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London Tower Block Fire

(June 2017)

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A former member
What was the last time BBC live update lasted this long? Its day 4 and it no sign this will stop.

Jane hill is working th 9am - 2pm in the studio. Lukwesa Burak from 2pm. Ben brown is live on the ground.


IF the following is correct this story is going to run.
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There has been speculation over whether the cladding used to cover Grenfell Tower contributed to the speed at which the fire spread.

BBC Newsnight has reported that the exterior cladding on Grenfell Tower, added in 2015, had a polyethylene - or plastic - core instead of a more fireproof alternative.

Now comes a statement from the Department for Communities and Local Government: "Cladding using a composite aluminium panel with a polyethylene core would be non-compliant with current Building Regulations guidanc e.

"This material should not be used as cladding on buildings over 18m in height.

"We cannot comment on what type of cladding was used on the building - this will be subject to investigations."

Last edited by A former member on 17 June 2017 2:11pm
LL
London Lite Founding member
Sky have slowed down their coverage with other news and it appears one reporter has been deployed to North Kensington today with bulletins from the Glass Box.
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Brekkie
How did all the broadcasters refer to the location in their live bugs/introductions. ITV went for "West London" which seemed quite generic for me - it's not as if viewers out of London wouldn't know that Kensington was in the capital.

Also noticed that ITV have now changed their on location introductions so they begin "From West London" rather than end "In West London". I guess they can phrase it that way now they don't have anyone "in the studio" when they anchor on location.
LL
London Lite Founding member
Brekkie posted:
How did all the broadcasters refer to the location in their live bugs/introductions. ITV went for "West London" which seemed quite generic for me - it's not as if viewers out of London wouldn't know that Kensington was in the capital.

Also noticed that ITV have now changed their on location introductions so they begin "From West London" rather than end "In West London". I guess they can phrase it that way now they don't have anyone "in the studio" when they anchor on location.


Sky have used West London or North Kensington. ITV News London and BBC London used North Kensington.
TR
TROGGLES
Wonderful bit of television on BBC News Channel - a primary school teacher said that 'Theresa May needs to get her arse in gear' Very Happy
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Blake Connolly Founding member
Brekkie posted:
How did all the broadcasters refer to the location in their live bugs/introductions. ITV went for "West London" which seemed quite generic for me - it's not as if viewers out of London wouldn't know that Kensington was in the capital.

Also noticed that ITV have now changed their on location introductions so they begin "From West London" rather than end "In West London". I guess they can phrase it that way now they don't have anyone "in the studio" when they anchor on location.


North Kensington is one of those many quite vague areas in London - most people I know would call it Ladbroke Grove for a start. And as the tower is south of the Westway, some would say it's in Notting Hill anyway. All anyone can agree on is once you get past the canal it's Kensal Green, and once you're at Wood Lane it's White City.

In other words, "West London" is probably for the best.
NG
noggin Founding member
Blake Connolly posted:
Brekkie posted:
How did all the broadcasters refer to the location in their live bugs/introductions. ITV went for "West London" which seemed quite generic for me - it's not as if viewers out of London wouldn't know that Kensington was in the capital.

Also noticed that ITV have now changed their on location introductions so they begin "From West London" rather than end "In West London". I guess they can phrase it that way now they don't have anyone "in the studio" when they anchor on location.


North Kensington is one of those many quite vague areas in London - most people I know would call it Ladbroke Grove for a start. And as the tower is south of the Westway, some would say it's in Notting Hill anyway. All anyone can agree on is once you get past the canal it's Kensal Green, and once you're at Wood Lane it's White City.

In other words, "West London" is probably for the best.


Yes - you could also use Latimer Road (it's very close to that tube station and would be a good point of reference for Londoners and BBC London viewers) - but I agree West London is probably best for nationwide and international audiences.
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A former member
It seems BBC has opened a can of worms, over this Cladding, Philip Hammond has said he thought it was banned, - just now on Andrew marr, but Official department has said above said it shouldn't be used on Tower blocks., yet Sky news never said anything about that, or did there?
CY
cyberdude
623058 posted:
It seems BBC has opened a can of worms, over this Cladding, Philip Hammond has said he thought it was banned, - just now on Andrew marr, but Official department has said above said it shouldn't be used on Tower blocks., yet Sky news never said anything about that, or did there?

It is indeed banned in some countries, since 2012 in the US for example.
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A former member
Its been said that stuff is banned in the UK for buildings over 18m in height.. Surly it should be easy to clear this up?
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Skygeek
623058 posted:
It seems BBC has opened a can of worms, over this Cladding, Philip Hammond has said he thought it was banned, - just now on Andrew marr, but Official department has said above said it shouldn't be used on Tower blocks., yet Sky news never said anything about that, or did there?

To my knowledge, we've done at least three VTs on cladding, and covered the U.S. ban on the paper review (which I produced) on Friday night.
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A former member
Skygeek posted:
623058 posted:
It seems BBC has opened a can of worms, over this Cladding, Philip Hammond has said he thought it was banned, - just now on Andrew marr, but Official department has said above said it shouldn't be used on Tower blocks., yet Sky news never said anything about that, or did there?

To my knowledge, we've done at least three VTs on cladding, and covered the U.S. ban on the paper review (which I produced) on Friday night.


Cheers for that, Is there a clip of that? the reason for asking is, what was in that Sky VT about Cladding? If its the same as what the BBC been saying then the question has to be Why there been no arrests over this. While if its different, how different.

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