Its thursday, 15 june. On breakfast today well bring you the latest on the fire and well be asking how such a tragedy could have struck in the heart of the capital. Also this morning reports in the us that the man investigating russias involvement in the american president ial election is looking at whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice. The days of coming home to a big mobile bill after a european holiday should now be over. From today Roaming Charges are being dropped across the eu. Ill have all the details shortly. In sport, englands hopes of winning the champions trophy are over. Eoin morgans men were favourites to win the tournament but they were thrashed by pakistan in their semi final in cardiff by eight wickets. After eight muggy start it will be fresh with a mix of sunshine and showers. I will have a full forecast in about 15 minutes. Good morning. Im in west london where almost 30 hours after fire swept through the Grenfell Tower behind me. It is shocking, the
Points to bear that come up from the fire and rescue service, generally, from the fire industry. And from good and bad practices. The group has been a very active group. I have been secretary for the last three yea rs. Been secretary for the last three years. Iam been secretary for the last three years. I am a former chief fire officer. I spent 42 years in the fire service, 20 years of that was as the chief fire officer. The comparison has been drawn between the Grenfell Tower and la ka nal house, which went up in flames in camberwell in 2009. We are also hearing that the recommendations from the coroner s report havent been implemented. Why not . from the coroner s report havent been implemented. Why not . I cant say that it hasnt been fermented. I am sure the coroner wrote to Southwark Council with a letter of improvement, what should expect to happen. She talked about the procedures that came out of the inquest. She also wrote to the Fire Sector Federation and she also wrote to four
An Inquiry Finds that senior figures in the Church Of England colluded with disgraced former bishop peter ball who abused young men tributes are paid to makram ali named as the man who died in the Finsbury Park Terror Attack. And prince harry tells an american magazine that no one in the royal family wants to be king or queen but they do it for The Greater Good. And boys at a school in Devon Wear Skirts to lessons in protest at not being allowed to put on shorts in the heatwave. Our main story at five local authorities around the uk are checking the cladding on high rise buildings, 600 of them in england alone, because of concern about the cause of the Grenfell Tower fire in which 79 people died. So far, tests have found the cladding on seven buildings is combustible. The tests are on going with samples from tower blocks all over the country being sent in for testing 100 samples can be processed a day. The Prime Minister told the commons that steps were being taken to make the affected
Cheaper prices as the pumps. The supermarkets have cut Petrol Prices over the last few days, but are they here to stay . I will have the details. Strawberries and cream at the ready. Wimbledon gets under way today, so we have sent sally and carol to sw19. Good morning and welcome to wimbledon 2017. As he starts the defence of his wimbledon title today, andy murray says he is fit, despite suffering with a hip problem. But the world number one has already faced some of his toughest questions this fortnight, when he was interrogated by our mini murrays, who wanted to know who was the best cook in his family. My my gran has got a lot of experience cooking, so i will say it would just. Just be her. It isnt my mum, she would definitely be third on the list. More from them later. Lets cross to inside the all england tennis club, where carol has got the weather. Good morning, and out here it is this grandmothers shortbread which is particularly good. We have some spots of rain this morning. Th
Lots coming up today, have you bought diet pills . Many are illegal and deadly but can be bought online. Get in touch with us as we are talking about that also some new research that might seem a Bit Suprising which is that people who drink three to four times a week are less likley to develop Type 2 Diabetes than those who never drink we will explain all. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. The bbc understands at least 60 buildings have failed a new Fire Safety Test. The test is seen as more they were owe than previous ones as more materials were analysed together for the first time. So far, just nine of the buildings which failed have been identified. Theyre in salford in Greater Manchester. The local council is asking for help from Central Government to meet the cost of replacements. Ministers will publish the full Test Findings later this morning. Dan john