0:00:00 > 0:00:14lot of cloud and rain in the Northwest. That's
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Welcome to BBC London News. I'm Sara Orchard.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19It's six months on from the Grenfell Tower fire,
0:00:19 > 0:00:21and 111 families remain homeless.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23They're living in temporary accommodation, and many face
0:00:23 > 0:00:27the prospect of spending Christmas in hotel rooms.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Ayshea Buksh spoke to one family about their life since the fire,
0:00:30 > 0:00:34and their hopes of one day buying a home in Kensington and Chelsea.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36The Alves family lived in the Grenfell Tower
0:00:36 > 0:00:39for nearly 20 years.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Shortly after the fire started, Miguel arrived home
0:00:41 > 0:00:45from an evening out with his wife.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48It was 1am and he raced up the stairs to the 13th floor.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51He woke up all his neighbours and children, including his daughter
0:00:51 > 0:00:59Ines who had been revising for her GCSE chemistry.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02So when I woke up, my dad barged into the room,
0:01:02 > 0:01:07my chemistry notes were right next to me so the first thing I grabbed,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10and whilst I thought they were going to put the fire out
0:01:10 > 0:01:16I was like, why not waste my time and revise?
0:01:16 > 0:01:18And a few hours after they escaped, Ines went to school,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22sat the chemistry exam and got an A.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Six months on, she's studying her A-levels.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26I'm doing chemistry, maths and economics, and I'm really
0:01:26 > 0:01:28enjoying my new school.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Nice change.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Like so many survivors, Ines's family struggled
0:01:34 > 0:01:35with somewhere to live.
0:01:35 > 0:01:36They were moved between hotels.
0:01:36 > 0:01:45And now they're living in temporary accommodation in Kensington.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48It's not a place that I can call home.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51I mean, it's a place that's better than the hotel, of course,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53and we feel as a family a lot better.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55They've been humbled by the kindness of strangers who have donated
0:01:55 > 0:02:05furniture and all sorts of household goods.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10The things that we have that's donated by people who don't know
0:02:10 > 0:02:14us but they are friends of people we work for, I pray every day
0:02:14 > 0:02:19and I thank God because we have been given more than we deserve.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21The couple were leaseholders at Grenfell, having bought
0:02:21 > 0:02:23the three-bedroom flat under the Right to Buy scheme.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25They fear they'll struggle to buy again in the Borough
0:02:25 > 0:02:28of Kensington and Chelsea.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31They should give us enough to buy in that area.
0:02:31 > 0:02:38I know it's difficult, I know, but it's not our fault.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Like many other families from the Grenfell Tower, they'll
0:02:40 > 0:02:41be spending Christmas in temporary accommodation.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44They pray in the New Year they'll find a more permanent home.
0:02:44 > 0:02:49Ayshea Buksh, BBC London News, Kensington.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Well the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has told BBC
0:02:50 > 0:02:54London her force will do whatever it takes to bring to justice anyone
0:02:54 > 0:02:57who committed criminal offences linked to the fire.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Cressida Dick, who attended this morning's memorial
0:02:59 > 0:03:01at St Paul's Cathedral, also talked about the impact
0:03:01 > 0:03:06the tragedy has had on her officers.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Our Home Affairs Correspondent Nick Beake is here now -
0:03:08 > 0:03:12what else did she say, Nick?
0:03:12 > 0:03:16We know that the Grenfell Tower investigation criminal investigation
0:03:16 > 0:03:22is one of the biggest in Scotland Yard's history. Today Cressida Dick
0:03:22 > 0:03:26said they would investigate meticulously, fairly and fearlessly.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30She also said her thoughts and prayers were with the victims today,
0:03:30 > 0:03:34their families and also the survivors, and spoke a little about
0:03:34 > 0:03:38the impact it's had on the thousands of officers she said had been
0:03:38 > 0:03:43intimately connected with what happened. Those there on the night,
0:03:43 > 0:03:48people taking those traumatic 999 calls, as well as officers working
0:03:48 > 0:03:51in the community since. She also singled out some other specialist
0:03:51 > 0:03:59teams.The people working in the tower, only just finished seven days
0:03:59 > 0:04:03a week since then, on their hands and knees, looking through all of
0:04:03 > 0:04:10the material, the people working with the families, liaison officers,
0:04:10 > 0:04:15I could go on, there are so many, thousands, who I'm sure have been
0:04:15 > 0:04:19profoundly affected by what they have seen and will be for the rest
0:04:19 > 0:04:23of their lives.It's worth remembering the police have three
0:04:23 > 0:04:26roles in this, they are gathering information for the coroner, also
0:04:26 > 0:04:30providing details for the wider public inquiry which will be taking
0:04:30 > 0:04:35place, and of course it's the criminal investigation too. Cressida
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Dick has said she doesn't is expected to be completed until the
0:04:38 > 0:04:45end of next year. There have been no arrests yet, but she said people can
0:04:45 > 0:04:49rest assured her officers will do all they can to get to the truth.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Thank you for your time.
