A corrected story in the Daily Mail highlights the Council’s commitment to green vehicles for our fleet and the borough as a whole. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6166915/UK-councils-wasting-money-20mph-speed-limit-zones-cause-accidents-road-deaths.html

Sentencing of those involved in a ‘gang war’ between groups located in Shepherds Bush and Kensington and Chelsea was covered in the Daily Mirror https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/drill-music-gang-jailed-after-13247170

An article about the relationship between house prices and school rating references Kensington and Chelsea in the Tes https://www.tes.com/news/houses-cost-more-areas-most-top-rated-schools

Inquiry and Grenfell News

The school at the base of Grenfell Tower launched a £2 million fundraising drive today to transform the lives of pupils who have been “tested to breaking point”, reports the Evening Standard.

Community panel to decide future of Grenfell Tower site: A commission has been announced to enable the Grenfell community to decide the long-term future of the remains of the west London tower and the surrounding site. Architects’ Journal  

More than 1,200 people traumatised by the Grenfell Tower fire received mental health treatment in the year after the blaze, figures show. Care Appointments

A commentator in the Guardian states the Grenfell Inquiry is failing families and residents. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/14/year-grenfell-inquiry-victims-families-failed-trust

A round-up of developments in the Grenfell Inquiry was provided by Huffington Post https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/grenfell-fire-what-we-learned-from-the-inquiry-this-week_uk_5b9b8464e4b013b0977997af

"‘No place for court-like cross examination in public inquiries’,  state the Grenfell Inquiry team. Law Gazette

Inquiry Update https://twitter.com/grenfellinquiry/status/1040673707109371904