Summary

  • Police presume 58 dead but the BBC understands the toll may rise to about 70

  • Government promises £5,500 for every household left homeless by the fire

  • London Mayor Sadiq Khan says the disaster was a "preventable accident"

  • Minute's silence to be held on Monday at 11.00am

  • Chancellor says Grenfell Tower cladding was banned on high rises

  • Church services take place across the UK to honour victims

  1. Contact for mental health supportpublished at 12:02 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

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  2. Boy, 6, gives pocket money to tower victimspublished at 11:57 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

    Alfie Lindsey gave up to £70 in cash from his superhero-themed money tin to the Bishop of Kensington.

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  3. Ealing council 'taking over Grenfell response'published at 11:46 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

    Buzzfeed News is reporting, external that Ealing council is taking over control of some aspects of the Grenfell Tower response operation.

    It says that volunteers and charity workers were told on Saturday evening there will be a hand over to the West London authority.

    Kensington and Chelsea Borough Council has faced criticism for the initial response to the tragedy.

  4. 'I had my whole life ahead of me'published at 11:42 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

    Undated picture obtained from social media shows Grenfell residents Gloria Trevisan and Marco GottardiImage source, Reuters

    Tributes are being paid to young Italian couple Gloria Trevisan and Marco Gottardi, trapped by the fire in a flat on the 23rd floor.

    A report in il Mattino di Padova, external, a newspaper in Ms Trevisan's home city of Padua, notes some of the messages being left on Latimer Road. "You are the Italy we are proud of," reads one.

    There is no hope that they could still be alive, a lawyer for Ms Trevisan's family has said.

    Both architects, the two had moved to London just three months ago in search of work and Ms Trevisan was embarking on a new career.

    They were in contact with their families by phone during the fire, their calls getting increasingly desperate as they realised their predicament.

    According to an account of their ordeal in the Daily Telegraph, external, quoting Italian media, Ms Trevisan's last call to her parents came through at 04:07 (03:07 London time).

    “I am so sorry I can never hug you again," she was quoted as saying. "I had my whole life ahead of me. It’s not fair. I don’t want to die. I wanted to help you, to thank you for all you did for me. I am about to go to heaven, I will help you from there.”

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    A moment of the prayer vigil for Gloria Trevisan and Marco Gottardi, the two Italians who died in the fire at the Grenfell Tower of London (Britain), in the church of Camposampiero, near Padua, 16 June 2017.Image source, EPA
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    Prayers were said for the couple in the church of Camposampiero, near Padua, on Friday

  5. Police will examine how cladding was attachedpublished at 11:35 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

    Members of the emergency services work on the top floor of Grenfell Tower in KensingtonImage source, Getty Images
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    Members of the emergency services work on the top floor of Grenfell Tower in Kensington

    Greg Hands, the new Minister for London tells Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday that the police investigation into the fire at Grenfell Tower is examining both the cladding and how it was attached.

    "That is part of the urgent investigation that is underway, that won't wait for the public inquiry, in terms of whether the cladding played a key role in this fire."

    He says: "My understanding that the cladding that was reported is not in accordance with UK building regulations...however, what we do need to find out is precisely what cladding was used and how it was attached.

    "That is one of the purposes of the urgent investigation led by the police in conjunction with the Fire Service and the Health and Safety Executive."

  6. Community is 'exhausted and broken'published at 11:30 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

    Nisha PartiImage source, ITV

    Volunteer Nisha Parti told IT's Peston on Sunday that large sums of money donated by the public are not getting through to victims - who were receiving just £10 when arriving at hotels.

    She added more support was needed for the victims and the volunteers.

    "It's a disaster," she said.

    "We as a community are exhausted and broken. We are not experts, we are trying our best to make it work, we need people to come and help us and we need them now."

  7. Floral tributes left for fire victimspublished at 11:25 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

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  8. Police call for images and footage of firepublished at 11:19 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

    The Metropolitan Police is asking for those with images or footage of the fire to send them to investigators.

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  9. Tragedy dominates Sunday paperspublished at 11:07 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

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    The Sunday newspapers are dominated by coverage of the Grenfell Tower fire.

    The prime minister has 10 days to save her premiership by showing "she is fit to lead", the Sunday Times reports. The paper says confidence in Mrs May has been in "free fall" in Tory ranks and constituency bosses have told ministers and MPs to force her from power.

    Meanwhile, in the Observer, a former fire chief's urgent requests for meetings with ministers and action to tighten rules were "stonewalled", according to the paper.

    Elsewhere, the Sunday Mirror features a picture of Prince William consoling a woman affected by the tragedy and also calls for a national day of mourning, while the Daily Star Sunday reports music stars have answered a call to record a song in a bid to raise £5m for those affected.

