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Advert taken off air after facing backlash from Grenfell Tower victims for editing out building

An advert has been taken off air after facing a backlash from Grenfell Tower victims for editing the building out of a scene.

Evening Standard

‘Really upsetting’: Grenfell Tower edited out of TV advert

Exclusive: Man whose uncle died in 2017 disaster describes ad for pain relief gel Voltarol as ‘insulting’

The Guardian - UK

Our lack of affordable, safe housing is a national crisis. Here are three things Labour can do to fix it

If it gets to No 10, the party should fund a social housing boom, tackle homelessness – and usher in a post-Grenfell era of safety, says author Peter Apps

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Post-Grenfell evacuation guidelines ‘little or no help’, say firefighters

Union writes to home secretary saying advice on helping vulnerable residents in towers is inadequate

The Guardian - UK

Met Police officers sue force over ‘trauma’ suffered at Grenfell

Around 33 Metropolitan Police officers are seeking compensation for “psychiatric injuries” suffered in the Grenfell Tower disaster.

Evening Standard

Grenfell fire bereaved visit Valencia blaze ruins

One member of group said the fire in Spain that killed 10 people had ‘the same scene of destruction, the same image, even the same smell of burning plastic’ as the Grenfell blaze

Evening Standard

‘Our focus is on making sure residents are safe’: regulating high-rise buildings after the Grenfell tragedy

The Building Safety Regulator was set up in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire and aims to give greater protection to residents of high-rise buildings. One of its building safety leads explains his role in the drive to improve standards in the design and management of tower blocks

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Families demand cladding investigation after fleeing from Wembley flats fire

Brent North MP Barry Gardiner said the block’s managers were “repeatedly warned” about fire safety risks after learning the building had “unsafe cladding” three years ago

Evening Standard

'It’s not enough to pay compensation and think that is enough. I want you to feel what I feel, I want you to suffer, as I have been and as I am still doing'

Parents who lost son, 5, to fire confront authorities as part of heartbreaking experiences shared by survivors at Grenfell Testimony Week

Evening Standard

The Guardian view on Grenfell’s aftermath: the investigations are taking too long

Editorial: The table left empty by Arconic executives at this week’s hearings was a symbol of what has gone wrong

The Guardian - UK

Families of Grenfell fire victims want tower to be permanent 'horrifying' memorial to lost relatives

The families were speaking at Grenfell Testimony Week in Westminster

Evening Standard

Grenfell fire: Father tells of stillborn son’s life robbed from family

Marcio Gomes and his wife Andreia Perestrelo third child Logan died in hospital

Evening Standard

Owner of Olympic Village flats to pay £18m to fix flammable-style cladding

Get Living has been ordered to pay for fixes to serious fire safety defects discovered at five blocks inside the East Village

Evening Standard

Grenfell survivors to confront executives of firms blamed for disaster

Survivors say in wake of Post Office scandal: ‘Those in power have lost their moral compass’

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Grenfell families say fight for justice has parallels with Post Office IT scandal

Bereaved accuse ministers of ‘whitewashing’ the disaster but tell of hope for a similar acceleration of justice

The Guardian - UK

What makes a very British miscarriage of justice? Contempt for the ‘little people’

Windrush, Grenfell, the Post Office – all reveal who gets listened to and who gets ignored

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Grenfell Tower cladding company declines invitation to victims’ event

Survivors and bereaved families ‘appalled’ by absence of Arconic at Grenfell Testimony Week, intended to provide sense of justice

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Grenfell families ‘left in limbo’ lash out at delays to decision on demolition

Residents say ministers have wasted six years and ‘dodged’ making plan for tower since fire claimed 72 lives

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Wild weather continues after stormy night – as it happened

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Grenfell should have been a wake-up call – but the UK still doesn't take fire safety seriously because of who is most at risk

In March 2023, a fire in Tower Hamlets, east London, claimed the life of Mizanur Rahman, a 41-year-old father-of-two from Bangladesh. Five fire engines and 35 firefighters attended the call to the two-bedroom flat in Maddocks House, on the Tarling West housing estate, in the early hours of the morning.

The Guardian - UK

It’s time we kissed the hug goodbye

Brief letters: Proper greetings | Essential houseplant care | Best way to have fun | Tongue-twisters | Grenfell Tower memorial

Evening Standard

Grenfell fire victims' families seek permanent museum to honour loved ones

A public exhibition would make sure history doesn't repeat itself, the memorial commission says

The Independent UK

Construction on lasting Grenfell memorial could begin in 2026

A report has set out a series of recommendations for a ‘sacred space’ designed to be a ‘peaceful place for remembering and reflecting’.

The Guardian - UK

Grenfell Tower memorial will not be ready until a decade after fire

Bereaved families frustrated by slow pace of work by memorial commission

The Guardian - UK

Grenfell commission proposes permanent memorial to replace tower

Report proposes memorial to tragedy should emphasise ‘height and visibility’ but says tower remains cannot stand forever

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