Hello and welcoMe to Bbc Hello and welcoMe to bbc news. Hello and welcoMe to bbc news. You oin us in Central London you join us in Central London outside the building where for more than six years the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower Fire has been taking place. More than seven years on from the Grenfell Tower Disaster which claiMed 72 lives. Theirfamily their family and friends are hoping for answers from this report. SoMe of them did not want this public inquiry to coMe first. They wanted a Police Investigation to coMe first because they want accountability and want answers. They are looking for a path towards potential prosecutions as a result of what happened on that night. We will have lots of reports through the day and will bring you up to the moMent when the second report is published at 11 and we expect to hear from the chair of the inquiry. There will be reaction from the groups, the community groups that forMed in the aftermath of the fire. We expect a stateMent from th
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no doubt be desperately hoping there s not more injuries between now and when the squad is due to depart for qatar. perhaps the unique scheduling and the issues surrounding the world cup explains why there is not the same anticipation at this stage of the build up that usually you would expect. perhaps that will change when the action begins. england s focus now will be very much on the matches against iran, us, and the mouthwatering tie against wales. thank you. the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire has ended today with its senior barrister attacking the companies and organisations involved in the tragedy. richard millett kc said they had all failed to act in ways that could have prevented the blaze. 72 people died as a result of the fire in west london in 2017, from where our home affairs correspondent, tom symondsjoins us. yes, sophie, for two years and ten months those companies have been scrutinised closely by this inquiry. the companies involved in the
refurbishment of this building, placing cladding on the outside which helped spread the flames on the night of the fire. we are talking about materials manufacturers, fire safety co nsulta nts, manufacturers, fire safety consultants, architects, the council and also the government about the regulation of fire safety. right at the beginning, the most senior barrister at the inquiry, richard millett kc, warned there could be a merry go round of buck passing. today in a strong attack on the companies, he said the merry go round still turns, the companies are still blaming vari blaming each other. this week we saw cladding and insulation manufacturers saying their products could have been safely used on a tall building like grenfell if the designers and architects had effectively done their jobs properly. there are many views about that, and they have been expressed at the inquiry. the chair of the inquiry has to untangle all of this. his report is likely to take a year