There appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel – but for many Victoria Wharf residents the last five years have been a struggle Residents in more than 450 apartments in Cardiff are a step closer to peace of mind over their buildings’ dangerous cladding, nearly […]Click here to view original web…

The fire at Moss Hall Grove, Barnet And the council has warned that the houses could represent ‘just the tip of the iceberg across the country’. Barnet said 586 homes in the borough needed remediation work after surveyors identified them as being similarly built to four council-owned properties in […] Click here to view original…

A recent discovery by Barnet council has revealed a potential national fire safety crisis, with hundreds of timber-frame homes fitted with flammable cladding. Concerns are increasing across the country as experts fear this could be just the beginning of a new hazard for homeowners. In a recent revelation, Barnet […] Click here to view original…

A row of such homes in Moss Hall Grove in Finchley was destroyed in June when a fire spread rapidly across the terrace. Barnet council finds 580 houses with similar panels that can spread fire and warns they are ‘tip of the iceberg’ A London council has warned of […] Click here to view original…

The Premier Inn hotel on Greenwich High Road (Credit: Google Earth) A hotel in Greenwich has sent plans to remove combustible cladding from its building following assessments made after the Grenfell Tower fire. Premier Inn on Greenwich High Road has sent an application to the council to have combustible […] Click here to view original…

Construction on the tower block on the waterfront started in 2007 Costs to repair structural and fire safety issues on a tower block in Ipswich could reach £30m, administrators said. The freeholder of The Mill development went into administration in 2010. Administrators, RSM UK, told residents that funds were […] Click here to view original…

The night of the Wembley fire (@LondonFire/Twitter) Residents have hit out at the management company of a tower block which caught fire, after they learned that it was fitted with Grenfell-style cladding. The Fire Brigades Union issued a warning over the use of cladding after over 120 firefighters were […] Click here to view original…

Workmen remove the cladding from the facade of a block of flats (Image: PA) Only two of the 105 buildings included in the Scottish Government’s cladding remediation programme have had work carried out, a new report has found. With a Holyrood committee scrutinising new legislation aimed at dealing with […] Click here to view original…

Workmen remove the cladding from the facade of a block of flats (Image: PA) Only two of the 105 buildings included in the Scottish Government’s cladding remediation programme have had work carried out, a new report has found. With a Holyrood committee scrutinising new legislation aimed at dealing with […] Click here to view original…

Almost seven years on from the Grenfell Tower blaze, MSPs said that ‘clear timescales for remediation’ were needed Only two of the 105 buildings included in the Scottish Government’s cladding remediation programme have had work carried out. With a Holyrood committee scrutinising new legislation aimed at dealing with potentially […] Click here to view original…

The Scottish Government introduced a cladding remediation programme in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire (Lauren Hurley/PA). Only two of the 105 buildings included in the Scottish Government’s cladding remediation programme have had work carried out, a new report has found. With a Holyrood committee scrutinising new legislation […] Click here to view original…

Only two of the 105 buildings included in the Scottish Government’s cladding remediation programme have had work carried out, a new report has found. With a Holyrood committee scrutinising new legislation aimed at dealing with potentially flammable cladding on blocks of flats, MSPs said that “progress has been slow”. […] Click here to view original…