And weighing 65,000 tonnes the royal navys new Aircraft Carrier prepares for its first sea trials. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, formula 1 championship leader Sebastian Vettel is urged to calm down after being penalised for a collision with rival Lewis Hamilton in azerbaijan. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. Its taken 18 days but a deal has now been done between the dup and the conservatives which will guarantee the partys support for theresa mays minority government. In whats described as a 2 year confidence and supply arrangement, the Prime Minister has the backing of the dups 10 mps, after losing her majority in the general election. But while dup leader Arlene Foster has successfully negotiated a deal worth a billion pounds, she faces some perhaps tougher talks ahead parties in belfast have raised concerns that the dup tory deal has undermined the negotiations on restoring devolution at stormont and the deadline for those to succeed is thursday. 0ur Pol
In the hour on bbc news. Three days before the defence of his title, murray puts in the practice at wimbledon as he tries to shake off a hip injury. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. In the last half hour the leader of kensington and Chelsea Council, the borough where the Grenfell Tower fire happened, has resigned. Nicholas paget brown said he had to accept responsibility for his role in the response to the fire, and in particular for the decision to ban the public and press from a Council Meeting last night. The bbc has also obtained documents that show that cheaper, less fire resistant cladding was chosen for the tower block. 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, and there is no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety. Kensington and Chelsea Council says safety would not have been compromised in order to manage budgets. Our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds has more. Where you pressured by number 10 to resign . The pressure simply
Breaking news coming in from the states. Reports of a Shooting Incident inside a hospital inside the bronx in new york. Unarmed man, said to be dressed as a doctor, opened fire at the bronx lebanon on hospital, according to reports. This hit is a 972 bed hospital, at least three people are believed to have been shot, although there are reports of multiple shootings and some reports describe this as an ongoing situation. Messages on social media speaking of doctors and nurses having barricaded themselves inside the building and also some reports of a fire in the building. None of this is 100 confirmed. New york forrest has been briefed on the situation and police are going through from each floor to each floor in search of the gunmen. We will keep you updated on this developing story. The leader of kensington and Chelsea Council, the borough where the Grenfell Tower fire happened, has resigned. Nicholas paget brown said he had to accept responsibility for his role in response to the fir
And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, the British And Irish Lions have been told they need to man up if they are to beat the all blacks in the second test and keep the series alive in new zealand. Good evening. The leader of Kensington And Chelsea council, Nicholas Paget brown, has announced that hes standing down after days of mounting criticism of the authoritys response to the Grenfell Tower fire. It was rebuked by Downing Street after a decision last night to abort a Public Meeting and theres been further evidence that cost cutting resulted in a downgrading of building refurbishments. In his statement, mr paget brown said he had to accept responsibility for what he called perceived failings after the tragedy which has claimed, according to police, at least 80 lives. Heres our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. Were you pressured by no 10 to resign . The pressure simply got too great. He was the leader criticised with failing to cope with the crisis in his backyard. His coun
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