Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Grenfell

I was the first firefighter into Grenfell Tower. Little has changed, and it could happen again

Every time the bells go I pray it’s not a high-rise fire, says Dave Badillo, a North Kensington firefighter

The Guardian - UK

Miracle baby helping ease Grenfell Fire pain that continues to haunt survivors

Maryam Adam was three months pregnant with her and her husband Abdulwahab's son Mohammed when Grenfell Tower caught fire on June 14, 2017, claiming 72 lives

Daily Mirror

TV tonight: an uplifting look at some of the lives touched by Grenfell

Five years on, we catch up with people affected by the tragedy, including the ‘Grenfell guerrilla gardener’. Plus: the unofficial follow-up to The Wire continues. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The Grenfell inquiry revealed shocking failures – five years on, they are far from fixed

The incompetence and malpractice that cost 72 people their lives has been exposed, but the pace of change is painfully slow, says Lucie Heath, deputy news editor of Inside Housing

The Guardian - UK

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet with mourners at Grenfell Tower

William and Kate join bereaved families and survivors to remember victims on fifth anniversary of tragedy

Evening Standard

Grenfell children still have panic attacks five years on, says youth worker

Emma Butt set up Nova Youth to help youngsters aged nine to 14 affected by the tragedy.

The Independent UK

Grenfell Tower: the difficult task of creating a fitting memorial to the tragedy

In the days and weeks after the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy, in which 72 people lost their lives in a fire that consumed the 24-storey residential block in North Kensington, London, dozens of memorials appeared in the vicinity of the building. People brought flowers and pictures and green ribbons. They…

The Conversation

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

‘People need to go to jail’: Grenfell survivors speak out five years on

The tower’s former residents will never forget the fear and chaos of 14 June 2017, or the anger and grief that followed. They talk about the night when everything changed – and their long battles to regain some kind of normality

The Guardian - UK

Britain should be ashamed of Grenfell response, says survivor

Bereaved relative says ‘justice is not being given to us’, five years on from disaster that killed 72 people

The Guardian - UK

Fire safety flaws at 1,000 tower blocks five years on from Grenfell

More than 1,000 residential tower blocks in London still have serious fire safety issues such as flammable cladding, five years on from the Grenfell Tower disaster.

Evening Standard

Grenfell: Met police ‘absolutely focused’ on criminal probe into blaze

Scotland Yard said it has 180 investigators working on the case

Evening Standard

Grenfell in numbers on fifth anniversary of fire

Grenfell survivors and bereaved family members will remember the 72 people killed.

The Independent UK

‘We lost 72 beautiful people. For them, we keep fighting’: Grenfell survivors speak out five years on

The Guardian - UK

Grenfell ‘a tragedy in three acts’ as told by survivor who predicted the blaze

Ed Daffarn described Grenfell as a ‘tragedy in three acts’, with the final act being half a decade of ‘betrayal’ by the housing department.

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Grenfell survivor describes fire as a ‘tragedy in three acts’

Ed Daffarn said the final act is half a decade of ‘betrayal’ by the housing department

The Independent UK

Grenfell community describe ‘wonderful’ bond they formed in years since fire

Residents in the surrounding area say they have made friends and become close as their fight for justice.

Daily Mirror

Grenfell survivor won't rest until he sees convictions so victims get justice

Willie Thompson survived the 2017 blaze but has sat through every session of the inquiry so those quizzed know there is a survivor always watching them

The Guardian - UK

I fear we could face another Grenfell Tower disaster

Five years on from the blaze that killed 72 people, the London mayor calls on the government to learn the lessons and boost safety measures

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: a searing reminder of the horrific injustice at Grenfell, five years on

A hard to watch but essential play about the Grenfell inquiry. Plus: a weirdly intense look at the Elizabeth Line … and how it came in £4bn over budget. Here’s what’s on this evening

Daily Mirror

Thousands still living in death traps wrapped in same cladding as Grenfell Tower

Families are still living in tower blocks with the deadly cladding found on Grenfell Tower - and work to replace the cladding has yet to be completed on 58 residential buildings

The Independent UK

Community member joined council after watching its ‘chilling’ Grenfell response

Claire Simmons said much of the response ‘could be characterised as at best neglect and at worst conscious cruelty’.

Daily Mirror

Families who've spent £820,000 after Grenfell tragedy fear they won't get a penny back

Following the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster, thousands of homes across the country needed to replace flammable cladding, but loopholes in the scheme mean many homes do not get cash to help

The Independent UK

Lack of justice since Grenfell fire ‘torture’ for community five years on

Karim Mussilhy, whose uncle died in the tower-block blaze, said the fight ‘gets harder and harder the longer it goes on’.

Daily Mirror

Grenfell Tower fire survivor vows to 'keep fighting until justice is served'

Natasha Elcock survived the tragic Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed the lives of 72 people, including her uncle Steve Power. The supermarket manager is now the chair of Grenfell United

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: British Museum project reignites restitution row

In today’s Diary: British Museum repairs mean tough conversations / Would Victoria make of Elizabeth? / Harry Hill on his Blair musical / Gove declines Grenfell play invite / Nile’s fashion forward

1 … 11 12 13 14

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Kensington and Chelsea Council

20 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.