:00:00. > :00:13.Victims of the Grenfell fire were promised a temporary home
:00:14. > :00:16.within three weeks - as the deadline approaches we'll ask
:00:17. > :00:35.It is difficult to accept. This evening to families affected by
:00:36. > :00:39.the fire are meeting the police officer leading the investigation as
:00:40. > :00:41.well as the coroner. The families say they are desperate for more
:00:42. > :00:43.information. Left to die after being used
:00:44. > :00:46.as a breeding machine - tackling the growing problem
:00:47. > :01:05.of illegal puppy farms. And the woman who inspired others
:01:06. > :01:08.to join the war effort and created the Royal Voluntary Service -
:01:09. > :01:13.is honoured with a blue plaque. She inspired all these women to set
:01:14. > :01:29.to and help during the war. Welcome to BBC London News
:01:30. > :01:45.with me Riz Lateef. It was the Prime Minister's promise
:01:46. > :01:51.after the Grenfell fire that those affected with get a home after three
:01:52. > :01:58.weeks. That deadline is tomorrow. Some families feel what is being
:01:59. > :02:02.offered is not always acceptable. This is the hotel that we were
:02:03. > :02:08.accommodated nearly three weeks ago. This man has been living in this
:02:09. > :02:11.hotel room since that Grenfell fire. He, his mother and sister escape
:02:12. > :02:20.from the third floor. Memories of that night are still raw. People
:02:21. > :02:28.from Grenfell Tower, they could be on the 12th floor. In the aftermath
:02:29. > :02:31.of the fire at the Prime Minister promised that every affected family
:02:32. > :02:35.would be offered a good quality temporary home within three weeks.
:02:36. > :02:39.This family is one of more than 100 households waiting to be rehoused.
:02:40. > :02:43.He says they will stay in the hotel until permanent accommodation is
:02:44. > :02:49.offered. Why we you not accept temporary
:02:50. > :02:54.accommodation? It is difficult to accept temporary accommodation,
:02:55. > :03:03.knowing that you are already in one, temporary accommodation. People do
:03:04. > :03:08.not want to be moved around so many times. How many people are still
:03:09. > :03:15.living in this block? In this particular area, he is there, they
:03:16. > :03:21.are dear, she is the... Those living in neighbouring blocks, some of
:03:22. > :03:26.which are still without hot water and gas, have also been offered
:03:27. > :03:29.temporary accommodation. This councillor has chosen to remain in
:03:30. > :03:33.her home. They have tried to offer me a accommodation but it is
:03:34. > :03:37.difficult with children. I have got to look out for them before anything
:03:38. > :03:40.else. She says many people don't feel the accommodation being put
:03:41. > :03:44.forward a suitable for their needs. I have spoke to people who have said
:03:45. > :03:48.they have been offered stuff which is completely out of the borough, or
:03:49. > :03:58.just looking at the Tower, and who wants that? It is unspeakable what
:03:59. > :04:01.people have been through. It is only if you are here on the claim that
:04:02. > :04:06.you see, only a few were in that tower that you truly know what has
:04:07. > :04:14.taken place. After all fat to still be moved around and shifted around
:04:15. > :04:23.and fobbed off is not acceptable. -- after all that. If they did a
:04:24. > :04:28.promise they will House within three weeks, they put themselves in
:04:29. > :04:29.pressure. So for many they wait for a home or go beyond tomorrow's
:04:30. > :04:35.deadline. Families affected by the disaster
:04:36. > :04:38.have been arriving at the Olympia Conference Centre
:04:39. > :04:40.in Kensington tonight for a meeting with the police officer leading
:04:41. > :04:42.the criminal investigation Our Home Affairs Correspondent,
:04:43. > :04:50.Nick Beake is in West You have spoken to some of the
:04:51. > :04:55.families? Yes. For these families this is the
