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to the author paula mcgrath about her novel a history of running away. good evening and welcome to bbc news. it s only a few hours since theresa may named the judge who will chair the grenfell tower inquiry and already sir martin moore bick is facing questions about whether his brief is wide ranging enough. sir martin promised a vigorous inquiry into what caused the fire and how it spread so quickly with such fatal consequences. but many local residents, some of whom met the judge this afternoo, of whom met the judge this afternoon, say they want to know who should be held responsible for the disaster. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. away from the debate about the number of deaths and the risk from cladding, dozens of families are morning. dozens of families are mourning. relatives of tony disson laid him to rest today, close to the tower. relatives of tony disson laid to rest today, close to the tower. and this is the man facing the task of explai ....
speaks out against the problem of mental illness. commuter chaos in london a strike by underground workers has caused disruption for millions of travellers. the girlfriend of the missing raf serviceman corrie mckeague, has revealed that she is expecting his child. i have the support of everyone around me, and my family and friends, which is great but still not the most pleasant to go through when the person you love is missing. hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners, and if you kick them all out, you ll have nothing to watch but football. meryl streep has sparked a war of words with donald trump after her comments at the golden globes awards. good evening and welcome. northern ireland is in political crisis tonight after the shock resignation of sinn fein‘s martin mcguinness as deputy first minister. under the power sharing agreement for northern ireland, this automatically means that the first minister arlene foster of the democratic unionist party ....
deliberately responded slowly to the the shootings. also coming up: our nhs patients facing undue delays in getting specialist treatments? our new referral centres in england helping people get to hospitals or blocking them? and here s one for sherlock how did last night s finale get leaked online before it was broadcast? hello, iam hello, i am annita mcveigh, a very good evening to you from stormont, home of the northern ireland executive which today effectively collapsed. it was deadline day, but that 5pm deadline to try to salvage that 5pm deadline to try to salvage that power sharing arrangement came and went and it forced the secretary of state for northern ireland james brokenshire to announce that on the 26th of january, the assembly here would formally be dissolved and on the 2nd of march, there will be elections to the assembly in an effort to try to get this power sharing arrangement back together again. and it was interesting, james brokenshire said not onc ....
you are watching bbc news, let s get more reaction to martyn mcguinness‘s decision that he is go to step down from front line politics. let s talk to the journalist and author david mckittrick. i spoke to you last week after the colla pse i spoke to you last week after the collapse of the power sharing executive and martyn mcguinness standing down there. today, he is citing ill health, but does the events of last week, do you think, play into some of this, to? just a little bit. as you have seen him, looking at the guy, he is in a bad way. his appearance deteriorated within a month or two. it was a bit ofa within a month or two. it was a bit of a shock when we turned on the tv sets a few weeks ago, and there was martyn mag mcguinness, so martyn mcguinness, so 2 ’ 2-35 554.“ ate $2.55 9;%;5§ z=2:2;; 5: “z as 2-224 2.4.“ £22432 92225252222 2‘ “2 as no surprise to 222 222 £22432 222252422222 2‘ “2 as no surprise to say that he comes as no surprise ....
political crisis in gambia. neighbouring senegal has sent in troops, to ensure adama barrow assumes power as the new president. and a french win in record time in the vendee globe race. welcome to bbc news. donald trump has arrived in washington, along with his wife melania, ahead of his inauguration tomorrow as the 45th president of the united states. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend some to support him, some to protest against him. and it will be watched around the world by millions. let s cross to our washington correspondent jane o brien. asign of a sign of the times, our viewers saw the pictures. that plane did not have the word trump all over it and it will be official tomorrow. the clock is ticking, fewer than 2a hours to go on donald trump will become president. he is on his way right now to the national cemetery to lay a wreath. he has had lunch with some of his cabinet picks and the republican leadership at trump hotel which hejokingly ....