An Inquiry Finds that senior figures in the Church Of England colluded with disgraced former bishop peter ball who abused young men tributes are paid to makram ali named as the man who died in the Finsbury Park Terror Attack. And prince harry tells an american magazine that no one in the royal family wants to be king or queen but they do it for The Greater Good. And boys at a school in Devon Wear Skirts to lessons in protest at not being allowed to put on shorts in the heatwave. Our main story at five local authorities around the uk are checking the cladding on high rise buildings, 600 of them in england alone, because of concern about the cause of the Grenfell Tower fire in which 79 people died. So far, tests have found the cladding on seven buildings is combustible. The tests are on going with samples from tower blocks all over the country being sent in for testing 100 samples can be processed a day. The Prime Minister told the commons that steps were being taken to make the affected buildings safe and to inform residents. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. An unimaginable tragedy. That is how the Prime Minister described the fire at g re nfell tower. But was it an avoidable tragedy . And are tenants in other tower blocks at risk . Many politicians as well as the wider public dont want to wait for a public enquiry for answers. Local councils estimate that 600 high rise buildings like grenfell have some form of cladding, and tests are now taking place to find out how many have been covered in material that potentially could go up in flames. Mr speaker, shortly before i came to the chamber i was informed that a number of these tests have come back as combustible. The relevant local authorities and local Fire Services have been informed and as i speak they are taking all possible steps to ensure buildings are safe and to inform affected residents. The bbc has seen e mails sent to residents in this block in haringey in north london, telling them that the cladding here is similar to Grenfell Tower. But the flats do have other Safety Systems in place including sprinklers. In nearby camden the council is already removing similar cladding from five tower blocks which they say doesnt meet the standards they have asked for, and are taking legal advice. Labours calling for cash to be made available to be made available to councils who want to follow suit. There is obviously a huge cost involved in removing and three cladding blocks that are found to have Flammable Materials included in them. That resources, that money must be made available immediately because it is a huge job of work. But while precautions are being taken now some Opposition Politicians accused the government of being too slow to act on recommendations from four years ago following this fatal fire at Lakanal House in south london. The coroner in 2013 said that those deaths were avoidable, that there should have been sprinklers, that there should have been change in the fire instructions, that there should be greater supervision of contracts and fire inspection. The coroner did not, as i understand it, say that there should be sprinklers in every one of these types of properties. But what is important is, because what underpinned what she was saying was the necessity of making sure that People Living in similar blocks are able to feel reassured about their safety. Here in kensington the most senior official in the local authority has resigned. This was welcomed at westminster, while the council was criticised for a slow response to the crisis. The Prime Minister wants to see swift recommendations from the forthcoming public enquiry, but Grenfell Tower appears to be becoming something of a political symbol of inequality, and a new consensus seems to be emerging here in the House Of Commons that more priority should be given to people who live in rented housing. We have to learn those lessons, to make sure this tragedy is a Turning Point in our whole attitude and never again do people died needlessly in a towering inferno, living in poverty, surrounded by a sea of prosperity. Long after the tv cameras have gone and the world has moved on, that the legacy of this awful tragedy be that we resolved never to forget these people and instead to clear our policies and our thinking towards making their lives better and bringing them into the political process. But more immediately the government needs to reassure tenants across the country that their safety is paramount. Ian watson, bbc news, westminster. In a moment well speak to our chief Political Correspondent vicki young in westminster. But first to west london and our correspondent simon jones. Simon, what is the community, what has been their reaction to what the Prime Minister said earlier . One message i am getting above all is this is all too little too late. Theresa may made that statement partly to try to reassure people here that everything was now being done to help them, to support them, to find new homes for those that need it, but it was also aimed at the country as a whole, people who live in high rise blocks who are concerned about their safety, the reassurance that checks are taking place and those checks are going to be quick. But this is a community that very much needs its confidence rebuilt. When you look around on the walls around here there are posters of the faces of people who are missing, now presumed dead. 0ne of the faces of people who are missing, now presumed dead. One man cycled past looked at the faces and said, god bless them all. Another mani said, god bless them all. Another man i spoke to lost five of his close family in the fire, both his pa rents, close family in the fire, both his parents, two brothers and a sister. He told me that he welcomes the fact that now checks are being made on other buildings but he feels it should have been done a long time ago. Obviously, if there is dangerous cladding like this building had on it, that needs to immediately be removed and looked at, because there shouldnt be more lives lost like this because each and every life is dear to all of us, including myself. So i dont want any more people to get hurt in the process or lose their lives over something that can be done to prevent stuff like this from happening. 