0:00:00 > 0:00:00Here on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Good evening.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14I'm Asad Ahmad.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Over 20 million pounds has been spent on hotel bills, for survivors
0:00:17 > 0:00:19of the Grenfell Tower fire.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22In June, the fire claimed the lives of 71 people -
0:00:22 > 0:00:25with dozens of families still in emergency accommodation.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Kensington and Chelsea Council has been criticised for the time it's
0:00:28 > 0:00:30taking to re-home them - but it says - it's
0:00:31 > 0:00:32'doing all it can'.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34Here's Marc Ashdown.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37I managed to stop the smoke from coming in.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Antonio was one of the last people rescued from Grenfell Tower.
0:00:40 > 0:00:46As these pictures show he lost everything.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48He has finally been moved into a temporary flat after spending
0:00:48 > 0:00:50seven months in a hotel.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Life is still on hold.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55He thinks the council could have worked better with residents.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Never mind the amount of money you throw in there, but you know,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02the advice is that we could have given to them, from day one,
0:01:02 > 0:01:05from day two, listen to what our needs were,
0:01:05 > 0:01:09that would have saved time, a lot of money and a lot
0:01:09 > 0:01:14of criticism as well and a lot of unhappiness on our behalf.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Since the tragedy the council has spent 21 million
0:01:16 > 0:01:20on hotels for those affected.
0:01:20 > 0:01:27210 households needed rehousing, so far 188 have accepted a new home,
0:01:27 > 0:01:31some are temporary which means 22 households have yet to accept
0:01:31 > 0:01:36a home so are still in emergency accommodation.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39According to Labour Grenfell Tower would in today's money have cost
0:01:39 > 0:01:42about £7 million to build so for the £21 million the council
0:01:42 > 0:01:44spent on hotel rooms it could in theory have rebuilt
0:01:44 > 0:01:51the tower three times over.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53I condemn the Council for its conduct before,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56during and after, they shouldn't have made these promises and give
0:01:56 > 0:01:57people unrealistic expectations if they weren't capable
0:01:57 > 0:02:02of delivering them.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04It is a disgraceful waste of public money and more importantly
0:02:04 > 0:02:07a terrible letting down of people who were still living in a hotel,
0:02:07 > 0:02:14because I can assure you no-one wants to carry on living in hotels.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Council said they have an army of staff working round-the-clock
0:02:17 > 0:02:20to try and rehouse families and they have spent 235 million
0:02:20 > 0:02:25securing more than 300 homes to give people the maximum choice.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28So we are all individual, we are all human beings,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31of a certain age as well and therefore, we have to have
0:02:31 > 0:02:38something that is really fitting and suiting us.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Antonio counts himself lucky, one day he hopes
0:02:40 > 0:02:41to get on with his life.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Others were not so fortunate.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Frankie McCamley is here - a lot of money has been
0:02:49 > 0:02:57spent after this tragedy, but are we closer to any answers?
