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London fire: Victims of Grenfell Tower tragedy angry over no arrests
•Survivors of the blaze in London expressed concern over Martin Moore-Bick's planned inquiry at a meeting Thursday night and asked why there have been no arrests.
London mayor Sadiq Khan asks Theresa May to dissolve city council after deadly fire
•Prime Minister Theresa May is facing demands from the mayor of London that she appoint commissioners to run the local government blamed for mishandling the response to a high-rise apartment fire that killed at least 80 people
Theresa May calls for investigation after ninety five buildings fail fire safety test post Grenfell Tower disaster
•Ninety five buildings across England have failed fire safety tests conducted in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster that killed 79 persons earlier this month.
London fire aftermath: UK authorities find 34 high-rise buildings unsafe, hundreds pack for evacuation
•Britain's fire-safety crisis expanded substantially as authorities said 34 high-rise apartment blocks across the country had cladding that failed fire safety tests
London fire aftermath: UK govt finds 27 residential blocks 'unsafe'; over 650 flats evacuated
•The UK government in the wake of the deadly Grenfell Tower blaze has found 27 high-rise residential blocks across Britain to be unsafe
London fire aftermath: Residents of 800 flats evacuated over safety fears, sent to hotels across city
•Residents of 800 London flats were hurriedly evacuated on Saturday due to fire safety fears over their tower blocks' external cladding, after urgent testing prompted by the deadly Grenfell Tower inferno
London fire: UK govt orders examination of fridge model that sparked Grenfell Tower blaze
•The British government has ordered an examination of Hotpoint's Fridge Freezer units following the Scotland Yard's statement that a faulty fridge of the same make was the source of the Grenfell Tower blaze.
London fire: Manslaughter charges could be filed following Grenfell Tower's failed safety tests, say police
•Manslaughter charges could be filed over London's deadly tower blaze, police said on Friday after finding that outside cladding had failed safety tests.
Theresa May says inflammable coating found in many residential tower blocks in UK
•Theresa May said combustible cladding has been found in "a number" of publicly-owned tower blocks in UK following emergency checks after a devastating fire in London.
Britain's time of tumult: A timeline of political turbulence, terror attacks and a fire tragedy
•Britain has endured a tumultuous period in recent months including four terror attacks, a catastrophic fire and a dramatic election that left Theresa May's Conservative government badly weakened