Fire. In my 29 years in the London Fire Brigade i have never seen a fire of this nature and i have seen many high rise fires. Around 70 people are being treated in six london hospitals, 18 of them are in a Critical Condition. In the us, a gunman opens fire on republican members of congress during a Baseball Practice in virginia. The attacker is killed by Police Officers. We are united in our shock. We are united in our anguish. We are united in our shock. We are united in ouranguish. An we are united in our shock. We are united in our anguish. An attack on one of us is an attack on all others. Of us. 21 hours after this fire started in g ru nfeld 21 hours after this fire started in gru nfeld tower, the 21 hours after this fire started in grunfeld tower, the fire is still blazing. The fire service had been working tirelessly to put the fire out. They have managed to get a hydraulic Crane Imposition and they are firing water remotely into the upperfloors of are firing water remotely into
To the bbc news at one. Theresa may has confirmed that a retired high courtjudge, sir Martin Moore Bick, has been chosen to lead the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire. Sir martin this morning promised a vigorous inquiry that gets to the truth and said he understood the desire of local people for justice. The Prime Minister told mps that she expects he will produce an interim report as early as possible into the tragedy, in which 80 people are now presumed to have died. Sir Martin Moore Bick spent 20 years as a judge and is said to be highly respected, but his appointment has been questioned by some. Heres our correspondent richard lister. The family and friends of Tony Dissident gathered for his funeral today, a short distance from Grenfell Tower where he died. With an estimated 80 dead, there will be many more such funerals. Looming over them, questions about why they died, who was to blame, how can others be protected. And this is the man now appointed to find the a nswe is
Want a much broader investigation and i can fully understand why they would want that. Whether my inquiry is the right way in which to achieve that i am more doubtful. And no deal yet in Northern Ireland. The deadline for setting up a new Power Sharing Executive has passed. Its now extended until monday. Its 5pm. Were At Westminster where, eight days after the queens speech, the House Of Commons is voting on its content, in what is seen as a prime test of theresa mays authority, after the election in which she lost her parliamentary majority. The Prime Minister will be depending on the democratic unionists of Northern Ireland to get her legislative programme through the commons this evening. There will be a series of votes, so lets set the context for whats to come. The first vote is a Labour Amendment tabled by the opposition calling on the government to end Austerity Policies in Public Services to reverse falling Living Standards and to make society more equal. The Second Amendment,
Reaching out to absolutely everyone in the area. Plus weve learnt that girls as young as nine are seeking surgery on their vagina because they are distressed by its appearance. Some critics say it is similar to fgm, but not everyone agrees. Female genital mutilation is clearly not a procedure that we can support in any way, shape or form. Procedure that we can support in any way, shape orform. To even use it in the same sentence as libya Plaster Surgery is not only unhelpful, but it is unfair. Labia Plaster Surgery. The law is very clear. I see it is the same thing. We should not be mutilating bodies for cultural reasons. Our full exclusive reporter after half nine this morning. Hello, welcome to the programme were live until 11. Throughout the morning, the latest Breaking News and developing stories. A little later in the programme well hear from a woman called laura, who was a victim of the rochdale paedophile and grooming ring from the age of 13 until she was 17. She has never spoke
To exercise restraint. It is because we inherited the biggest deficit in history. The Prime Ministerfound £1 billion to keep her ownjob, why cant she find the same amount of money to keep nurses and teachers in theirjob, who after all serve all of us . Contrary to all of what he said, we have more nurses working in the nhs today compared to 2010. Let me remind the right honourable gentleman of what happens when you dont deal with the deficit. Its not a theoretical issue. Lets look at those countries who failed to deal with it. In greece, where they havent dealt with the deficit. What did we see with failure to deal with the deficit . Spending on the Health Service cut by 36 . That doesnt help nurses are patients. Or patients. I hope the Prime Minister is proud of her record of controlling Public Sector pay to the extent that hard working nurses have to access food banks in order to survive. And the frozen wages of teaching assistants, paramedics and council workers, but it is not just