05.in need. If we swing to the other side of the room, we've got a lot of
:08:06. > :08:09.clothes donated and a lot of bedding as well. As I say, it is something
:08:10. > :08:13.that's been happening across West London this afternoon. People have
:08:14. > :08:18.been approaching us as well and offering us assistance. We are now
:08:19. > :08:24.joined by the chief executive of the cultural centre and mosque here.
:08:25. > :08:31.Abdul-Rahman Kassig Ede, a very difficult day for you and many
:08:32. > :08:36.worshippers he would also have suffered? Yes, people worried about
:08:37. > :08:40.their loved ones. People do not know what happened to their loved ones.
:08:41. > :08:44.They do not have any information but in the meantime, we are doing our
:08:45. > :08:49.best to offer all the help people need. We've been inundated with the
:08:50. > :08:55.generosity of the community. People have called us from as far as Luton
:08:56. > :09:00.and Gatwick to offer us assistance, supplying us with food and blankets.
:09:01. > :09:03.And it has been very personal for the cultural centre and mosque as
:09:04. > :09:09.well, some of your staff have family and many of the worshippers would
:09:10. > :09:12.have worshipped here? Yes, some worshippers have family in the
:09:13. > :09:17.building and don't know what happened to them. Worshippers as
:09:18. > :09:22.well. It is a difficult situation we are in but we are trying to cope by
:09:23. > :09:26.providing emotional and material support the community needs, as a
:09:27. > :09:31.centre. We have deleted there. Thank you very much. As you can see, the
:09:32. > :09:37.effort continues here -- we have to leave it there. It's been a
:09:38. > :09:42.difficult day for people who have been losing their homes, and our
:09:43. > :09:48.correspondence Catherine Carpenter has been finding out their stories
:09:49. > :09:52.of the day. Thank you very much. A neighbour brings 88 of Mary Dennis a
:09:53. > :09:59.chair, she's been awake since the early hours when she fled her home
:10:00. > :10:07.afraid and confused. I heard banging on my door, bang, bang. I did not
:10:08. > :10:12.get up. But what happened, when they banged it and I got up... They said
:10:13. > :10:20.to evacuate out, out. There is fire. I rang in my nightie. There was
:10:21. > :10:26.enough screaming, children screaming, everybody screaming.
:10:27. > :10:31.Another neighbour offers food and water. Thiago says he needs to keep
:10:32. > :10:37.busy so he does not dwell on what he heard and what he saw. I could hear
:10:38. > :10:41.people from the tower, there were a lot of casualties, and they said
:10:42. > :10:49.people were jumping from the building... Overnight, Saint Clement
:10:50. > :10:52.'s Church became his century. Here and at every rescue centre,
:10:53. > :10:58.donations have flooded in all day -- sanctuary. We are Londoners.
:10:59. > :11:02.Everybody is a London. We had to help each other. I've been here all
:11:03. > :11:08.morning. I have older clothes for older people this time... I will
:11:09. > :11:11.help you. Thank you, darling. This morning it was kids clothes. I've
:11:12. > :11:18.seen loads of locals coming down. This mosque counts many Grenfell
:11:19. > :11:22.Tower residence among its worshippers. Today they were sorting
:11:23. > :11:26.clothes and cooking, for those breaking fast tonight or in need
:11:27. > :11:30.after the longest of days. Other members of the community took people
:11:31. > :11:36.into their homes. At least three families crammed into this terrace
:11:37. > :11:41.in the early hours. My son is asthmatic and was having an asthma
:11:42. > :11:45.attack. As soon as she saw us, this woman took as an here. If not, we
:11:46. > :11:49.would have been out all night. Also taken in, this four-month-old. Her
:11:50. > :11:58.bed for the night is a stranger's sober while her mother waits for
:11:59. > :12:00.news of missing friends. -- sofa. Catherine Carpenter, BBC London
:12:01. > :12:04.news. As you can see, the charity effort
:12:05. > :12:08.continues and will continue late into the night. My colleague has
