0:00:00 > 0:00:00lives there were altered for ever. We ask
0:00:00 > 0:00:02join me now on BBC Two.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Good evening, I'm Asad Ahmad.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17More now on the investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire,
0:00:17 > 0:00:20and the final death toll, which the Metropolitan
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Police has put at 71.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25That includes a stillborn baby.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Separately a local charity says there remains a long way to go
0:00:28 > 0:00:31before trust between local people and the authorities is restored.
0:00:31 > 0:00:40Chris Rogers has followed today's developments.
0:00:41 > 0:00:46The police trying to rebuild the trust, partly by trying to clear up
0:00:46 > 0:00:49the confusion over the death toll?
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Yes, in the days that followed the tragedy
0:00:51 > 0:00:53there was a lot of anger, and there remains controversy
0:00:53 > 0:00:56over the death toll, with many saying it was much higher.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Today, the police tried to explain the initial
0:00:58 > 0:01:01confusion over the figures.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02They revealed that initially 400 people
0:01:02 > 0:01:04were reported missing, creating a huge task ahead of them.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06The police say one person however was reported
0:01:06 > 0:01:07missing 46 different times.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10They also say their investigation was hampered by false reporting,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12with eight cases of people reporting their lost loved ones had
0:01:12 > 0:01:17perished when they hadn't.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19We know that lots of the people who died were from different
0:01:19 > 0:01:20cultural backgrounds.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24In fact back in the '70s Grenfell Tower was known as Morocco tower.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Nora Fakim has been talking to one of the communities
0:01:26 > 0:01:30affected by this tragedy.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31This is the El-Wahabi family.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34They lived on the 21st floor of Grenfell Tower.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37All five died in the fire back in June.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Malika was best friends with mother and wife Fouzia El-Wahabi.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44She was very nice, very happy lady and everybody is missing her,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48everybody likes her.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53As soon as I saw the fire, I said, "There is Fouzia's building."
0:01:53 > 0:01:57I was just crying, praying for her.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01And when we asked the boys, they told us they stayed in the room.
0:02:01 > 0:02:07We know they died.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Many who died in the Grenfell fire, like the El-Wahabis,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12were of Moroccan descent.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Around 8,000 Moroccans live here in North Kensington.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Grenfell Tower, commonly known as the Morocco Tower in the '70s,
0:02:17 > 0:02:21was home to at least 40 Moroccan families.
0:02:21 > 0:02:27It's a community that was hit incredibly hard by the tragedy.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Al Hasaniya is a charity that has been helping vulnerable Moroccan
0:02:29 > 0:02:34and Arabic-speaking women in North Kensington
0:02:34 > 0:02:35for three decades.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37It's also been supporting those affected by the Grenfell fire.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Bella has worked closely with the families and says
0:02:40 > 0:02:43the Moroccan community felt ignored in the aftermath.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46A lot of the Moroccan community did feel marginalised.
0:02:46 > 0:02:52Some of our Moroccan friends and families went into that tower
0:02:52 > 0:02:54and didn't come out in order to save their neighbours,
0:02:54 > 0:02:56and these people have been here for generations.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00So they're not undocumented migrants.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02It beggars belief that a lot of people think that.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05She says the authorities' response to the tragedy has led
0:03:05 > 0:03:09to a mistrust of today's figures on the death toll.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13A lot of people feel that the figure of 71 isn't true.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17They don't believe it's a real figure.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Grassroot charities like Al Hasaniya, who feel they have
0:03:19 > 0:03:23stepped in where the authorities failed, say five months on,
0:03:23 > 0:03:29there needs to be more action in order to help rebuild trust.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32I really think the people that went through this horrible tragedy
0:03:32 > 0:03:39and are still being pushed from pillar to post need whoever's
0:03:39 > 0:03:43in charge to pull their finger out and just get on with it,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47just sort them out.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50They don't deserve it, no-one deserves it.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53How would you feel if it was you?
