Grenfell

Jehangir Malik is CEO of the charity, Muslim Aid.

The families of those that died in the Grenfell fire have for the last time paid tribute to their loved ones at the official inquiry. It was the seventh and final day of the hearings devoted to the survivors and victims of the fire, which claimed 72 lives. Meanwhile a report by the charity Muslim…

A man has told the sixth day of the Grenfell Tower inquiry how he stayed on the phone to his family until the moment they suffocated from the smoke. In an emotional testimony, Ahmed Elgwahry paid tributes to his sister Mariem and mother Eslah, before Paulos Tekle spoke of the pain of losing his five-year-old…

The decision not to call for a ban on inflammable cladding by the author of a review into the Grenfell Tower fire unleashed a chorus of criticism from across the political spectrum. Within hours of the  review being made public, the government had announced it would consult on a ban, prompting Grenfell survivors to ask why…

Dame Judith Hackitt talks about her independent building regulations review that was commissioned after Grenfell.

The Prime Minister has agreed to two experts sitting with Judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick for phase two of the investigation into the Grenfell Tower disaster. She had previously rejected calls for additional panel members.

The police have apologised after a bone fragment belonging to a victim of the Grenfell fire was found in a washing machine, when police sent his clothes for cleaning. The family of Mohamed Saber Neda who jumped from the tower block, has told Channel 4 News how they believed they’d already laid him to rest, but have had to…

Survivor Antonio Roncolato and bereaved relative Karim Mussilhy discuss the Grenfell tragedy six months on.

Six months to the day from the Grenfell Tower fire, survivors and the 71 victims have been remembered at a memorial service in St Paul’s Cathedral. It was a moment to recall the community spirit that was so evident as ordinary Londoners stepped in to help the survivors, but also to acknowledge their deep and…

A group of Grenfell survivors and relatives have launched a petition urging Theresa May to appoint a panel of advisers to the public inquiry to better represent the experiences of those affected by the fire. One, who lost his uncle in the fire, says they feel detached, and anxious and fear no-one is listening to…

These are the known victims of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. 71 people died in the fire. Channel 4 News has worked to name each resident and provide details of what happened to them on the night of the fire. These are the people of Grenfell Tower.

A number of Grenfell survivors were among hundreds of Kensington and Chelsea residents who had another testy meeting last night with the tenant management organisation. There are concerns about how the council plans to change the way they run social housing in the borough. But some residents say they now have an opportunity to take…

Only two people made it out alive from the 23rd floor – the very top of the Grenfell tower – on June 14th. This is their story.

Louise Christian, a human rights lawyer who represented victims of the Ladbroke Grove rail crash, which killed 31 people in 1999, and Martin Howe, the solicitor acting on behalf of over 40 of the Grenfell Tower fire survivors and bereaved families, discuss the public inquiry opening tomorrow.

The Grenfell public inquiry opens tomorrow, exactly three months on from the fire which took at least 80 lives. The judge heading it, its remit, its powers and the time it will take, all have been sources of controversy. So how can it succeed? Or is it doomed to failure?