04/07/2017 London News

Victims of the Grenfell fire were promised a temporary home

within three weeks - as the deadline approaches we'll ask

It is difficult to accept. This evening to families affected by

the fire are meeting the police officer leading the investigation as

well as the coroner. The families say they are desperate for more

information. Left to die after being used

as a breeding machine - tackling the growing problem

of illegal puppy farms. And the woman who inspired others

to join the war effort and created the Royal Voluntary Service -

is honoured with a blue plaque. She inspired all these women to set

to and help during the war. Welcome to BBC London News

with me Riz Lateef. It was the Prime Minister's promise

after the Grenfell fire that those affected with get a home after three

weeks. That deadline is tomorrow. Some families feel what is being

offered is not always acceptable. This is the hotel that we were

accommodated nearly three weeks ago. This man has been living in this

hotel room since that Grenfell fire. He, his mother and sister escape

from the third floor. Memories of that night are still raw. People

from Grenfell Tower, they could be on the 12th floor. In the aftermath

of the fire at the Prime Minister promised that every affected family

would be offered a good quality temporary home within three weeks.

This family is one of more than 100 households waiting to be rehoused.

He says they will stay in the hotel until permanent accommodation is

offered. Why we you not accept temporary

accommodation? It is difficult to accept temporary accommodation,

knowing that you are already in one, temporary accommodation. People do

not want to be moved around so many times. How many people are still

living in this block? In this particular area, he is there, they

are dear, she is the... Those living in neighbouring blocks, some of

which are still without hot water and gas, have also been offered

temporary accommodation. This councillor has chosen to remain in

her home. They have tried to offer me a accommodation but it is

difficult with children. I have got to look out for them before anything

else. She says many people don't feel the accommodation being put

forward a suitable for their needs. I have spoke to people who have said

they have been offered stuff which is completely out of the borough, or

just looking at the Tower, and who wants that? It is unspeakable what

people have been through. It is only if you are here on the claim that

you see, only a few were in that tower that you truly know what has

taken place. After all fat to still be moved around and shifted around

and fobbed off is not acceptable. -- after all that. If they did a

promise they will House within three weeks, they put themselves in

pressure. So for many they wait for a home or go beyond tomorrow's

deadline. Families affected by the disaster

have been arriving at the Olympia Conference Centre

in Kensington tonight for a meeting with the police officer leading

the criminal investigation Our Home Affairs Correspondent,

Nick Beake is in West You have spoken to some of the

families? Yes. For these families this is the

first opportunity for them to put questions to the man leading the

Metropolitan Police criminal investigation. Also at the meeting

will be the Westminster coroner, whose job it is to try and identify

those people who have died. We know from talking to the families and

their lawyers they are already unhappy because they had to submit

questions they wanted to put to the authorities before 11 o'clock

yesterday, they say it is simply wrong that they were given a three

hour window to do so. They would like to be able to ask questions

tonight as they think of things. We saw some of the families arriving

earlier today. They hope to get answers about the ongoing criminal

investigation. They are not happy about the flow of information,

specifically information about their loved ones, people who have died. We

have heard over the past few weeks suspicion about the official death

toll, the true number of people who have lost their lives in this

tragedy. People also want to know information about how long the

criminal investigation will last. Add the potential suspects? What

sort of documents have been seized? What are the next steps in this

process? The Metropolitan Police, on the other hand, who have lots of

family we use of officers here tonight, who are greeting families

and our string them into this meeting, they say this is a

painstaking investigation. They said it will take me on the end of the

year for Grenfell Tower to be searched. They say this is an

operation of almost unprecedented scope, aside from counterterrorism

investigations, they have not been able to deal with something like

this before. They are trying to give a sense of how difficult the

forensic workers, trying to deal with the aftermath of the fire. We

expect this meeting to last maybe two hours. At which point we may be

able to speak to the families. Going and, there is a subdued atmosphere,

but also people desperate for information.

Many unanswered questions. Thank you.

Well, it's nearly three weeks since the fire,

and there's still concern that some of the money raised

through donations isn't getting through to those who need it most.

So how much money has been raised for victims and survivors?

And what's being done to make sure those working on the ground get it

Claudia-Liza Armah has been going through all the figures.

We already know the Government pledged ?5 million.

that works out to around ?5,500 per household.

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has already said that half of people

entitled to that pot of money have got that.

But what about the charitable donations?

We have estimated ?17 million has been raised.

Well it's come from a number of different charities

and organisations, crowdfunding websites and that Simon

The largest amount - has been raised The Evening

Standard's Dispossessed Fund that's raised 5 million.

While The Red Cross appeal has raised than 4 million.

As has the Kensington and Chelsea Foundation.

So now we have an idea how much has been raised the main question is

is that money getting to the victims and survivors of the fire?

