Five years ago, 72 people lost their lives in the worst disaster in London’s modern history, the Grenfell Tower fire. Kareem Dennis, known as LowKey, lost people in the fire and in the days that followed wrote the poem, Ghosts of Grenfell. Read more:
Theresa May, who was prime minister when the fire happened, spoke to volunteers ahead of the memorial serviceJournalist Jon Snow, who was invited to speak at the service, said: "Grenfell, set in the richest borough in Britain, speaks to the grotesque inequality with which our society has been riven.Lawyer Imran Khan, who also addressed the congregation, said: "For the residents of Grenfell, their home wasn't their castle, it was their deathbed.
Perhaps the loudest round of applause came after lawyer Imran Khan's speech. He spoke of his disbelief over a lack of criminal charges and described the public inquiry into the fire as ineffective. Elsewhere in the capital, a 72-second silence was observed at 14:00 at the Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd's Bush.People observed a 72-second silence at the Grenfell memorial wall in the nearby Westfield shopping centreFirefighters will provide a guard of honour as survivors and the bereaved walk from Grenfell Tower
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