There was an absolute problem on saturday. The extent of the effect of the actual disruption affected some of our communication systems. We were unable to send out the standard messengers that we always do whenever there is a Destruction Ora do whenever there is a destruction or a delay or cancellation. On saturday was a big problem. Many of those messages were starting to come through, we began to reach out to people and yesterday on sunday we we re people and yesterday on sunday we were able to reach out to most of the customers on an electronic method. At the airport we have been handing out individual letters with specific instructions to follow in order to deal with the individual problems. We will continue to do so, we have a back log right now on social media but we will attend to it. We will not stop until we have actually answered each and every message. We have attended to the needs of older customers. We are fully aware that communications must get better, particularly on so
She was on the news. Its horrible for me to hear that theyre missing, or theyre dead, or theyre in hospital or something. The local community have been leaving messages for loved ones as they try to come to terms with what has happened. Good afternoon from west london. With smoke still rising from the burnt out Grenfell Tower block behind me, we have even seen flames at times, and The Fire Brigade training their hoses on the flames. Relatives are still searching for loved ones. Mps At Westminster have been meeting to ask questions of Government Ministers. How could this happen . The Prime Minister theresa may announced there would be a full Public Inquiry into the blaze. The first victim has been named by his family, Mohammed Alhajali, a 23 year old refugee, who fled from The Civil War In Syria to come here, to what he thought was the safety of the united kingdom. 70 people have been confirmed dead so far. 17 people have been confirmed dead so far. But the London Fire Brigade chief say
Business. Hsbc promises £10 billion infunding for business. Hsbc promises £10 billion in funding for small firms, but what difference will it really make . I will speak to the boss later. In sport, Englands Paul Casey is the pick of the european challengers at the us open. A first round of six under par sees him just a shot off the leader Rickie Fowler at golfs second major of the year. And sarah has the weather. Thatin that in about ten minutes. First, our main story police are warning they may never be able to identify some of those who died in the fire at Grenfell Tower in west london on tuesday night. 17 bodies have been found so far, but the number of fatalities is expected to rise significantly. Andy moore reports. The first victim of the fire to be officially named is mohammed alhajali, Assyrian Refugee who came to britain for a better life. His brother was led to safety by firefighters but in the chaos and confusion bahama got left behind. Firefighters but in the chaos and co
Global industry. There was a bomb in the city centre. A code word known to be one used by the ira was given. Army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. The South African Parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for a0 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. Germanys parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. Berliners celebrated into the night but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. Just a day old and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. Early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. The real Focus Of Attention Today was valentina tereshkova, the worlds first woman cosmonaut. What do you think of the russian woman in space . I think its a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife it
Coming up on bbc news, well bring you all the action and reaction from day one at the all england club. Join me for Wimbledon Sportsday at 6. 30pm. Good evening and welcome to the Bbc News At Six. Its a report that is hundreds of pages long and it catalogues the abuse and humiliation of children in jersey for decades. Crucially, the independent Jersey Care Inquiry says children may still be at risk. It recommends that the Childrens Home at the centre of the scandal Haut De La Garenne should be demolished. More than 600 witnesses gave evidence, describing a culture of indifference in which children were abandoned in the care system. Robert hall is injersey for us this evening. Robert. George, Hundreds Of Islanders have waited today for a day when their suffering would be acknowledge it and when in independent voices catalogued failure. This is a report about children trapped in establishments with abusive carers and little access to outside help. In the last half hour, jerseys governmen