0:04:52 > 0:04:53And tonight at 6.30pm we'll
0:04:53 > 0:04:55have a special programme in North Kensington
0:04:55 > 0:04:57to mark six months since the Grenfell Tower tradgedy.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59In other news, people living near Heathrow will get
0:04:59 > 0:05:03the chance to have their say on plans to build a third runway
0:05:03 > 0:05:04and expand the airport.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06From next month local communities will be invited
0:05:06 > 0:05:08to comment on some new and revised options, including the design,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11changes to flight paths, and the reconfiguration of the M25.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13The public consultation will last for 10 weeks and is separate
0:05:13 > 0:05:21to the one held by the government.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23British Transport Police have released CCTV images of two men
0:05:23 > 0:05:26they believe threatened and robbed a teenager of his bike.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28The 16-year-old was on the platform of West Drayton Station
0:05:28 > 0:05:30during the altercation and after, refusing to
0:05:30 > 0:05:32release the bike the men threatened to stab him.
0:05:32 > 0:05:38It happened on the evening of November 5th.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40It's back to primary school for a group of pensioners
0:05:40 > 0:05:43in East London, in what's believed to be the first UK
0:05:43 > 0:05:45scheme of its kind.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48More than a dozen older people with early stage dementia will spend
0:05:48 > 0:05:50mornings with pupils, joining in various activities.
0:05:50 > 0:05:57Tim Muffet has been to Downshall Primary in Illford.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Back to school.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02For some, it's been more than 60 years.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04But at Downshall Primary in Redbridge, East London,
0:06:04 > 0:06:10there are lessons to be learned for all ages.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Three days a week the older adults come and join us.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14They do some artwork.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16They play puzzles with these very young children who
0:06:16 > 0:06:18have only been in school a few months.
0:06:18 > 0:06:24And they give them the opportunity to talk and interact.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Downshall Primary is thought to be the first UK primary to host regular
0:06:27 > 0:06:28day care for the elderly.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30The scheme's been trialled for a month,
0:06:30 > 0:06:36it officially launches today.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37I just like children.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38They look so beautiful.
0:06:38 > 0:06:45When they do something they go...
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Why do you like having the older people coming along to visit
0:06:47 > 0:06:48your school?
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Because we get to talk to them.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51I just love it.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54They are very nice because they can play with us.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Inspiration for this project came from Japan, which has, it is
0:06:56 > 0:06:59thought, the fastest growing elderly population in the world, and where
0:06:59 > 0:07:04community led elderly and dementia care has flourished.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08What we want to do is try and bring that to the UK.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10We don't have those sort of multi-generational families that we
0:07:10 > 0:07:11may have had 50 years ago.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14What that does is it puts people at risk of
0:07:14 > 0:07:22loneliness and isolation.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Doctor Hinchliffe says collaboration between the school, North East
0:07:25 > 0:07:28London NHS Trust and charities such as Redbridge Age UK, all mean that
0:07:28 > 0:07:30the cost of the scheme will be negligible.
0:07:30 > 0:07:39The benefits potentially huge.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Can I have one every five minutes?
0:07:41 > 0:07:42LAUGHTER.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Some say education is a gift that
0:07:43 > 0:07:44keeps on giving.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46At Downshall Primary school life is bringing
0:07:46 > 0:07:47benefits to young and old.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Tim Muffett, BBC News.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52Now let's get a check on the weather with Elizabeth Ritzinni.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01Good afternoon, it was a rather chilly start today, we are back into
0:08:01 > 0:08:06colder air. Lots of sunshine right across the capital, some blustery
0:08:06 > 0:08:10conditions too. Most of the show us this morning passed to the south of
0:08:10 > 0:08:16us and that will be the case through the rest of the day. Slightly
0:08:16 > 0:08:21lighter winds, top temperatures between three and six Celsius so
0:08:21 > 0:08:25rather cold feel as we head into this evening. Further showers for
0:08:25 > 0:08:31the overnight period, drifting in on that breeze. Plenty of cloud around,
0:08:31 > 0:08:35temperatures ranging between two and four degrees Celsius with the chance
0:08:35 > 0:08:41of sleet from these showers but most will fall as rain. The same thing
0:08:41 > 0:08:46tomorrow, most show was falling as rain, many places staying dry. We
0:08:46 > 0:08:53are likely to see showers in eastern areas through the afternoon with a
0:08:53 > 0:08:56lot of cloud around tomorrow and it will feel chilly. A few changes on
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Saturday, the wind coming from a north-westerly direction so we stand
0:09:00 > 0:09:03a greater chance of seeing some sunshine. We will probably start of
0:09:03 > 0:09:07the weekend with a widespread frosts but the nicest day of the weekend by
0:09:07 > 0:09:16the time we get to Sunday, it be feeling milder.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17That's about it from me.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Riz Lateef will be here with our special 6:30pm evening
0:09:19 > 0:09:21programme to mark six months since the Grenfell fire.
0:09:21 > 0:09:27But for now, from us all, have a very good afternoon.