the fire service made a decision to go to the fire service made a decision to gotoa the fire servicesion to go to a rendezvous point which is normal practice for the ambulance service, the ambulance service was called forward and at this stage i am unsure as to why the fire service was delayed for so long. greater manchester fire and rescue service has a technical response unit, these are people trained specifically to deal with terrorist situations. that unit took part in the trafford centre exercise last year, it is still uncertain who on the night made the decision not to deploy that units. save the uk firefighting service is the major online platform for firefighters service is the major online platform forfirefighters in service is the major online platform for firefighters in the service is the major online platform forfirefighters in the uk. but on the night of the manchester bomb those who were on duty use this page as the event was unfolding to vent their frustrations they were not being sent to the arena.|j their frustrations they were not being sent to the arena. i have be

save the uk fire service is the major online platform forfirefighters in the uk.e night of the manchester bomb those who were on duty used this page as the event was unfolding to vent their frustrations that they weren't being sent to the arena. i have been a firefighter in manchester for nearly ten years and i had never felt so much guilt in my life. we were only half a mile away from helping, half a mile from potentially saving lives and that will always stick with me forever. a paramedic lady came to us, pleading with us to help, because they needed it. one firefighter who was on duty that night has come forward to tell us how it felt. we just sat there waiting, waiting for the get go. you're kicking yourself what you could have done, i mean it might not have changed anything, but we could have been there to help. they were homeless people helping, members of the public helping, i am a paid member of the public service and i wanted to help, i just wasn't allowed to help. those who were trapped in the foyer that night remain grateful that so many put their lives

the fire and ambulance service are controlled separately by different players. first firefighting school of its kind in kenya. i went to visit them and got to try out some training. flare is working with the school to add as many firetrucks as possible to their nairobi coverage, as well as locating available public and private water supplies to add to the map. there are enough hydrants in nairobi theoretically, they were planned for, but a lot of the hydrants have been built on top of, so we're surveying nairobi to see where there are publicly available hydrants and where their private hydrants are that we can actually tap into. at this stage, it's unclear how the membership funding model will play out for fire cover as callout costs could be radically higher and more variable than ambulance work. flare has high hopes of becoming the 911 call equivalent for the whole of kenya in the future. hotstepper is a wayfinding app that uses this scantily clad character to guide you to your designated destination. it is doing so by combining ar, geolocation data, and mappi

i want to be clear, the current plan to cap the deduction would be devastating to the fire service. not just in virginia, but across the country. while fire departments are funded through local taxes, they base their needs not on what can be provided, but on determining the best way to save lives and protect property. eliminating the salt deduction would force local governments to arbitrarily reduce taxes or cut services, leading to a weaker fire service under either scenario. these cuts would have a real impact on things like response time, funding proper staffing levels, and purchasing necessary equipment. even with the property tax exemption, sales and income taxes, supply the majority of state revenues. without the full salt deduction, we would be fighting for a smaller piece of the pie instead of working together as a community to fund services based on actual need. we must stand up for the solvency of states and their local tax decisions. in addition to affecting the fire service, taking away the deductibility of these taxes would have an impact on the lives of middle class men

snow >> the current plan to cap the deduction would be devastateic to the fire service. not just in virginia but across the country. while fire departments are funded through local taxes, they base their needs on not what can be provided but determining the best way to save lives and protect property. eliminateic the salt deduction would force governments to reduce taxes or services leading to a weaker service. ese cuts would have a real mpact. even with the property tax exemption. sales and income taxes supply the majority of state revenues. without the salt reduction we uld be fighting instead of working together. we must stand up for the sovereignty of states and our local tax decisions. in stigs to affecting the fire service, taking awe the deductibility of these taxes would have an impact on the lives of middle-class men and women many of whom i work aside and represent every day. virginia alone. residents would be hit with tax libets. those workers who own a home would see their mortgage interest deduction diluted. this impact will only serve to impact firefighters

