Grenfell Tower fire: Details of civil settlement begin to emerge The fire at the residential tower block in North Kensington, west London, killed 72 people and led to a public inquiry. The Independent UK · May 2, 2023
Grenfell nursery reopens in permanent home six years after fire A nursery which was based at the foot of Grenfell Tower has finally moved into a permanent home six years after the devastating fire. Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2023
Grenfell Tower survivors perspective shared in new National Theatre play A new play from the National Theatre will be staged in London to share the stories of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster with real shared experiences from the survivors Daily Mirror · Apr 13, 2023
Grenfell: Steve McQueen's film is a silent, unflinching reminder of lives devastated by fire Oscar-winning artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen’s new work, Grenfell, is on show at London’s Serpentine Gallery. The 24-minute film – which the artist captured by helicopter in December 2017, six months after the fire – rotates around the Grenfell Tower in silence. The Conversation · Apr 13, 2023
More than 900 people affected by Grenfell Tower fire settle claims The bereaved, survivors and locals to receive damages relating to 2017 tragedy in west London The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2023
More than 900 survivors, relatives and residents agree Grenfell Tower compensation settlement Cladding firm Arconic was one of the companies involved in a civil case at the High Court Wales Online · Apr 11, 2023
Grenfell Tower fire survivors and victims’ families settle civil claims The agreement does not impact the public inquiry or the potential for any criminal charges to be brought in the future Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2023
900 relatives, survivors and residents agree Grenfell Tower fire civil claim The fire at the residential tower block in North Kensington, west London, in June 2017 killed 72 people. The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023
Coalition era policies contributed towards social housing failures, Gove says The Communities Secretary said mistakes of successive governments had contributed to tragedies such as the Grenfell Tower fire. The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023
Grenfell, Steve McQueen, Serpentine Gallery review: a haunting monument to tragedy, hypnotising in its horror The artist’s 24-minute film of the burnt-out west London tower shows that art can respond to the Grenfell fire The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023
Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen to launch his Grenfell Tower film as he pushes for justice He says some viewers are likely to be ‘disturbed’ by the piece, which offers a close-up look at the burnt-out building Evening Standard · Mar 27, 2023
Thousands sign petition to stop BBC from turning Grenfell Tower fire into TV drama 'It makes me sick to my stomach that the most disturbing and traumatic night of our lives will be made into a TV show' Nottingham Post · Mar 22, 2023
Thousands of viewers sign petition calling for BBC drama to be axed A BBC drama is due to be released surrounding the events of the Grenfell tower fire that killed 72 people Daily Mirror · Mar 22, 2023
Almost 2,000 sign petition in four days calling for BBC show to be scrapped "It makes me sick to my stomach" Wales Online · Mar 22, 2023
Daily Mirror · Mar 13, 2023 Theresa May writing book on "abuses of power", but will she mention Boris Johnson? Publishers describe Theresa May's book - titled The Abuse of Power - as a "searing exposé of injustice", saying it will shed light on notorious scandals such as the Hillsborough and Grenfell Tower tragedies and the Salisbury poisonings
Daily Mirror · Mar 4, 2023 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'
Manchester Evening News · Mar 1, 2023 '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
The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023 Woman appears in court accused of Grenfell Tower fraud claims Salma Said, 48, allegedly said she was a ‘resident’ of the high-rise block of flats on the night of the fire in June 2017 which killed 72 people.
Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2023 Grenfell Tower inquiry witness ‘lied about living at block in £400,000 fraud’ Salma Said and sister Rawda Said both gave statements to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2023 OPINION - The writer of two plays about the Grenfell Tower Inquiry on why theatre can help us make sense of it all As our second verbatim play taken from the transcripts of the inquiry opens, we find that little has changed. It’s time it did
Daily Mirror · Feb 13, 2023 Grenfell Tower fire tragedy to be adapted into a BBC drama about the 'human stories' The BBC has commissioned a three-part drama centred around 'what went wrong' during the 2017 fire at the Grenfell Tower that killed 72 people
The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023 Grenfell Tower fire is being adapted into a BBC drama Dramatisation, which BBC promises will be made ‘sensitively’, aims to reach the ‘heart of the catastrophe’
Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2023 BBC announces new drama about the Grenfell Tower fire The show was developed using interviews with survivors
The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2023 Call to sanction cladding suppliers that made £7.5bn profit since Grenfell disaster Manufacturers of insulation installed on the tower have yet to agree a voluntary funding scheme to fix dangerous buildings
Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2023 Firefighter took selfie in front of smouldering Grenfell Tower and used it for Tinder The London Fire Brigade worker is said to have taken the picture "in the immediate aftermath" of the tragedy which killed 72 people, including 18 children, in 2017