No sat nav, no compass and certainly no wifi. We speak to one of the sailors who has just finished a three year voyage around the world in a canoe. Hello and welcome to bbc news. 58 people are now presumed dead in the Grenfell Tower fire in west london. And police are warning the death toll is still likely to rise. The bbc understands the number of dead or missing could be around 70. The british Prime Minister, theresa may, has faced criticism over her response to the tragedy. She met with victims and Community Organisers here at downing street. In a Statement After she acknowledged what many local people have been saying for days that the initial response to the fire on wednesday was not good enough. Jeremy cooke reports. In the midsummer heat, Grenfell Tower casts a long shadow. A new dark reality on the london skyline, with the power to shock, and to move. A sight which stops you in your tracks. Too much to take in. Its hard to know what to say, yeah. Its just horrific. We just said
No sat nav, no compass and certainly no wifi. We speak to one of the sailors who has just finished a three year voyage around the world in a canoe. Hello and welcome to bbc news. 58 people are now presumed dead in the Grenfell Tower fire in west london. And police are warning the death toll is still likely to rise. The bbc understands the number of dead or missing could be around 70. The british Prime Minister, theresa may, has faced criticism over her response to the tragedy. She met with victims and Community Organisers here at downing street. In a Statement After she acknowledged what many local people have been saying for days that the initial response to the fire on wednesday was not good enough. Jeremy cooke reports. In the midsummer heat, Grenfell Tower casts a long shadow. A new dark reality on the london skyline, with the power to shock, and to move. A sight which stops you in your tracks. Too much to take in. Its hard to know what to say, yeah. Its just horrific. We just said
No sat nav, no compass and certainly no wifi. We speak to one of the sailors who has just finished a three year voyage around the world in a canoe. Hello and welcome to bbc news. 58 people are now presumed dead in the Grenfell Tower fire in west london. And police are warning the death toll is still likely to rise. The bbc understands the number of dead or missing could be around 70. The british Prime Minister, theresa may, has faced criticism over her response to the tragedy. She met with victims and Community Organisers here at downing street. In a Statement After she acknowledged what many local people have been saying for days that the initial response to the fire on wednesday was not good enough. Jeremy cooke reports. In the midsummer heat, Grenfell Tower casts a long shadow. A new dark reality on the london skyline, with the power to shock, and to move. A sight which stops you in your tracks. Too much to take in. Its hard to know what to say, yeah. Its just horrific. We just said
Police say 58 people are now presumed to have died in the fire at Grenfell Tower in west london. Theyve also said that the death toll is again likely to rise. She has faced criticism over her role in the tragedy, but today, theresa may met victims of the fire at Downing Street amid criticism of the governments handling of the tragedy. The Prime Minister has released a statement acknowledging what many local people have been saying for days, that the response was not good enough. This report is from our correspondent, jeremy cooke. In the midsummer heat, Grenfell Tower casts a long shadow. A new dark reality on the london skyline, with the power to shock, and to move. A sight which stops you in your tracks. Too much to take in. Its hard to know what to say, yeah. Its just horrific. Everyones busy talking, but yet you can just feel a silence. Its really overwhelming. Four days on from disaster, and with every official update, more grim news. Sadly, at this time, there are 58 people who w
Coming up at 10pm, we will have a full round up of the days news but next, it is our world, homeless in hawaii. Hawaiis glamorous image is a Picture Postcard Paradise belies a deep social malaise. We have the highest rates of homelessness per capita in the country which is ironic because we have some of the greatest concentrations of wealth as well. I think it could be a Tempest Building up and that pressure we cant allow to explode. A surge in homelessness is pushing the system to breaking point. Exposing an ugly social divide in the aloha estate. I think we are one of the stronger communities as far as getting together and saying we dont want the homeless in our neighbourhood and we need to be strong and vocal and try to do whatever we can to keep them out. You cant have a Civil Society where its ok for someone to defecate in front of burberries and wipe their backside on the corner of the building. Im sorry all right, it doesnt work. With authorities cracking down on homeless camps,