For theresa mays Minority Government, mps will vote on the queens speech later. In half an hours time the culture and Media Secretary will announce whether 21st Century Fox will be allowed to takeover sky. The deal would give Rupert Murdoch total control of the broadcaster. And Dame Katherine grainger, the incoming chair of uk sport, says she has huge concerns about Athlete Welfare. I think there is huge concerns, without a doubt, no one is pretending there isnt. Good morning. Its thursday 29th july. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A retired Court Of Appealjudge, sir Martin Moore Bick, will be appointed to lead the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster. The news comes as police say at least 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, but they dont expect to be able to confirm the final number for at least another six months. This morning the Prime Minister theresa may released a statement on the appointment of sir Martin Moore Bick to lead the inquiry. T
the phone hacking scandal. would the phone hacking scandal. i would just like to say, this is the most humble day of my life. the resulting scandal because the news of the world to close down. i the news of the world to close down. , ., the news of the world to close down. . , the news of the world to close down. ., , down. i feel so appalled by what has down. i feel so appalled by what has happened, - down. i feel so appalled by| what has happened, murder victims, terrorist victims who have had their phones hacked, is quite disgraceful. so have had their phones hacked, is quite disgraceful. is quite disgraceful. so the government is quite disgraceful. so the government reacted - is quite disgraceful. so the government reacted by - is quite disgraceful. so the - government reacted by setting up government reacted by setting up the levenson inquiry. they were the most powerful people in the uk, told to sit in front of a microphone while the world watched online and talked about w
you sure about that? 10096. at the end of the you sure about that? 10096. at the end of the day you sure about that? 10096. at the end of the day nothing - the end of the day nothing changed, from the point of view of the public perception the phone hacking saga ended at some unspecified point after the levenson inquiry. in reality, it wasn t over because lawyers in behalf of the victims were suing to the courts and in covering all sort of evidence. across the next three years mirror group repeatedly refused to make any admission of guilt over hacking. admission of guilt over hacking- admission of guilt over hackinu. ., , hacking. tonight, trinity mirror have hacking. tonight, trinity mirror have repeated - hacking. tonight, trinity| mirror have repeated the statement it has made many times, that its journalists work within the law and within the press complaints code of conduct. shill the press complaints code of conduct. . ~ . conduct. all that changed, due to one journalist
tomorrow, one of the most high profile men in the world is cross examined about the stories about him. just put that into some context for our audience. 1 about him. just put that into some context for our audience. context for our audience. i think eole context for our audience. i think peeple will context for our audience. i think people will remember context for our audience. i think people will remember the - context for our audience. i think - people will remember the levenson inquiry in 2011, which was cut off half way through by a big lobby from the corporate press to a government who conceded for the first time ever, cancelled a public inquiry which is going to be fact finding. leveson. ithink which is going to be fact finding. leveson. i think it is as a result of that that prince harry, but other claimants, are determined to make sure that the courts reach a decision on exactly who did what to whom, and so that is going to be the result of this. the only audience th
19905. going back to the beginning of the 1990s. we have had phone hacking trial, we have got a trial involving mirror group newspapers, but the proceedings here today involve the people who published the daily mail and the mail online and a group of seven high profile names. and it is legal arguments. that legal argument continues. on the one hand associated newspaper say this evidence has been leaked into the public domain because it was originally submitted for the levenson inquiry. that was over 12 years ago. lawyers of associated newspapers say there are laws covering what can happen to that kind of evidence and material. they also say there is a statute of limitations of seven years in which people are supposed to bring these proceedings and that period has passed. for prince harry, eltonjohn and doreen lawrence, they say the evidence is new and there is an overwhelming case anyway because they allege criminality. prince harry has gone as far as calling