:00:00. > :00:10.west, largely dry the further south and east you
:00:11. > :00:23.I think we have a good story to tell about our record in North
:00:24. > :00:25.Kensington, but clearly some relationships have been shattered
:00:26. > :00:28.and there are some questions about what happened in the refurbishment
:00:29. > :00:32.of the tower but it was not a question of neglect. We were trying
:00:33. > :00:36.to refurbish and improve the quality of housing in a Grenfell Tower.
:00:37. > :00:42.Tonight, a council meeting is being held to discuss the fire, but there
:00:43. > :00:45.is anger at decisions to hold it behind closed doors. We have seen
:00:46. > :00:47.e-mails showing residents in a Camden tower blocks like that safety
:00:48. > :00:50.concerns ten years ago. Also tonight: Left with
:00:51. > :00:51.'life-changing' injuries - one of the victims of an acid attack
:00:52. > :01:02.talks to us about his ordeal. I have looked in the mirror once
:01:03. > :01:05.since this happened. That was yesterday because they had to change
:01:06. > :01:07.all my dressings and I just sat there and cried. I couldn't even
:01:08. > :01:08.look at myself. and compassion during the recent
:01:09. > :01:12.terror attacks - the health watchdog assesses
:01:13. > :01:14.the London Ambulance Service. And why the first opera house to be
:01:15. > :01:18.built in the UK this century - is in the grounds of
:01:19. > :01:20.a Surrey Stately home belonging Welcome to BBC London News
:01:21. > :01:37.with me, Riz Lateef. The leader of Kensington Chelsea
:01:38. > :01:40.has tonight told this programme that the council's response
:01:41. > :01:43.to the Grenfell Fire was as good as it could have been,
:01:44. > :01:45.although he recognises more could have been done
:01:46. > :01:49.to help those affected. Nicholas Pagget-Brown denied
:01:50. > :01:53.failings in leadership in his handling of the tragedy
:01:54. > :01:55.and believes he still has the confidence of
:01:56. > :02:01.the local community. Speaking to our political Editor Tim
:02:02. > :02:03.Donovan, he didn't rule out standing down from his job,
:02:04. > :02:13.but said that now wasn't the time. A fortnight on, a leader under
:02:14. > :02:18.pressure wants to remind people of the sheer scale of what faced him.
:02:19. > :02:22.The events of Grenfell Tower two weeks ago, I think is probably the
:02:23. > :02:27.biggest tragedy to hit London since the end of the Second World War and
:02:28. > :02:31.the fact that it is in our borough and part of the community that we
:02:32. > :02:35.know well means that this is really one of the most difficult periods in
:02:36. > :02:39.the history of the Council. The key thing has been to try to ensure that
:02:40. > :02:43.everybody gets some form of accommodation immediately and some
:02:44. > :02:48.financial support and that has happened. We are now in the process
:02:49. > :02:53.where it has been promised that people won't be in their temporary
:02:54. > :02:57.Hotel or hostel for more than three weeks. That's target is due to be
:02:58. > :03:01.met by the early part of next week. At which point we hope that
:03:02. > :03:06.everybody will be in some form of temporary accommodation which they
:03:07. > :03:11.can call home while a longer term settlement allocation is made that
:03:12. > :03:15.their particular family needs. He has met traumatised survivors who
:03:16. > :03:20.are understandably angry. Have you apologised in the survivors
:03:21. > :03:24.personally? Well, I think apology is .Mac I need to apologise if the
:03:25. > :03:29.response on the ground to the tragedy has not been quick enough or
:03:30. > :03:34.appropriate enough or on the scale that it is needed. So have you
:03:35. > :03:37.apologise? Not in person, but I do apologise here to you if anybody
:03:38. > :03:42.feels that Kensington and Chelsea Council should have been doing more.
