Ex-england striker says help is there for Grenfell

Former England footballer Les Ferdinand urged the Grenfell community to seek help if they feel overwhelmed when they give evidence to the public inquiry.

Survivors of the tower block fire, those who lost friends and family and local residents will be called on to share their memories of the blaze from today.

It will be the first time they have given oral evidence in the probe since May when two emotional weeks of commemoration hearings in memory of the tragedy’s 72 victims took place. Mr Ferdinand said he had been following the inquiry and he had found the stories that had come out of it so far “heartwrenching”. “There’s so much help out there now ... just talking sometimes can make people feel so much better,” he said.