Grenfell Tower
Residential building in London ravaged by fire in 2017
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Grenfell Tower is a derelict 24-storey residential tower block in North Kensington in London, England. The tower was completed in 1974 as part of the first phase of the Lancaster West Estate. Most of the tower was destroyed in a severe fire on 14 June 2017.
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Golfer ends deal with Grenfell insulation firm Irish golfer Shane Lowry has ended his partnership with Kingspan after it was found to have shown a "complete disregard" for fire safety before the Grenfell Tower tragedy.Sky News - Published | |
Former Open champion and Ryder Cup star ends deal with Grenfell insulation firm Irish golfer Shane Lowry has ended his partnership with Kingspan after it was found to have shown a "complete disregard" for fire safety before the Grenfell Tower tragedy.Sky News - Published | |
Tragedies like Grenfell cannot be completely avoided, says Sir Tony Blair Sir Tony Blair has warned that tragedies such as the Grenfell Tower fire cannot be completely avoided.Sky News - Published | |
Police must act 'quicker' on Grenfell investigation, says Harman Former Labour MP Harriet Harman has called for the police to act "quicker" when it comes to their investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire.Sky News - Published | |
Deputy PM criticises pace of taking down unsafe cladding seven years after Grenfell fireThe deputy prime minister has said she is unhappy with how long it is taking to remove unsafe cladding from buildings following the Grenfell Tower fire.Sky News - Published | |
Starmer 'deeply sorry' for failure of government to protect Grenfell victimsSir Keir Starmer has said he is "deeply sorry" for the actions of the British government after a damning report into the Grenfell Tower blaze said ministers "failed to act", despite knowing the risk of..Sky News - Published | |
Grenfell Tower fire was the final, fatal link in a chain of unimaginable human failure There is one thing that strikes you about the Grenfell Inquiry report - other than its size.Sky News - Published | |
'Systemic dishonesty' from cladding firms and government inaction, Grenfell inquiry finds The government was "well aware" of the deadly risks posed by combustible cladding and insulation a year before the Grenfell Tower fire, but "failed to act on what it knew", a landmark report has found.Sky News - Published | |
Key points from Grenfell fire reportSeven years after 72 people died in the Grenfell Tower disaster, the public inquiry has said that "systemic dishonesty" contributed to the horrific fire.Sky News - Published | |
Grenfell victims: Those who lost their lives in the fire The final report into the deadly Grenfell Tower fire will be published today - more than seven years after the disaster.Sky News - Published | |
Grenfell Tower inquiry to deliver final report seven years after deadly fire An inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire will deliver its final report this morning, seven years after the deadly blaze.Sky News - Published | |
Still trapped in dangerous homes as regulations introduced after Grenfell Tower fire are ignored Legal powers introduced since the Grenfell Tower fire to force building owners to fix serious fire safety issues are being ignored, Sky News can reveal.Sky News - Published | |
'I feel guilty that I'm here living': The Grenfell children who survived the blaze Sixty-seven children lived in Grenfell Tower when the west London block caught fire in June 2017. Eighteen of them never got a chance to grow up.Sky News - Published | Tower block that went up in flames was in the middle of having cladding replaced Since the Grenfell Tower fire seven years ago, cladding has become the building industry's worst nightmare.Sky News - Published |
Grenfell, COVID and Infected Blood families 'have no faith' inquiry recommendations will be properly carried outA 'silent walk' will take place in West London today to commemorate the 7th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower disaster that claimed 72 lives.Sky News - Published | Advert taken down after viewers appalled to find Grenfell Tower edited out of sceneAn advert for pain relief gel Voltarol has been taken down after being criticised for editing Grenfell Tower out.Sky News - Published |
Disabled people in tower blocks 'still at risk' seven years on from Grenfell fireThe government has been accused of 'putting disabled people's lives at risk' by failing to implement all of the recommendations from the Grenfell Inquiry - as the London Fire Brigade (LFB) says it has..Sky News - Published | Grenfell six years on: 'Frustration over lack of change is turning to anger' A former Grenfell Tower resident has said the community's frustration is turning to anger with the lack of change prompted by the fire which killed 72 people six years ago.Sky News - Published |
'The post-Grenfell cladding scandal has left me penniless and about to go bankrupt' Malcolm Cameron-Lee thought he was doing the right thing when he decided to invest his lifesavings into property twenty years ago to fund a comfortable retirement.Sky News - Published | More than 900 people agree civil settlement over Grenfell Tower fire A group of more than 900 survivors, bereaved family members and residents have agreed a settlement of their civil claims arising from the Grenfell Tower fire.Sky News - Published |
Michael Gove names and shames developers who have not signed post-Grenfell safety contract Flat owners say more needs to be done to "save them from ruin" after developers who have not yet agreed to fix post-Grenfell safety defects were named and shamed in the Commons.Sky News - Published | Woman in court accused of lying about losing her home in Grenfell Tower fire A woman has appeared in court accused of falsely claiming to have lost her home in the Grenfell Tower fire in a series of alleged frauds totalling nearly £400,000.Sky News - Published |
Gove apologises to Grenfell victims' families Michael Gove has apologised to the families affected by the Grenfell Tower tragedy and admitted that "faulty and ambiguous" government guidance was part of the reason why the fire occurred.Sky News - Published | 'Faulty and ambiguous' government guidance partially to blame for Grenfell tragedy, Gove admits The government is partially to blame for the Grenfell Tower tragedy because of "faulty and ambiguous" government guidance, Michael Gove has said.Sky News - Published |
Government homes in on £5bn cladding settlement with housebuilders Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary, is closing in on a multibillion pound deal with Britain's biggest housebuilders to help resolve the national cladding crisis exposed by the 2017 Grenfell Tower..Sky News - Published | 'Grenfell 2 is potentially in the post': Survivors insulted as long-running inquiry comes to close It's been a week of closing statements at the Grenfell Tower inquiry, but for the survivors, there is still no closure.Sky News - Published |
Names of 72 Grenfell fire victims read out at five-year anniversary service The names of each of the 72 victims of the Grenfell Tower fire have been read out to mark five years since the tragedy.Sky News - Published | Grenfell survivor still 'drives home' to the 'vertical village' five years after the fire A survivor of the Grenfell disaster says she has moments when she forgets what happened and finds herself "driving towards the tower".Sky News - Published |
Almost 1,500 children treated for trauma over Grenfell fire - with bonfires and candles 'triggering' survivors Almost 1,500 children have been treated for trauma over the Grenfell fire, figures obtained by Sky News show.Sky News - Published | Man pleads guilty to sharing 'offensive' video of Grenfell Tower model on fireA man has admitted sending a "grossly offensive" video of a cardboard model of Grenfell Tower burning on a bonfire.Sky News - Published |
Council's 'chaotic' Grenfell response was 'severely damaging' to survivors, inquiry hears The council response in the days after the Grenfell fire was "chaotic and disorganised" and made a terrible situation worse, the inquiry into the disaster has heard.Sky News - Published | Ministers have 'failed to complete a single recommendation' from Grenfell Tower inquiry, Sadiq Khan says The government has "failed to complete a single recommendation" from the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, London mayor Sadiq Khan has said.Sky News - Published |
