Strong in the next test to avoid yet another whitewash. Emphatic. Thanks holli, and thomas has all the weather. The advice is to be prepared not just on the roads, but the airports as well, really foggy weather potentially starting this evening on the way. Thanks thomas, also coming up a woman is appointed as bishop of london for the first time. Sarah mullally calls for more female and ethnic minority priests to make the church of england more relevant. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Building regulations are leaving room for short cuts, according to the the woman leading a review into fire safety after the Grenfell Tower blaze. In her interim report Dame Judith Hackitt said she was shocked by some of the practices she had seen. Shes calling for simpler rules, better enforcement, and a cultural change was needed so safety is prioritised over cost. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds. Grenfell tower and that horrifying loss of life demonstrated for all to see, that something had gone badly wrong with fire safety. But the scale of that only became clear in the weeks that followed. Confidence in the safety of Public Housing was left in pieces, bits of buildings had to be removed because no one was sure of the risk. Todays report is clear the rules and the way they work in practice are not fit for purpose. Too complex, too easy to get around. My aim for the future is to create a much simpler and more straightforward system that will be easier for people to follow. But that needs to be reinforced with a number of changes in behaviour which will include a major culture change across all of the players in this. Here is the main problem when reclading a tower like grenfell, designers and builders only had one strict rule dont do anything which might allow a fire to spread. But there is a mass of documents setting out how that might be achieved and plenty of different ways to maintain safety. Our view is this has opened up all sorts of ambiguities, loopholes and unintended consequences. A concrete example is, there is a complex view on combustibility. We should be using noncombustible materials. He and others in the industry believe todays report at this early opportunity should have recommended that only materials which dont burn be used on tower blocks. Its by far the biggest problem, if the guidance back in 1999 had changed, we wouldnt even be talking about fire risk assessments and Building Control assessments and responsibility because we would probably never have had a disaster like this. Damejudith says in the six months following the fire, shes been shocked by some of the practices shes learned about in the industry. Shell make recommendations next spring. And tom symonds explained that when the final report appears there might be a clearer picture of the rules governing fire safety. There is only really one rule which the building regulations set out in the building regulations set out in the circumstances, which simply says that you should not allow anything that you should not allow anything that might result in a fire, which clearly is not very helpful. She saysin clearly is not very helpful. She says in her report that the rules are so come says in her report that the rules are so come placate a bit she had to map out how they work in practice. You might imagine how the industry regard that. I think what she will wa nt regard that. I think what she will want is a change in fire safety and Building Design and refurbishment thatis Building Design and refurbishment that is along the lines of the health and safety changes we have seenin health and safety changes we have seen in the last 20 years or so. For example, the huge Adults Health and safety rules about working construction sites. I in think she will be asking for something of that scale. The industry says that is badly needed, because even the government and the industry have had a disagreement about the rules. The issue of limited combustibility cladding, the government says the rules say it cant, the industry has been saying that three years if it does certain things we can. All of that needs to be sorted out, and her report is due in the spring. A report has found institutional racism in the case of an iranian refugee who was murdered by a neighbour in bristol in 2013. The report by the Safer Bristol Partnership says avon and Somerset Police and Bristol City Council repeatedly sided with the abusers of Bijan Ebrahimi, who was beaten to death and his body set on fire, after he was wrongly accused of being a paedophile. One man is serving a life sentence for mr ebrahimis murder, and two Police Officers were jailed for misconduct. Jon kay has been talking to Bijan Ebrahimis family, and sent us this report. Bijan ebrahimi came to britain for safety. But four years ago, the refugee from iran was brutally beaten to death and his body set on fire. Dont you dare take pictures of me, all right . This is the neighbour who killed him, lee james, now serving life for murder. Todays report says that although the fatal attack could not have been predicted, there were warning signs that the police and council should have spotted. Again and again, bijan went to the authorities claiming he had been abused and attacked, sometimes he said, because of his race. He made reports about different people in different places over several years. But todays report said he was treated as a nuisance, with police and Council Staff often believing the people he was complaining about rather than helping him. Absolutely shocking and disgusting. Now, his sisters have been told that there was a collective failure by avon and Somerset Police and Bristol City Council which amounted to institutional racism