the mission statement of the united fire service women to support and advocate for the welfare of women in the san francisco fire department. >> please speak into the microphone. >> this one? we moved it to this one so we could use it. >> sure. at your discretion. >> the mission of the united fire service women to support and advocate for the welfare of women in the san francisco fire department and a network of women in the fire service, ensure diverse fire department to represent the city we serve. basically our goal to work with the administration with the department for the good of not just the women in the department, for all in the department. and to make training and social -- a variety of things we cover, but -- ensure that promotional and training information is readily available and accessible and advocate for the women in the department as well as others and social networking. >> so i love history, and this department has a long and fantastic history. i'm just going to give you a really brief one of the women in our department. in 1976, women were first allowed to take the en

a short time ago police, ambulance and fire services gave this briefing. s received a call to a house fire on sycamore lane stafford at 22403”! this morning. three appliances and an aerial level platform were taken. on arrival, ci’ews we re platform were taken. on arrival, crews were faced with a fully developed fire on the first floor of the end terraced property. one male and one female and a baby had escaped from the property prior to oui’ escaped from the property prior to our arrival. throughout a first—floor window. firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the in order to search for other family members. firefighters were faced with very difficult conditions inside the property due to the severity of the fire. i can sadly confirm that the bodies of four young children were located within the property by fire and rescue service personnel. fire investigation teams are currently working with colleagues from west midlands fire service and staffordshi re midlands fire service and staffordshire police in order to find out how the fire started and sp

has been clear that we look to the national fire chiefs council and local fire and rescue service leaderster lucy massoud, "i remember my first fire station. there's a tiny cramped dorm with three beds, meant for one. there was a massive dorm for the guys and we were stuffed in like sardines." at other stations, female firefighters had to sleep on the floor. there was a solution proposed of having gender— neutral dorms and toilets and washing facilities, which is overwhelmingly opposed and could cause women to leave the service. would the minister agree to demand ordinance across the country's fire stations relating to facilities for female firefighters? she will know that 1a fire services have recently been reviewed by her majesty's inspectorate. and of the 1a, two were found to not have adequate shower facilities for female firefighters — hampshire and the isle of wight. i name them, and i very much expect they will be improving their services. we know that there are issues as well with sleeping accommodations. as well as working with the home office to ensure there's better facilities,

fire service and staffordshire police will wait until they have more detail to explain what has happenedstigating. thank you, jenny aiken, at the scene of that awful house fire in stafford. eight people have died and almost 30 others have been injured in a fire in an eight storey apartment block in paris. the police believe it was arson. a woman has been arrested. let's turn to our paris correspondent hugh schofield to update us on the situation. terrifying images from this fire. until relatively recently firefighters were still trying to put the flames out. has it been brought under control yet? yes, a couple of hours ago now. the firefighters are standing down. of course work it's still going on to make the place safe and forensic teams going into find out exactly what happened. it is about 100 metres behind me on the right—hand side, you cannot see anything from the street because the building is in an inner courtyard. firefighters say that made it much harder for them to get access, vehicles could not drive up and put ladders up straight from the roads, they had to carry the ladders

our fire investigation team are currently working with colleagues from west midlands fire service and staffordshire police, in order to find out how the fire started, and spread throughout the property. the tragedy has shocked the community. we'll bring you the latest from the scene. also tonight... liam neeson denies he's racist after his comments to promote his new film provoke a media storm. a warning about the impact of pollution on our children — the un says the uk has the highest number suffering from respiratory conditions in europe. theresa may tells business leaders in northern ireland she's confident she can strike a deal to improve the controversial irish backstop. and hmv rises again on the high street after it's bought by a canadian record company. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, jose mourinho has to pay £3 million to escape a jail sentence in spain, for tax offences. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. four children, aged between three and eight, have died in a house fire overnight in stafford. their motherjumped from a first floor

