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temperatures are expected in the low 30s tomorrow. as you can see, into the mid 20s for eastern parts of scotla nd the mid 20s for eastern parts of scotland are not known. notjust the weekend, the heat lost since the beginning of next week. into the mid 20s for eastern parts of scotla nd mid 20s for eastern parts of scotland and northern ireland. hello. this is bbc news. i m chris rogers. the headlines. the queen says it s difficult to escape a very sombre national mood following tragedies in london and manchester. she s led a minute s silence at the start of events in london to mark her official birthday. the prime minister has been chairing a task force to coordinate efforts to help those affected by the g re nfell tower to help those affected by the grenfell tower fire. she theresa may is to meet some victims of the grenfell tower disaster at downing street amid criticism of her handling of the tragedy. in other news, pc keith palmer who tried to stop the terror a ....
to victory against the maori all blacks. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. we start with the latest events concerning the grenfell tower fire. we cross live to west london and speak to ben brown. yeah, we re expecting a news conference later on here this afternoon from the metropolitan police, where we may get an update on the casualty figures from the disaster. we know at the moment the official death toll is 30. though the bbc understands the total number of dead and missing is 70. 2a in hospital, 12 in critical care. but those numbers may change when we get that news conference a little bit later on. let me also tell you that 15 residents who managed to survive the disaster and also volunteers who we re the disaster and also volunteers who were helping those made homeless, those affected by the tragedy here have gone into downing street this afternoon to meet theresa may. the prime minister has been criticised for failing prime minister has been criticised forfail ....
to remember those dead and missing. transport for london say the hammersmith and city line has been part suspended at the request of the metropolitan police and the london fire brigade. coupled with plannedengineeringf in other news, pc keith palmer, who tried to stop the terror attack in westminster, has been awarded the george medal for his bravery as the queen s birthday honours are announced. among others to be recognised is the scottish comedian and actor billy connolly, who s been knighted. now on bbc news, it s time for addicted to protein a look at the multi billion pound supplement industry. so i need to be as fit and strong as possible. a lot of people have told me about the need to take but to help my muscles repair as quickly as they can. so do i take supplements or not? i want to be stronger. it s a multibillion dollar industry. anything with protein written on it will sell. work out, take protein, don t eat carbohydrates, you will look like an adonis. th ....
snment we start with the latest events concerning the grenfell tower fire. let s cross to ben brown in london. we are expecting in the next few minutes a - conference with the minutes a news conference with the metropolitan police commander, who we are hoping will update us on the latest investigation into the disaster here at grenfell tower and perhaps update the casualty figures. we know 2a people are in hospital, 12 in critical care. also the death toll, which currently stands officially at 30, although we understand from sources that 70 people are either missing or have died. i may get updates on those died. we may get updates on those figures at that news conference in a few minutes. this report now on the latest developments this afternoon from our correspondent here. bringing flowers, lighting candles and leaving messages at one of many churches in the area, a sombre time for people to reflect and come to terms with what s happened here. michael used to live in g ....
assault case declares a mistrial due to a deadlocked jury. and in rugby, the british and irish lions get a confidence boosting win as they power to victory against the maori all blacks. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in the past hour, police have said 58 people are missing and presumed dead in the grenfell tower fire. the metropolitan police have also said the number of those assumed dead may increase. let s go live now to west london, and ben brown. yeah, we got quite a lot of details in the last few minutes from the police commander here, stuart cundy. who were saying they have managed to formally identify the first victim as the 23 year old syrian mohammed alhajali, who had fled from the civil war in syria. 16 buddies have been recovered so far, but he was saying it is a very difficult, dangerous operation, trying to search for and recover bodies from inside the building. said that is a process which could take weeks or even longer. in fact they have to paus ....