Cladding

The side and roof of the building were badly damaged A cladding fire at a block of flats in north-west London has led to the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) warning of “criminal complacency” on the part of the government and some building firms. Initial reports from London Fire Brigade […] Click here to view original…

The fire in Elm Road, Wembley (Image: London Fire Brigade) A union has slammed the “criminal complacency” that it says led to a cladding blaze that damaged much of a block of flats and took more than 100 firefighters to put out. The Fire Brigades Union said the blaze […] Click here to view original…

MP Barry Gardiner says that there were warnings of a fire risk in Wembley (Image: Em Lou / Barry Gardiner) An MP has slammed a housing association that he says was “repeatedly warned” about a fire risk in a block of flats that was engulfed in flames. Around 125 […] Click here to view original…

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Ad: Live 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. Families have demanded an investigation after fire […] Click here to view original…

East Village residents Sam Williams, Camilla Ford, Brian Tapson, Rachael Philpot and Greg Cieslinski Shelley Vallance, 37, celebrated a landmark court victory in her cladding ordeal over takeaways with her partner and their baby daughter. A ruling last Friday ended more than five years of uncertainty for Vallance about […] Click here to view original…

A block of city flats which has a “substantial” fire risk is finally having vital cladding work done after a three-year wait. Norwich City Council approved an application in July last year to carry out cladding remediation at the Grade II listed Albion Mill, which is a part of […] Click here to view original…

Cladding work has begun at Albion Mill in Norwich after being classed as having a “substantial” fire risk in 2021 (Image: Newsquest) A block of city flats which has a “substantial” fire risk is finally having vital cladding work done after a three-year wait. Norwich City Council approved an […] Click here to view original…

Firms have pointed out that removing cladding may not be enough to ensure the buildings meet modern fire safety standards ALAMY Unsafe cladding on Scottish homes will remain in place until ministers agree which buildings are eligible to be overhauled, developers have warned MSPs. There are estimated to be […] Click here to view original…

Bereaved families and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire will this week get the chance to come face-to-face with those organisations they hold responsible for the disaster. The blaze at the tower block in west London tragically killed 72 people in June 2017. It also rendered former residents homeless, […] Click here to view original…