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Grenfell anniversary: Westminster Abbey bell tolls 72 times for victims

Names of the deceased read out by faith leaders at service attended by survivors, bereaved and politicians

Westminster Abbey’s bell tolled 72 times for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire as survivors and bereaved relatives began a day of remembrance five years on from the disaster and demanded that the authorities finally deliver justice in the next year.

In warm June sunshine, reminiscent of the day that dawned on the burning tower on 14 June 2017, hundreds of bereaved family members gathered at the abbey to mark the passing of a period in which there has been powerful community solidarity but also increasing anger at the government’s response and the lack of criminal prosecutions.

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