0ne resident gave us some footage of meeting theresa may attended here in this area yesterday evening. She spoke with some of the relatives and then afterwards he showed us what happened as she left the building. Booing a small but vocal group here. The man who filmed the footage that he had not been invited to the meeting. He did not know who exactly had gone. He said most in the community did not know she was there. But when they saw the Prime Minister once again visiting they wanted to make their feelings known. A again visiting they wanted to make theirfeelings known. A sign again visiting they wanted to make their feelings known. A sign once again of how bruised this community is feeling and how the government really needs to reach out and convince them that it is doing everything it can. 0ur chief Political Correspondent vicki young is in westminster. I suppose part of that attempts to show not just the i suppose part of that attempts to show notjust the community but the country that the government is doing everything it can, was that statement from the Prime Minister . That is right. She has apologised for the Immediate Reaction on the ground, saying it was a failure of local and central government. She cant change that now, she has to carry on and show she is in control of the situation. She herself has been sharing some of the emergency meetings, they are trying to make sure money is getting to the people that need it, also trying to make sure they are housed as quickly as possible. I think in many ways they are trying not to pre empt the public enquiry, but because it is such an urgent situation you count up such an urgent situation you count up the possibility of thousands of people in unsafe buildings, so that is why they have asked local councils to look at the high rise blocks they have in their area, to sendin blocks they have in their area, to send in samples for testing. Today we have had an update on matt, English Councils estimating there may be 600 high rise blocks that have cladding of some kind, we now know that seven of those have come back showing they have combustible material in them. We do not know is how many have been tested. We do not know if it is seven out of seven or a lot more have been tested and some are ok. So what they are trying to do is reassure residents, they will be told first if there is a problem than Fire Safety Officers will assess the situation to see if the building is unsafe and the government and the Prime Minister are saying if there is a problem then these people will be re housed. But also that they will do everything they can to make sure residents are safe. Thank you. As weve been hearing, cladding is being urgently removed from five tower blocks in the london borough of camden. The council said the panels installed during a 2006 refurbishment were not to the standard commissioned by the local authority and are understood to contain aluminium with a polyethylene core. Council leader Georgia Gould says her First Priority is to ensure the safety of the residents. My understanding is that we commissioned Fire Retardant cladding. Obviously, in light of all of this we will have to do a review of everything that took place. But that is our understanding. And we feel really let down that that is not what is on this building. And your tenants as well . Absolutely. I think that we never felt the need to take off these panels, take them to an independent Testing Centre to watch them burn. We thought we were dealing with Reputable Companies and we feel let down and our tenants feel let down. My absolute priority is to make sure that our tenants feel safe, which is why we are putting in place the 24 7 fire wardens and why we are acting quickly to take down those extra panels. That is the leader of camden council. Lets talk now to iain duncan smith. You have some fairly firm ideas on what you think the enquiry into the g re nfell what you think the enquiry into the grenfell disaster should look into. Cani grenfell disaster should look into. Can Ijust Grenfell Disaster should look into. Can i just say that my grenfell disaster should look into. Can ijust say that my heart grenfell disaster should look into. Can i just say that my heart and prayers go out to those who have suffered and continue to suffer in this. We want to make sure that whatever we do helps them and helps those tenants who live in the area and have been badly affected. The point i was making today was that i have for some time a deep concern about what we are trying to do when we try to make these old tower blocks that were designed, arguably, badly, they now have to be clad because the environmental requirements mean they have to have much higher levels of environmental protection, in other words not losing heat all being able to use less heat inside those buildings to make them work, and the problem is in doing that at great expense what actually we are doing is almost making these things less safe, as they were before. The question is lots of councils have already taken decisions about taking these blocks down and many say the real problem with this, and i have yet to meet residents who wants to be housed in a tower block, and i asked if it is at all possible for the enquiry to widen its remit a little to ask a very serious question about whether oi very serious question about whether or not it is not feasible any longer to continue with these kind of tower blocks and the position should be that we should start looking to bring them down and build more Family Friendly housing, which is being done in other cities elsewhere around the world. But there are 4000 of these tower blocks. That would ta ke of these tower blocks. That would take a long time and it would mean building a lot of homes very quickly to replace them. Some of the tower blocks that have been built more recently have already built into them much better Environmental Concerns and better fire them much better Environmental Concerns and betterfire protection. The problem is with these old blocks that were built out of concrete and built in the 1970s, perhaps even as early as 1960s. My main concern is that in a sense we need to rethink the way housing works and get it back to a position of being much closer to what families want and need which is to have housing. But certainly if they are blocks of flats, they should be lower, to allow them to feel like there is a smaller community. The centre for socialjustice is now undergoing a big review which will bring in all parties and all experts to look at whether or not it is now feasible to embark ona whether or not it is now feasible to embark on a programme that says in the longer term we want to try to get social housing, housing generally, back to that level of humanity which is necessary for people to feel part of a community and be able to take control of something they have a part of and a sta ke something they have a part of and a stake in. If the enquiry goes into all of that, with the best will in the world, it will take longer and people want this particular enquiry to come up with answers very quickly. There is nothing to stop them having a series of reports. Interim reports that deal with absolute safety, we are already hearing that some of these blocks that have been clad for environmental requirements turned out not to have been clad with the right material. If it was, now it is tested maybe this material is not protecta ble