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Grenfell Tower

Grenfell Tower, a residential building in North Kensington, London, tragically caught fire on June 14, 2017, resulting in 72 fatalities.

GRENFELL TOWER - LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES

Police arrest 140 revellers on day one of Notting Hill Carnival after colourful start to street party: Figures up 40% on last year amid Met crackdown

24/08/25 22:24

A total of 140 people have already been arrested on the first day of Notting Hill Carnival for offences including assaults on police, robbery and possession of weapons.  That is 40 per cent more than the number arrested on the opening day of the world-famous street party in west London last year, when 104 were detained. ...read

24/08/25 09:42

The world-famous street party, which is the largest in Europe, officially begun on Sunday morning with dancers in bright costumes parading along the streets.

20/06/25 14:22

Marcio Gomes, his wife Andreia and their two daughters, Luana and Megan had lived in flat 183 on the 21st floor of Grenfell in North Kensington for 10 years.

22/05/25 18:05

Scarlett Milligan, 32, (pictured) was accused of assaulting Kemi Adebiyi, 48, after she enjoyed all-day birthday drinks with her fellow-barrister boyfriend Benjamin Waistell in May 2022.

15/05/25 01:53

No one would ever guess it, but a warehouse big enough to park 25 double-decker buses inside has become an unlikely base for the police investigation into the Grenfell fire.

08/05/25 01:57

The Metropolitan Police has told grieving families that the model, which would take more than a year to build, will help explain how the fire spread in any future trials.

26/02/25 20:38

Businesses admonished for their role in the Grenfell Tower tragedy could be banned from future public deals under new plans.

07/02/25 14:19

The west London block, where 72 people died in 2017, will be 'carefully' taken down over the next two years.

06/02/25 22:01

Families whose relatives were among the 72 killed in the June 2017 blaze accused officials of ignoring their wishes, and branded the decision as 'disgraceful and unforgivable'.

05/02/25 23:32

The Deputy Prime Minister, who is also Housing Secretary, met with bereaved families and survivors tonight to share the news with them.

05/02/25 21:51

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner , who is also Housing Secretary, met with bereaved families and survivors tonight to share the news with them.

04/02/25 19:03

Sabrina Cohen-Hatton battled her way out of homelessness as a teenager to become a distinguished firefighter and an adviser to the Prince of Wales.

26/01/25 09:29

Ex Superintendent Novlett Williams (pictured) claims the 'actions' taken by the Met Police were 'disproportionate' and part of a 'campaign' to get rid of her.

24/01/25 14:42

BBP London Law School graduate Scarlett Milligan, 31, is accused of grabbing concerned neighbour Kemi Adebiyi's neck and calling her a 'black b****'.

03/01/25 23:15

A minister yesterday admitted the Government must 'seriously look' at the impact toxic smoke had on those who fought the 2017 blaze.

03/10/24 11:09

Dubbed the 'Tower of Horrors', residents of De Montfort House in Leicester say they are living in 'squalid conditions' are worried they could be the victims of 'another Grenfell'.

20/09/24 00:15

The first figures released since the conclusion of the Grenfell inquiry show there are 4,771 residential buildings taller than 11 metres with unsafe cladding - an increase of 141 since July.

08/09/24 10:42

The Prime Minister said he was frustrated by the slow progress of replacing dangerous cladding, after figures showed that at ,the end of May, one in four had completed refurbishment works.

07/09/24 14:26

Owner of east London based building company Tarbrook, Sherman Webb believes that the tragedy could have been avoided had there been a clerk of the works on site during the refurbishment.

06/09/24 08:26

The final report found that Claude Wehrle, the former head of the technical sales support team at manufacturer Arconic, had resorted to 'deliberate dishonesty' to sell cladding in Europe.

06/09/24 02:23

Studio E, who were hired to design Grenfell Tower's refurbishment and saw flammable cladding wrapped around building, has been blocked from shuttering. 

05/09/24 22:49

The public inquiry into the tragedy this week laid bare the sheer duplicity of the companies involved in wrapping the 24-storey building with cladding panels which turned it into a blazing deathtrap.

05/09/24 14:55

Keir Starmer offered a heartfelt apology yesterday for failings by the state following a damning report from the independent inquiry.

05/09/24 07:23

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook made the shocking admission that 'we don't know for certain that all of the buildings that are dangerous have been identified'.

05/09/24 00:35

Ricky Nuttall tried to rescue a person trapped on the 15th floor of the building but was forced to turn back as he was running out of oxygen and temperatures were in excess of 550C.

