Cladding scandal: ‘Years into the cladding crisis, our flat may still be dangerous’
Breaking point: until repair works are completed, Zoe Bartley’s family of five must make do in their one-bedroom flat (Adrian Lourie) Like most other healthy, happy 10-month-olds, Henry Bartley’s main interests in life are eating, sleeping and practising his crawling technique. But Henry’s life is different from most other […]Click here to view original web…
Mayor of Newham launches Cladding Action and warns private developers on fire safety across 15,000 flats or face prosecution
Mayor of Newham launches Cladding Action and warns private developers on fire safety across 15,000 flats or face prosecution. Ahead of commemorations next week for the 72 people who died from the Grenfell Tower fire five years ago, Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz has warned developers in Newham to act urgently […] Click here to view original…
Hundreds of students at a UK university still live in halls with dangerous cladding
A similar block of student flats with the same cladding caught fire in 2019 29 mins ago Three years after an independent report found the insulation and cladding did not meet government regulations, hundreds of students at University of Essex accommodation, University Square, continue to live in the 10-storey […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell anniversary: Eight buildings in Bristol still have unsafe cladding, say campaigners
The Grenfell fire tragedy left 72 people dead At least eight buildings in Bristol still pose a fire risk to tenants five years after the Grenfell Tower fire which claimed dozens of lives, according to a campaign group. A map created by Building Safety Crisis suggests that several buildings […] Click here to view original…
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Like most other healthy, happy 10-month-olds, Henry Bartley’s main interests in life are eating, sleeping and practising his crawling technique. But Henry’s life is different from most other babies in one crucial way. He was been born into the heart of Britain’s cladding crisis, which has seen thousands of […] Click here to view original…
ACT residential buildings remain at risk of flammable cladding
Smoke rises after a huge fire engulfed the 24-storey residential Grenfell Tower block in London on June 14, 2017. Picture: Getty Images In the shadow of the five-year anniversary of the London Grenfell Tower fire, many vulnerable buildings in the ACT remain at risk of a similar, tragic fate. […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell fire: Five years on, are London blocks safer and how many still have flammable cladding?
The Grenfell Memorial Wall in the grounds of Kensington Aldridge Academy (Jonathan Brady/PA) (PA Wire) Five years ago this week, 72 people died in a catastrophic fire at Grenfell Tower in west London — one of the UK’s worst modern disasters. In the wake of the 2017 tragedy, it […] Click here to view original…
Pleasing first steps need further action for complete cladding safety
The SCA notes that while many states and territories have begun taking action against combustible cladding, few have finalised their plans – which involve rectification and removal of such dangerous products. SCA national president Chris Duggan has said that while it is great that each jurisdiction is aware of […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell Tower: finally, the worst type of cladding is to be banned, five years on
Richard Hull does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. Five years after 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which broke […] Click here to view original…
ore than half a million people in Britain are still at risk from unsafe cladding at their homes five years after the Grenfell Tower fire.
More than half a million people in Britain are still at risk from unsafe cladding at their homes five years after the Grenfell Tower fire. Seventy-two men, women and children died when a blaze broke out at an apartment block in West London. It was the worst residential fire […] Click here to view original…
Mark Drakeford: Cladding update postponed ‘to respect Grenfell anniversary’
The Welsh Government says it is committing £375m over the next three years to support those with cladding issues. The First Minister says a Welsh Government update on actions being taken to deal with cladding problems in Wales has been postponed ‘to respect’ the anniversary of the Grenfell fire […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell fire: Five years on, are London blocks safer and how many still have flammable cladding?
The Grenfell Memorial Wall in the grounds of Kensington Aldridge Academy (Jonathan Brady/PA) (PA Wire) Five years ago this week, 72 people died in a catastrophic fire at Grenfell Tower in west London — one of the UK’s worst modern disasters. In the wake of the 2017 tragedy, it […] Click here to view original…