:03:43. > :03:45.And they did, of course. Where was that council help visible on the
:03:46. > :03:48.ground in the difficult early stages? Ye admits it was just
:03:49. > :03:52.overwhelming. The Prime Minister acknowledges that right across
:03:53. > :03:55.national and local level the response was not good enough and we
:03:56. > :03:59.acknowledge that and we need to see what could have been done quicker
:04:00. > :04:05.and better and we will learn from this and I think the public enquiry
:04:06. > :04:08.will throw up issues about communication, how quickly other
:04:09. > :04:12.borrowers can come to our aid, and whether we should have done more at
:04:13. > :04:15.an earlier stage, but as I say, this was an unprecedented scale of
:04:16. > :04:20.emergency and our own plans would not be able to envisage all types of
:04:21. > :04:24.different support that we would need. Early on, it was hard to
:04:25. > :04:29.contain the anger. The town hall was stormed. It is not demonstrate a
:04:30. > :04:32.community that had long felt neglected? I think we will need to
:04:33. > :04:36.look at this over the longer term. I think there are many people in the
:04:37. > :04:40.community of North Kensington who do recognise that the council has
:04:41. > :04:43.played an important part in community life and supporting the
:04:44. > :04:48.voluntary sector. So you do not accept this is showing that you
:04:49. > :04:52.failed the community? I'm trying to avoid getting into a political
:04:53. > :04:55.dogfight. I think that is inappropriate at the present time.
:04:56. > :04:58.Is it political or is it just about a community that have wanted a lot
:04:59. > :05:02.more attention and have not got that and this ultimately at the most
:05:03. > :05:05.extreme is what happens? I understand then here that allegation
:05:06. > :05:08.but it is not one I'm going to respond to at the moment. I think we
:05:09. > :05:12.have a good story to tell about a record in North Kensington, but
:05:13. > :05:15.clearly some relationships have been fractured, there are concerns about
:05:16. > :05:18.what happened in the refurbishment of this tower, but it wasn't a
:05:19. > :05:22.question of neglect. We were trying to refurbish and improve the quality
:05:23. > :05:26.of housing in a Grenfell Tower. The most senior paid official at the
:05:27. > :05:35.Council, the chief executive, has resigned. Is that where the buck
:05:36. > :05:37.stops? Should it have been the unelected head of this council
:05:38. > :05:40.rather than the leader who reside? Shouldn't you have resigned? That is
:05:41. > :05:43.not a matter for today. That is something we will look at in due
:05:44. > :05:46.course but my job at the moment is to make sure that the council has a
:05:47. > :05:49.head that can be recognised. I am the public face of the Council and I
:05:50. > :05:54.need to be seen to be making sure that the proper response to people
:05:55. > :05:58.having devastated lives by this tragedy is in place. Would you
:05:59. > :06:01.expect to be the leader in six months' time? That is not a matter I
:06:02. > :06:07.am able to discuss now. It is not really a matter for me. You may have
:06:08. > :06:10.lost the right to be heard. Whether or not that is fair. The answer is I
:06:11. > :06:15.do not think I have lost the right to be heard. But there is a time and
:06:16. > :06:19.a place and I think at the moment people do not want to particularly
:06:20. > :06:22.hear from me. They want to feel that as leader of the council I am
:06:23. > :06:28.putting in place a range of services that will support them and their
:06:29. > :06:31.vulnerable neighbours as best we possibly can. That is what I am
:06:32. > :06:36.doing. That is my priority and that is why I am not getting drawn into
:06:37. > :06:41.lots of political noises on and off. He says he wants answers to. I want
:06:42. > :06:45.to know why as well. But I think my immediate responsibility as leader
:06:46. > :06:47.is to make sure that there is a proper range of services for some
:06:48. > :06:52.very vulnerable people in the aftermath of a huge tragedy and I
:06:53. > :06:55.think longer term we need to make sure that we do have good
:06:56. > :06:59.relationships in North Kensington with every community, with all of
:07:00. > :07:02.the communities there. We are proud of our record over many years of
:07:03. > :07:08.investing in a poor part of London and I think we have managed to make
:07:09. > :07:13.a difference. Clearly, the accident and the tragedy in the tower is