:04:56. > :05:00.first opportunity for them to put questions to the man leading the
:05:01. > :05:04.Metropolitan Police criminal investigation. Also at the meeting
:05:05. > :05:09.will be the Westminster coroner, whose job it is to try and identify
:05:10. > :05:12.those people who have died. We know from talking to the families and
:05:13. > :05:15.their lawyers they are already unhappy because they had to submit
:05:16. > :05:19.questions they wanted to put to the authorities before 11 o'clock
:05:20. > :05:22.yesterday, they say it is simply wrong that they were given a three
:05:23. > :05:26.hour window to do so. They would like to be able to ask questions
:05:27. > :05:29.tonight as they think of things. We saw some of the families arriving
:05:30. > :05:35.earlier today. They hope to get answers about the ongoing criminal
:05:36. > :05:37.investigation. They are not happy about the flow of information,
:05:38. > :05:42.specifically information about their loved ones, people who have died. We
:05:43. > :05:45.have heard over the past few weeks suspicion about the official death
:05:46. > :05:50.toll, the true number of people who have lost their lives in this
:05:51. > :05:52.tragedy. People also want to know information about how long the
:05:53. > :05:57.criminal investigation will last. Add the potential suspects? What
:05:58. > :06:01.sort of documents have been seized? What are the next steps in this
:06:02. > :06:05.process? The Metropolitan Police, on the other hand, who have lots of
:06:06. > :06:08.family we use of officers here tonight, who are greeting families
:06:09. > :06:11.and our string them into this meeting, they say this is a
:06:12. > :06:16.painstaking investigation. They said it will take me on the end of the
:06:17. > :06:20.year for Grenfell Tower to be searched. They say this is an
:06:21. > :06:24.operation of almost unprecedented scope, aside from counterterrorism
:06:25. > :06:28.investigations, they have not been able to deal with something like
:06:29. > :06:31.this before. They are trying to give a sense of how difficult the
:06:32. > :06:38.forensic workers, trying to deal with the aftermath of the fire. We
:06:39. > :06:44.expect this meeting to last maybe two hours. At which point we may be
:06:45. > :06:47.able to speak to the families. Going and, there is a subdued atmosphere,
:06:48. > :06:51.but also people desperate for information.
:06:52. > :06:55.Many unanswered questions. Thank you.
:06:56. > :06:57.Well, it's nearly three weeks since the fire,
:06:58. > :07:00.and there's still concern that some of the money raised
:07:01. > :07:02.through donations isn't getting through to those who need it most.
:07:03. > :07:05.So how much money has been raised for victims and survivors?
:07:06. > :07:08.And what's being done to make sure those working on the ground get it
:07:09. > :07:15.Claudia-Liza Armah has been going through all the figures.
:07:16. > :07:17.We already know the Government pledged ?5 million.
:07:18. > :07:20.that works out to around ?5,500 per household.
:07:21. > :07:23.Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has already said that half of people
:07:24. > :07:25.entitled to that pot of money have got that.
:07:26. > :07:43.But what about the charitable donations?
:07:44. > :07:45.We have estimated ?17 million has been raised.
:07:46. > :07:47.Well it's come from a number of different charities
:07:48. > :07:49.and organisations, crowdfunding websites and that Simon
:07:50. > :07:55.The largest amount - has been raised The Evening
:07:56. > :08:07.Standard's Dispossessed Fund that's raised 5 million.
:08:08. > :08:10.While The Red Cross appeal has raised than 4 million.
:08:11. > :08:17.As has the Kensington and Chelsea Foundation.
:08:18. > :08:23.So now we have an idea how much has been raised the main question is
:08:24. > :08:27.is that money getting to the victims and survivors of the fire?
