:00:00. > :00:07.On BBC London News tonight - so it's goodbye from me
:00:08. > :00:09.two weeks on from the Grenfell Tower disaster -
:00:10. > :00:13.a traumatic account from one survivor.
:00:14. > :00:15.Got my daughter on my back, like, choking.
:00:16. > :00:23.My missus is dropping on the floor, and trying to pick
:00:24. > :00:32.Her up. I'm in North Kensington looking at how people are coping and
:00:33. > :00:33.the questions they want answered. We'll have the latest
:00:34. > :00:35.on the investigations. 1,200 jobs to go at Tesco's
:00:36. > :00:39.head office in Hertfordshire - And driverless vehicles
:00:40. > :00:43.move up a gear - could they really help
:00:44. > :00:54.deliver your weekly shop? Welcome to the programme
:00:55. > :00:58.with me Riz Lateef. Two weeks on
:00:59. > :01:02.from the Grenfell Tower disaster - one survivor has told us
:01:03. > :01:05.that he is more traumatised now Olu Talabi who lived on the 14th
:01:06. > :01:11.floor says he's not sure how he got but he escaped
:01:12. > :01:16.with his four-year-old daughter Now he hardly sleeps, has nightmares
:01:17. > :01:20.and his voice is still damaged He feels devastated
:01:21. > :01:24.about the people left behind. He's been speaking to our
:01:25. > :01:29.reporter Tarah Welsh. When I saw the other side
:01:30. > :01:33.of the building was kind of burning. I didn't want my girlfriend
:01:34. > :01:35.or my daughter to When Olu woke to find his
:01:36. > :01:43.building on fire, from his 14th floor flat,
:01:44. > :01:46.he only saw one way out. That's when I started tying
:01:47. > :01:48.all the bed sheets together. I already opened the door
:01:49. > :01:53.and I saw the smoke. There was no way I was going
:01:54. > :01:56.to through that smoke. I was dangling from
:01:57. > :01:59.the window and I tried... I told my Mrs to
:02:00. > :02:02.pass me my daughter. She was thinking,
:02:03. > :02:08.what are you doing, like? And I didn't want to
:02:09. > :02:10.look down because I His neighbours pulled
:02:11. > :02:13.him back inside. The firefighters had brought five
:02:14. > :02:26.people into his flat that night He inhaled a lot of smoke
:02:27. > :02:34.and lay down on Olu's bed. Basically, he just told us to run.
:02:35. > :02:37.Everything was dark. As I went through that
:02:38. > :02:39.smoke, I was thinking, There's no way I'm going to make
:02:40. > :02:44.a downstairs through the smoke. I don't know if I would have made it
:02:45. > :02:50.through the stairway. I'm not going to lie
:02:51. > :02:53.to you, I gave up already. Inside of me, I couldn't
:02:54. > :02:55.see what was there. I gave up already.
:02:56. > :02:58.I got my daughter on my back. I could feel myself
:02:59. > :03:01.taking my last breath. My Mrs was dropping on the floor
:03:02. > :03:04.I was trying to pick her up. I don't know what
:03:05. > :03:06.she was tripping on. I didn't think
:03:07. > :03:14.I was going to make it. I don't what damage
:03:15. > :03:27.this has done to me. I don't know if,
:03:28. > :03:34.in a year's time, I don't know what this
:03:35. > :03:40.has done to me. Since that night, he's learnt that
:03:41. > :03:43.only one person and his family And, as the days
:03:44. > :03:46.go on, he learns of more friends and neighbours
:03:47. > :03:47.that are missing. The one that has affected me
:03:48. > :03:50.the most is the little boy. Because I can still
:03:51. > :03:52.picture him on my bed. And Tarah is in
:03:53. > :04:08.North Kensington this evening where some of the residents met
:04:09. > :04:21.with the Housing Minister? What you've got to remember is
:04:22. > :04:31.people have this emotional, physical distress to deal with but they are
:04:32. > :04:36.also homeless at the same time. Olu is sharing a hotel room with his
:04:37. > :04:39.daughter and partner and he just wants a permanent home. The Housing
:04:40. > :04:46.minister was here this morning and you might have seen Olu confront him
:04:47. > :04:52.with the issue. The housing minister had a private meeting with the
:04:53. > :04:58.residents. Olu says he feels that his voice has been heard but we will
:04:59. > :05:06.have to wait and see. So many people have questions. I walk is -- a whole
:05:07. > :05:09.wall is dedicated to them. Things like, where is the money going? And
:05:10. > :05:12.how many victims are there? Let's pick up on the wider picture
:05:13. > :05:14.with our political editor Clearly so many unresolved
:05:15. > :05:31.political questions here. At Prime Minister's Questions, the
:05:32. > :05:36.first one of the new session, all six questions used by Jeremy Corbyn
:05:37. > :05:42.on this subject. When will there be an enquiry? When there will be a
:05:43. > :05:46.judge in place? What influence will the people involved have an
:05:47. > :05:53.influencing the enquiry? Is the government running out on a pledge
:05:54. > :05:57.to rehouse people by next Wednesday. The housing minister said that he
:05:58. > :06:02.would do that. Some people are saying they are well behind on that.