:12:09. > :12:10.been out today talking to people living in the area about their fears
:12:11. > :12:22.of living in high-rise blocks. That's right. I've been here all
:12:23. > :12:25.day. I am now on the balcony of a low-rise block, just on Bromley
:12:26. > :12:30.Road, as you can see right in front of the Grenfell Tower. I've been in
:12:31. > :12:34.the area all day, speaking to people. Some local residents and
:12:35. > :12:39.some from outside the area, who have come to offer their help and
:12:40. > :12:42.support. I've also been speaking to firefighters, I spoke to some this
:12:43. > :12:48.morning coming off shift. They've been here for 12 hours. They told me
:12:49. > :12:52.when they arrived at this fire it was too dangerous to go in. Debris
:12:53. > :12:56.was falling. It was only when riot police were able to make a tunnel
:12:57. > :13:02.out of shields that they were able to enter the building. As you can
:13:03. > :13:06.imagine, people living in this block saw exactly what happened next door,
:13:07. > :13:09.as well as people living in all of these tower blocks. There are plenty
:13:10. > :13:16.around here. The fire raises questions about the safety of
:13:17. > :13:21.London's tower blocks. In 2009 there were recommendations made after a
:13:22. > :13:24.similar fire in Southwark, but critics say some of the
:13:25. > :13:28.recommendations haven't been followed, and lessons have not been
:13:29. > :13:34.learned. Here is our correspondence Tom Edwards. Knowing full well, when
:13:35. > :13:39.you are watching this that people are not going to be OK, that this
:13:40. > :13:42.isn't going to be OK, this isn't going to end well... Yeah, it's
:13:43. > :13:46.heartbreaking. REPORTER: Angela lives on the 90th
:13:47. > :13:50.floor in the block opposite Grenfell Tower. After last night, she is now
:13:51. > :13:55.extremely concerned about the fire risk in her own building -- 19th
:13:56. > :13:59.floor. What came to mind at 3am this morning is what is the security
:14:00. > :14:11.protocol in this building, if something similar were to happen?
:14:12. > :14:13.What would I do and where would my parents go? How would we leave
:14:14. > :14:15.quickly? This fire raises questions about London's housing stock. The
:14:16. > :14:20.last major fatal fire was in Southwark in 2009 where six people
:14:21. > :14:26.died. The coroner made recommendations,
:14:27. > :14:31.there should be clarity of residents should stay put or get out.
:14:32. > :14:34.Councils should retrofit sprinklers and simplify building regulations
:14:35. > :14:39.about what can be changed. The chances of getting a fire are very
:14:40. > :14:43.low... In 2010 the London assembly also highlighted concerns about the
:14:44. > :14:48.capital's high-rise housing stock. We found that there was a relatively
:14:49. > :14:54.low risk of actually having a fire in a tall loading. Really, you are
:14:55. > :15:00.fairly safe but the problem is if there is a fire, advice is often not
:15:01. > :15:04.given about the right way to behave and information not being given to
:15:05. > :15:08.tenants by landlords and councils not giving advice to landlords.
:15:09. > :15:13.According to city hall, 8% of London's population live in
:15:14. > :15:20.high-rise flats, blocks over 11 stories tall. Around 690,000 people,
:15:21. > :15:23.most were built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. But, more are now
:15:24. > :15:29.planned for the future as the capital grows. There have been
:15:30. > :15:33.changes. Southwark council says that it now gives a regular full fire
:15:34. > :15:38.risk assessment to its blocks. But fire unions and campaigners have for
:15:39. > :15:42.many years been calling for the government to review building
:15:43. > :15:46.regulations. Lessons have not been learned. Today is an absolute
:15:47. > :15:49.tragedy, and it is caused by the lack of proper regulation of
:15:50. > :15:53.refurbishment standards. The government have been pressed for a
:15:54. > :16:00.number of years by the all-party Parliamentary committee on safety.