:07:14. > :07:18.something that we will have to learn lessons from and I hope the enquiry
:07:19. > :07:19.will help us do that. That was the leader of Kensington and Chelsea
:07:20. > :07:26.Council. BBC London has seen emails showing
:07:27. > :07:29.how residents in Camden flagged up serious concerns over fire safety
:07:30. > :07:32.in their tower block in 2007 - and were assured by the council
:07:33. > :07:34.and contractors that work Ten years on and last week the fire
:07:35. > :07:40.brigade declared the building unsafe and evacuated the entire
:07:41. > :07:55.Chalcots estate. Homeless, desperate, still they
:07:56. > :08:01.come, but could, should all that have been avoided? In 2007, the
:08:02. > :08:07.Chalcots estate underwent a massive ?152 million refurbishment. The main
:08:08. > :08:10.contractor also worked on Grenfell Tower. As well as adding cladding,
:08:11. > :08:15.Windows were upgraded, along with internal works. The gas and
:08:16. > :08:19.electrics were overhauled. These pictures were sent around of a show
:08:20. > :08:23.flat, highlighting what they could expect. But this is what they say
:08:24. > :08:27.they were faced with. These pictures were taken by various residents
:08:28. > :08:32.after work was carried out, showing a raft of problems, the worst of
:08:33. > :08:37.which exposed gas pipes not boxed in or probably sealed through
:08:38. > :08:41.firewalls. They saw that are fit, that work? Yes, absolutely. That is
:08:42. > :08:44.how they were doing the work. It was not temporary work. It was literally
:08:45. > :08:50.copper pipe water and gas literally just being bashed about the plywood
:08:51. > :08:54.above the doors. It is important to understand that the wood above the
:08:55. > :08:59.door was just one thin piece of plywood. Flammable, plywood. We've
:09:00. > :09:04.seen enough to Camden in which tennis described the work is highly
:09:05. > :09:07.dangerous, which clearly shows the potential for disaster. There is
:09:08. > :09:11.considerable unease with residents on grounds of health and safety,
:09:12. > :09:15.they write, adding families have had their children's lives but at the
:09:16. > :09:19.risk risk of serious injury. In September 2007, they got a reply
:09:20. > :09:21.from a Camden official. The gas supply and pipework will be removed
:09:22. > :09:25.and replaced by pipework that will be in compliance with the building
:09:26. > :09:31.regulations. A month later, a senior manager added, please be assured
:09:32. > :09:34.that we are currently addressing any compromises to health and safety. We
:09:35. > :09:37.are conducting an internal review of our management procedures to
:09:38. > :09:42.establish how and why this situation occurred. Work was then carried out
:09:43. > :09:46.to fix things, and as far as residents knew, it was all signed
:09:47. > :09:49.off as safe, until last week. After Grenfell Tower, the Fire Brigade was
:09:50. > :09:54.cold in and declared these buildings were unsafe to live in. Ten years
:09:55. > :10:03.after the refurbishment was carried out. Are Dicks is a fire safety
:10:04. > :10:07.expert. NOSPACE -- Arnold is a fire safety expert. It is a surprise to
:10:08. > :10:10.me that these problems were identified ten years and that
:10:11. > :10:13.nothing was done. I have looked at other buildings over the last week
:10:14. > :10:20.or so and each building that I have been in has got some standard
:10:21. > :10:23.subcontractor work. I have lost a lot of sleep. When the works were
:10:24. > :10:26.signed off, we all thought it was safe in the work was done. If things
:10:27. > :10:32.were not done safely, in so many areas, then we do not know what
:10:33. > :10:37.would have happened. If there had been a big fire. I think we were
:10:38. > :10:41.living on borrowed time. The company said they were not responsible for
:10:42. > :10:44.gas rises or wiring in Chalcots, so complaints would have been passed
:10:45. > :10:47.onto those responsible. They maintain all of their work met
:10:48. > :10:52.building regulations. Camden holders the UK needs a whole new safety
:10:53. > :10:56.regime. Years of cutting so-called red tape and discrediting of health
:10:57. > :11:02.and safety have taken their toll, change is needed. But questions
:11:03. > :11:06.remain. How could work now declared unsafe lie undetected for a decade
:11:07. > :11:13.and why did it take such a tragic loss of life to uncover it? Let's
:11:14. > :11:15.return to the issue of Grenfell Tower for a moment.
