Grenfell Tower inquiry’s final report on cause of disaster delayed again | Grenfell Tower inquiry

Grenfell Tower inquiry’s final report on cause of disaster delayed again | Grenfell Tower inquiry

The official findings about what caused the Grenfell Tower disaster have been delayed again and may not be released until the middle of next year – seven years after the council block... Read more »
Writer of Grenfell play says people must be jailed for what happened | Grenfell Tower fire

Writer of Grenfell play says people must be jailed for what happened | Grenfell Tower fire

People must be jailed for what happened at Grenfell Tower, the award-winning author Gillian Slovo has said, as her play about the disaster prepares to open at the National Theatre in London.... Read more »
Second Grenfell Tower inquiry play to put Eric Pickles in spotlight | Grenfell Tower inquiry

Second Grenfell Tower inquiry play to put Eric Pickles in spotlight | Grenfell Tower inquiry

A play dramatising the “merry-go-round of buck-passing” at the Grenfell Tower public inquiry will open in February, casting actors as Eric Pickles, the former housing secretary, and Hisam Choucair, who lost six... Read more »
Runners remember Grenfell victims as Notting Hill Carnival kicks off

Runners remember Grenfell victims as Notting Hill Carnival kicks off

Victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster were remembered at the official launch of the Notting Hill Carnival as the event returned to the streets of west London for the first time since... Read more »
London church to remove mural with ‘unfortunate’ Grenfell connotations | Anglicanism

London church to remove mural with ‘unfortunate’ Grenfell connotations | Anglicanism

A London church is to remove a large mural depicting a city ablaze over its entrance that has “acquired unfortunate connotations” since the Grenfell Tower fire. The once-garish mural of the Last... Read more »
Grenfell Tower families finally hear harrowing details of how loved ones died | Grenfell Tower inquiry

Grenfell Tower families finally hear harrowing details of how loved ones died | Grenfell Tower inquiry

With friends to support them and boxes of tissues at hand, families whose loved ones died at Grenfell Tower gathered on Tuesday to finally hear in public the harrowing detail of how... Read more »
Met accused of ‘racism and Islamophobia’ at Grenfell Inquiry – South London News

Met accused of ‘racism and Islamophobia’ at Grenfell Inquiry – South London News

By Jacob Phillips, Local Democracy Reporter The Met Police has been accused of Islamophobia and racism in the immediate aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire. Alison Munroe QC, a lawyer acting on behalf... Read more »
High-rise block on fire near Grenfell Tower in west London | London

High-rise block on fire near Grenfell Tower in west London | London

Firefighters and parademics are attending a fire at a high-rise block in Shepherd’s Bush, west London, less than a mile from the site of Grenfell Tower. London fire brigade said eight engines... Read more »
Shepherd’s Bush fire: Huge blaze on 12th floor of high rise flats near Grenfell Tower

Shepherd’s Bush fire: Huge blaze on 12th floor of high rise flats near Grenfell Tower

Half of a flat on the 12th floor of the residential block is alight, with around 60 firefighters and eight fire engines battling the blaze ( Image: Get West London) Around 60... Read more »
Grenfell Tower: Fire brigade boss reveals he sees new developments in London ‘every day’ that put Londoners’ lives at risk

Grenfell Tower: Fire brigade boss reveals he sees new developments in London ‘every day’ that put Londoners’ lives at risk

The boss of the London Fire Brigade has revealed that new developments are being proposed in London ‘every day’ that put Londoners’ lives at risk. The chief of the London Fire Brigade... Read more »