FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 3 - Caught on Camera

Grenfell Tower set to be demolished amid backlash from survivors

Bereaved families and survivors have previously said ‘no one’ supported plans to demolish the block

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2025

Grenfell Tower to be demolished, Angela Rayner confirms

Housing secretary formally announces two-year deconstruction of London tower block where fire killed 72 people

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2025

Official decision on whether to demolish Grenfell Tower to be announced

An update will be given by the Government on Friday.

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025

UK’s Grenfell Tower, site of deadly 2017 blaze, to be demolished

Some relatives of the fire victims who want the site preserved say they feel ‘ignored’ by the government.

Al Jazeera · Feb 6, 2025

Grenfell Tower, where 72 people died, to be demolished, families are told

Angela Rayner meets bereaved to tell them west London block will ‘be carefully deconstructed’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2025

Rayner's decision to demolish Grenfell Tower branded ‘disgraceful’ by bereaved families

It is expected to be replaced with a ‘sacred space’ designed for ‘for remembering and reflecting’

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2025

Grenfell Tower to be demolished, bereaved families told

What is left of the tower has stood in place since the fatal fire on June 14 2017.

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025

Grenfell families accuse government of 'ignoring' them as tower block to be dismantled

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner met with families of the 72 people who died in the fire to inform them of the decision

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025

Judge orders urgent safety works on Paddington residential block with dangerous cladding

The empty building, which previously housed overseas students, was confirmed to have combustible ACM cladding similar to that used on Grenfell Tower

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2025

Why improving social housing could be remarkably simple (and affordable)

Tragedies in social housing, such as the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 and the death of toddler Awaab Ishak due to damp living conditions in 2020, remain shocking. As a coroner commented at the time, “How in the UK in 2020 does a two-year-old child die as a result of…

The Conversation · Jan 17, 2025