she was on the news. it s horrible for me to hear that they re missing, or they re dead, or they re 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 b
mainly muslim countries. a rare sea turtle, that washed up thousands of miles off course in wales, is taken to gran canaria to be set free. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, live cricket matches will return to bbc television for the first time in 21 years, after a new deal was done with the ecb. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. it s emerged that the cladding used to renovate grenfell tower where police believe 80 people died in a fire was changed to a type which cost nearly £300,000 less. documents obtained by bbc news show officials originally chose a zinc cladding, but then decided upon a less fire retardant aluminium version. kensington and chelsea council says safety would not have been compromised to manage budgets. since the fire, all 137 buildings tested in england so far have failed fire safety tests. 0ur correspondent nick beake is at grenfell tower. when you look at the burnt out shell of g re nfell tower when you look at the burnt out s
affecting people from six mainly muslim countries. funerals take place for 29 year old martyn hett and 15 year old megan hurley, who died in the manchester bomb attack. also. washed up in wales. now having fun in the sun. a rare sea turtle found on a beach in anglesey, is taken to gran canaria, to be set free. british world no.1 tennis player andy murray will begin the defence of his wimbledon title against a qualifier or a lucky loser on monday. and live cricket returns to bbc television for the first time in 21 years. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the chairman of the local government association has criticised fire safety tests being carried out on cladding from high rise buildings, claiming the examinations are flawed. it s emerged that the cladding used to renovate grenfell tower, which was consumed by fire two weeks ago, was changed to a type which cost nearly £300,000 less than alternatives. there is no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire s
is taken to gran canaria, to be set free. british world no.1 tennis player andy murray will begin the defence of his wimbledon title against a qualifier or a lucky loser on monday. and live cricket returns to bbc television for the first time in 21 years. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chairman of the local government association has criticised fire safety tests being carried out on cladding from high rise buildings claiming the examinations are flawed. it s emerged that the cladding used to renovate grenfell tower, which was consumed by fire two weeks ago, was changed to a type which cost nearly £300,000 less than alternatives. there is no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety, and kensington & chelsea council says safety would not have been compromised in order to manage budgets. in the past hour it s emerged that the head of the council s tenant management organisation is stepping aside. our correspondent nick beake is in north kensin
welcome to bbc news. a coroner has concluded that the deaths of seven men, including five young friends, who drowned off camber sands in sussex last summer was due to misadventure. the five died in august last year, just a month after two other men drowned in the same area. duncan kennedy has the background to the case. kobi saththiya nathan, his brother ken, nitharsan ravi, inthushan sriska ntharasa and gurushanth srithavarajah the five friends who died on a summer s day out. their families came for the final time, to hear what happened to them and why they drowned. it was last august, they d all gone for a day trip to camber to play volleyball in the water, when this emergency took hold. today, a key expert on beaches and currents gave the fullest account yet of what probably happened; of how the five were playing far out to sea on these sand bars and were trapped when the tide turned. dr simon boxall said powering currents and water temperatures, 12 degrees cooler than a