a funeral for the first victim to be named in the grenfell tower disaster a syrian refugee looking for a better life. quality time with the kids but memories of the baby they lost a new report on poor maternity care. mercury rising it s the hottestjune day for over a0 years but watch out for the storms to come. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, we ll round up all the news from the second day of royal ascot, and a prompt arrival by the queen after the state opening of parliament. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. this may be a queen s speech that will be remembered for what s missing rather than what s being proposed. gone are the prime minister s ambitions for big changes at home. instead the legislative programme read out by the queen was dominated by brexit. so let s look at what s in the queen s speech. there are are eight brexit bills in total. other bills include one to tackle domestic violence and abuse. and another to give the go ahead to
buckinghamshire. she disputed the legality of that decision. it eventually got to the court of appeal and sir martin moore bick gave the leading judgment. he had to review the decision making process by westminster city council had gone to and determine whether it was lawful. he did that and decided it was lawful. the case then went to the supreme court and he was unanimously overruled. it has to be borne in mind that he was looking at the process. in a judicial review, you are looking at the decision making process. so it is perhaps a little unfair to point in his direction and say he may have a particular set of views about vulnerable families. but it is a case that has upset some. on who is the ideal type of person to lead a public inquiry? i can tell you what you need in terms of qualities. you need what he certainly has. his intellect is beyond question. you need a big brain. this is going to bea need a big brain. this is going to be a huge inquiry. there will be a vast
to the author paula mcgrath about her novel a history of running away. good evening and welcome to bbc news. it s only a few hours since theresa may named the judge who will chair the grenfell tower inquiry and already sir martin moore bick is facing questions about whether his brief is wide ranging enough. sir martin promised a vigorous inquiry into what caused the fire and how it spread so quickly with such fatal consequences. but many local residents, some of whom met the judge this afternoo, of whom met the judge this afternoon, say they want to know who should be held responsible for the disaster. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. away from the debate about the number of deaths and the risk from cladding, dozens of families are morning. dozens of families are mourning. relatives of tony disson laid him to rest today, close to the tower. relatives of tony disson laid to rest today, close to the tower. and this is the man facing the task of explaining t
end takes joanna konta into the next round at wimbledon. and coming up on bbc news. we ll have all the latest from a big day for the british players at the all england club. join me for wimbledon sportsday at 6:30. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. knife crime is now one of the greatest challenges facing police forces across the country. in fact, the knife is britain s number one murder weapon. the figures are all the more shocking because increasingly both victims and perpetrators are young children and teenagers. last year nearly 32,500 knife crimes were committed in england and wales. that figure was up 14% on the previous year. senior police officers say there needs to be a change in attitudes and behaviour. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, has been on police patrol in birmingham and met some of those working to end knife culture. a summer evening in birmingham and the force response teams from west midlands police are dealing with dozens of em
the rising tide of knife crime in britain now the number one murder weapon it s being carried by growing numbers of children. we need to step right back to nine year olds, eight year olds, and guide them in a better direction, and that s all over the uk. plugging into the future volvo becomes the first carmaker to ditch petrol and diesel only cars. and a straight sets win for andy murray takes him through to the 3rd round at wimbledon. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: warren gatland keeps faith with his 15. the lions coach names an unchanged team for their deciding test against the all blacks on saturday. good evening. the american ambassador to the united nations has described north korea s latest missile test as a clear and sharp military escalation one that has made the world a more dangerous place. it has been confirmed that the intercontinental ballistic missile fired by north korea for the first time yesterday, could have a range of more than 3000 miles