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Tristan Kirk

Tearful architect who worked on Grenfell inquiry calls for 'culture change' after 'widespread incompetence'

An architect who worked on the Grenfell Tower inquiry fought back tears as she called for a “culture change” to put fire safety at the heart of building construction in the UK.

Thouria Istephan, who had sat as a panel member alongside Inquiry chair Sir Martin Moore-Bick, revealed she was on a flight into the UK on the night of the disaster, and saw the inferno unfolding from the plane.

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