In the week that is marking the first anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy in London the Times of Malta reports on another massive concrete edifice being planned in St George’s.

Bearing in mind most of the deaths in Grenfell were because appliances couldn’t get enough space, what hope is there here when one of these skyscrapers becomes a towering inferno? You can be sure in the rush to make money no thought has been given to fire safety.

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