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Archive for April 2011
Royal wedding Sandyhills beach party leads to disorder
- News Item
- April 30, 2011
Police and firefighters were called to a beach party after trouble broke out among teenagers celebrating the royal wedding in Dumfries and Galloway.
More than 50 people gathered on the beach at Sandyhills, five miles from Dalbeattie, on Friday.
Fires...
Former care home in Chapeltown damaged by fire
- News Item
- April 30, 2011
A former care home in Leeds has been badly damaged in a fire.
Crews were called to Harehills Lane in the Chapeltown area of the city on Friday evening.
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue used an aerial platform to pour water on the flames and four crews ...
Sussex crews tackle derelict house fire in Bognor Regis
- News Item
- April 30, 2011
Fire crews have been tackling a large fire at a derelict building in Bognor Regis.
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (WSFRS) said about 40 firefighters were dealing with the blaze at a three-storey detached house.
A spokeswoman said crews were call...
Man dies in house fire in Cambridge
- News Item
- April 29, 2011
A man who was dragged out of a burning house in Cambridge has died.
Fire crews were called to the fire in a first-floor bedroom at the semi-detached property in Coldham Plain, just before 2200 BST on Thursday.
The man, who was in his 20s, was brought...
Shed fire spreads to four homes in Lower Brynamman
- News Item
- April 29, 2011
An investigation has begun into a blaze that has hit four houses in a terraced street in Neath Port Talbot.
The fire started in a shed in Banwen Place in Lower Brynamman, near Ammanford, but spread first to one house and then three others.
One person...
Fire crews tackling large gorse fire in Strabane
- News Item
- April 29, 2011
The Fire and Rescue Service is dealing with a large gorse fire in Strabane, County Tyrone.
The Silverhill road has been closed. The Koram Road and Glenmornan Road have also been closed.
The Northern Ireland Fire Service said it attended more than 100...
Arsonists blamed for Teesside grass fires
- News Item
- April 29, 2011
Arsonists are being blamed for a surge in grass fires on Teesside which are putting lives at risk, officials say.
In the Eston Hills area alone, 57 fires have been dealt with in 26 days, according to Cleveland Fire Brigade. The same period in 2010 sa...
Fire 'covering miles' of moors above Bolton
- News Item
- April 29, 2011
About 80 firefighters from across Lancashire and Greater Manchester have been involved in tackling a blaze on the moors above Bolton.
Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service were called to reports of the fire in Belmont, near Bolton, at 1005 BST.
Smoke fr...
Wiltshire gyrocopter crash pilot avoids party children
- News Item
- April 29, 2011
A gyrocopter pilot who died in a crash in Wiltshire, narrowly missed a nursery school celebrating the royal wedding.
Nearly 40 youngsters at The Griffin School, in Salisbury, were throwing a party on Thursday when the aircraft flew low over the roof....
Police release details of Essex lake plane crash pair
- News Item
- April 29, 2011
Police have released further details of two men killed when their light aircraft crashed into an Essex lake.
The men died when their two-seater Yak 52 plane crashed into the lake at Ulting Lane, Langford, near Maldon at 1300 BST on Thursday.
One of t...