ask the questions. i would hope that the parliamentarians across all the parties will do that on behalf of their constituents but also make sure that that is fed back into the government through formal processes of questions and statements but also perhaps informally as well, writing to me oran perhaps informally as well, writing to me or an added bonus is to make sure we are as informed as possible about what is actually happening on the ground. you know that it is sometimes quite hard to know. just specifically in terms of the whole issue around resources, can ijust be absolutely clear and reiterate what nick has said, we will be working with the local authority and the government will guarantee that every single family from grenfell cat macro house will be rehoused in a local area. that is a clear assurance which i hope our colleagues is useful. that is a positive note on which to end. that isa positive note on which to end. that is a significant commitment, as you know. s
people are looking for their children, and it is so unfair. they should not have happened, it is 2017. it is notting hill, and is devastating. it really is. sorry. good afternoon from west london. we are in the shadow of what is left of the grenfell tower block. we still see the fire brigade training their houses on the lower part of their houses on the lower part of the building. the fire brigade says it could take on several weeks before their work here is done. currently, the death toll is standing at 17. it rose from 12, which is what it was overnight. the emergency services are warning it is likely to go higher. there are many people unaccounted for, had many relatives and friends of loved ones are still very distressed as they search for their missing loved ones. the number of people being treated is currently 37, and 17 are in critical care. our correspondent, richard lister, reports now on the latest. the smoke blackened ruin was still smouldering this morning. it too
been here? i think we have seen more and more of generosity of spirit with people donating anything they have to help the homeless. what we have to help the homeless. what we have seen today is rising anger. a raw anger that perhaps was not there yesterday because there was shock. the mayor of london sadiq khan came here and there was heckling with people saying they want answers now. they said we want answers right now. he was getting quite a rough ride and almost anyone in authority is being challenged by residents. i have talked to people from other tower blocks who are angry and fearful. they are saying, are our home save? and the distress when you talk to people who fear they have lost loved ones, friends. there are people sobbing uncontrollably. one man we spoke to looking for his brother who these syrian solidarity campaign have confirmed have died, mohammed alhajali, who fled the syrian civil war to come to safety and died in the fire here. thank you. let s get the we
game ina ahead with their annual baseball game in a rare show of political unity. and the latest on day one of the second golfing major of the year, plus news of a mouthwatering final in cricket s champions trophy. it s almost 48 hour since the fire began at grenfell tower in west london. still, there is no real sense of exactly how many people may have lost their lives in the fire. police say they may never be able to identify all of those who died. our latest report comes from our special correspondent, lucy manning. mohammed hakim fears he s lost everyone his mother, father, two brothers and sister. all his extended family supporting him now rushed to the fire when the calls of panic came. i spoke to her and the last few words she said to me was, please forgive me if i ve said anything to upset you or hurt you. i don t think we re going to make it out of the building. they were supposed to be celebrating next month. his sister, husna, was getting married, but the entire
to now have an explanation of this, we owe that to the families, to the people who have lost loved ones, friends and the homes in which they lived. the local community is in profound shock and there is growing anger and a demand for answers. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minster has visited the site of the devastating fire at the grenfell tower in west london and promised a full public inquiry into what happened. the fire which destroyed the residential housing block in the early hours of yesterday morning spread quickly and the number of dead confirmed so far is 17, though that figure is expected to rise. the emergency services say it will take weeks to complete a full search of the building. and there s a sense of growing anger in the local community about warnings being ignored. our first report with the latest on the tower block fire is by our home editor mark easton, and a warning, there are some distressing details in his report. exactly how many we do