:16:01. > :16:06.To do a review of the building regulations, to test the integrity
:16:07. > :16:08.of the materials used in refurbishment, and they have
:16:09. > :16:12.continually put this off. The government says that work is still
:16:13. > :16:17.ongoing. And, checks will not be carried out on blocks going through
:16:18. > :16:21.similar refurbishments. But there is no anger and questions. What
:16:22. > :16:24.happened in Latino house, after it had been
:16:25. > :16:33.-- what happened in Southwark, the fire spread. It looks like that is
:16:34. > :16:37.what happened in Grenfell Tower, it has been refurbished and the
:16:38. > :16:41.compartmentalisation of the fire has been compromised, so it has spread
:16:42. > :16:45.and people lost their lives. There has been a lot of publicity about
:16:46. > :16:50.what should be done surrounding external cladding and making sure
:16:51. > :16:52.that tower blocks are fire proved inside properly. And
:16:53. > :16:57.compartmentalised, meaning that the fire should not spread beyond flats,
:16:58. > :17:01.the fire should be contained for a period of time where people can be
:17:02. > :17:05.evacuated or for the fire brigade to arrive and deal with the incident.
:17:06. > :17:11.It is difficult to see why this has happened and there are not many
:17:12. > :17:14.excuses. This man lives in the block opposite and hasn't been able to
:17:15. > :17:20.contact a friend who lived in the tower. If you move to the right, you
:17:21. > :17:25.can see there is a gap, where the smoke is right now. That is where he
:17:26. > :17:33.used to live. It isn't clear why the fire happened, but it is a very
:17:34. > :17:35.clear thing that safeguards clearly failed.
:17:36. > :17:41.Tom Edwards, BBC News. As we've been hearing, this tower block underwent
:17:42. > :17:45.a ?10 million refurbishment that was completed last year. Tonight, the
:17:46. > :17:50.fire minister has said that they will carry out emergency checks on
:17:51. > :17:56.all other tower blocks undergoing similar processes of refurbishment.
:17:57. > :18:01.Part of the refurbishments included new cladding. Questions are now
:18:02. > :18:07.being asked about the risks posed by that cladding. Gareth Fergie
:18:08. > :18:12.reports. Arnold is a fire safety expert and
:18:13. > :18:17.is about to carry out a test... What we are testing here is polyurethane
:18:18. > :18:21.expanding foam... He's doing this because he has a theory about why
:18:22. > :18:26.the fire spread so rapidly at the Grenfell Tower. It's to do with a
:18:27. > :18:32.material that may have been used when cladding was fitted... The
:18:33. > :18:37.rigid board insulation, that I believe is most likely to have been
:18:38. > :18:41.used, is made from the same material, Polly Youth Arena. I'm
:18:42. > :18:50.setting fire to this. This is the rate at which it burns. --
:18:51. > :18:57.polyurethane. It is very rapid and is typically used in these kinds of
:18:58. > :19:01.buildings. It was put out easy by an old, but it is a theory that these
:19:02. > :19:04.buyers can quickly go out of control.
:19:05. > :19:08.I have a theory that it has been clad with a flammable insulation
:19:09. > :19:12.material on the exterior. Of course, there is no official statement on
:19:13. > :19:17.because of the fire yet and its reason for such a rapid spread. But
:19:18. > :19:21.three years ago, at a safety conference, he publicly warned that
:19:22. > :19:29.cladding high-rise buildings could end in disaster. He now fears he may
:19:30. > :19:34.have been proved right. It looks typical of a cladding related fire,
:19:35. > :19:38.on the exterior of the property. All the external cladding has completely
:19:39. > :19:42.gone. That is what you would expect if you've got flammable materials.
:19:43. > :19:46.The principle of the design of the cladding is that it is there to
:19:47. > :19:51.allow rain to effectively get in and run down the cavity. The problem is,
:19:52. > :19:57.it also allows fire to spread up, and what will happen is it will
:19:58. > :20:01.create a path for the fire to spread and encourage the fire to spread
:20:02. > :20:04.faster and more intensely. A spokesperson for the contractors who
:20:05. > :20:10.completed the refurbishment last year said it met all required
:20:11. > :20:17.building control, fire regulation and health and safety standards. The
:20:18. > :20:20.company Harley Facades Limited, also involved in the refurbishment, said
:20:21. > :20:26.it would not be appropriate for it to comment or to speculate on any
:20:27. > :20:30.aspect of the fire or its causes, in advance of the enquiries.