0:03:53 > 0:03:56The council says it's doing all it can to affect those
0:03:56 > 0:04:06affected by the tragedy, but many still need convincing.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11We've learned tonight that some people have been reunited with their
0:04:11 > 0:04:16lost possessions from five months ago?Yeah, indeed in the last half
0:04:16 > 0:04:19an hour we've been hearing about scenes of joy among survivors of the
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Grenfell Tower tragedy, something I never thought I'd be telling you,
0:04:23 > 0:04:27because more than 200,000 personal belongings have been retrieved from
0:04:27 > 0:04:31the wreckage. 30,000 have been retrieved, dusted down, clean,
0:04:31 > 0:04:35catalogues and returned to survivors. We've been hearing from
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Michael Lockwood, from the council, who was overseeing operations at the
0:04:39 > 0:04:43site and he said a lot of survivors wanted to return to the tower and
0:04:43 > 0:04:46return to their homes and were able to safely do that in the lower
0:04:46 > 0:04:50levels of the tower. He said he'd spent a lot of time with survivors
0:04:50 > 0:04:53and they wanted to go back in and see their homes and retrieve some of
0:04:53 > 0:04:56their jewellery and photographs. 40 survivors were allowed to do that.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00He said when they were told they could go back in, they burst into
0:05:00 > 0:05:04tears of joy and said they finally feel they'd be listened to.It's
0:05:04 > 0:05:08been a very difficult few minutes, thank you.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11From today, there's a change in how London's health care is run.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14From now on hospitals and health care trusts can use the land
0:05:14 > 0:05:18they own to earn money to help pay for care.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20On top of that, Mayor Sadiq Khan has been given a say
0:05:20 > 0:05:23in how the money is spent.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25But will you notice any change in the service?
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Here's our political correspondent, Karl Mercer.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31It was built to last.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35They probably didn't expect it, though, to last this long.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37But 118 years after it was open, patients and staff are still
0:05:37 > 0:05:41coming to this site.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43The service may be world-leading at Moorfields, but the facilities
0:05:43 > 0:05:46need a bit of updating.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49They do have plans but the pace of change in the NHS
0:05:49 > 0:05:50can be pretty slow.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54That may start to change from today.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56A new deal signed between central government, City Hall
0:05:56 > 0:05:58and the capital's NHS.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01It will see more decisions about spending on health kept
0:06:01 > 0:06:05in the capital and help places like Moorfields develop.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08To do that, we need to relocate, we need to be in a more
0:06:08 > 0:06:11purpose-built, modern facility, and so we have a real
0:06:11 > 0:06:12ambition to do that.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14And this plan, this document, this framework, this
0:06:14 > 0:06:16memorandum of understanding, will hopefully allow some of those
0:06:16 > 0:06:19decisions to be taken at pace, to allow us to make those
0:06:19 > 0:06:23plans a reality.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26It's hoped the plan could lead to more of this sort of thing -
0:06:26 > 0:06:30minor operations being done in new, improved GP surgeries.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32London will be able to keep the money raised from selling
0:06:32 > 0:06:37any unneeded NHS land, and decide where to spend it.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39First of all, the money is kept within London.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43Secondly, the wider London NHS family, the Mayor,
0:06:43 > 0:06:46the boroughs can decide how it's spent, so crumbling GP
0:06:46 > 0:06:50infrastructure, GP estate, GP buildings can now be refurbished
0:06:50 > 0:06:54with the money which previously went back to the Treasury.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57What the new deal doesn't bring, though, is any more money,
0:06:57 > 0:07:00at a time when NHS bosses say they are more stretched than ever.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Even without extra cash, though, it is a big step in handing more
0:07:03 > 0:07:06power to the capital.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Clearly in a city the size of London, with over 100
0:07:09 > 0:07:12different organisations, there are some decisions where it'll
0:07:12 > 0:07:15be better if we can take those once for London rather than taking them
0:07:15 > 0:07:18100 different times in 100 different organisations,