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the following enquiry led to a huge change to the tube and the fire service's safety regimes. ng should be banned and heat detectors and sprinklers should be installed. and crucially, the emergency services should be able to communicate with each other underground. most of the recommendations have since been implemented. these types of exercises are now part of training and legislation ensures minimum staffing levels on deep line stations. there isn't a month goes by in myjob where we don't reference the king's cross fire. it had such a phenomenal and beneficial effect on the organisation. so out of a desperate tragedy, good things have actually come. the unions say they will resist anything that they think could compromise safety. and these changes only happened after the deaths of 31 londoners. the tunisian born designer rose to prominence in the 1980s and 90s, when models my only campbell and cindy crawford were among the stars to wear his trademark figure hugging designs. his dresses have been warned by a host of famous faces, from former us first lady michelle obama to pop

the following inquiry led to huge changes to the tube and the fire service's safety regimes.cy services should be able to communicate with each other underground. most of the recommendations have since been implemented. these types of exercises are now part of training also legislation ensures minimum staffing levels on deep lying stations. although a new radio system stations. although a new radio syste m o nly stations. although a new radio system only introduced after the 7/7 bombings in 2005. there isn't a month goes by in myjob we do not reckford is the king's cross fire. it had such a phenomenal and beneficial effect on the organisation —— do not reference. out of a desperate tragedy, good things have actually come. if you're standing in this great station, one of the things that built it is out that terrible disaster. our should be very reassured but our thoughts are very much with the people who lost their lives and were injured. with cuts due on the tube, the unions say they will resist anything they think could compromise safety and these changes only happened after

mister speaker, public service is in crisis from police to fire service, nhs to children's schools, a superrichview dodge their taxes. government sits on its hands as billions i lost the vital public services, the conservatives taxes for the few, vital services for the many, not just one role for the superrich. both sides of this house, asking a question that should be a concerted attempt to shout that person down, and completely unacceptable for every quarter it comes. to have some thought to how behavior was regarded, by the people who put is here. >> is in the truth this is a government that protects the superrich and the rest of us to put austerity, poverty, homelessness, and slashing of local services, that is a reality of a tory government. >> we have taken 160 billion pounds extra as a result of the action, the tax gap is that it's lowest level ever, under the labour party, and the entire police budget for england. we and the conservatives are building a britain fit for the future. the best brexit to the right h gentlemen he may have gone momentum to his party but brings the na

speaker, public service is in crisis, from police to the fire service. few dodgeper rich their taxes. yes. handsvernment sits on its , as billions are lost to viable public services. the conservatives cut taxes for the view, and vital services for the many. it is not just one rule for the super rich. apologize for interrupting. >> both sides of this house will be heard. the idea that when somebody is asking a question there should be a concerted attempt to shout that person down is totally undemocratic and completely on acceptable from which whatever quarter it comes. i would just ask colleagues to give some thought to how our behavior is regarded by the people who put us here. jeremy corbyn. >> mr. speaker, quite simply, is in the truth that this is a government that protects the super rich, while the rest of us pick up the bill through cuts, austerity, poverty, homelessness, low wages, and slashing of local services all over the country? that is the reality of a tory government. >> prime minister. >> we have taken 160 billion pounds extra in as a result

all of the emergency services, the fire service and the ambulance service are there. . this is in the industrial area of the waddesdon estate. as your contributor was saying, this is actually dense woodland. there is no sign of the crash from anywhere in the local area, and this is on top ofa the local area, and this is on top of a hill. it is well within the wooded area where the plane and helicopter came down, both coming from the airfield. ayew still there? have we lost you? i think we have. we are staying on pictures over the area, a rural area we are staying on pictures over the area, a ruralarea of we are staying on pictures over the area, a rural area of dense woodland, after the collision between a helicopter and a light aircraft which happened near waddesdon, which is near aylesbury in buckinghamshire, just after they this afternoon. i think brennan nichols is back with us. can you hear me? yes, i can. you were telling us about the latest information that you have. the ambulance service have confirmed there have been casualties. this is an area! there have bee

