with a third missing more than a month of teaching, according to a new report. housing charity shelter blamed what it described as total inaction from the government for the numbers of young people in traumatic living arrangements. the government says it increased local housing allowance significantly during the pandemic, and is delivering more affordable homes. here s our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan. it s barely 6:30am, and isaiah is heading to his childminder. ..while his brother coby begins the journey to school. single mum lily is heading to work as a nurse, hence the early start. we used to walk to school every single day from our old house. but that all changed when they were made homeless in september, after the landlord sold the property. now the commute can take up to 45 minutes. if i could get us housed near his school, that s my main goal. this is where they re currently living, all three sharing a one bed flat. it s temporary accommodation.
Good morning. It is a cold start in some parts of the north of the country, temperatures close to freezing. For many, it will cloud over with scattered showers developing and some of those will be heavy and thundery. I will have all the details later in the programme. Its tuesday 21st may. Rishi sunak says the government will pay whatever it takes to compensate the victims of the the Infected Blood Scandal. Details of the scheme are expected to be announced later today. Its been described as the biggest Treatment Disaster in the history of the nhs. Yesterday a Public Inquiry highlighted a catalogue of failures over many years, which it said had catastrophic consequences. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes has more. Cheering and applause. A moment of relief and joy after years of grief, frustration and anger. Sir Brian Langstaff delivers his findings to just some of the thousands of people whose lives have been touched by the Infected Blood Scandal. Outside, some of them reflected
Off to a winning start in the Champions League they beat Borussia Dortmund in a rare wembley win. Just say to the camera a couple of times, ifeel just say to the camera a couple of times, i feel pretty. Idle just say to the camera a couple of times, ifeel pretty. Idle pretty. I feel pretty. Ive been getting some surprising musical tips from comic actor bill murray, as he releases his debut album and matt has the weather. You cant you usually accuse uk weather of being boring but youve heard it already this week and you will get the full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The Public Inquiry into how a fire engulfed the Grenfell Tower block in west london, killing at least 80 people, will begin this morning. Over the coming months itll hear evidence about the how the blaze spread, the refurbishment of the 2a storey block, and wider issues of fire safety in high rise buildings. Families will be able to watch proceedings by video link from a church nearby. Frankie
And on the day storm 0rphelia hits the uk, 30 years ago the country was reeling from the impact of the great storm of 1987. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Three people have died as the worst storm for 50 years hits ireland, parts of the uk are affected too. Storm 0phelia has brought gusts of nearly a hundred miles an hour, damage to buildings and there are flood warnings in place along much of the west coastline of britain. The centre of the storm hit the south coast of ireland late this morning and moved up the country with the west coast bearing the brunt. Its now over the north coast heading to scotland where it will gradually weaken before finally passing the uk tomorrow afternoon. 360,000 homes and businesses have lost power. In ireland, around 170 flights have been cancelled with flights and ferries also called off in parts of scotland. From the atlantic 0phelia arrived in force. No longer a hurricane, but a storm still determined to show her power. That was seen on irelan