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Cladding works set to cost housebuilder Redrow £200m

Housebuilder Redrow has set aside a further £164 million after vowing to carry out more first safety works in the wake of the Grenfell Tragedy. It will take the cost of the firm’s fire safety provisions to £200 million. Redrow has become one of the ...

06 Apr 2022 at 09:25

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Crest and Taylor Wimpey reveal hefty bills for cladding works after new pledge

Housebuilders Crest Nicholson and Taylor Wimpey have revealed further hefty bills after vowing to carry out more fire safety works on tall buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The firms are among those to sign up to the ...

05 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Grenfell inquiry: Fire safety guidance should ‘perhaps’ have been updated sooner

A coroner’s warning to update fire safety guidance five years before the Grenfell tragedy should “perhaps” have been acted upon sooner, a Government official has said. Bob Ledsome, who works for the Department for Levelling Up, ...

02 Mar 2022 at 16:25

Derry News

Derry schools celebrate Catholic Schools Week

Catholic Schools are not unique to Northern Ireland. Rather, Catholic schools are part of an international network of Catholic education where 60 million pupils of all faiths and none are welcomed, cherished, and supported to ...

26 Jan 2022 at 16:33

Blackpool Tower Ballroom floor ready for more dancing feet after refurb

The famous Blackpool Tower Ballroom floor is ready to welcome more dancing feet after its most extensive restoration in 30 years. The original wooden dancefloor, which has been quickstepped over by performers including the ...

19 Jan 2022 at 17:56

Gove sets March deadline for developers to come up with £4bn cladding plan

Developers must agree a £4 billion plan to fix dangerous cladding on low-rise flats by early March or risk new laws forcing them to act, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has said. The Cabinet minister threatened that he is ...

10 Jan 2022 at 04:55

Inquiry finds no evidence Channel 4 reality show used paid actors

Channel 4 has said no evidence has been found to support Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries’ claim that its programme Tower Block Of Commons used paid actors, following an investigation and internal review. During a ...

15 Jul 2022 at 13:00

Local News

Planning granted for 30-metre communications tower in Carndonagh

Planning permission has been granted for the replacement of a communications tower in Carndonagh with a significantly higher structure. Eircom Limited, trading as Eir, has been granted planning permission by ...

01 Aug 2022 at 18:33

Grenfell survivor fears tragedy may become ‘precursor to something bigger’

A Grenfell Tower fire survivor has said he is worried the tragedy may become “the precursor to something bigger” because of the lack of progress in implementing change. Tiago Alves, his father Miguel, ...

13 Jun 2022 at 01:01

Civil servants got Grenfell Tower name wrong during response, inquiry hears

A senior civil servant has told the Grenfell Tower inquiry she found it “jarring” that staff in her department were getting the name of the building wrong in the days following the disaster. Dame ...

26 May 2022 at 18:38

Grenfell Memorial Cup ‘more important’ than winning Baftas – Big Zuu

Television personality and rapper Big Zuu has described playing at the Grenfell Memorial Cup as “more important” to him than winning Baftas. Big Zuu – whose real name is Zuhair Hassan – joined ...

21 May 2022 at 17:38

Mayor of London chief of staff concerned about Grenfell response day after fire

The Mayor of London’s chief of staff said he left a ministerial meeting the day after the Grenfell Tower fire feeling “unhappiness and concern” about the response to the blaze. David Bellamy ...

23 May 2022 at 15:20

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