in north london. a service of remembrance has been held. tolu adeoye was there. prayer recital. remembering the life lost and saying prayers for those whose lives were changed forever, when a man deliberately drove a van into a crowd near the muslim welfare house in finsbury park five years ago today. 51 year old makram ali was killed in the attack. darren osborne from cardiff was found guilty of terrorism related murder and jailed for a minimum of 43 years in 2018. he also injured several others, including yassin hersi. one of my legs was broken, and the other one was really, you know, damaged. i ve seen the dead body of makram ali as well there. and all that things is still fresh to my mind, even though it s been five years. it s been a really very hard time. thank you all for gathering here today to. she sobs. to remember my dad, makram ali. some people say with time it gets easier, but i believe that it never gets easy. that black hole, you always have that black hole in
i still have flashbacks. i was the type of person that would never even give depression a look. i always used to say, oh, depression, that s not for me. i don t do depression. but that s totally wrong. the depression s taken a big hold of my life. ahead of the anniversary, survivors, grenfell residents, people involved in the rescue that night and those who lost loved ones are holding a memorialfootball day at queens park rangers in west london, close to the tower, people bonded forever by tragedy, heavily reliant on each other for comfort. coming together with everybody that survived the tower, the families, actually has a positive impact. you don t have to talk about grenfell because everybody sort of knows what happened. all right, one, two, look at the camera. just a smile, it warms you. cheers, mate. come on, boys! 72 people lost their lives as a result of the fire. the youngest was marcio s unborn son, logan. his mother, andreia, breathed in so much smoke and toxic g
mixed feelings about it. church of england leaders have described the policy as immoral , downing street has said the plane may not take off today as planned because of ongoing legal challenges by some of those due to be removed. also this lunchtime: basic pay falls in relation to rising prices at the fastest rate in more than a decade. intense russian bombardment in the east of ukraine all three bridges in a key city have now been destroyed. five years since the grenfell tower disaster, a memorial service is held at westminster abbey for the 72 people who died. nicola sturgeon insists there is an indisputable mandate for a second referendum on independence for scotland. and england chase a second innings target of 299 to win the second test against new zealand. and coming up on the bbc news channel: australia are into the world cup finals for a fifth time in a row, following the heroics of sub keeper andrew redmayne. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one.
Strictly regulated . We hearfrom one family about the tragedy of addiction. He hid it from everybody, and he must have been going through absolute torture. And thats the thing that hurts the most. Remembering the life and work of sir Terry Pratchett a new exhibition that takes a tour of his fantasy discworld. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, essex have been waiting 25 years for a county championship title, but a win over warwickshire means they may not be waiting very much longer. Good evening and welcome to the bbcs news at six. A minutes silence has marked the official opening of the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed at least 80 people in june. The head of the investigation, retired judge sir martin moore bick, described the blaze as a tragedy unprecedented in modern times. Today he laid out exactly what the inquiry will aim to do. As well as examining the cause and spread of the fire, the inquiry will look at whether the design, construction and refurb
Remembering the life and work of sir terry pratchett. A new exhibition that shows where he created his fantasy discworld. Ed sheeran and stormzy among those battling it out to win this years prestigious Mercury Prize, well be live at the ceremony coming up in sportsday on bbc news Arsenals Europa League match against cologne at the emirates is delayed with 20,000 german fans in london, but only 3,000 have tickets. Good evening. Exactly three months after a fire devastated grenfell tower, in west london, killing at least 80 people, the Public Inquiry has opened with a minutes silence for those who died. The retired judge heading the inquiry, sir martin moore bick, described the blaze as a tragedy unprecedented in modern times, as he promised to get to the truth. He said the inquiry would examine the cause of the fire and how it spread. It will look at whether the design, construction and refurbishment of the tower block complied with building regulations, as well as the response of the