14/07/2017

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:00:00. > :00:11.Now, on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.

:00:12. > :00:19.It's a month since the tragedy at Grenfell Tower.

:00:20. > :00:21.This morning, friends and family of five-year-old Isaac Paulos -

:00:22. > :00:24.one of the youngest to die in the disaster -

:00:25. > :00:41.Five-year-old Isaac Paulos was today described as a smart and generous

:00:42. > :00:47.little boy who had just learned to read.

:00:48. > :00:52.Isaac lived on the 18th floor at Grenfell Tower.

:00:53. > :00:54.He tried to escape but got separated from his family.

:00:55. > :00:59.His body was found on the 13th floor.

:01:00. > :01:02.Other pupils in his school managed to escape.

:01:03. > :01:07.We are absolutely devastated as a school community.

:01:08. > :01:10.The reception class that he was in, it feels there is something missing

:01:11. > :01:17.We are trying our best to support families and to look out for those

:01:18. > :01:24.Johnny Regassa helped Isaac's younger brother to safety

:01:25. > :01:29.but he lost his best friend in the fight.

:01:30. > :01:32.I tried to be strong, to go back to work, but I couldn't.

:01:33. > :01:35.So still we are emotional, even myself, I'm still emotional.

:01:36. > :01:47.As for those who can't bury their loved ones

:01:48. > :01:49.because they are yet to be identified, some news today

:01:50. > :01:54.to say goodbye and keep the tragedy in people's thoughts.

:01:55. > :01:57.A month on, residents and people from the local community have come

:01:58. > :02:00.together for a silent march to show support and remember that night that

:02:01. > :02:07.Some now plan to repeat the demonstration on the

:02:08. > :02:16.And a few miles away, another funeral, for 82-year-old Ali Jafari.

:02:17. > :02:23.He tried to take the lift because he had a heart condition.

:02:24. > :02:33.Well, this evening volunteers who've been working with the community

:02:34. > :02:37.since the fire invited the media to hear more about how they've been

:02:38. > :02:40.Claudia-Liza Armah was there and joins me now.

:02:41. > :02:50.As you said, it has been a month since the fire and organisers

:02:51. > :02:53.thought it was a fitting time to speak to the media and explain

:02:54. > :02:59.exactly what they have been doing on the ground. Fittingly it was held in

:03:00. > :03:06.a storage unit where some of the donations are being held in that the

:03:07. > :03:12.growth and residents of the Grenfell fire with their brother the Labour

:03:13. > :03:17.MP was there. I spoke to the main organiser and find out exactly what

:03:18. > :03:23.he wanted from tonight. It's the right time really for us to come to

:03:24. > :03:28.the table and tell our story, from the grassroots, the people at the

:03:29. > :03:32.ground. There's a lot of pain, a lot of trauma, a lot of grief in the

:03:33. > :03:43.butt out of the Ashes has risen something very unique and special --

:03:44. > :03:47.but out of the Ashes. One of the big issues was donations and they

:03:48. > :03:51.explained how they were handing out donations, food and toiletries, to

:03:52. > :03:54.residents but still very unhappy that the donations from the Red

:03:55. > :03:57.Cross are being sold in charity shops and they believe those

:03:58. > :04:00.donations should go back in the community. Thank you.

:04:01. > :04:03.A warning tonight that a growing number of people could contract

:04:04. > :04:05.cancer from their exposure to asbestos in hospitals.

:04:06. > :04:07.BBC London has obtained figures showing 94% of London hospital

:04:08. > :04:13.The NHS argues it's safe as long as the material is not disturbed.

:04:14. > :04:20.Doctor Andrew Lawson wrote about his condition in 2010.

:04:21. > :04:27.He had been suffering with Mesothelioma, a type of lung

:04:28. > :04:36.cancer caused by breathing in asbestos dust.

:04:37. > :04:41.I feel that it's terrible that somebody gets cheated

:04:42. > :04:44.He was only halfway through his life.

:04:45. > :04:46.Andrew says he contracted it whilst training at Guy's Hospital,

:04:47. > :04:49.a claim that the NHS Trust refuses to be drawn on.

:04:50. > :04:51.White asbestos, the type in hospitals, has been deemed safe,

:04:52. > :04:55.But experts disagree and warn its presence in hospitals

:04:56. > :05:02.The numbers of people developing Mesothelioma in this country

:05:03. > :05:13.And the expected peak has been exceeded several times already.

:05:14. > :05:15.So the prediction of when numbers of Mesothelioma cases

:05:16. > :05:18.are going to peak has been moved forward several times since I've

:05:19. > :05:22.There are now calls for the government to urgently remove

:05:23. > :05:30.We know that it is likely at some time in the future it will be

:05:31. > :05:32.responsible for the deaths of members of the public

:05:33. > :05:38.According to the latest figures, a thousand people from London

:05:39. > :05:41.died of Mesothelioma between 2011 and 2015.

:05:42. > :05:46.Seven victims were nurses and doctors but it is believed

:05:47. > :05:51.the true number of hospital workers affected is far higher.

:05:52. > :05:54.It comes as BBC London has learned from a Freedom of Information

:05:55. > :06:00.request that 94% of the capital's hospitals still contain asbestos.

:06:01. > :06:03.Andrew was typical of Mesothelioma sufferers.

:06:04. > :06:06.It took years for his symptoms to show.

:06:07. > :06:08.Once diagnosed, most people are only expected to live

:06:09. > :06:17.They all knew, we all know about the dangers of asbestos

:06:18. > :06:20.but they simply failed to take enough action to remove the risk

:06:21. > :06:34.That's it for now from me, but let's find out what the weather's up

:06:35. > :06:41.Good evening, a fine end to Friday a lot more clout round over the

:06:42. > :06:47.weekend and it will turn increasingly to humid. Tempters

:06:48. > :06:50.might drop as low as ten or 11 degrees, particular in Hertfordshire

:06:51. > :06:55.-- temperatures. The best son is further south. The cloud will

:06:56. > :07:00.thicken through the morning -- of the best sunshine. There could be

:07:01. > :07:05.some light rain or drizzle pushing across the capital but not too much.

:07:06. > :07:08.Certainly a fine end to the day and even though there was more cloud

:07:09. > :07:12.compared to today, it will feel a touch warmer. If you are out

:07:13. > :07:18.tomorrow evening it will be dry with some clear skies, fairly muddy and

:07:19. > :07:24.continue into Sunday. A lot of cloud and a bit of brightness in the

:07:25. > :07:29.morning -- fairly muggy. But notice by this stage that temperatures

:07:30. > :07:31.could hit 26 degrees. Into next week, dry and so to begin with, it

:07:32. > :07:36.turn week, dry and so to begin with, it

:07:37. > :07:43.turn stormy by Wednesday. Now the UK outlook. Good evening. A bit of a

:07:44. > :07:48.damp patch heading our way this weekend and not a lot we can do

:07:49. > :07:53.about it. Let's see what will be happening over the next couple of

:07:54. > :07:58.days. Quite warm and muggy, particularly in southern areas. This

:07:59. > :08:01.is the satellite picture, a big thrill of cloud stretching across

:08:02. > :08:05.the North Atlantic and it is heading in our direction and has already

:08:06. > :08:11.been pretty wet in Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland in the last

:08:12. > :08:15.few hours. Some damp and cloudy parts of western and north-western

:08:16. > :08:18.areas and the cut-off line is around northern Wales, the North West of

:08:19. > :08:24.England, this area and south of that, the Midlands and South Coast

:08:25. > :08:25.and the south-east it should be dry through the night but quite