WEST SUSSEX APPROVES FIRE SERVICE CUTS

West Sussex County Council has approved proposals that will save its fire service more than £1.6m according to bbc.co.uk. The plans were formally approved on 22 September, following a 12-week public consultation. The proposals include: keeping all fire stations open,...

Crawley family lose pet dog in severe flat fire

Firefighters put out a flat fire which killed a family’s ‘beloved’ pet dog. A spokesman for West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service (WSFRS) said firefighters were called to the scene in Coxcombe Walk, Bewbush, just before 9am today (Tuesday July 8).  The fire, which was...

Restaurant fire safety

Thai Manor boss spared jail after troubling fire safety breaches. A former restaurant boss who put customers’ lives at risk has been spared jail, but ordered to pay costs totalling more than £5,000 according to sunderlandecho. A judge said the fire safety breaches by...