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In a better position when we need to respond to an emergency incident. this kind of management that you talk about, managing the fuels, and i'm assuming you're talking about the natural environments, creating these kind of natural landscape fire breaks. is the management of this consistent between different authorities, or is there a bit of a gap in terms of what one local authority perhaps suggests in terms of time planning compared to another one? ., . ., , one? there are certainly gaps in some areas- _ one? there are certainly gaps in some areas. there _ one? there are certainly gaps in som...

Eyewitnesses reported rockets flying towards the island.

Authorities have launched a firefighting operation at the location.

That the housing secretary michael gove will next week pledge to "expose and pursue" companies responsible for the cladding crisis after the grenfell fire. in a new attempt to address building safety problems, he will make a statement to mps with the aim of easing the "unfair burden" on leaseholders. up to half a million flat owners across the uk may no longer face the cost of replacing dangerous cladding on their properties. our business correspondent simon browning has the details. it's a building safety crisis. an estimated half a million people live in homes wrapped in flammable materials....

An estimated half a million people live in homes wrapped in flammable materials. added to that a missing fire breaks, defective insulation and flammable balconies. but who is to blame, and who should fix them? up to now the government's approach was for dangerous cladding removal to be paid for by the building safety fund. it was only for buildings more than 18.5 metres in height. everything else was to be covered by either developers paying, or via a loan scheme for leaseholders. it's meant blocks like this, austin apartments in the south—east london, were previous cut off from government s...