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Houthis Escalate Suppression Against Women

The Houthi militia increased its suppression against women in Sanaa, and other areas under its control, amid several accusations of local and international parties accusing the group of escalating its repressive campaigns and committing numerous attacks against Yemenis. The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms revealed in a recent report…

Asharq Al-Awsat

London MP calls for LFB firefighters to wear cameras on home visits after shocking racism report

Report into London Fire Brigade found its culture is ‘institutionally misogynist and racist’

Evening Standard

Toxic sexist and racist abuse in London Fire Brigade dismissed as 'banter'

The culture review of the service, London mayor Sadiq Khan said, contains 'abhorrent' details and 'must be nothing short of a watershed moment' when it should be a workplace free of discrimination

Daily Mirror

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London Fire Brigade culture review ‘must be nothing short of watershed moment’

A report described a toxic culture.

The Independent UK

London Fire Brigade ‘institutionally misogynist and racist’, independent review finds

The report found the brigade has a ‘toxic culture that allows bullying and abuse’

The Independent UK

Lewisham fire: Firefighters scramble to tower block after reports of 'explosions'

Around 60 people evacuated their flats early on Tuesday morning before fire crews arrived after flames began rising out of a tower block following reported explosions

Daily Mirror

London Fire Brigade criticised over rehiring retired senior staff in ‘tax-saving’ measure

Union said rehiring retired senior staff showed bosses were ‘gaming system’ to ‘rob taxpayers’

Evening Standard

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Firefighters were called to a fire and explosion involving underground cabling on Station Parade in Barking

Firefighters were called to a fire and explosion involving underground cabling on Station Parade in Barking. There were no reports of any injuries. The Brigade’s 999 Control Officers took 17 calls to the incident. The Brigade was called at 1438 and the fire was under control by 1712. Three fire…

Evening Standard

‘Shock and disbelief’: Vietnamese restaurant in Hoxton destroyed by fire starts GoFundMe page

Staff at BúnBúnBún on Kingsland Road are ‘devastated’

Evening Standard

Man airlifted to coast and taken to RVI after injury on fishing boat 50 miles off North East coast

The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade was paged by HM Coastguard who told them a helicopter would be transferring an injured casualty

Chronicle Live

Two people rescued at Tynemouth after being cut off by tide

The pair were part of a group which had walked behind the old outdoor swimming pool to the rocks by Sharpness Point where they were cut off by the incoming tide

Chronicle Live

Firefighters called to flooding across London after storm batters southern England

Short-lived storm sent Londoners running for cover and caused fallen trees and telephone wires

Evening Standard

North East coastal museum wins Tripadvisor's Travellers' Choice Award

The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House Museum has won the prestigious accolade which puts it into the top 10% of listings

Chronicle Live

Eltham: Woman dies in hospital after child and man rescued as flames rip through house

Firefighters managed to drag the woman out of the burning house after she became trapped by a staircase in her home

Evening Standard

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Dagenham Fire: Blaze at industrial estate rages as plumes of smoke lights up night sky

Around 80 firefighters and 12 fire engines raced to the blaze at an industrial estate in Dagenham this evening, where a "number of industrial units" and several vehicles are alight

Evening Standard

Mayor welcomes new fire boats on the Thames as part of £40m Brigade transformation

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has welcomed London Fire Brigade’s new fire boats to the Thames as part of a £40 million investment made by City Hall to expand the Brigade’s fleet of equipment and vehicles.The Mayor has committed to modernising and transforming the Brigade’s rescue resources, so they…

The Hindu

Thackeray’s Shiv Sena forges alliance with pro-Maratha Sambhaji Brigade

Alliance an effort to save democracy, says Sena chief

The Independent UK

Southwark fire: London train services disrupted as 70 firefighters tackle huge blaze near railway

Firefighters are tackling blaze near Union Street, just south of the River Thames

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Evening Standard

Man hospitalised after Queen’s Park house fire involving e-bike

London Fire Brigade is continuing to see a rise in e-bike and e-scooter fires

Chronicle Live

Sea fret causes extra Tynemouth lifeboat callouts during the weekend

Warm, sunny weather saw thousands of people flock to the region to enjoy the cloudless skies - until the coast was hit by dense fog on Friday afternoon that lingered

Evening Standard

Seventy firefighters tackle large grass fire in Enfield

The “smallest of sparks” could cause devastation, London Fire Brigade warns

Evening Standard

Londoners warned of ‘exceptional’ wildfire risk across the weekend

Water supplies are being monitored “very closely” as firefighters warn of wildfires risk

Evening Standard

Three rescued after house collapses in Thornton Heath explosion

Three people have been rescued after a house collapsed in an explosion in Thornton Heath, south London.Around 40 firefighters and six fire engines were tackling the fire after the explosion in Galpin’s Road on Monday morning.The Brigade said a terraced house had collapsed and neighbouring properties had been damaged.In an…

Evening Standard

M&S stops sale of disposable barbecues as London Fire Brigade pushes for total ban

London Fire Brigade has urged total ban on the products, saying they can cause ‘untold damage’

The Hindu

Shivaji Brigade stages protest

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