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Eleven major fires in the past 48 hours and 43 new wildfires since Friday have left services under “incredible pressure”, a fire boss has said.Phil Garrigan from the National Fire Chief’s Council (NFCC) said major incidents had been declared across the UK, including in Stourbridge, Sandwell, Pershore and Stoke-on-Trent in the West Midlands, as well as in Hampshire and South Wales.Many residents forced to flee their homes following the fires are still in the dark about when they can return.In Stourbridge, where 38 houses have been destroyed or damaged, frustrated residents said they were not getting any answers, although it…

Wales’ Jonny Clayton won his first New Zealand Darts Masters title with a commanding 8-4 victory over compatriot Gerwyn Price.In pursuit of a second World Series title, ruthless Clayton swept past top seed Gian van Veen and England’s James Wade to reach the final in Auckland.The 51-year-old then hit 72, 158, 80 and 62 checkouts as he raced to a 5-1 lead against his World Cup partner.Mistakes from Price put Clayton on the brink of winning at 7-1 up.Price, who beat Clayton in the 2022 final, briefly threatened to come back into the match as he won three successive legs,…

Andy Burnham has been urged to “rapidly expand prison capacity” amid national outrage over the possible early release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers.Speaking to GB News, crime journalist David Shipley argued the Labour Government has had “two years” to get a grip of the prisons crisis.She told GB News: “Please don’t let us down. We and everybody else in my situation, we all deserve better, we should not be put in this position.”We’ve been put into a place that we should never have been in the first place, and we’re having to live and cope with this horrific situation.”Reacting to…

A suspected thief was arrested after leading traffic police on a 100mph chase in a stolen Amazon delivery van carrying £1,000 worth of parcels.The 25-year-old was held after officers pursued the van from Wigan, in Greater Manchester, through Bolton and into Chorley in Lancashire, where the van crashed into pedestrian barriers and a vehicle stopped at traffic lights.Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said over the course of 40 minutes, the van had been driven three times over the speed limit, reaching around 100mph, injured a cyclist and caused significant damage to multiple pieces of street furniture. No serious injuries were reported.…

Brittan said she had previously been offered compensation for another data breach by the Met, after they disclosed sensitive information about her first police interview by mistake to two people in Australia.Speaking about the latest breach, the 61-year-old told the : “It’s very shocking because they were meant to have learned all lessons and it would never happen again. “And although the first one was far more egregious because it was very sensitive data that was sent to Australia, I was promised that they had learned and the same thing couldn’t happen again.She added that many of Al Fayed’s alleged…

Bournemouth have vowed to “do better” after changes to matchday staffing were handled in a manner which “did not reflect the standards” the club expects.Concerns were raised over the way the Premier League club told some long-serving members of their matchday team that their services would no longer be required for the 2026-27 season.An email was sent from “the safety team” two weeks before the start of the season.In a statement,, external the club acknowledged those concerns and said: “We have reviewed the way these changes were communicated and recognise that it did not reflect the standards we expect of…

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PC Andrew Harper’s mother Debbie Adlam has issued a heartfelt plea to Prime Minister Andy Burnham as her son’s killers are set to be released early from prison.Sitting down with GB News presenter Cristo Foufas, Ms Adlam urged the PM to “not let us down” and ensure that the two killers of her son are excluded from Labour’s early release scheme, and that they serve their “full sentence”.She told GB News: “Please don’t let us down, we and everybody else in my situation, we all deserve better. We should not be put in this position. “We’d be the scapegoats for…

Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse are preparing to tell Prime Minister Andy Burnham to launch a full public inquiry into the convicted paedophile’s connections to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and the wider British establishment.The UK Epstein Survivors Campaign, representing close to a dozen victims including well-known campaigner Lisa Phillips, plans to hold talks with Burnham in the months ahead as part of what it describes as a drive for “truth and justice”.The group argues that documents released by the US justice department have raised “serious questions that cannot simply be ignored”.In a statement provided to The Telegraph, the survivors said: “Records and…

On Friday, Stephen Kinnock, Secretary of State for Wales, said military personnel had been deployed for logistical support and to help “ease the pressure on the ground”.Despite cooler temperatures on Saturday, crews across Wales are continuing to battle fires. Mid & West Wales Fire and Rescue Service (MWWFRS) said crews had spent more than 90 hours on “operational incidents” in Llanwrtyd Wells, Merthyr Tydfil and Ebbw Vale.”It has been tough, however, we have been overwhelmed by the support we have received during this time,” the service said, thanking local businesses “that have kept us fuelled with food and drinks”.Residents had…