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Cladding firm bosses were warned about fire risk 7 YEARS before Grenfell Tower tragedy

Documents written for Saint-Gobain pre-2010 advised the plastic foam 'generates a large volume of dense, acrid smoke' when exposed to fire, which may 'bring on... incapacitation and death'

Daily Mirror

'72 people died in Grenfell but so little changed... it took another tragedy in Awaab for action to finally happen'

The Social Housing (Regulation) Bill - including the amendment Awaab's Law - will finally be debated in the House of Commons

Manchester Evening News

Grenfell: System Failure. Scenes from the Inquiry review: a show that fills you with rage

This quietly devastating show feels real, and its unvarnished testimony is horrifically compelling

Evening Standard

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New law to support victims of disasters such as Grenfell a ‘priority for Labour’

Party renews calls for legislation to ensure families impacted by future disasters get legal representation

Evening Standard

OPINION - Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett plans to help Grenfell community with entrepreneurship scheme

Steven Bartlett has begun a mentoring initiative for the Grenfell community

Evening Standard

Was It For This by Hannah Sullivan review – a poem for Grenfell

Sullivan ponders tragedy and the homes she has known in a collection full of insightful observation and anguished comedy

The Guardian - UK

Dragon Steven Bartlett plans ‘money school’ for Grenfell community

Dragons’ Den investor wants to offer financial workshops after being asked for help by those affected by 2017 disaster

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Developers must commit to fixing unsafe tower blocks or face ban, says Gove

The plan is the Government’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire, which brought to light safety issues in apartment buildings

Evening Standard

The Loop: Zelenskyy says Russia at 2024 Olympic Games shows war is 'acceptable', and Flume 'didn't see' Hottest 100 win coming — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

ABC News

Government bears some blame for Grenfell fire, UK housing minister says

The British government is partly to blame for the Grenfell fire which killed 72 people in 2017 as building regulations were deficient and could be exploited by developers in a way that was unsafe, housing minister Michael Gove said on Sunday.

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‘Mental torture’: six years after Grenfell, UK residents still live in fear as cladding deal falters

A government agreement with developers was meant to solve the fire safety crisis in affected buildings – but the wrangling goes on

The Guardian - UK

Grenfell survivors call for 'intensive testing' after firefighters diagnosed with terminal cancer

Up to a dozen firefighters who attended the tower block blaze have had a cancer diagnosis for which there is no cure

Wales Online

Grenfell survivors want 'intensive testing' as blaze firefighters start to die

EXCLUSIVE Locals still haunted by the 2017 disaster told The Mirror they want intensive tests so they can stop “living in fear” of deadly diseases from Grenfell’s toxins

Daily Mirror

Grenfell showed exactly why we need red tape, yet the Tories are desperate to bin thousands of laws

As parliament debates sweeping away EU rules, MPs should remember that deregulation paved the way to the deadly fire in 2017, says author Peter Apps

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Firefighter with terminal cancer demands health screenings to protect workmates after Grenfell news

Martin Green has called for more support after it was revealed 12 firefighters who attended the Grenfell Tower fire have been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Evening Standard

Firefighters who battled Grenfell Tower inferno ‘diagnosed with rare cancers’

Most of the diseases diagnosed among crews are understood to be digestive cancers and leukaemia, according to a report

Daily Mirror

'Hero firefighters risk lives to save others - their health should be protected'

As many as a dozen of firefighters who entered the burning Grenfell Tower have since developed terminal cancer. It's feared many of the residents who survived the fire were exposed to toxic fumes

Daily Mirror

Firefighters who saved lives at Grenfell Tower are diagnosed with terminal cancer

Up to a dozen firefighters who saved lives at the Grenfell Tower have been diagnosed with cancers; the majority of which are understood to be digestive cancers and leukaemia, for which there is no cure

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Investigation launched after Grenfell graffiti painted on rugby stadium

The graffiti expressed support for those who died in the fire at the residential tower block in North Kensington, west London, in June 2017.

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan calls for building safety watchdog to be renationalised to prevent another Grenfell fire

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) was privatised in 1997 and has been criticised during the Grenfell Inquiry

The Guardian - UK

Second Grenfell Tower inquiry play to put Eric Pickles in spotlight

Exclusive: Stage sequel to focus on then housing secretary, fire chief and two families devastated by 2017 fire

The Guardian - UK

Grenfell fire: focus shifts to possible criminal convictions as inquiry ends

Criminal trials may not start before 2025 and government pledges have not yet been delivered

The Guardian - UK

‘Every death was avoidable’: Grenfell Tower inquiry closes after 400 days

While the government apologised, the counsel attacked companies for a ‘merry-go-round of buck-passing’

The Guardian - UK

‘Delayed justice’: survivors and bereaved ponder whether Grenfell inquiry has been worth the wait

As inquiry ends this week, five years after fire tragedy, family members of the 72 dead ask if they will ever get closure

The Guardian - UK

Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen by Peter Apps review – a devastating account of failure

This meticulous study shows that the disaster was rooted in contempt by people in power for those without it

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