:08:28. > :08:30.Hopefully someone who can shed some light on that is Gerald Oppenheim
:08:31. > :08:33.from the London Emergency Trust, one of the charities overseeing
:08:34. > :08:43.Some of it is being distributed by organisations on the ground. The
:08:44. > :08:57.trust which I cheer has a specialist role, providing funds to the
:08:58. > :09:08.believed -- trust which I chair. Providing funds to the people who
:09:09. > :09:13.have been believed. There are still residents saying
:09:14. > :09:21.they have no money. When I mention that London emergency trust, he did
:09:22. > :09:25.not know what it was. The money that we have through the
:09:26. > :09:30.Red Cross, we work in partnership with them, and they also have funds
:09:31. > :09:35.from the London community foundation, and the Kensington and
:09:36. > :09:42.Chelsea foundation, that money is specifically for next of kin and
:09:43. > :09:45.those who were injured. Others are providing funds for other activity
:09:46. > :09:52.and for other people who have been made homeless. That is a complicated
:09:53. > :09:57.picture. We work through police family liaison officers, the Red
:09:58. > :10:00.Cross humanitarian team, and we are starting to work with other
:10:01. > :10:04.community organisations on the ground so that information about as
:10:05. > :10:09.does get out further than it has done so far. What about the
:10:10. > :10:11.donations of food, clothes? Who could forget those incredible
:10:12. > :10:17.pictures after the fire, people deleting some much, what has
:10:18. > :10:24.happened with that? The clause, the Red Cross has collected three
:10:25. > :10:27.football pitches in size worth of clothing. They are going to sort
:10:28. > :10:31.them. Clothing that this new will go back into the community for people
:10:32. > :10:38.to have. Clothing that they cannot do anything with Wilco for disposal
:10:39. > :10:48.and the money raised will come in due course to the London Fire relief
:10:49. > :10:52.fund. Other clothing to Red Cross shops to be sold. Anybody who did
:10:53. > :10:56.any of this money, what can they do to get access? If they are next of
:10:57. > :11:01.kin, that they were injured, get in touch with one of the humanitarian
:11:02. > :11:05.teams on the ground at the Westway Centre, or if they have a police
:11:06. > :11:10.family liaison officer, they will get a form to fill in, tell us who
:11:11. > :11:10.they are, and how to pay the money to them.
:11:11. > :11:20.Thank you. A manhunt's under way
:11:21. > :11:22.for a dangerous prisoner just a few months into a nine year
:11:23. > :11:26.sentence for stabbing 25-year-old Ralston Dodd
:11:27. > :11:31.knifed his victim three times He was released after the court
:11:32. > :11:35.incorrectly recorded his sentence. The Ministry of Justice
:11:36. > :11:37.said it was urgently The new Elizabeth Line service
:11:38. > :11:40.will be extended to Terminal five The service formerly known
:11:41. > :11:45.as Crossrail will run six trains per hour to the airport
:11:46. > :11:47.from December 2019, two New ticket readers will be installed
:11:48. > :11:52.at Heathrow in May next year to enable passengers to use Oyster
:11:53. > :11:57.and contactless payments. Earlier this year, Heathrow chiefs
:11:58. > :11:59.lost a High Court challenge over access charges they can levy
:12:00. > :12:04.on Elizabeth Line trains. Next: Illegal puppy farms
:12:05. > :12:06.are a huge and growing problem And it's urging the public to help
:12:07. > :12:13.find those responsible. The charity recently found one
:12:14. > :12:16.dog which had been left to die after being used
:12:17. > :12:19.as "a breeding machine". Vets said it was some of the worst
:12:20. > :12:22.neglect they'd ever seen and they're You may find some of the pictures
:12:23. > :12:30.in Yvonne Hall's report upsetting. Found dumped and bleeding to death
:12:31. > :12:38.in the streets in Hertfordshire. This Shar Pei bitch was emaciated,
:12:39. > :12:40.couldn't walk and was suffering life-threatening eye
:12:41. > :12:47.and liver infections. Her claws had curled
:12:48. > :12:49.round three times. Some had grown right
:12:50. > :12:51.through her paws. Vets say she was in
:12:52. > :12:52.excruciating pain. That is why the second vet
:12:53. > :13:04.said she had very little The dog warden asked us
:13:05. > :13:12.and we said, yes let's give her Glynis, as she is now being called,
:13:13. > :13:19.is recovering at the The RSPCA believes
:13:20. > :13:24.she had been kept for about nine years trapped in a tiny
:13:25. > :13:27.cage and repeatedly used as a breeding machine at
:13:28. > :13:36.an illegal puppy farm. They estimate she had had about 60
:13:37. > :13:39.puppies, each would have These pictures from
:13:40. > :13:42.a raid on a puppy farm Dead animals are also
:13:43. > :13:45.found in plastic It's feared these puppies
:13:46. > :13:53.were dumped by a roadside in Hertfordshire when
:13:54. > :13:55.they couldn't be sold. The RSPCA in 2016 received
:13:56. > :13:57.about 3500 calls about puppies coming from places where maybe
:13:58. > :14:02.the conditions aren't good enough and perhaps from bitches
:14:03. > :14:04.who were in poor Glynis is one of the very few
:14:05. > :14:13.lucky ones to survive. It's five weeks since
:14:14. > :14:19.she was found dumped bleeding to death on a pavement
:14:20. > :14:21.in As you can see she is
:14:22. > :14:27.now recovering well. But everyone involved
:14:28. > :14:29.with her care say it's amazing that she survived the degree
:14:30. > :14:31.of cruelty she was subjected to. The RSPCA is now
:14:32. > :14:40.urging anyone with any information about Glynis or any
:14:41. > :14:54.illegal puppy farms to contact them Still to come.
