a year after the huge fire in london's grunfeld tower but we begin in south korea relations with north korea seem to be thawing and many people in the south hope they will soon be begin lighted with their relatives in the north thousands of families were torn apart when the nation was divided decades ago. a few old photographs and a couple of letters that's the only proved one sign has that he has relatives somewhere in north korea it would put them in danger to show their faces on television. his older brother tells me fought for south korea in the korean war almost seven decades ago chunks of bach was taken prisoner by the north. the family was told he had been killed but then sixty years after seeing his brother for the last time chang sign received a letter from north korea from his brother delivered through a contact in china that was ten years ago it made sense sine happy and sad at the same time. when i saw the photo i could tell they were my brother you can see how impressive he looks rather than actually i remember him as such a cheerful person. you know. his brother passed aw

the periphery fire and london's grunfeld tower occurred one year ago seventy one people died because of the fire remains unclear to this day the former residents are demanding information we met one survivor who still hasn't found a new home. this used to be his home now it's a monument to the tragedy the bento shell of friends the tower follows honeyed will be wherever he goes it's always in his mind in this empty space he used to have this fish store the area still is home. laura can do and how media used to live on the sixteenth floor now he lives in a hotel like many other survivors. or this is my store. of got some stuff here. for my new house when i get my. we buy some things because everything is is going on the fast. so this is it this is just. things he was able to escape the flames because he was strong to keep fit he had always taken the steps instead of the lift luckily his family was not at home that night imagine the new york hospice living with your family and not just instantly everything once. in a different way but. you were planning to know it thinking about you se

experts investigating the grunfeld tower fire in london said the safety measures were inadequate and not the authorities advice to stay put how defectively failed the dubbing assessment comes as part of a public inquiry into the tragedy in which seventy two people were killed last june with an update on monday's hearing here sent you richard. the purpose of the inquiry is to obviously look at the circumstances surrounding the night of the tragedy to see if it could have been prevented and the emergency services were looked at as well as the cladding now if you look at the emergency services it says that there should have been forty six minutes between the first phone call to nine nine nine and a response that didn't happen in fact they said that there was a total failure of the stay put policy they also looked at the clothing and this was really interesting actually when they talked about certain materials that we use during refurbishment a material called poly ether lean which is a highly combustible polymer was used and apparently it melts when exposed to fire and it acts as a fuel

and expert investigating the grunfeld tower fire in london has said that safety measures were inadequate and that the authorities advice to stay put had effectively failed the damning assessment comes as part of a public inquiry into the tragedy in which seventy two people were killed last june with an update on monday's hearing here's artie's director. the purpose of the inquiry is to obviously look at the circumstances surrounding the night of the tragedy it could have been prevented and the emergency services were looked at as well as the cladding now if you look at the emergency services it says that there should have been forty six minutes between the first phone call to nine nine nine and a response that didn't happen in fact they said that there was a total failure of the stay put policy they also looked at the clothing and this was really interesting actually when they talked about certain materials that we use during refurbishment a material called poly ether lean which is a highly combustible polymer was used and apparently it melts when exposed to fire and it acts as a fuel wh

there's a lot of attention on grunfeld on the fire happened a year ago here in london just where i am it's been here the tell you can you make shift. you right now who is reading calls and people are still putting fresh i was in the station i so fresh flowers so in the local area there's a lot of calm but ration services also there will be in the silence over it day which will be those who by the queen and by parliament and that they throw there's going to be a thailand march just happening every month it's a very powerful experience survivors and people from the area just go through and and think about what's what happened and this will be a big occasion elected today you mentioned the survivors it's been a year since the tragedy and many of them are still waiting for housing why is it taking so long to find homes for them. well in that you mean if the off to the fire the authorities were accused me of being north's attentively off not listening not really seeing what people need now i think iran many so still and i covered it can realize that it is not easy to find suitable accommod

wonder nerves are holding a twenty four hour vigil to mark one year since the grunfeld tower tragedy that deadly fire took the lives of seventy two people survivors and it believed to relatives will be gathering at the base of the tower on thursday at noon for one minute of silence there were also be church services throughout the british capital to remember the victims and ongoing government inquiry into the causes of the fire has been halted for the memorial events parties afshin rattansi spoke to the london representative of the fire brigades union about the anniversary. well i speak to my members who went into the family the my friends the heartbroken about what happened they knew that surely we're having servants we need to find out from the people on the scene from the victims from the firefighters from the emergency services what took place there's already anger at the moment but people a cake thing it contained you know it's you can feel it just walking around the say area i mean on one side you know at least once a week almost every other day i'm on one side here and you wal