0:02:57 > 0:03:02Yes, exactly and I think we will see a shift from focusing on housing. A
0:03:02 > 0:03:09lot of people have been rehoused, but who is responsible and how did
0:03:09 > 0:03:15this happen? That, it is hoped, will come from the enquiry and I will be
0:03:15 > 0:03:18at the first procedural hearing tomorrow and we will start hearing a
0:03:18 > 0:03:22little bit more about exactly how it will be structured, who will be
0:03:22 > 0:03:26giving evidence, then they will give evidence and we will find out how
0:03:26 > 0:03:30the enquiry is getting along. We were told that we were going to get
0:03:30 > 0:03:36a preliminary hearing by Easter, but the evidence is going to start being
0:03:36 > 0:03:40heard by May.We will see what happens, thank you very much.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Detectives investigating the death of murdered Russian businessman,
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Nikolai Glushkov in New Malden - are appealing to drivers
0:03:44 > 0:03:48and cyclists with dashcam or 'helmet footage' to contact them.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51The 68 year old was found strangled at his terraced house last week.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Scotland Yard wants anyone with footage near his home
0:03:53 > 0:04:00on the 11th or 12th of March - to send it in.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Actress Liz Hurley has urged the public to share CCTV footage
0:04:02 > 0:04:05of a car police want to trace - after her nephew was stabbed two
0:04:05 > 0:04:07weeks ago in Wandsworth. These images of a black hatchback
0:04:07 > 0:04:09have been released by detectives.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Miles Hurley and a friend were chased and attacked
0:04:11 > 0:04:21following a minor collision with the vehicle.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23The family of a man who died after routine knee surgery
0:04:23 > 0:04:27at a private hospital in Harrow - is calling for answers
0:04:27 > 0:04:29to what happened - 8 years after James Hughes death.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32His surgeon Dr David Sellu - who served time for manslaughter -
0:04:32 > 0:04:34has had his conviction quashed - and has been cleared
0:04:34 > 0:04:36at a medical tribunal too.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Now Mr Hughes' family want a NEW inquest -
0:04:38 > 0:04:39to establish exactly what happened.
0:04:39 > 0:04:47Tim Donovan has been speaking to them.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49He was always the life and soul of every party.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50He was very sociable.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55He knew people from every different walk of life.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57For Jim Hughes' eldest daughter it's still hard
0:04:57 > 0:04:59to understand, let alone accept.
0:04:59 > 0:05:05Absolutely devastating impact on all of us for the rest of our lives.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08It was February 2010 and her father was apparently recovering well
0:05:08 > 0:05:11from his knee op which had been done here, at the Clementine Churchill
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Hospital, in Harrow.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16But then he got severe stomach pains, two days past before he had
0:05:16 > 0:05:18surgery for a perforated bowel.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21He died a day later of multiple organ failure.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Why was nothing done sooner?
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Dad had to call his own GP from his hospital bed,
0:05:27 > 0:05:31on his mobile phone, to get help.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33We know he was in agony because he spoke to people.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36He told people he was in agony, on the phone, "I can't
0:05:36 > 0:05:37talk, I'm in agony.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40I'm in too much pain, I can't talk."
0:05:40 > 0:05:43For a while she thought she had at least a partial explanation
0:05:43 > 0:05:46when surgeon David Sellu was jailed for manslaughter ffter being accused
0:05:46 > 0:05:53of unacceptable delays in his treatment of Jim Hughes.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55But last year, that conviction was quashed on appeal.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57He had been practicing safe and cautious medicine.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Yeah.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01And this month he was cleared of all 11 counts by a medical tribunal.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04It wasn't held he should have operated earlier.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06A detailed written judgment Maggie finds hard read and accept.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10But she says it was never just about one doctor,
0:06:10 > 0:06:14the family is concerned at the general level of care he got
0:06:15 > 0:06:15at the private hospital.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17It was absolutely appalling.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21If he had been anywhere else, absolutely anywhere else.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23If my dad had been in Tesco, when his bowel ruptured,
0:06:23 > 0:06:30he would probably be alive today.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33A much missed brother, father and grandfather, Jim Hughes
0:06:33 > 0:06:35has just begun his retirement here, near Portadown, in Northern Ireland,
0:06:35 > 0:06:39after running a successful building firm in west London.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44I just don't trust the legal system.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47I don't want any controversy, I just want to live a life.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48I just want answers.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50To know, why did he die?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Which is why Maggie now wants the inquest re-opened.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55The only person I can see that could be interested in the big
0:06:55 > 0:06:58picture or have the power to look at big picture would be the coroner.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01I think there's lots of failings and I think they all
0:07:01 > 0:07:02need to be accountable.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05It's not retribution, we want the truth.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07We don't want it brushed under the carpet.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10I can tell you, my dad - no way - would have accepted that.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Whether Maggie gets her wish will now be up
0:07:13 > 0:07:14to the north Londond coroner.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Dr David Sellu said he would welcome a new hearing.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18The hospital said it would work with the coroner
0:07:19 > 0:07:20if the process was reopened.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22The hospital added it appreciated the families loss was felt
0:07:22 > 0:07:25as acutely now as when he died and any number of inquiries
0:07:25 > 0:07:26will never outweigh that loss.