  10. Hesham Rahman, 57, missingpublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

    Hesham Rahman, 57, lived alone on the 23rd floor.

    Mr Rahman's sister Noha wrote on Twitter on Friday that she still had no news.

    "We are so desperate" she said.

    The police said on Saturday that a total of 58 people are dead or missing, presumed dead.

  11. Corbyn: Grenfell an indictment of cuts to servicespublished at 10:54 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

    Jeremy CorbynImage source, Getty Images

    Mr Corbyn accused Theresa May earlier of failing "in any way adequately to respond" to the fire tragedy.

    Writing in the Sunday Mirror, external, he said: "That disaster is an indictment of the cuts to basic services, and the growing poverty and inequality that has been the hallmark of seven years of Tory rule."

    The Prime Minister met volunteers and survivors of the blaze on Saturday.

    She said: "Frankly, the support on the ground for families who needed help or basic information in the initial hours after this appalling disaster was not good enough."

  12. PM cares 'profoundly' about fire victimspublished at 10:41 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

    Sarah WollastonImage source, ITV

    Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston told ITV's Peston on Sunday she believes Theresa May cares profoundly about the Grenfell Tower fire victims, but should have met residents earlier.

    "I think some of the criticisms are unwarranted. I think to imply she doesn't care about this, I simply don't believe that.

    "I believe that she cares about it profoundly, but doesn't show it in the way that other people perhaps would do in that situation.

    "She should undoubtedly have met the victims when she went to visit."

  13. 'People want answers'published at 10:36 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

    Khadija Saye, 24, lived on the 20th floor of Grenfell Tower with her mother, Mary MendyImage source, NICOLAGREENART
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    Khadija Saye, 24, lived on the 20th floor of Grenfell Tower with her mother, Mary Mendy

    A friend of artist Khadija Saye, who perished in the fire at Grenfell Tower, told Theresa May that communication with the community needed to be improved.

    Lady Tettey was one of a number of volunteers who visited Downing Street on Saturday along with survivors of the tragedy.

    The 20-year-old told the Press Association: "I don't think people will be able to fully grieve until all the numbers are out.

    "In all truth people need to bear in mind that forensics all take time, but like I said to the PM, especially now when there's tension, there needs to be a more direct message and link to the people.

    "People want answers, even if it's just giving out 'we did this today, tomorrow we will do this'. And to be fair I do think that's what she believes as well. But until things get done it's all just words, isn't it?"

  14. Corbyn: Why can't public services handle this?published at 10:33 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

    The Labour leader was asked by the Peston on Sunday show if he had any sympathy for Prime Minister Theresa May, having to handle a crisis like this.

    He said the focus must be on the people affected by the fire.

    "It seems to be beyond the wit of public services to deal with a crisis facing a relatively small number of people," he says.

  15. Corbyn repeats call for empty homes to be requisitionedpublished at 10:27 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

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    Mr Corbyn repeated his controversial call to requisition empty homes in London to house people affected by the Grenfell fire.

    "In an emergency you have to bring all assets to the table in order to deal with that crisis," he told Peston on Sunday.

  16. The kids are all rightpublished at 10:23 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

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  17. Hammond: Public inquiry will put fire 'under microscope'published at 10:19 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

    Chancellor Philip Hammond tells The Andrew Marr Show a public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire will put the issues surrounding the fire "under the microscope".

  18. Grenfell documents 'must be protected'published at 10:15 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

    Labour MP David Lammy has called on the Theresa May and the Metropolitan Police Service to take urgent action to ensure all documents relevant to the Grenfell Tower fire are protected.

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    The Prime Minister needs to act immediately to ensure that all evidence is protected so that everyone culpable for what happened at Grenfell Tower is held to account and feels the full force of the law. We need urgent action now to make sure that all records and documents relating to the refurbishment and management of Grenfell Tower are protected.

  19. Hammond: we responded to Lakanal reportpublished at 10:14 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

    Philip Hammond

    Following following a deadly 2009 fire in south London - at Lakanal House in Southwark - a coroner said building regulations around fire safety should be examined.

    Chancellor Philip Hammond told The Andrew Marr Show: "We've looked at those recommendations and what's happened to them.

    "My assessment is that we have responded correctly and appropriately to those recommendations."

    He added that the public inquiry would look at how the Government, landlords and local authorities have responded.

  20. David Lammy: Social housing abandonedpublished at 10:10 British Summer Time 18 June 2017

    Labour MP David Lammy has told ITV's Peston on Sunday show that there has been a "deliberate abandonment of social housing".

    "We have to invest in social housing, we can't just leave it to housing associations," he said.