The terrible and sudden spread of the fire at the west London tower this week has raised questions about whether ACM cladding should be permitted on high-rise residential towers The tragedy unfolding ...

A clearer picture is starting to emerge on liability for combustible cladding Evidence from the first phase of the Grenfell inquiry, which ended in December, has confirmed how quickly combustible ...

Contractors are reported to have opted for the cheaper option during an £8.6million refurbishment last summer THOSE who built Grenfell tower originally planned to build it with fire-safe cladding but ...

A cladding sales manger whose firm sold highly combustible cladding used at grenfell tower has told an inquiry that she has never heard of the fatal Lakanal House fire. Deborah French, a former UK ...

As the section of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry examining how the products used in the cladding system were tested, marketed and sold comes to a close, Peter Apps summarises what we have learned about ...

Expert witness tells inquiry of 20 serious fires that meant danger of panels was well known in industry The builders who erected the Grenfell Tower facade that burst into flames killing 72 people ...

RESIDENTS of a Belfast high-rise apartment block have finally been told their building is not cladded in the same material used in Grenfell Tower. Tests were carried out on the cladding of Durham ...

AN urgent review of tower block safety was launched yesterday after cladding on Grenfell Tower was blamed for spreading the inferno. Panels designed to improve energy efficiency were fitted to the ...

The cladding on Grenfell Tower was used on other buildings hit by fires around the world, the BBC has learned. The exterior cladding, added in 2015, had a polyethylene - or plastic - core instead of ...

"We are coming for you" - Michael Gove's warning to firms that cut corners, sought to profiteer and mis-sold dangerous products No leaseholder living in a building higher than 11m, around four to six ...

Plans to replace cladding on the Travelodge building in Maidenhead town centre have been submitted to the Royal Borough.