Met hands Grenfell fire investigation file to CPS

The Metropolitan Police has handed its final investigative file on the Grenfell Tower fire to the Crown Prosecution Service, the force announced. According to the unit, twenty companies and organisations, along with fifty‑four individuals, may face prosecution. The police had previously characterised the probe into the North Kensington blaze as “most analyzable investigations ever undertaken by immoderate UK instrumentality enforcement agency”. A public inquiry conducted in 2024 concluded that the fire, which broke out on 14 June 2017, was avoidable; seventy‑two people lost their lives. This breaking news communicative is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. Readers can receive breaking news on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10628994, or com/BBCBreaking for the latest alerts.