:14:55. > :15:01.I am in Hyde Park trying to hit a home run as some baseball's biggest
:15:02. > :15:13.stars come to the capital. And how hot will it get Ben SW19 and
:15:14. > :15:23.any other postcodes UK to mention? I will have the weather.
:15:24. > :15:33.For 40 years Brian Clarke has been creating eye catching designs.
:15:34. > :15:35.Now some of them are on display in Soho -
:15:36. > :15:38.inspired by the countries and cities that he's visited over the years.
:15:39. > :15:40.Alice Bhandhukravi has been to meet him.
:15:41. > :15:52.They are inspired by locations. Sculptor, painter, Mosaic maker, but
:15:53. > :15:56.artist Brian Clarke is famous for this, stained glass but not as we
:15:57. > :16:01.know what. Is it a dying art? It might even be
:16:02. > :16:09.dead. But it has not been well for a while. The majority of people still
:16:10. > :16:13.think of stained glass as being religious or ecclesiastical. My wife
:16:14. > :16:24.has been spent on dragging them out of the Church. -- M life has been
:16:25. > :16:30.spent. Doing this layering of glass that
:16:31. > :16:36.has never been done before. It gives you a much greater range of colour,
:16:37. > :16:45.or Pacitti, texture. Also you don't have to divide it with legs. Brian
:16:46. > :16:48.Clarke started working in the 1970s and counted Francis Bacon and Andy
:16:49. > :16:53.Walker hole as friends as well as influences. I introduced things from
:16:54. > :16:58.pop art and to stained glass. I was probably the first person to do
:16:59. > :17:03.that. Andy was interested in stained glass. Francis was not. As his
:17:04. > :17:07.latest exhibition shows this exhibition is not only for fans of
:17:08. > :17:13.stained glass. The show was made up of screens, some of them depicting
:17:14. > :17:18.screens. There is beauty in the stock market screens. There is
:17:19. > :17:22.beauty in a binary code. It is an artist's job to reveal truth to
:17:23. > :17:26.power. One of the most efficient ways of revealing truth is through
:17:27. > :17:44.the agency of beauty. It is the time of year for stepping
:17:45. > :17:52.out on Centre Court. I am talking about ball boys and girls. Each year
:17:53. > :17:57.around 250 youngsters from London schools are chosen to take part. Our
:17:58. > :18:01.reporter has been finding out that they have to prove they have what it
:18:02. > :18:05.takes. Wimbledon would not be Wimbledon
:18:06. > :18:11.without that ball boys and girls. Their hard work keeps things going
:18:12. > :18:15.smoothly. The training for their youngsters begins months before the
:18:16. > :18:20.tournament. More than 800 school girls and boys apply and around 250
:18:21. > :18:25.make it through to Wimbledon. They have been training for two and a
:18:26. > :18:31.half hours per week since February. The key quality they need to show
:18:32. > :18:34.his concentration. I found it quite difficult when they first come into
:18:35. > :18:38.training, they do not think they are looking around that they are. The
:18:39. > :18:42.training is rigorous. We make sure that they are purely focusing on
:18:43. > :18:48.what is going on, they are not watching the game, but they are
:18:49. > :18:52.using the peripheral vision. Because the training is so tough it appears
:18:53. > :18:56.them for the clouds. Three quarters of each year's intake by newcomers.
