band from cinemas, theatres and sports stadiums. more on the drinks and games at the downing street christmas party last year as questions remain about whether regulations were broken. breaking news from the us as america has announced government officials will not be attending next year s winter olympics in beijing. the white house press secretary. the biden white house press secretary. tue: biden administration white house press secretary. tte: biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the beijing olympics and paralytic games considering the country s ongoing crimes against people in xinjun zhang and other ongoing human rights abuses with our athletes will have our support and we will be behind them from home but we will not to be to the fanfare of the game. the us to diplomatic visitation will treat these games as business as usual in the face of the country s agree atrocities in xinjun zhang and was able he cannot do that. as the pr
for bobby storey, the former sinn fein chairman who was linked to several major incidents when he was a member of the ira. he died injune 2020 and critics have suggested social distancing was not maintained at the funeral. michelle o neill is now giving evidence. let s have a listen in. to evidence. let s have a listen in. if? those first evidence. let s have a listen in. to those first months of the pandemic, in order to understand what government in northern ireland was doing to respond, and i want to start with what you say about this in your witness statement, please, and if we could go to page nine, paragraph 29. paragraph 29, just to orientate us in time. this was the 25th of february. i will come back to that strategic review. butjust looking at paragraph 30 and what you say there, at this time, the time period you are talking about, the department of health remained the lead department in responding to the predicted global pandemic. staff had stood up ccg and i will c
the test. they also treated patients here who were caught up in the westminster bridge attack at the end of march and more recently in the london bridge attack. so this has been another very difficult, very testing morning for the staff here. sophie. jane, thank you very much. well, we have no idea what caused this place, we just well, we have no idea what caused this place, wejust know well, we have no idea what caused this place, we just know it took hold incredibly quickly, within 30, 35 minutes or so, according to eyewitnesses. we know it had been recently refurbished, only reopened last year. but the london fire brigade chief has already said she s seen brigade chief has already said she s seen many brigade chief has already said she s seen many tower block fires in her time but she has never seen anything like this. simon gompertz reports. shocked witnesses talked about the speed at which the grenfell tower fire spread, there did seem to envelop the 2a story building in
resources needed to look after the survivors and then we must have an enquiry to learn the lessons of what happened in lakanal house, has happened in lakanal house, has happened in lakanal house, has happened in grenfell tower is, it must never happen again. the london tower block engulfed by fire at least six people have been killed but the death toll is expected to rise. the blaze broke outjust before iam this morning when most were asleep. eyewitnesses say they saw people trapped in theirflats is shouting from their windows trying to throw their children to safety. it was so dark, there was so much smoke in theirfield it was so dark, there was so much smoke in their field stop it was so dark, there was so much smoke in theirfield stop people we re smoke in theirfield stop people were trying to run down the stairs. there was no sound of alarm or bells at all. mothers have lost children, firefighters have come out and endurance that we don t know if they are going to c