:06:03. > :06:08.Not just the police investigation but all the questions that have been
:06:09. > :06:13.raised. Design of buildings, safety, risk assessments which go well
:06:14. > :06:19.beyond Grenfell Tower. Where are we on safety across the capital? We
:06:20. > :06:26.know about ten councils are involved. The national pictures 120
:06:27. > :06:31.blocks have been tested and have all come back as failing these tests for
:06:32. > :06:36.this cladding issue. The Prime Minister said today, don't wait for
:06:37. > :06:39.the tests to come back. You can make an assumption that you need to get
:06:40. > :06:46.urgent safety checks done by the Fire Service of these blocks that
:06:47. > :06:50.are likely to fail these tests. Continuing problems in Camden, we
:06:51. > :06:56.have heard that Lewisham have two blocks. Yesterday, we were reporting
:06:57. > :07:02.that this goes well beyond cladding. All kinds of issues. Yesterday, we
:07:03. > :07:07.were reporting about the Shepherd's Bush fire where there were issues
:07:08. > :07:15.around the window panes. The panels around the windows. 33 London
:07:16. > :07:22.boroughs having letters sent indicating they should look whether
:07:23. > :07:27.these designs were evident there. Hammersmith have said they will be
:07:28. > :07:33.removing these panels. The issue continuing to distress the community
:07:34. > :07:38.in North Kensington, around the numbers of dead and missing. Housing
:07:39. > :07:42.minister faced a number of people today and there is this sense that
:07:43. > :07:46.people feel that nobody is being frank and open about the numbers of
:07:47. > :07:50.what's happened. Reconciling the numbers of missing with the number
:07:51. > :07:55.dead and the number that could potentially have been living in this
:07:56. > :08:06.blog. A briefing from the police indicates today that 106 people have
:08:07. > :08:13.been contacted out of hundred and 29 properties. There are 23 people that
:08:14. > :08:20.haven't been contacted. It is getting closer to clarity.
:08:21. > :08:23.Meanwhile, there are also residents, not from the tower block itself,
:08:24. > :08:25.but in the immediate area who are struggling.
:08:26. > :08:27.As Alpa Patel reports, many don't want to go
:08:28. > :08:29.back to their homes, but some are continuing
:08:30. > :08:34.to live without basics like gas and hot water.
:08:35. > :08:43.This tower sits in the shadow of grateful. Lives have changed here
:08:44. > :08:50.since that awful night two weeks ago. Inside we meet a family who
:08:51. > :08:55.haven't had gas or hot water for a fortnight. That's because the boiler
:08:56. > :08:59.that serves their building and several others was underneath
:09:00. > :09:06.Grenfell and was completely destroyed. It's been very hard. Hot
:09:07. > :09:10.water is the main thing we need for washing. Especially when you have a
:09:11. > :09:16.little child. Have people come here and spoken to you about what is
:09:17. > :09:23.going on with gas and water? Except the community, no. No one from the
:09:24. > :09:28.authority. Across the way, we meet Thomasina. She is in a hotel with
:09:29. > :09:32.her three-year-old son. Even when hot water and gas is turned on, she
:09:33. > :09:42.says she won't return back to Barrington Walker. Her view, more
:09:43. > :09:50.than just a reminder. I get anxious. I don't like it. I feel really
:09:51. > :09:56.uncomfortable. Just the memories starting to sink in. Every time I
:09:57. > :10:02.put my head out, people screaming, "Help! We have baby!" Joe Delaney
:10:03. > :10:08.filmed at this the night of the fire. He is currently living in a
:10:09. > :10:14.hotel and went return home until his safety concerns are answered.