:18:57. > :19:00.Some have had the honour of not just working on Wimbledon before but on
:19:01. > :19:05.the final itself. I was told on the morning of the final. It was an
:19:06. > :19:09.amazing feeling. I knew that my hard work paid off. You are good at this
:19:10. > :19:15.but have you ever made a mistake? Yes, I have made a fewer mistakes.
:19:16. > :19:20.Before I go on court there are nervous but I try to turn that into
:19:21. > :19:25.excitement to inspire me. Do you have team? We are put into teams of
:19:26. > :19:30.six at the start of the two weeks and you get to know people well. If
:19:31. > :19:33.the pressure was not already on some of their youngsters got to meet the
:19:34. > :19:38.Duchess of Cambridge yesterday. She praised them for their
:19:39. > :19:41.professionalism. Walking around on the first day, that is always a
:19:42. > :19:45.special moment, saying the posture and presence on court, considering
:19:46. > :19:51.some of them were slouching at the start of training, that is a proud
:19:52. > :19:53.moment. With the training done, now it is time to put all have learnt
:19:54. > :20:01.into action. Staying with sport,
:20:02. > :20:03.but to something much more American - well,
:20:04. > :20:05.it is the fourth of July. Some of Major League Baseball's
:20:06. > :20:08.biggest names are in Well, Emma Jones is there for us now
:20:09. > :20:20.- and can explain all. It is a beautiful summer evening
:20:21. > :20:26.here in Hyde Park and it has been taken over by the sport of baseball.
:20:27. > :20:31.Stars from the red Sox and the Dodgers will be taking part in
:20:32. > :20:36.something called the home run Derby. It is about hitting as many home
:20:37. > :20:42.runs as possible against the clock and it is about promoting the sport
:20:43. > :20:48.of baseball in London. Let us speak to somebody dodging into the batting
:20:49. > :20:53.cage. Somebody who knows all about home runs. Cliff Floyd. Independence
:20:54. > :21:00.Day. Baseball in the park. How are you enjoying promoting it in London?
:21:01. > :21:07.It is amazing, just how big they have gone about this entire
:21:08. > :21:13.initiative. The biggest thing is, Britain is on the map. They are
:21:14. > :21:20.confident about being able to go over there and when that qualifying
:21:21. > :21:24.round. This is a start but the big picture as it is that as I today.
:21:25. > :21:34.What about baseball coming regularly here to London. When you look at
:21:35. > :21:39.what's NFL has done and how great it has been it is only going to help
:21:40. > :21:43.us. Talk about Major League Baseball going internationally, coming over
:21:44. > :21:48.here. Look at what's NFL has done, baseball does not want to get left
:21:49. > :21:53.out. I know you're usually hit the home runs, but I want to have a go
:21:54. > :22:02.at hitting a home run. Go for it. Let's have a go.
:22:03. > :22:16.Out of the park. Back to you. She inspired a million women
:22:17. > :22:19.to join the war effort Today Lady Stella Reading, who began
:22:20. > :22:23.the Royal Voluntary Service, has been honoured with a blue
:22:24. > :22:43.plaque in London. Lady Stella Reading galvanise an
:22:44. > :22:51.army of women to help defend Britain on the home front. Like a tornado
:22:52. > :23:03.really. She inspired all these woman to set two and help during the war.
:23:04. > :23:08.And today that effort was formally recognised. On the building and
:23:09. > :23:13.Westminster that was headquarters of the Royal voluntary service for
:23:14. > :23:21.nearly 50 years. The blue plaque, awarded only to those who have
:23:22. > :23:26.contributed something exceptional to human happiness. She was
:23:27. > :23:33.extraordinary. She supported emergency workers. After the war she
:23:34. > :23:35.continued her work with an organisation that region to
:23:36. > :23:43.hospitals, all peoples homes, prisons. A remarkable woman. The
:23:44. > :23:49.organisation, then called the women's voluntary service, led the
:23:50. > :23:57.way with the keep calm and carry on attitude. Stories where they say,
:23:58. > :24:01.today we had a new window puts owned by Hitler. That is all they say
:24:02. > :24:13.about their entire office being destroyed.
