An urgent safety review is to be carried out on two council owned tower blocks in Langley following the disastrous fire at Grenfell Tower in London.

Slough Borough Council owns four tower blocks. Two of them - Tower and Ashbourne in Chalvey - are due for demolition as part of a regeneration scheme and are nearly empty.

While two in Langley - Broom and Poplar Houses - are fully occupied.

A public statement released by Slough Borough Council - which also appears on council leader Sohail Munawar's Twitter feed - said: “We have a rolling programme of independent fire risk assessments for council properties including our tall blocks. But in light of the Grenfell Tower tragedy we are urgently reviewing the tall block assessments and discussing with the fire service any other measures we might need to put in place.

“This is likely to include further independent inspections of the tall blocks.

“We are liaising directly with the residents of our tall blocks and will be updating our advice and information to them as appropriate.”

The statement continues: “Our thoughts are with all those affected by the terrible fire at Grenfell Tower in London; the residents, their friends and families and all the emergency services and first responders."