Are in a good state of working order, which our heating does work, it isjust not order, which our heating does work, it is just not brilliant. it is order, which our heating does work, it isjust not brilliant. it isjust not brilliant. it is “ust very cold fl it isjust not brilliant. it is “ust very cold sometimes. i it isjust not brilliant. it is “ust very cold sometimes. we h it isjust not brilliant. it isjust. very cold sometimes. we could it isjust not brilliant. it isjust - very cold sometimes. we could be heading to something. jessica hill, investigations reporter for schools week. it could be akin to the cladding crisis. it seems to be coming to a head with a lot of the building getting past its shelf life at the same time. i building getting past its shelf life at the same time. at the same time. i think you re riuht. i at the same time. i think you re right- i think at the same time. i think you re right. i think it at the same time. i think you re right. i think it is at the same time. i think you re right. i think it is dangerous - at the same time. i think you re right. i think it is dangerous for| right. i think it is dangerous for the publie right. i think it is dangerous for the public. we were first alerted to this in the public. we were first alerted to this in 2018, there was a school in kent this in 2018, there was a school in kent which this in 2018, there was a school in kent which had rack in its ceiling. it collapsed. luckily, the incident happened it collapsed. luckily, the incident happened at the weekend and no one was hurt happened at the weekend and no one was hurt. but i think the school itself was hurt. but i think the school itself was was hurt. but i think the school itself was only given 24 hours notice itself was only given 24 hours notice that there was a problem.
Almost all of britain s major developers including britain s biggest house builder barrett have agreed to sign contracts to remove flammable cladding from tower blocks and fix other fire safety defects discovered in the wake of the grenfell fire tragedy. the housing secretary michael gove had threatened them with been banned from building completely in future if they didn t. but developers and cladding campaign groups claim the legal contracts will only tackle a small proportion of the overall problem, as phil hendry explains. chanting: we cannot pay! it s taken protests and endless amounts of campaigning. but nearly six years on from grenfell, have the flat owners caught up in the cladding crisis finally got what they want? developers signing contracts to fix their flammable and unsafe buildings. by signing the contract, these developers have committed to fixing at least 1,100 buildings. they will invest more than £2 billion in that work. let me take this opportunity once again to apologise to those leaseholders and others who ve waited so long for
Many thanks, hugh pym, our health editor. almost all of britain s major developers, including britain s biggest house builder barratt, have agreed to sign contracts to remove flammable cladding from tower blocks and to fix other building defects discovered in the wake of the fire at grenfell tower in west london. the housing secretary michael gove had threatened them with being banned from building if they don t sign up. but developers and cladding campaign groups claim the legal contracts will only tackle a small proportion of the overall problem as phil hendry explains. chanting: we cannot pay! it s taken protests and endless amounts of campaigning. but nearly six years on from grenfell, have the flat owners caught up in the cladding crisis finally got what they want? enough is enough. developers signing contracts to fix their flammable
And that s the ma ority of these buildin . s. . and that s the ma ority of these buildinus. . .., ., and that s the ma ority of these buildinus. . ., ., , buildings. including cardinal lofts in i swich buildings. including cardinal lofts in ipswich where buildings. including cardinal lofts in ipswich where they buildings. including cardinal lofts in ipswich where they know - buildings. including cardinal lofts in ipswich where they know only | buildings. including cardinal lofts i in ipswich where they know only too well tonight the cladding crisis is very far from over. well tonight the cladding crisis is very farfrom over. phil hendrie, bbc news. now a look at some other stories making the news today. scotland s public spending watchdog has raised concerns over bonuses paid to some senior managers at ferguson shipyard in inverclyde. a report for the scottish parliament said that two ferries being built at the shipyard, already five years behind schedule, may need a further £9 million on top of nearly £300 million already committed. meta, the company which owns facebook, instagram and whatsapp has announced its to lose 10,000 jobs. meta had already announced 11,000 job cuts last october. in a statement the boss mark zuckerberg described the losses as tough but said there was no way around them. nhs england says the health services under severe pressure as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors hold thousands of junior doctors hold
Where you don t think about it or it doesn t impact you in some way, from costs, the fact we can t move, we can t get on with our lives. we would love to sell this apartment, move out of town, get a house. but we are just trapped, mentally, financially, physically, trapped in this apartment until, hopefully, eventually, we can hopefully sell it. there are also thousands of buildings notjudged as high rise, but which could still have safety risks. a new tax was brought in this year to pay for work on these buildings. the government admits there could be as many as 9,000 of these 11 18 metre high blocks that need cladding removal or other works. then there are buildings under 11 metres, and there are no estimates of how many of those there are and whether work is needed. there is no government or house builder cash to pay for these works either. no wonder the issue has been dubbed a cladding crisis.
Is the government has looked at this idea of giving people with mobility issues, perhaps blind people as well, a specialised planjust issues, perhaps blind people as well, a specialised plan just for them on how they would get out and what equipment or people they would need but they also worked out there could be 11 people in every building who need that plan and we have looked at the cladding crisis and seen the cost of fixing that and they don t want another massive bill for providing for example staff to people who need that service 21w. if you put people in unsuitable residences, isn t that one of the consequences? residences, isn t that one of the consequences? sarah lives in the buildinu consequences? sarah lives in the building was consequences? sarah lives in the building was significant consequences? sarah lives in the building was significant fire - consequences? sarah lives in the | building was significant fire safety defects, her left is not safe in a fight so she needs a way of getting out and she had a fire and because she had a plant she was able to get out. the government has a number of people in the fire safety industry
It s that little boy who didn t want to hear, or didn t want to feel pain. as they rose for recess, watching intently, his ex wife. we ll hear amber heard s version of events in the days to come. david sillitoe, bbc news, fairfax, virginia. there ve been protests outside parliament today over the cladding crisis as campaigners urged the government to protect all leaseholders from the costs of replacing flammable cladding. today mps were debating the key legislation to protect hundreds of thousands of leaseholders in england from the multi billion pound cost of fixing their homes. most major housing developers have pledged to do the work and pay for it themselves. but campaigners says the pledge is not legally binding and homeowners may miss out. judith moritz reports. chanting: make our homes safe! these flat owners came to westminster with a message
Government should have the numbers to make sure it doesn t happen. but i ve spoken to several conservative mps who think it would be a really bad look to block this move, and if mrjohnson has done nothing wrong, then he has nothing to fear. we might find out later how downing street are going to play this one. the time is 6:15. our top story this evening. after weeks under attack, ukraine offers to swap russian prisoners of war for civilians trapped in the besieged city of mariupol. and ministers urge completing further in the cladding crisis. coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel, what now for manchester united? the players were second best again on the pitch, but how deep to the problems go? the actorjohnny depp has told a court that he was more inspired to turn to drugs
There ve been protests outside parliament today over the cladding crisis as campaigners urged the government to protect all leaseholders from the costs of replacing flammable cladding. today mps were debating the key legislation to protect hundreds of thousands of leaseholders in england from the multi billion pound cost of fixing their homes. most major housing developers have pledged to do the work and pay for it themselves. but campaigners says the pledge is not legally binding and homeowners may miss out. judith moritz reports. chanting: make our homes safe! these flat owners came to westminster with a message for parliament and some words for the prime minister, make our homes safe. their protest, timed as the building safety bill reaches its final stages. there s too many, kind of, loopholes, that anyone can just find their way out of it, it s not far reaching enough. 0ur developer is also quite a small company, and they haven t signed this so called pledge that a lot