Posts Tagged ‘Local News’
Assembly member calls ACM cladding action on private blocks
Seventy-two people died when fire spread rapidly through ACM cladding on Grenfell Tower. The Government should consider compulsory purchase of private tower blocks still wrapped in Grenfell-style cladding, a London Assembly member claims. Andrew Dismore, who chairs the Assembly fire committee, says urgent action is needed to protect vulnerable […] Click here to view original…
Read MorePeople living in Bristol’s Eclipse Tower could need psychological help over Grenfell cladding ‘trauma’
Eclipse Tower above Harvey Nichols in Cabot Circus which has the Grenfell-like cladding People living in a Bristol tower block which has the same cladding as Grenfell Tower in London could need psychological support. That’s the warning from the British Psychological Society, who said they have increasing concern for […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreWATCH: Flat owner ‘anxious’ over growing cost of tower cladding repairs
Video Phil Maricic owns two flats in St Francis Tower and is unhappy about the state the building is in Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN A 66-year-old left with a £50,000 bill for unsafe cladding on an Ipswich tower block has revealed the ordeal has made him “very anxious” about […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreThousands of Scots living in ‘unsellable’ homes post-Grenfell
Cladding has been found on hundreds of buildings in the UK since the Grenfell fire – P/A By Alistair Grant THOUSANDS of Scots are living in properties they cannot sell as a result of post-Grenfell cladding issues. MSPs heard apartment blocks in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee are among those […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreReport reveals ‘turmoil’ for high-rise residents living with dangerous cladding
High-rise residents in Greater Manchester say mounting financial pressures are damaging their mental health, a new survey shows. High-rise residents in Greater Manchester say mounting financial pressures are affecting their personal lives and damaging their mental health, the results of a new survey show. The report, carried out by […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGreat to see the All Party Insurance & Financial Services Group flourishing
I am delighted to see that the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance & Financial Services is going from strength-to-strength in its new partnership with the Chartered Insurance Institute and with former insurance broker, now Tory MP, Craig Tracey at the helm. It is nearly 30 years since I […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCost of cladding removal is ‘massive strain’ on homeowners, says Bromley MP
Bob Neill The cost residents are having to pay to remove dangerous cladding from their properties is “putting people under massive, massive strain”, a Bromley MP says. Tory Sir Bob Neill, representing Bromley and Chislehurst, pressured the Government to make funding available to homeowners affected. He said the Government […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreTwo mystery hotels in Berkshire have same cladding as Grenfell Tower
Workers installing scaffolding on student accommodation, Queens Court in Reading, ahead of removing ACM cladding. (This is not one of the hotels.) THE fire service won’t reveal the locations of two hotels in Berkshire with the same cladding as Grenfell Tower due to fears of ‘arson and terrorism’. The […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreResidents of flats on banks of Mersey face £30,000 bill each in cladding scandal
The Deck flats in Runcorn. (Image: stuartbogg/runcornweeklynews) 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’ […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding on Bradford’s City Exchange building was wrongly signed off as meeting fire standards
Cladding which did not meet fire standards was wrongly signed off for a Bradford city centre building, planning documents have claimed. An application was lodged with Bradford Council to replace cladding on the City Exchange building on Hall Ings. Documents submitted as part of that application, which has now […] Click here to view original…
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