9 h. ago How many people died in Grenfell Tower fire and who were the victims?

Netflix's documentary Grenfell: Uncovered features interviews from survivors and those who lost loved ones in the tragedy

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10 h. ago Grenfell: Uncovered review – heartwrenching account of avoidable tragedy

Bleak, enraging documentary combines firsthand accounts of the disaster with appalling record of official negligenceThe 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London which caused 72 deaths is now the subject of Olaide Sadiq’s heartwrenching and enraging documentary, digging at the causes and movingly interviewing survivors and their families, whose testimony is all but unbearable. At the very least, the film will remind you that when politicians smugly announce they wish to make a bonfire of regulations, they should be taken, under police escort if necessary, and made to stand at the foot of the tower. As for the housing secretary at the time of the tower’s refurbishment, the abysmally arrogant Eric Pickles, he was made a life peer in 2018.With the very considerable help of the housing-issues journalist Peter Apps, the film shows how the horror was created by a perfect storm of incompetence, mendacity, greed, and (that heartsinking phrase) systemic failure. The local council were keen to spruc...

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11 h. ago Netflix’s Grenfell: Uncovered is a raw, urgent film that pulls no punches

The question at the centre of this powerful film is whether we’ve done enough to prevent the catastrophe from repeating itself

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12 h. ago Director of Netflix's Grenfell: Uncovered's personal connection to devastating fire

72 people lost their lives in the tragedy that occured in 2017

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17 h. ago Grenfell Uncovered on Netflix review: this litany of failures is rage

Eight years after the disaster, this documentary examines how we got there, to devastating effect

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8 d. ago Woman becomes eighth person charged in connection with fatal Talbot Green shooting

Joanne Penney, who was 40, died on March 9 after being fatally shot in Talbot Green

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8 d. ago David Lynch’s daughter says his children are considering publishing the director’s unmade Netflix series

‘It would be very sad if people didn’t get to see it,’ said Jennifer Lynch

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9 d. ago ‘Close enough’: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush’s reckless behavior before Titan implosion revealed in new documentary

In June 2023, when a tourist submarine went missing off the coast of Newfoundland, the whole world stopped to follow the extraordinary story. Tom Murray speaks to the director of a Netflix documentary about the case, and hears about the mistakes that led to the accident

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9 d. ago Rising Stars of Edinburgh Fringe 2025: The New Voices Taking the Stage

As the world’s largest arts festival returns, Edinburgh Fringe 2025 is set to showcase an extraordinary wave of fresh voices and bold new talent. This year’s lineup features powerful explorations of identity, resilience, friendship, and societal change—offering audiences a chance to connect with stories that are as timely as they are personal.

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9 d. ago Netflix’s Titan: The OceanGate Disaster tells the inside story of CEO Stockton Rush’s fatal gamble

In June 2023, when a tourist submarine went missing off the coast of Newfoundland, the whole world stopped to follow the extraordinary story. Tom Murray speaks to the director of a Netflix documentary about the case, and hears about the mistakes that led to the accident

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9 d. ago Major Netflix director slams YouTube as viewers' attention spans are 'assaulted'

Generation Z are increasingly watching YouTube and TikTok instead of traditional entertainment and 'have shorter and shorter attention spans' says The Haunting of Hill House director Mike Flanagan

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1 week ago The Gold star Charlotte Spencer reveals personal connection to £26m Brink’s

BBC crime drama The Gold is returning to our screens tonight - and star Charlotte Spencer has opened up about coming back to play Jennings and her real life connection to the crime

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2 w. ago 3rd suspect arrested in connection with death of a Super Bowl reporter in New Orleans

A third person has been charged in connection to the death of a television reporter, who had traveled to New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl earlier this year

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3 w. ago BBC Antiques Roadshow guest barely reacts at whopping price for 'exceptional' Wimbledon trophy

An Antiques Roadshow expert shared an unexpected personal connection to a guest's "exceptional" trophy.

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3 w. ago Liverpool parade crash suspect 'pleasant family man', say neighbours as child, 9, is youngest victim injured

‘He’s the last person on this street I would have thought would be connected to something like that,’ a neighbour said

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3 w. ago Victoria Beckham promises 'there will be tears' in new warts

The former Spice Girl will take centre stage in a new Netflix docuseries about her day-to-day life as creative director of the eponymous fashion and beauty brand she originally launched in 2008.

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3 w. ago Liverpool parade crash suspect is 'genuinely pleasant family man', say neighbours

‘He’s the last person on this street I would have thought would be connected to something like that,’ a neighbour said

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4 w. ago Netflix’s new film Grenfell: Uncovered exposes the shocking failures behind deadly tower tragedy

New documentary reveals the preventable mistakes and systemic neglect that led to the disaster that shook London- eight years on

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4 w. ago Grenfell survivors and bereaved call for justice in Netflix documentary trailer

Grenfell: Uncovered launches on June 20.

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4 w. ago Italy and Denmark lead group of countries pushing back on European rights convention – Europe live

The group say a conversation was needed on how rights were being applied when it comes to migrationOne big story that we will follow today is the expected verdict in the Kim Kardashian robbery trial in Paris.Kardashian was in Paris – a city she said she had “always loved” – for fashion week in October 2016 and was staying in a luxury hotel when the robbers attacked after she returned from dinner. Ten people – nine men and a woman aged between 35 and 78 – are on trial in connection with France’s biggest personal robbery in 20 years. Eight of the accused deny any involvement. Continue reading...

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