a 70—year—old mystery is solved — the story of the boy who was found in a box as a baby on the steps of the bbc. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a multi—faith memorial service has taken place at st paul's cathedral, six months to the day since the fire at grenfell tower in west london, which left 71 people dead. reeta chakrabarti is at st paul's. it's been a day of emotion and also reflection here at st paul's cathedral, as survivors, families and rescuers gathered six months to the day since that terrible tragedy at grenfell tower. our correspondent reports on the morning's events. it's been a long six months for so many families whose lives were torn apart exactly six months ago. the tragedy which highlighted failures alongside the bravery of the emergency services and the unity within a community. today they came together. we try our best to stay together. we try our best to stay together and stay united, so that's exactly what's happening and all the difficulties we have, all of the ha rd difficulties we have, all of the hard days, the hard time we had is unforgettable, hard days, the hard time we had is u nforg etta ble, we hard days, the hard time we had is unforgettable, we cannot forget. joined by members of the royal family who have met many of those affected by the fire, alongside political leaders showing their support. the duke and duchess of cambridge and prince harry making their way to their seats, sat alongside the prime minister, multi faith leaders and the community surrounding grenfell tower. but at the heart of the service, remembering the 53 adults and 18 children who lost their lives, including the youngest victim who would have been one today. welcome each one of you to this national memorial service of remembrance, community and hope. the service incorporated in islamic girls choir, a steel band... you begin to feel survivors guilt and i think maybe not now but within the next couple of months we will start to question, why wasn't them? why did we survive, why wasn't them? why did we survive, why didn't they? but for some, it became too much. raw emotions still plain to see. others watched the service live streamed to a mosque close to the tower which became an emergency shelter at the time, taking in clothes and food. after paying their respects, families and survivors left in silence carrying white roses and pictured of their loved ones, holding the heart of their community which will lead a silent vigil later today. i'm joined now by sandra, who lost her 12—year—old niece in the tragedy, and also by the right reverend graham tomlin, the bishop of kensington. thanks forjoining us. of kensington. thanks forjoining us. sandra, how has this service affected you? it was a beautiful service. it was very reflective. i thought it was really representative of the community. wonderful having the children there and the music was lovely also. it gave everyone an opportunity to come together. some families we see quite often, others not so much but it was a wonderful opportunity to come together and remember our loved ones. that was the purpose and i think it fulfilled it. it was very much a multi-faith service, wasn't it, although it was in st paul's cathedral. how important was that? st paul's is a great national place, a place where we come together to remember, commemorate and mourn. faith is an important part of the community for many people. it's a christian cathedral, but it's important we we re cathedral, but it's important we were able to represent lots of different traditions and faiths within the service at the same time so within the service at the same time so that was reflected. we worked ha rd so that was reflected. we worked hard with local groups to make sure there was a sense that everybody could feel this was a service they could feel this was a service they could own and feel part of and feel able tojoin in with, but also could own and feel part of and feel able to join in with, but also a service that offered some sense of hope that faith can bring. sandra, we heard time and again of how the tragedy will never leave people. how has it gone on affecting you? you never know from one day to the next how you will be feeling, so one day it feels as if it was a few minutes ago, other times it feels like an eternity has passed and we can only ta ke eternity has passed and we can only take it one day at a time. different members of the families have dealt with it in different ways and we just have to learn. it's a learning curve for all of us. i'm hoping it will get easier as time goes on. sandra ruiz and graham tomlin, thank you forjoining us. as you heard, this is an event that will never leave the people who were affected by it but it is hoped the service will have gone some way to help people come to terms with what happened. thank you. rupert murdoch has sold a majority of his company, 21st century fox, to disney in one of the biggest media deals for years. after decades of expanding his huge empire, the 86—year—old media mogul has finally taken the decision to shrink his business by selling off a major wing of fox — which owns sky — for 39 billion pounds. our media editor amol rajan is here. how big the moment is this for the