the iranian president threatens decisive action to stop the wave of anti government protests sweeping the country. and two months ahead of the men s football world cup in qatar concerns that there may not be enough affordable accommodation for fans. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of tax which the government has announced it is cutting but that they would keep the one pence cut in basic rate tax also announced by the chancellor. as the labour party conference got underway, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth, partly by promoting green energy. he dismissed the government s strategy announced on friday of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here s our political correspondent, ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now confronts a new prime minister borrow
voting is under way in italy s general election, which polls suggest may result in the country s most right wing government since the second world war the iranian president threatens decisive action to stop the wave of anti government protests sweeping the country. sir keir starmer has said a future labour government would reinstate the 45% top rate of tax, which the government has announced it is cutting, but that they would keep the 1p cut in basic rate tax also announced by the chancellor. as the labour party conference got under way, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth, partly by promoting green energy. he dismissed the government s strategy, announced on friday, of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here s our political correspondent ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now confronts a new prime minister bor
And the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning between 12 and one oclock. The first call to the Metropolitan Police was at 1 15am. The blaze, you can see now there are no flames this stage, just smoke, and you can see the damage done to the building. Lets give you a sense from the images last night from the early hours of the morning. You can get a real sense of the scale of the blaze that was engulfing the building. Lets tell you about who is tackling the fire at the moment. Around 200 firefighters, a0 fire engines, and of course London Ambulance has sent a number of vehicles and medical staff to the scene. 0ur Correspondent is at the scene this morning. Tell us what you can see. Well, you can see the block is still alight. You can see some flames there. You can see the Fire Brigade Hosing down the lower reaches of the building. But the fire service said that this was a blaze reaching from the second floor right up to the 27th floor. Its been a blaze for five hours now. We
fourth floor, so phoned 999 and rushed outside to help. seconds later, rushed outside to help. seconds later. glass rushed outside to help. seconds later, glass fell rushed outside to help. seconds later, glass fell out rushed outside to help. seconds later, glass fell out the - rushed outside to help. seconds| later, glass fell out the building, followed by loads of screaming for help. lots of black smoke, and then followed by some intense fire, and i saw. you see the window at the top left, which is burnt out? two guys climbed out of that, and they were holding on to that for dear life, and then the fire brigade got their larder out, and it wouldn t reach. this man managed to escape. ii larder out, and it wouldn t reach. this man managed to escape. 11 fire engines were called to the scene. around 90 residents were evacuated last night, and it is a lot of anger and frustration, because many of them told us the fire alarms didn t go off. them told us the fire alarms didn t no off
last night, and there s a lot of anger and frustration, because many of them told us the fire alarms didn t go off. they knocked on my door, woke me up. get out, get it. why has no one alerted us? nobody knocked my door i to tell me there was a fire. terry s home is on the floor below the fire. the smoke alarm in the flat itself went off, but there aren t any in the communal areas. regulation say they are not required, but some residents say they don t feel safe. the cause of the blues is unknown, that is being investigated. the cause of the blaze is unknown, that is being investigated. the fire service it was put out quickly, and the evacuation went to plan. it is a difficult scene, but it is something that we train for regularly, and is something in particular since the grenfell tower disaster, we have increased our training. people living on the low levels