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Mercedes F1 team boss Toto Wolff to meet Grenfell survivors

Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff is to meet survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire after apologising on behalf of his team on Friday for any distress caused by a sponsorship deal with a company linked to the 2017 disaster.

The deal with Kingspan, an Irish company that produces high-performance insulation and cladding products including some used on the West London tower block, was announced this week.

The company's branding is on the car that seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton is driving at this weekend's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Grenfell United, representing survivors of the blaze that killed 72 people, had written to Wolff seeking to have the "truly shocking" partnership terminated.