west yorkshire fire service says its one of the biggest moorland fires they've ever had to deal with.hocking levels of violence in doctors surgeries — 3,000 patients were banned last year because of their behaviour. theresa may opens the door to a brexit delay, as mps are promised a series of votes if they reject her deal. shutting up shop — as more high street stores close, retail workers face the highest risk of unemployment or redundancy than any other industry. that's according to a report out this morning. i'll be finding out why later. this is one way to impress your new boss. the foxes beat brighton 2—1, after brendon rogers is confirmed as the new leicester city manager. and after another day of record—breaking temperatures, the last of the exceptionally warm days. i will have your full sunny forecast here on breakfast. it's wednesday the 27th of february. our top story. fire crews have been tackling a huge blaze on saddleworth moor in west yorkshire. around 1.5 square kilometres have been affected — one eyewitness described it as "apocalyptic". 0ther fires have broken out nea

four children have died in a house fire overnight in stafford. police and emergency servicescalled to reports of a fire in sycamore lane in the highfields area, around 2.30 this morning. a fifth child and two adults are being treated in hospital for injuries. we can speak to our reporter liz copper who is at the scene of the fire in stafford for us. this is awful. any more news about what happened 7 this is awful. any more news about what happened? emergency crews were called at around 20 to three this morning to a serious house fire and when they arrived sadly they could do nothing to save the lives of those poor children who were pronounced dead at the scene. there we re pronounced dead at the scene. there were three other occupants, two adults and each child. they had somehow managed to escape from the house and they were taken to hospital where their injuries being described as not life threatening. at the moment we have a considerable amount of police activity but also activity from the fire service. we are seeing some flowers that are being made at the moment, being bro

emergency services are still at the scene. staffordshire firet is examining the house as the investigation into the cause of the blaze begins. local politicians have offered their deepest sympathies and prayers to those affected. four young lives gone, and a community left shaken, and devastated. we can speak to our correspondent phil mackie who is at the scene of the fire in stafford for us. what have the police been saying this afternoon? they have been involved heavily with all the emergency services. we havejust seen emergency services. we havejust seen fire investigators leaving. they have been carrying out searches within the property. you can make it out on the distance, the blue tarpaulin covering the upstairs window and more tarpaulin covering the hole in the euro. we think that is to keep the site safe so they can get in and carry out the investigation, to try to find out what happened last night and the early hours of this morning when those children died. we have had state m e nts those children died. we have had statements from the

west yorkshire fire service says its one of the biggest moorland fires they've ever had to deal with.3,000 patients were banned last year because of their behaviour. theresa may opens the door to a brexit delay, as mps are promised a series of votes if they reject her deal. shutting up shop — as more high street stores close, retail workers face the highest risk of unemployment or redundancy

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let's not forget robert as the first african-american fire chief of services go. >> the fire captainandall west and tiffany johnson worked together to start this black history month event five years ago pick >> historically, african- americans have been left out of textbooks. >> reporter: it is called chief is my belief, bringing firefighters and students together for a reason tatian that is meant to be fun and educational. >> we have a push towards being inclusive and making sure that history is shared with our children. >> reporter: students got to meet the part of history in person. >> i was the first black female they hired>> i did what i came out here to do, to not only teach them but to let them know they can do whatever they want. , whatever the desires. >> reporter: it is a lesson they hope will make a lasting impression on these young minds. >> they look at the firefighters again see i can do this. they look at the chief and say i can do that. >> it is a good idea to bring us together. it one day, they might want to be firefighters. >> reporter: alex savidge, ktvu, fox 2 . >

it was very heartbreaking because she kept asking -- there was a lone deputy -- most of the fire service people were on the other side and this deputy was trying to get -- direct the fire people to where he was. he was very heartbreaking to listen to people in there. she kept asking, are you guys going to help me. the good idea is she's talking, alert, conscious, obviously. she's saying that she's fine, she's just trapped. >> she's just in a certain part of the house. goodness gracious. >> bryan, had is marcus here. the path that house is sliding, is it in danger of hitting any other homes in the area? >> yeah. it definitely hit another home also. i don't know if that is damaged also. this structure is just completely, completely collapsed. it looks like something basically of the murk video we see from the south and east. it is completely down. we've seen some of these houses that stay in tact if they slide off a foundation. this is totally, totally gone. >> have you heard anything about evacuations of other homes in that area because of what happened to this home that we're looking at

