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Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are. | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
Fire wardens are to go on patrol at a housing development in Camden - | :00:13. | :00:18. | |
where the tower blocks have similar cladding to the one | :00:19. | :00:21. | |
used in Glenfell Tower in north Kensington. | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
The local authority has confirmed the cladding will be removed | :00:26. | :00:28. | |
from the Chalcots Estate as soon as possible, but until then, | :00:29. | :00:31. | |
Karl Mercer has been speaking to local residents - | :00:32. | :00:38. | |
All of this cladding will come down soon. | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
So far, just a few panels on the Chalcot Estate in Camden have | :00:44. | :00:46. | |
The results have prompted the council to get rid of them all. | :00:47. | :00:51. | |
This estate was refurbished a decade ago. | :00:52. | :00:53. | |
It's now emerged that the cladding contains similar chemicals to those | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
A lot of residents are a bit worried about it. | :00:58. | :01:04. | |
Sprinklers and fire alarms and everything else, we haven't got. | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
Locals were sent a letter this morning, explaining | :01:08. | :01:14. | |
One thing we were always asking about was fire safety. | :01:15. | :01:19. | |
Fire safety, fire safety, and fire safety. | :01:20. | :01:21. | |
We asked for fire alarms, sprinklers, we asked for all those | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
things to actually have really active fire safety systems. | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
We ended up with a building that was clad that was supposed | :01:31. | :01:35. | |
to be more safe than what we had before, and we were sold | :01:36. | :01:38. | |
There are key differences with the installation... | :01:39. | :01:43. | |
The council leader has been before the media today, | :01:44. | :01:45. | |
her teams now checking corridors and stairwells, running 24-hour | :01:46. | :01:48. | |
fire warden patrols, and checking electrical goods | :01:49. | :01:51. | |
She says the council's also seeking legal advice, | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
saying the cladding was not what they ordered. | :01:56. | :01:57. | |
Why would your inspectors not have picked that up if it wasn't | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
to the specification that you asked for? | :02:01. | :02:02. | |
I don't think we would have had any reason to need to take these panels | :02:03. | :02:07. | |
down to an independent test centre and see if they'd burn. | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
We thought we were working with reputable companies | :02:12. | :02:13. | |
and we thought we had what was specified, and we feel let | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
The mayor today urged other councils to step up their checks on tower | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
We're speaking to other councils across London and and the Government | :02:23. | :02:26. | |
has agreed to accelerate the checks on those councils across London. | :02:27. | :02:30. | |
My message to landlords is, use the service at your disposal. | :02:31. | :02:32. | |
The London Fire Brigade is doing checks. | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
We've got to make sure every single tower block is safe. | :02:36. | :02:38. | |
More money has been promised by government to remove | :02:39. | :02:40. | |
Camden is holding meetings with its local residents to reassure | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
Louisa Preston it on the Chalcots estate where the council has been | :02:45. | :02:59. | |
meeting local residents. Yes, that's right. This public meeting was all | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
about reassuring the people that live in the tower blocks behind me, | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
especially now that we know that this cladding could be a fire risk. | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
I'm being told there are some extremely angry exchanges between | :03:15. | :03:16. | |
residents and the council, cars because they want to know how long | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
it's going to take cladding off viz tower blocks. The chief executive of | :03:20. | :03:25. | |
Camden Council said he wants to make sure it's off within weeks, not | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
months. He also said there fire safety patrols going around these | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