tested maybe this material is not protectable as it should be. That pa rt protectable as it should be. That part can be done and should be done asa part can be done and should be done as a priority with no delays. What i am asking for is that we think more carefully a nd am asking for is that we think more carefully and we look at this in a wider sense, about where do we honestly think we need social housing to be, at what level, have we lost the element of what i call the Human Connection to this, that these tower blocks, many very tall indeed, and often in these areas the lifts break, you find people who are older are Trudging Upstairs to try to get to them, all sorts of difficulties. I question if this is the right way. I also question the density issue. If you look at central paris they do not have those blocks and their density is higher than ours. One quick question, to what extent do you share the criticism there has been of the conservative government and the conservative government and the conservative council in their response to this disaster . We have seen response to this disaster . We have seen pictures of the last few minutes a game of the Prime Minister being heckled on a visit to west london yesterday by members of the community. I stand completely with the Prime Ministers statement which is that she said she is in charge, the government are in charge, the local authority did not manage to control this event as it should be, the government should have stepped in earlier, perhaps, she takes responsibility, she was to make sure the residents are housed, she was to get the money to them, that they get the full support, Mental Health support, all that that she talked about. I absolutely have bought that. It is the right statement to make and the right decision to take and we need to make this right rather than go around playing politics with it. The point is the residents need to know action is taken. I think that is the least we can do to ensure this never happens again. Thank you. This is bbc news at 5 the headlines tests are carried out on the cladding on 600 high rise blocks across england following the grenfell tragedy. Theresa may joins european Theresa Mayjoins European Leaders for a Theresa Mayjoins European Leaders fora summit in Theresa Mayjoins European Leaders for a summit in brussels. She wants to discuss plans to protect the rights of eu citizens living abroad. An Inquiry Finds that senior figures in the Church Of England colluded with disgraced former bishop peter ball who abused young men and in sport, big orange beats the favourite for the ascot cup by a nostril in the big race on ladies day. Crystal palace are looking to go dutch. Crystal palace are set to go dutch for their new manager, with Frank De Boer saying they are his preferred option. And ireland have been handed Test Playing Status by the International Cricket council. Afghanistan have also been elevated, raising the number of countries competing to 12. I will have more on those stories at half past five. The Prime Minister is in brussels to meet eu leaders for the First Time Since she lost her parliamentary majority in the general election. Brexit will be discussed and theresa may is expected to offer certainty to eu nationals living in the uk. The president of the european council, donald tusk, said he dreams that brexit may not happen. 0ur europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas is in brussels. Bring us up to date with the latest. The very latest is that we have been hearing from task and jonker, there will be no negotiation with theresa may at this summit when she stands up may at this summit when she stands up to talk about citizen rights, they said this is not a forum for that, there are negotiators who will deal with those things. So the leaders here will not engage with her. They will simply sit at dinner, listened politely, not respond. She will then leave the room until they have the brexit negotiation. She was asked when she arrives what she was planning to say. This is what she said. Today i will be setting out the uks plans, particularly on how we propose to protect the rights of eu citizens and uk citizens as we leave the European Union. There will also be other important issues on the agenda such as counter terrorism. We will be setting out how we propose to protect those rights. Eu leaders will be watching very closely because they have set out their stall weeks ago, up and offered to protect all existing rights for life for citizens on both sides. They want to see will theresa mays offer come in below that. The fear is if she does it could make negotiations difficult. In the last few minutes i was in Angela Merkels press c0 nfe re nce , few minutes i was in Angela Merkels Press Conference, she said she favoured all right is being protected. Emmanuel macron in his press c0 nfe re nce protected. Emmanuel macron in his Press Conference right now, said he would write to hear what theresa may would write to hear what theresa may would say. And we have also had a trading of Beatles Lines donald tusk said on the issue of could it be reversed, he said he was a dreamer. And jean claude younger said let it be. There was also lots of elevated rhetoric about europe and tough negotiators and so one from the Prime Minister. Has it been awkward for her being there and has it made any difference to the reception she has had . I dont think so. What we have heard from many different leaders coming in today, two things, on the one hand regrets, almost all of them say they regret brexit, they do not think it is a good idea. The dutch Prime Minister said he believes the uk will suffer seriously, its economy, its exchange rate, and that will impact on other countries like the netherlands. But the second thing we have heard also, they want to get on with it. The eu leaders, the dutch Prime Minister and others saying they want to hear the specific proposals the uk has an move on with negotiations. I think they understand the political realities, they want to deal with the political consequences and move on. From their Point Of View it is worth saying brexit is a tiny part of this summit, it is not the main thing, it will be half an hour of discussion over and during dinner. The rest of discussion is half a day today, half a day tomorrow, all about bigger issues, terrorism, security, international trade, the future of the eu. Brexit is a small issue for these leaders at the moment. An independent review has found that senior figures in the Church Of England colluded with a former bishop who was convicted of abusing young men. Peter ball, whos now 85, was jailed in 2015 for Historical Sex Offences against 18 teenagers and young men. 0ur religious Affairs Correspondent Martin Bashir reports. A bishop for 15 years, who claimed to be a close friend of the prince of wales, peter