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TBH I can tolerate gambinos nonsense most of the time But the fact is there are a bunch of dead children in that building as we type How this guy could find a way to utter the word Muslim at

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This is not the same thing.. "cause of death" no one is talking about this, we know the cause of death. There is no need to talk about it. Gas pipes, illegal cladding, lack of fire exits, lack of

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Mate I was born into a block exactly like that, i now live in an apartment looking over the thames around docklands. Im absolutely disgusted with some of the comments in here, in particular by br

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personally, after surviving a huge fire in a flat i wouldnt wanna go to another set of flats. but decent gesture still.

although its gonna be the "affordable" buildings in the luxury block, they probably wont have access through the main door or be able to use the pools/bars etc

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12 minutes ago, Kuffir said:

its all mad 

Nothing is by accident.

Today you have protests by the alledged left wing #DayOfRage against the Tories etc. This will now appease the generic Left wing person.

the alleged right wing now get their day of rage via outlets from the DM of this new housing. This now sets the generic Right wing person into rage against Liberals/Left

Well played division games removes focus from gov and keeps the imaginary left vs right idealogoy and its worshippers at odds with each other and not the gov/media controlling both strings.

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15 minutes ago, Vtec said:

DM have just dangled their trigger bait article

Showroom interior shots, as if residents will be moving into anything furnished like so.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4625368/Grenfell-Tower-survivors-homes-2billion-block.html

Ain't even read the comments but you already know how thats going to pan out.

You, and everyone else here should make a concerted effort not to browse daily mail - you know they get paid for it, right? Each click, each article is ad revenue

If you would like to stop them being paid for shoddy 'journalism' (and thus making it a worthwhile and profitable enterprise) then don't go on the site, don't click their outrageous clickbait articles

I know so many people who when bored, just visit DM.co.uk, and continually scroll as it seems to be neverending

As long as people will click on articles that say KIM KARDASHIAN IN HAITCUT SHOCKER, or GRENFELL SURVIVORS TO BE PUT UP IN MANSION, there will be a reason to keep creating them

Just don't do it, don't do the same with the sun or any other shitty clickbait publication

Number 7 will shock you!

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I watched the Panorama episode on iplayer about the grenfell fire yesterday and it really hit home how utterly messed up this was. People running out from their own flats in the area and knowing family and friends were in the building on the higher floors but it was too late to go in. One guy saved an old woman who couldn't make it down the stairs and he got her and his friend out through the thick smoke. He was happy to be alive of course but you wonder in those quiet moments of contemplation what that does to a person, knowing how close the end was.

The one part that really struck me is they show a photo montage of some of the victims and you could see how many little kids were in that building who are now 'missing'  :(

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Britain's death-trap towers revealed: Thousands of people to be evacuated after SIX HUNDRED high-rise buildings are found to have Grenfell Tower cladding - and three are 'combustible'

  • At least 600 tower blocks across the UK are wrapped in similar cladding found on Grenfell Tower death trap
  • Theresa May said tests had shown cladding at least 3 tower blocks 'combustible' - 100 will be tested per day
  • Camden Council says five blocks have dangerous cladding and work will start immediately to rip it all off
  • Residents tell MailOnline they cannot sleep at night but are being told to stay in the blocks during works 
  • Camden likely to sue contractor Rydon - who also installed panels at Grenfell - claiming work 'not to standard'
  • Barnet Council says that three of its towers have the same panels as ill-fated Grenfell Tower where 79 died

By Martin Robinson, Uk Chief Reporter and James Tapsfield, Political Editor and Nick Fagge For Mailonline

Published: 09:50, 22 June 2017 | Updated: 16:09, 22 June 2017

 

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Theresa May has said anyone living in dangerous blocks will be evacuated and revealed up to 100 blocks a day will be tested for potentially lethal cladding to ensure safety
 
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Theresa May has said anyone living in dangerous blocks will be evacuated and revealed up to 100 blocks a day will be tested for potentially lethal cladding to ensure safety

Thousands could be evacuated from their homes after it was revealed 600 tower blocks are wrapped in cladding that could go up in the same way as Grenfell Tower and three have already been found to be 'combustible'.

Theresa May has said anyone living in dangerous blocks will be moved and revealed up to 100 high-rises a day will be tested for potentially lethal cladding.

Grenfell Tower's aluminium panels had a flammable plastic core experts have blamed for accelerating the fire that killed 79 people last week.

At least three other towers have 'combustible cladding' and 600 more have 'similar' panels, Downing Street said.