more than 50 officers from the police, fire service and coastguard combing the area above and below the last seen. the search moved to this clifftop area after police found women's clothes — similar, they say, to what gaia was wearing when she was last seen. it was shortly after that discovery that officers arrested 49—year—old paul elsey. this evening, he's been released under investigation. paul elsey lives in one of these flats in this complex of morrison road in swanage. his 71—year—old mother and 19—year—old nephew were arrested earlier this week but have also been released while the investigation continues. this cctv footage shows gaia running up morrison road just before she disappeared. earlier, she'd bought an ice cream at a petrol station outside swanage. and her family want the search to intensify. whatever you're doing, if you're planning on being in this area over the weekend, please do get in touch via the find gaia facebook group, come and pick up some flyers, and get out there looking for her. and tomorrow is expected large numbers of local people willjoin police on this

the fire services role in that. so we did a scenario over by station 4 where a car bomb, a dirty bomb went off. we responded to it and we practiced doing an m.c.i., a mass casualty incident, 50 patients, hot zone, detect radiation present, respond to it and rescue the people out, triage them, and transport, the hospitals also did participate in the drill. their portion was to receive contaminated patients and practice decontamination prior to going to the emergency room. so deal with that, m.c.i., identify radiation present and recognize there are hot zones and establish the hot zones for the radiation fields so we can catalogue the responders' safety to the incident. our people would time out due to lifetime exposure limitations of radiation so they can no longer go into the hot zone. as such, now we need mutual aid to come in. at that point we magically transported this incident to treasure island. at treasure island we have rubbpiled there and buildings to practice this, so mutual aid to do hazmat work there and

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the following enquiry led to a huge change to the tube and the fire services' safety regimes. ency services should be able to communicate with each other underground. most of the recommendations have since been implemented. these types of exercises are now part of training and legislation ensures minimum staffing levels on deep line stations. there isn't a month goes by in myjob where we don't reference the king's cross fire. it had such a phenomenal and beneficial effect on the organisation. so out ofa effect on the organisation. so out of a desperate tragedy, things have actually come. the unions say they will resist anything that they think could compromise safety. and these changes only happened after the deaths of 31 londoners. a little later we will talk to one of the firefighters who helped to tackle those blazers and lost the head command of the unit. we will get his story and the head of december —— the ceremony commemorating those lives. so many people still living with the repercussions of that terrible event. now to the weather forecast. good morning. nota bad good

the fire service said it received more than 400 calls and helped evacuate 20 horses that had become trapped in place across lancashire and neighbouring cumbria. one resident told us how her home was affected. went to work today, thought little of it, came home and thought, right, it's pretty high, it's still going to keep on raining all night, we had better start moving some stuff out of the way. and itjust came in faster and faster and faster and there came a point where we were bucketing it out, bailing it out. we had pumps going. it came a point where it was bucket versus river and the river won. new research suggests that drinking a moderate amount of coffee is unlikely to be harmful to health, except for pregnant women. the study, published in the british medicaljournal, found coffee drinkers had a lower risk of liver disease and some cancers, and a lower risk of dying from stroke — but researchers could not prove coffee was the cause. helen briggs reports. a morning caffeine fix. for many of us, the only way to start the day. but it has long been debated whether that cup of coffee is

in the capital nairobi, alone, there are more than 50 individual numbers for ambulance and fire servicesrward with a plans for a sloution two entrepreneurs have come forward with a plans for a solution but can it help the poorerst? catharina moh has more. when a medical emergency happens in nairobi it is a real problem in the slums because it is hard to access and in the city because it is plagued with a trafficjam. calling foran plagued with a trafficjam. calling for an ambulance or fire plagued with a trafficjam. calling for an ambulance orfire engine is not simple because there are no reliable emergency numbers. that is just in this city. across kenya no central data base exists for emergency services and, until now, they have operated independently so you have to call each one up one by one and that even if you can find the right mobile numberfor them. it isa the right mobile numberfor them. it is a problem this start—up is trying to tackle. you just take full grunted that 9/11 exists. we have never considered it and we worked in health and never thought, what would idoin health and