balls Fall From Grace was sealed two years ago. Any message for the victims . Im really very, very sorry. When he admitted to 18 Sexual Offences against young men and served 16 months in prison. But todays review, led by the former head of camden council, dame moira gibb, focuses on the churchs management of peter ball when the allegations first surfaced in 1992, and he stood down as bishop of gloucester. Entitled an abuse of faith, dame moira says the Church Colluded with ball rather than seeking to help those he harmed. We conclude that the churchs response to balls misconduct over a period of many years was lamentable by any standard. In reality, colluding with balls ambition to protect and promote himself rather than seeking to help those hed harmed or assuring the safety of others. The report is particularly critical of lord carey, who was archbishop of canterbury at the time. It says he received seven letters following balls initial arrest, and failed to pass them to the police. He also chose not to put balls name on the lambeth list, a catalogue of clergy about whom there were serious questions about their suitability for ongoing ministry. I am truly sorry that as a church we failed the survivors of the abuse perpetrated by bishop peter ball. Having read the report, i am appalled and deeply disturbed by its contents. As dame moira says in her foreword, peter ball, abused boys and men over a 20 year period and as a church we colluded, we failed to act and protect those who came forward for help. There are no excuses. We understand the current archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has written to lord carey asking him to consider his position as Honorary Assistant Bishop in the diocese of oxford. It is lord careys only remaining position within the Church Of England. Martin bashir, bbc news, at church house in london. The man who died at the scene of the Terrorist Attack in Finsbury Park in north london on monday has been named as 51 year old makram ali from haringey. His family have been paying tribute. Our home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford sent us this update from scotland yard. Makram ali, the only person to have died on the attack on sunday night going into Monday Morning, being formally named by the police today. A 51 year old who moved to this country aged ten from bangladesh. A man who had four daughters, two sons and two grandchildren. A man who suffered from a weak leg and who had collapsed on his way back from pairs in the early hours of Monday Morning collapsed on his way back from prayers in the early hours of Monday Morning and was being looked after by some fellow worshippers, chatting to them, expressing his desire to get home to the house in the next street when the white van ploughed into him, injuring many of the worshippers and unfortunately killing him. He died of multiple injuries. His family today describing how devastated they are at his last. His daughter, speaking on behalf of the family. We wish everyone to know what a lovely man he was. He spent his whole life without any enemies, choosing a quiet life instead. We as a family have always believed that the actions of one person cannot be a reflection of a whole people. And i have no doubt that our father would not wish for there to be any retaliation. And the police are asking for anybody who store that for anybody who saw that distinctive white van with a yellow logo on it over the weekend that led up to the attack and also anybody who knows their main suspect and has spoken to him in recent weeks to also come forward. A 47 year old man, darren 0sborne, is still in custody but has not yet been charged. The population of the uk has seen its sharpest increase in nearly 70 years. Official figures show a rise of more than half a Million People over the last year, bringing the total to an estimated 65. 6 million. Its thought the change has been driven by immigration but also more births and fewer deaths. Workers in three railfirms are to stage a series of fresh strikes next month in bitter disputes over work conditions. Members of the rail, maritime and transport union on southern, merseyrail and Arriva Rail North say they will walk out for between one and three days in the coming weeks. The industrial action comes amid a long running dispute over driver only trains. Single parents with children under two have won a high Court Challenge against the governments controversial benefit cap after a judge ruled that real misery is being caused to no good purpose. The cap, introduced in november last year, reduced total Household Benefits from 26 thousand pounds a year to 23 thousand pounds in london, and 20 thousand pounds outside the capital. Our Legal Correspondent Clive Coleman is at the high court. Clive, tell us first, who is affected and what was the basis for the ruling . There are thought to be Something Like 17,000 families in england, scotla nd like 17,000 families in england, scotland and in wales where you have a lone parent and children under two yea rs of a lone parent and children under two years of age. That is the group that is affected. The claim was brought by four such families, three claimants with Young Children under two and one who was heavily pregnant, and what they argued was this that the benefit cap that bites on those families is discriminatory and unlawful, and today the justice agreed with them emphatically. The reason was he said it was the discrimination against these very Young Children and there was a lot of Expert Evidence during the course of the trial about the devastating effects of poverty on the very young. Parents who have children under two years of age are not expected to go out and look for work and to work by the government, but on the other hand if they do not work for at least 16 hours they are hit by this benefit cap, and it is that issue that crystallised in this case and it was for that reason that Justice Collins found the children we re Justice Collins found the children were being disseminated against. It isa thumping were being disseminated against. It is a thumping defeat for the government. They have said they are going to appeal, they have permission, but unusually Justice Collins said he had profound hopes that when the Secretary Of State considered all of this the Secretary Of State would decide not to appeal. This case i think illustrates that austerity is being challenged only at the ballot box but through the courts and i think the government will be acutely aware of that in considering whether they do in due course go ahead with the appeal for which they have been given permission. Thank you, clive. Time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. Heatwave coming to an end . Yes, much, much fresher out across the country. About 10 degrees cooler thanit the country. About 10 degrees cooler than