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for carl edmonds. he was facing a player from portugal and he for carl edmonds. he was facing a playerfrom portugal and he came through it in straight sets. his second round opponent is likely to be from france. it could get more difficult for him but there was a shock for one of the favourites in the tournament. the german youngster who won in rome earlier this year lost and sets to a spanish veteran. british women s number one johanna konta has a dismal record on the french clay she s never won a match at roland garros and sadly for her that record continued today with a first round defeat to the world number 109 as jim lumsden reports. konte‘s improvement does not yet extend to clay. she was looking to get past the first round for the first time. the first set was a formality. the second set was the opposite. the chinese player picked up opposite. the chinese player picked up by opposite. the chinese player picked up by greater resistance opposite. the chinese pl ....
in the hour on bbc news. three days before the defence of his title, murray puts in the practice at wimbledon as he tries to shake off a hip injury. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. in the last half hour the leader of kensington and chelsea council, the borough where the grenfell tower fire happened, has resigned. nicholas paget brown said he had to accept responsibility for his role in the response to the fire, and in particular for the decision to ban the public and press from a council meeting last night. the bbc has also obtained documents that show that cheaper, less fire resistant cladding was chosen for the tower block. 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, and there is no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety. kensington and chelsea council says safety would not have been compromised in order to manage budgets. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more. where you pressured by number 10 to resign? the p ....
bbc research suggests there s been an increase in the numbers of students going to bulgaria and romania after failing to get a place in british universities. and good news for cricket fans. live cricket is returning to bbc television for the first time in 21 years, from 2020. the leader of kensington and chelsea council, the borough where the grenfell tower fire happened, has resigned. nicholas paget brown said he had to accept responsibility for his role in response to the fire and in particularfor the decision to ban the public and press from a council meeting last night. the bbc has also obtained documents that show that cheaper, less fire resistant cladding was chosen for the tower block. 80 people are believed to have died in the fire and there is no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety. kensington and chelsea council says safety would not have been compromised in order to manage budgets. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more. ....
and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, the british and irish lions have been told they need to man up if they are to beat the all blacks in the second test and keep the series alive in new zealand. good evening. the leader of kensington and chelsea council, nicholas paget brown, has announced that he s standing down after days of mounting criticism of the authority s response to the grenfell tower fire. it was rebuked by downing street after a decision last night to abort a public meeting and there s been further evidence that cost cutting resulted in a downgrading of building refurbishments. in his statement, mr paget brown said he had to accept responsibility for what he called perceived failings after the tragedy which has claimed, according to police, at least 80 lives. here s our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. were you pressured by no 10 to resign? the pressure simply got too great. he was the leader criticised with failing to cope with the crisi ....
she has become more unpopular. she has become more divisive. she is a very polarising figure. she is seen as a beijing loyalist. that reputation will make it difficult to do as she has promised to heal divisions in society. she has promised to tackle that challenge. but it is difficult to see how she will do that, given her perception. now to other news and the time for strategic patience is over that was the message donald trump had for north korea as he stood side by side with the new south korean president. mr trump called for a determined response to the nuclear threat posed by kim jung un but he also took aim at seoul over trade, and sharing the cost of defence. the bbc‘s state department correspondent barbara plett usher reports. this was the visit of a strong and historic ally at a time of uncertainty, with a recently elected leader and an unpredictable one. it was the first foreign visit for president moon. the interest back home spurring an eager scramble f ....