She was on the news. Its horrible for me to hear that theyre missing, or theyre dead, or theyre in hospital or something. The local community have been leaving messages for loved ones as they try to come to terms with what has happened. Good afternoon from west london. With smoke still rising from the burnt out Grenfell Tower block behind me, we have even seen flames at times, and The Fire Brigade training their hoses on the flames. Relatives are still searching for loved ones. Mps At Westminster have been meeting to ask questions of Government Ministers. How could this happen . The Prime Minister theresa may announced there would be a full Public Inquiry into the blaze. The first victim has been named by his family, Mohammed Alhajali, a 23 year old refugee, who fled from The Civil War In Syria to come here, to what he thought was the safety of the united kingdom. 70 people have been confirmed dead so far. 17 people have been confirmed dead so far. But the London Fire Brigade chief say
More details are emerging about some of the victims who died in the fire. New images of the moments after the fire broke out and tore up the side of the building. In sportsday cristiano ronaldo, the world player of the year, could be leaving real madrid this summer. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at six. Police say that at least 30 people are now confirmed to have died in the fire that engulfed Grenfell Tower behind me in west london. The bbc understands that the total number of people who are dead or missing so far is around 70. There is growing anger at the way the authorities have dealt with the aftermath of the fire. Around 500 protestors have stormed Kensington Town Hall. In the last half hour, the Prime Minister has offered a £5 Million Relief Fund for those affected by the fire. The queen and Prince William have been visiting a Relief Centre which has been helping victims of the fire. Our first report tonight on the latest on the tower block fire, is from our corres
To the bbc news at one. Theresa may has confirmed that a retired high courtjudge, sir Martin Moore Bick, has been chosen to lead the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire. Sir martin this morning promised a vigorous inquiry that gets to the truth and said he understood the desire of local people for justice. The Prime Minister told mps that she expects he will produce an interim report as early as possible into the tragedy, in which 80 people are now presumed to have died. Sir Martin Moore Bick spent 20 years as a judge and is said to be highly respected, but his appointment has been questioned by some. Heres our correspondent richard lister. The family and friends of Tony Dissident gathered for his funeral today, a short distance from Grenfell Tower where he died. With an estimated 80 dead, there will be many more such funerals. Looming over them, questions about why they died, who was to blame, how can others be protected. And this is the man now appointed to find the a nswe is
Thousands of bombs. But what about civilian casualties . Ploughing a new furrow the Herefordshire Farmer who turned his fields into an art gallery. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, concerns grow over the fitness of andy murray ahead of his wimbledon title defence, as the world number one pulls out of an Exhibition Match tomorrow. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Six. Its 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 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 famili
Kent earlier. That is where the best of the sunny spells have been so far. Elsewhere, a lot of cloud out there and some rain to be had. Not too heavy and not too widespread but it isa too heavy and not too widespread but it is a bit dull and damp across the south west of the uk in particular, down towards newquay, some wetter weather and elsewhere, a lot of cloud and pockets of rain. We will see damp weather in the east of scotland. A cool day in aberdeenshire, temperatures not much higher than 12 or 13. Drier in Western Scotland and Northern Ireland but rather cloudy. Outbreaks of rain in northern england, particularly the north east and patchy rain in parts of the midlands and maybe west wales. Temperatures getting into the low 20s in the south east where we have already seen some south east where we have already seen some showers south east where we have already seen some showers and that could turn into the odd thunderstorm but pretty isolated. Still breezy in the south and west wi