murdoch empire? it would be hard to state, not just in murdoch empire? it would be hard to state, notjust in planet murdoch but across the whole of the media. his business is a complicated, vast and global business, now bought by disney which includes networks and crucially the famous 20th century fox film studio. there is a revolution going on in media where basically the idea of channels that have a fixed moment where you can watch stuff is long gone and now people are consuming stuff by the internet. there are these big players like amazon and google, and rupert murdoch feels he cannot compete so it's a remarkable thing that even fox is a small player compared to the big giants. what makes this a truly astonishing moment is that rupert murdoch has spent decades building of a media empire and this is him stepping back. if you had said a year ago that rupert murdoch would be retreating, i would have said you we re retreating, i would have said you were completely mad but it's happened because the revolution in media is catching up even people like rupert murdoch. thank you. theresa may is on her way to brussels for a summit with eu leaders at which they're expected to give the go ahead for talks to begin on future trade relations with the uk post brexit. the government is insisting that its plans for brexit won't be affected by the defeat last night in the commons which means mps will have a final say on any deal with the eu. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. are you expecting another defeat? theresa may was remaining tight—lipped about her first defeat in parliament as prime minister. this is the moment it happened, when the mps in the middle shuffled around, that signalled the opposition had won and the government had lost. until this moment, pro—eu conservative rebels had been seen as a dog that didn't bark. last night those rebels didn't just bark, they bit. are 11 of them theresa may's own mps joined most of the opposition to inflict this narrow defeat. the house of commons was less busy the morning after the night before, but still passionate. that was a humiliating and entirely avoidable defeat for the government. this house now having spoken, can the secretary of state give an assurance the government will not seek to undermined or overturn last night's result. he got a noncommittal response. we will have to think about how to respond to it but we take it seriously and continue to do so. labour wanted to push home its advantage and call the government to drop a specific date or leaving the eu from its legislation. rather than repeat last night's debacle will the government consider dropping the ill—conceived gimmick? david davis simply said he would respect mps' views. one of the conservative rebels said she took no pleasure in defeating her own government but she might do it again. nobody drank champagne, not on these benches. these are serious matters. it was avoidable. what did last night's vote in the house of commons really mean? if mps were to vote down any deal theresa may bills with brussels, technically she can go back and renegotiate or we can leave with no deal at all but in truth if the prime minister were to lose such a significant vote, it is highly likely she wouldn't remain prime ministerfor very highly likely she wouldn't remain prime minister for very long. some say the rebels have undermined her in the short—term too. say the rebels have undermined her in the short-term too. i think in the eyes of brussels they will see there is a weakness there that they will try to exploit during negotiations. the fragile truce in the conservative party has now been shattered and rebels will hope downing street will think twice about sweeping aside their concerns over brexit. in a moment we'll speak to our assistant political editor norman smith, who is in westminster, but first adam fleming is in brussels. as far as as faras eu as far as eu leaders are concerned, how much will the defeat last night change things? not actually a huge amount because the leaders of the 27 eu countries staying in the eu know exactly the political situation theresa may faces in london. listen to the president of lithuania, she said this would change nothing about the brexit process. although they are talking about it. the prime minister of luxembourg said to me a little while ago that if the eu does a deal with theresa may, she goes back to westminster and parliament tells her to come back to brussels and change it, that would cause a problem and not be ideal. brexit is not a big part of this summit, theresa may wants to raise it over dinner tonight, then they will discuss it without her tomorrow morning, where the big event will be whether they approve the blueprint for the second phase of the negotiations, opening the way for a discussion about an implementation period of about two years starting in 2019 although they will probably say they don't want to talk about the shape of the future relationship and cooperation on trade, climate change and security until march next year. donald tusk who chairs the summit said actually if you thought phase one was easy, phase two might be even harder. