because they weren t married. and the world cup should be played every two years rather than every four so says arsenal s former manager, arsene wenger. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel. heather knight s stunning century helps england wrap up their series against new zealand and make history along the way in derby. good evening. the government is preparing for the worst case scenario after the collapse of several energy companies due to soaring gas prices. nearly one and a half million customers have been hit in the last two weeks by firms going bust and the government is now working with the energy watchdog ofgem to protect customers if, as feared, more companies go under. smaller and newer providers have been overwhelmed by a global spike in wholesale gas prices. all affected customers will still receive energy while a new supplier is appointed by ofgem but it might be more expensive. here s coletta smith. as the wholesale gas price goes up, suppl
we talked to novelist robert harris about his book, and mean it. munich. minute s silence has marked the official opening of the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire which killed at least 80 people in june. the chair of the inquiry, retired judge sir martin moore bick, described the blaze as a tragedy unprecedented in modern times today he laid out exactly what the inquiry will aim to do. it will look at whether the design, construction and refurbishment of the building complied with building regulations. ahmed chellat is on a journey to the opening of the grenfell inquiry today, but he hopes eventually to justice. i would like him to find out the cause of the fire. he lost his brother in law, sister in law, two nephews and a niece in the fire. eight year old mehdi, just identified yesterday, they are still waiting to find the remains of their 15 year old. what do you want the inquiry in the end to be able to do for your family? well, we re not going to have them b
and lost their children, there are firefighters that have come out injured, that we don t even know if they re going to come out safe. worried families are desperately searching for news on their loved ones. these three girls are among the missing. the 2a storey grenfell tower is still burning in places as fire grenfell tower had recently been refurbished at a cost of £10 million. residents say they were astonished by how fast the flames spread. we will have the latest on this fast moving story in the next hour. a news conference now with the latest from the emergency services. thanks very much for your patience. you will be aware that the london fire brigade received the first of a number of calls to a significant incidentjust number of calls to a significant incident just before number of calls to a significant incidentjust before 1am number of calls to a significant incident just before 1am this morning. a large number of cruise, operational firefighters, morning. a large
former chief fire and rescue adviser sir ken knight said he was impressed by the rate at which tests are being carried out on tower blocks. i think it s going well. the arrangements were set up, as i said, very early after the fire itself. of being able to do with up to 100 tests a day. they have not reached anything like that level, of course. there is no backlog of tests now. it doesn t mean to say there won t be the samples coming in, and the local figures show a worrying result, with some of those tests, but nevertheless the testing has been going at pace. all of those panels that have failed those tests, either the housing authority or the local authority, either has been informed or if they haven t been informed, will be informed within the next few hours, i understand. they evidently know the urgency of the need to test and that is why the arrangements were putting place. i think they are coming in at the speed that they do. i m sure, and i can t tell you at the moment
in consumer borrowing through credit cards, personal loans and car finance deals. and one of germany s most decorated war time pilots takes to the skies above england, in a spitfire. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the scottish government has put plans for a second independence referendum on hold. this afternoon, scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said that she wants to reset her plans on a second vote and ask the scottish electorate instead in the autumn of next year or the spring of 2019, once the brexit negotiations are over. ms sturgeon has also told msps that she would now redouble her efforts to keep the country in the european single market. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, is in edinburgh with the latest. calls for nicola sturgeon to take the idea of an independence referendum off the table in but clearly she wants to have it there asa clearly she wants to have it there as a possibility, she says, depending on the outcome of brexit an