:10:15. > :10:20.Officers and fire crews are this far from the tower as I am and they are
:10:21. > :10:24.wearing hard hats. No one on the block has been issued with hard
:10:25. > :10:28.hats. They do this thing where you hear three whistles every now and
:10:29. > :10:33.again and you see their staff moving back from the tower. The body has
:10:34. > :10:38.told us what that is for and why they are doing it. We had to ask.
:10:39. > :10:46.They say there are risks of things falling. All pretty much any others
:10:47. > :10:51.are doing are coping. The Grenfell Tower action group say a temporary
:10:52. > :10:56.boiler has been installed and hopes to have it working by Thursday.
:10:57. > :11:08.Public Health England say... We also asked about the stability of
:11:09. > :11:12.the tower. The police did not specifically answer our questions.
:11:13. > :11:16.Two weeks, day-to-day life continues to be a struggle for those living
:11:17. > :11:19.here. And later we'll have
:11:20. > :11:22.an update on the relief effort and what's happening
:11:23. > :11:25.in terms of donations. and construction began today
:11:26. > :11:30.on the new business district Nearly two billion pounds is being
:11:31. > :11:35.invested by Chinese developers. There was concern
:11:36. > :11:38.that it might be in doubt Counting cranes is an odd hobby
:11:39. > :11:47.but if you do you have a sense It's not 100% accurate but then
:11:48. > :11:53.nor are the economists. This so-called crane count suggests
:11:54. > :11:56.investment is still coming into London and new buildings
:11:57. > :12:00.are going up. Nowhere more so than here beside
:12:01. > :12:03.City Airport and the Royal Albert Dock with a good and the great mark
:12:04. > :12:07.the first day of construction. A ?1.7 billion Chinese investment
:12:08. > :12:14.in London providing 30,000 jobs, something which could easily become
:12:15. > :12:18.the third commercial hub of London. The plans are bold,
:12:19. > :12:21.the model is shining and the signs are encouraging,
:12:22. > :12:29.it will be well connected, but I was here four years ago
:12:30. > :12:32.when this was first announced Then it was all about an Asian
:12:33. > :12:40.gateway into the EU here in London which is a bit awkward now
:12:41. > :12:43.we are leaving. I put that point to its
:12:44. > :12:45.Chinese backers today TRANSLATION: Compared
:12:46. > :12:52.to the situation four years ago I think we are at a more
:12:53. > :12:58.advantageous stage. Although there is Brexit, Britain
:12:59. > :13:01.is more independent and mature and it also shows more confidence
:13:02. > :13:03.in the British economy so there will be more cooperation
:13:04. > :13:06.between China and the UK What of recent fears
:13:07. > :13:10.by the Bank of England no less that our commercial property
:13:11. > :13:11.is too pricey? Are we also in danger of building
:13:12. > :13:14.too many offices They are trying to attract
:13:15. > :13:19.companies from Asia, so what they are trying to do
:13:20. > :13:22.is create something additional. But given where we are,
:13:23. > :13:26.the price and anything else, this is a fantastic place to come,
:13:27. > :13:29.I am not worried here. I think other people should be
:13:30. > :13:31.worried about the competition He also assured me no golden
:13:32. > :13:38.handshakes were offered. A gilt-edged investment
:13:39. > :13:42.or a risky bet? Supermarket giant Tesco
:13:43. > :13:52.says it's cutting 1,200 jobs - or a quarter of the staff -
:13:53. > :13:55.at its head office in Hertfordshire. We can find out more
:13:56. > :14:14.from Caroline Davies I imagine that many people leaving
:14:15. > :14:20.Tesco HQ here tonight will have the announcement on their minds. It was
:14:21. > :14:26.announced that 1200 jobs here and at Hatfield would be lost, quarter of
:14:27. > :14:32.all jobs. There have been more than 10,000 job losses at Tesco since
:14:33. > :14:38.2014. It's because the company is in the middle of a massive turnaround
:14:39. > :14:46.operation, trying to save 1.5 alien pounds in costs. We heard from Tesco
:14:47. > :14:54.that they thought it would simplify the business. What sort of
:14:55. > :14:59.challenges our supermarkets facing at the moment? The minimum wage has
:15:00. > :15:10.gone up. Supermarkets are paying more to their staff, an additional
:15:11. > :15:15.cost. If you are trying to bring in goods from outside the UK, it's a
:15:16. > :15:19.lot more expensive. Spanish strawberries cost a lot more than
:15:20. > :15:26.they used to because of the strength of the pound. This is unlikely to be
:15:27. > :15:34.the last of job losses here. Caroline, thank you for that update.
