THE BEREAVED SON of a Grenfell fire victim has lost his court bid against Theresa May’s refusal to make an inquiry panel probing the disaster more diverse.
Samuel Daniels’s 69-year-old father Joseph died in flat 135 on the 16th floor of the tower during the blaze in Kensington, west London on June 14 last year — he had lived there since 1983.
The Prime Minister has appointed retired High Court judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick as chairman of the inquiry, but refused to appoint a socially diverse panel to sit alongside him.
YVETTE WILLIAMS and JOE DELANEY dissect the institutional dawdling that rubbed salt into the Grenfell open wounds prolonging the agony of survivors
As we approach the half-anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy, the community gathers to remember loved ones while grappling with mixed emotions surrounding the ongoing deconstruction of the tower and the hopeful plans for a memorial, writes EMMA DENT COAD