it was yesterday and in fact for the last five consecutive days we have had temperatures over 30 degrees but today it is fresher and there is more clout. Here is the view in paris taken by one of our weather watchers at our ago. Like sunshine to be enjoyed towards the South East Of England for instance and then overnight we see cloud and rain moving in across Northern Ireland and scotland too. The breeze picking up here. Further south across england and wales, mostly to strike tonight but much fresher and more comfortable for sleeping, 14 or 15 degrees our minimum temperature is denied. Through the day tomorrow, the Weather Front shifting south so patchy rain affecting Northern England and the midlands and into wealth at times as well. Southern and Eastern England looking largely dry with 24 degrees in london and scotla nd dry with 24 degrees in london and scotland and Northern Ireland, say spells and showers returning. Into the weekend, continuing to be fresh, breezy with an extra of subject and showers. Breezy with an extra of subject and showers. This is bbc news at 5. The headlines local authorities around the uk are checking the cladding on high rise buildings, 600 of them in england alone, because of concern about the cause of the Grenfell Tower fire in which 79 people died. So far tests have found the cladding on seven buildings is combustible. The Prime Minister is in brussels to meet eu leaders for the First Time Since she lost her parliamentary majority in the general election. Senior figures in the Church Of England colluded with disgraced former bishop peter ball who abused young men an Inquiry Finds. A Preliminary Postmortem Examination has found that the death of 51 year old makram ali, who died at the scene of the Terror Attack outside Finsbury Park mosque, was a result of multiple injuries. And coming up, boys at a school in devon were skirts to school in protest at not being allowed to put shorts during the heatwave. Not sure if hes wearing a shorts. Heres mike bushill. Good evening. We start with cricket, because in the future, fans can look forward to test series between england and ireland. Its after ireland and afghanistan were both admitted to the elite group of test match playing nations. For more on this, im joined from our sports news correspondent alex capstick. Hello. It has been a Long Time Coming best, especially for ireland. Yes, a unanimous decision by the icc at their annual general meeting here in london. As you say, a frustrating wait for irelands because they have been banging on the doorfor many yea rs been banging on the doorfor many years now, notable victories in world cups against pakistan, england and the west indies. So they have felt they had the team and the personnel to make it as a test nation. They had been hampered of course by key players switching to england, notably eoin morgan, the one day captain. But they finally got their wish, a place at the top table of the icc and a chance to play five day cricket test matches. We do not know when the first test match will be and who it will be against, but it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that ireland could play test matches against teams touring england as perhaps a warm upfor teams touring england as perhaps a warm up for the end of that series. That is a possibility and one im sure they will want to make the most. Other countries watching on, what do nations aspiring to have test status need to do . You need to bea test status need to do . You need to be a pretty good team and i think both ireland and afghanistan have proven that in recent years. You have to ensure you have a flourishing local week and ireland have been able to do that. They have grown a number of players involved in cricket in their country will stop women as well, that is also an important part of the process and doing well as major competitions which is what both ireland and afghanistan have done. It is absolutely vital and i think that is what has got them over the line here today in london. Thank you very much indeed. Ascot saw a thrilling finish to the big race of ladies day, with Big Orange Winning the gold cup. Order of st george, who won last years race, couldnt repeat the feat. Big orange took the lead, with a mile and a half to go. With less than a furlong to the finish the favourite 0rder of st george, made a move, but james doyle guided the 5 1 shot to victory by a nose. Crystal palace are close to appointing Frank De Boer as their new manager the former netherlands player has been offered the job and negotiations are at an advanced stage. It is understood de boer has said palace are his preferred club. Hes set to succeed sam allardyce, who left after helping Palace Avoid Relegation from the Premier League last season. De boer has been out of work since he was sacked by inter milan in November 2016 after only 85 days in charge. The top seed, left at the aegon championships, marin cilic, is safely through to the next round after a straight sets win. He took the first set, against stefan kozlov, 6 0, before taking the decisive second set, 6 4, to book his place in the quarterfinals. The american sam querrey is also through to the last eight. He beat the man who knocked out andy murray, australias jordan thompson, in three sets. Russias Daniil Medvedev is also through after a comfortable win over australias tha nasi kokkinakis. Theres been a shock in the last 16 of the womens tournament in birmingham. Second seed, elina svitolina, has been beaten in three sets, by italys camila giorgi. World number five svitolina has said that she may miss wimbledon because of a foot problem. The sixth seed from spain, garbine muguruza, is also through. Johanna konta is due on court in the next hour or so. Team skys geraint thomas, has recovered from the injuries, that forced him out of the giro ditalia, to ride in support of chris froome, in this years Tour De France. The welshman is fit to join the eight man team for the race which starts in dusseldorf on saturday firstjuly, with froome seeking a fourth Tour De France win, and a third one on the trot. He will now have the support of the likes of thomas, which is good news. Thats all sport for now. You can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. Ill have more in sportsday at half past six. Lets get more on our top story that 600 high rise buildings in england have been found to have similar cladding material to that found on Grenfell Tower in west london, which caught fire with the loss of at least 79 lives. So far, tests have found that seven are combustible. Camden council in north london is removing external cladding from five tower blocks on the chalcot estate, because the panels didnt meet the standard commissioned by the authority. Simon morris lives in one of the tower blocks which is having cladding removed. He has described the mood around residents. 