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The Latest Breaking News from Grenfell

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

Thousands sign petition in bid to have BBC Grenfell Tower drama scrapped

The tragedy, which took place almost five years ago, claimed 72 lives.

Daily Record

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

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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

Almost 2,000 sign petition in four days calling for BBC show to be scrapped

"It makes me sick to my stomach"

Wales Online

Grenfell survivor loses High Court housing fight with council

Marcio Gomes, 43, wants a bigger home than he has been offered and argued that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea had acted unlawfully.

The Independent UK

Gove gives reprieve to housebuilders that failed to sign up to safety scheme

Sister company to firm that refurbished Grenfell among builders that failed to comply with deadline

The Guardian - UK

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Northern housebuilders Bellway and Persimmon sign up to post-Grenfell safety scheme

The companies have committed to the Self-Remediation Terms that will cost them hundreds of millions of pounds

Birmingham Post

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'

Daily Mirror

'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

Manchester Evening News

Grenfell: System Failure. Scenes from the Inquiry review: a show that fills you with rage

This quietly devastating show feels real, and its unvarnished testimony is horrifically compelling

Evening Standard

New law to support victims of disasters such as Grenfell a ‘priority for Labour’

Party renews calls for legislation to ensure families impacted by future disasters get legal representation

Evening Standard

OPINION - Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett plans to help Grenfell community with entrepreneurship scheme

Steven Bartlett has begun a mentoring initiative for the Grenfell community

Evening Standard

Was It For This by Hannah Sullivan review – a poem for Grenfell

Sullivan ponders tragedy and the homes she has known in a collection full of insightful observation and anguished comedy

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Dragon Steven Bartlett plans ‘money school’ for Grenfell community

Dragons’ Den investor wants to offer financial workshops after being asked for help by those affected by 2017 disaster

Evening Standard

Developers must commit to fixing unsafe tower blocks or face ban, says Gove

The plan is the Government’s response to the Grenfell Tower fire, which brought to light safety issues in apartment buildings

ABC News

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The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

Reuters

Government bears some blame for Grenfell fire, UK housing minister says

The British government is partly to blame for the Grenfell fire which killed 72 people in 2017 as building regulations were deficient and could be exploited by developers in a way that was unsafe, housing minister Michael Gove said on Sunday.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Mental torture’: six years after Grenfell, UK residents still live in fear as cladding deal falters

A government agreement with developers was meant to solve the fire safety crisis in affected buildings – but the wrangling goes on

Wales Online

Grenfell survivors call for 'intensive testing' after firefighters diagnosed with terminal cancer

Up to a dozen firefighters who attended the tower block blaze have had a cancer diagnosis for which there is no cure

Daily Mirror

Grenfell survivors want 'intensive testing' as blaze firefighters start to die

EXCLUSIVE Locals still haunted by the 2017 disaster told The Mirror they want intensive tests so they can stop “living in fear” of deadly diseases from Grenfell’s toxins

The Guardian - UK

Grenfell showed exactly why we need red tape, yet the Tories are desperate to bin thousands of laws

As parliament debates sweeping away EU rules, MPs should remember that deregulation paved the way to the deadly fire in 2017, says author Peter Apps

Daily Record

Firefighter with terminal cancer demands health screenings to protect workmates after Grenfell news

Martin Green has called for more support after it was revealed 12 firefighters who attended the Grenfell Tower fire have been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Evening Standard

Firefighters who battled Grenfell Tower inferno ‘diagnosed with rare cancers’

Most of the diseases diagnosed among crews are understood to be digestive cancers and leukaemia, according to a report

Daily Mirror

'Hero firefighters risk lives to save others - their health should be protected'

As many as a dozen of firefighters who entered the burning Grenfell Tower have since developed terminal cancer. It's feared many of the residents who survived the fire were exposed to toxic fumes

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