In six people died. They face challenges are Fighting Blazes in the high rise block. They said that the firefighters who went into grenfell had not been prepared for what they would need to go through to try and save lives. Joining me now is matt wrack, general secretary of the fire brigades union. Hello. The London Fire brigade has released hello. The London Fire brigade has released a hello. The London Fire brigade has released a press hello. The London Fire brigade has released a press delete i has released a press delete that statement but has not made themselves available to interview. What you think about that . ,. ,. , that . That is for them to answer that . That is for them to answer. We that . That is for them to answer. We do that . That is for them to answer. We do not that . That is for them to | answer. We do not speak that . That is for them to answer. We do not speak for them and obviously, there are debates and criticism. Im debates and criticism. Im askin debates and
Know, for the 72 people, the community and i think, if were honest, for the whole country. If you are living in a Block Thatis if you are living in a block that is dangerous today, how do you feel when you hear about what is happening in catford right now, how do you feel when you hear about dagenham . And the fact that there was advice, there was warning and there were guidelines. None of them were guidelines. None of them were taken on and that is 72 people dead and the community traumatised. Traumatised. Thank you very much. Appreciate traumatised. Thank you very much. Appreciate your much. Appreciate your experience talking about this. You are watching Bbc News. It was the worst disaster of its kind in modern british history for set more than seven years on, the Public Inquiry into the fire that destroyed Grenfell Tower has published its second and final report. The conclusions are damning. The Blaze Injune 2017 which was the result of decades of failure is. Fear is by successful g
Deeply sorry. Are here to serve. And i am deeply sorry are here to serve. And i am deeply sorry. The 1700 page Re Ort deeply sorry. The 1700 Page Report comes deeply sorry. The 1700 Page Report comes seven deeply sorry. The 1700 Page Report comes seven years i deeply sorry. The 1700 page i report comes seven years after the fire took the lives of 72 people. Families have said they were failed by dishonesty. We aid the were failed by dishonesty. We paid the price of Systematic Dishonesty, institutional indifference and neglect. And indifference and neglect. And in other news, indifference and neglect. And in other news, Priti Indifference and neglect. fific in other news, Priti Patel has been eliminated in the first Voting Round of the conservative leadership contest, while robertjenrick comes top of the ballot. You join us youjoin us in you join us in The Shadow of Grenfell Tower, very familiar to most people, of course, that green heart at the top of the building, saying, grenfell, f
More people try to make the perilous crossing in small boats on the channel, despite 12 people dying yesterday. The bbc learns the State Pension is set for an above Inflation Rise, up £400 a year. Getting every last ounce out of herself to claim the gold medal. And what a storied career its been for Dame Sarah Storey, winning her 18th lifetime paralympic gold. And coming up on Bbc News the british Number One Jack Draper is about to step on court for arguably one of the biggest matches of his career. Hes taking on Alex De Minaur in the quarterfinals of the us open. Good evening from Grenfell Tower in West London, still standing but covered up since the devastating fire that broke outjust after midnight onjune 1a, 2017. The flames were so fierce it took firefighters more than 2a hours to get the fire under control. 72 people died. Dozens more were injured. For more than seven years, survivors and victims families have been and victims families have been waiting to find out exactly what
Welcome to the World Today, an hour of international news from the bbc. We begin here in london. In June 2017 a debit sitting fire broke out at the Grenfell Tower. 72 people died and dozens more were Injured. For more than seven years, families and survivors have been waiting to find out what went wrong and today they finally got answers from the public inquiry. It says the people killed in the fire were failed it on the Server Level by successive governments, companies and the authorities, through incompetence, honesty and greed. All of the debts were avoidable to now the families of those who died wantjustice. All the deaths were avoidable. 0ur Report is from tom symonds. It includes images of Grenfell Tower on fire. There have been seven years of mornings over grenfell with no definitive answers to the question, why did this happen . Today was different. But this is how it all began. A fridge caught fire, the owner called 999 then got out, then turned on his camera. 31 minutes later