:24:14. > :24:18.It was all about using skills woman already had and teaching their new
:24:19. > :24:28.ones such as driving and answers in the dark. Today's 35,000 volunteers
:24:29. > :24:33.have rather different roles. The patients that say thank you just
:24:34. > :24:41.for talking to me, they must be so low, if I have given them a lift, I
:24:42. > :24:42.am chuffed about that. Lady Stella Reading's legacy is still going
:24:43. > :24:47.strong. Let's head back to SW19 and join
:24:48. > :24:50.Wendy for the weather - which has been kind
:24:51. > :25:02.to Wimbledon so far. It certainly has. There was a
:25:03. > :25:05.complete day 's play here even if all the games were not completely
:25:06. > :25:09.played in places. A couple of games did not get through the entire
:25:10. > :25:14.thing. There are still some tennis fans enjoying the lovely evening
:25:15. > :25:17.sunshine at Wimbledon. This evening and overnight, across London and the
:25:18. > :25:28.Home Counties, it is still pretty warm. It is going to be quite a
:25:29. > :25:34.sultry night. Some clear sky, temperatures in central London 17 or
:25:35. > :25:43.18 degrees. A warm start tomorrow as a result. To -- we budget sunshine
:25:44. > :25:48.throughout tomorrow. That will left temperature enter the afternoon.
:25:49. > :25:51.There could be highs of 29 degrees at Wimbledon and their high 20s
:25:52. > :25:59.elsewhere in London and the Home Counties. Thursday will be very
:26:00. > :26:03.humid. It will be very warm. There is a risk of some showers from the
:26:04. > :26:07.word go. Some of those, as the heat rises, could be on the heavy side.
:26:08. > :26:14.The Met office has a weather warning and place authority for torrential
:26:15. > :26:17.downpours, hail, lightning. They will not be for everyone but you
:26:18. > :26:24.will know about them if they do crop up. As we go through into Friday
:26:25. > :26:32.there are still some showers bursting. Most of Friday will be
:26:33. > :26:37.dried, bright and very warm. There will be a lovely sultry evening to
:26:38. > :26:41.enjoy into the weekend. The warm weather will be with us on Saturday
:26:42. > :26:46.morning but a band of plate and showers might stop play. Bennett is
:26:47. > :26:51.fresher for the second part of the weekend. Sunday is looking lovely.
:26:52. > :26:53.Less humid than it will be for the next few days.
:26:54. > :26:54.Thank you. The family of the Manchester
:26:55. > :27:01.bombing's youngest victim have spoken to the BBC
:27:02. > :27:05.about that tragic night. Saffie Roussos, who would have been
:27:06. > :27:08.nine today, died after the terror There's growing pressure
:27:09. > :27:14.on the judge heading up the inquiry Sir Martin Moore-Bick has
:27:15. > :27:18.been accused of lacking credibility with victims,
:27:19. > :27:19.and poor relations Tonight, families affected
:27:20. > :27:25.by the tragedy are meeting the police officer leading
:27:26. > :27:27.the criminal investigation Many say they're still not
:27:28. > :27:30.receiving information That's it for now, but you can
:27:31. > :27:39.of course see more on the day's stories on our website or join
:27:40. > :27:42.the conversation on Facebook. SI KING: Let me guess, you're
:27:43. > :27:56.seeing a garden, aren't you? DAVE MYERS: Well,
:27:57. > :27:58.we're seeing a kitchen! With culinary inspiration
:27:59. > :28:01.from the great outdoors... ..we'll be cooking up some top nosh
:28:02. > :28:06.live in the open air. for Kitchen Garden Live
:28:07. > :28:11.with the Hairy Bikers.