:15:35. > :15:36.A school in South London that was praised by numerous
:15:37. > :15:38.government ministers has had its funding cut
:15:39. > :15:41.Durand Academy in Stockwell has had a controversial
:15:42. > :15:42.history with investigations into its spending
:15:43. > :15:46.Today the government wrote to them to confirm the money
:15:47. > :15:49.Karl Mercer's here with more details.
:15:50. > :15:52.This is a school with a chequered past?
:15:53. > :16:03.Cast your mind back seven years, in 2010 it was flavour of the month.
:16:04. > :16:12.When Michael Gove wanted to trump up the academy programme. He went here
:16:13. > :16:16.to announce plans. So Greg Martin, the headteacher was very well paid
:16:17. > :16:22.but the school also ran a trust, a leisure centre on the side, he was
:16:23. > :16:29.taking home something like ?400,000. Some of these arrangements didn't go
:16:30. > :16:32.well with the education authorities and the National Audit Office. They
:16:33. > :16:35.said that they needed to break arrangements with so Greg Martin who
:16:36. > :16:42.went upstairs and became chairman of the trust. The school themselves
:16:43. > :16:46.said they didn't want to do it. It has come to the crunch. The
:16:47. > :16:51.government said they didn't take the situation lightly but it has
:16:52. > :16:59.followed multiple breaches by the trust, they said. Any response from
:17:00. > :17:05.the school? Not yet. In 2060 when the government said they were first
:17:06. > :17:13.minded to do this. -- 2016. They said that the campaign had been
:17:14. > :17:19.misrepresented and they were going to fight it. This means that the
:17:20. > :17:22.academy trust and built on the school any more and the government
:17:23. > :17:24.will have to find somebody opts to do it.
:17:25. > :17:28.They've been tested on the streets of Greenwich already -
:17:29. > :17:30.but are driverless vehicles about to move up a gear
:17:31. > :17:32.and help deliver your weekly shopping?
:17:33. > :17:35.One supermarket says it could be greener and more efficient.
:17:36. > :17:37.Here's our transport correspondent Tom Edwards.
:17:38. > :17:44.Is this how supermarkets will deliver in the future?
:17:45. > :17:45.This is called a cargo pod
:17:46. > :17:50.It uses sensors to detect and avoid other vehicles
:17:51. > :17:57.and pedestrians and, today, photographers.
:17:58. > :17:59.These pods have safety stewards on board and they
:18:00. > :18:01.are being tried out on this new development in Woolwich.
:18:02. > :18:03.As cities become more congested, those behind
:18:04. > :18:07.the scheme think these could be the answer.
:18:08. > :18:09.The movement of goods via automated vehicles in the cities is
:18:10. > :18:14.Creating cleaner, safer, and more efficient mobility in the city
:18:15. > :18:19.What the technology gives us is a greater diversity of
:18:20. > :18:23.We will still have white vans carrying the
:18:24. > :18:25.decorating materials, whatever else, but they will be different types of
:18:26. > :18:29.Greenwich is trialling autonomous vehicle technology.
:18:30. > :18:31.These self driving pods have been carrying
:18:32. > :18:36.It's being funded by the government and industry.
:18:37. > :18:48.And Woolwich, in particular is a huge growth area
:18:49. > :18:51.with the development of Crossrail and for us, in terms of those
:18:52. > :18:54.increased numbers of people, we need to find better ways to use our
:18:55. > :18:55.space, giving priority to pedestrians
:18:56. > :18:59.and cyclists and other people.
