Its been a Long Time Coming but its the first step to the truth and i feel relieved, and its the first step to the truth and ifeel relieved, and my its the first step to the truth and i feel relieved, and my faith its the first step to the truth and ifeel relieved, and my faith in its the first step to the truth and i feel relieved, and my faith in the judge has been restored. We will hear more from mahad egal, this morning our guests will give us their reaction to this key finding, that more lives would have been savedif that more lives would have been saved if residents had been told to flee the burning building rather than to stay in their homes. We will hear from firefighters too later. This is what london fire chief dany cotton told the inquiry. I wouldnt change anything we did on the night. I think, without exception, my firefighters, my officers and my control staff performed in a fantastic way, given the incredible circumstances they were faced against. The inquiry has criticis
In other news, englands fracking industry has been much slower than expected to get up and running a report says low Public Acceptance is partly to blame. Turkey and russia have agreed what they say is an Historic Deal aimed at keeping Kurdish Forces away from syrias border with turkey. A generation of young people with special Education Needs are being failed a report by mps suggests bureaucracy and a lack of funding is tearing familes apart and in sport, it was a five star night for the english clubs in the Champions League as harry kane revives tottenhams qualification hopes, Raheem Sterling scores a hat trick as Manchester City beat atalanta. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Downing street has signalled that borisjohnson will step up his efforts to force a general election, if eu leaders approve an extension to brexit of up to three months. It comes after last nights commons votes where mps first voted in favour of the governments Withdrawal Agreement bill, but the
Approved the bell in principle. They centre for us. And festivals and very sad news from the world of said we could not open the paralympics . Yes, this is a story Withdrawal Agreement and we did they which the bbc has covered right from said we could not get rid of the backstop and we did, and they said the start, the belgian wheelchair racer was the 100 metres champion in we could not get a new deal and we did. Questions about the questions 2012, silver medallist in rio in questions about fracking. As a 2016, so come on the surface, a watchdog raises concerns. I have the successful para athlete, 2016, so come on the surface, a successful pa ra athlete, but 2016, so come on the surface, a successful para athlete, but what many people did not see was the sport with jane to go. Some sad co nsta nt many people did not see was the constant excruciating pain suffered by Marieke Vervoort every single day. She said that she had actually signed euthanasia papers as far back as 2018 because sh
Was found. In the last minute or so, it has been driven away from here by police who say they want to take it toa police who say they want to take it to a secure location so that the bodies can be identified and in time removed, with respect and dignity. More from ben in a moment and well be talking to a former head of the uk border force. The other main stories on bbc news at 5pm. The Prime Minister goes to meet the labour leader to try to agree a timetable for a brexit deal after mps backed the plan, but rejected the three day limit on debate. They said that we couldnt open the withdrawal agreement, and we did. They said we couldnt get rid of the backstop, and we did. They said we couldnt get a new deal, mr speaker, and we did and donald trump has said he will lift the sanctions he imposed on turkey, following its military action against the syrian kurds. Its 5pm our main story is the discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry container in essex. The vehicle, which is thought to have crossed
Our reputation within europe and the rest of the world would be that we are quite weak and indecisive. Manufacturing is all about getting the fine details right. If only they could precision engineer a solution to brexit. Phil mackie, bbc news, smethwick. Time for a look at the weather. Heres darren bett. The prospects look better for this weekend. We have cloud bringing with it grey skies and rain and drizzle but further north the cloud is breaking up and we are seeing some sunshine and showers. We can see the mixture on the satellite. The cloud is being pushed down toward southern parts where it will stay damp for much of the afternoon. We have showers further north where temperatures are pretty much where they were yesterday but it is a chilly day across southern areas. We could get one or two showers at old trafford later. The showers become fewer overnight and the wind direction changes. Most places become dry. It will be cooler than last night. We are drawing down some cooler air