he didn t play great tennis, but he beat kei nishikori to reach the semi finals of the french open for the fourth year in a row. from colgate lasagne to green ketchup, we ll look at the ill conceived products that have been consigned to the first ever museum of failure. and matt is in rochester with the weather. a bit ofa a bit of a fail as well. in morning. we are failing to know our wildflowers. i am we are failing to know our wildflowers. iam in we are failing to know our wildflowers. i am in kent to find out more. what we do know is there is rain this week. i will have all the details coming up. thank you. good morning. first, our main story. in just one hour, polling stations will open for millions of people to cast their vote in the general election. police forces say there ll be increased security in some areas following the recent terror attacks in manchester and london. the first election results are expected at around midnight. gary 0 donoghue reports. election day
also the sheer shock, they didn t know how to react. they didn t know how to help. grenfell tower, when you are listening to advice on the ground, what are the authorities saying? safiyah. they pushed discord and back. safiyah, are you being advised to stay away? local businesses are being advised not to open. a school has advised parents that it will not open today. we have not been advised anything in particular. there is a bit of a rabbit warren around here. it s very, very difficult to stay away if you live here because it is right in front of you. you can smell the fumes. the smell that is just wafting through the air. you don t really have any advice about what to do. we don t really know. nvidia is directing any of the residence. it gave people the liberty to be present. it is good there was not a harsher approach. they could not be verified. people just leave that distance from it. you can t tell them to go. also, there are buildings in danger in other parts of the
and it is horrible for me to hear they are missing or they are dead or they are in hospital or something. how did the fire start, and why did it engulf the entire building injust minutes? questions but as of yet no answers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has ordered a full public inquiry into what happened here, why the fire spread so happened here, why the fire spread so quickly, and with such deadly consequences. the death toll at the moment is 17, but that is expected to rise. we know, in terms of casualties, that 37 people are still in hospital, 17 of those in critical ca re in hospital, 17 of those in critical care at the moment. the prime minister, theresa may, was here earlier on today neighbours and, and jeremy corbyn, the leader of the labour party, has also been here, he went to a nearby church currently and emergency centre, and he said that the truth must come out. he once and he wants answers. i m joined by deputy assistant commis
talks begin today to take britain out of the european union, we ll be there live throughout the morning. and while the politicians are talking, iam and while the politicians are talking, i am at smithfield markets in manchester to find out what businesses want from the negotiations. as police release the first pictures from inside the charred remains of grenfell tower, a nationwide minutes silence will take place this morning to remember those who lost their lives. in sport, the american brooks koepka equalled the tournaments lowing lowest winning score to take his first major. and carol s got the weather. today, for many of us, hot and sunny. temperatures peaking around 33 celsius in the south. in the north, at different story. there is a weather front producing thick cloud and some drizzle. i will have more in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. one man has been killed and eight people have been taken to three separate hospitals after a van drove into
we can join my colleague we canjoin my colleague ben brown who is there. i m ben brown in north london, where police are investigating the third terror attack in the city in as many months. once again, a vehicle was used to target people as a van was driven at speed into a crowd of muslim worshippers outside a mosque. one person died and ten people were injured. bystanders pinned down the terror suspect before handing him over to police. when he was running, he was saying, iam going when he was running, he was saying, i am going to kill more people. i asked him when he was on the ground, wide you do that? innocent people. he said, i want to kill muslims. a 48 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. good morning from finsbury park, where one man has died and ten people have been injured after a man drove a van into worshippers near a north london mosque. the van hit people after mounting the pavementjust after midnight outside the muslim welfare hous