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Fire breaks out at high rise block less than a mile away from Grenfell Tower

FIREFIGHTERS have been called to a blaze at a high-rise block in Shepherd’s Bush, west London.

The National (Scotland)

Fire at high-rise block of flats near Grenfell Tower in west London

Cause of fire unknown as yet

Wales Online

Shepherds Bush flats blaze was ignited by charging e-bike, says resident

Liiban Shakat described thinking he was ‘going to die’ after his friend woke him up and led him to the guest bedroom, which was engulfed in flames

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‘The trauma is still there’: Horror over fire in high rise flats near Grenfell Tower

A resident said the blaze was sparked by an electric scooter that was charging

The Independent UK

Shepherd's Bush fire: One in hospital as 12th floor flat goes up in flames near Grenfell

Half of a flat on the 12th floor of the residential block was alight, with around 60 firefighters and eight fire engines battling the blaze

Daily Mirror

Grenfell anniversary: Eight buildings in Bristol still have unsafe cladding, say campaigners

The Grenfell Tower fire claimed 72 lives and it emerged the building had unsafe cladding

Bristol Post

Grenfell: 72 beams of light illuminate night sky above tower in moving tribute

Grenfell Tower was illuminated with 72 beams of light in a poignant tribute on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

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Kate and William's touching words to Grenfell survivors that showed 'they really care'

Survivor Tiago Alves, 25, said The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met 11 campaigners from Grenfell United, as well as children and some of the bereaved

Daily Mirror

Prince William and Kate Middleton moved by poem written by Grenfell Tower fire survivor

Ayeesha, an eight-year-old child who survived the Grenfell Tower fire five years ago, wrote a poem called Never Forget. After she read it, Kate and William joined with applause

Daily Mirror

Grenfell Tower: Local residents reflect at memorial service on fifth anniversary of tragedy

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge among attendees

The Independent UK

Grenfell Tower: finally, the worst type of cladding is to be banned, five years on

Five years after 72 people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which broke out on June 14, 2017, the UK government has announced plans to ban the type of cladding used to cover the external walls of the North Kensington high-rise. These revised building regulations are to be…

The Conversation

How many people died in Grenfell Tower and has anyone been to prison?

Bereaved families are marking five years since the Grenfell Tower in London went up in flames. Scores of people were killed and families are still waiting to get justice for what happened

Daily Mirror

A message from Grenfell to those in power: you failed us then and you are failing us now. We can’t accept that

Five years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, lawyer Imran Khan delivered a searing rebuke at Westminster Abbey on behalf of those bereaved. This is an edited version

The Guardian - UK

Bristol has less firefighters than before Grenfell Tower disaster

It is one of more than 20 areas across England to see numbers dwindle

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Evening Standard

Revealed: The London boroughs with the most unsafe buildings five years on from Grenfell

As the country marks the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire that claimed 72 lives and left a community devastated, renewed attention is being paid to the pressing issue of building safety.

The Independent UK

Most shocking revelations from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, five years on from tragedy

Even as the inquiry continues, it has already uncovered a litany of missed opportunities and complacency in government

The Independent UK

Names of 72 Grenfell victims read out at memorial service on fifth anniversary

A series of memorial events will be held to mark five years since the tower block blaze, which claimed the lives of 72 men, women and children.

Evening Standard

David Lammy: Today I think of my friend Khadija Saye, Grenfell Tower – and vow never again

I will never forget the morning of the 14th June, 2017. I woke up at 5:30am, a few hours after the fire had begun. When I grabbed my phone, it was blowing up with notifications. My wife Nicola’s phone was buzzing even more often.

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The Independent UK

Inside the never-ending nightmare of Britain’s building-safety crisis five years after Grenfell

Five years after the Grenfell Tower disaster highlighted problems with highrise blocks across the country, thousands of residents are facing huge bills, not to mention stress, as they try to make their homes safe to live in, reports Ben Chapman

The Independent UK

‘We’re still having to fight’: Grenfell survivors’ battle for justice isn’t over five years on

It began at 12.54am on 14 June 2017 and became the deadliest blaze in England for 120 years. Five years on, survivors tell Colin Drury they’re still struggling to right the wrongs of that fateful night

The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

Grenfell community to mourn losses that ‘remain heavy in our hearts’

Tuesday marks five years since the west London tower block blaze, in which 72 people died.

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