our fire investigation team are currently working with colleagues from west midlands fire service andd out how the fire started and spread throughout the property. three people managed to survive the blaze — the children's brother, two—year—old jack, their mother 24—year—old natalie unitt, and her partner, 28—year—old chris moulton. firefighters say they managed to escape byjumping out of an upstairs window. their injuries are not believed to be life—threatening. more than 15 firefighters scrambled to the house to put out the flames. neighbours described the loss of young lives as absolutely heartbreaking. i didn't know until now. i thought they'd all got out. the flames were intense, theyjust went that quick, into the roof. it was coming out the roof in seconds, weren't it. four young lives gone, and a community left shaken, and devastated. sima kotecha, bbc news, stafford. police in paris believe a fire that engulfed a block of flats killing ten people and injuring at least 30 others, was started deliberately. a woman who lives in the apartments, in the south west of the city, has b

our fire investigation team are currently working with colleagues from west midlands fire service and to find out how the fire started and spread throughout the property. three people managed to survive the blaze — the children's brother, two—year—old jack, their mother, 24—year—old natalie unitt, and her partner, 28—year—old chris moulton. firefighters say they managed to escape byjumping out of an upstairs window. their injuries are not believed to be life—threatening. more than 15 firefighters scrambled to the house to put out the flames. neighbours described the loss of young lives as absolutely heartbreaking. i didn't know ‘til now. i thought they'd all got out. the flames were intense. it just went that quick into the roof. it was coming out the roof in seconds, weren't it? four young lives gone, and a community left shaken and devastated. sima kotecha, bbc news, stafford. the hollywood actor liam neeson has denied he is a racist after finding himself at the centre of a global media storm. in an interview to promote his latest film he described how, a0 years ago, when someone cl

the paris fire service is saying that seven people have died inafire saying that seven people have dieda wealthy neighbourhood on monday night, this from the afp newsagency. they are reporting the blaze took hold in an eight story block in the 16th arendt —— arrondissement. according to the fire crew won half hours ago at 3am local time, fire crews had finished evacuating the block, but were still fighting the flames. several surrounding buildings were also evacuated. more on that as soon as we have it. the head of the un mission in yemen has warned that the seven—week ceasefire, in the key port city of hudaydah, is fragile. there have been more talks between the two sides in yemen's civil war, president hadi's government, internationally—recognised and backed by a saudi led coalition, and houthi rebels, who are accused of being allied with iran. but un officials says yemen is still the world's worst humanitarian crisis. it's estimated ten million people are suffering from extreme hunger. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been speaking to people in khokha, in hudayda

the good fire service back in bremen and visiting alex berg were given no rest but straight from the whistle. put the hosts ahead after just eight minutes with this piece of individual brilliance. hausberg struggled to deal with grim ins ruthless intensity you had a second time smashed home the second perfect hit to leave keeper grego could pull stranded. just a minutes later braman strained forward again. fox three stocks red and cold home. a stunning strike and braman were three no luck heading into half time. after the break braman took their foot off the gas but still remained dominant substitute kevin moved out rounding off the four nil victory in the eighty third minute. happy days for vertebrae men as they celebrated their anniversary wake in style the book of our let's take a look now at how this weekend's results have shuffled the bonus league standings dorman's lead has been cut to just five points that's because by munich they were the only side in the top five to get a win laver cousins victory on friday means that they slide into those all important european spots on the

from the fire service so. that forty people have been taken to that document. hospital. disaster management fire specialist major. no was told me that now as you can see this is a very busy street this is a holy day today language memory a day despite that it's a very busy and congested. shops as well as living quite and this is the old part of the city not the capital the central part of the city very densely populated so what happened yesterday and we have some conflict in the fort from the witnesses in the neighborhood there said that there was an explosion in a pickup truck most possibly the cylinder because a lot of the cars and trucks a run on natural gas that exploded and spread the fire into a nearby restaurant which also had a natural gas cylinder and that explosion costs the dimension which towards a lot of chemicals four parts and that spread fire all across and that was a wedding procession going that particular moment and people become victims of that particular wedding procession several cars went by and rickshaws three wheelers by barn people died on this.

