:00:12. > :00:13.Good evening and welcome to BBC London News -
:00:14. > :00:17.The organisation that manages Grenfell Tower is to be stripped
:00:18. > :00:32.The Prime Minister says action needed to be taken to address
:00:33. > :00:34.residents' concerns that the tenant management organisation
:00:35. > :00:37.Theresa May also criticised Kensington and Chelsea Council
:00:38. > :00:39.for not responding quickly enough to the fire.
:00:40. > :00:41.It comes as the first residents accepted offers
:00:42. > :00:46.Our political correspondent Karl Mercer reports.
:00:47. > :00:48.From the chandelier shop, across Chelsea's King's Road,
:00:49. > :00:51.these are the flats that Kensington and Chelsea Council has bought
:00:52. > :00:55.as new homes for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.
:00:56. > :00:58.There are 30 homes here, a mix of one- and two-bedroom flats,
:00:59. > :01:05.Three families from Grenfell have already said they want to live here.
:01:06. > :01:07.I think it's an interesting question, because...
:01:08. > :01:10.Today, the leader of Kensington and Chelsea visited the site,
:01:11. > :01:12.the morning after Grenfell residents had met the Prime Minister
:01:13. > :01:14.to tell her how unhappy they were with the council's
:01:15. > :01:26.I spoke to the Prime Minister this morning, and I accept
:01:27. > :01:28.there is a legacy, of course there is a legacy, of lack
:01:29. > :01:31.of trust left over from, you know, how the council performed
:01:32. > :01:39.But look here, look what we're doing today, look at the flats,
:01:40. > :01:41.the quality, the offer, the fact that so many people
:01:42. > :01:46.You know, we're getting there, I accept it's slow
:01:47. > :01:50.The council has set aside around ?75 million to sort out accommodation,
:01:51. > :01:52.and so far has 105 properties available for Grenfell families.
:01:53. > :01:55.It says just over 180 families in and around
:01:56. > :01:58.the block need new homes, and just nine have so far
:01:59. > :02:00.accepted permanent offers, although 23 have moved
:02:01. > :02:06.The prime minister met Grenfell residents last night,
:02:07. > :02:09.and told them that the body that ran the tower for the council, the local
:02:10. > :02:12.tenant management organisation, would be stripped of its power over
:02:13. > :02:15.the estate - something residents have long called for.
:02:16. > :02:21.I was able to tell them that the tenant management
:02:22. > :02:23.organisation will no longer have responsibility for the Lancaster
:02:24. > :02:33.What we were also able to do was to hear from some specific
:02:34. > :02:35.issues that individuals had at that meeting.
:02:36. > :02:37.Is this really the death knell for the tenant
:02:38. > :02:40.management organisation, which has been running
:02:41. > :02:43.your council buildings? It's us saying that we don't think
:02:44. > :02:47.It's not a viable option for us, and we will look for other
:02:48. > :02:50.options, and we will start with Lancaster West estate,
:02:51. > :02:55.The council says it will eventually take over all the stock currently
:02:56. > :02:57.run by the tenant management organisation, but will
:02:58. > :03:09.Everything to do with Grenfell Tower will take time, it says.
:03:10. > :03:17.Damn joins me now. There was a meeting this evening between the
:03:18. > :03:20.council, the residents and the police, no tenant management
:03:21. > :03:23.organisation? No, I was at the meeting, they didn't show up, there
:03:24. > :03:28.was some anger about that, they have never faced the public over this.
