trophy after comprehensively beating its rival india at the oval in london. the mayor of london sadiq khan, says the grenfell tower fire disaster, in which 58 people are feared to have died, was the consequence of years of neglect by successive governments and the local authority. he says the tragedy was totally preventable. he was speaking as the leader of the local council in kensington and chelsea, said he was doing everything he could to provide help to those affected by the tragedy. there s been heavy criticism of the local authority and central government, for their handling of the disaster. today, sunday services were held, to remember the victims, as our correspondent jon kay reports. beneath the tower, people of all faiths are trying to heal. it continues to be a time of bewilderment, of anxiety, anger, and. some of the dead and missing are known in this congregation, and evenin are known in this congregation, and even in moments of peace, you can feel the rage. heav
everyone, and they called the police and ambulance. i said, why did you do that, why are you trying to kill people? and he wasn t responding, except to say, kill me. members of the public had been speaking about how they held the man who had jumped out of the fight ban on the ground as they waited for police to arrive, police said they were at the scene inio police said they were at the scene in 10 minutes. police said they were at the scene inio minutes. a police said they were at the scene in 10 minutes. a ?48 man has been arrested, taken to hospital as a precaution. home secretary amber rudd says this is being treated as a terrorist incident. counterterrorism police officers are investigating. this was an attack on london and all londoners. we should all stand together against extremists whatever their calls. good morning, dojoin us live in france free park this morning, counter terrorism officers investigating an incident involving a vehicle being driven into a crowd of p
one year ago that she was taken from us, by someone driven by hatred. jo was driven by love. it was in the spirit of that energy and passion for people, life and justice that so many for people, life and justice that so ma ny eve nts for people, life and justice that so many events were held in her memory ashed the country last weekend. including one in muslim welfare huws in my constituency near the site of the vile attack that happened a day later. they held a great get together at the weekend. we should remember her and thank her and make sure these great get together events do continue year in and year out to unite our local communities. earlier this year, mr speaker, we also lost the father of the house who had served his constituents for nearly 47 years and previously worked for harold wilson in downing street. he was an iconic figure in the labour party. he came from a proud jewish background and campaigned to bring peace to the middle east throughout his life and it w
over 3,500 people died of drug poisoning last year a record level in england and wales. and barcelona tell paris st germain they must pay a record breaking £198 million fee in full before they can sign their brazilian striker neymar. our main story at 5. four men from the west midlands have been found guilty of plotting an attack, similar to that carried out on the soldier lee rigby. a gang calling themselves the three musketeers, along with one other man, were thought to be planning to attack police and military targets on british soil. three of the men were convicted terrorists who met in prison. they ll be sentenced tomorrow. 0ur correspondent tom burridge is at the old bailey for us. three of these men had already been jailed for terrorism offences and in fa ct jailed for terrorism offences and in fact they met at belmarsh prison. information on all four of their la pto ps information on all four of their laptops and mobile phones said they we re laptops and mobile p
parade at buckingham palace. and the £198 million man. the record breaking price tag for barcelona star neymar to transfer to paris st germain. good evening and welcome to bbc news. there is new hope tonight for thousands of families who live with the prospect of passing on inherited diseases to future generations. for the first time scientists have successfully repaired a faulty gene in human embryos. the us and south korean team used a process known as ‘gene editing to correct dna that causes a deadly heart condition. the controversial technique is still at the early research stage but it raises the hope of preventing 10,000 gene disorders which pass down the generations. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. the goal could not be more ambitious. to eradicate inherited diseases. these scientists have taken an impressive first step on a long road. editing dna in human embryos. so how is it done? inside the nucleus of each of our cells is our genome, billions of