The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has been halted again after Bruce Sounes, the lead architect on refurbishment project, was taken ill on his final day of evidence to the inquiry into the fire that claimed 72 lives.

Sounes, an associate at Studio E Architects, began giving evidence on Monday and had been due to conclude this afternoon. However a brief break in this morning’s proceedings was extended with panel chair Martin Moore-Bick eventually announcing that Sounes would be unable to continue.

“I’m very sorry to have kept you all waiting far longer than I had previously suggested, and particularly since you must have been wondering what’s been going on,” he said.

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