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Articles on Grenfell Tower
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Ventilation and natural light are two simple measures which can make buildings better for people to live and work in.
Residents may be right to fear for their lives.
Government learned much from the war. But today we find new throwbacks to that Blitz-era sclerosis.
Concerns over examining the Grenfell Tower disaster have been seen before.
This is about more than justice for the 96.
There’s a science to understanding the ways that trust is formed, broken and rebuilt.
Channel 4 news anchor drew thundering applause at the Edinburgh TV Festival, but don’t believe every word.
It is only when disaster strikes that a community and its problems are truly rendered visible.
Calls for accountability at a time of tragedy or crisis are understandable - but scapegoats can distract attention away from the true lessons that need to be learned.
Despite the surge of community support after the Grenfell Tower fire, the failure of the local council and the government to respond appropriately has caused anger, offence and further suffering.
A former BBC special correspondent looks at why fundamental lessons weren’t learnt after the deadly Lakanal Fire that he investigated in 2009.
Perhaps there might at least now be a pause on further deregulation when it comes to buildings in the UK
There are physical, cultural and legal reasons why fire prevention measures didn’t avert the tragedy at the Grenfell Tower – and other buildings are still at risk.
Grenfell Tower residents tragically got the world’s attention only after a disastrous fire. So what would public housing residents in Australia say about their living conditions?
A lesson in taking from the rich to give to the poor.
We asked two experts to examine what the buildling regulations say.
The tangled web of responsibility for London’s council estates could cloud investigations into the Grenfell Tower fire.
The investigation into the Hillsborough disaster took a long and twisted path – the government must learn from its mistakes.
Portugal’s wildfire has killed 64 people. Yet, as with Grenfell Tower in London, the risk of such a blaze was foreseeable.
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