Reese is a member of the North Kensington community has lived in the area his entire life he lost family members and friends in the tower and the fire at the tower hes obviously upset about that because of the lack of support that has been in the area in terms of health and social care and you know just basic structural support for anyone a toll hes feeling rather upset basically unfortunately his anger got the better of him and one point he was jailed for strangling. Yeah he basically he had an altercation with a member of staff who manages the ground fall site because the plastic covering that theyve put on it keeps coming off despite repeated assurances that theyve fixed it now and it didnt matter how strong the winds got that it would stay on this keeps happening and frankly you know its like ripping a plaster of an open wound it leaves this is along the. After the fire the actual top all ins and so on on the building a full hour comes off all the time it comes off all the time and
Coming up in the next half hour it is monday afternoon so there must be a statement from theresa may. We have done what many said could not be done, and demonstrating what can be done, and demonstrating what can be achieved with commitment and perseverance. Damning words from a Senior Engineer reviewing fire safety. There is a systemic failure here which needs to be addressed by a significant culture change. And a rebuke from the speaker to a former Deputy Speaker. No, no. Hopeless. The Prime Minister spent her morning chairing a meeting of the european exit and trade strategy and negotiation committee. That is, the brexit war cabinet. There was the first time the group had met to formally discuss future trade, trade arrangements. After that she took at the dispatch box to update mps. 77 backbenchers had their say but first the Prime Minister gave a overview of her brexit year. We have a gun and on the first phase. We did what many said could not be done, demonstrating what can be achi
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There’s much to play for in 2021 – once the pandemic is over
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In general, I am optimistic about the year to come, at least from the point of view of architects and others involved with the creation of the built environment, writes Paul Finch
My optimism is predicated on the likely resolution of the Covid-19 crisis via mass vaccination, without which all bets are off. Despite all the bellyaching about the programme, ranging from anti-vaxxers to organisations with a vested interest in political point-scoring, the likelihood is that we will all be reasonably comfortable about the resumption of interactive behaviour by the autumn, if not earlier.