Fire at Aldgate East Relay Building
On Monday 7th March 2022 a fire broke out at The Relay Building near Whitechapel, East London. Video footage from the incident shows huge...
Mar 13, 2022
The state failures that led to the Grenfell Tower fire
Peter Apps of Inside Housing writes for The Spectator on previous fires that foretold the Grenfell disaster. Click on the image below to...
Mar 13, 2022
Residents 'living like animals' as cladding is replaced
BBC reports that Conservative MP Stephen McPartland reports the plight of residents as 'a living hell' after blocks around the country...
Mar 13, 2022
Our Friends in the North BBC Radio 4 program
Playwright and screenwriter Peter Flannery rewrites his award winning series Our Friends in the North as an audio drama for BBC Radio 4....
Mar 13, 2022
BBC - The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast
The BBC have been creating a weekly podcast covering the evidence and findings at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Presented by Kate Lamble....
Feb 21, 2022
Housing Minister 'started rebuttal operation' two days after Grenfell
Inside Housing and the Guardian report on the failures in the build up to the Grenfell fire. https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/th...
Feb 9, 2022
RIBA demands clarity on single staircase tower blocks
Kate Youde writes for Architects' Journal on the issue of staircases in high rise residential blocks as RIBA joins with other industry...
Jan 26, 2022
Southwark's high rise blocks record worsening fire safety ratings year on year.
For three years, Ledbury Action Group (former residents of the Ledbury Estate in Peckham) have recorded and analysed the annual fire risk...
Jan 21, 2022
Number 10 investigator implicated in blocking Grenfell information request
Open Democracy have revealed that Sue Gray; tasked with investigating alleged illegal gatherings at number 10, is also implicated in...
Jan 17, 2022
Former government ministers to be called upon in Grenfell Inquiry
The Guardian reports (4th January 2022) that former and current government figures including Eric Pickles, Gavin Barwell and Brandon...
Jan 5, 2022
Beyond Grenfell: A Building Safety Crisis on the Brink
Charlotte Lomas from Sky News reports on the leaseholders facing bankruptcy after their blocks were found to be at risk of fire spread...
Dec 7, 2021
Household Waste: The Squalor blighting Netherthorpe Tower Blocks
Peter MacLoughlin, a tower block resident from Sheffield writes about his experiences challenging the council over waste disposal and...
Nov 15, 2021
Value Engineering: Scenes From the Grenfell Inquiry
On 4th November we were able to see the play Value Engineering: Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry a verbatim theatre production at the...
Nov 5, 2021
Sir David Amess MP
We are deeply shocked and saddened by the horrendous news that Sir David Amess MP has been murdered at his constituency surgery. Sir...
Oct 15, 2021
The UK's Building Safety Crisis
On 2nd September the BBC aired a Newsnight programme entitled 'The UK's Building Safety Crisis'. The programme highlights the vast...
Sep 6, 2021