:03:29. > :03:32.And anger was also expressed at the council, once again, calls for the
:03:33. > :03:34.leader of Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation to
:03:35. > :03:37.step down. But much more sub Judi Dench we have seen at recent
:03:38. > :03:41.meetings. The most interesting conversation I had this evening was
:03:42. > :03:45.with a young father of two who is really upset that his eight-year-old
:03:46. > :03:49.son is so traumatised, and yet they cannot get access to any mental
:03:50. > :03:53.health help for him. He doesn't want to go to sleep, he wants to sleep in
:03:54. > :03:58.my bed, he wants to be by me all the time, he doesn't want to leave my
:03:59. > :04:03.side. I'm trying to sort out myself so I can help him, but I want to
:04:04. > :04:07.help him more than I want to help myself, because... He can't
:04:08. > :04:12.articulate how he really feels. And I need someone who is trained to
:04:13. > :04:15.bring it out of him. This is what I keep on telling, I am not trained
:04:16. > :04:20.for this. On the biggest issue for many of these people, which is
:04:21. > :04:23.housing, things are moving slowly. Three families who lost people in
:04:24. > :04:27.the fire have now accepted properties. The website for choosing
:04:28. > :04:34.new housing run by the council, we heard this evening has now gone
:04:35. > :04:38.live, and out of 151 households, 110 have logged on, that's 80%. But of
:04:39. > :04:40.that, three quarters expressing an interest in those properties, so it
:04:41. > :05:05.is very slow going. Police say they are treating the
:05:06. > :05:10.blaze as suspicious. Borough Market is to become
:05:11. > :05:13.the first market in the country It's all part of an attempt to stop
:05:14. > :05:17.more plastics going to landfill On average, each Londoner
:05:18. > :05:20.buys around four plastic That adds up to 1 billion bottles
:05:21. > :05:24.of water every year. Alex Bushill reports in the second
:05:25. > :05:27.of our series on how we deal Ever wondered where your plastic
:05:28. > :05:33.bottles end up if you don't recycle? So, this is what you find
:05:34. > :05:37.on the Thames in central London. You find strand lines
:05:38. > :05:39.full of plastic bottles, you find mounds of plastic wet
:05:40. > :05:42.wipes, and you find bits of the Thames carpeted
:05:43. > :05:44.with plastic bags. Debbie says the Thames
:05:45. > :05:51.is being choked by plastic rubbish. As the plastic starts to break down,
:05:52. > :05:54.then it gets mistaken for food items, and it can be swallowed
:05:55. > :05:57.by animals, and then it fills up and clogs the digestive systems,
:05:58. > :06:00.so that these animals slowly Well, Borough Market think water
:06:01. > :06:07.fountains and reusable bottles are. The traders here are also promising
:06:08. > :06:09.to stop selling disposable water The cost to the environment far
:06:10. > :06:17.outweighs our own costs. So, it's something that we have
:06:18. > :06:20.to do, and it's something that Let's put these reusable water
:06:21. > :06:24.bottles to the test. They cost ?2 each, and that's
:06:25. > :06:27.without any water in them. Would you pay ?2 for
:06:28. > :06:32.one of those instead? Absolutely, fantastic idea,
:06:33. > :06:33.better for the environment, ?2, that's value for money,
:06:34. > :06:38.then, do you think? I think so, if you fill it
:06:39. > :06:41.up at home, especially Do you want to buy it off me now,
:06:42. > :06:45.then, put your money Despite other forms of plastic
:06:46. > :06:56.still being used everywhere here, from fruit punnets to pint glasses,
:06:57. > :06:59.Borough Market insist one day, That's the vision, and I'm
:07:00. > :07:06.an ambitious person. This is about Borough Market
:07:07. > :07:10.rebuilding after the terrorist attacks in June and coming forward
:07:11. > :07:12.confidently and saying, The Government and the Mayor
:07:13. > :07:18.of London are both consulting on a possible return deposit scheme
:07:19. > :07:22.for plastic bottles - so, these are all examples of how
