内容摘要：For more than an hour and a half, the LFB operated on the principle of “stay put” - advising residents they would be safest to remain in their flats until help arrived.

For more than an hour and a half, the LFB operated on the principle of “stay put” - advising residents they would be safest to remain in their flats until help arrived.

This could mean a Labour government would need to appoint dozens of new peers in order to be confident of passing new laws through the upper chamber.Several influential peers would be removed from the chamber under Labour plans.

They include Labour's Lord Dubs, who served as an MP for Battersea after arriving in the UK as a six-year-old fleeing the Nazis, Conservative former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine and former Lib Dem leader Lord Campbell.The last Labour government got rid of most hereditary peers in 1999 - but it allowed 92 to remain in a compromise deal.Their numbers have been maintained through by-elections to replace retiring or deceased members, selecting from 800 peers who inherited their titles.

Several attempts have been made to scrap this system over the years, but it remains in place.Labour has now promised to introduce "legislation to remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords".

A self-defence instructor has qualified for the European Karate Championships.

Shelim Ali, from Bristol, has been training and teaching martial arts in the city for almost 30 years.Listen to the episode on

A forensic pathologist has told an inquiry how he was watched by defence and Army officials as he examined Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess.Giving evidence at the hearing in central London, Prof Guy Rutty confirmed he had "no other reason" than the nerve agent to explain Ms Sturgess' death.

He told the inquiry panel that he had carried out the examination in full protective gear due to the risk of being exposed to the substance himself.Describing the situation as "very unusual", Prof Rutty added that he had written two separate reports as the coroner did not have the security clearance to read the full details.