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at 10pm with a round up of the news. first it is time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch. coming up: a clash with andrea leadsom on newsnight. are the bbc presenter is guilty of being too negative and interrupting ridley? is this government minister being given too harder time on bbc news? as the aftermath of the west london fire continues to dominate the news, it has been a difficult week for the housing minister. he was on victoria derbyshire when he was faced with residents from the grenfell tower. derbyshire when he was faced with residents from the grenfell towerli wa nt residents from the grenfell towerli want permanent accommodation. do not give me temporary accommodation. i work hard and i had a good house. do not give me temporary accommodation, i will not excepted. what we will come to, i promised. some viewers felt that victoria derbyshire lost control. 0ne fewer send this e mail: we mentioned last week another bbc item about the fire at grenfell t ....
coming up in ten minutes‘ time, newswatch, but first on bbc news, click. this is salad, grown the old fashioned way. you know, in shipping containers, under led lights, without soil, in an optimised water and nutrient mix. as farmer spock called it, good old hydroponics. in all seriousness, it s been suggested that the type of intense farming going on here at local roots in los angeles could help solve the world s food problems in years to come. transport costs can be reduced by growing plants wherever they are needed, even in areas of famine where the land and climate are too harsh. you get higher volumes and many more crop cycles during the year, too. lettuce can be grown in 30 days instead of up to 90 outdoors, and a new crop can be grown immediately. all in all, one of these containers yields the same as five acres of land over the course of a year. it s very similar to the strawberry farm that we saw in paris in the spring and in miyagi injapan in 2015, where th ....
the birthplace of the nation. and louise has the weather. it is chilly start in the north of the country but not a bad start to the country but not a bad start to the day. good morning. first, our main story: kensington and chelsea council is facing more criticism over its handling of the grenfell fire. the mayor of london sadiq khan is calling for commissioners to be brought in to take over the running of the authority, which he says is not fit for purpose . the council leader, nicholas paget brown, and his deputy, both resigned yesterday. simonjones reports. after angry protests at the council offices and after a meeting of the council was cut short following an attempt to ban the public and press. reporter: were you pressured by number 10 to resign? ..the pressure for the leader got too great. this is a huge human tragedy for so many families. the task for my successor is to ensure that the strengths would also characterise this place, and north kensington in partic ....
office. canada marks the 150th anniversary of its confederation. half a million people are due to attend celebrations in ottawa. and in rugby union, the lions square the series in new zealand, ending the all blacks eight year winning streak at home. hello and welcome to world news today. we begin in mosul, where after intense fighting, iraqi forces say they ve taken control of the so called islamic state s main base. the militants have also been driven from a hospital compound, where several senior is leaders were thought to have been hiding. but fighting is continuing around part of the old city. commanders say they are confident a final victory is in sight. our correspondent orla guerin reports from mosul. a symbol of victory, planted this morning in what was the main base of is in mosul. troops weary after driving the militants from this vast medical complex but vowing to hunt down every last one of them. we will keep chasing them and those who support them, says thi ....
many of those making assertions on the remain side were relying on people meekly submitting to authority as though we were still operating in the pre reformation catholic church rather than making proper arguments. we ll speak to those who think mr gove was putting his finger on something. and, of course, the oscars. i m sorry. no. there s a mistake. moonlight, you won best picture. no, not that, this. the oscar winner for best documentary is about the civilian rescue workers in syria. we ll speak to one of the white helmets. hello. good evening. for the first time since the uk voted to leave the european union, former prime minister, john major, has spoken out of his fears for this country s future. he warned of a real risk that government would not achieve all that it had promised from brexit. he said a comprehensive deal was unlikely by 2019 and that a failure to deliver would result in further distrust between politicians and the public. he launched an excoriating a ....