National Cathedral of Ghana In an interview on Accra-based Okay FM, the Chief Executive Officer of the Secretariat, Dr. Paul Opoku-Mensah justified the expenditure that has so far been incurred in the construction of the cathedral. He disclosed that two floors have already been constructed underground and the only […]Click here to view original web…

Former Ferguson shipyard boss Jim McColl has accused Scottish government ministers of covering up the real reason for spending millions to keep the yard afloat to avoid claims of unlawful state aid issues, reports the Herald. The paper says concerns over a cover up have arisen as documents show […] Click here to view original…

Fire safety regulation changes were made in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 An in-principle agreement has been reached with housing developers on the removal of unsafe cladding from buildings, the Scottish Government has said. The deal, which includes the industry body Homes for Scotland, could […] Click here to view original…

Fire safety regulation changes were made in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 An in-principle agreement has been reached with housing developers on the removal of unsafe cladding from buildings, the Scottish Government has said. The deal, which includes the industry body Homes for Scotland, could […] Click here to view original…

This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. End of dialog window. This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. Loafers Lodge evacuee, Simon Hanify talks to the NZ […] Click here to view original…

A view of the Doc Fictoria complex from the Shell car park, Caernarfon An “issue with the cladding” on a prestigious waterfront apartment complex has been identified and fire chiefs are recommending it be removed. The North Wales Fire & Rescue Service confirmed it is working with residents and […] Click here to view original…

The government has also been accused by Scottish Labour of seeking to “dodge scrutiny” around its cladding programme. Residents suffering from living with unsafe cladding are one step closer to seeing the material removed by the companies which built their homes after the Scottish Government agreed an “in principle” […] Click here to view original…

Watkin Jones redeveloped Caernarfon’s Doc Fictoria Watkin Jones will foot the bill to carry out fire and safety repairs at a prestigious Menai Strait waterfront apartment complex. The North Wales Fire & Rescue Service confirmed earlier this week that there were at the Doc Fictoria development in . A […] Click here to view original…

A block of flats in south London could be razed to the ground because demolishing it will be cheaper than trying to fix its critical safety flaws. The drastic move follows a post-Grenfell inspection of Citiscape, a Barratt-owned building in Croydon , carried out in 2019. It revealed that […] Click here to view original…

Watkin Jones will foot the bill to carry out fire and safety repairs at a prestigious Menai Strait waterfront apartment complex. The North Wales Fire & Rescue Service confirmed earlier this week that there were “issues with the cladding” at the Doc Fictoria development in Caernarfon . A resident, […] Click here to view original…

It is with no great surprise that the issues associated with cladding and building safety in the UK have been heavily reviewed and greatly commented on since the Grenfell Tower tragedy on 14 June 2017. While this article does not intend to provide a comprehensive review and regulatory analysis […] Click here to view original…

AN “ISSUE WITH THE CLADDING” on a prestigious waterfront apartment complex has been identified and fire chiefs are recommending it be removed. The North Wales Fire & Rescue Service confirmed it is working with residents and authorities at the Doc Fictoria complex in Caernarfon. Dave Hughes, Head of Fire […] Click here to view original…