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. so downing street says business as usual, but does the defeat last night change theresa may's approach to brexit? the view from number ten is that this changes nothing when it comes to brexit. a good number of mps here think that is a rather optimistic assessment in the sense that last night may have been around one with more defeats to come, starting next week with a likely revolt over setting a fixed date for our departure, then the house of lords are likely to put the brexit bill through the mangle. but perhaps the most significant thing is the former remain as. they deny they we re former remain as. they deny they were drinking champagne last night to celebrate but they are on a high, they have the wind in their sales, they have the wind in their sales, they have the wind in their sales, they have found their voice and they have chosen steel after months when they have not said boo to a goose. the question is whether the balance of power in parliament has shifted from the brexit true believers to the brexit sceptics and whether that will curb mrs may's freedom of manoeuvre and mean she has to look toa manoeuvre and mean she has to look to a softer brexit, keeping us closer to europe. the other thing we saw last night was the sheer level of fear and loathing on tory backbenchers, the division over europe which will make it much harderfor europe which will make it much harder for mrs europe which will make it much harderfor mrs may to europe which will make it much harder for mrs may to continue a balancing act, keeping both sides happy. sooner or later she will have to throw in her luck with one side and then you sense her brexit woes will really begin. last night may yet prove to be a significant moment in the whole brexit process. norman, thank you. a third person has appeared in court charged with the murder of four children in a house fire in salford. 25—year—old david worrall, of no fixed address, appeared before magistrates in salford and manchester. he will appear at crown court tomorrow alongside a 23—year—old man and a 20—year—old woman who have already been charged with murder. a deal has been reached that its hoped will prevent one of the uk's largest care home companies from going into administration. four seasons health care, which runs more than 300 residential and nursing homes caring for 17,000 people, has agreed a major restructuring plan with its main creditor, h/2 capital partners. the debt—ridden company had warned it wouldn't be able to make a £26 million interest payment due tomorrow. our top story this lunchtime: a memorial services held at st paul's cathedral to remember the 71 people who died in the grenfell tower fire six months ago today. and coming up — a sneak peak inside the new billion dollar us embassy building in london. and in sport on bbc news, dawid malan's maiden test century helps england to a good start on the opening day of the crucial third ashes test against australia in perth. haemophilia — it's a condition that leads to excessive bleeding, even from minor injuries. it severely affects around 2000 people in the uk. now a team of doctors say they have achieved a significant breakthrough in the treatment of the most common form of the disease. the research team at barts health nhs trust used gene therapy to correct the defect in a small safety trial. our health correspondent james gallagher reports. walking two miles to work used to be unthinkable forjake omer. he was born with haemophilia a, a genetic defect that means his blood did not clot. the slightest injury used to mean severe bleeding. even a long stroll would cause bleeding in hisjoints. but no more. i think the gene therapy has hopefully given me a new lease of life. it's going to allow me, as my boys grow up, to be a lot more active with them, so kick footballs around, climb trees with them, to hopefully run around in the park with them, and not be someone who has to worry about what i'm doing. jake's body struggles to produce a protein for clotting of blood called factor eight. he was one of 13 patients given gene therapy last year. a virus was used to give his body new instructions for making factor eight. all of the trial patients are off their haemophilia medication, and 11 have roughly normal levels of blood—clotting proteins. if this is how much factor eight you or i produce, well, this is how much is produced in a haemophilia patient. but you can see after the gene therapy trial it's almost up to normal. this is huge. it's groundbreaking. because the option to think about normalising levels in patients with severe haemophilia is absolutely mind blowing. to offer people the potential of a normal life, when they've had to inject themselves with factor eight every other day to prevent bleeding is transformational. it's a really exciting time for people with haemophilia. this could be life changing. but we need to understand who it works for, we need to understand why it works for those people and why it might not work for some other people, and understand the long—term implications and side effects. large studies will now take place to see if gene therapy can replace these regular injections and truly transform the lives of patients. james gallagher, bbc news. it's cost $1 billion to build. the