Day: July 3, 2017

    Grenfell Tower tenants illegally subletting given legal protection in bid to establish death toll Grenfell Tower tenants who were illegally subletting will not be prosecuted, the Government has announced in an attempt to help establish the number of victims of the deadly blaze. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid said that new legal guidance would ensure anybody who was unlawfully renting out their property in the building would avoid charges. It comes as authorities face increasing pressure to establish a total death toll, with some people alleging survivors had not come forward to report those living in their flat as missing due to fear of reprisal. Police believe at least 80 people died in the blaze on Wednesday, June 14, but officials have said they may not know the fina...

Sumon Ahmed: Fires had happened in Tower Hamlets again within few hours. This fire incident happened on the 4th floor of a residential building in St. Paul's Way in front of St. Paul's Secondary School. According to the report, A woman jumped from the 4-storied building and was on the street. Ambulance workers are providing medical services to a leopard from a 4 storey building. In the social media, the woman's body is covered by a fire service worker. The 17-year-old is believed to have fallen to her death as the blaze swept through a third-floor maisonette in St Paul’s Way. Fire fighters and paramedics were called to the scene shortly before 6am where a man was rescued from a fourth floor bedroom before being rushed to hospital. Three other people, who escaped the blaze before fire fight...