estates. I've seen some of them here tonight. But on our programme at | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
6:30pm, we heard from a fire expert. He said that whilst the cladding is | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
being taken off the flats, residents should be moved out. | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
They should be getting the large families with children | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
They should be getting the people who are disabled | :03:50. | :03:53. | |
You look at the rate at which that fire spread, | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
and you think the fire wardens will get everybody | :03:58. | :03:59. | |
The fire wardens may well end up dying in a property that | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
We spoke to Camden Council again tonight and we ask is whether they | :04:04. | :04:14. | |
would be moving people out of viz tower blocks. They reassured as they | :04:15. | :04:17. | |
are convinced the measures that have been put in place are adequate. They | :04:18. | :04:22. | |
are also checking electrical white goods in the flats, to make sure | :04:23. | :04:27. | |
they are all safe as well. We heard today there are other flats across | :04:28. | :04:31. | |
the country that may have flammable cladding on them. We're not exactly | :04:32. | :04:34. | |
sure where those are. We haven't been told as yet. There will be many | :04:35. | :04:41. | |
residents in the capital in high is right flats tonight extremely | :04:42. | :04:43. | |
worried and councils across the capital are concerned about doing as | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
much as they can to try to reassure those residents. Our political | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
editor Tim Donovan has spent the day with the team in Tower Hamlets. | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
We're also telling people how to be fire safe in your own homes. | :04:57. | :05:02. | |
But one thing above all on people's minds... | :05:03. | :05:04. | |
The good news in Tower Hamlets is that we've been putting cladding | :05:05. | :05:07. | |
on the blocks in the last few years and we've never used | :05:08. | :05:10. | |
And that includes this block itself, in the middle of having | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
The council is relieved the right material has been used. | :05:15. | :05:18. | |
But it's hardly the only issue troubling tenants now. | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
Lots of people like yourself are going on about the stay put policy. | :05:24. | :05:27. | |
Should you stay where you are, or just try and get out? | :05:28. | :05:30. | |
After watching what happened in that building, I'm not going to stay put. | :05:31. | :05:33. | |
As long as everyone tells me stay put, I'm going out! | :05:34. | :05:36. | |
So what is the right thing to do, then? | :05:37. | :05:39. | |
It seems much clearer protocols are needed. | :05:40. | :05:41. | |
Looking after my own children, I don't know how I would go down ten | :05:42. | :05:46. | |
stairs if, God forbid, what happened in that building... | :05:47. | :05:49. | |
Over the last year, the council had already been reviewing | :05:50. | :05:52. | |
and upgrading its fire assessment across the borough. | :05:53. | :05:55. | |
We need to make sure really that those are put back, then... | :05:56. | :05:58. | |
Another tenant is found to have removed the fire | :05:59. | :06:00. | |
The kitchen itself needs to hold the fire back at bay | :06:01. | :06:06. | |
so that the rest of the property is a safe haven. | :06:07. | :06:09. | |
Marcella moved in here in November and now has to put the door back. | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
Did you have any idea it was important to have a door | :06:14. | :06:16. | |
When we had an inspection, they kind of said yeah, fine, | :06:17. | :06:24. | |
You switch off electricity when you leave the house. | :06:25. | :06:36. | |
You have to be so mindful, but it's another 300 families | :06:37. | :06:41. | |
Refurbishment here is nearly complete. | :06:42. | :06:47. | |
We are being asked by a lot of residents about sprinkler | :06:48. | :06:52. | |
We haven't got them, but we have them in bits | :06:53. | :07:01. | |
of the building, so the bin store, which is a vulnerable place, | :07:02. | :07:03. | |
Are you thinking about putting them elsewhere? | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
So much now could come under review, but tenants in high-rise blocks | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
here, as across the capital, are waiting eagerly for answers. | :07:13. | :07:20. | |