staffordshire fire and rescue services are investigating into the cause of the fire. 0ur reporter liz2:40am to this serious house fire. when they arrived, sadly, nothing could be done to save the lives of four children who were pronounced dead at the scene. three other occupants, two adults and another child, had escaped. they have been taken to hospital and are being treated with injuries described as not life—threatening. neighbours have described hearing some sort of blast or explosion that woke them from their sleep in the early hours. as you can probably see, there is a lot of police activity and fire service investigation teams are at the scene. 0bviously investigation teams are at the scene. obviously this is very early daysin scene. obviously this is very early days in the explosion, far too early to speculate what might have caused the fire. the family are being given assistance by specially trained police officers and we have heard from staffordshire police this morning, they say they are sending their sympathies and condolences to their sympathies and condolences to the fam

the fire service were called to the blaze on land off brushes road, millbrook, at around 9pm this eveningand firefighting gear to control the blaze. millions of workers could see their take—home pay fall from april, when the amount they have to put into their pension pot increases. since 2012, ten million eligible workers have been automatically signed up to workplace pensions, and from april, their contribution will rise from 3% of their salary to 5%. here's our business correspondent rob young. building up a pension pot — sacrificing part of our wages today to pay for a more comfortable retirement. since 2012, 10 million eligible workers have been automatically enrolled in a workplace pension. from april, many of those employees will have to put a bigger proportion of their pay into their auto—enrolment pension pot. according to an analysis of earnings, the annual take—home pay of someone earning £15,000 a year will be £49 lower, if they pay contributions on their entire salary. somebody on £30,000 will take home £253 less. in a few weeks' time, many workers currently contributing 3% of

fire commission i'm not so sure they're a very of that in detail. as point of information as chief hayes-white indicate, 1997 is when we inherited ambulance services and there was a joint meeting between the fire ctmmission and heath commission to launch that particular program. there has been precedent set, i've been trying to find out the proper procedure a again dieing sunshine as to if myself and the vice president from this commission might be able to start conversations with the president and vice president to the joint meeting and start the dialogue in terms of what we're doing and what the cost is with that kind of endeavor. i also want to let you know that i have also reached out to two of the commissioners of the social services commission because there are lips that we have there. a longstanding commission and commissioner james mawe're also talking to them because the at venturality is if we me meet wih the health commissioners, reach out with the social services commission. that fact with-the dialogue we had tonight, it seems obvious that we should have some relationship with the homeless department as well. the mandate is clear in terms

emergency services are still at the scene. staffordshire fireservice says it is examining the house as the investigation into the cause of the blaze begins. local politicians have offered their deepest sympathies and prayers to those affected. four young lives gone, and a community left shaken, and devastated. we can speak to our correspondent phil mackie, who is at the scene of the fire in stafford for us. what is happening there now? they are still making the house itself safe. you can possibly see the blue tarpaulin and the lifting gear they have got here behind me. that is where this tragic accident happened this morning and four people lost their lives. they are carrying out investigations. they do not know yet what caused the fire, but they are trying to find that out asa but they are trying to find that out as a matter of urgency. we heard state m e nts as a matter of urgency. we heard statements earlier from the assista nt statements earlier from the assistant chief officer from west midlands ambulance service, who said it had been immen

essex county fire and rescue service say they are dealing with a serious incident involving a light aircraftt belchamp water. victims of crime will be given new powers to challenge the release of violent offenders from prison, after a review in england & wales. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week: barriers without walls. can tech trump the border? how microsoft came back from the dead. and the magic behind the avengers. the construction of a wall at the us—mexican border has dominated american politics since donald trump joined the presidential race back in 2015. we are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration. it reached its crescendo in december, when the now—president announced a federal government shutdown over its funding. we're going to have a shutdown. there's nothing we can do about that. a record 35 days later it was finally lifted, without any real resolution, and it could easily be back on within weeks. as trump tweeted out a new design for his wall, now made of steel rather than concrete, the democrats did offer a potential compromise — to fund a

have prevented any casualties, but staffordshi re prevented any casualties, but staffordshire fire servicethe building, in some parts of the structure may not be able to be saved. the fire has completely consumed one wing of the building. it has broken through the building. it has broken through the roof, and we have used several jets to fight the fire from both an exterior of the building and from inside the building. patients at the facility are treated for mental health difficulties, and police say that during the incident one patient did leave the scene, but was found a short time later. all of the patients will now be transferred to other facilities. patients will now be transferred to otherfacilities. police say patients will now be transferred to other facilities. police say a 43—year—old man has been detained on suspicion of arson, and they are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. a regulator should be appointed to oversee tech giants like google and facebook and prevent the spread of fake news, according to a government—backed report published today. it is one of several r

