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Grenfell Tower inquiry to examine cladding as panel member quits over link to supplier
It will consider how the block came to be wrapped in flammable cladding, which phase one found was the “principal” reason for the fire’s rapid spread.
Plane skids off runway and into street in Iran
No major injuries were reported after the plane apparently lost its landing gear.
Calls for new Brexit coins to be donated to refugee charities
That's one way of putting them to good use.
Concentration camp survivor who turns 100 on Holocaust Remembrance Day tells her story
Marija Frlan was held at the Ravensbruck camp in northern Germany.
RAF UFO unit to publish its most recent sightings
The records were gathered by the RAF’s former UFO unit, which was wound up in 2009.
Sir David Attenborough warns climate action hindered by short government terms
The broadcaster and naturalist was speaking at the first UK-wide citizens’ assembly on climate change in Birmingham on Saturday.
Chancellor unveils new commemorative Brexit 50 pence coin
The Brexit delay meant about a million coins had to be melted down and the metal put aside until a new departure date was confirmed.
Don’t ‘rub our noses in it’, remainer Heseltine urges Johnson
The prominent remainer calls upcoming Brexit celebrations ‘unwise’ at a time when restoring national unity should take priority.
Grenfell Tower inquiry panel member quits amid criticism of cladding firm link
The Prime Minister thanked Benita Mehra for her commitment and said he was ‘grateful for her sensitivity to the work of the inquiry’.