to piece together what happened and how the blaze spread so quickly throughout the building. there now three inquiries by the police, by the fire brigade, and the full public inquiry. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds now on the questions the public inquiry will have to consider. it is the first obvious question. and it will be for the fire brigade to answer. the accounts of the residents will be important. this video was shot 20 minutes or so after a fridge caught light on the fourth floor. the guy s fridge was by his kitchen window. the fire had already gone on the outside, and the wind helped it, and then all of a sudden, the cladding has fallen. he said the cladding caught. and that leads to question number two. it shouldn t have. the building was redesigned with aluminium panels in 2016. the work was signed off by the council. so far there is no evidence standards were breached, but. the minimum safety standards which is expected for a building to keep it reas
seven american navy crew are missing as a us warship collides with a container ship off the coast of japan. from selfless heroes to entertainment superstars: bravery and achievement are recognised in the queen s birthday honours. in sport, rory mcilroy misses the cut, but two englishmen, paul casey and tommy fleetwood, are part of a four way tie for the lead at the us open. and helen has the weather. good morning. it will be hotter still today and the first of if you hot days for many of us, with high levels of uv, very high in the south. more details in about 15 minutes. first, our main story. angry protests have been held in london as residents demand support for those affected by the grenfell tower fire. the government has pledged £5 million to help victims but labour says it isn t enough. around 70 people are thought to be dead or missing and last night london came together in grief with a candlelight vigil. frankie mccamley reports. a moment to grieve. for a community s
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
across the country today, to remember those affected by the blaze. the queen s speech to parliament next year is to be cancelled, to allow mps more time to scrutinise brexit legislation. it s been described as an unusual move. fifty seven people are killed in a forest fire in central portugal, which continues to spread. many of the victims burned to death in their vehicles when they were trapped by the flames. now on bbc news, it s time for click. ok, let s play. this week, we re punching above our weight. die! driving round the bend. and dropping gunk in a bucket. right, let s see. dragons? check. singing pirates? check. orcs? yup. all of which can only mean it s time for e3, the world s maddest video games expo in the heart of downtown los angeles. this is where new games are launched and new hardware is lauded. it s always big, loud and bright but this year, for the first time, it s notjust open to those who work in the games industry. fifteen thousand members of the publi
labour system is the mother of all reforms because he hopes it will unleash a confidence and optimism in the economic system which will unblock the problems which the country has. he wants to work pretty fast on that. and have the reforms which are controversial on the statute book, by september. but this is where we come to the old french problem. will that triggered the protest on the streets which the opposition are predicting? we will have to see. in his favour, he came to power saying he would do this, he has a big mandate with his presidential vote and now this big majority in parliament. the auspices for this kind of reform could not be better, if not now, you might wonder, when? hugh schofield, he looks like he is seeking a bit of shelter from the sunshine, like many people. it has been the warmest day of the year so far, quite a few places above 30 degrees. and a fair amount of sunshine, but more cloud in north eastern scotland and more cloud in north western scotlan