doors in the hours after the tragedy, offering shelter and collecting donations, but people are asking, why did they need to step m, asking, why did they need to step in, where was the government, the local council? why didn t they do more? one conservative councillor from kensington and chelsea admits things have gone badly wrong. from what i can see, we have been caught off guard. underground, people were quick to organise themselves. it has been kind of a disgraceful slow, limp, ifi been kind of a disgraceful slow, limp, if i can put it like that. been kind of a disgraceful slow, limp, ifi can put it like that. the prime minister accepts that in the hours after the disaster, the support for families was not good enough. now extra government staff are being drafted in to work with the council. it follows a meeting between the local people and the reason may in which they were keen to have their voices heard. things are finally moving forward and the government and the counc
would be a very, very bad outcome for britain. the chancellor, philip hammond, has said leaving the eu without a deal would be a very, very bad outcome for britain. at least 62 people are killed in a forest fire in central portugal. three days of mourning have been declared. and french people are voting in the final round of parliamentary elections, with president macronâs new party heading for a big majority. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the leader of kensington and chelsea council has told the bbc his officials are working round the clock following the grenfell tower fire. there s been criticism of the local authority which has been accused that it isn t doing enough to help those affected. many residents have said they ve received little or no assistance, although the authority has insisted it s committed to supporting anyone affected. church services have been held today to remember the victims of the blaze, as simon jones reports. voiceover: after the
stranger to forest fires, but these are some of the deadliest ever. the speed and ferocity of the flames catching people in their cars and homes. a woman s screams for her house. as the fire rages on several fronts, entire villages have been evacuated. officials are still not sure what remains. translation: we we re sure what remains. translation: we were inside the house, the fire was around us. the firefighters came to get us out because we could hardly breathe any more. as to whether the house burned or not, it must have, for sure. almost instantly, we saw the fire on the car, and within15 seconds at the most, the wind that the fire created lacked across to the fire created lacked across to the other side, and within 30 seconds, it was to the right, to the left, to the back of the car and you had no option but to keep driving into the fire. at times, the response has seemed chaotic, hundreds of firefighters working furiously since yesterday. some people say they have been
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as britain prepares for the opening of brexit talks tomorrow. president macron looks set to win a huge majority in france s parliamentary elections. commentator: that is in the air, it is all over! and pakistan thrash their fierce rival, and title holders india, in the champions trophy final, at the oval. good evening. the mayor of london sadiq khan says the grenfell tower fire disaster, in which more than 58 people are feared to have died, was the consequence of years of neglect by successive governments and the local authority. he says the tragedy was totally preventable. he was speaking as the leader of the local council in kensington and chelsea said he was doing everything he could to provide help to those affected. tonight, the police have released pictures from inside the tower, showing the devastating aftermath of the fire, as our correspondentjon kay reports. a week ago, this was someone s home. a bedroom. a kitchen. a bathroom. the people who lived in these flats ar