A tower block that has had "repeated lift breakdowns" is covered in unsafe, flammable cladding, developers have confirmed. The 15-storey Lexington Apartments building in Slough, Berkshire, is about ...

Residents' representatives fear that any flammable materials left in place can lead to a lower fire safety rating - even ...

Trivess Moore has received funding from various organisations including the Australian Research Council, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Victorian Government and various industry ...

Ten years ago, a late-night cigarette started a fire that spread rapidly up 13 storeys on the Lacrosse apartment building in Melbourne. The November 24 fire caused more than A$5.7 million in damages, ...

Almost 2,500 military personnel based at the home of the UK’s nuclear deterrent are housed in high-rise buildings with flammable cladding, new data reveals. Safety concerns have been raised after it ...

Within 48 hours of the second phase of the Grenfell fire inquiry opening this week, the entire rotten process was exposed. Lawyers for the main corporations involved in covering the high rise building ...

Safety tests conducted on about 600 high-rise buildings in England have so far found that seven contain flammable external cladding similar to that used on London’s Grenfell Tower, officials said.

In the aftermath of the June 14 Grenfell Tower fire disaster in London, Australian federal and state governments scrambled to cover up their inaction and culpability over the widespread use of ...

Martyn S. McLaggan and The University of Queensland has received funding from the Queensland Government - Department of Housing & Public Works. The work has also received support from the ...

After a fire ravaged the Grenfell tower block in Western London last June, killing 72 and leaving hundreds homeless, an in-depth investigation was launched into the cause of the fire and why it spread ...

The Labour Party is pressuring the government to come to the aid of homeowners living in apartments wrapped in dangerous flammable material that was the cause of the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. By ...

Newsnight has obtained confidential reports that help explain how flammable material has become more common on tall buildings. Combustible cladding has been permitted based on reports arguing fires ...