0bviously obviously there is relief that action is finally being taken. I think its fair to say that people are still shocked. We were totally shocked when we heard the news. I cried. But as the day has progressed, i think increasingly there is also anger. How on earth was this allowed to happen . As i understand, is similar situation to the high schools in scotland, why did anybody think it was a good idea to allow these pfi contracts to self certify . It defeats the whole object both these panels should have been tested before they went up. Is anger that corridors werent clears wednesday last week, finally someone turned up yesterday to start to put stickers on things. Why has this been allowed to happen . Yes, its great we are now having a round the clock security staff, Patrolling Corridors in case of a fire, but at the end of the day, with the best will in the world, they are only security staff. They are not firefighters. They have not been issued, as far as i understand it and been issued, as far as i understand itandi been issued, as far as i understand it and i have certainly not seen them, with any kit to tackle even them, with any kit to tackle even the smallest fire. Camden are doing the smallest fire. Camden are doing the right things now, but i also fear that they should be doing a lot more and as far as im concerned, they should have started this a lot sooner. We can now speak to arnold tarling, Chartered Surveyor and member of the association of specialist fire protection. Is the government doing the right thing, checking all the tower blocks in england for its cladding to see whether it is combustible or not . In england for its cladding to see whether it is combustible or nowm is certainly correct to be checking all these buildings but it should be going further. What about your commercial offices which have been clad . Maybe your hospital has been clad . Maybe your hospital has been clad . What clad . Maybe your hospital has been clad . What about clad . Maybe your hospital has been clad . What about your Leisure Centre . What about your schools . Where do you know where this cladding is . Have people used similar materials inside buildings to target the building up . We dont know the full extent of this and it actually goes far further than that. There are many other materials used in the Building Industry which are highly dangerous. Flammable installation. Nothing should be put on the outside of a building which is highly flammable. People are putting on installation to green up are putting on installation to green up their buildings and that is an excellent thing to do, but when it is pulsed irene, when it is Polyurethane Insulation on the outside of the building, whether it isa outside of the building, whether it is a single storey bungalow or a 24 story block, that should not be allowed. Do you think we need new Building Regulations then . Yes, we certainly need new Building Regulations. They are working on them at the moment. I guess that there may be a delay for issuing them for Public Consultation that before these actually come out, there should be a declaration from there should be a declaration from the government that all Flammable Materials must be banned straightaway from use on the outside of buildings. But then if you stripped those away from all buildings as you have been describing, not just buildings as you have been describing, notjust tower blocks for schools and hospitals whatever, that would be a monumentaljob, wouldnt it . It is going to be a monumentaljob, but wouldnt it . It is going to be a monumental job, but what wouldnt it . It is going to be a monumentaljob, but what is the price of a life . We dont actually know, we will never know how many people perished in that fire. You know, it is absolutely wicked that it has happened. I have seen tv things going back to 1984 where people were warning about this. I have been warning about it. I have spoken at a Fire Conference in 2014 where advisers to the Government Ministers were there. I was not challenged on what i said. I have articles on inside housing and elsewhere where i said exactly the selfsame thing. Government ministers get those things, but it is more of the advisers. Whatever the advisers been telling the Government Ministers in labour and tory governments . Each one has come along and they always say the same things because its not the minister who is speaking. I have heard it said that it was also the cavity, the air between the Main Building and the cladding that helped the flames rise so quickly at grenfell, was that the problem as well as in your view the combustibility of the cladding . The main problem is the combustibility of the cladding. The gaps behind it serve a function to allow condensation to go of restructure, but it would have assisted the spread of the flames and because it is like a so you have these open gaps. Even when you have fire breaks, use or have a chimney effect. If you want to insulated buildings for environmental reasons, there are other ways to do it apart from cladding . There are many other ways to do it. Silicon vendors can be put over, there are Cladding Systems which are known to be fireproof. Why are companies producing things which they are banned in america, germany, lots of countries, while use companies which are based in those countries Still Producing them and selling them elsewhere . Questions no doubt for decommissioning inquiry but thank you very much indeed for being with us. Arnold harling, Chartered Surveyor and a member of the association of specialist fire protection. Thank you. The funeral for an american student, 0tto warmbier, who was held for 15 months in a north korean prison, has taken place. The 22 year old died earlier this week after he was flown home in a coma. President trump has blamed the pyongyang regime for his death. 