Grenfell. The Deputy Prime Minister says it is completely unacceptable that people are still living in homes covered with Dangerous Cladding seven years after the Grenfell Tower fire. Yesterdays final report into the disaster said all 72 deaths were entirely avoidable. The government also wants police and prosecutors to take action as quickly as possible. Criminal charges could include corporate manslaughter. This report this is from jessica lane. Corporate manslaughter. This report is from jessica lane. Survivors and relatives survivors and relatives of those who died Say Theyve of those who died Say Theyve now had apologies and some now had apologies and some answers, but theirfight answers, but Theirfight Forjustice goes on. Forjustice goes on. Antonio and miguel managed antonio and miguel managed to escape the fire. To escape the fire. Miguel and his wife knocked miguel and his wife knocked on doors of five other on doors of five other flats on the 13th floor, flats on the 13th flo
People have been killed and nine others injured in a shooting at a school in georgia, 50 miles north east of atlanta. Police have named a m year old, colt gray, as being the suspect of killing two of his fellow students, and two teachers, at apalachee high school. One eyewitness who lives across from the school described what he saw. Crazy, like it, it looked like. I didn t really pay attention at first, i was like those sound like they were at school, and i look over and the alarm started going off. The school alarms and people were going out around the school. Like, they were doing like the drill, the fire drill stuff. I knew something was seriously wrong then. You don t hear about that happening. You hear about it happening all around the world, but it shows that it can happen anywhere, you know? the local sheriff, jud smith, spoke at a news conference earlier about how the incident will not break the town. I was born and raised here. I went to school in this school system. My kids
French authorities say at least 12 people, including a pregnant woman, have died after a Boat Carrying Dozens of migrants capsized in the english channel. Around 50 people were rescued in an operation involving boats and helicopters. The french coastguard says the boat got into difficulty off Gris Nez at around 6am local time, and everyone on board ended up in the water. An emergency medical Care Centre was set up at Boulogne Sur Mer. The latest Uk Government figures show the number of people crossing the channel in small boats so far this year is 21,403. Thats more than in the same period last year, but fewer than 2022. But in the first six months of 2024, theres been an 18 rise in the number of arrivals, on 2023, and its now clear more migrants are getting onto each boat. An average of 51, with the vast majority, being young men. From Boulogne Sur Mer in northern france, heres andrew harding. French Rescue Helicopters busy once again today, bringing casualties from the sea to the sho
Hello and welcome to Central London when in two hours we will get that second and final report into the Grenfell Tower Fire disaster in which 72 people lost their lives a little over seven years ago. The inquiry has been running more than six years. The culmination of so much work. And, of course, some key people will look for answers and they include bereaved families, families and friends of the 72 people, the survivors of the fire as well as the wider Grenfell Tower community. I spoke to a survivor who told me that while today is important, it will not represent a point of closure for many people who are looking for action, consequences, accountability and a path towards possible prosecution. Some of the bereaved did not want this public inquiry to be the first step. They wanted a Police Investigation to be the first step. They will wait to hear what the chair of the inquiry will say today which might point possibly towards next steps. We will have many Reports Today and keep you up
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