Panels made from plastic and aluminium were installed on the sides of Grenfell Tower to make it warmer and drier. But the cladding has been blamed for helping flames to spread when fire broke out in ...

Thousands more properties could now be caught up in Australia's cladding crisis, after authorities issued an alert warning against the use of another nine types of cladding. The cladding products are ...

A popular cladding brand failed a safety test this week - despite being seen as so fire-safe that it is permitted on tall buildings without any extra tests, Newsnight has learned. Cladding removed for ...

The China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA) informed the IAEA yesterday that a minor fuel cladding failure had occurred at the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant. What are fuel cladding failures, and what do ...

Young and vulnerable people are stuck with homes they can't sell because of red tape around cladding, a leaseholders' charity says. Many high-street lenders ask for an EWS1 form as proof that cladding ...

Anais Wood saved up for years to buy her dream home, but it quickly became one of the worst decisions of her life. Ms Wood will have to foot a huge bill to remove combustible cladding She, like many ...

Some buildings still have the same dangerous cladding in place that Grenfell Tower did (Picture: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty) It’s been five years since the devastating Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. The ...

CLADDING on tower blocks was ripped down across the UK following the Grenfell Tower fire because of fears it could contribute towards another deadly blaze. Councils across the country tested materials ...

Flat owners will not have to pay to remove dangerous cladding from lower-height buildings under new government plans, BBC Newsnight understands. It means leaseholders in buildings of between 11 and 18 ...

The cladding that might have led to the horrifying blaze at Grenfell Tower was added partly to improve its appearance. During a refurbishment aimed at regeneration last year, cladding was added to the ...