0ur correspondent Aleem Maqbool reports. For many who knew him, his casket is the first they have seen since he went to north korea. He was arrested there early last year, jailed and finally sent home to his parents in a coma. Two died just days later. In march 2016, he was seen pleading for his freedom in a north korean courtroom. I am an innocent ski zero. Instead he was sentenced to 15 yea rs ha rd zero. Instead he was sentenced to 15 years hard labour and prison. He was accused of crimes against the country for allegedly taking a sign from a hotel he was staying at. He decided while travelling in china to ta ke decided while travelling in china to take what was supposed to be a quick trip across the border with tour group. This footage was taken in the days before his arrest, playing with local children in the snow. Danny gratton from staffordshire was in the same tour group and had shared a room with him in north korea. The same tour group and had shared a room with him in north koream the same tour group and had shared a room with him in north korea. It has left an indelible mark on me. He was such a Lovely Garden to sink in such a young lad who has gone on the adventure of a lifetime and his life is over, it is hard for me to believe. Its surreal, i find is over, it is hard for me to believe. Its surreal, ifind it very upsetting and i have spoken to a lot of people on the tour and we are all absolutely devastated. North korean officials now say he had been ina coma korean officials now say he had been in a coma for more than a year, claiming it was because he had contracted botulism. American doctors say there is no evidence of that. Look at otto, beautiful auto, who went over there are a healthy, wonderful boy. And you see how he came back. As the funeral takes place, there are now fears for three other American National is also being detained in north korea. As people from his hometown say their final goodbyes to 0tto warmbier, there are people across this country who are asking how north korea is now going to pay the price for what many see as the murder of an american citizen. Iraqi forces say they are just a street away from the famous ancient mosque in the city of mosul that was blown up by so called Islamic State. The iraqi Prime Minister described the destruction of the Great Mosque Of Al Nuri as an official declaration of defeat by Islamic State fighters in their last stronghold in iraq. In the past few hours, the bbc has filed these pictures of whats left of the Al Nuri Mosque and its famous Leaning Minaret. 0ur correspondent Richard Galpin has the latest. Iraqi troops fighting their way into mosuls old city. The last district still in the hands of so called Islamic State. The army is closing in now on the few hundred militants in what remains of their caliphate. And, in the midst of the fighting, stood this. The famous Leaning Minaret of the grand Al Nuri Mosque, built more than 800 years ago. It was here the Islamic State leader, abu bakr al baghdadi, made his only public appearance, after proclaiming the caliphate across Northern Iraq and syria. But, this week, people were horrified to see video showing the minaret and mosque being blown up by the militants as they retreat. Although they blame an american air strike. And the destruction has been described by the iraqi Prime Minister as a declaration of defeat by Islamic State. With overwhelming numbers of iraqi troops now concentrated in the old city, and with backing from a us led coalition, it does seem to be only a matter of time before isis is finally driven out of mosul. Translation our forces on the ground are moving forward. They have now penetrated the old city. It is true, the advance is slow, but we are advancing carefully, taking into account the lives of the civilians trapped inside the city. But the upsurge in fighting is leading to many civilian casualties. This is mosuls general hospital. It now lies just a few hundred metres away from the front lines. These people, most of them are children. There are children, lots of civilian casualties, that you see here. Most of them are fleeing, and on their way out, they are injured. With at least 100,000 people still in the old city, the number of casualties is likely to keep rising until the offensive to retake mosul from Islamic State, which began in october last year, finally comes to an end. Theres a warning today from the Horticulture Industry that without access to Seasonal Workers from abroad, their sector could face collapse. A bbc survey of soft fruit and Salad Growers found that more than half of those they spoke to arent sure if theyll have enough Migrant Workers this summer. 20 say they already have fewer workers than they need. Heres our Business Correspondent emma simpson. Perfectly ripe and ready to be picked. The harvests in full swing. Right now, there are small armies of workers dotted around the countryside. Work that needs a human hand. All this produce is home grown, but not home picked. Thats because just about everyone here is from eastern europe. Its tough, seasonal work, especially in this heat and, with the weak pound and brexit looming, these jobs just arent as appetising as they used to be. Maybe next time im going to germany or netherlands or bulgaria. Because the moneys better . Yeah. Its surely better. Georgis thinking the same. Hes been coming to this farm for the last ten years from his home in bulgaria. They are European Union country and it will be easy for us there. Because we are European Union citizens. Even before the brexit vote, recruitment was getting harder. But this year the boss of this farm says hes got 20 fewer workers than hed like. He says the industry wont survive if they stop coming. Well, it means we wont be able to carry on growing food. I mean, they are the critical resource for us to be able to save our crop each year. And the logic of extension, of not being able to harvest that crop, is that we will need to import produce from europe or elsewhere in the world. Hes not the only one. Seven out of ten soft fruit and Salad Growers said they would consider reducing uk production if there were future restrictions on Seasonal Workers. And the industry is warning that, in an extreme scenario, a punnet of strawberries could rise by up to 37 if we had to rely solely on imports. Why cant you get british workers to pick fruit . We do try very hard, but our experience has been challenging over the years. The fact that its seasonal operation makes it difficult for people, and as Well Unemployment is very low in our part of the world. Theyve been picking strawberries for decades in this corner of essex. The nationalities have changed through the years, but if we want to keep buying british, then growers say they need a Seasonal Workers permit scheme. The government says it also wants this industry to thrive but that there isnt sufficient evidence for such a scheme right now. Prince harry has suggested that none of his family wants to be a future king or queen. In an interview with the american magazine newsweek, he said the royals were acting for The Greater Good of the people. The prince also criticised the decision to make him walk behind his mothers coffin at her funeral when he was 12 saying no child should be asked to do that. Heres our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. They were the images which came to symbolise a national and personal tragedy. The then 13 year old prince harry, walking with his then 15 year old brother, william, in the Funeral Cortege of their mother, diana. It was september 1997. Now, nearly 20 years later, harry has spoken of the turmoil the event caused him. In an interview with the american magazine newsweek, he said but its harrys comments on what he seems to feel is the burden of being royal which may cause some surprise, particularly