been evacuated this year, because of concerns about fire safety or cladding panels. in the wake of the grenfell tower disaster in london, almost 4,000 tower blocks are under scrutiny. phil hendry reports. all wrapped up for christmas, and the hammers ring out. for residents of these south london flats, a white christmas takes the form of protective plastic sheeting, while their cladding panels are stripped and replaced. as first time buyer sitara sorts out her presents, there s another presence that keeps on giving. talking about workmen stuff straight outside your bedroom window from first thing in the morning until the very end of the day. i can t even think about christmas, to be honest. i m going to be probably leaving the flat for as long as possible. the building s management are apologetic, offering compensation and to buy back many of the 270 flats. as we approach the seventh year since the grenfell tower fire, there are now nearly 4000 blocks of flats identified as h
order to reduce the rights of people to claim and to thwart their removal. the bbc is to speak to one of its highest paid presenters after he criticised the government s immigration plans on social media hello this is bbc news, the un secretary general, antonio guterres is in ukraine to hold talks with president zelensky about the continued export of ukrainian grain. brokered by the united nations and turkey lastjuly, and secured with russia, the deal enabled the shipping of ukrainian grain from odesa via the black sea, through the bosphorus strait in istanbul. but, now the deal is due for renewal and russia has signalled before it agrees to an extension it wants more done to lift curbs on its own agricultural ports. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in kyiv and explains why russia might be hestitant on signing off the deal renewal this grain deal that allows some grain to pass through the black sea from ukraine through to the world markets is actually two agreeme