:11:16. > :11:18.Well, tonight the council leader and his cabinet are meeting behind
:11:19. > :11:20.closed doors to discuss the response to the fire.
:11:21. > :11:27.Tolu Adeoye is outside Kensington Chelsea Town Hall now.
:11:28. > :11:34.There has been a development in the last half-hour. Yes, in the last
:11:35. > :11:38.half an hour, the judge overruled the Council decision to ban the
:11:39. > :11:41.press from entering the meeting, but the public still can't go in and
:11:42. > :11:44.that has led to some anger here. There is a bit of commotion around
:11:45. > :11:47.the other side of the building as people try to enter too good into
:11:48. > :11:52.that meeting and the press is being allowed in. The council ban people
:11:53. > :11:55.from going in because of the fear of destruction and disorder. In a
:11:56. > :12:00.notice on its website, it said the meeting will be held entirely in
:12:01. > :12:03.Private because of security and public safety concerns. That follows
:12:04. > :12:08.a protest on the 16th of June, it two days after a fire where a group
:12:09. > :12:12.of protesters tried to storm the building. You can probably see the
:12:13. > :12:16.boarded-up door behind me from the damage caused there. The council
:12:17. > :12:22.said it had received recent real threats of assault on council staff
:12:23. > :12:25.and damage to council buildings and that is why it has taken that
:12:26. > :12:29.decision. But people are not happy with that decision. The Grenfell
:12:30. > :12:32.Tower action group is part of the radical housing network which fights
:12:33. > :12:39.for housing Justice and they have called the decision flimsy. In fact,
:12:40. > :12:42.they say the council has contempt for the residents they are supposed
:12:43. > :12:45.to be representing. The council says there will be another meeting in
:12:46. > :12:47.July which will be open to the public and it says the minutes of
:12:48. > :12:53.this meeting will be published in full in due course. OK, thanks very
:12:54. > :12:55.much for that update. Outside Kensington town Hall.
:12:56. > :12:59.Coming up later in the programme: By day he runs Dunkin Donuts -
:13:00. > :13:02.we meet the man who's brought Leyton Orient football club
:13:03. > :13:15.Join me at this brand-new Opera house, built in just 11 months on
:13:16. > :13:16.the grounds of a stately home in Surrey. We will take a look behind
:13:17. > :13:25.the scenes. A man who's been left
:13:26. > :13:28.with life-changing injuries after an acid attack on him
:13:29. > :13:31.and his cousin has spoken to BBC They had stopped at traffic lights
:13:32. > :13:35.in Beckton when a man sprayed corrosive substance on them
:13:36. > :13:37.through the car window. He has severe burns and will have
:13:38. > :13:40.to undergo months of surgery. You may find some of the images
:13:41. > :13:52.in Ayshea Buksh's report upsetting. They were two cousins who had met at
:13:53. > :14:00.to celebrate a 21st birthday. Just hours after this photo was taken,
:14:01. > :14:04.the men became the victims of a violent acid attack. NOSPACE -- the
:14:05. > :14:08.pair. This man had been diving was this cousin in Becton when they
:14:09. > :14:13.stopped at the traffic light and a man walked up to the car. He had
:14:14. > :14:17.some sort of liquid bottle and it looked like water, it looked clear.
:14:18. > :14:23.He'd started squeezing it in our faces and all over me, basically and
:14:24. > :14:28.a lot of it went on her. Within seconds, my cousin started
:14:29. > :14:31.screaming. Her eyes had blistered and her face started melting. My
:14:32. > :14:36.face started melting. My clothes started to burn. My shorts started
:14:37. > :14:42.sticking to me. There was smoke coming out of the seats. His cousin
:14:43. > :14:49.is now awaiting surgery. His burns were so severe he was put in an
:14:50. > :14:54.induced coma. I can't hear from this year. This arm is a mess. This part
:14:55. > :15:00.of my wrist and my front chest and belly and back and legs. I think the
:15:01. > :15:05.only place I have not got burnt is on this lake and this foot. I looked
:15:06. > :15:08.in the mirror once since this happened and that was yesterday.
