More than half of council tower blocks in Bristol have flammable polystyrene cladding which will be removed after a fire last month. Removing the cladding could take a decade and fire safety experts ...

The neighbour of a Nottingham property which is having grant-funded cladding installed says the work has led to a "snow storm" of polystyrene on his street. Under a Government initiative to reduce ...

A series of cladding systems failed fire tests carried out for the government in 2004, but the results were never revealed before the materials were installed on thousands of buildings, a new document ...

The cladding on tower blocks in Northern Ireland is not the same as that used for Grenfell Tower, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) has confirmed, despite the presence of polystyrene. Last ...

Elderly residents living in a "freezing cold" council tower block could receive financial support for heating costs. After Bristol City Council removed the flammable cladding from Gilton House in July ...

Fire wardens are also patrolling the Preston development at night after it slipped under the radar of the task force investigating the state’s cladding crisis. The combustible cladding was discovered ...

While state governments have banned the use of aluminium composite panels — the deadly material that fuelled the Grenfell and other blazes — industry experts are alarmed that governments and ...

FLAMMABLE cladding will be outlawed in the bid to keep high-rise residents safe in Victoria, according to the state government. Minister for Planning Richard Wynne announced the changes for building ...