London fire: Latest updates as Grenfell Tower fire recovery continues

Summary

Police presume 58 dead but the BBC understands the toll may rise to about 70
Government promises £5,500 for every household left homeless by the fire
London Mayor Sadiq Khan says the disaster was a "preventable accident"
Minute's silence to be held on Monday at 11.00am
Chancellor says Grenfell Tower cladding was banned on high rises
Church services take place across the UK to honour victims

Live Reporting

Patrick Jackson, Lisa Wright and Dearbail Jordan

Thursday's front pages: More papers ask questions about tower warningspublished at 22:36 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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'Huge logistics operation ahead'published at 22:34 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
Mark Easton
Home editor
This is very much an ongoing operation, the building is still burning now. The emergency services are exhausted; they are having to continue their work throughout the night and for days to come
Part of the job will be to recover the bodies from the building and identify them.
But beyond that, where are you going to do to house 125 families? Children need to go to school, people need to wash, they need food: this is a huge logistics operation for the council.
Only when people have got their heads around that can we really start thinking about some kind of serious inquiry and investigation into why this building turned out to be a fire trap for hundreds of people.
A very sad day, says fire chiefpublished at 22:32 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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Ambulance service director praises staffpublished at 22:27 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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Miliband demands 'truth about what happened'published at 22:24 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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Thursday's front pages: Metro shows exhausted firefighterpublished at 22:22 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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Thursday's front pages: Telegraph also focuses on tower warningspublished at 22:18 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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Grenfell Tower, almost 24 hours laterpublished at 22:10 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
The scene now at the building...
The missing: 56-year-old lived on 14th floorpublished at 22:07 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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Denis Murphy's family say they last heard from the 56-year-old in the early hours of Wednesday morning, some time between 01:30 and 02:00 BST.
He called from his flat on the 14th floor and said he couldn't breathe because of the smoke.
His family say they have not heard anything since and have been frantically contacting hospitals and care centres.
Read more: Appeals for missing relatives
'Amazing effort' from west London communitypublished at 22:03 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
Head of media at charity Reprieve tweets...
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Examining the evidence: Newsnight takes a close lookpublished at 22:03 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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The missing: Grandfather-of-seven 'had difficulty walking'published at 22:01 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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Ali Yawar Jafari, 82, lived on the 11th floor of Grenfell Tower with his wife and daughter.
His son, Hamid, says his father had a heart condition and had difficulty walking.
His daughter Nadia was visiting yesterday evening, and when the fire broke out she got into the lift with him. But they separated on the 10th floor, and the family have not been able to contact him since.
Mr Jafari has lived in the tower for 16 years. He is a father of six and has seven grandchildren.
Thursday's front pages: Star pictures the missingpublished at 21:57 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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The missing: Family's plea for lorry driverpublished at 21:55 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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The family of 66-year-old retired lorry driver Tony Disson told the BBC he lived on the 22nd floor of Grenfell Tower.
Mr Disson, who has lived in the property for eight years, phoned his son at 3:30 BST.
He has three sons, four grandchildren, and another on the way.
His family say they have been calling hospitals to try to locate him and have posted, external an urgent appeal for any information.
Thursday's front pages: Express says 'dozens are feared dead'published at 21:52 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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Report after 2009 fire 'showed flaws in risk assessment'published at 21:50 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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Baroness Jenny Jones, a former London assembly member, wrote a report about the state of social housing in the capital following a fatal fire in another tower block in 2009.
She told the BBC her research found that the fire risk assessments and the advice given to residents were both flawed.
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There were two big recommendations: they should give national guidance to all owners of tower blocks so they could do the right sort of fire risk assessment and take everything into account.
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And the other was that all social landlords should publish or register their fire risks. What we found again and again was that information was not always given to tenants."
She said she wanted to see a public inquiry into the blaze at Grenfell Tower, adding: "We never want to see this again."
The missing: Appeal for father-of-onepublished at 21:47 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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Mohamednur 'Mo' Tuccu, a British national from Eritrea, was visiting friends or family at Grenfell Tower with his wife Amalahmedin and three-year-old daughter Amayah.
The Red PR consultancy - where he worked as a security guard for 10 years - tweeted an appeal, external for news of his whereabouts earlier today.
The missing: 12-year-old girl among those identifiedpublished at 21:45 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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The BBC has confirmed the names of some of those missing after the Grenfell Tower blaze.
Jessica Urbano Ramirez, aged 12, is believed to have become separated from her family when the blaze broke out.
Her aunt, Ana Ospina, says they still haven't heard from her, but have been calling hospitals as they believe she may have been taken in for treatment.
Thursday's front pages: i calls fire 'horrific' and 'avoidable'published at 21:44 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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More donations as Muslim residents break their fast togetherpublished at 21:39 British Summer Time 14 June 2017
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