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becomes the most senior woman in the church of england appointed bishop of london. and a dark day down under for england s cricketers as australia take an unassailable 3 0 lead in the ashes. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a review of fire and building regulations, following the grenfell tower fire, says the current system isn t fit for purpose, and a culture change is required to ensure that safety is prioritised over cost. damejudith hackitt, in her interim review for the government, makes a series of recommendations to simplify the rules and change the way they are overseen. she says she s been shocked by some of the practices she s heard about. here s our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. g re nfell tower grenfell tower and that horrifying loss of life demonstrated for all to see, that something had gone badly wrong with fire safety. but the scale of that only became clear in the weeks that followed. confidence in the safety of public ho ....
which will become more widespread as we go through the day. for many of us, a beautiful day, cloud and drizzle in the north west of scotland. most likely to develop across central england, southern england, eastern counties, the fog could be dense enough to cause delays on the road and possibly even some of the airports in the south. they re that in mind if you are travelling tomorrow. look at the extent this morning. some freezing fog around as temperatures dipped to zero. a lot milder in the north west due to south westerly winds. southern parts of the uk, the airports, in some places the fog will last through the afternoon, in many areas it will lift and disperse. where it lingers, it could be around 0 degrees. most of us won t get that. a lot of low, grey cloud. the odd spot, 14 degrees in aberdeen. this is an unusual meteorological phenomenon. we had a weather front living in tomorrow night, fog forming in some parts of the country. wednesday is gloomy, less foggy, ....
in the third test in perth. massive win. good morning. it s monday 18th december. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a review into building regulations following the grenfell tower fire says there should be a ‘culture change‘ to ensure that safety is prioritised over cost. dame judith hackitt, who is carrying the review for the government, makes a series of recommendations to simplify the rules and change the way they are overseen. in her first report out this morning, she also says regulations are confusing and open to interpretation. the interim report tells us that what we have in place today is a system which has evolved over a number of years. it is overly complex and that complexity does not lead to it being as effective as it needs to be. what sort of things specifically are we talking about? we re talking about a system where there is too much prescription, where there is a very heavily layered system of guidance currently, which is not hel ....
is declared the new leader of south africa s governing party, the anc. following the killing of british embassy worker rebecca dykes in lebanon local police arrest a man, believed to be a taxi driver. and from nurse to bishop, sarah mullally becomes the most senior woman in the church of england, appointed bishop of london. it s 5 o clock. breaking news from johannesburg, let s see the images in south africa. a very significant election has taken place. we have the congratulations, because cyril ramaphosa has been duly elected as the leader of the anc, the ruling party in south africa. he beat the former foreign minister, nkosazana dlamini zuma, by 2240 votes, to 2461. he is the deputy president currently, in line for greater things, because he hasjust been elected leader of the anc in johannesburg. the electoral commission, doing lots of its work this afternoon, looking and monitoring at the validity of the vote. there were talks about a conference of recount at one po ....
strong in the next test to avoid yet another whitewash. emphatic. thanks holli, and thomas has all the weather. the advice is to be prepared not just on the roads, but the airports as well, really foggy weather potentially starting this evening on the way. thanks thomas, also coming up a woman is appointed as bishop of london for the first time. sarah mullally calls for more female and ethnic minority priests to make the church of england more ‘relevant‘. hello everyone this is afternoon live. building regulations are leaving room for short cuts, according to the the woman leading a review into fire safety after the grenfell tower blaze. in her interim report dame judith hackitt said she was shocked by some of the practices she had seen. she s calling for simpler rules, better enforcement, and a cultural change was needed so safety is prioritised over cost. here s our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. grenfell tower and that horrifying loss of life ....