02/07/2017 London News

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to BBC London News, Kensington and Chelsea Council

is suspending rent for residents living in buildings

close to Grenfell Tower whose services have been

disrupted by the fire. It comes as the Minister for London

said the Government is waiting for Kensington and Chelsea Council

to elect a new leader and that it is "big thing" to put

a council in special Our political editor

Tim Donovan reports. The leader's gone, finally

succumbing to the pressure. He'd said this storming of the town

hall a fortnight ago had been Things became untenable when he cut

short this meeting of his Cabinet But today, that was rejected

by the Minister whose constituency So, I think it's important for local

democracy to have its say. It's quite a big thing

for a government to government to do, to go in and put a on special

measures, it's almost a quasi-judicial role

for the Secretary of State. Surely if there was ever a time

to send in the Commissioners to get a grip of this

crisis, it's now. We're waiting for the new leader

to come in place at the council. There is an interim chief

executive, who's come over from Lewisham Council and doing

a good job there. Others say the community

of North Kensington would be reassured by a government task

force coming in. I say that they've got to restore

confidence of the local community, particularly the people directly

affected by the fire, and they've What we've got is an administration

in Kensington and Chelsea that have shown they've got an inability to be

able to connect. But one borough councillor

says it must be allowed The council has to be given,

in my view, as an institution that will be there for years to come,

people to come, has to be given One of the worries I have

about appointing government commissioners to run this,

is that you deny and delay the opportunity for that

reconciliation, if you like. Meanwhile, tenants in buildings

close to Grenfell Tower won't have to pay rent

for a while because A clear gesture from this

troubled local council, as it prepares to choose

new leadership this week. A man has been arrested by police

after a 16-year-old girl was killed and six other teenagers injured

by a car in Croydon in south The man, in his 30s,

is being questioned on suspicion of causing death

by dangerous driving. There are calls for tighter controls

on the sale of lethal acid. A petition is calling

on the Government to act after police warned of a rising

number of acid attacks. Among the victims is Jameel Muhktar,

who had acid thrown at him through the window of his car

in east London last month. An investigation is underway

into how a fire started at the site of a new block of flats in east

London today. It happened on Wellington Road this

morning. No one was injured. Thousands of people headed

to Trafalgar Square The Mayor Sadiq Khan said that

after recent terror attacks and the fire at Grenfell Tower,

this year's festival # We've got the world

on our shoulders...#. For many here today who fasted

for 20 hours some days, The mayor has been centrestage

through two terrorist This festival is about

celebrating unity. One of the great things

about London is we don't simply tolerate difference,

we respect it, we embrace it and we celebrate it,

just like St Patrick's Day, Jewish festivals, Hindu festivals,

Christian festivals, Sikh festivals. I'm really pleased to have Eid again

here, the biggest and best ever. Eid, did loads of cooking,

then I got dressed up... We are highlighting that whole

message about being one, It doesn't matter what faith

or background or religion or country you're from,

London is an amazing city and we all want to just come

together, have a good time. The atmosphere is great, you know,

we have people from all faiths Really horrible things happened

in the world, but we have And sending the message that London

is safe and open for business. I've noticed a bigger police

presence, so yeah, I feel safe. There were performances,

arts and crafts, exhibitions. A chance, after a difficult time,

to show a city united. Well, the weather looked gorgeous

for those in Trafalgar Square But will it stay that way? Let's

find out. Well, what a pleasant end

to the weekend, but it's going to be Cloud building through tonight

with some outbreaks of rain. We start off the day

tomorrow on a cloudy note, By the afternoon we are seeing

that break up to give us some sunny spells,

but also a few showers, and some Not great news for

the start of Wimbledon. Temperatures getting up to 23,

possibly 24 Celsius, so quite warm, and some fairly high temperatures

as we go into the That's it from all

of us at BBC London. We'll be back after BBC News at 10

with another update - Hello. It hasn't been too bad

weekend for the greater part of England and Wales. Loads of pictures

from our weather watchers as usual. There, some are on a plate. We have

had a lot like that, but I have excluded Northern Ireland, more

cloud here that my description in the last couple of days. That's how

it looks on the western side