Stormzy calls for answers in response to Grenfell Tower fire

Stormzy called for answers in response to the Grenfell Tower fire during a virtual memorial service held by pressure group Grenfell United on the three-year anniversary of the tragedy. Sunday marked three years since a kitchen fire on the fourth floor in the high-rise covered in dangerous cladding turned into the most deadly domestic blaze … Read more

Adele attends virtual commemorative service on the three-year anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire

Adele thanked Grenfell United for ‘fighting for true justice’ during a YouTube memorial service to honour the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire on the three-year anniversary of the tragedy on Sunday.  In a heartfelt video message, the singer, 32, commemorated the 72 people who lost their lives after a blaze tore through the residential block … Read more

Boris Johnson vows to ensure the Grenfell Tower fire will ‘never be repeated’

Boris Johnson has today vowed to ensure that the Grenfell Tower fire will ‘never be repeated’. The message came as he marked the third anniversary of the tragedy that killed 72 people with a virtual service.  Today marks three years since the small kitchen fire in the west London high-rise turned into the most deadly … Read more

Grenfell survivors and relatives struggle in Covid-19 lockdown three years after tower block blaze

A bereaved relative has drawn parallels between living through the coronavirus pandemic and the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire ahead of the third anniversary of the disaster. Karim Mussilhy, whose uncle Hesham Rahman, died in the blaze said the pandemic has been ‘really tough’ for many bereaved and survivors of the inferno which killed … Read more

Tower of London bosses plan for garden in the moat to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022

Flower power! Tower of London bosses plan for Commonwealth-themed garden in the historic moat to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 Historic Royal Palaces, which manages the tower, unveiled an artist’s impression Garden would be to mark 70 years since the Queen’s coronation Moat was filled wit ceramic poppies in 2014 to mark WWI … Read more

Billionaire landlord refuses 20% rent cut for London tower block tenants

Residents have been refused a rent reduction from their billionaire landlord who told them to pay up ‘using the money they would have spent on lunches and holidays’. More than 100 residents in Shacklewell, east London, requested a 10 per cent reduction in rent from Tower Quay properties amid the coronavirus pandemic. They also signed a … Read more

Kim Kardashian shares a sweet photo of her daughter Chicago building a tower

She shared a throwback from the 1990s featuring her mother Kris Jenner the day before. Kim Kardashian moved on to her daughter Chicago, two, on Tuesday as she started organizing the photos on her phone. The 39-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star shared a cute photo to Instgram of the toddler playing with her … Read more

Cell phone tower shut down at elementary school after eight kids are diagnosed with cancer

Eight children have been diagnosed with cancer at the same elementary school – prompting parents’ fears that a cell phone tower could be to blame. The affected students at Weston Elementary School in Ripon are all under the age of 10, each with different types of cancer: brain, kidney, liver and lymphoma. There is scant … Read more

Church of England transports millions of pounds worth of rare valuables to the Tower of London

Church of England transports millions of pounds worth of rare valuables to the Tower of London over fears they would be looted from empty buildings during coronavirus lockdown Valuable ‘Church plate’ goods were moved to the Tower of London last week   Church officials feared valuables could be stolen from empty religious buildings  The Tower of … Read more

Spiral treetop walkway inside a 148ft tower opens in Denmark at Camp Adventure Climbing Park

Amazing spiral treetop walkway inside a 148ft-tall observation tower opens in a preserved forest in Denmark The tower has opened in the Camp Adventure Climbing Park, one hour south of Copenhagen The winding 650-metre-long (2,130ft) ramp includes looping pathways and bleacher seating It has 10 climbing courses that all vary in height and visitors can move … Read more