Posts Tagged ‘Local News’
Residents still waiting to find out why dangerous cladding was put on tower block
Throughout a long series of delays, residents of Hanover Tower, Broomhall, have become increasingly ‘paranoid’ about why the report has taken so long to be shared. Here is a look at what happened, why the report is so far behind schedule and where it is at now. Grenfell Tower. […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreChalcots: Council cancels £100 million deal on evacuation estate and will ‘go back to market’
The New Journal’s Chalcots Inquiry campaign has called for Camden to fully investigate what went wrong The Chalcots saw an unprecedented evacuation after fire safety flaws were uncovered WORKS to replace cladding stripped from the Chalcots estate after the Grenfell fire disaster have been officially halted after the council […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreRegional leaders vow to continue cladding removal
Cladding is being replaced at Vallea Court in Manchester’s Green Quarter A group of local leaders, including Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram, has pledged to continue work to remove unsafe cladding from high-rise buildings despite the Covid-19 lockdown. The pledge came in […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreResidents at ‘dangerous cladding’ apartment block asked to patrol for fires
Henry Street, Liverpool city centre. Image courtesy of Google Street View People in a seven-storey apartment block covered in ‘dangerous cladding’ were asked to carry out “waking watch” patrols to guard against fire in a move branded as “shocking” by those living there. The idea was proposed by property […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreSafety fears as repair work stops on Bellway fire block
MP calls on housing secretary to intervene as Bellway staff down tools at Barking Riverside scheme amid covid-19 crisis Veteran east London MP Margaret Hodge has called on the housing secretary to intervene after repair work was stopped on a fire-hit block of flats from housebuilder Bellway. The six-storey […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreWork to remove Grenfell-like cladding from Bristol tower block could be delayed because of coronavirus
Eclipse Tower above Harvey Nichols in Cabot Circus which has the Grenfell-like cladding Work to remove Grenfell-like cladding from the final tower block in Bristol that still has it, is scheduled to go ahead as planned, although coronavirus restrictions may delay it. The owners of luxury apartment building Eclipse […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreWork to de-construct Leamington and Horatia House in Portsmouth will cost up to £12m
Portsmouth Councillor Darren Sanders at Leamington House in Earlsdon Street. Picture by: Malcolm Wells (180605-2128) Copyright: JPIMedia Following a ‘more detailed assessment’ Portsmouth City Council is confident the removal of Leamington and Horatia House in Somers Town will cost between £6m and £12m and take around 10 months. Plans […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreResident’s of ‘death-trap’ Bromley block appeal for funds to cover fire-watch cost
Left To Right Hayley Kennedy, 33, Graham Snewin, 67, Rituparna Saha, 43, Rachel Guy, 57, Luke Austin, 31 Residents in a dangerously flammable Bromley flat-block are raising funds to cover the cost of round-the-clock waking watch as coronavirus isolation cuts off many of their incomes. Northpoint, a converted office […] Click here to view original…
Read More‘£30k cost of removing dangerous cladding could make us homeless’
The Decks in Runcorn RESIDENTS of six apartment blocks on the banks of the Mersey fear the cost of removing dangerous cladding from the buildings could make them homeless. Leaseholders at the Decks development in Runcorn are facing bills of £30,000 each to replace the buildings’ cladding after it […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreSalford tower block residents handed bills totalling £3.27m to replace Grenfell-style cladding – after government refuses to help
The Edge in Salford (Image: Vincent Cole) People living in a Salford tower block have been landed with bills totalling £3.27m to replace cladding similar to the type on Grenfell Tower. Leaseholders at The Edge – a luxury apartment block on the banks of the Irwell – have been […] Click here to view original…
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