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Grenfell Tower fire: 650 London homes evacuated
Some 650 households on the Chalcots estate in north London are being evacuated to allow "urgent fire safety works" to take place in the wake of the fatal Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed at least 79 lives.
- Camden Council earlier identified a number of blocks in the borough used similar cladding to that used in Grenfell Tower
- The authority said that while the insulation was safe, the external cladding was not up to the expected standard and the work would last several weeks
- Those living in four of the five tower blocks on the north London estate are being moved into temporary accommodation
- The works to make the towers safe is expected to take between four and six weeks
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Eight-year-old boy named as latest Grenfell fire victim
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Grenfell: Three NHS trust buildings fail fire test
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Grenfell: 'Nothing off table' over handling of council
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Grenfell survivor 'charged rent' for burned-out flat
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Removing failed cladding may have made towers less safe
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Mayor calls for Grenfell council to be taken over
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Government blasts council for scrapping Grenfell meeting
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Firefighters issued warning on flammable panels in May
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PM calls for national probe over flammable cladding
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But is it banned? Minister grilled on Grenfell cladding
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Eight-year-old boy named as latest Grenfell fire victim
The latest victim of the Grenfell Tower fire to be named is eight-year-old Mehdi El-Wahabi.
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Grenfell: Three NHS trust buildings fail fire test
Buildings at three NHS trusts have failed urgent fire safety tests in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster, according to NHS Improvement.