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NewsYahoo Celebrity UKPlay about Grenfell Tower fire set to air on Channel 4
The fire broke out in June 2017.
CelebrityYahoo Celebrity UKBrian May blames local council as sewage flooding destroys 'lifetime' of memorabilia
The Queen rocker and his former EastEnders star wife Anita Dobson came home to substantial flood damage on Tuesday.
NewsYahoo News UKTory MP Andrew Bridgen apologises ‘unreservedly’ for defending Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Grenfell comments
Mr Bridgen said the Commons leader would have made a "better decision" than authority figures who told residents to stay in Grenfell Tower while it burned.
NewsYahoo News UKJacob Rees-Mogg 'profoundly apologises' after saying Grenfell residents who stayed in burning building 'lacked common sense'
The Tory MP has come under for saying he would have ignored advice from the fire brigade and fled the tower.
PoliticsYahoo News UKGrenfell Tower report accused of 'scapegoating firefighters' by 'blaming' fire brigade for tragedy
The London Fire Brigade has been heavily criticised for its "serious shortcomings" in its response to the Grenfell fire.
NewsYahoo News UKMan who set fire to cardboard model of Grenfell Tower and posted sick footage online charged
Six men were arrested and another questioned over the shocking video, posted in November 2018.
NewsYahoo News UK'Deplorable' Grenfell fraud claimed more than £100,000 by pretending he lived with victims
Sharife Elouahabi pleaded guilty to fraud after claiming he was staying in a flat on the 21st floor of the tower where a family is known to have died during the deadly blaze.
EntertainmentYahoo Celebrity UKPiers Morgan implores public to name and shame five arrested over Grenfell Tower effigy
The Good Morning host says he'll 'happily' go to prison for exposing the culprits.
NewsYahoo News UKFive men arrested over 'appalling and disturbing' video of Grenfell Tower effigy in bonfire
Footage showed a model of Grenfell Tower being set alight on a bonfire.
NewsYahoo News UKShameless spending of finance officer who defrauded £60,000 from Grenfell victim fund
Jenny McDonagh, 39, was described as a ‘serial fraudster’ who ‘lives beyond her means and gambles’.
LifestyleYahoo News UKHarrowing pictures inside gutted flat where Grenfell Tower fire broke out released
Pictures showing the gutted kitchen where the devastating Grenfell Tower fire broke out have been released for the first time. The photos were shown to the Grenfell Inquiry, which is currently investigating the cause and spread of the fire, which killed 72 people as it tore through the 25-storey building on 14 June last year. The Grenfell Tower fire broke out in the kitchen of flat 16.
NewsYahoo News UKMan who heard his mother and sister die in Grenfell fire: 'My family was murdered and cremated'
Ahmed Elgwahry told the Grenfell Tower public inquiry how he heard his mother and sister Eslah and Elgwahry's final moments.
NewsYahoo News UKWhat is being examined at the Grenfell Tower inquiry and who is involved?
It has been nearly a year since the fire at Grenfell Tower claimed the lives of 72 people.
NewsYahoo News UKGovernment will fund ALL removal of dangerous cladding on tower blocks at cost of £400m
The Government will fully fund the removal of dangerous cladding from tower blocks by councils and housing associations.
NewsYahoo News UKTheresa May meets grieving Grenfell families and is accused of making things worse
Families of those who perished in the Grenfell Tower tragedy have accused Prime Minister Theresa May of making things worse after a private meeting
NewsYahoo Celebrity UKNick Knowles and DIY SOS get to work on renovating Grenfell Tower community space
Nick Knowles and the team are about to undertake their most important rebuild yet.
NewsYahoo News UKGrenfell fraudster who posed as survivor and invented fake husband to obtain cash and accommodation faces jail
Joyce Msokeri has been convicted of three counts of fraud.
NewsYahoo News UKThis year's alternative Christmas message will be delivered by children who survived the Grenfell Tower blaze
This year's alternative Christmas message broadcast on Channel 4 will be delivered by children who survived the Grenfell Tower blaze in June.
NewsYahoo News UKGrenfell Tower memorial service offers 'words of healing and truth' as Royals join mourners to remember victims
Clarrie Mendy has been helping shape the multi-faith service, which will focus on remembering the 71 victims of the June 14 tower block blaze.
NewsYahoo News UKOutrage at coachload of Chinese tourists seen taking photos of Grenfell Tower
The tour guide and coach driver have both been suspended.
NewsYahoo News UKGrenfell residents died after ‘fleeing to top floor believing they would be rescued’
Flora Neda, who lived on the 23rd floor of the building, claimed residents said they were told to go to the top floor and wait for rescue by helicopter as the fire raged.
NewsYahoo News UKGrenfell Tower victims have accepted nine offers of permanent accommodation
Just nine offers of permanent accommodation have been accepted by Grenfell survivors whose homes were destroyed in the devastating blaze. The leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council, Elizabeth Campbell, said she hoped more of the 180-plus households in hotels and temporary accommodation would be rehoused as soon as possible, but stressed it would be according to “their need, not speed”.
NewsYahoo News UKTeenage hero of Grenfell Tower fire 'disappointed at A-level results’
A teenager who was dubbed a hero for helping residents as the Grenfell Tower inferno blazed before sitting an exam the next morning said he was “a bit gutted” after receiving his results. Rory Walsh, 18, spent all night co-ordinating the mass of donations and helped families driven from their homes at Grenfell Tower find shelter – despite his English poetry exam just hours away on the horizon. The teenager – who was hoping for a C and said he would be doing “backflips” if he got a B – received a D grade for his English Literature and Language A-level, a D for Film Studies and a D for AS media studies.
NewsYahoo News UKNew Kensington Council leader 'truly sorry' for Grenfell disaster
The new leader of Kensington Council has spoken out about the Grenfell disaster and pledged to “heal the wounds” in the community. Elizabeth Campbell was nominated to be leader by Kensington Conservatives to take over from Nicholas Paget-Brown, who resigned on Friday, and lead the embattled Kensington and Chelsea Council.
NewsYahoo News UK149 high rises have failed safety tests post-Grenfell, government confirms
149 UK tower blocks have now failed fire safety tests, a government spokeswoman has confirmed. Speaking on behalf of Theresa May, the spokeswoman said: “So far the cladding from 149 high rise buildings in 45 local authority areas have failed the tests. The tests were carried out in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster, in which at least 80 people died.
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