Councils across the UK were told to provide the Government with details of the cladding used on high-rises by Monday and these will be tested at a rate of 100 per day. 

Camden Council has revealed five towers of up to 23-storeys on its giant Chalcot Estate are potentially dangerous and residents have told MailOnline they cannot sleep at night. 

The aluminium panels with polyethylene insulation - banned in America and Germany - are already being ripped off today.

But residents in the 721 flats will not be moved and fire wardens will be put there 24 hours a day instead to reassure and help in the event of a blaze.

The council looks set to sue contractor Rydon, who also carried out the Grenfell work, claiming 'the panels that were fitted were not to the standard that we had commissioned'.

And Barnet Council has warned that inspectors have found that three of its blocks have similar metal panels as the ill-fated Grenfell Tower, but say they are not combustible.

Residents at the 22-storey River Apartments in Tottenham, north London, have been sent an email saying the building has the same cladding as Grenfell Tower, it has emerged.

Scaffolders have already started work to replace cladding on the Burnham Tower in Camden today - one of five on the Chalcot estate needing panels ripped off
 
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Scaffolders have already started work to replace cladding on the Burnham Tower in Camden today - one of five on the Chalcot estate needing panels ripped off

Scaffolders started to remove cladding at the Chalcot estate in North London as emergency work began today
 
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Scaffolders started to remove cladding at the Chalcot estate in North London as emergency work began today
 
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Scaffolders started to remove cladding at the Chalcot estate in North London as emergency work began today
 
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Scaffolders started to remove cladding at the Chalcot estate in North London as emergency work began today

Cladding being removed from high rise tower blocks in Barnet, London, which has the same panels as the Glenfell tower
 
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Cladding being removed from high rise tower blocks in Barnet, London, which has the same panels as the Glenfell tower

 

 

At least 79 people died in the Grenfell Tower blaze - one of the worst disasters of modern times -  and the cladding is believed to have accelerated the blaze rather than slow or stop it
 
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At least 79 people died in the Grenfell Tower blaze - one of the worst disasters of modern times -  and the cladding is believed to have accelerated the blaze rather than slow or stop it

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The blocks in Camden, north London were refurbished with the cladding at a cost of £16 million. But in the aftermath of Grenfell warning posters have been put up in communal areas telling residents that the cladding is believed to be the same.

23-storey tower blocks in Camden were refurbished with the cladding at a cost of £16m now found to be dangerous - warning posters have been put up in communal areas telling residents
 
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23-storey tower blocks in Camden were refurbished with the cladding at a cost of £16m now found to be dangerous - warning posters have been put up in communal areas telling residents

Today their worst fears were realised and tenants told MailOnline they cannot sleep at night due to concerns about the safety of their homes

Julia Mummolo, 24, a shop worker, said: 'Of course I am worried. I have been able to sleep since the fire at Grenfell. I'm trying to find somewhere else to live i can't stay here.

'I live on the 16th floor. I don't know how I would be able to get out if there were a fire.'

Abdulazuz Farah, 56, a community worker said: 'I am really worried for the safety of my family. This is the same cladding and itvwas put in by the same company.

'I live on the 17th floor. I don't know how we would get out. We are all really worried but we don't have anywhere else to live.'

Louise, 25, said: 'Everyone is worried but where else can we go? There is now here else for us to go.'

Another long term resident who asked not to be named added: 'My parents moved in here in 1969. There are no fire alarms, no fire extinguishers and no evacuation plan.

'Like lots of people i haven't been able to sleep at night after what happened at Grenfell. And to find out we have the same cladding well it's a scandal.' 

 

 

Councils were told to provide the Government with details of the cladding used on high-rises by Monday and three samples were found to be combustible after tests on a 'small number' of specimens.

Flammable panelling on the outside of Grenfell Tower is suspected to have aided the rapid spread of last week's blaze, trapping dozens inside.

The Department for Communities and Local Government is coordinating the process and facilities allow for 100 samples a day to be tested.

A Number 10 spokeswoman said: 'So far, three samples have been found to be combustible.'

She added: 'In terms of how many buildings and how many homes have this type of cladding, the estimate provided to us by councils is that there are approximately 600 high-rise buildings with similar cladding.

'We are in touch with all the local authorities to encourage them to urgently send us the samples and then we will carry out the checks that we need to see where we are with that.'

In blocks where the cladding is found to be combustible 'we will do a further test to make sure the building is safe' and residents could be rehomed.

'Obviously nobody will be living in buildings that are unsafe, they will be rehoused if they need to be and landlords will be asked to provide alternative accommodation where that's possible,' the spokesman said.