:19:00. > :19:02.And I think this technology really is enabling us to think about
:19:03. > :19:07.how we are moving people and goods in the urban environment.
:19:08. > :19:09.So, why are supermarkets interested in further
:19:10. > :19:12.Isn't this really about cutting jobs and costs?
:19:13. > :19:14.Customers can get their orders, potentially, at times when
:19:15. > :19:17.we can't currently provide them to them.
:19:18. > :19:19.As a company, we've always been using technology and automation
:19:20. > :19:23.to do what we do and we've always been finding the next thing to
:19:24. > :19:27.automate and, yet, over our history, our workforce has just continued to
:19:28. > :19:30.grow and grow because we are always expanding.
:19:31. > :19:35.So, it's not the end of the white van man?
:19:36. > :19:38.I very much doubt that for the foreseeable future.
:19:39. > :19:40.That's going to depend on lots of things far beyond the
:19:41. > :19:45.That's going to depend on how the whole autonomy landscape
:19:46. > :19:50.This services some years away but Greenwich is now at the
:19:51. > :19:55.forefront of self driving technology and discovering what it could offer.
:19:56. > :20:00.For more than a century this has been
:20:01. > :20:03.the main entrance to the Victoria and Albert museum, but now there's
:20:04. > :20:07.another - and with it some extra gallery space.
:20:08. > :20:09.It's all thanks to a new 55-million pound redevelopment.
:20:10. > :20:19.It's the largest building project undertaken in
:20:20. > :20:25.the Victoria Albert Museum in over 100 years, allowing visitors
:20:26. > :20:28.to enter the grounds from a new entrance on Exhibition
:20:29. > :20:30.Road, which is home to some of the most important tourist
:20:31. > :20:38.I think that when they walk in will see a lot of jaws drop
:20:39. > :20:42.We get a much more informal entrance to the visitor.
:20:43. > :20:44.You have, over on Cromwell Road, quite a traditional,
:20:45. > :20:47.almost cathedral like entrance to the museum, which can be quite
:20:48. > :20:54.We will be able to contrast that with this, which will be much more
:20:55. > :21:00.The new entrance and gallery have been created by carefully weaving
:21:01. > :21:01.modern architecture with ancient features, much of which
:21:02. > :21:04.haven't been visible to the public for many years.
:21:05. > :21:07.In Victorian times when the museum was set up, this was where
:21:08. > :21:12.There were really tall brick chimneys where the shop is now.
:21:13. > :21:17.I remembered this moment halfway through the project
:21:18. > :21:20.where we took the scaffolds down and it was like we were in
:21:21. > :21:25.The work we've done here is so diverse.
:21:26. > :21:31.The work detailing scheduling every single stone so it can be
:21:32. > :21:39.These beautiful manufactured porcelain tiles.
:21:40. > :21:42.All of those things are exactly what is our mission here.
:21:43. > :21:45.It's a museum of art and design and manufacture and that is exactly
:21:46. > :21:48.And the changes don't stop above ground.
:21:49. > :21:51.A brand-new gallery has been constructed underneath the courtyard
:21:52. > :21:57.which will host some of the museum's biggest exhibitions.
:21:58. > :21:59.Something that just has been purpose-built and designed to house
:22:00. > :22:06.A free week-long festival will mark the opening of the new entrance
:22:07. > :22:13.Bringing its creators say the city into the museum and taking the V
:22:14. > :22:20.Let's return to our top story now - it's two weeks on from
:22:21. > :22:23.the Grenfell Tower Fire - and back to Tarah who's
:22:24. > :22:41.This is the centre that many people came to for help on that first day.
:22:42. > :22:46.Many people slept here. It's still the place that people come to for
:22:47. > :22:51.donations, food, and money and to have a conversation with friends and
:22:52. > :22:57.neighbours. The Red Cross have been overwhelmed by people's generosity.
:22:58. > :23:02.100 lorry loads of donations. Things that haven't been given out are in
:23:03. > :23:05.their shops and the money from their selling will go to the Grenfell
:23:06. > :23:10.residents. They tell me there is still plenty of work to do here.