among older generations. He told newsweek the journalist who did the interview is sympathetic. Prince harry is a huge admirer of the queen. He thinks shes absolutely wonderful. But he is now at an age where he can see the demands and the sacrifices that you have to make, and i think he and Prince William want a more private, personal life. But a former member of the Royal Household is more critical. I dont think its such a good idea to be quite so open. He has done a lot for Mental Health in bringing out his own true feelings. I think weve got to a point now where enough is enough. In this day and age, harry is saying, and given a free will, few people, in his opinion, would choose to take on the role of monarch. But, of course, being royal means you dont have a choice, as he recognises. What we seem to have is harry off loading his private thoughts, thoughts which, not for the first time, underline the downside, as he sees it, of being in such a privileged position. But, alongside his apparent doubts, there is also a strong sense of commitment. For the older members of the family one of whom, the 96 year old duke of edinburgh, left hospital this morning after the treatment of an infection for them, the approach has always been, never complain, never explain. They may feel its advice harry might now heed. Around 30 boys at a devon school have worn skirts to lessons in protest at not being allowed to put on shorts in the recent heatwave. Students at isca academy in exeter complained of sweltering temperatures earlier in the week. They say they were jokingly told to wear Regulation Skirts instead, which sparked the idea for the protest. Heres simon hall. Uniform policy is strict at isca college, and this protest took full advantage. When the boys complained about not being allowed to wear shorts in the recent heatwave, they were told, perhaps humorously, wear Regulation Skirts instead. So today, around 30 did. Well, because five people did it yesterday, so then everyone was like, oh, if everyone else does it, then they cant stop anyone else doing it, so then they might bring shorts back for the summer. Because then. Its embarrassing the school, us wearing shorts, so. Well, girls are allowed to wear skirts all year round. They get cold legs and we have to sit there sweating. Dont you think youre embarrassing yourselves and your school . No. I think its great. I think its brilliant to protest and say, ok then, if were not allowed to wear that, well wear the skirts. Good on them. The skirts were borrowed from girls at isca and they support the protest. I think its good. If they cant wear shorts, then they have to wear skirts. I dont think its right them being told off for having hairy legs though. They got told off yesterday for having hairy legs. No one from isca academy was available for interview. A statement said shorts were not currently part of our Uniform Policy for boys and we would not wish to make any changes without consulting both students and their families. However, with hotter weather becoming more common, we would be happy to consider changes in future. The irony to the wearing skirts protest, of course, the weather today has turned much cooler. Protest is real a line coming into us from the united states. President trump says he did not make and does not have any recordings of his conversations with his former fbi Directorjames Comey healy fired controversially. Just donald trump there saying he doesnt make and does not have any recordings of his conversations with the former fbi Directorjames Comey. Much more thats coming up. Time for a look at the weather. Heres sarah keith lucas. I think some of the boys might want to put their long trousers back on for tomorrow because the weather is significant refresher then it has been over recent days. Five days of the temperature being over 30 degrees that this is the scene out there today. Whats more clout in palace in wales and many places up and down the country feeling seller. 0ver and down the country feeling seller. Over the next few days, the theme of fresh weather, cloudy skies are some of us will have a little bit of rain at times as well. There have been showers around in eastern part of the uk. They have moved off and overnight we turn our attention to the north west as this Weather Front moves in bringing bricks of and windy conditions to Northern Ireland and scotland as well. Most of england and wales stays dry overnight but youll be pleased to hear it will be much more Co Mforta Ble hear it will be much more comfortable by sleeping with lulls down to around 14 or 15 degrees overnight. Tomorrow morning, friday, patsy updike S Of Rain Across Parts of scotla nd patsy updike S Of Rain Across Parts of scotland throughout the morning and for Northern Ireland as well. Gap, gray story here. 0utbreaks and for Northern Ireland as well. Gap, gray story here. Outbreaks of rain pushing into the North West Of England and northern wales as well. A reasonably bright and dry start to the day further south, which averages in the teams in the morning. Some sunny spells breaking out from the crowds remit a south west. Friday will stay largely dry and bright for southern and south Eastern Parts of england with some sunshine breaking through the cloud here. To the central swathes of the uk we will have clouded patchy outbreaks of rain, fairly breezy at times but further north of Scotla Nd Breezy At Times but further north of scotland and Northern Ireland, a return to sunshine and a few blustery showers around two. Temperatures 16 24 celsius so around 10 degrees cooler than recent days. During saturday, outbreaks of Rain In The South East on that front but that should clear away very quickly and then we are all into that story of sunshine and blustery showers. A good deal of dry, bright weather between those showers and average is up between those showers and average is up to 23 degrees in the warmest spot. But its another day on sunday, looking like a few showers. More in the way of sunshine and temperatures up to around 22 degrees. You can find more details on our website. Goodbye for now. Flammable cladding has already been found in seven buildings. 0ne London Borough has started to remove it. Heres what the residents think. Just scared really, scared. Every night im awake just thinking about it. Ijust feel like i dont want to live here anymore. Well have the latest on those tower block checks. Theresa mays first eu summit since the election. She has an offer on the rights of eu citizens in britain. The Church Of England bishop who was jailed for sex abuse a new report says senior clergy helped to hide his activities. Makram ali suffered multiple injuries in the Finsbury Park Terror Attack his family pay tribute to a loving father. We wish everyone to know what a lovely man he was
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