Grenfell Tower: The Failings That Led to Disaster

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Examining the critical failures that led to the Grenfell Tower fire disaster, from unsafe cladding to ignored warnings and systemic neglect by authorities.

The Tragic Failures Behind the Grenfell Tower Fire

Keeping Up Appearances – Children In Need Special 1995

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Scathing Grenfell Tower fire report condemns “incompetence”, “dishonesty” and “greed” | BBC News

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Educational: This video is essential viewing

Educational: This video is essential viewing

The man who predicted the Grenfell Tower fire: first in-depth interview

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The Grenfell Tower fire (Disaster Documentary)

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Introduction

Grenfell: The Fire of London

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Surviving the Inferno: Escaping Grenfell Tower

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20 jul 2017
 
First-hand accounts of tragedy and survival from inside the deadliest fire in modern British history.

Grenfell: The End of an Experiment?

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The Long Way Home

Following the fire at Grenfell Tower, Anthony Wilks investigates the culture of Kensington and Chelsea Council and where it came from.

The film accompanies a written piece about Grenfell and its aftermath by Andrew O’Hagan for the London Review of Books. Read it here: https://lrb.me/thetower

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Correction: At 20:02, the figure ‘8,840’ should read ‘6,840’.

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Grenfell Inquiry in full: Report findings state deaths were ‘all avoidable’

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Grenfell victims have demanded that manslaughter charges be brought against those responsible for the tragedy.

Their calls came as the final public inquiry report into the tragedy in June 2017, which claimed 72 lives, was released on Wednesday.

The chair of the seven-year-inquiry, Sir Martin Moore-Bick, met with survivors and the bereaved on Tuesday and told them: “The deaths were all avoidable.”

Grenfell Next of Kin, which represents the families of almost half those killed, said: “The Grenfell Tower Inquiry report is hard hitting and the Chair does not mince his words, but the sad truth for us the families of the deceased is will there be manslaughter charges?”

In a statement, a spokesman added: “All those mentioned in the report have blood on their hands but it fails to identify who can be charged for manslaughter and that is what justice means for us.”

‘Systematic dishonesty’: What does the Grenfell Tower report tells us?

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The Grenfell Tower fire explained: What have we learned?

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14 jun 2022
 

The public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire is now in its second phase, looking at how the installation of cladding to the tower caused the flames to spread so quickly.

Damning final report into Grenfell Tower fire published | BBC News

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4 sep 2024 #BBCNews #London

The Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people in London, UK, in 2017 was the result of a chain of failures by governments, “dishonest” companies and a lack of strategy by the fire service, the final report of a six-year public inquiry has concluded.

The report sets out a “path to disaster” at Grenfell stretching back to the early 1990s over how fire safety in high rise buildings has been managed and regulated.

The coalition and Conservative governments “ignored, delayed or disregarded” concerns about the safety of industry practices, the inquiry added.

A manufacturer of cladding products “deliberately concealed” the fire risks they posed, the report said.

Grenfell Fire: What Happened That Night? | LADbible

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Grenfell Tower fire: Special ITV News coverage

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Documentary | Britain’s Fire Safety Crisis

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The Grenfell Tower fire disaster that killed 71 people in June 2017 is the focus of a police investigation and a public inquiry. Combustible materials found in the tower have been used on buildings of all sizes around the UK.

Fire safety experts and building regulators who warned of the dangers were repeatedly ignored and routinely silenced.

Sky’s Gerard Tubb presents this Sky News documentary.

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Grenfell: Unpacking our old life – BBC Newsnight

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Memorialising Grenfell Tower – BBC Newsnight

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Keeping Up Appearances – Children In Need Special 1995

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19 apr 2024
 
First broadcast in 1995 as part of Children In Need Mentioned recently in Keeping Up Appearances: The Luxury Podcast, hosted by Jonathan Vernon-Smith and William Hanson