It should not have. The building was clad with Aluminium Panels in 2016, the work signed off by the council. So far there is no evidence that standards were breached, but. The regulations are a minimum safety standard expected for a building, to keep it reasonably safe for the occupants and people around it. If you are using materials, or using it in circumstances that you know are more dangerous, then you have to mitigate that, make a Risk Assessment and engineer out the risk. In this test, the fire is contained by flameproof walls. Experts say that good Fire Safety Results from good design. So was the redesigned to Grenfell Tower safe . Were there other factors . After the work was completed, gas pipes were moved to public areas. Residents were furious. Thejob of finding out who might be to blame has now been taken over by the police. What we will do with the investigation is we will get to the answer of what has happened and why. That is why the police have taken the lead for the in
Combustible cladding is found on 11 tower blocks in england. A premier inn says its extremely concerned about three of its hotels. There is still sniper fire going there is still sniperfire going on. Welcome to raqqa, the capital of a caliphate under siege. Inside a city engulfed in violence as so called Islamic State struggles to hold on to raqqa, we have a Special Report from the front line. In sport, The Young Lions win a game. The under 2is are into the semi finals of their european championship, after brushing aside the hosts poland. 135,000 people descend on worthy farm as the Glastonbury Festival gets under way with heightened security. What will the weather be like . The good news is there will be a lot of dry weather through the next three days, but there will be a bit of rain and that sums up the forecast as we go into the weekend. All the details in the next 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Around Three Million eu nationals living in the uk will be allowed to
Breaking news this evening from north london. 800 households in camden are being told to leave their homes tonight because of safety fears. We know that five residential blocks on the Chalcot Estate in camden are being evacuated after tests showed that the cladding was similarto tests showed that the cladding was similar to that used on the Grenfell Tower. Georgie gould is a leader of Camden Council. We have been doing everything we can to track the safety of our blocks. 0n everything we can to track the safety of our blocks. On wednesday we we re safety of our blocks. On wednesday we were first in the queue to check the safety of the cladding on our blogs. We found that most the installation was safely external cladding was not after the standard he wanted and was not fire. 0bviously he wanted and was not fire. Obviously this was disappointing. We share back news with residents. 0n thursday night we had a Public Meeting with local residents were they share the number of concerns about
So whos right . Ill speak to one firm that says things are looking up, but its tough out there. In sport Lewis Hamilton labels Sebastian Vettel a disgrace after the two collide in an action packed azerbaijan grand prix. Coming of age he made his debut just six years ago, now ed sheeran has closed the Glastonbury Festival on the main pyramid stage. And carol has the weather. For many of us today, it will be a fine and dry day with a fair bit of sunshine. However, the cloud will build from the west and we will see some rain in Northern Ireland later this afternoon, heralding an u nsettled this afternoon, heralding an unsettled week ahead. First, our main story. Every single tower block which has had its cladding tested since the grenfell disaster has failed fire safety inspections. 60 high rises in 25 areas of england have been examined so far. Local councils are being urged to send samples in more quickly for testing. There are still more than 500 other buildings nationwide that need to
It is as if i have been stabbed with something hot. I dont want to eat. I dont want to venture out too far. It started out being agony, absolutely fire burning agony. Well bring you that exclusive story in about 15 minutes. And look at this. A blue shark terrified Holiday Makers when it appeared in shallow waters off the coast of majorca surrounded by swimmers. Its now been captured. Well hear from some of those in the water at the time. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today the democratic unionist leader, Arlene Foster, has said she believes her party is close to securing a deal with Downing Street which would see the dup agree to support the minority Conservative Government. Shes due to hold talks with theresa may in london this morning. Our Political Correspondent iain watson i