Combustible cladding is found on 11 tower blocks in england. A premier inn says its extremely concerned about three of its hotels. There is still sniper fire going there is still sniperfire going on. Welcome to raqqa, the capital of a caliphate under siege. Inside a city engulfed in violence as so called Islamic State struggles to hold on to raqqa, we have a Special Report from the front line. In sport, The Young Lions win a game. The under 2is are into the semi finals of their european championship, after brushing aside the hosts poland. 135,000 people descend on worthy farm as the Glastonbury Festival gets under way with heightened security. What will the weather be like . The good news is there will be a lot of dry weather through the next three days, but there will be a bit of rain and that sums up the forecast as we go into the weekend. All the details in the next 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Around Three Million eu nationals living in the uk will be allowed to
This is a fair and serious offer. That is a first step but this step is not sufficient. The development of the new Nuclear Power station at Hinckley Point in somerset is described as risky and expensive by the Public Spending Watchdog. Also a strain on police after recent Terror Attacks. Police chiefs say theyd struggle to deal with any future serious public disorder, due to cuts in their budgets. And 77 not out, but Test Match Special cricket commentator, henry blofeld, decides to finally call it a day and hang up his mic. Good morning. Its friday, 26thjune. 23rd june. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. In the last few minutes, the police have said that the cladding and insulation on the Grenfell Tower block has failed safety tests designed to see how quickly they catch fire. At least 79 people died, or are missing presumed dead, in the fire at the toiwer block last week. The police also confimed that the fire started in a faulty fridge and that there is a possibility of Manslaughter Charg
Police charge 47 year old Darren Osborne with terrorism related murder over the attack outside Finsbury Park mosque. Gary haggarty a former loyalist Paramilitary Commander Turned Supergrass pleads guilty to 200 charges, including five murders. And mark kermode gives his verdict on the latest Transformers Film and other releases in the film review at 5. 45. Our main story at five detectives investigating the Grenfell Tower fire say they are considering a number of possible criminal offences including manslaughter after revealing that the cladding on the building has failed initial fire safety tests. Scotland yard has also confirmed that the fire thought to have killed at least 79 people started in a hotpoint Fridge Freezer. The government has ordered an immediate examination of the unit by technical experts to establish what went wrong but says there is no reason to believe there is a generalfault. Fourteen buildings across the country are now known to have cladding which gives cause fo
The issue a list of demands in a growing crisis. Welcome to World Leaders today. More than 800 hollings in tower blocks on a Council Estate in camden, north london are being evacuated because of safety concern. Camden council says residents in flat in five towers and the Chalcots Estate will be moved for urgent safety work. It follows the fire in last week in which 79 people died. The last few minutes, we have heard from georgia gould, leader of camden council. She explained why the decision has been made. Ever since the tragic fire at grenfell, we have done everything we can to check the safety of our blog. On wednesday we were first in the queue to check the cladding on our blocks. What we found was the installation was safe but the external cladding was not up to the standard that we wanted and was not fire retardant. Obviously this was very disappointed and we share that disappointment with our residents. Weve had a Public Meeting on thursday with residents were they concerned abou
Welcome to bbc news. The Democratic Unionist Party has agreed the terms of a deal to support theresa mays minority conservative government. The deal involves more than a billion pounds of extra spending in Northern Ireland on health, education and infrastructure. The first ministers of scotland and wales have condemned the deal in the strongest terms calling it cash for votes. Theresa may has also been accused of undermining the search for stable government in Northern Ireland as our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. 18 days since the election, nearly three weeks of waiting, a political lifetime for the Prime Minister. Deal or no deal, mrs foster . But the dup, power on their side, have been taking their time. Notjust friends but this a snap of a political family now. A deal agreed at the Cabinet Table no less. We also share the desire to ensure a strong government that is able to put through its programme. A strong government . Well, less wobbly perhaps. The Northern Irish pa