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when the nation woke to the horror of the grenfell tower fire almost four months ago now, a report quickly emerged of a baby apparently thrown out of a window by a desperate mother. miraculously, the child was caught by a man on the ground below and saved. it was a moving tale and it had currency because it encapsulated the tragic choices that those trapped by fire might have to confront. above all, it was a glimmer ofjoy on a terrible night, with a hero in the man who caught the baby. stories like this are a big part of news reporting. they help us to form judgements on larger events. and the specific stories that catch on, often say something about us. but given that this account of the baby was so seized upon, in a night of total confusion, it s worth asking if it was all as it seemed. david grossman was moved by it as soon as he heard it, and he has been trying to find out more. listen to him. we need to leave now. straight to that breaking story in west london. lon ....
new revelations come out about president trump s son in law, jared kushner, and his alleged involvement in secret dealings with russia. i m m hull were thousands of people turned out for the first day of radio one s big weekend. amid tightening security. also in the next hour: all to play for in the all london fa cup final. it s the second half and reigning fa cup champions arsenal are currently winning 1 0 against chelsea in this year s final at wembley stadium. british airways passengers around the world are facing flight cancellations and delays after a globalfailure of the company s computer systems. planes have been grounded at many airports worldwide. all ba flights from london heathrow and gatwick have been cancelled for the rest of today. the airline says delays and disruption may continue into tomorrow. it has also apologised and said it s working to resolve the problem, although it had found no evidence that it s a cyberattack . in the past over british a ....
there were no tannoy announcements whatsoever. travelling with my 80 year old grandma for her birthday. it s a celebration weekend. there s 13 of us going. we ve heard nothing. we haven t been offered any chairs, any water, any vouchers. nothing. by this afternoon, the disruption was such that ba took the highly unusual step of cancelling all flights from heathrow and gatwick airport. this is the queue of customers leaving the terminal. and there have been severe delays for ba flights around the world. this isjfk airport in new york. and fiumicino in rome. british airways has cancelled all departures from heathrow and gatwick. customers were handed out leaflets advising them of their rights to a refund and compensation. ba said that a problem with the power supply had caused the it outage, affecting everything from check in, to boarding, to baggage throughout the airline s global network and it apologised to its customers. a senior figure in the aviation industry said a ....
of a public appeal for information. arsenal win the fa cup final against chelsea in a thrilling 2 1, giving manager arsene wenger a record seventh victory in the competition. thousands of british airways passengers around the world have been stranded or had their flights cancelled after a massive computer failure. all flights from heathrow and gatwick were grounded for the day, bringing bank holiday misery for travellers. the airline says it s working to resolve the problem but has yet to confirm when the it will be fixed. here s our business correspondent joe lynam. this is what happens after a catastrophic it failure, thousands of ba passengers starting their long bank holiday weekend. queues of people snaking out of the door at terminal 5 in heathrow. people have been standing in the queues for up to 70, 90, 120 minutes in some cases. the queue stretches from the check in desks out to the back of the terminal and down in front of the terminal, where all the taxis del ....
forecastle this afternoon partly cloudy skies conditions that will be mild. james: paulo out the seventh cupertino 7 montague 771 and 72% to clear sunnyvale and campbell a very warm day for this time the year we re here with the first week of february and seven to the weather and on the other side of the country to have some zero temperatures and that no-digits for the windshield pushing things down below 00 we re expecting a list of the silicon valley is bring iran to the pacific northwest and by thursday thursday morning were look for their grain to get impacted far northern and invested the entire bay area state some for these cells that is coming of the seven facing. george: looking at the conditions out there right now you think we were at the peak of the commute is 7:00 and is really getting jammed of the eastern shore free rein in the macarthur maze a motorcycle accident was about 580 that is backed up the traffic now beyond 24 and is added to the delays comin ....