Hello and welcoMe to Bbc Hello and welcoMe to bbc news. Hello and welcoMe to bbc news. You oin us in Central London you join us in Central London outside the building where for more than six years the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower Fire has been taking place. More than seven years on from the Grenfell Tower Disaster which claiMed 72 lives. Theirfamily their family and friends are hoping for answers from this report. SoMe of them did not want this public inquiry to coMe first. They wanted a Police Investigation to coMe first because they want accountability and want answers. They are looking for a path towards potential prosecutions as a result of what happened on that night. We will have lots of reports through the day and will bring you up to the moMent when the second report is published at 11 and we expect to hear from the chair of the inquiry. There will be reaction from the groups, the community groups that forMed in the aftermath of the fire. We expect a stateMent from th
This second part into the fire has just been published. This second part into the Fire Hasjust been published. The report now runs to 1,700 pages. We arejust about report now runs to 1,700 pages. We are just about to hear from the chair. Let us listen in. My the chair. Let us listen in. My report on that series of events was published on the 30th of october 2019. In the second phase of the inquiry, the panel has been investigating the underlining causes of the fire, with a view to identifying when mistakes were and our terms of reference, and partly because, as our investigation has progressed, we uncovered many more matters of concern than we had originally expected. As we discovered, it is not possible properly to understand the causes of the fire without understanding the way in which knowledge of the materials and methods of construction employed in the Refurbishment Development over the course of time. But the government and others learned about them, and how the regulations and g
Findings. But he started by saying that the simple truth is that the deaths that occurred were all avoidable and those that lived in the tower were badly failed. Listening to all of that with me as my colleague, ellie price, and we will talk in more detail now about what Sir Martin said. Thank you forjoining me, and just broadly sum up the findings from today. figs just broadly sum up the findings from today. As You Sa , findings from today. As You Say. There findings from today. As You Say, there were findings from today. As You Say, there were some findings from today. As You Say, there were some of. Findings from today. As you i say, there were some of those key phrases which i think were important to draw out from that report and so martin Moore Bick talked about decades of failure from central government and many of the companies involved and many of those various people and groups and organisations who had a role to play in all of this and even the start of the report talks abou
Some of those serious criticisms that have been published this morning. It was really interesting, the emphasis on deregulation and that was the context for much of what had happened . The criticisms of what had happened . The criticisms of of what had happened . The criticisms of the of what had happened . Tue criticisms of the department for local government as it was. T for local government as it was. ,. , was. I am going to interrupt ou, was. I am going to interrupt you. Apologies you, apologies. Mr speaker, Yesterdays Incident in the channel were shocking and deeply tragic. 0ur shocking and deeply tragic. Our thoughts are with all of those who have lost their lives, and theirfamilies. We must have a renewed determination to end this. Mr speaker, the chair of the Grenfell Tower inquiry, he has today published the inquiry s phase two report, and i know that the whole house will be with the bereaved and the survivors of the Grenfell Tower Tragedy and the residents in the immediate co
Further attacks on Ukraine Today with three children among seven people killed by a russian missile and a Drone Attack on the western city. Yesterday, people were killed by a strike on a ukrainian Army Training Camp and a hospital. It was the single deadliest attack on the war this year. Our Europe Correspondent is there. We know there has been so much suffering on this war but this particular story which has emerged today is horrific. The mother and her three daughters were all killed in their apartment in the early hours of this morning. The dad survived and some very harrowing images have emerged of him bloodied and the welded. This was a city that has largely spared the onslaught of russia, only a0 miles from the polish border, a0 miles from the European Union and Nato Alliance but clearly that was no deterrent from the russians today. Meanwhile in this city, we have been talking to officials who have been trying to make sense and happened and investigate what happened yesterday be