Grenfell Tower memorial - live updates: Emotional service concludes with survivors and relatives holding up images of loved ones who died in blaze
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Your support makes all the difference.A memorial service was held at St Paul's Cathedral on Thursday morning to honour the 71 victims who died in the Grenfell Tower fire in west London.
Six months on from the disaster, more than 1,500 people attended the service, including Prime Minister Theresa May and members of the Royal Family.
Families of victims and survivors of the 14 June tragedy also attended the memorial alongside members of the wider community and first responders.
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The service included messages of support for the bereaved, and a banner with the Grenfell Heart - a symbol of unity over the disaster - was displayed within the building.
Following the service, families and survivors held up images of loved ones who had died in the blaze.
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Commemorating the dead, the Dean says: "Let us remember, united in grief and hope and love'', before the congregation held a minute's silence.
A woman who survived the fire, but who lost her father that night, is now reading a poem by the 13th-century Persian Sunni Muslim poet Rumi. (BBC screengrab)
The service has now ended, and the members of the Royal Family are the first to leave.
The Independent's Harriet Agerholm has interviewed a teacher outside St Paul's.
Survivors and relatives of the victims of Grenfell are now standing on the steps of St Paul's holding photos of people who died in the blaze. (BBC screengrab)
Labour MP David Lammy has written to Theresa May, accusing the government of failing to "regain the trust of the survivors".
The Independent's Harriet Agerholm, who is at St Paul's, has shared an image of survivors and families standing on the steps of the cathedral with photos of those who died.
That's if from The Independent's live coverage of the Grenfell Tower service memorial. Thanks for joining.
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