0:07:18 > 0:07:20and that's what this deal offers us.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24A glimpse of the future, then.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27London has some of the power it wanted.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32It will now have to deliver results.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34The former Labour Cabinet Minister and European Commissioner Peter
0:07:34 > 0:07:40Mandelson says Brexit will seriously threaten London's global status.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Lord Mandelson was speaking at a conference today
0:07:42 > 0:07:43about the challenge London faces.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Here's what he said.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50People come to London so that they can, through London,
0:07:50 > 0:07:57access the whole of the European 500 million-strong single market.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Once we remove ourselves from that, we become less relevant to those
0:08:01 > 0:08:04international businesses and investors, who will find other
0:08:04 > 0:08:09places to locate within Europe.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12But not everyone believes the picture is so bleak.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Today, a group of London's tech and digital businesses got together
0:08:15 > 0:08:18to think of ways of linking up with new markets around
0:08:18 > 0:08:22the world and making the most of post-Brexit opportunities.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Katharine Carpenter went to meet them.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29We've come to this tech conference in East London to get a sense
0:08:29 > 0:08:32of how this industry is feeling about Brexit.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35It can be a very hard thing to measure, but luckily,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38these two developers from London have invented an artificial
0:08:38 > 0:08:44intelligence sensor which can gauge the mood of this room.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46I think the room is feeling kind of positive.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49So, as you can see here, updates in real time,
0:08:49 > 0:08:50and currently it's actually on the rise.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Perhaps that's because today was partly about networking and seizing
0:08:53 > 0:08:56opportunity beyond Europe.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59As long as we try and engage with other nations in a way
0:08:59 > 0:09:03that is different to what it has been in the past, in a more
0:09:03 > 0:09:06competitive way and open way and more collaboratively,
0:09:06 > 0:09:10I think things will change and it will work out for the best.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13But there were universal worries here, too, none of them lost
0:09:13 > 0:09:16on the Mayor's new chief digital officer, who's just a few
0:09:16 > 0:09:18weeks into the job.
0:09:18 > 0:09:23The first is accessed talent, the second is access to markets,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26and also that data laws don't diverge too far from
0:09:26 > 0:09:29what the European Union is proposing so that we can have consistent
0:09:29 > 0:09:33access and open access to these markets.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35One of those targeting the tech skills gap,
0:09:35 > 0:09:40a star who helped inspire a generation of innovators.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44There is a need for a real concerted effort to look
0:09:44 > 0:09:46at all of our education system and decide, what are
0:09:46 > 0:09:49we doing this for?
0:09:49 > 0:09:54How are we preparing young people for the world of tomorrow?
0:09:54 > 0:09:58The tech sector's not alone in trying to answer these big
0:09:58 > 0:10:01questions, still feeling its way to building a brighter future.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06Katharine Carpenter, BBC London News.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09That's it for now from me, but let's find out what
0:10:09 > 0:10:10the weather's up to with Tomasz.
0:10:14 > 0:10:22It wasn't a bad day today, Thomas? No, it wasn't, it's going to be
0:10:22 > 0:10:25nippy tonight, Jack frost will pay a visit and temperatures are already
0:10:25 > 0:10:29tumbling as we speak. By the early hours of Friday morning they may be
0:10:29 > 0:10:34as low as -4, in the coldest spots, but in the city centre in London,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37more like a couple of degrees above freezing. About Friday there's not
0:10:37 > 0:10:41an awful lot to say. It's going to be a beautiful, crisp sunny day.
0:10:41 > 0:10:46It's going to feel quite chilly. That's 10 degrees will only be very,
0:10:46 > 0:10:50very brief. Most of the day it will be hovering around 6-7. Saturday
0:10:50 > 0:10:55admittedly first half of the day is not looking great, but the good news
0:10:55 > 0:10:59is that later in the afternoon, just before sunset, it will brighten up a
0:10:59 > 0:11:05little bit. Here is the outlook. Temperatures up to 13 by Monday.