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The interests of people who live in the affected buildings must not take second place

By Jerome Thomas, Thursday Apr 15, 2021 The deaths of 72 people at Grenfell Tower in 2017 were avoidable. The problem with the cladding installed at Grenfell was known across the world, long before its installation. In the UK there was strong pressure from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fire Safety and fire industry representatives to act on that and associated risks. In spite of that pressure, in 2014 the then minister Lib Dem Stephen Williams in the Conservative coalition government, said: “I have neither seen nor heard anything that suggests the consideration of these specific potential changes is urgent and I am not willing to disrupt the work of this department by asking that these matters are brought forward.”

Prestigious award for mid Wales farm safety expert

By Farmer reporter FARM safety expert and instructor Brian Rees, from Abbeycwmhir, near Llandrindod Wells has been awarded one of Welsh agriculture’s most prestigious awards, the Lantra Wales Lifetime Achievement Award. Described as a true ambassador for farm safety, Brian has spent more than 35 years raising awareness of what is widely acknowledged as a poor safety record within the UK agriculture industry, with many lives and livelihoods lost every year. “Brian has devoted most of his professional life to this hugely important campaign, over the years providing farm safety training to thousands of farmers throughout the UK, said Peter Rees, chair of Lantra Wales, who also chaired this year’s judging panel.

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