. >> the history is important to the fire service fighting a fire. >> reporter: used that knowledge tout fire breaks to stop the flames in several locations. but major difference last month compared to 50 years ago, number of homes built in that time. 1964 fires claimed 108 structures. last month, more than 5,000. raising a question, should we rebuild in known fire zone? >> it's tough one. should we rebuild or not? people have the right to rebuild, but we have to be smarter about it. >> reporter: lost home last month. >> used to be front door. >> reporter: tells me lessons learned, but homeowners have a right to rebuild, even if property has dangerous history. >> authority rests within the homeowners themselves. they have the right to rebuild exactly as they want to. >> dan noyes reporting. one major difference, hanley started with hunter tossing a cigarette. leading cause being investigated in last month's fires, trees knocking down power lines. >>> two judges for public utilities commission proposed new rules aiming to make equipment safer, reflect the locations of lines and poles, h

the fire service said it received more than 400 calls. 20 horses had become trapped and were evacuated in force across lancashire, and 18 in neighbouring cumbria. four flood warnings are in place in north wales. christmas shoppers are being urged not to rush into buying gifts from unknown sellers as new figures show victims lost nearly 16—million pounds to fraudsters last year. police have launched a campaign warning buyers that they could be playing into the hands of scammers in their attempts to snap up seasonal bargains. jon ironmonger reports. christmas is coming, which means, for many, the pressure is on to start shopping. in a big rush to buy presents, it not unusual to spend first and think second but police are warning of a sharp increase in shopping fraud over the christmas period. the fraud unit of city of london police says more than 15,000 victims across all age groups came forward to report crimes last year. from identity theft and card cloning to dodgy on line ads, costing shoppers a total of nearly £16 million. compare to this time last year, we've had a 25% increase in

fire at king's cross. we have a wreath laying ceremony cross. we have a wreath laying ceremony this o'clock at king's cross. we then have a church service. fire station to talk to our old friends and meet up to talk to our old friends and meet up with our colleagues. —— —— euston fire station. -- euston fire station. what happened to you. what did your day involved is that fire happened7 happened to you. what did your day involved is that fire happened?” was at soho fire station. it was a 15 hour shift. i was testing hydra nts 15 hour shift. i was testing hydrants around to —— around trafalgar square when i was messaged to say there was a fire at king's cross. fires on escalators in those yea rs we re cross. fires on escalators in those yea rs were not cross. fires on escalators in those years were not uncommon. it was just another call. i attended years were not uncommon. it was just another call. iattended king's cross with my colleagues on the fire engine. as we arrived, my colleague, who actually lost his life that day, said he was going down to investigate it. we stood outside. nothing was showing outside. it was just a normal novemb

. >>> yes they started off as explorers but that's the bottom running on the fire service. they are climbing up that ladder fast. and i -- i'm still in shock. and i'm hurt and devastated. >> it's tough for the entire community there. the families want to hold a joint memorial ceremony to honor all three of the close friends. . chp says it's still investigating the cause of that crash. >>> new evidence today of just how far russian internet trolls got in the effort to impact the 2016 election. in hearings earlier this week several members of the mouse and senate referred to bog us twitter accounts they say were created by russia to influence the election. now melt water a global intelligence media company has gathered a database that referenced all the tweets thp this list includes more than 3,000 news outlets from across the globe. among the news agencies, the washingtons pz, dale mail and huffing ton post and dozens of national website abincluding nbcnews.com. speaking of twitter the san francisco bay area company announcing changes after an employee purposely took down pr