:15:09. > :15:11.Because they had to change all my dressings. And I just sat there and
:15:12. > :15:19.cried. I couldn't even look at myself. Police want to speak to this
:15:20. > :15:23.man in connection with the attack, 24-year-old John Tomlin from Canning
:15:24. > :15:27.town. They warned the public not to approach him. The Met also say at
:15:28. > :15:32.the moment there is no indication this was a racially motivated crime,
:15:33. > :15:36.but this man thinks otherwise. I am in a really bad way. I will be
:15:37. > :15:42.scarred for life. I can't walk properly. I can't hear properly. I
:15:43. > :15:47.can't sleep. I keep thinking this guy is going to come for me. I am
:15:48. > :15:59.having nightmares. I am screaming, I am sweating. The police say this
:16:00. > :16:04.wasn't racially motivated, but you think differently. Why? There is no
:16:05. > :16:07.reason why this wouldn't be racially motivated. I don't know this guy. I
:16:08. > :16:12.have never seen this guy in my life I don't have any problems with
:16:13. > :16:13.anybody. He hopes that whoever did this is caught quickly saw that
:16:14. > :16:19.other people are not bit in danger. The Treasury has confirmed
:16:20. > :16:21.that the London Bridge attacks It comes after reports this week
:16:22. > :16:27.that some businesses in the area had not been paid by their insurance
:16:28. > :16:30.companies because, at the time, it still hadn't been officially
:16:31. > :16:42.declared a terror attack. The system the Government uses is
:16:43. > :16:49.completely updated NOSPACE -- outdated. It is too slow because of
:16:50. > :16:51.how quickly people need to access compensation and funds to keep their
:16:52. > :17:07.businesses open. The health watchdog has praised the
:17:08. > :17:11.services which dealt with the terror attacks. They say they have made
:17:12. > :17:17.significant process NOSPACE -- progress. It is the biggest
:17:18. > :17:19.Ambulance Service in the country and its busiest. It was also the first
:17:20. > :18:21.to be put into special measures. Tragic injuries and severe injuries.
:18:22. > :18:28.Charges For now, It's hoped the service
:18:29. > :18:34.A boost for staff, who have been tested as never before
:18:35. > :18:36.in the past few months. The health watchdog has praised the
:18:37. > :18:38.services which dealt with the terror attacks.
:18:39. > :18:40.They say they have made significant process
:18:41. > :18:43.It is the biggest Ambulance Service in the country and
:18:44. > :18:47.It was also the first to be put into special measures.
:18:48. > :18:51.it is a journey of everybody working together continuously, improving
:18:52. > :18:53.what we do. We are seeing very definite signs of improvement in the
:18:54. > :18:56.London Ambulance Service, in contrast with our inspection in 2015
:18:57. > :18:59.it is marked and they have moved up in all the aspects that we look at.
:19:00. > :19:02.It is hoped the service will be out of special measures by the end of
:19:03. > :19:05.the year. A boost for Apple are being tested as never before in the
:19:06. > :19:10.past few months. Incredibly proud and to be honest completely
:19:11. > :19:15.overwhelming to be part of a team of such incredible people and to think
:19:16. > :19:19.that I am one of them makes me extremely proud. The paramedic Gemma
:19:20. > :19:23.Taylor ending that report. Next: The future looked
:19:24. > :19:25.bleak for one of London's oldest football clubs -
:19:26. > :19:27.until the surprise news last week that a businessman had
:19:28. > :19:29.bought Leyton Orient - By day he runs Dunkin Donuts -
:19:30. > :19:34.but his love of football led the US based millionaire back
:19:35. > :19:47.to his east end roots. What do doughnuts and Leyton Orient
:19:48. > :19:51.have in common? The answer, this man. Nigel Travis, chief executive
:19:52. > :19:55.of Dunkin doughnuts and the new chairman of Leyton Orient. It sounds
:19:56. > :19:59.like a lot of fun making money from doughnuts. Do you think the football
:20:00. > :20:05.industry will be a bit tougher? It is fun, but football should be fun.
