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BBC News
07-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
BBC's Hull building submits plans to change unsafe cladding
Plans have been submitted to replace potentially unsafe cladding on the sides of the BBC's building in Court in the city centre has 115 flats as well as housing the BBC's television and radio inspection in 2021 found the cladding on the building was unsafe and posed a fire risk, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), The planning application said the work would "remove combustible elements within the build up of the external walls and replace with non combustible materials." Documents sent to Hull City Council said that a number of fire safety measures had been put in place at the nine-storey building, which opened in included new evacuation procedures established by Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, which have been communicated to all residents. Other measures included a 24-hour waking watch at the site, ensuring the building was patrolled at all times by two trained fire marshals. The alarm system in the building was being changed to immediately notify the fire service should it be triggered, rather than a 999 call needing to be have also been told they must not smoke on and after elevations submitted to the council suggested there would not be any noticeable visual changes if the work was approved, the LDRS to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
India Today
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- India Today
Private collector, public legacy
As an architect, Sohrabji K. Bhedwar left his signature on India's most prominent urbanscape by designing art deco marvels across Mumbai. From the iconic Eros Cinema facing Churchgate railway station, and landmark residential buildings like Queen's Court and Green Fields to the Indo-Saracenic marvel of the Syndicate Bank building in Fort, Bhedwar was a master of the arches and turrets that have come to define one of the most influential design movements of the century.
