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Tag Archives: Grenfell Tower
Hold very tight: will Buss give Brick by Brick a rough ride?
Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on how the local council troubleshooter who was brought in to deal with Kensington and Chelsea’s finances in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire has now been hired by Croydon In the final … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Colonnades, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Paul Scott, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, BxB Review, Chris Buss, Croydon, Croydon Council, Grenfell Tower, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Paul Scott, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
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‘Utter disgrace’: 2,000 buildings still at risk from cladding
Three years since 72 people died in the Grenfell Tower disaster, more than 2,000 high-risk residential buildings are still covered with dangerous cladding, according to a parliamentary committee. The situation has been slammed as “an utter disgrace” by the Fire … Continue reading
Residents living in fear of fire in council-run housing blocks
Despite condemning office-to-flat conversions, Croydon Council has been using three such buildings to provide temporary housing. A year after a Fire Brigade inspection found the blocks unsafe, improvement works have still not finished, leaving residents forced to live on a … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Croydon North, London Fire Brigade, Norbury, Planning, Thornton Heath
Tagged Allison Butler, Concord House, Croydon, Croydon Council, Grenfell Tower, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Norbury, Steve Reed OBE, Sycamore House, Thornton Heath, Windsor House
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Abuse and insults fly after ‘not guilty’ plea over Grenfell effigy
Millionaire property owner Paul Bussetti this week entered not guilty pleas at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to charges brought following the filming and sharing last year of a sick video of a burning effigy of Grenfell Tower. This week’s court hearing, … Continue reading
Manchester and Birmingham join Croydon’s sprinkler campaign
The council press office described it as “doorstepping” the Prime Minister, as MP Sarah Jones and council deputy leader Alison Butler were part of a group which handed in a letter signed by 15 local authorities to try to shame … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Alison Butler, Grenfell Tower, Sarah Jones MP
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Hundreds march through South Norwood to support Grenfell
More than 300 people, plus TV crews and newspaper reporters, turned out in South Norwood last night to show solidarity with Grenfell and reject racism. But who was the only one to talk to the reporter from The Sun? KEN … Continue reading
Grenfell bonfire effigy prompts South Norwood silent march
Residents and community groups in South Norwood are coming together for a silent march next Wednesday, in solidarity with the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire and to demonstrate their rejection of the racist bigotry displayed earlier this week in … Continue reading
Grenfell Tower and the impact on communities, CVA, Sep 20
Off The Record Youth Counselling service, in association with the Croydon BME Forum, is staging a panel discussion next week on the impact on the community response to last year’s Grenfell fire in north London, which claimed the lives of … Continue reading
Xmas4Grenfell: Fund-raiser at Ruskin House, Dec 9
Xmas4Grenfell this Saturday, December 9, at Ruskin House is all about the spirit of the season — raising awareness and expressing solidarity with the residents of Grenfell Tower who suffered unimaginable tragedy in the summer. Throughout the day, there will … Continue reading
Tory government still refusing to pay for fitting sprinklers
Work has begun to install sprinklers in 1,250 council-managed flats in tower blocks in Croydon, but the Tory government continues to refuse to provide any financial assistance towards the £10million costs, despite the horrific tragedy at Grenfell Tower earlier this … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Housing, London Fire Brigade, Planning, Schools
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, Croydon Council, Grenfell Tower
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Tory ministers ignore councils’ pleas for help on fire safety
The Tory government is refusing calls to provide funding to help make residential tower blocks safer following the Grenfell Tower fire. Croydon Council has committed to spending £10million of public money on retro-fitting sprinklers in the borough’s residential blocks, a … Continue reading
‘This land is classist’: Croydon rapper seeks justice for Grenfell
A Croydon rapper has produced a track, Justice for Grenfell (See All The Links), which seeks to provide context to the tragedy in Kensington last month. Sense (real name Jenniah Brown), who grew up in West Croydon, often performs at … Continue reading
Tower developers used loophole to avoid fitting sprinklers
BARRATT HOLMES reports on the half-million-pound-plus Croydon flats which are 40 storeys up but which were built without any sprinkler system The private developers who built Croydon’s tallest residential tower block used a loophole in planning laws and so avoided … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Fairfield, Housing, London-wide issues, Planning, Property, Saffron Square
Tagged Broad Green, Croydon, Croydon Central, Grenfell Tower, Saffrom Square, Wellesley Road
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Tower block families left waiting for fire safety results
Residents of Balaam House, the 60-flat tower block in Sutton, have good cause to be confused and worried this morning as, three weeks since the dreadful events at Grenfell Tower in Kensington, they still await some degree of certainty from … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, London-wide issues, Niall Bolger, Nick Mattey, Sutton Council
Tagged Balaam House, Grenfell Tower, Niall Bolger, Nick Mattey, Sutton Council
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Sutton residential tower block fails fire safety tests
A nine-storey residential tower block in north Sutton which had a multi-million-pound “upgrade” completed only last October, has failed fire safety checks on its exterior cladding. The residents of 96 homes in Chaucer House received letters today informing them of … Continue reading
Council writes to residents to state its blocks are safe
A senior Croydon Council official has written to all residents in the borough’s residential blocks to reassure them and confirm that the hazardous cladding which is suspected of contributing to so much death and destruction in the Grenfell Tower blaze … Continue reading
