In the hour on bbc news. Three days before the defence of his title, murray puts in the practice at wimbledon as he tries to shake off a hip injury. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. In the last half hour the leader of kensington and Chelsea Council, the borough where the Grenfell Tower fire happened, has resigned. Nicholas paget brown said he had to accept responsibility for his role in the response to the fire, and in particular for the decision to ban the public and press from a Council Meeting last night. The bbc has also obtained documents that show that cheaper, less fire resistant cladding was chosen for the tower block. 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, and there is no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety. Kensington and Chelsea Council says safety would not have been compromised in order to manage budgets. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds has more. Where you pressured by number 10 to resign . The pressure simply
Edition of reporters. In this Special Edition we look back at some of the best reports from this year from the network of correspondents around the world. Coming up stand off in the skies above the South China Sea as we fly over one of the most contested areas in the world, incurring the wrath of the chinese. The captain has said we are a civilian air craft but it made no difference whatsoever they just repeated that threat to leave the area over and over again. Tiny victims of yemens forgotten war, we find starving children in desperate need of aid. They have fever and diarrhoea and without medicine he passed away. Under fire on ukraines frontline, tom burridge and his team reach one of the conflicts most volatile hotspots where the fragile ceasefire has collapsed. Make no mistake, it can cost you your life. Ian pannell reports from Barack Obamas former hometown and finds gun crime is out of control. And battle of the sexes. We meet the moroccan warrior women taking on and beating the
Against the food Delivery Firm to claim better employment rights. Ill be looking at what impact it could have. In sport Mixed Emotions for Runnerjo Pavey Ten Years After finishing fourth at the World Championships, shes to receive a bronze medal after an athlete is disqualified for doping. National kitchens was set up 100 yea rs National Kitchens was set up 100 years ago when world war i. The idea was you got a decent meal for a small price. Should it be brought back, there are some who think it should i will speak to them today. And matt is in bedfordshire with the forecast this morning. Iam i am talking about the results of the Big Garden Bird watch. News on that and a day ahead coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. Plans to Make Britain An independent, sovereign nation will be published this morning just one day after theresa may started the process of brexit. The great repeal bill will outline how the government plans to repatriate more than a0 years worth of powers from
Harder to solve the Productivity Puzzle . Im in devon this morning to find out. In sport, the best of the nights premier League Action including Zlatan Ibrahimovics injury time penalty which saves the day for Manchester United. 50 years on from the Summer Of Love and the release of sergeant peppers, we ask if, in the words of the beatles, things have been Getting Better. It cant get no worse, as the beatles said in 1967 and carol has the weather. A chilly start with A Touch Of Frost, but there is sunshine around. More Cloud Building from the north west, with the winds easing in the far north west of is sunderland. Good morning. First, our main story the Un Security Council will hold an Emergency Session later to discuss a suspected Chemical Attack in syria, which is reported to have killed at least 58 people, many of them children. Washington has accused the assad regime of barbarism, but officials in Damascus Have denied using Chemical Weapons. The us, britain and france have called o