and discrimination. We feel angry, disappointed, shocking. These are not the words we should hear in this day and age. You dont want to see and you dont want to hear any more about this, this has been dealt with so many times before, and saying this is happening again is shocking. Very sad and we are very angry as my sister says, and it is very shocking and upsetting as a family. Todays report says no individual members of staff here at Bristol City Council or avon and Somerset Police were intentionally racist themselves. But it says both organisations had an ingrained view of Bijan Ebrahimi which affected the way they treated him. And that he did not get the support or the level of service that he should have received. The phrase institutional racism was used in the notorious case of Stephen Lawrence nearly 20 years ago. And now it appears again in an official report. It is a word that is rarely used, it is a finding that is rarely found. Because one would hope that institutional racism is not a common problem, that the familys concern in fact is it is much more common than it is found. Last year, two members of police staff were jailed for misconduct. The force apologised to the ebrahimi family then, and today avon and Somerset Police reiterated that apology, along with the council, they have accepted the latest report in full. Jon kay, bbc news, bristol. Police in lebanon have arrested a man in connection with the murder of a British Embassy worker in beirut. The body of rebecca dykes, who was 30, was found by the side of a motorway on saturday the day she was due to fly back to britain for christmas. From beirut, martin patience reports. Shes been described as a bright star, someone who cared deeply for others, while working on the humanitarian front line. Rebecca dykes was helping lebanon cope with the influx of syrian refugees. On friday night, rebecca came to this bar behind me, she was attending leaving drinks for a colleague. She was relatively new in the city. This was an opportunity to meet new people. Shortly after midnight, she left the bar and apparently got into a taxi. It was that decision that cost her her life. Her body was found dumped close to a motorway. Police say she was strangled. A taxi driver has now been arrested in connection with her murder. Josie ensor had planned to be at the bar that night but couldnt go because of work. Its crazy because all of my friends were there. The idea that it could have been anyone that left the bar that that night, i mean we all drink in this area and go out in this neighbourhood which is usually very, very safe. So we are alljust deeply saddened that one of our friends left by herself and didnt come back. On twitter, the British Ambassador hugo shorter wrote rebecca was said rebecca was said to be thrilled about working in lebanon and colleagues said she made a real impact before her life was cut short. Two people have died after a fire broke out at a five star hotel on the banks of loch lomond. The fire broke out in the early hours of the morning at the Cameron House hotel near balloch. One person died at the scene and another person died later in hospital. Two others are still being treated. 200 people were evacuated from the hotel police say theyre trying to find out how it started. Theresa may has been Holding Discussions with senior members of the cabinet, for the first time, about what the uks long term relationship with the European Union should be. It follows the decision last week by the eu that brexit negotiations can now move to the second phase. We can speak to our chief Political Correspondent vicki young. And a few eyebrows were raised when it was revealed that the cabinet had not had this discussion already . M is almost as if they needed to get the green light to move on to the second stage of negotiations before they try to sort out between themselves what they are actually going to demand. The eu is sounding impatient already, saying that we need to know what the uk is asking for. But of course, for their part, Michel Barnier has already repeated something he has said many times, that the uk cannot cherry pick what it wants. But it sounds like that is exactly what the uk government does wa nt to exactly what the uk government does want to do. They feel like they are coming at this from a unique position, it is how the prime ministers spokesperson put it this morning. We are not like another country doing a trade deal, we are already in the eu and have been three years, we are aligned when it comes to rules and regulations, we wa nt comes to rules and regulations, we want some indifferent. Not the same as norway or canada but something bespoke. It does not sound at the moment ipu is willing to give that, but it is all up for negotiations. The cabinet subcommittee met this morning and they have to try and work out exactly what it is they will be asking for. There is, as we know, a division between the cabinet and the party about exactly what our future relationship with the eu should be. Will we be closely aligned taking the rules and regulations for that interim transition period . Then there is the big question of divergences, will we move away from the eu allowing us to sign trade deals with other countries . You wonder how these discussions can be anything more than an aspiration given that the eu 87 might have a different view . That is the issue when it comes to negotiation. We know that the next stage will be even harder than the first stage. Trying to work out exactly what the eu would be willing to give to the United Kingdom given that they have made it clear that they do not want the uk to be able to be seen to be leaving and getting a much better deal. At the British Government