10 h. ago Firefighter boss loses unfair dismissal case after failing to challenge sexist language

Simon Bailey, 58, was given a written warning after failing to stop colleagues using the word 'fireman' to a female firefighter.

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16 h. ago 'Old fashioned' boss failed to stop female firefighter being called 'fireman'

'Old fashioned' firefighter Simon Bailey, 58, who failed to call out his colleagues for 'belittling' a female colleague was not unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has found

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40 h. ago Holborn fire: Dozens of firefighters tackle blaze in underground tunnel in central London

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters were called to the scene

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46 h. ago Christy review – Sydney Sweeney pummels a boxing pioneer’s story into lifeless cliche

Underpowered David Michôd film fails to land the story of the groundbreaking 90s female boxing champion and the horrendous abuse she faced at home An uninspired and undirected performance from Sydney Sweeney means there’s a fatal lack of power in this movie from director and co-writer David Michôd. It manages to be unsubtle without being powerful. His subject is Christy Salters Martin, who under the grinning tutelage of Don King became the world’s most successful female boxing champion in the 90s and 00s but faced a misogynist nightmare outside the ring.The film fails to deliver the power of the traditional boxing movie, or the real importance of a story about domestic abuse and coercive control, or the sensory detail of true crime. It relies on the simple fact of a woman pioneeringly taking on what had once been solely a man’s sport and relapses into cliche. Christy, with her frizzy hair and brown contact lenses, doesn’t seem to plausibly develop as a character throughout the film,...

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47 h. ago Holborn fire LIVE: Firefighters tackle underground blaze in heart of London

Around 70 firefighters have been called to the scene on Theobolds Road

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3 d. ago UK wildfires devastated more areas in 2025 than at any time since records began, figures show

Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsensWildfires have devastated more moorland, forests and fields in the UK this year than at any time since records began, putting huge pressure on the country’s fire service, figures show.The Global Wildfire Information System estimates that by November, wildfires had burned 47,026 hectares (116,204 acres) in 2025 in the UK – the largest area in any year since monitoring began in 2012, and more than double the area burned in the record-breaking summer of 2022. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Man City boss Pep Guardiola eyes up £13.5m mansion less than 100 yards from family home he shared with estranged wife

PEP GUARDIOLA is eyeing up a luxury pad less than 100 yards from the £8.5million mansion he shared with his estranged wife. It comes as the Manchester City boss, 54, is in the process of finalising his divorce from fashion store owner Cristina Serra. The sumptuous new-build property in the exclusive Barcelona neighbourhood of Pedralbes...

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5 d. ago Shoppers watch on as car bursts into flames at Trafford Centre car park

Firefighters were called to the scene on Saturday afternoon

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6 d. ago Cruel Scots dog owner who kept two starving canines at her home tried to hide one from cops 

A CRUEL Scots woman who kept her two starving dogs at her home and tried to hide one from the cops has been fined £300. Chloe MacKenzie, from Tain in the Highlands, failed to feed or care for her female German Shepherd and Boxer properly - leaving them famished and underweight. On April 4 2024,...

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1 week ago Firefighters 'stretched to the limit' by floods with 82 call outs in one night

"Flooding incidents are increasing, demand is rising, and services are being pushed harder each year, despite having less to work with," said firefighters' representative.

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1 week ago Storm Claudia sees firefighters called to incidents across Greater Manchester

There have been gusts of up to 60mph

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2 w. ago Exeter City stadium fire sees control room go up in flames as club issue statement

Exeter City have released a statement after a fire broke out at their St James Park stadium, with firefighters called to the scene to tackle the blaze

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2 w. ago Investigation launched after London house fire leaves one dead

Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were called to the scene in Hampton, south-west London, on Sunday

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3 w. ago British tourist, 31, is found dead in Venice canal after going for a walk on his own while on holiday with his wife

Ambulance, police and firefighters were swiftly called but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Initial investigations suggest drowning was the cause of death.

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3 w. ago Firefighters call for funding boost as they prepare for Bonfire Night

A union said the service had been pushed beyond limits.

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3 w. ago Failed Afghan asylum seeker 'stabbed to death female store manager who gave him a job' after his deportation from Germany was deemed 'unsafe'

An Afghan asylum seeker has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing his female boss to death, following German authorities' decision that his home country was too unsafe. 

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4 w. ago Two found dead in flooded basements as New York hit by rainstorm

Separate incidents see bodies pulled from basements in Brooklyn and Manhattan as heavy rain closes roads and causes delays Two people died in flooded New York City basements Thursday during a rainstorm that shut down roadways and caused airport delays, authorities said.A scuba team recovered the body of a 39-year-old man after firefighters received a call of a person trapped in the flooded basement of a townhouse in Brooklyn at about 4.30pm, police said. A video posted online showed firefighters carrying the victim away through calf-deep water on the street. Continue reading...

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