Blocks in Barnet, left, and Rivers Apartments in Tottenham, right, are believed to have similar or the same panels as Grenfell and some will be removed and tested
 
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Blocks in Barnet, left, and Rivers Apartments in Tottenham, right, are believed to have similar or the same panels as Grenfell and some will be removed and tested
 
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Blocks in Barnet, left, and Rivers Apartments in Tottenham, right, are believed to have similar or the same panels as Grenfell and some will be removed and tested

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Camden Council has revealed its own independent tests show cladding on five up to 23-storey towers on its giant Chalcots Estate (pictured) is potentially dangerous and will be removed

Camden Council will rip off the cladding from its Bray, Burnham, Taplow, Dorney and Blashford towers immediately and claim it was not to the specification they demanded
 
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Camden Council will rip off the cladding from its Bray, Burnham, Taplow, Dorney and Blashford towers immediately and claim it was not to the specification they demanded
 
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Camden Council will rip off the cladding from its Bray, Burnham, Taplow, Dorney and Blashford towers immediately and claim it was not to the specification they demanded
 
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Camden Council will rip off the cladding from its Bray, Burnham, Taplow, Dorney and Blashford towers immediately and claim it was not to the specification they demanded
 
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Camden Council will rip off the cladding from its Bray, Burnham, Taplow, Dorney and Blashford towers immediately and claim it was not to the specification they demanded
 
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Camden Council will rip off the cladding from its Bray, Burnham, Taplow, Dorney and Blashford towers (pictured top left to bottom right) immediately and claim it was not to the specification they demanded

The Grenfell fire was caused by a faulty fridge in one of the flats - and the panels can be seen here exploding off the side
 
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The Grenfell fire was caused by a faulty fridge in one of the flats - and the panels can be seen here exploding off the side

By mid morning on the day after the blaze, the aluminium plastic cladding could be seen charred and melted on the tower in west London
 
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By mid morning on the day after the blaze, the aluminium plastic cladding could be seen charred and melted on the tower in west London

Cladding on the lowest levels of Grenfell survived the fire and can be cross-checked with the many other blocks across the country
 
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Cladding on the lowest levels of Grenfell survived the fire and can be cross-checked with the many other blocks across the country

 

Council officials inspected Grenfell Tower 16 TIMES 

The £10m Grenfell Tower refurbishment was inspected 16 times by Kensington and Chelsea council, but officials still failed to stop the use of deadly flammable cladding.

The plastic panels that were fitted to the outside of the 24-storey tower block were blamed for the fire spreading from one fourth floor flat and engulfing the entire building. 

At least 79 people are believed to have died in the inferno. Survivors have said that Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation, the Grenfell landlord, was warned repeatedly about fire safety between 2014 and 2016 when the refurbishment was going on.

Inspectors failed to spot that the building was being clad in a materials effectively banned on tall buildings by the government despite viewing it more than 15 times. 

Kensington and Chelsea council told the Guardian that the first inspection took place on August 29, 2014 and the last was on July 7, 2016.

The building inspectors, working for the Conservative-run council, then issued the project with a completion certificate. 

The high-rise went up like a match as the panels' plastic core burned ferociously.

 

The Prime Minister revealed that tests in the wake of the Grenfell disaster had raised potential dangers in other buildings.

She insisted urgent steps were now being taken to ensure residents in those blocks were safe - and appealed for landlords who were concerned about their properties to come forward. Three samples are thought to have raised alarm, but the total number of buildings potentially affected is unclear.

The bombshell news came as the PM updated the Commons on the crisis, and again apologised for the 'failures' in the response.

She said an initial report on what caused the fire at Grenfell would be published over the next 48 hours. 

More than £700,000 has been paid out to victims so far, who will not have be expected to repay the cash, and a central command centre has been set up to control the response, with more than 600 people working to support victims in the area. 

Experts have pointed to the type of cladding used on Grenfell as a potential reason why the blaze was able to spread so rapidly. Tests have been carried out amid fears that many more properties could be subject to similar risks.

'Shortly before I came to the Chamber I was informed that a number of these tests have come back as combustible,' Mrs May told MPs.

'The relevant local authorities and fire services have been informed and as I speak they are taking all possible steps to ensure buildings are safe and to inform affected resident.

'Immediately after this statement the department for communities and local government will contact any MPs who constituents are affected.' 

The Prime Minister announced that a probe into whether cladding in Grenfell Tower met fire safety regulations will be published in the next 48 hours.

Theresa May faced questions over whether the material had passed fire and building safety tests when the West London tower block had been refurbished

 

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