new united states embassy in london, which has just been completed, opens next month. it's a 12—storey glass cube on the banks of the thames, and comes complete with a moat — the first new defensive moat to be built in england for 150 years. the us ambassador to the uk said the new embassy is a "signal to the world" that the relationship between the two countries is strong, and going to grow. richard lister reports. this is what $1 billion looks like. the new us embassy in london is said to be the most expensive in the world and almost a decade in the making. inside there's a garden of american desert flora. it's all designed to be airy and welcoming, not words usually associated with embassies. i think this is a country of great dignity and it birthed the united states. and this building should be not some pop icon, but certainly a building of great dignity and serenity. but this embassy is also a fortress. it even has a moat, though they prefer we call it a pond. some of the glass is six inches thick, a reminder that an embassy is the only place where one nation intersects with another. for decades that's been here, grosvenor square. the old embassy has been sold to become a hotel. but it's a place now associated with american triumphs and tragedies. archive: at grosvenor square police warned to expect trouble waiting. it was where british people repeatedly protested against the vietnam war. archive: a huge crowd waited for them at the american embassy. where well—wishers greeted america's first men on the moon and came to pay their respects after the attacks of 9/11. now a new building will represent america. the us ambassador says this glass clad building represents america's global outlook, giving form, he says, to the core democratic values of transparency, openness and equality. what's not clear is whether president trump will be at the opening next month, though he has been invited. it would be the most controversial visit by any american president, a moving in present for the ambassador. trump is coming when he sets the date for coming. he's been invited for a state visit. he's been invited and he's accepted but he hasn't set a date and for the ribbon—cutting of this and taking a look at the embassy, that will be announced when he selects the date. and of course the new embassy will outlive this presidency and many more to come. richard lister, bbc news. the scottish government is expected to announce its major changes to tax bands since power was awarded to holyrood last year. it is thought higher tax bands are likely to help raise funds for public services. it could mean some people in scotland will pay more tax and those earning the same salary elsewhere in the uk. catriona renton reports. free university tuition fees, free prescriptions, free personal care for the elderly and free childcare, just some of the services on offer to people in scotland. but it now seems some scottish taxpayers are going to pay more than people elsewhere in the uk. the snp government at holyrood is facing a shortfall in its day—to—day budget of hundreds of millions of pounds. the government has already pledged to increase spending on the nhs and has promised to lift the cap on public sector pay. local councils in scotla nd public sector pay. local councils in scotland say they need more money to help provide services. to raise the extra cash, the scottish government is widely expected to increase income tax. they've pledged not to raise the basic level, so what is most likely is the introduction of a new band, perhaps for those earning more than £30,000 a year. now most scots won't be affected by this because the median salary here is £24,000 a year. but what it would mean is that some people will be paying more than others in other parts of the uk. they may also raise the top rate of tax for the very highest earners. some business leaders are warning any increase in taxes could make scotland uncompetitive. speaking ahead of today's announcement, the first minister said her government needs to invest in the future. the proposals we put forward this afternoon will be responsible they will be balanced, they will protect our vital public services from tory cuts, they will protect the majority of taxpayers, and they will invest in business and the economy. the conservatives are the only party opposed to tax rises. they say the snp are breaking a promise not to raise the basic rate at all. in just underan raise the basic rate at all. in just under an hour's time we'll find out just how much more some will end up paying. catriona renton, bbc news, edinburgh. cricket now, and england have fought back on the first day of the vital third test in perth. dawid malan scored his maiden test century, sharing an unbeaten partnership of 174 with jonny ba i rstow. australia are already 2—0 up in the series, and england need at least a draw to keep their ashes hopes alive. andy swiss reports from perth. it all comes as the sun newspaper has published more allegations about illegal gambling involving the ashes. andy swiss reports from perth. they've been waiting a long time for this. after watching colla pses, time for this. after watching collapses, calamities and controversies, at last for england fa ns controversies, at last for england fans a bit of cricketing cheer. not that it necessarily seemed that way at first. england opted to bat will stop in alastair cook's case, not for long, out forjust stop in alastair cook's case, not for long, out for just seven, stop in alastair cook's case, not for long, out forjust seven, as australia's bowlers set about making life decidedly uncomfortable. they broke mark stoneman's helmet and soon broke mark stoneman's helmet and soon it seems england's hopes. stoneman gone controversially for 56. the video umpire deciding at just brushed his gloves, to england's frustration. 