Article 3QX2H Grenfell inquiry: tributes to victims continue for fourth day - live

Grenfell inquiry: tributes to victims continue for fourth day - live

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Sarah Marsh (now) and Nadia Khomami (earlier)
from World news | The Guardian on (#3QX2H)

Commemorations continue to be paid to the 72 people who lost their lives in the fire last June

2.15pm BST

The inquiry hears that Fathia was a fantastic cook and well-known for her Sudanese cooking, she was welcoming and people would flock to her home. People missed her and when she came back to Sudan to visit, people were excited to see her again, Wafa says.

"She was creative at sewing and it was a source of income for her... She could stitch material to make beautiful saris. She would also create things from leather and decorate plain shoes and handbags with leather items she had made," Wafa says.

2.09pm BST

The commemoration for Fathia Ali Ahmed Elsanosi, from flat 206, has begun. Wafa, a friend and close relation to Fathia said:

Fathia was not just someone from the community but my older sister. She was my godmother and a very, very close friend of mine ... She was the pillar of the Sudanese community in London. She was highly respected... a source of wiseness and jollyness to the community. People would go to her house all the time.

Here @grenfellinquiry for the final pen portrait of today, for Fathia Ali Ahmed Elsanosi. It will be read first in English and then in Arabic, on behalf of Hayat, Fathia's sister. #FathiaElsanosi #GrenfellInquiry

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