the local fire and crime commissioner paid tribute to the emergency services and described what's happeneds shattered, the inside of the house blackened by the fire that ripped through the upstairs. it happened close to 3am in the highfields area of stafford. eyewitnesses say it sounded like an explosion. four children were killed. eight—year—old riley holt, six—year—old keegan unitt, four—year—old tilly rose unitt and three—year—old 0lly unitt. firefighters were faced with very difficult conditions inside the property due to the severity of the fire. 0ur fire investigation team are currently working with colleagues from west midlands fire service and staffordshire police in order to find out how the fire started and spread throughout the property. three people managed to survive the blaze — the children's brother, two—year—old jack, their mother, 24—year—old natalie unitt, and her partner, 28—year—old chris moulton. firefighters say they managed to escape byjumping out of an upstairs window. their injuries are not believed to be life—threatening. more than 15 firefighters scrambled to the

. >> he loved the fire services. absolutely loved it. loved being a paramedic. >> danielle was just as ambitious, finding her stride in the administrative office of a local office. >> she became the regional marketing director for the whole hospital corporation. >> sam and danielle didn't have children but they had the next best thing, sam's great niece aubrey cake. >> you're like the daughter we never had. they always told me that. >> aubrey who attended college nearby often spent weekends with the deers. >> sam was the best ever. he really took me in as family right away. he was just like a regular dad. he really just cared. focus on school, don't let those boys ruin your life. they're no good. don't let those boys get around you. he's like and you're never allowed to date a fireman. >> what's wrong with firemen? >> he just worked with them and knew how they were. so. >> did danielle also take you in like you were one of her own? >> yes, she was as welcoming as he was. >> aubrey listened to their tales romantic trips to exotic lands. >

essex county fire and rescue service say they are dealing with a serious incident involving a light aircraft. and in half an hour in click, we'll take a look at how technology could play a role in donald trump's controversial border wall plans. nissan has confirmed that its next—generation x—trail people—carrier, originally planned for its sunderland plant, will instead be made in injapan. three years ago, the company said it would build a new version of its vehicle at the site, after getting government assurances about the impact of brexit. but, in a letter to its workers in sunderland today, the firm says the planned investment has now been withdrawn. the business secretary greg clark says the news is a blow to the car industry but insisted nissan had reitterated its commitment to the uk, and sunderland in partricular. one of sunderland's mps, labour's julie elliott, has been giving her reaction to the news, to our reporter stuart whincup. it's devastating news for our city and the region. any loss of future production at the plant makes it less stable but i can't say i'm not surprised. th

availability varies from fire service to fire service around the country, humberside, for example, carrieslosing a pet in a house fire can be hugely traumatic. new york, a cold nose when you get home, simon, or even a warm nose when you get home, simon, or even a warm one? no, i don't. nobody believes that! boot up, see you in court! thank you both very much! you can access those stories via the bbc iplayer. and a reminder we go nationwide every afternoon at 4.30 here on afternoon live. the head of the metropolitan police has warned if progress continues at the current rate, it'll take 100 years for the force to be ethnically representative of london. but commissioner cressida dick told our home affairs correspondent danny shaw that the scotland yard is "utterly different" to how it was 20 years ago, when it was branded institutionally racist by the mcpherson report into the aftermath of stephen lawrence's murder. we're recruiting right now. we've had some new money and we are out recruiting. last year we were recruiting somewhere about 28% black and minority ethnic recruits. and that's gr

they depend on fire service and library services staying open. we don't have the luxury of not delivering for our local communities. so we use every tool at our disposal to take care of infrastructure, to maintain infrastructure, to build infrastructure when it's necessary. >> so speaking of a federal partnership, what does that look like? i mean, you guys have talked about some tools you're using, bond issues, p3s. what are some of the things that you think the federal government can help you lead and other mayors from cities, towns and villages all over america, what do you think they can do? >> well, certainly there are some federal programs that have been extremely helpful. the build program and its predecessor have been helpful, especially when you're looking at mass transit, when you're looking at larger infrastructure projects. we've actually used that in our commuter rail between chicago and northwest indiana. but in addition to that, the opportunity zones present a real opportunity for us to see local investment, but there also has to be

