British legislators observed a minute's silence on Thursday in the House of Commons in memory of the 72 victims of the Grenfell tower fire of June 14, 2017.

The sombre anniversary was being marked across Britain with a minute of silence at noon.

In the west London neighbourhood around Grenfell the dead were remembered at vigils and church services, before a silent march and an evening meal hosted by local Muslims.

The tower and other London buildings were lit up overnight in green, which has been adopted as a colour of remembrance.

The tragedy was the greatest loss of life in a fire on British soil since World War II, a horror that left the neighbourhood and the country in shock.