we will be looking at tomorrow s front pages, including the observer which says that safety reports were explored before the grenfell tower disaster. safety reports were ignored. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. police say 58 people are now presumed dead in the fire at grenfell tower in west london. they also said that the death toll is likely to rise again. the bbc understands the total number of dead or missing could be around 70. today, at downing street, theresa may met victims of the fire amid criticism of the government s handling of the tragedy. in the last few hours, the prime minister has issued a statement. it said the response of the emergency services, nhs and the community has been heroic. but, frankly, the support on the ground for families who needed help or basic information in the initial hours after this appalling disaster was not good enough. there have been huge frustrations that people do not know who to talk to, that they can t get thr
yesterday, i think it was. i have been a volunteer the entire week. and the town approached me saying, could we pull together a group of representatives from the local area to have a conversation with the prime minister? and we worked very closely with st clements church, which is very well connected in the local area, and brought together a group of people who were not representing anybody in particular, but people who were affected by the tragedy. there were people there who were survivors from grenfell tower itself, evacuees, local residents, there were volunteers, community leaders, and that was a group that was there. there has been a lot of discussion about the government understands people s needs here. are you more confident that they do, after theresa may s reaction? i am certainly hopeful that she listened. we all came away feeling that she listened very carefully. it was a robust conversation with forceful emotion in the room. people were able to say what they want
tomlinson, was also there. mark lobel spoke to him afterwards. i think it was a good meeting. i think it was a good meeting that enabled residents in the local area here to really express their frustrations and their hopes, their anger, their desires, and to put before the prime minister the things they really want to say. i think was a good thing to do and i think residents came away feeling that they had been heard and could say what they wanted to say. how did the meeting come about, and who was able to talk first? can you talk us through how the meeting went? it came about because. i was approached by number 10 on. i can t remember which day it was. yesterday, i think it was. i have been a volunteer the entire week. and the town approached me saying, could we pull together a group of representatives from the local area to have a conversation with the prime minister? and we worked very closely with st clements church, which is very well connected in the local area, and bro
tomlinson, was also there. mark lobel spoke to him afterwards. i think it was a good meeting. i think it was a good meeting that enabled residents in the local area here to really express their frustrations and their hopes, their anger, their desires, and to put before the prime minister the things they really want to say. i think was a good thing to do and i think residents came away feeling that they had been heard and could say what they wanted to say. how did the meeting come about, and who was able to talk first? can you talk us through how the meeting went? it came about because. i was approached by number 10 on. i can t remember which day it was. yesterday, i think it was. i have been a volunteer the entire week. and the town approached me saying, could we pull together a group of representatives from the local area to have a conversation with the prime minister? and we worked very closely with st clements church, which is very well connected in the local area, and bro
A special commemoration service took place this month to mark the anniversary of the Swan pub in Hastings Old Town being destroyed by enemy bombs on Sunday May 23 1943.