04/09/24 23:17

The results of the public inquiry today laid bare a toxic corporate culture in both the construction trade and the industry that produced the flammable materials used in the block.

04/09/24 23:12

Grenfell Tower fire inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick has identified a slew of failures he attributed to 'dishonesty and greed' by 'unscrupulous' businesses.

04/09/24 23:00

Reading the findings of the official report into the Grenfell Tower disaster elicits three powerful emotions - sadness, incomprehension and, finally, intense anger.

04/09/24 20:59

Survivor Marcio Gomes, whose son was stillborn as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire, has urged authorities to ensure those responsible for the tragedy are 'put behind bars'.

04/09/24 18:15

No matter the time that passes, the stories of final pleading phone calls and messages, footage of smoke-filled apartments, and recordings of families' screams are still as chilling as they were in 2017.

04/09/24 15:04

The Tory peer was one of several individuals found to hold some responsibility for the fire, which claimed the lives of 72 people, during his time as the Communities and Local Government Secretary.

04/09/24 15:03

The families of 34 of the 72 victims called with one voice to stop the 'perpetrators literally getting away with murder' at a press conference in London after the damning report was released.

04/09/24 14:00

The 24-storey, 120-apartment block, which was engulfed in a devastating blaze that claimed the lives of 72 people in 2017, is still standing in Kensington.

04/09/24 13:58

Today brings further grief for survivors and bereaved family and friends as the callous messages sent between those responsible for ensuring the safety of the tower block paint a harrowing picture.

04/09/24 13:37

The inquiry into the disaster has laid bare a toxic corporate culture in both the construction trade and the industry producing the flammable materials used on Grenfell's facade.

04/09/24 13:06

An architect who helped with the Grenfell Tower inquiry held back tears as she revealed the impact the probe has had on her life.

04/09/24 12:49

Keir Starmer said sorry on behalf of the government as he insisted during a Commons statement that the 72 deaths 'should never have happened'.

04/09/24 12:24

Grenfell United, which represents some of the families, said the findings made it clear their lawyers were correct to tell the inquiry that corporate bodies were 'little better than crooks and killers'.

04/09/24 11:00

Seven years ago, 72 ­people died in the ­Grenfell Tower fire. It was Britain's worst residential fire since WWII. MailOnline's immersive storytelling lays bare what happened that terrible night...

04/09/24 11:00

The Grenfell inquiry concluded today - finally - after hundreds of days of evidential sessions, tens of thousands of exhibits, and a cost to the public purse likely totalling up to £1billion.

04/09/24 11:00

A damning report today laid bare the shocking failures which led to the deaths of 72 people in the fire at the 120-apartment Grenfell Tower in West London in June 2017.

04/09/24 09:06

As the final report into the Grenfell Tower fire is set to be released seven years after the deadly blaze, the nation will be remembering the 72 men, women and children who lost their lives in the inferno.

04/09/24 08:42

MAILONLINE BLOG: Recap our coverage as the Grenfell Tower Inquiry releases its final report seven years after a high-rise fire killed 72 people in a block of flats in London.

04/09/24 06:53

The lengthy document is expected to lay out in detail its findings around the actions of corporate firms in the construction industry, the local authority, London Fire Brigade and government.

04/09/24 03:07

Seven years ago, 72 ­people died in the ­Grenfell Tower fire. Today the inquiry into the disaster releases its final report. 

04/09/24 01:35

Lord Eric Pickles is set to be criticised in a report into the Grenfell Tower tragedy, after he was scrutinised over delays to much-needed fire safety regulations. 

03/09/24 19:52

Families of the Grenfell Tower disaster victims may have to wait years for prosecutions, regardless of the strength of failings identified in today's landmark report into what went wrong.

03/09/24 01:14

Top civil servant Brian Martin had been in charge of official building regulations guidance for almost 18 years when the Grenfell Fire happened in 2017.

31/08/24 01:58

The huge bill - earmarked by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - emerged on the eve of the publication of an official report into the 2017 fire.

26/08/24 17:52

Survivors of the Grenfell tragedy have lashed out after a blaze ravaged a Dagenham tower block, before a second set of flats went up in flames mere hours later.

26/08/24 14:32

Some 40 fire engines and 225 firefighters have been battling the fire on Freshwater Road in Dagenham, east London, which saw more than 80 people evacuated in the middle of the night.

20/06/24 15:56

Nicola Forster, 45, a safety training officer at Hendon Police College in north London, developed PTSD as a result of her work during the fire in 2017.

16/06/24 23:26

Bosses of the companies that manufactured parts of the lethal flammable cladding system wrapped around the tragic building have now received a total of £302.3million, The Times reports.

