with anita mcveigh. the other headlines here on bbc news: after the grenfell tower fire, the prime minister tells mps it appears the cladding used wasn t compliant with building regulations. 37 authority is had been tested and have failed the combustibility tests. when you cut local authority budgets by 40%, we all pay a price in public safety. a world wide cyber attack continues to wreak havoc for a second day france s biggest bank is its latest victim. and the creator of paddington, michael bond, has died at home after a short illness at the age of 91. good afternoon from warrington. the crown prosecution service has announced today that it is charging six individuals in relation to the hillsborough stadium disaster, 1989, 28 years ago. relatives of some of those who died in the disaster have said they welcomed the decision to charge those six individuals, and among those are the former south yorkshire chief superintendent david duckenfield, the match commander in the sta
to the bbc news at one. theresa may has confirmed that a retired high courtjudge, sir martin moore bick, has been chosen to lead the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire. sir martin this morning promised a vigorous inquiry that gets to the truth and said he understood the desire of local people for justice. the prime minister told mps that she expects he will produce an interim report as early as possible into the tragedy, in which 80 people are now presumed to have died. sir martin moore bick spent 20 years as a judge and is said to be highly respected, but his appointment has been questioned by some. here s our correspondent richard lister. the family and friends of tony dissident gathered for his funeral today, a short distance from grenfell tower where he died. with an estimated 80 dead, there will be many more such funerals. looming over them, questions about why they died, who was to blame, how can others be protected. and this is the man now appointed to fin
as local people express their fears. whether he will get to the bottom of who was responsible for causing the fire in the first place, is a different matter and that s the one that s really concerning residents at present. the ayes have it, the ayes have it. unlock. by a majority 01:14, the commons approves the queen s speech, and two years of the government s legislative plans. one of the most powerful figures in the catholic church, cardinal george pell, will return to australia to deny historic charges of sexual abuse. rupert murdoch s bid to buy all of sky is likely to be referred to the competition authorities. and we have the findings of a major new study into the effects of pesticides on bees. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: despite a heavy fall, johanna konta recovers to underline her wimbledon credentials, with victory over the world no.1, angelique kerber, in the quarterfinals of eastbourne. good evening. after months of relentless fighting, the islamic st
the difference between democracy and a wet haddock. that and other observations. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the judge appointed to lead the inquiry into the grenfell tower tragedy has promised to leave no stone unturned as he tries to get to the truth of what happened. sir martin moore bick, a retired appeal courtjudge, has been asked by the prime minister to produce an interim report as early as possible. but sir martin has said he is doubtful the process will be as wide ranging as some residents hope. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. a coucil in turmoil. our reputation is absolutely in the gutter. kensington and chelsea was forced to abandon a meeting this evening, when journalists were allowed in. councillors decided they weren t prepared to speak freely, their lawyers had warned it could even interfere with the coming public inquiry. an inquiry which will be led by a seniorjudge. his background already scrutinised by the government, today he
everybody thinks we need to learn the lessons from the grenfell tower fire. and responsibility for drawing up the right lessons rests primarily on the shoulders of one man sir martin moore bick, a 70 year old former commercial lawyer and appeal courtjudge. he went to the site of the fire today and met residents, which sounds fine. but and it s a big one he then downplayed expectations of what his inquiry might cover and how quickly it could report. now, i m well aware that the residents and the local people want a much broader investigation and i can fully understand why they would want that. whether my inquiry is the right way in which to achieve that i m more doubtful, and i ll give that some thought and in due course make a recommendation, but there may be other ways in which that desire for an investigation can be satisfied otherwise than through the work i m going to do. well, after the inadequacy of the early response to the fire, and the problems in the child abu