:07:23. > :07:25.just maybe the tide is turning on all things cheap,
:07:26. > :07:36.plastic and disposable. Supermodel Naomi Campbell has
:07:37. > :07:38.highlighted the lack of diversity at Vogue magazine under the former
:07:39. > :07:41.editor, by pointing to a recent photo which showed not
:07:42. > :07:43.a single ethnic minority A new boss is taking the reins
:07:44. > :07:47.at Vogue, the first non-white person It's the fashion bible thousands
:07:48. > :07:59.turn to every month, and these are the people behind
:08:00. > :08:03.British Vogue. But is there anything
:08:04. > :08:09.wrong with this picture? The supermodel Naomi
:08:10. > :08:10.Campbell thinks there is. There isn't a single
:08:11. > :08:12.non-white employee. "This is the staff photo
:08:13. > :08:17.at British Vogue under the previous editor,
:08:18. > :08:19.Alexandra Shulman. Looking forward to an inclusive
:08:20. > :08:23.and diverse staff, now that Edward Enninful is the editor,
:08:24. > :08:28.Let's hear your thoughts." Her request led to criticism
:08:29. > :08:30.of Vogue, including from this blogger, who says she wasn't
:08:31. > :08:36.surprised by the photo. I do think it's a problem,
:08:37. > :08:39.because for it to be Vogue UK, and they're based in London,
:08:40. > :08:41.the fact that London is one of the most multicultural
:08:42. > :08:44.cities in the world, there isn't an excuse
:08:45. > :08:47.for the whole of the team... That was a very massive team photo,
:08:48. > :08:50.that was a big team, That's an issue, because fashion
:08:51. > :08:57.is consumed by people Hello, my name is Edward Enninful,
:08:58. > :09:00.I'm the editor-in-chief British Vogue's new editor, renowned
:09:01. > :09:05.fashion stylist Edward Enninful, is not only the magazine's first
:09:06. > :09:08.black editor, he's also And he's already been
:09:09. > :09:12.making changes, including hiring Naomi Campbell
:09:13. > :09:17.as a contributing editor. But Edward Enninful faces a big task
:09:18. > :09:21.ahead in an industry that has often been criticised for lacking
:09:22. > :09:22.diversity at best, By nature, people kind
:09:23. > :09:28.of are inspired by their cultural backgrounds and the people
:09:29. > :09:31.that they know. So, until you recruit
:09:32. > :09:34.from a large group of people, that's the way to get diverse
:09:35. > :09:37.products out into the industry. Why do you think there aren't
:09:38. > :09:42.any black faces there? I think it's not a matter of,
:09:43. > :09:45.you know, there are black people who aren't qualified to fill
:09:46. > :09:48.the positions, I just don't think British Vogue would not put
:09:49. > :09:51.anybody up for interview But many will be looking closely
:09:52. > :09:55.to see who makes up next year's staff photograph
:09:56. > :09:56.after Edward Enninful's That's it for now from me, but let's
:09:57. > :10:23.find out what the weather's Not a great deal of sunshine for us
:10:24. > :10:28.today. But a lot of dry weather to come, and some warm sunshine at
:10:29. > :10:33.times, too. We are seeing the cloud finally breaking up, with clear
:10:34. > :10:38.skies overnight. You will notice it being quite a bit cooler away from
:10:39. > :10:46.the centre of London. Tomorrow, we start off bright and sunny, a lovely
:10:47. > :10:52.start to the day. That could be a little bit of cloud but I don't
:10:53. > :10:58.think it will give us a shower. Let's have a look at the outlook,
:10:59. > :10:59.and as we head through Friday, into the weekend, it's going to be
:11:00. > :11:11.warming up. The big warming up. The big picture is with
:11:12. > :11:18.BBC Weather. Hello and good evening. Summer warmth made a vague attempt
:11:19. > :11:22.at a comeback earlier on this week, but it was swept chromatically aside
:11:23. > :11:28.over the last 24 hours by some very heavy downpours, which caused
:11:29. > :11:32.localised flooding in places. Most of the showers now have cleared
:11:33. > :11:39.away, some rain still affecting the Northern Isles Scotland. But for
:11:40. > :11:40.many, it was a fine end to the day. Through the