everyone got out, it is the smaller events that do not get reported to trading standards, local fire serviceund registering appliances, most people feel it is a marketing tool. but we are trying to detect it —— detach it from the marketing, just register it, and especially if it is a gift or if it is second—hand. especially if it is a gift or if it is second-hand. this is our point, we we re is second-hand. this is our point, we were not the original purchasers, and my father—in—law was an appliance engineer and said the next day, have a look online, see if it was at risk. we looked it up, and the model we had had been flagged at risk in 2013 but we had no idea of knowing. rented accommodation, given appliances, did not register, there is no way of knowing. it is one—to—one and if you don't have the details, game over. what incidences have you been to to sort out a fire that has been caused by a faulty electrical appliance in someone's home7 electrical appliance in someone's home? we go to many fires, 15 a day in london, white or similar. high numbers. we had a case recently where a tumble d

drenching rains covering the town from the atmospheric river storm.sonoma county fire and emergency services department say residents living along the russian river need to evacuate now.in guerneville michelle kingston kron 4 news (ken) several rivers, creeks, and streams could flood tonight and into tomorrow. (pam) our grant lodes is in the newsroom with a closer look. grant? ((grant/fsc))here are a ((grant/fsc))here are a ((grant/fsc)) here are a look at the towns under a mandatory evacuation under a mandatory evacuation order chianti guernewood hacienda korbel((grant/fsc)) northwood rio dell mirabel heights((grant/fsc)) mirabel park montesano vacation beach there are there are shelters located for those being evacuated at the sebastapol center for the arts, and the sonoma county fairgrounds grace pavilion. grace pavilion. fairgrounds sonoma county arts, and the center for the the sebastapol evacuated at those being located for shelters there are there are shelters located for those being evacuated at the sebastapol center for the arts, and the sonoma county fairgrounds grace pavilion. a l

ali ahmed khan is the director general of the bangladeshi fire service. area and very narrow and cars exploded side by side and there was an explosion also around the cylinders. the sexual abuse claims surrounding the roman catholic church is its "most urgent crisis" to address — that's according to pope francis. today, he will open the first global summit at the vatican on child abuse reform, attended by senior bishops from around the world. from rome, our religion editor martin bashir reports. i was then about seven or eight years old. i became the little friend of the chaplain... on every continent, priests have been betraying trust and abusing children. every time that he commit abuse to me, he sent me to another priest to confess myself. chrissie foster's family was torn apart when both her daughters were sexually assaulted by the same priest. it's very debilitating, the impact on the victim. but on the families, yeah, it's such a betrayal. and they had the knowledge of these crimes, they hid it, they moved perpetrators on, they kept it a secret. a r

we have one of the national fire service vehicle. ke the vehicle that would have arrived when the plane crashed to put out the fire. we have the us air force band, as well. good morning, lads! they will be playing throughout the programme, as well. we will have a real mixture of emotions because of course we are marking real sacrifice from those ten airmen and at the same time, it's a celebration for those people who will mark what they gave up on that date. let's pick up a little bit more on the story with dan walker. on the 22nd of february, 1944, ten us airmen died when their plane crashed in a park in sheffield. the badly damaged b—i7 flying fortress, known as mi amigo, was coming back from a bombing raid in europe. experts have always thought the crew aimed for endcliffe park to avoid the thousands of houses that surround it. we saw this plain circle just over the rooftops. tony foulds was playing in the park that day. as it came over, from inside... don't know whether it were t‘pilot or whether it was t‘bomber — on that front si

agencies and the public, and report on overall field operations, including greater alarm fires, emergency medical services, bureau of fire prevention and investigation, and airport division. >> president nakajo: thank you. at this point, i'm going to entertain public comment on the chief's report. included in this report is a report from operation, but i would entertain public comment from the chief's report, and then there would be a process after the chief's report for any comments or questions from the commissioners, i.e., the same for the operation report, as well. as point of information to you, colleagues, madam secretary, to the chief, unfortunately, i have a hard appointment at ten minutes to 12:00 that i need to attend at 12:15, so i will move this facilitation chair to our vice president francee cough g covington, when it becomes necessary to leave myself. >> commissioner hayes-white: with regards to us being midway through this fiscal year, we are on track currently. with regards to academies, our 125th class is in their third week. there were two members released during the e.m.s. portion, whi