:20:31. > :20:32.At this time, the company said it was not aware of any link between
:20:33. > :20:45.the fire and the exterior cladding. Back here, across the road from Glen
:20:46. > :20:53.fell tower, I'm joined by Jim Fitzpatrick, a former firefighter
:20:54. > :20:56.who was part of the Parliamentary safety group -- Grenfell Tower. And
:20:57. > :21:00.the Archbishop of Canterbury himself. What we are seeing is a
:21:01. > :21:05.real coming together of people, of communities in the area to help
:21:06. > :21:13.those affected? It has been the most extraordinary sight around here.
:21:14. > :21:17.People selling at churches, but people from all faiths, using church
:21:18. > :21:22.buildings, halls, whatever centres that they can find. Bringing things
:21:23. > :21:25.aren't working together. Huge teams of volunteers working effectively
:21:26. > :21:30.together. As someone said to me earlier, it is the community of
:21:31. > :21:34.Christ in hospitality, in partnership with everybody else. And
:21:35. > :21:38.everyone gets stuck in. Of course, this extraordinary work by the
:21:39. > :21:45.emergency services, I've been talking to them, and just exhaustion
:21:46. > :21:50.written across their faces. Stress, and yet courage. This is becoming
:21:51. > :21:53.typical of London, how people come together. They forget their
:21:54. > :22:02.differences. It is mosques, synagogue Law. -- Synagogues. It is
:22:03. > :22:07.a tragedy but brings out the best in others? As we have seen, and in
:22:08. > :22:12.Manchester, we saw everybody coming together. When there is a tragedy on
:22:13. > :22:17.this scale. Just an outpouring of the most extraordinary love and
:22:18. > :22:22.generosity, and people just getting stuck in. Putting their own
:22:23. > :22:26.interests aside. It is incredible. Jim, you were a firefighter. What
:22:27. > :22:34.were your thoughts when he heard of this fire this morning? I turned on
:22:35. > :22:37.the TV at 5:45am and saw the pictures, I was horrified, like
:22:38. > :22:45.anyone else. Who saw the same images. And there's awareness of a
:22:46. > :22:50.state put thought, that some people say that they were told to stay put
:22:51. > :22:54.in the tower block in case of a fire. What do you have to say about
:22:55. > :23:00.that? That is the advice given to people. Every flat is contained, if
:23:01. > :23:03.doors are up to the appropriate specifications, doors will give one
:23:04. > :23:07.hour of safety for people inside. The normal advice is to stay
:23:08. > :23:10.indoors. The fire brigade will have turned up and can take control of
:23:11. > :23:16.the situation and make a decision. When they arrived at 1am, the fire
:23:17. > :23:20.had a solid hold, the rapid spread meant that the advice changed and
:23:21. > :23:24.people were trying to get out of the building. There are different advice
:23:25. > :23:29.for different circumstances but normally it is safer to stay inside
:23:30. > :23:32.of the flight you are in if a building catches on fire, until you
:23:33. > :23:39.are advised by the emergency services of what to do. What do you
:23:40. > :23:43.think of the moment, how do we stop something like that happening again?
:23:44. > :23:47.Sprinkler systems will have prevented the fire going further
:23:48. > :23:53.than one room in one flat. The fire in Southwark, 2009, where six people
:23:54. > :23:56.died, the coroner made a lot of recommendations, some of which were
:23:57. > :24:01.acted upon, others were not. The fire safety group and parliament
:24:02. > :24:04.have asked for a review of building regulations in government since
:24:05. > :24:10.2013. We are still pressing for that. The government will issue new
:24:11. > :24:15.standards as buildings are different now to when this was built in 1974.