is confident that they should be aimed to be ambitious, thatis should be aimed to be ambitious, that is what borisjohnson has said at the weekend, in a newspaper interview. Saying that it is no good being partly in and partly out, we need to break free as he would see it, the ambitious and allow us to be a country that looks out to other places and has these free trade deals and moves on to a different kind of relationship. But everyone knows that will not be easy. What is fascinating is that theresa may herself, is not entirely clear where she stands in this argument, that she stands in this argument, that she is the one who will have to find a way through and find a compromise, even before she gets to those negotiations later next year. You talk about the next phase being even more difficult, why is that . |j talk about the next phase being even more difficult, why is that . I think it is because they have not decided yet what they want, the British Government. And because the eu is making it clear that for them they do not feel a bespoke deal is on the cards. There are so many different elements. The british governing talks about trade talks, actually it is about our future relationship in other areas as well. Theresa may is a ready made it clear that when it comes to Security Operations the cooperation with the eu will continue, but there are many elements to this, and if you look at other trade deals negotiated and worked out in the past years between the eu and other countries, they have taken the eu and other countries, they have ta ken years the eu and other countries, they have taken years and years. The first thing for theresa may to achieve in the new year is to kane down that interim period which we think will be around two years. Pin down. That is not what some people in her cabinet want, the full cabinet will meet tomorrow. Thank you. Youre watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. A review of building regulations, following the Grenfell Tower fire, says the Current System isnt fit for purpose. The iranian refugee murdered by his neighbour an inquiry finds evidence of institutional racism by the police and council in the years before his death. Two people have died in a fire at a luxury hotel on the banks of loch lomond in scotland. And in sport, australia regain the ashes which give them an unassailable 3 0 lead in the five test series with two still to play. There has been a charge by the fa for diving, he will have until tomorrow evening to respond. Crystal palace midfielder has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon after a fight work out comet hughes due to appear in court next month. Police in birmingham are continuing to appeal for witnesses, after a crash which left six people dead in the city centre at the weekend. Crash investigators are trying to piece together what caused the pile up, in the early hours of sunday morning. 0ur correspondent emma thomas reports. It was 1 00am on the penultimate weekend before christmas, when Emergency Services were called to an horrific scene. Six vehicles and 13 people caught in a collision, the impact of which left a black taxi cab on its side and produced a sound so powerful it awoke People Living nearby. A0 firefighters and specially trained paramedics tried to save the victims, but five people were confirmed dead at the scene, a sixth died later in hospital, and a seventh remains in critical condition. The first victim to be named is imtiaz mohammed, the taxi driver. A 33 year old father of six, his youngest daughter marks her fourth birthday today. Both his passengers, a man and woman, also died. He told his wife, it was to be his last fare of the shift and that he would be home soon. The three other men who were killed, all travelling in the same car. He was a great person, a remarkable boy, very friendly, very sweet, with everyone. Everyone, with friends, in the street, no one complained from him. Flowers adorn this busy city underpass today. As the investigation continues, West Midlands police asked people who may have gathered footage of the aftermath of the crash not to share the distressing images on social media, but send them to police to help officers establish the facts of this crash which claimed the lives of six people. The road was closed for several hours yesterday to allow investigation work. This busy dual carriageway, subject to a a0 mph speed limit, and Birmingham City council, said it had been gritted in the hours before the crash due to freezing temperatures. As police piece together the cause of the collision, families grieve the loss of loved ones killed the week before christmas. Emma thomas, bbc news. Votes are being counted in the election of a new leader of south africas governing party, the anc. Activists say the bitterly fought contest remains too close to call with delegates casting a secret ballot to choose either the Deputy PresidentCyril Ramaphosa or Nkosa Zana Dlamini Zuma a former cabinet minister, and the ex wife of president jacob zuma. 0ur south africa correspondent milton nkosi is injohannesburg. Why has this battle being so divisive . This election has been so divisive . This election has been so divisive because the stakes could not be higher. You have Nkosazana Dlamini zuma, the former wife of president zuma, he is begging her to replace him. His deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa, is not backed by the president and he has got all the people on his side who were very business friendly and the one on n kosaza na business friendly and the one on nkosaza na Dlamini Zumas business friendly and the one on Nkosazana Dlamini zumas side are much more poorfriendly as Nkosazana Dlamini zumas side are much more poor fr