Hopefully someone who can shed some light on that is Gerald Oppenheim

from the London Emergency Trust, one of the charities overseeing

Some of it is being distributed by organisations on the ground. The

trust which I cheer has a specialist role, providing funds to the

believed -- trust which I chair. Providing funds to the people who

have been believed. There are still residents saying

they have no money. When I mention that London emergency trust, he did

not know what it was. The money that we have through the

Red Cross, we work in partnership with them, and they also have funds

from the London community foundation, and the Kensington and

Chelsea foundation, that money is specifically for next of kin and

those who were injured. Others are providing funds for other activity

and for other people who have been made homeless. That is a complicated

picture. We work through police family liaison officers, the Red

Cross humanitarian team, and we are starting to work with other

community organisations on the ground so that information about as

does get out further than it has done so far. What about the

donations of food, clothes? Who could forget those incredible

pictures after the fire, people deleting some much, what has

happened with that? The clause, the Red Cross has collected three

football pitches in size worth of clothing. They are going to sort

them. Clothing that this new will go back into the community for people

to have. Clothing that they cannot do anything with Wilco for disposal

and the money raised will come in due course to the London Fire relief

fund. Other clothing to Red Cross shops to be sold. Anybody who did

any of this money, what can they do to get access? If they are next of

kin, that they were injured, get in touch with one of the humanitarian

teams on the ground at the Westway Centre, or if they have a police

family liaison officer, they will get a form to fill in, tell us who

they are, and how to pay the money to them.

Thank you. A manhunt's under way

for a dangerous prisoner just a few months into a nine year

sentence for stabbing 25-year-old Ralston Dodd

knifed his victim three times He was released after the court

incorrectly recorded his sentence. The Ministry of Justice

said it was urgently The new Elizabeth Line service

will be extended to Terminal five The service formerly known

as Crossrail will run six trains per hour to the airport

from December 2019, two New ticket readers will be installed

at Heathrow in May next year to enable passengers to use Oyster

and contactless payments. Earlier this year, Heathrow chiefs

lost a High Court challenge over access charges they can levy

on Elizabeth Line trains. Next: Illegal puppy farms

are a huge and growing problem And it's urging the public to help

find those responsible. The charity recently found one

dog which had been left to die after being used

as "a breeding machine". Vets said it was some of the worst

neglect they'd ever seen and they're You may find some of the pictures

in Yvonne Hall's report upsetting. Found dumped and bleeding to death

in the streets in Hertfordshire. This Shar Pei bitch was emaciated,

couldn't walk and was suffering life-threatening eye

and liver infections. Her claws had curled

round three times. Some had grown right

through her paws. Vets say she was in

excruciating pain. That is why the second vet

said she had very little The dog warden asked us

and we said, yes let's give her Glynis, as she is now being called,

is recovering at the The RSPCA believes

she had been kept for about nine years trapped in a tiny

cage and repeatedly used as a breeding machine at

an illegal puppy farm. They estimate she had had about 60

puppies, each would have These pictures from

a raid on a puppy farm Dead animals are also

found in plastic It's feared these puppies

were dumped by a roadside in Hertfordshire when

they couldn't be sold. The RSPCA in 2016 received

about 3500 calls about puppies coming from places where maybe

the conditions aren't good enough and perhaps from bitches

who were in poor Glynis is one of the very few

lucky ones to survive. It's five weeks since

she was found dumped bleeding to death on a pavement

in As you can see she is

now recovering well. But everyone involved

with her care say it's amazing that she survived the degree

of cruelty she was subjected to. The RSPCA is now

urging anyone with any information about Glynis or any

illegal puppy farms to contact them Still to come.

I am in Hyde Park trying to hit a home run as some baseball's biggest

stars come to the capital. And how hot will it get Ben SW19 and

any other postcodes UK to mention? I will have the weather.

For 40 years Brian Clarke has been creating eye catching designs.

Now some of them are on display in Soho -

inspired by the countries and cities that he's visited over the years.

Alice Bhandhukravi has been to meet him.

They are inspired by locations. Sculptor, painter, Mosaic maker, but

artist Brian Clarke is famous for this, stained glass but not as we

know what. Is it a dying art? It might even be

dead. But it has not been well for a while. The majority of people still

think of stained glass as being religious or ecclesiastical. My wife

has been spent on dragging them out of the Church. -- M life has been

spent. Doing this layering of glass that

has never been done before. It gives you a much greater range of colour,

or Pacitti, texture. Also you don't have to divide it with legs. Brian

Clarke started working in the 1970s and counted Francis Bacon and Andy

Walker hole as friends as well as influences. I introduced things from

pop art and to stained glass. I was probably the first person to do

that. Andy was interested in stained glass. Francis was not. As his

latest exhibition shows this exhibition is not only for fans of

stained glass. The show was made up of screens, some of them depicting

screens. There is beauty in the stock market screens. There is

beauty in a binary code. It is an artist's job to reveal truth to

power. One of the most efficient ways of revealing truth is through

the agency of beauty. It is the time of year for stepping

out on Centre Court. I am talking about ball boys and girls. Each year

around 250 youngsters from London schools are chosen to take part. Our

reporter has been finding out that they have to prove they have what it

takes. Wimbledon would not be Wimbledon

without that ball boys and girls. Their hard work keeps things going

smoothly. The training for their youngsters begins months before the

tournament. More than 800 school girls and boys apply and around 250

make it through to Wimbledon. They have been training for two and a

half hours per week since February. The key quality they need to show

his concentration. I found it quite difficult when they first come into

training, they do not think they are looking around that they are. The

training is rigorous. We make sure that they are purely focusing on

what is going on, they are not watching the game, but they are

using the peripheral vision. Because the training is so tough it appears

them for the clouds. Three quarters of each year's intake by newcomers.