:24:16. > :24:19.The London skyline shows different structures and materials. There are
:24:20. > :24:23.different risks and we need to stay ahead of the curve, but that is not
:24:24. > :24:26.what happened here. We could have prevented this. What is your advice
:24:27. > :24:33.to people still looking for missing loved ones? Get help. Be alongside
:24:34. > :24:37.with other people. Don't be by yourself. The pressure is so
:24:38. > :24:41.extreme. Find someone, there are so many people around. Go to one of the
:24:42. > :24:46.community centres, one of the churches and say you are looking.
:24:47. > :24:49.They will sit with you. We have grief counsellors, doctors, all
:24:50. > :24:54.kinds of people who will help you. Do not be by yourself. That is the
:24:55. > :24:56.main advice. Secondly, to know that the whole country is standing at
:24:57. > :25:12.your side, and grieving and worrying with you.
:25:13. > :25:14.Archbishop, that is very good advice. We are all standing by their
:25:15. > :25:17.sides. Thank you for your time this evening. For those looking for loved
:25:18. > :25:19.ones, friends and family, the Metropolitan Police have opened a
:25:20. > :25:21.dedicated line to help those people. It's the Metropolitan Police
:25:22. > :25:24.casualty number, on the screen now, 0800 0961 233. It is also on the
:25:25. > :25:26.Facebook page and on the BBC website. But now, it is time for the
:25:27. > :25:36.weather forecast with Matt. Weather-wise, a fresher day across
:25:37. > :25:40.London and in the surrounding areas. 27 degrees at Heathrow Airport,
:25:41. > :25:44.dropping on Friday before temperatures climb as we head into
:25:45. > :25:49.the weekend. Fresh air tomorrow, to the west of Ireland. This weather
:25:50. > :25:54.front will come across as later through tomorrow. Tonight, southerly
:25:55. > :26:00.winds, fairly light. It will be a fairly muggy night across the
:26:01. > :26:05.region. Temperatures no lower than 16 or 17 degrees. It leads to dry,
:26:06. > :26:08.sunny and warm starts on Thursday. A lot of blue skies overhead for the
:26:09. > :26:13.morning rush hour. The most sunny part of the day is the morning.
:26:14. > :26:17.Light winds, temperatures rapidly rise. Cloud will thicken from the
:26:18. > :26:21.West, pushing across the capital and may produce the odd shower. Most
:26:22. > :26:26.places will be dry and into the afternoon, breezy as sunshine
:26:27. > :26:29.returns. Temperatures up to 25 for some time but dropping as we head
:26:30. > :26:35.into the afternoon to 21 or 22 degrees. Fresh at this time tomorrow
:26:36. > :26:40.night, and on Friday, high pressure builds in from the south once again.
:26:41. > :26:44.We see temperatures of similar values on Friday, but at the weekend
:26:45. > :26:52.they could climb above 30 degrees. A quick look at the outlook as we
:26:53. > :26:56.finish Friday. The windiest conditions on Friday, winds easing
:26:57. > :27:00.down as high-pressure built-in. Blue skies overhead, strong sunshine
:27:01. > :27:05.overhead, and it could be the first time this year that we get above 30
:27:06. > :27:17.degrees in the UK. Some of those high temperatures last into next
:27:18. > :27:21.week as well. Back to Asad. This time yesterday, Grenfell Tower
:27:22. > :27:24.was inhabited with hundreds of people, hard-working families
:27:25. > :27:27.getting on with their daily business.
:27:28. > :27:32.Now, it's a shell of a building destroyed by an intense fire. It is
:27:33. > :27:36.a day where we have seen the best of Londoners coming forward and
:27:37. > :27:39.devastated Londoners missing loved ones, looking for their families and
:27:40. > :27:43.looking for those they love most. I will leave you with some images.
:27:44. > :27:48.I will be back at 10:30pm on where people always seem to
:27:49. > :27:55.understand what I do - Japan. I go there a lot and it's
:27:56. > :28:00.a constant source of inspiration.