0:07:26 > 0:07:35His daughter says she won't let the matter rest.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38You may not recognise it - but this is one of London's
0:07:38 > 0:07:40most famous landmarks.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43It's Tower Bridge - from below water level -
0:07:43 > 0:07:45As the chamber is being converted into a performance space.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Emma North went to take a look.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54Below the grace and the grandeur, these are the guts
0:07:54 > 0:07:55beneath Tower Bridge.
0:07:55 > 0:08:10Normally out of bounds to you or me, but this week this is the giant
0:08:10 > 0:08:12bascule chamber, transformed into a huge cinema screen.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Blackout tells the story of the work of two London
0:08:14 > 0:08:16policemen during the Blitz.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Their job was to wait until the all clear sounded after an air-raid,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21and then to head out to document the destruction.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24I wanted to feel a real sense of what it was like to live
0:08:24 > 0:08:27during the Blitz, to be in that space, to be among the falling bombs
0:08:27 > 0:08:30and the shock and awe of it all, and the community spirit
0:08:30 > 0:08:32that was born out of that.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Astonishingly, this is a student project.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37The challenge set was a double one - create something of a professional
0:08:37 > 0:08:43standard, but do it in an impossible place.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46It's underground, it's dark, it's damp, there's a lot of stairs
0:08:46 > 0:08:49involved, we've to bring in all the equipment.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51So there's lots of physical challenges, but also creatively,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54when you're in a building like, this that is so awe-inspiring
0:08:54 > 0:08:57in its own right, you have to make sure that the work you put
0:08:57 > 0:09:07in there does justice to the environment.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Mixed in with the show are the sounds of the traffic
0:09:10 > 0:09:14above and the boats chugging by on the other side of the walls.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16It's impossible to forget where you are.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18It's not the most conventional of theatre spaces.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20For starters, the audience sits below water level.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23So it's so cold in here, you can see your breath.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27And above us is the bascule, that's the counter weight to the bridge.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30So that when Tower Bridge opens, that great ceiling,
0:09:30 > 0:09:35which is actually part of a road, sweeps down through this chamber.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Give the little ones a kiss on the way out the door.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41But they do get 24-hours notice before it moves,
0:09:41 > 0:09:43and the performance only lasts 20 minutes to stop everyone
0:09:43 > 0:09:46from getting too cold.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48There are 16 performances of Blackout scheduled,
0:09:48 > 0:09:50subject to river traffic.
0:09:50 > 0:09:57Emma North, BBC London News.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00That's it for now from me, but lets find out what the weather's
0:10:00 > 0:10:01up to with Chris.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11If bit of sunshine coming through. The wind was still a little on the
0:10:11 > 0:10:16chilly side but that wind will be using all the while and with the
0:10:16 > 0:10:21sunshine coming out, and very fine picture. We have more in the way of
0:10:21 > 0:10:25cloud to deny them that this filtering then, keeping temperatures
0:10:25 > 0:10:30in London up. Around about four degrees. Cloud will break up through
0:10:30 > 0:10:34the night and what we will be left with is cold and clear conditions
0:10:34 > 0:10:38and temperatures taking a dive and a widespread fast developing and
0:10:38 > 0:10:49getting pretty close
0:10:49 > 0:10:53even in the centre of town. It means we should have a fine start to the
0:10:53 > 0:10:55day and plenty of sunshine during the morning. My high cloud in the
0:10:55 > 0:10:58afternoon making the sunshine on the hazy side. It will cloud over by the
0:10:58 > 0:11:01evening. Warmer than it has been for a good few days and that trend