the head of the met police says she does not intend to resign and welcomes a review into the police s handling of last night s vigil for sarah everard. i don t think anybody who was not in the operation can actually pass a detailed comment on the rightness and wrongness of it. you know, this is fiendishly difficult policing. but criticism of the police has been swift, from across the political spectrum and those who attended the vigil. hundreds of demonstrators are gathered this evening the foreign secretary makes another call for the immediate release of british iranian nazanin zaghari ratcliffe after she faces new allegations of anti government propaganda in court. and it s the music industry s biggest awards night of the year the grammys they re being held at a virtual ceremony in los angeles. now on bbc news. reporterjim reed investigates allegations of a culture of bullying and harassment at the sellafield nuclear site in cumbria. i think there s massive problems w
and extended duration breathing apparatus have been working in extremely challenging and very difficult conditions to rescue people and to bring this major fire under control. the building contains 120 flats. residents have been describing the horrifying scene they woke up to. residents were at the window, help me. help me. you can see the fire going into the last room that they re in and just engulfing their whole apartment. the met police have set up a casualty bureau for concerned friends and family members. the phone number is: 0800 0961233. hello. good morning. this is north kensington in london and behind me about 250 meters away is grenfell tower or in fact what remains of g re nfell tower. tower or in fact what remains of grenfell tower. you can see perhaps in the bottom left of your picture water from the fire service from the emergency services still, still being projected on to the tower. this is what, eight hours after the fire began. certainly eight hours after
why he s the only one to go, so far. why aren t the political leaders of kensington and chelsea taking responsibility, as well, for this whole dreadful event? theresa may heads to brussels to meet european leaders. she s expected to clarify the status of eu nationals living in the uk. the iraqi government says the destruction of a mosque in mosul is an admission of defeat by so called islamic state militants. prince harry reveals some palace truths. he tells a us magazine that no one in the royal family really wants to be king or queen. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the prime minister has warned that tests on other tower blocks in the wake of the grenfell tower fire have found some cladding that could catch fire. at least 79 people are thought to have died in the tragedy in west london last week. in a house of commons statement, theresa may told mps all possible steps were being taken to ensure that affected buildings were made safe and residence of the blocks w
an urgent appeal has been launched to find more black blood donors for help with those with sickle cell disease. we will speak to two families of those living with the disease. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11 this morning. we d love to hear from you if you re an eu national living in the uk. are you reassured by what you hear? we re also talking about fire safety this morning. if your flat is covered in cladding, has your landlord been in touch about measures to keep you safe? do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. german chancellor angela merkel has described theresa may s offer to give european citizens rights after brexit living in the uk is a good start. at a summit last night, the prime minister said nobody in the uk lawfully would be forced to leave on the day of brexit, nor did she want to split up families. in return the
and locked up for 23 and a half hours a day a court will rule today whether the detention of a teenage boy with significant mental health issues at a young offenders institute is unlawful. we ll bring you the story. hello. welcome to the programme, we re live until 11. throughout the morning, the latest breaking news and developing stories and as always keen to hear from you. a little later we ll be talking about snapchats new feature snap maps which allows users to track where other people are. lots of you are worried about the safety of your kids if other people can check where they are do get in touch and tell us your views. use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today.a plan to revolutionise the treatment that cancer patients receive, through individually mapping their dna, is being proposed by the chief medical officer for england. the proposals would mean millions of patients would hav