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'Grenfell, Dagenham... how many more?': Inside London's shameful cladding crisis

Today’s Grenfell report has called for urgent work on fire safety, but victims — and those still trapped in London’s 1,300 cladded buildings — say there isn’t time to lose. Katie Strick reports

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Bride gifted replacement wedding dress after losing hers in Dagenham fire

Agnieszka’s £2,500 dress was destroyed along with most of her and her fiance’s belongings

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Dagenham fire: Council aims to raise £20,000 to help 'distressed' victims 'get back on their feet'

A GoFundMe page for affected families has been set up by Barking and Dagenham Council

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Bride-to-be 'devastated' after losing £2,500 wedding dress in Dagenham fire

Residents Lukasz and Agnieszka say they ‘lost everything’ in the blaze

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Angela Rayner warned she must end ‘national scandal’ of unsafe buildings after Dagenham inferno

Exclusive: Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack told The Independent that it was ‘a miracle’ nobody was killed in the blaze in Dagenham over the bank holiday weekend

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Removal of unsafe cladding from buildings ‘too slow’, says Angela Rayner

Deputy PM visited Dagenham, east London, after fire tore through block of flats undergoing remedial works

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Mother trying to flee Dagenham fire faced ‘padlocked gate’ as alarms ‘failed to go off’

London Fire Brigade launches investigation after confirming ‘known fire safety issues’ in Spectrum building

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Urgent action needed to replace cladding after Dagenham fire, Grenfell report author warns

Dame Judith Hackitt criticises ‘buck passing’ for slow progress on repairs in seven years since disaster

The Independent UK

Dagenham: Mother who fled huge blaze in block of flats says fire gate had been 'padlocked shut'

The mother-of-two described how she felt like she was going to die when she came across a fire escape that had been cut off during the blaze

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Dagenham fire: 'Unsafe cladding' to form part of probe into cause of huge blaze in east London

Twenty people were rescued and more than 80 people were evacuated from the building, which had ‘known’ fire safety issues

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Questions over cladding after fire at Dagenham flats brought under control

FBU calls for urgent investigation into blaze in east London as another fire begins at tower in nearby Poplar

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Watch: Huge fire rips through block of flats in east London

More than 100 people were evacuated from burning building in Dagenham with over 200 firefighters tackling the blaze

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Dagenham fire latest: Investigation launched into east London flats blaze as second fire in Blackwall put out

A number of fire safety issues were known to authorities about the building on Freshwater Road

The Independent UK

Dagenham fire LIVE: Investigation to probe 'safety issues' at east London block as major incident stood down and all residents safe

Cladding being removed from building at time of fire to form part of probe into huge blaze which saw two people taken to hospital and more than 100 people evacuated

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Drivers warned of new parking scam after rise in cases across the country

Cases have been reported in Barking and Dagenham, Northumberland, Northamptonshire, South Tyneside and Pembrokeshire

The Independent UK

Seven in hospital after chemical incident in East London

Patients taken to hospital and houses cordoned off following the chemical incident in Dagenham

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Seven rushed to hospital after 'chemical incident' in Dagenham as homes evacuated

Several people were rushed to hospital with breathing difficulties after a suspected chemical leak in Dagenham on Saturday night.

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Boy, 16, charged with murder after ‘vulnerable’ pensioner killed in Dagenham firework attack

Robert Price’s body was discovered by firefighters who forced entry to the property on Oval Road North

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Suspected arson attack in Dagenham which killed pensioner 'started by firework'

The firework was ‘thrown’ inside Robert Price’s home

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Dagenham fire: Pensioner who died in suspected arson attack named as teenager charged with murder

Robert Price, 76, died from inhalation of fire fumes and burns

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Teenager arrested on suspicion of murder after man dies in house fire in Dagenham

A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a deadly blaze at a property in Dagenham.

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Man jailed for 25 years after raping and beating victim in Dagenham home

Oladip Oshodi, 48, was convicted at Snaresbrook Crown Court on multiple charges

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Two injured in Dagenham fight as police arrest suspect

The air ambulance was dispatched to the scene with one man in hospital after the attack

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Two men charged over Dagenham shooting that left 23-year-old in hospital

Two men have been charged in connection with a shooting in Dagenham that left a 23-year-old man in hospital.

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Man, 23, taken to hospital after broad daylight shooting in Dagenham

Police are appealing for witnesses and are keen to trace a black Ford Fiesta seen in the area

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