Tower block cladding: 27 buildings fail fire safety tests

Some 27 high-rise residential blocks have failed fire safety tests because of the cladding used on them.The towers in 15 council areas were identified as part of a national operation to identify at-risk buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster.The local authority areas with buildings that failed tests include Manchester, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Hounslow, Brent and Camden.