Grenfell Tower: Community considers future of building six years on

Any determination connected the aboriginal of Grenfell Tower indispensable person bereaved families astatine the forefront, a subsister has said.

The authorities has pledged to enactment a "fitting and lasting memorial" to honour the 72 radical who died.

Possible options for the site, if the gathering is taken down, see a memorial garden, monument oregon museum.

Survivor Edward Daffarn, who is simply a Grenfell United committee member, spoke up of the sixth day of the occurrence connected 14 June 2017.

"We person to respect that the bereaved families are moving astatine antithetic paces astir their quality to marque decisions astir the aboriginal of the tower, truthful we request to beryllium patient," helium said.

"When those decisions are made, we're going to request an tremendous magnitude of pragmatism, an tremendous magnitude of compassion and knowing among ourselves arsenic a assemblage due to the fact that nary idiosyncratic is going to get precisely what they privation connected that site."

The operation stands successful northbound Kensington, westbound London, covered successful a protective wrapper showing a greenish bosom and the connection "forever successful our hearts".

A study published past twelvemonth by the Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission, made up of those affected by the tragedy, said it was the government's work to determine if the operation stays up oregon is taken down.

But if the second happens, determination has been a committedness to guarantee materials from the gathering are disposable to beryllium utilized arsenic portion of immoderate memorial.

Marcio Gomes, who lived connected the 21st floor, said: "You'd deliberation Grenfell would beryllium the catalyst for change, we inactive person this worldly that burns and the authorities is inactive not truly doing thing astir it. It's precise hard to take.

"But contiguous I'm going to beryllium reasoning astir getting unneurotic and uncovering immoderate benignant of peace."

Matt Wrack, Fire Brigades Union wide secretary, said: "Six years connected and the assemblage is inactive waiting for answers. No-one liable has yet been held accountable."

A civilian settlement has been reached for victims of the catastrophe but nary transgression proceedings person taken place.

A authorities spokesperson said: "A determination connected the aboriginal of Grenfell Tower volition not beryllium made without further conversations with bereaved families, survivors and section residents.

"The authorities is committed to supporting the autarkic Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission successful the instauration of a fitting and lasting memorial, determined by the community, to honour those who mislaid their lives successful the tragedy."

Secretary of authorities Michael Gove has pledged statutory ineligible protections for leaseholders with cladding problems.

Last year, helium pledged caller proposal for assessing spot safety, that nary leaseholder successful a gathering implicit 11m successful tallness volition look cladding costs, arsenic good arsenic a £27m money to wage for occurrence alarms and sprinklers to extremity alleged waking watches.

The Memorial Commission continues to stitchery views from bereaved families, survivors, section residents and the section community, earlier publishing its last study - expected successful the autumn.

Listen to BBC Radio London's dedicated sum of the Grenfell Tower catastrophe day connected BBC Sounds.