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To do a covid test at midnight. its for our own safety. 300 miles away and two weeks ahead of yuzhou is xian, a city famed for its terracotta warriors, where 13 million people have now been locked down since before christmas. what started out a fortnight ago with the late—night army of officials welding gates shut has led to this. some people banned from leaving their tower blocks have taken to bartering with their neighbours. cigarettes for vegetables, other goods for sanitary towels. this is...

Warriors, where 13 million people have now been locked down since before christmas. what started out a fortnight ago with the late—night army of officials welding gates shut, has led to this. some people banned from leaving their tower blocks have taken to bartering with their neighbours. cigarettes for vegetables, other goods for sanitary towels. this is what most of china looks like. its busy. yes, you have to have a mask when you get on the metro and theres a temperature check, but the gove...

Some people banned from leaving their tower blocks have taken to bartering with their neighbours. cigarettes for vegetables, other goods for sanitary towels. this is what most of china looks like. its busy. yes, you have to have a mask before you get on the metro and there is a temperature check, but the government says its zero covid strategy has achieved this for about 18 months now. and that is a strategy that includes things like this. pop—up tents where you can get a booster on the way ho...

A million plus people are now in lockdown in yuzhou. the latest proof that china is very committed to its zero—covid strategy. translation: it doesnt bother me to do a covid test at midnight. - its for our own safety. 300 miles away and two weeks ahead of yuzhou is xian, a city famed for its terracotta warriors, for 13 million people have now been locked down since before christmas. what started out a fortnight ago with the late—night army of officials welding gates shut, has led to this. so...

Since then, the cladding crisis has only escalated. there have been a wave of demonstrations. this is a scandal that has been 30 years in the making. safety checks on other tower blocks after the grenfell tower fire found notjust problems with cladding, but many other fire safety defects to, so flammable balconies, missing fire breaks, defective installation, and the question at the heart of this issue is, who is to blame for those failures, and who should pay to fix them? flat owners have come ...

To what extent has this crisis been 20 to 30 years in the making? i think it goes back to the 70s and 80s, actually, in terms of the old deregulation bandwagon. we were having meetings with governments in 2009—2010 with our concerns about the quality issues sites, so its been there for a very long time. rewind to 1984. tower blocks are being completely recovered or reclad and new materials. this is a bbc documentary called the great british housing disaster. structural engineers warned of the ...

I actually was quite sensible and thought well ill invest it into something for my life and for my future. fast forward to this now, ifeel like its probably been the worst thing that ive ever done as the guy is sign on the died dotted line. im stuck with something that potentially might ruin me. its hard to think about it all because its just too much, too heartbreaking. concerns over building safety were triggered by the grenfell fire in 2017. 72 people died. an inquiry found the type of claddi...

We were having meetings with governments in 2009, 2010 with our concerns about the quality issues on building size. its been there for a very long time. rewind to 1984. tower blocks are being completely recovered i or reclad and new materials. this is a bbc documentary called the great british housing disaster and engineers warned of the possible fire risks from cladding even back then. i think its absolutely essential that anything that it been placed on or around existing block should be consi...

Of cladding used known as acm was the primary cause of the fires rapid spread. something wasnt right. since then the cladding crisis has only escalated, there have been a wave of demonstrations. safety checks on other tower blocks after the grenfell tower fire found notjust problems with cladding but many other fire safety defects too. flammable balconies, missing fire breaks, defective insulation. and the question at the heart of this issue is whos to blame for those failures, who should pay to...

He has worked in the construction sector to sector for four decades. he says building regulations are shrunk from 300 pages to 2a pages over the years and can be ambiguous. to what extent has this crisis been 20—30 years in the making? i think it goes back to the 70s and 80s in terms of the old deregulation bandwagon. we were having meetings with governments in 2009, 2010 with our concerns about the quality issues on building size. its been there for a very long time. rewind to 1984, tower blo...