More people try to make the perilous crossing in small boats on the channel, despite 12 people dying yesterday. The bbc learns the State Pension is set for an above Inflation Rise, up £400 a year. Getting every last ounce out of herself to claim the gold medal. And what a storied career its been for Dame Sarah Storey, winning her 18th lifetime paralympic gold. And coming up on Bbc News the british Number One Jack Draper is about to step on court for arguably one of the biggest matches of his career. Hes taking on Alex De Minaur in the quarterfinals of the us open. Good evening from Grenfell Tower in West London, still standing but covered up since the devastating fire that broke outjust after midnight onjune 1a, 2017. The flames were so fierce it took firefighters more than 2a hours to get the fire under control. 72 people died. Dozens more were injured. For more than seven years, survivors and victims families have been and victims families have been waiting to find out exactly what
Welcome to the World Today, an hour of international news from the bbc. We begin here in london. In June 2017 a debit sitting fire broke out at the Grenfell Tower. 72 people died and dozens more were Injured. For more than seven years, families and survivors have been waiting to find out what went wrong and today they finally got answers from the public inquiry. It says the people killed in the fire were failed it on the Server Level by successive governments, companies and the authorities, through incompetence, honesty and greed. All of the debts were avoidable to now the families of those who died wantjustice. All the deaths were avoidable. 0ur Report is from tom symonds. It includes images of Grenfell Tower on fire. There have been seven years of mornings over grenfell with no definitive answers to the question, why did this happen . Today was different. But this is how it all began. A fridge caught fire, the owner called 999 then got out, then turned on his camera. 31 minutes later
Could this happen . The disaster of Grenfell Tower and why it should never have happened. Grenfell tower on fire. Fire brigade and everything. Fires spreading up. Look. Whoa, look. Fire brigade and everything. Fires spreading up. Look. Whoa, look. Its 1am and the fire has started in a fridge in a flat on the fourth floor. Mahad and jamie are next door. We heard a loud bang on the front door. Next thing we know, hes running in telling me, theres a fire, get the kids. Were on the fourth floor. It was the flat next door, that was number 16. Theyre trying their best. He grabbed the towels, wet them, put them on the kids heads and dragged us all out. Grenfell tower in west london has 2a floors with up to six flats on each level, home to around 600 people. Four floors above the fire one resident has stayed up late. I was playing playstation. I was in front of the tv. I kept on smelling like kind of a plastic melting and im thinking, whats the smell . I saw the lights outside my window, the f
Absolutely nothing. And demand to know how could this happen . The disaster of Grenfell Tower and why it should never have happened. Grenfell tower on fire. Fire brigade and everything. Fires spreading up. Look. Whoa, look. Its 1am and the fire has started in a fridge in a flat on the fourth floor. Mahad and jamie are next door. We heard a loud bang on the front door. Next thing we know, hes running in telling me, theres a fire, get the kids. Were on the fourth floor. It was the flat next door, that was number 16. Theyre trying their best. He grabbed the towels, wet them, put them on the kids heads and dragged us all out. Grenfell tower in west london has 2a floors with up to six flats on each level, home to around 600 people. Four floors above the fire one resident has stayed up late. I was playing playstation. I was in front of the tv. I kept on smelling like kind of a plastic melting and im thinking, whats the smell . I saw the lights outside my window, the flashing lights. I saw sm