:20:06. > :20:11.We aim to make money here and to make Leyton Orient a commercial
:20:12. > :20:14.success. Orient were anything but a commercial success under the former
:20:15. > :20:18.owner. There were on page protests as staff and players went on paid
:20:19. > :20:22.and the club was almost forced out of business. Even when the debts
:20:23. > :20:25.were settled at the High Court earlier this month, few believed
:20:26. > :20:30.they could survive with him in charge. The club has nine junior
:20:31. > :20:33.professionals, no senior professionals. It currently does not
:20:34. > :20:39.have access to a training ground. It has no shirts or training equipment
:20:40. > :20:43.and pre-season starts next week. Those troubles should now be
:20:44. > :20:47.resolved under Travis, a lifelong fan of the club. What are your
:20:48. > :20:51.memories of growing up and watching games here at Brisbane Road? They
:20:52. > :20:56.are fantastic memories. I remember in 1962 we got promoted up to the
:20:57. > :21:08.then top league, division one. At home, we won. They scored no goals
:21:09. > :21:12.in many games last season, making doughnuts a appropriate food for the
:21:13. > :21:17.team that where relegated from the Premier League. How quickly do you
:21:18. > :21:20.think you could get them back? I think three to four years. I think
:21:21. > :21:26.to give people a hope that we could do it in a year is just crazy. Any
:21:27. > :21:29.successful business person who comes into football would say they do it
:21:30. > :21:34.to make money for themselves? Is that your real motivation? No, I
:21:35. > :21:37.decided when I first thought about this that this was probably money I
:21:38. > :21:41.would lose. The more commercially viable we are the more we can invest
:21:42. > :21:46.back on the football side. That is the way to look at it. A team for so
:21:47. > :21:50.long starved of glory. How they could do with a little bit of
:21:51. > :21:51.success. Talking of unusual partnerships.
:21:52. > :21:54.Few people could ever imagine building an opera house
:21:55. > :21:57.in just 11 months - let alone creating it
:21:58. > :22:02.The garden is actually the grounds of a Surrey stately home.
:22:03. > :22:04.It belongs to University Challenge's former quiz master Bamber Gascoigne.
:22:05. > :22:07.And all because an opera company found themselves homeless.
:22:08. > :22:29.A tale of last, betrayal and tragedy, and behind the scenes, a
:22:30. > :22:34.real-life drama. The story of how Grange Park Opera found itself a
:22:35. > :22:39.home here in Surrey. West Percy Place, recently inherited by a
:22:40. > :22:48.former TV quiz master. University challenge tournament. Bamber
:22:49. > :22:52.Gascoigne has told the opera company found themselves homeless. They
:22:53. > :22:56.pitched in an extraordinary idea. It is not everyday that someone that we
:22:57. > :23:00.would like an opera house in the garden and we watch this thing grows
:23:01. > :23:04.like a mushroom, at the speed of a mushroom. Day by day it was
:23:05. > :23:08.different. And suddenly it is now absolutely beautiful with wonderful
:23:09. > :23:17.acoustics. Incredibly, it took just 11 months to build. Five tiers, 700
:23:18. > :23:20.seats, it has cost ?10 million. One guy said this was an amazing stunt
:23:21. > :23:24.that you have bowled off because everyone was watching and thinking
:23:25. > :23:31.it might not quite get there and we got there. It is amazing and I have
:23:32. > :23:34.amazed myself. There is still plenty of work to do, although special
:23:35. > :23:40.finishing touches to add. Oak floors are going to go in, designers are
:23:41. > :23:45.going to be working their magic, and there are plans for an ornate,
:23:46. > :23:49.painted ceiling. And with the garden is open for preperformance picnics,
:23:50. > :23:53.it is hoped new audiences could be tempted to give Opera a go. I have
:23:54. > :23:57.not been to a professional opera before so this will be our first
:23:58. > :24:06.experience. I am a musician anyway so this is a really wonderful
:24:07. > :24:09.opportunity for me to on my doorstep. The acoustics in the
:24:10. > :24:15.future are really good. It is not often you get a chance to dress up.
