Council lawyer’s letter to #Grenfell blogger: stop ‘harrassing’ us
Kensington And Chelsea Borough Council Have Got A Lot To Answer For
The news channels and social media are still, rightly, full of footage of the terrible tragedy at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington and its aftermath. As the SKWAWKBOX showed on Wednesday, there are serious questions to answer about the design of the building and its fire alarm system – and the actions of the Tories, including former mayor and now Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who is hotly tipped as the party’s next leader.
Johnson betrayed a lack of concern and seriousness about the safety of Londoners from fire when, in 2013, he scoffed at London Assembly Members’ worries about the impact of his cuts to the number of fire stations and firefighters – going so far as to tell one AM to ‘get stuffed’ for questioning him (video).
The news media are rightly reporting the warnings issued by the Grenfell Action Group (GAG) blog that its warnings about…
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MAGNITUDE 5.8 SOUTHERN EAST PACIFIC RISE
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Depth: 10 km
Distances: 4585 km SE of Wellington, New Zealand / pop: 382,000 / local time: 23:42:15.1 2017-06-15
4706 km S of Papeete, French Polynesia / pop: 26,400 / local time: 01:42:15.1 2017-06-15
4786 km SE of Avarua, Cook Islands / pop: 13,400 / local time: 01:42:15.1 2017-06-15
MAGNITUDE 2.6 WESTERN TEXAS, USA
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Depth: 1 km
Distances: 294 km E of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico / pop: 1,513,000 / local time: 21:54:15.8 2017-06-14
34 km S of Pecos, United States / pop: 8,800 / local time: 22:54:15.8 2017-06-14
MAGNITUDE 4.6 MADEIRA ISLANDS, PORTUGAL REGION
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Depth: 40 km
Distances: 736 km NW of Laâyoune / El Aaiún, Western Sahara / pop: 189,000 / local time: 02:14:12.4 2017-06-15
32 km NW of Funchal, Portugal / pop: 101,000 / local time: 03:14:12.4 2017-06-15
7 km E of Porto Moniz, Portugal / pop: 2,800 / local time: 03:14:12.4 2017-06-15
MAGNITUDE 5.9 KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
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Depth: 20 km
Distances: 1090 km S of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga / pop: 22,400 / local time: 13:26:14.8 2017-06-15
916 km NE of Whangarei, New Zealand / pop: 50,900 / local time: 12:26:14.8 2017-06-15
MAGNITUDE 5.5 OFFSHORE OAXACA, MEXICO
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Depth: 10 km
Distances: 432 km S of Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico / pop: 1,591,000 / local time: 18:58:51.1 2017-06-14
203 km S of Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico / pop: 263,000 / local time: 18:58:51.1 2017-06-14
65 km S of Puerto Escondido, Mexico / pop: 19,500 / local time: 18:58:51.1 2017-06-14
MAGNITUDE 2.7 GERMANY
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Depth: 5 km
Distances: 120 km NE of Luxembourg, Luxembourg / pop: 76,700 / local time: 01:53:00.3 2017-06-15
75 km NW of Wiesbaden, Germany / pop: 273,000 / local time: 01:53:00.3 2017-06-15
66 km S of Köln, Germany / pop: 964,000 / local time: 01:53:00.3 2017-06-15
2 km NE of Mendig, Germany / pop: 8,900 / local time: 01:53:00.3 2017-06-15
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