emergency services are still at the scene. staffer sheard firee says it is examining the house as the investigation into the cause of the blaze begins. local politicians have offered their deepest sympathies and prayers to those affected. four young lives gone, and a community left shaken, and devastated. we have just been told the children the four that died were aged 3, 6 and 8, that i were boys, and a four—year—old girl, and just to confirm again their names, they are being named locally as riley, keegan, tilly and olly, so we have heard from police, three, six and 8—year—old boys and a four—year—old girl. theresa may will tell business leaders in belfast that she can secure a brexit deal that commands "broad support" and avoids a hard border with ireland. the democratic unionist party leader arlene foster says the backstop arrangement, designed to prevent physical border checks, is "toxic" and has to be replaced. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. hundreds of lorries carrying goods cross this border everyday. after brexit it will b

essex county fire and rescue service say they are dealing with a serious incident involving a light aircraftknown to have died. and victims of crime are to get new powers to challenge the release of violent offenders.

the fire service has now left the facility.d in real. the mangle were due to play their historic rivals in the neck on saturday but that game will know not go ahead. so three days of mourning declared in a country that is passionate about that sport especially about football. that and other was reflecting that for these young boys on the team this would be a dream come true this would be a dream to be training to be able to help theirfamilies dream to be training to be able to help their families if they became professional footballers clinic footballers. i am sure this isn't just a real tragedy this is a national tragedy. flamenco at the best supported club and have a national support base, radio took flamengo games all across the country and flamengo who rebranded themselves, so the accounts the supporters in their millions. they have many supporters up the other end of brazil thousands of miles away from real. so this is notjust away from real. so this is notjust a real tragedy it is a national tragedy. thank you. the drax p

paying tribute to the emergency services and for those that were called to the scene this would have been a traumatic experience and pay tribute to local schools, the fire and rescue service will have an investigation into the causes of this tragedy and the outcome of that before deciding anything further. >> jim mcmahon. >> my friend the honorable member to share the story of the pain she went through. 9 months ago the prime minister committed to establishing a children's funeral fund meaning parents would cover the cost of burying their child but 9 months on 3000 families who bury their children because the government does not put the fund in place. when can we see the form? will the government commit to payments, the data the announcement made. >> mister speaker, as the prime minister said it isn't right grieving parents have to worry about meeting the funeral costs, parents will no longer have to meet the cost of burial or cremation and fees waived by local authorities and paid for by governments. we've been working as the honorable gentleman acknowledged, the most effective way to deliver the fund because we have to get this right but i take the po

>> volunteer fire service is unique. we serve everybody. we don't have.our challenge is education. we referred to that digital sign you saw, being on facebook and internet. it's educating people. you can volume tier and serve your community and despite political factors volunteers aren't paid. our budgets aren't as controlled assay the paid stat at police departments. brian: we know about academies for cops and volunteer firefighters and border patrol. do you know what i fear is next? ice. because we are so so polarized. you are putting your life on the line on a regular basis. nine out of every 10 pickups are criminals. and then you are hearing derision? people protesting outside your office? >> brian, i have said for 100 years if you tie law enforcement's hands, if you don't give them the public and the administrative support, that they need, they are going to shut down. you are not going to get the people that you really want to attract. you are going to lose 10% of the cops and 90% of the work. they are going to shut down and do less work because they

essex county fire and rescue service say they are dealing with a serious incident involving a light aircraft

of the fire reserves, particularly as it pertains to there being -- being put into the academy classes, and special consideration should be given. i understand that we have rules of civil service and whatnot, but the idea that the men and women of the fire reserves are spending a heckuva lot of hours every day, every week, every month supporting our fire department, i believe they should to given some consideration. even though our resolution is a sense of what we are as a commission, and it has no legal binding power to circumvent anything regarding civil service rules and their qualifications through the process of being taking exams and having -- being interviewed and whatnot, still, i would like to see our commission pass a resolution in support of the fire reserves and commending them for their service and recommending them for serious consideration as future firefighters in the department. i would like to put that on a future agenda. >> okay. is there another item? >> i would like to have an update on our department strategic plan, which we worked very long and hard on several years ago, and i would like to see where we are as a department in terms of implementing that s