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Updates on Friday 30 June
Fly-tipper dumps half-a-tonne of waste onto an Upper Norwood Street as Croydon Council appeal for informationpublished at 18:07 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
Minister: Council leader's position 'a matter for him'published at 18:03 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
Grenfell Tower statement
House of Lords
Parliament
Image source, HoLCommunities and Local Government Minister Lord Bourne says, after calls for local Council leader Nicholas Paget-Brown to resign, that elected representatives' position is "a matter for them to consider".
He points out there is a support unit for victims and many organisations including those in the private sector will have to reexamine their safety standards.
He praises the bipartisan tone in the chamber, noting "statements elsewhere have been unhelpful" - a possible reference to remarks by shadow chancellor John McDonnell.
Watch: The Perfume exhibition at Somerset Housepublished at 18:01 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
Lib Dems join calls for council leader's resignationpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
Grenfell Tower statement
House of Lords
ParliamentLib Dem spokesperson Baroness Pinnock joins calls for the leader of Kensington and Chelsea council to resign, saying she can't believe he's remained in post.
She asks how the survivors are going to be cared for in the future, given they may require support for some time to come.
She also wants to know how the government will pay the "enormous cost" of re-cladding unsafe buildings.
Labour calls for resignation of Kensington council leaderpublished at 17:43 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
Grenfell Tower statement
House of Lords
Parliament
Image source, HoLLabour's local government spokesman, Lord Kennedy, calls on the leader of Kensington and Chelsea council to resign immediately.
He urges that we never again "hear any nonsense about red tape and health and safety regulations".
He accuses the government of giving the "wrong kind of attention" to social housing and says he hopes this will be a turning point.
Hazard, Ba & Cabaye invest in NASL clubpublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
Chelsea's Eden Hazard and Crystal Palace's Yohan Cabaye are among the investors backing a new football club in the United States.
Read MoreUK safety standards 'cut to the bone'published at 17:30 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
Austerity forces councils to prioritise other services, says the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.
Read MorePullman to use Grenfell girl's name in bookpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
The name of a teenager feared dead in the Grenfell Tower fire could be used in Pullman's second Book of Dust novel.
Read MoreHow 1999 tower fire led to rule changepublished at 17:17 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
A parliamentary inquiry was carried out after a fatal tower block fire in Irvine, North Ayrshire.
Read MoreMinute's silence for Finsbury Park victimspublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
People around the UK paid their respect to the victims of the Finsbury Park mosque attack.
Read MoreCroll joins Exeter after Palace releasepublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
Exeter City sign centre-back Luke Croll on a permanent deal following his release by Premier League side Crystal Palace.
Read MoreSilence for Finsbury Park victimspublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
A minute's silence has been held to remember the victims of the Finsbury Park Mosque attack.
Read MoreMajorca shark 'more exciting than scary'published at 15:52 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
The blue shark was spotted swimming in the shallow water at Illetas beach in Majorca.
Read MoreFemale soldier becomes first to captain the Queen's Guard during Changing the Guardpublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
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End of twitter postCamber Sands death beach 'has hidden dangers'published at 15:29 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
Image source, PA / @TASHKA4A stretch of coastline where five young friends died is a beach with "hidden dangers", an inquest has heard.
The inquest heard the two brothers, Ken, 18, and Kobi Saththiyanathan, 22, died at Camber Sands last August were both good swimmers.
A pathologist told the Hastings inquest the two brothers, who lived in Erith, had both drowned.
The family's lawyer Patrick Roche said said they were "keen for lessons to be learned" and that no-one else suffers the same appalling tragedy."
Exhibition appeals to sense of smellpublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
A perfume exhibition allows visitors to check how reliable their sense of smell is.
Read MoreLord Adonis: Brexit delay over Heathrow must endpublished at 15:11 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
Image source, Getty ImagesBrexit and the UK's hung parliament should not hold up crucial projects such as the expansion of Heathrow Airport, the government's top infrastructure adviser has said.
There must be a limit to the "dither and delay", said Lord Adonis, head of the National Infrastructure Commission.
He told the BBC that Brexit meant the UK had to be "open for business".
The government approved a third runway at Heathrow last October, but it was not mentioned in the Queen's Speech.
Majorca shark captured on camera by British holidaymakerpublished at 14:59 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
A British holidaymaker who saw a blue shark swimming in shallow waters while he was staying in Majorca says he was "more excited than scared".
Tim Prottey-Jones said his wife Angela was getting into the sea at Illetas beach on the Spanish island on Saturday when the shark appeared.
It swam past "calmly, perhaps eerily calmly", but was "an amazing sight".
Mr Prottey-Jones, from London, said people rushed out of the sea but got back in again some 25 minutes later.
"We had been on the beach all morning because it was extremely hot and we wanted to leave it as long as possible to enter the water and cool off."
‘Stay put’ advice used as firefighters halt blaze at Waxham council blockpublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
Afternoon weather: Pleasantly warmpublished at 14:43 British Summer Time 26 June 2017
We will see rather more cloud across London this afternoon, with the sunshine turning hazy in places.
It should stay dry though it will feel pleasantly warm.
Maximum Temperature: 23C (73F).
