24/06/2017

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:00:00. > :00:00.I'll be back with the team here for the late news at 10.20 -

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

:00:00. > :00:17.Residents of tower blocks in several London Boroughs have now been

:00:18. > :00:20.told their buildings have failed a fire inspection tests.

:00:21. > :00:22.But unlike in Camden, where residents have been evacuated

:00:23. > :00:24.until the buildings are made safe, Hounslow Council told tenants today

:00:25. > :00:36.Residents of Clements Court in Hounslow have lived with this

:00:37. > :00:48.Now they know it's flammable and HAS to come down.

:00:49. > :00:52.The council invited residents to tell them what they are doing. They

:00:53. > :00:56.said they hope it is going to come down in eight days' time so the

:00:57. > :01:00.begin of July. They say they are putting a 24 hours fire warden on

:01:01. > :01:03.site, but they are stressing at this stage, they are not announcing an

:01:04. > :01:08.evacuation. Some may question why. The council

:01:09. > :01:12.says they have been advised by the Fire Service that the building is

:01:13. > :01:16.safe enough for people to stay. After the meeting, Ray and his

:01:17. > :01:21.daughter Kim show us around. Ray's family have told him they are so

:01:22. > :01:27.core worried they want him to leave I will admit, I have told Kimi, that

:01:28. > :01:31.it has played on me a little bit. I have a very good friend and I talk

:01:32. > :01:37.to her about it It has after flecked your sleep. He doesn't want to go to

:01:38. > :01:40.sleep, like, he doesn't, obviously like watches films or whatever, but

:01:41. > :01:45.it sip like not wanting to go to sleep, just in case.

:01:46. > :01:49.Ray was given a piece of the cladding by the original builders,

:01:50. > :01:55.now his daughter wants it out of the flat. This is the piece that is what

:01:56. > :01:59.they are saying is flammable. Here is your fire. Dangerous cladding is

:02:00. > :02:04.just one of the reasons why hundreds of flats have been evacuated in

:02:05. > :02:08.Camden overnight. It is thought there are now eight councils across

:02:09. > :02:11.the capital have have discovered similar fire risks to tower blocks.

:02:12. > :02:15.Each is being dealt with in a different way. In Hounslow the

:02:16. > :02:20.scaffolding is going up but residents won't be moved. The

:02:21. > :02:23.council say they will do more fire safety checks on Monday.

:02:24. > :02:25.A small demonstration from the far-right English Defence League

:02:26. > :02:28.was met by anti-fascist groups amid a heavy police presence

:02:29. > :02:32.during a march from Trafalgar Square to Victoria Embankment.

:02:33. > :02:37.One EDL speaker was greeted with cheers when he said he could be

:02:38. > :02:41."the first white suicide bomber in England".

:02:42. > :02:44.The murdered MP, Jo Cox, has been honoured by having a coat

:02:45. > :02:47.of arms unveiled in the Houses of Parliament by her two children,

:02:48. > :02:49.who designed the memorial plaque which was installed

:02:50. > :02:52.Ms Cox was murdered by a far-right extremist last year.

:02:53. > :03:02.The plaque bears a motto which reflects the unity.

:03:03. > :03:05.This summer, London is to become the first city to host

:03:06. > :03:07.the World Athletics Championships AND the World Para Athletics

:03:08. > :03:10.But it's a sport currently dogged by doping scandals,

:03:11. > :03:13.so our reporter Chris Slegg spoke to the outgoing UK Athletics

:03:14. > :03:22.chairman, about whether London 2017 can turn things around.

:03:23. > :03:27.Five years on from the glorious summer of 2012 London,

:03:28. > :03:29.London's getting ready to stage the World Athletics Championships

:03:30. > :03:34.It'll be the last events overseen by UK athletics chairman Ed Warner,

:03:35. > :03:37.who is standing down after more than a decade in the role.

:03:38. > :03:40.How do you assess the state of the sport that you're leaving?

:03:41. > :03:42.I think it's in great shape, particularly in Britain.

:03:43. > :03:44.We have some exhilarating young talent coming through.

:03:45. > :03:47.People say how will you cope with Mo Farah no longer

:03:48. > :03:51.I say look at what is coming through, look at Laura Muir,

:03:52. > :03:55.Farah will retire after London 2017, as will athletics' greatest

:03:56. > :04:00.Maybe he is irreplaceable as a personality, as well as a great

:04:01. > :04:03.athlete, but there's talent spread across the world and across all

:04:04. > :04:07.the different events in athletics, and there are other challenges.

:04:08. > :04:09.Usain's departure is just one of them.

:04:10. > :04:12.Perhaps the biggest challenge, restoring faith in a sport troubled

:04:13. > :04:18.How do you convince the public London 2017 is going to be clean

:04:19. > :04:24.when we've seen 29 medals from all sports stripped

:04:25. > :04:33.I would just say to the public, Britain's great at

:04:34. > :04:37.There will be rigorous testing at 2017, but I wouldn't want

:04:38. > :04:39.any of the authorities round the the world

:04:40. > :04:46.How athletics needs a successful London 2017.

:04:47. > :04:48.A look at the weather, and passing showers from tonight

:04:49. > :04:50.will continue into tomorrow morning and the afternoon.

:04:51. > :04:52.Feeling cooler than it was this week.

:04:53. > :04:57.There's more news and some good videos on our website

:04:58. > :05:15.Good evening. It wasn't the summer scorcher of last weekend but a

:05:16. > :05:20.pleasant start to the weekend. Most places dry, with sunshine. A few

:05:21. > :05:24.showers around still at the moment, across southern County, particularly

:05:25. > :05:28.in northern Scotland where it has been windy, winds remain gusty here

:05:29. > :05:32.throughout the night. Further shower, elsewhere clearer skies for

:05:33. > :05:36.a time but later on cloud spreads across Ireland to England and Wales

:05:37. > :05:42.with patchy rain and drizzle. A muggy night. Fresher further north

:05:43. > :05:45.and still breezy into Sunday, it pushes into Norway tomorrow but it

:05:46. > :05:53.is North East Scotland into North East England where we see the wind

:05:54. > :05:54.at their most gusty. Sunshine and a few showers in these area, the