In other news, commuters using Southern Rail | :07:21. | :07:22. | |
Members of the RMT union will walk out on Monday tenth July as the row | :07:23. | :07:28. | |
over staffing and driver-only trains goes on. | :07:29. | :07:35. | |
Today was a good day for train spotters. | :07:36. | :07:37. | |
Well, maybe that's a bit unfair, because millions of Londoners | :07:38. | :07:40. | |
are going to be interested in the future of their rail | :07:41. | :07:43. | |
It's the new Crossrail train to be used on the Elizabeth Line - | :07:44. | :07:47. | |
which has gone into service between Liverpool | :07:48. | :07:49. | |
The first Elizabeth Line train draws in, bang on time. | :07:50. | :08:01. | |
After a few final checks, and fan photos, it's | :08:02. | :08:04. | |
Capable of carrying 1,500 passengers, more than double | :08:05. | :08:12. | |
previous trains, and with better efficiency, journeys | :08:13. | :08:15. | |
Going to make your life easier, hopefully? | :08:16. | :08:24. | |
I've been travelling on these trains for years and they're always just | :08:25. | :08:30. | |
Well, air conditioning makes a difference, today. | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
Sheila's son will be driving one of the 66 new trains in the fleet. | :08:36. | :08:37. | |
A new train has brought the spotters out too, of all ages. | :08:38. | :08:48. | |
Yes, I have been for quite a while, now. | :08:49. | :08:54. | |
So, I live in Romford, so right in the heart of the line, | :08:55. | :08:57. | |
really, and over the last couple of years we've seen the trains | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
being tested and all the improvement works beginning to take shape. | :09:01. | :09:03. | |
We've been disrupted for so long in London. | :09:04. | :09:05. | |
It's just nice to see what kind of trains we'll be able | :09:06. | :09:08. | |
And this is what they're trying to improve - | :09:09. | :09:12. | |
just one commuter service elsewhere in London today. | :09:13. | :09:14. | |
As you're experiencing, you've got your jacket on, | :09:15. | :09:20. | |
so have I, it's a warm day in London, another warm day. | :09:21. | :09:22. | |
This is air cooled, there is proper passenger visual displays as well as | :09:23. | :09:26. | |
Great, clean seats and configurations, through carriages | :09:27. | :09:30. | |
that give that sense of space as well, so this is going | :09:31. | :09:33. | |
Of course, this is also good news for Shenfield. | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
It will put the area firmly on the map. | :09:39. | :09:40. | |
The journey time will be quicker so it should be good for business. | :09:41. | :09:43. | |
This area normally would be stockbrokers going into the city, | :09:44. | :09:46. | |
but the Crossrail is opening up over to the west London side of things, | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
so we've had more buyers from Islington, Fulham. | :09:52. | :09:55. | |
The full route through central London should be operating | :09:56. | :09:57. | |
Not record-breaking temperatures but still very | :09:58. | :10:08. | |
Not record-breaking temperatures but still very warm. | :10:09. | :10:13. | |
Definitely still warm but the temperature drop in the last 24 | :10:14. | :10:15. | |
hours has been extraordinary, more than 10 degrees. Much more pleasant. | :10:16. | :10:19. | |
Fairly decent weather on the way for tomorrow. Tonight, fairly quiet on | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
the weather front. Temperatures in the city around 14 Celsius. Those | :10:25. | :10:28. | |
fresh Atlantic conditions continue to set in. Friday is looking partly | :10:29. | :10:33. | |
cloudy skies, a bit of sunshine, temperatures similar to what we had | :10:34. | :10:38. | |
today, around 23. In the centre of London. The weekend is looking a | :10:39. | :10:42. | |
little cooler. Those Atlantic winds will bring in one or two showers. If | :10:43. | :10:47. | |
you have a barbecue land there might be spots of rain in the morning, but | :10:48. | :10:51. | |
the second half of the day looks better. Temperatures 20-23. Sunday | :10:52. | :10:57. | |
is probably the best bet. Let's look at the Outlook. A few showers in | :10:58. | :11:01. | |
there. Decent weather. Now the National Outlook. | :11:02. | :11:03. | |
there. Decent weather. Now the National Outlook. | :11:04. | :11:09. | |
Good evening. Like it or not, our heatwave has been and gone. It | :11:10. | :11:15. | |
doesn't look like hot weather will be back for quite some time. | :11:16. | :11:19. | |
Certainly not on the scale we saw yesterday, where many places got up | :11:20. | :11:26. | |
into the 20s, but even the mid-30s across parts of the South. What a | :11:27. | :11:27. |