and chelsea i'm joined by alan everett he is the vicar of st clement's church in the shadow of the grunfeld tower is also the author of after the finding words for grandfather millions of words will be found arguably at the inquiry that to resume has launched what's your sense of what the community feel about what their expectations of the millions of words will be written about that night. i think most people appreciate the need to document and to highlight the issues i think the frustration and difficulty for people is simply the time it's going to take before we get results and so people in the situation where they feel very helpless where they're just waiting and here we are a year on a still way waiting has an effect only really just begun grenfell tower has recently been covered but still up there we've no clear formal process for carrying forward the next stage with tower. demolition will be dirty and noisy we don't know what's going to be put in its place is a memorial site so the whole year all in one of the things i don't know exactly and obviously there are still outstanding issu

an expert investigating the grunfeld tower fire in london has said that safety measures are inadequate or weren't adequate rather and that the authorities advice to stay put had effectively failed the damning assessment comes as part of a public inquiry into the tragedy in which seventy two people were killed last june with an update on monday's hearing his i t is an idiot with. the purpose of the inquiry is to obviously look at the circumstances surrounding the night of the tragedy. could have been prevented and the emergency services were looked at as well as the cladding now if you look at the emergency services it says that there should have been forty six minutes between the first phone call to nine nine nine and a response that didn't happen in fact they said that there was a total failure of the stay put policy they also looked at the clothing and this was really interesting actually when they talked about certain materials that we use during refurbishment a material called polyethylene which is a highly combustible polymer was used in apparently it melts when exposed to fire an

is on the shelves out today is the phrase forever in our hearts coming up in the show why was the grunfeld tower atrocity scene is emblematic of post twenty zero eight crash of stereotype britain talk to those helping the poorest community in one of the richest areas on the first up is the organizer of the silent marches which is commemorated the dead on the fourteenth of every month he grew up in kensington and chelsea the so-called royal bara and his name is add kred. then how powerful do you believe these silent march is that have been happening every month of being and when it comes to galvanizing consciousness in this area around britain and the world i mean the numbers of kind of explain the mission and us what it's doing to this community and ministering to the community surrounding the area is no. i mean to start from the first of about fifty people to move on to a few thousands by the six month anniversary just goes to show it's it's keeping it relevant and it's giving people an option to to be counted and to. come and be united and stand with the community leaders at such a tough

the poorest community of one of europe's richest a week into the trades made backed inquiry into grunfeld testimony blames everything from fire fighters to class warfare the atrocity and as the grandfather area prepares for europe's largest street festival the logical carnival. some were outraged last year when tory m.p. and minister of state for international trade suggested moving the carnival away from the tower in part two of our interview with grammy award winning director and d.j. john let's we speak about what caused wren fell as well as the notting hill carnival which will again this summer be in the shadow of a tragedy characterized by what shadow chancellor john mcdonald called social murder and you seen fears over europe's largest street festival the notting hill carnival in west london over a year after year and the emphasis of politicians on drugs knife crime storms recently said that why is it the police presence in glastonbury seems so different to the way police act in for instance knowing all gone of all the celebration of culture and its potential to unite the people is

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britain is remembering the grunfeld tower fire that killed seventy two people a year ago there are twentyfour story building in london's been lit up in green the blaze started in a kitchen and spread quickly because the tower had flammable clothing on the outside those are the headlines next it's all to see the world by a. large why they do cause woman funny who got down much. well campbell much because if a causal muffin iwas is schifrin it. couldn't be said to him i'm not some or am i to go to see. this in the cleanup was in which to cause a solace and on and. on and on which is it is. impossible so it's off the subject mostly disney in the s'soumya sisters lit on the muddy side of. is it absolute to businesses it's not supposed to like this because a list of cities will switch in one possibility. i would if i wanted to like i don't think that they have it but he said this is elites and doesn't seem to be selling them for more. it's as an ever present she said back up thank you russia has flown the problem it was like a story. so much of this thought it would go in my make it all she sa

the ground felt out today is the phrase forever in our hearts coming up in the show why was the grunfeldower atrocity scene is emblematic opposed twenty zero eight crash austerity britain we talk to those helping the poorest community in one of the richest areas on earth first up is the organizer of the silent marches which are commemorated the dead on the fourteenth of every month he grew up in kensington and chelsea the so-called royal bara and his name is add kred. then how powerful do you believe these silent marches that have been happening every month of been when it comes to galvanizing consciousness in this area around britain and the world i mean the numbers of kind of explain the mission and us what it's doing to this community and ministering to the community surrounding the area is no. i mean to start from the first of about fifty people to move on to a few thousands by the six month anniversary just goes to show it's it's keeping it relevant and it's giving people an option to to be counted and to. come and be united and stand with the community leaders at such a tough year