A young, talented Italian woman telephoned her mother to say her goodbyes as her flat was engulfed in the Grenfell Tower blaze.

Marco Gottardi and his girlfriend Gloria Trevisan, both architects from the Veneto region of northern Italy, are missing and feared dead by their families.

The two lived on the 23rd floor of the 24-story tower block which went up in flames.

After graduating with high marks in architecture, the couple had moved to London last March after Ms. Trevisan couldn't find work in Italy that paid more than 300 euros a month.