:24:16. > :24:21.But what would West hoarsely faced's former owner, Bamber Gascoigne's
:24:22. > :24:25.great and, the Duchess of Roxburgh, have made of it? Her ashes have just
:24:26. > :24:30.been buried here. She was a great fan of ballet and a patron of the
:24:31. > :24:34.royal she would adore the idea of a theatre in the orchard. Just
:24:35. > :24:42.imagine, she will now be surrounded by music. She has a lot of Wagner
:24:43. > :24:43.coming next. I said it was no ordinary story.
:24:44. > :24:46.Let's see how the weather's shaping up, shall we?
:24:47. > :24:56.You are smiling. Things are getting better if you want sunshine and
:24:57. > :25:00.warmth. Today, I saw about a minute of blue sky. That was about it.
:25:01. > :25:03.Whilst we have had some colourful flowers here at Regent's Park, the
:25:04. > :25:11.skies have been rather great for most of the day and quite flat cloud
:25:12. > :25:13.as well but things are looking up. This was the general picture across
:25:14. > :25:18.the UK today. We have not really seen the rain this time. We have
:25:19. > :25:24.seen a of cloud. There has been some breaks to the south of London, where
:25:25. > :25:28.we will have some clearer skies for once. A lot of cloud tonight. Not
:25:29. > :25:36.much wind. You can see, there is a bit of rain trying to come in from
:25:37. > :25:42.the West. It may miss ours. Quite a one night, actually. 13-14dC.
:25:43. > :25:47.Heading into tomorrow, probably more sunshine. Not a huge amount but a
:25:48. > :25:52.bit more. The error is that the warmer but we could trigger some
:25:53. > :25:56.slow-moving heavy showers and those more likely to the south where we
:25:57. > :26:01.will break the cloud. 18 Celsius today. Could be 23 Celsius tomorrow.
:26:02. > :26:05.That is a bit more like it for this time of the year. Heading into the
:26:06. > :26:09.weekend, some rain on Friday night for the early hours of the morning.
:26:10. > :26:14.That will soon clear away on Saturday morning and then Saturday
:26:15. > :26:20.should be a fine day. It will be dry with a north-westerly breeze, but it
:26:21. > :26:25.will feel pleasant. Sunny spells. Temperatures of 22-23dC. Wet weather
:26:26. > :26:28.pulling away into the near continent and weather coming in from the
:26:29. > :26:33.Atlantic which will bring some rain overnight but it should not last too
:26:34. > :26:37.long. It looks generally fine and dry for the outlook and it will feel
:26:38. > :26:38.warmer than it has done this week. OK, thanks very much.
:26:39. > :26:40.The retired judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick,
:26:41. > :26:43.will lead the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaste.
:26:44. > :26:46.He has expressed doubt that it'll be broad enough to satisfy
:26:47. > :27:00.It's after he met relatives of victims today.
:27:01. > :27:05.The leader of Kensington and Chelsea has said more could have been done
:27:06. > :27:08.to help the victims of Grenfell Tower fire, but denies the council
:27:09. > :27:11.neglected the community. I think we have a good story to tell about our
:27:12. > :27:14.record in North Kensington but clearly some relationships have been
:27:15. > :27:18.fractured. There are concerns about what happened in the refurbishment
:27:19. > :27:21.of this tower but it was not a question of neglect. We were trying
:27:22. > :27:25.to refurbish and improve the quality of housing in Grenfell Tower. We
:27:26. > :27:29.have just heard that Kensington and Chelsea Council has in the last few
:27:30. > :27:32.minutes adjourned that Cabinet meeting to discuss the Grenfell
:27:33. > :27:34.Tower tragedy after press were allowed to attend, claiming it would
:27:35. > :27:36.prejudice the forthcoming public enquiry.
:27:37. > :27:40.Will be back later during the ten o'clock news, but for now
:27:41. > :27:42.from everyone on the team have a lovely evening.
:27:43. > :28:18.but how has it changed the way we see
:28:19. > :28:27.I don't think we know the scale of the television revolution,