London Fire Brigade News
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A helicopter crashed near the River Thames in central London after striking a crane mounted on one of Europe’s tallest residences following a diversion in poor weather. The pilot and one person on the ground were killed.
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The U.K. Fire Brigades Union has called for a strike in London on one of the busiest days of the year for firefighters in protest over plans to change working conditions, which it has said will cost members their jobs.
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Police in London are in the process of “restoring calm” to an area of the U.K. capital after rioting led to 26 officers being injured and 48 arrests.
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London firefighters are tackling a fire in a metal recycling yard in Willesden in the northwest of the U.K. capital.
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AssetCo Plc , a U.K. supplier of firemen, equipment and training to the London Fire Brigade, is set to be acquired as early as this week by JO Hambro Capital Ltd., its biggest shareholder, the Sunday Times said, without saying where it got the information.
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London firefighters have said they will strike on October 23 and November 1 for eight hours each day, London Fire Brigade spokesman Martin Simpson said today in a telephone interview.
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About 100 firemen and 20 fire engines are tackling a “fairly big” blaze at London’s Heathrow Airport, London Fire Brigade said.
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Talks between the U.K.’s Fire Brigades Union and London Fire Brigade seeking to prevent a strike on Nov. 5, Britain’s Bonfire Night, have broken down.
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A private company, AssetCo Plc , will fight fires in London armed with 27 fire engines if the Fire Brigades Union goes out on strike.
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Six people, including five children, have died in a house fire in north west London today.
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