15/06/24 02:01

Dozens marched at the service of remembrance to mark the seventh anniversary of the tragedy in the 23-storey tower block in which 72 people were killed in June 2017.

06/06/24 12:12

EXCL: Nicola Forster, a safety training officer, suffered post traumatic stress in the months after the fire as her mental health deteriorated, and she became quiet and withdrawn.

04/06/24 14:24

Nicola Forster, 45, (pictured) a safety training officer at Hendon Police College in north London, was found dead at her home in September 2022.

03/06/24 19:56

Nicola Forster, 45, a safety training officer at Hendon Police College in north London , was found dead at her home in September 2022.

27/05/24 13:52

The ex-premier, who is standing down from the House of Commons after 27 years, told a new ITV documentary she 'should have gone and met the victims'.

22/05/24 20:49

Senior officers at Scotland Yard said comprehensive files wouldn't be sent to the Crown Prosecution Service until next year, and the CPS said charging decisions won't be made until the end of 2026

16/05/24 16:02

The boss of a Met police officer who had PTSD and was found dead at home was a bully who made impossible demands, an inquest has heard. Nicola Forster, 45, was found dead in September 2022.

15/05/24 08:50

Nicola Forster, 45, was found dead at her home in September 2022 a month after an 'upsetting meeting' with her manager Inspector Hayley Webb.

18/04/24 02:59

The advert for the pain relief gel Voltarol showed people playing football on the Westway football pitches close to the council block.

17/03/24 11:59

Hammersmith and Fulham council will appeal a 'vastly excessive' and 'unprecedented' £4.6million payout granted to a worker who developed PTSD after working with Grenfell fire victims.

16/03/24 22:51

The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham was ordered to pay compensation and damages to Rachael Wright-Turner (right) for disability discrimination and harassment.

16/03/24 08:15

Charlotte Meehan (pictured), 35, said she and her husband have been 'sitting ducks' in their one-bed flat in London since they found out that Bellway building was fitted with dangerous cladding.

10/03/24 08:10

Pc Martin Hart is the lead claimant of 33 officers suing top brass including the Met commissioner and the chief of the London Fire Brigade for personal injury and loss of earnings.

26/02/24 21:14

The Spanish Queen was seen consoling families who had lost everything in the inferno which tore through their homes on Thursday evening, with some escaping with only the clothes on their backs.

23/02/24 07:57

Valencia's mayoress Maria Jose Catala said foreigners are among those still missing after the devastating blaze, but no nationalities have been released by officials yet.

23/02/24 07:33

The apartment block, in the Campanar area of the port city, was covered with highly-flammable polyurethane cladding, which experts have said is the reason for the fast spreading blaze.

23/02/24 02:05

The death toll is expected to climb today after a 14-storey tower block in Spain was gutted by an uncontrollable inferno, with experts blaming its flammable cladding.

22/02/24 18:51

Spanish firefighters have been battling a huge fire raging through a multistorey residential block in the eastern port city of Valencia Thursday, the emergency services said.

01/02/24 11:33

The claims were brought by 114 firefighters for personal injury and loss caused by alleged negligence and breach of statutory duty when they attended the fire on June 14, 2017.

24/01/24 01:57

A statement by Behailu Kebede (pictured), in whose flat Grenfell fire began, read by an actor, was among the emotional testimonies made in front of organisations held by many responsible.

25/12/23 07:15

Residents in Grenfell, 370km west of Sydney , are experiencing a white Christmas after golf ball-sized chunks fell as families prepared for the day's celebrations.

16/08/23 09:01

Francis Austin, personally recruited project manager Monika Newton (pictured) to join his team on a pay packet worth £100,000 a year, to support the response to the Grenfell Tower disaster.

02/08/23 17:34

In what was a safety scandal on the scale of the Grenfell Tower disaster in 2017, Summerland burned down in large part because of the flammable materials used in its construction.

31/07/23 09:59

The Bibby Stockholm will eventually host about 500 men at a time in Portland, Dorset - despite intense opposition from the local community.

31/07/23 01:02

The majority of the £1.17billion cost is being met by the taxpayer, dwarfing the compensation paid by the companies responsible.

30/07/23 00:27

Grenfell (pictured in 2017) residents have been left sickened after a market research firm working for the local council asked them to talk about their experiences - for £50 in cash.

09/07/23 20:10

Jamie Fraser, who has built up a £75 million value recruitment company, is ploughing £100,000 'into his Entrepreneur Fund' to give kids from deprived communities a chance at creating a business.

   

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