:23:11. > :23:16.This is the first part of the journey. The Red Cross will be here
:23:17. > :23:21.as long as needed. We will be supporting people as long as they
:23:22. > :23:24.are needed in the community. We are currently on outreach advising
:23:25. > :23:31.people what is available here and providing some support in the
:23:32. > :23:36.community as well. Two weeks on, still such a sense of shock and
:23:37. > :23:47.sadness here. I imagine that will go on for many weeks, months, some
:23:48. > :23:52.people's kohl lives. People have lost whole families. One gentleman I
:23:53. > :23:56.was speaking to sobbed while he read the memorials. He said his children
:23:57. > :24:08.had lost school friends and how can he tell them why? Indeed. Thank you.
:24:09. > :24:16.Time for a check on the weather with Darren Bett.
:24:17. > :24:22.It was a better day today but yesterday was abysmal. The rain
:24:23. > :24:28.eased off a little by the time I left work. This was what we had
:24:29. > :24:36.yesterday. Pretty grey skies. At least it was much drier. Over the
:24:37. > :24:41.next few days, we should see a glimpse of sunshine at least. Making
:24:42. > :24:47.it feel a bit warmer. For the most part, a couple of days of dry
:24:48. > :24:53.weather. Today was much drier, as we said. The wettest weather further
:24:54. > :24:59.north. Some showery bursts coming along the south coasts could wander
:25:00. > :25:03.northwards. On the whole, tonight should be dry. A lot of cloud
:25:04. > :25:07.around. We've yet to break up the cloud to any great extent.
:25:08. > :25:13.Temperatures aren't going to fall a great deal from the miserable high
:25:14. > :25:18.temperatures of today. 12-13 minimum temperatures towards the end of the
:25:19. > :25:25.night. Tomorrow may not look quite as gloomy. Skies brightening from
:25:26. > :25:29.time to time. Not much. As it turns warmer, maybe a fuchsia was through
:25:30. > :25:35.the afternoon. They could be on the sharp side. Temperatures are bit
:25:36. > :25:40.higher than today. It looks brighter still on Friday. A bit more sunshine
:25:41. > :25:45.around. Winds are quite liked as well. We will see a few showers as
:25:46. > :25:48.we head into the afternoon. More especially into the evening. Some of
:25:49. > :25:54.these could be heavy with the odd rumble or two of thunder.
:25:55. > :26:00.Temperatures climbing. Nearer the mark for the time of year. It's been
:26:01. > :26:04.so wet across here and western Europe because of low pressure in
:26:05. > :26:09.charge. A lot of thunderstorms in Europe. The rain will be creeping
:26:10. > :26:14.away and we're going to find our weather coming in from the Atlantic
:26:15. > :26:17.as we head into the weekend so it will be drier, brighter and it will
:26:18. > :26:22.feel warm when the sunshine comes out. We may start with a bit of rain
:26:23. > :26:25.first thing on Saturday morning but it will clear away and there will be
:26:26. > :26:30.some fine weather through the weekend and highs of 23 or 24
:26:31. > :26:34.sausages. That sounds nice. Darren, thank you very much. A reminder of
:26:35. > :26:45.the day's six men are to be prosecuted in
:26:46. > :26:54.connection with the Telstra disaster -- Hillsborough disaster. People
:26:55. > :27:00.believe that 80 people died in the Grenfell Tower disaster. The real
:27:01. > :27:05.figure may not be discovered until the end of the year. The intense
:27:06. > :27:10.heat means that some of the dead may not be identified. Labour have
:27:11. > :27:18.welcomed a cap on public executive pay. Tesco is to axe 1200 jobs. A
:27:19. > :27:24.quarter of the staff at its head office in Hertfordshire. Part of a
:27:25. > :27:28.major is cutting dry. And the creator of Paddington Bear author
:27:29. > :27:34.Michael Bond has died at the age of 91. He published his first
:27:35. > :27:39.Paddington book in 1958 while working as a BBC cameraman. That's
:27:40. > :27:44.it from BBC London for now. Plenty more on the website. We'll be back
:27:45. > :27:54.with the late news. Have a lovely evening. Goodbye.
:27:55. > :27:56.Across the country, 11 million people
:27:57. > :28:04.But how would their landlords manage living as tenants?
:28:05. > :28:09.It's helped me appreciate that decisions we make