Grenfell Tower fire safety consultant ignored email about cladding because he was only copied in and not the ‘primary recipient’, inquiry told Terry Ashton ignored documents outlining proposed cladding and insulation The fire safety consultant also failed to read the architect’s progress report It comes as the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire began once … Read more
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has temporarily called off the painting of a ‘Black Lives Matter mural’ scheduled to begin Thursday along Fifth Avenue – just feet from the U.S. president’s former home in Trump Tower. No explanation was given by City Hall as to why the painting was postponed last minute and … Read more
De Blasio says ‘Black Lives Matter’ will be painted outside Manhattan’s Trump Tower in ‘a matter of days’ as he taunts the President by saying the mural ‘might help him get the point’ De Blasio first announced plans to paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ outside Trump Tower last week He told MSNBC Wednesday that painting will … Read more
Incredible footage shows the moment the Red Arrows performed a flypast over Paris on the 80th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle’s 1940 call to resist the Nazis. Cockpit video from yesterday’s display shows RAF jets in total streaking red, white and blue smoke over the French capital’s landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower. The aerobatics squadrons … Read more
Stormzy called for answers in response to the Grenfell Tower fire during a virtual memorial service held by pressure group Grenfell United on the three-year anniversary of the tragedy. Sunday marked three years since a kitchen fire on the fourth floor in the high-rise covered in dangerous cladding turned into the most deadly domestic blaze … Read more
Adele thanked Grenfell United for ‘fighting for true justice’ during a YouTube memorial service to honour the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire on the three-year anniversary of the tragedy on Sunday. In a heartfelt video message, the singer, 32, commemorated the 72 people who lost their lives after a blaze tore through the residential block … Read more
Boris Johnson has today vowed to ensure that the Grenfell Tower fire will ‘never be repeated’. The message came as he marked the third anniversary of the tragedy that killed 72 people with a virtual service. Today marks three years since the small kitchen fire in the west London high-rise turned into the most deadly … Read more
A bereaved relative has drawn parallels between living through the coronavirus pandemic and the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire ahead of the third anniversary of the disaster. Karim Mussilhy, whose uncle Hesham Rahman, died in the blaze said the pandemic has been ‘really tough’ for many bereaved and survivors of the inferno which killed … Read more
Flower power! Tower of London bosses plan for Commonwealth-themed garden in the historic moat to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 Historic Royal Palaces, which manages the tower, unveiled an artist’s impression Garden would be to mark 70 years since the Queen’s coronation Moat was filled wit ceramic poppies in 2014 to mark WWI … Read more
Tower Bridge is reopened after being shut down by armed police over discovery of ‘suspicious package’ By James Robinson for MailOnline Published: 13:13 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 13:26 BST, 1 May 2020 London’s Tower Bridge has reopened after it was sealed off by armed police following reports of a suspicious package. Officers cordoned … Read more