. >> the history is important to the fire service fighting a fire. >> reporter: used that knowledge toop the flames in several locations. but major difference last month compared to 50 years ago, number of homes built in that time. 1964 fires claimed 108 structures. last month, more than 5,000. raising a question, should we rebuild in known fire zone? >> it's tough one. should we rebuild or people have the right to rebuild, but we have to be smarter about it. >> reporter: lost home last month. >> used to be front door. >> reporter: tells me lessons learned, but homeowners have a right to rebuild, even if property has dangerous history. >> authority rests within the homeowners themselves. they have the right to rebuild exactly as they want to. >> dan noyes reporting. one major difference, hanley started with hunter tossing a cigarette. leading cause being investigated in last month's fires, trees knocking down power lines. >>> two judges for public utilities commission proposed new rules aiming to make equipment safer, reflect the locations of lines and poles, how close they can be to p

remain on site today to work with the air accident ranch and a number of other experts from the fire service the men's bodies, hopefully before the end of today. enquiries will continue for the rest of the weekend and i anticipate we remain on site until tomorrow evening. confirmation that four men died in this accident. two on each aircraft, a pilot and a passenger in the light aircraft and in the helicopter as well. the officer there stating that the investigation has much further to run and they expect to be an sidedly through tomorrow and into monday, piecing together all the evidence that will lead to them giving a full indication of exactly what went wrong in this crash. a difficult time for the families of those who have died and for those who knew them as well. nobody here at the airfield was willing to talk about the men who died but obviously they know the people who lost their lives and it has deeply affected people here. people were telling me that instructors came here this morning just to be together and share company had such a difficult time. the investigation work still has

chance to grill nicola sturgeon at fmqs this week, making the case for greater spending on the fire serviceto avoid the political wilderness by heading for thejungle instead as the latest contestant to appear on reality tv show i'm a celebrity get me out of here. catching the speaker's eye is an essential talent for any backbench mp so you wouldn't think they would need reminding but mr bercow felt there some were lacking enthusiasm by the end of the busy week in the commons. a member bobs once, and thinks that is sufficient of a desire to participate. repeated bobbing has always been required. clare gould. a minority tory government faced with steering nation—changing legislation through parliament. sounds familiar? we're talking about 150 years ago when the tories were 70 seats short of the combined 0pposition. two previous administrations had fallen over the issue of voting reform. but the tories brought in the 1867 reform act, which gave the vote to many working—class men. simon vaughan reports. parliament itself needed to solve this issue because it kept on upsetting the normal process

the reports are that as the service was ending, a gunman walked into the church and started firing.h and started firing. according to a local police commissioner, he says he has been told that at least 27 people are dead, and more than 20 are injured. that suggests pretty well nearly everyone in the church was killed or injured in some way. certainly, on the record we have reports of multiple fatalities and multiple wounded. as we can see from these television pictures, a very large response by the emergency services there. a lot of ambulances, airambulances taking services there. a lot of ambulances, air ambulances taking casualties to hospital. we know the connolly memorial medical centre in nearby florence failed to a number of patients from this shooting, but did not —— took a number of patients, but did not give any numbers. the fbi are also there. we have had a response from donald trump emits in asia at the moment. he has tweeted may god be with the people of sutherland springs... we can see his tweet there. just to give viewers a sense of what has happened, when something is

none of the emergency services, police, ambulance or fire service, wanted to speak to the bbc beforee review. but for those caught up in this incident, they simply want to know why it took so long for help to come. the longer it went on, the more silent it became. and it was really eerie. and people who i‘d seen a little earlier, who were severely injured, were now dead. colin paterson, bbc news, manchester. and you can see more on that story tonight on bbc one in yorkshire and the north—west in inside out at 7:30pm and on the bbc iplayer. a consultation with a gp via your smartphone at any time of day or night, that‘s what‘s being tried out in london. the new scheme which has just been launched will cover 3.5 million nhs patients. if successful, it will be extended across england. our health editor, hugh pym, is here. so an instant appointment, on your smartphone, many will see this as the way forward, but some are very concerned about it. that's right, sophie. nhs gps in london working with an online providers say they have done a pilot scheme, which has proven very popular, and it