Wayne Marques was the first officer to face all three London Bridge attackers during their rampage.

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Windows and balconies on four blocks of flats in Sandwell are being stripped amid concerns.

Most victims of fire were in 23 flats, police say, as a coroner hears how a baby died in her mother's arms.

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A school in south London which was praised by numerous government ministers has had its funding cut by the Department for Education .

Durand Academy has had a controversial history with investigations by the National Audit Office (NAO) and Derpartment for Education (DFE) into spending at the school.

These included a contract with a lobbying and public relations firm - PLMR - whose managing director, Kevin Craig, is the school's vice-chairman of governors.

The former head teacher was one of the highest paid heads in the country with a salary of 250,000 pounds and he also ran a leisure centre which was built on school land.

Durand Academy became the first state primary, based in Stockwell, to open its own secondary boarding school - in West Sussex.

The DFE announced last autumn it would cut funding to the school - today it wrote to Durand Academy to confirm that funding will cease in 12 months' time - effectively shutting the school down .

Cladding is to be removed from two tower blocks in Lewisham - 1-48 Hatfield Close and 49-96 Hatfield Close.

Research by BBC London, shows the properties were last refurbished in 2004, and their last fire risk assessment was "tolerable" meaning no additional measures needed to be taken.

Fire risk assessments do not consider cladding.

Leading fire expert Prof Arnold Dix said this proves the assessments are pointless.

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A six-month-old baby was found dead in her mother's arms after the Grenfell Tower tragedy, an inquest heard. Leena Belkadi and her sister Malak Belkadi, aged eight, both died from inhalation of fire fumes, Westminster Coroner's Court was told.

Leena's body was found in a stairwell between the 19th and 20th floor of the building. Coroner's officer Eric Sword said she was "found in her mother's arms".

Malak was recovered from the 20th floor and died later at St Mary's Hospital, where she was taken alongside her sister Taxmin, aged six.

Their mother Farah Hamdan and father Omar Belkad also died in the blaze and inquests into their deaths have been opened and adjourned.

The family lived on the 20th floor of the high-rise building in west London.

Westminster coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox opened and adjourned the inquests of seven people including Leena and Malak today.

Police officer Wayne Marques confronted the three London Bridge attackers armed just with his baton.

Bare-knuckle boxing bouts will be held at London's O2 amid claims the sport will become a big draw.

Fulham youngster Ryan Sessegnon signs his first professional deal, keeping him at the club until June 2020.

The World at One
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Conservative MP Chris Grayling said it was "irresponsible of Jeremy Corbyn" to suggest that government cuts to local authority and fire service budgets were to blame for the Grenfell Tower disaster.

The issue of the Grenfell Tower was raised at Prime Minister's Questions at Westminster where the Labour leader said the fire had exposed "the disastrous effects of austerity" and "the terrible consequences of deregulation".

Labour MP Owen Smith, who was in discussion with Mr Grayling, told Radio 4's World at One that if you have a "cult of deregulation, which both parties have done on occasion, then we will have these problems".

Mr Grayling also added that there is a "dedicated team working across government in response to the disaster and he stressed how difficult it has been to establish exactly how many people were victims.

The final Grenfell Tower fire toll will not be known until at least the end of the year, with 80 people currently presumed dead, police say.

The vast majority of those who died were said to be in 23 of the North Kensington building's 129 flats.

Det Supt Fiona McCormack said the full toll will only be known when the search and recovery operation is over.

Olu described how he carried his daughter and wife through thick clouds of smoke to safety.