for the latest. and remembering the victims of grenfell five years on from the grenfell tower fire in london where 72 people were killed, events are being held across the city. i m victoria derbyshire, we are here throughout the day talking to people deeply affected by the events of that night and what has happened since. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the first flight taking asylum seekers to rwanda will leave from an undisclosed location in the uk this evening, after campaigners lost a court battle to prevent it. they had hoped to stop the plane taking off before a full hearing next month on whether the policy is lawful. dozens of asylum seekers were originally due to be on the flight, but most won appeals against deportation. it s not know how many people will be on tonight s flight, but it s thought to be about seven or eight people, and some of those have hearings today to determine whether they will be on board. the cost of charter
gronefeld, people affected by what happened, and also asking what has changed since we learned of the public inquiry that the cladding put around the teller as part of a previous refurbishment contain plastic that was highly flammable we will be talking to people throughout the day here at grenfell tower. the company knew it was highly flammable ten years before the grenfell fire that continued selling it. they were warned that 5000 square metres of that cutting would have the same firepower as a massive trick of oil on fire. that cladding and other failings led to the flames spreading swiftly and fatally around all four corners of the tower. here s how the events of that night unfolded. ? the film contains footage of the tower on that night, which you may find upsetting. just before 1am onjune1lith, 2017, a devastating fire broke out
was to react by concealment, instead of candour. the result is a prolonged periodj of concealment by government, which should properly be regarded as one of the major scandals of our time. just to pick up some of the themes she races there which really encompasses everything, a deregulation of the industry in the building industry, possibly what she called a laudable desire to reduce carbon emissions. a lot of the cutting put on buildings like gronefeld was put there to make those buildings warmer and reduce their carbon emissions. a good thing to do but if you are deregulating the industry she is saying that is a problem. as she said the government knowing what was going wrong but concealing it. those are the allegations the government and other public bodies will face over the next five months. nigeria has become the latest country to be added to the uk s red travel list. ten other african countries were added to the list last