Grenfell Testimony Week: “The guilty walk free”

Family of poet and artist Sheila breaks silence

Mental health toll of tragedy highlighted by heartbroken relatives

Anger as corporate and public defendants show “no remorse”

Rags Martel reports

Grenfell Testimony Week: “I want you to feel our pain”

Parents of the children who died in tragedy speak of “reckless decisions” made by companies and public organisations

Bereived and survivors call for criminal justice: “No one is above the law”

Rags Martel reports

Grenfell Testimony Week: “I can never forget that the fire started in my flat”

Resident remains “broken inside” despite public and corporate fire safety failures

And in an echo of the Post Office scandal, bereaved calls for Grenfell honours to be stripped,
Rags Martel reports

Grenfell Tower: Survivors prepare to tell those responsible for tragedy about fire safety failures in a “Testimony Week”, Rags Martel reports

The amazing kadi Diallo and I spoke to Rags Martel for ITV News yesterday about the #reframeresidency at Southbank Centre with Apple

The Simpsons For Sale:
One of the largest collections in the UK is being sold. Film critic and author Marshall Julius 🚀 spent 34 years and thousands of pounds amassing memorabilia. Now he’s hoping it turns into yellow gold. Rags Martel reports

Grenfell: In The Words Of Survivors

Three act tragedy tells of failures before, during and after the fire that killed 72 people.

Rags Martel went backstage at the National Theatre to see rehearsals, for a story that’s still looking for justice 6 years after the disaster

“No More Deaths”: charity launches campaign to enforce action on recommendations made by inquiries and inquests.
Without accountability, avoidable deaths continue, say INQUEST. Rags Martel reports

Grenfell Fire: “Frustration turning to anger” 6 years after tragedy.
Edward Daffarn, survivor and campaigner for Grenfell United says response to disaster, that killed 72 people, is “incompetent and indifferent”
Rags Martel reports

Shocking fire safety failures SIX years after Grenfell.
Croydon flats go up in flames with combustible material, a “Stay Put” policy and no fire alarm.
And like in 2017, Hallam Court residents had safety concerns before the fire.
Rags Martel reports

Grenfell Tower: £150m payout for survivors and bereaved of fire tragedy | video report by Rags Martel
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Exclusive ITV figures reveal 1185 buildings in London are deemed so unsafe they require “simultaneous evacuation”. That’s the highest number it has been since the Grenfell fire.
It comes as developers are given a Government deadline to make homes safe. Rags Martel reports

From the ashes of the Grenfell tragedy, a new law to make residents safer.

After years of campaigning from Grenfell United and Shelter, the Social Housing Regulation Bill ensures managers must have professional qualifications and make repairs faster.

Rags Martel reports

Grenfell’s “System Failure”:
A play based on the Inquiry’s shocking findings opens this week.
The drama focuses on the political failures that led to 72 deaths in the tower.
Rags Martel reports

“More important than Star Trek”: George Takei makes his London stage debut in a musical inspired by his own experience in a US concentration camp during World War II. “Allegiance” tells of a “shameful chapter” in American history. He spoke to Rags Martel

“We’re still trapped”: As bank start offering mortgages on flats with flammable materials, leaseholders say there’s a big catch. They need proof that repairs are underway. Campaigners fear it won’t come close to fixing the so-called cladding crisis. Rags Martel reports

Image of Damilola Taylor projected on Peckham Library to mark his birthday.
His father Richard says there is “an evil force” driving stabbings in our streets.
But the THE HOPE COLLECTIVE is offering positive solutions to reduce violence, as Rags Martel reports

Grenfell Inquiry concludes “every death avoidable”. As lead counsel Richard Millett KC attacks companies and organisations for ongoing “merry-go-round of buck-passing” but reveals an intricate web of blame.
Rags Martel reports on the final day of the hearing