Cladding

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London has come close to similar tragedies to Grenfell, the capital’s fire chief has told LBC. By Fraser Knight. London has come close to suffering another Grenfell tragedy several times since 2017, the capital’s top firefighter has told LBC. Listen to this article Loading audio… Andy Roe said it […] Click here to view original…

The aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy has exposed a deep-rooted crisis within the UK property market. Thousands of innocent leaseholders remain trapped in unsafe buildings, unable to sell or remortgage their homes, and facing mounting financial pressures. The government’s failure to swiftly resolve the cladding crisis has left […] Click here to view original…

Tenants and flat owners in the Paramount Building have had their windows covered in blue film as cladding removal work continues. (Image: From public.) Neighbours in a town centre block of flats have had scaffolding surrounding their building for months -and now the windows have been covered up. People […] Click here to view original…

Neighbours in a town centre block of flats have had scaffolding surrounding their building for months -and now the windows have been covered up. People living in the Paramount building overlooking Princes Street and Beckhampton Street are becoming increasingly impatient with the slow progress of work to remove potentially […] Click here to view original…

Neighbours in a town centre block of flats have had scaffolding surrounding their building for months -and now the windows have been covered up. People living in the Paramount building overlooking Princes Street and Beckhampton Street are becoming increasingly impatient with the slow progress of work to remove potentially […] Click here to view original…

Building Safety Minister Rushanara Ali and Manchester MP Lucy Powell at the Linx Building in the Northern Quarter A government minister has slammed the ‘unacceptably slow’ speed of cladding repairs on high-rise buildings during a visit to Manchester. Building Safety Minister Rushanara Ali said there had been ‘too much […] Click here to view original…

Building Safety Minister Rushanara Ali and Manchester MP Lucy Powell at the Linx Building in the Northern Quarter A government minister has slammed the ‘unacceptably slow’ speed of cladding repairs on high-rise buildings during a visit to Manchester. Building Safety Minister Rushanara Ali said there had been ‘too much […] Click here to view original…

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Crown Heights (Image: Newsquest) WORK to remove potentially dangerous cladding from an apartment block in Basingstoke will commence next week after a series of delays. Scaffolding will be erected at Crown Heights, in Alencon Link, on Monday, September 30, in preparation for remedial works to begin on the high-rise […] Click here to view original…