131—4, it seemed another tale what if. but in the nick of time a century and emerged from the ranks. the unheralded dawid malan. yes, he rode his luck, dropped on 92, but together with jonny bairstow his luck, dropped on 92, but together withjonny bairstow he made australia pay. what a time to score your first test hundred. if the day belonged to england, the moment was all of his. magnificent effort. it was so all of his. magnificent effort. it was so emotional. i didn't really know what to do and when i got the hundred i was so emotional i almost started crying, to be honest, when it happened. just when they needed it, england's best day of the series so far. there's still a long way to go in this match, but they've given themselves a chance. in a series so far defined by disappointment, england will hope this just might be a turning point. andy swiss, bbc news, perth. now to a family mystery which has taken one man more than 70 years to solve. in 1943, a box was abandoned on the steps of the bbc in london. it was found by a studio manager called trevor hill, who at first thought it was a bomb. but the box actually contained a baby — robin peters. now 74, he says he's spent most of his life wondering who abandoned him, and why. but thanks to dna, and some dogged detective work by his daughter, he finally has some answers. and he's been reunited with the man who found him all those years ago, as steve knibbs reports. amazing, incredible. you're the baby! a reunion, 74 years apart, as trevor hill meets the contents of the box he discovered outside the bbc in 1943. that today is 74—year—old robin king. you wouldn't fit into that little box now. in 1943 bbc broadcasting house had been bombed, so the overseas service was set up in the peter robinson department store on oxford street, and one morning, as trevor turned up for work, he found a box outside. so you were wrapped in the blanket inside the box. did you worry it might be a bomb or something? well, exactly, we were pretty sure it was. and particularly when it moved slightly, we thought there a timer. it's lucky i wasn't blown up. thankfully it was just robin in the box and aged just two weeks he became a foundling. he was named robin peters, after the department store where he was found, and eventually adopted at the age of four. and these are my biological parents. after decades of searching, last year robin's daughter traced his biological parents to canada with the help of a dna expert. they were douglas and agnesjones. he was in the royal canadian air force, working at a radio training school in south kensington. he met and married agnes in glasgow. it's a bit of a mystery because it seems very difficult for him or my mother to actually leave a box in that position at that particular time during the war, when there was a lot of security worries, so that doesn't make sense to me. at least today, a few more pieces of robin's early life have been filled in. it's just been completely for me a magical day, a day that i never thought would exist, and i never, ever imagined that i would get to meet the contents of that box. he's still desperate to know why he was left outside the bbc in 1943, but grateful of course to have been found by trevor. steve knibbs, bbc news. let's go back to our main story now. six months to the day since the grenfell tower fire which killed 71 people, a multi—faith memorial service has been held at st paul's cathedral to remember those who died. reeta chakrabati is there. i'm joined by two men who have been helping people trying to support them through the trauma of this time, alan everett, who is from saint clements church, near grenfell tower, and also this man from the muslim cultural centre. allen, tell me about the sort of support people have been needing from you? people are still deeply in trauma and so our community, our sister community organisation, the clement james centre, has been working with a large number of survivors and the bereaved and that's in addition to the very wide raging community programmes which they already offer, so we've very extensive connections —— extensive connections with the community and many have been coming in looking for all kinds of support from us. the service today was very much a multi—faith service. our important was that? i think it was very important. somebody asked me how i would sum it up and i said in one word, hope. for people to come together and pray and reach out to god for the love of god, i said it's very important, to express your love for people, for your neighbours and things like that. i think itjust came across abundantly very