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A silent walk is being held in West London on Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the Grenfell Tower inferno, one of the UK's worst-ever urban disasters and its deadliest fire for 30 years.
A litany of failings, including a controversial "stay put" policy and combustible cladding, contributed to the catastrophic loss of life during last year's Grenfell Tower fire, a public inquiry was told Monday.
The official inquiry into last year's catastrophic fire at Grenfell Tower in London that killed 72 people opened Monday with heart-rending tributes by bereaved families who lost their loved ones.
A report on UK building regulations set up after the Grenfell Tower tragedy found "deep flaws" in the rules but stopped short of calling for a ban on cladding, the combustible material blamed for contributing to the fire that killed 71 people in London last June.
The American manufacturer of aluminum composite panels used as cladding in London's Grenfell Tower has halted sales of the product for use in high-rise buildings.
At least 60 high-rise buildings across the UK have failed safety tests in the wake of the catastrophic fire that swept through Grenfell Tower in West London on June 14.
Ten days after an inferno swept through Grenfell Tower in west London, claiming the lives of at least 79 people and leaving the apartment block a blackened shell, its shadow hangs over Britain.
Some 800 households will be evacuated from five apartment towers Friday night in London, according to Councillor Georgia Gould, leader of Camden Council.
A Hotpoint refrigerator has been identified as the source of last week's deadly Grenfell Tower fire in London, prompting Whirlpool to ask people who own the same model to contact the company.
London's Metropolitan Police Service is considering manslaughter charges among the criminal offenses that may have been committed in relation to last week's deadly Grenfell Tower fire.