Some have had the honour of not just working on Wimbledon before but on

the final itself. I was told on the morning of the final. It was an

amazing feeling. I knew that my hard work paid off. You are good at this

but have you ever made a mistake? Yes, I have made a fewer mistakes.

Before I go on court there are nervous but I try to turn that into

excitement to inspire me. Do you have team? We are put into teams of

six at the start of the two weeks and you get to know people well. If

the pressure was not already on some of their youngsters got to meet the

Duchess of Cambridge yesterday. She praised them for their

professionalism. Walking around on the first day, that is always a

special moment, saying the posture and presence on court, considering

some of them were slouching at the start of training, that is a proud

moment. With the training done, now it is time to put all have learnt

into action. Staying with sport,

but to something much more American - well,

it is the fourth of July. Some of Major League Baseball's

biggest names are in Well, Emma Jones is there for us now

- and can explain all. It is a beautiful summer evening

here in Hyde Park and it has been taken over by the sport of baseball.

Stars from the red Sox and the Dodgers will be taking part in

something called the home run Derby. It is about hitting as many home

runs as possible against the clock and it is about promoting the sport

of baseball in London. Let us speak to somebody dodging into the batting

cage. Somebody who knows all about home runs. Cliff Floyd. Independence

Day. Baseball in the park. How are you enjoying promoting it in London?

It is amazing, just how big they have gone about this entire

initiative. The biggest thing is, Britain is on the map. They are

confident about being able to go over there and when that qualifying

round. This is a start but the big picture as it is that as I today.

What about baseball coming regularly here to London. When you look at

what's NFL has done and how great it has been it is only going to help

us. Talk about Major League Baseball going internationally, coming over

here. Look at what's NFL has done, baseball does not want to get left

out. I know you're usually hit the home runs, but I want to have a go

at hitting a home run. Go for it. Let's have a go.

Out of the park. Back to you. She inspired a million women

to join the war effort Today Lady Stella Reading, who began

the Royal Voluntary Service, has been honoured with a blue

plaque in London. Lady Stella Reading galvanise an

army of women to help defend Britain on the home front. Like a tornado

really. She inspired all these woman to set two and help during the war.

And today that effort was formally recognised. On the building and

Westminster that was headquarters of the Royal voluntary service for

nearly 50 years. The blue plaque, awarded only to those who have

contributed something exceptional to human happiness. She was

extraordinary. She supported emergency workers. After the war she

continued her work with an organisation that region to

hospitals, all peoples homes, prisons. A remarkable woman. The

organisation, then called the women's voluntary service, led the

way with the keep calm and carry on attitude. Stories where they say,

today we had a new window puts owned by Hitler. That is all they say

about their entire office being destroyed.

It was all about using skills woman already had and teaching their new

ones such as driving and answers in the dark. Today's 35,000 volunteers

have rather different roles. The patients that say thank you just

for talking to me, they must be so low, if I have given them a lift, I

am chuffed about that. Lady Stella Reading's legacy is still going

strong. Let's head back to SW19 and join

Wendy for the weather - which has been kind

to Wimbledon so far. It certainly has. There was a

complete day 's play here even if all the games were not completely

played in places. A couple of games did not get through the entire

thing. There are still some tennis fans enjoying the lovely evening

sunshine at Wimbledon. This evening and overnight, across London and the

Home Counties, it is still pretty warm. It is going to be quite a

sultry night. Some clear sky, temperatures in central London 17 or

18 degrees. A warm start tomorrow as a result. To -- we budget sunshine

throughout tomorrow. That will left temperature enter the afternoon.

There could be highs of 29 degrees at Wimbledon and their high 20s

elsewhere in London and the Home Counties. Thursday will be very

humid. It will be very warm. There is a risk of some showers from the

word go. Some of those, as the heat rises, could be on the heavy side.

The Met office has a weather warning and place authority for torrential

downpours, hail, lightning. They will not be for everyone but you

will know about them if they do crop up. As we go through into Friday

there are still some showers bursting. Most of Friday will be

dried, bright and very warm. There will be a lovely sultry evening to

enjoy into the weekend. The warm weather will be with us on Saturday

morning but a band of plate and showers might stop play. Bennett is

fresher for the second part of the weekend. Sunday is looking lovely.

Less humid than it will be for the next few days.

Thank you. The family of the Manchester

bombing's youngest victim have spoken to the BBC

about that tragic night. Saffie Roussos, who would have been

nine today, died after the terror There's growing pressure

on the judge heading up the inquiry Sir Martin Moore-Bick has

been accused of lacking credibility with victims,

and poor relations Tonight, families affected

by the tragedy are meeting the police officer leading

the criminal investigation Many say they're still not

receiving information That's it for now, but you can

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