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London Fire Brigade Commissioner calls review findings 'horrifying'

Swathes of firefighters face the sack if they are found to have bullied or been racist, misogynistic or homophobic, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) chief has said. The fire service has “dangerous levels of ingrained prejudice against women”, while colleagues from minority backgrounds are “frequently the target of racist abuse”,…

Evening Standard

Fire union made sections for members after 'dangerous levels' of prejudice

It comes after a damning independent culture review of London Fire Brigade

Wales Online

London Fire Brigade found ‘institutionally misogynist and racist’ in damning independent review

London Fire Brigade has been found “institutionally misogynist and racist” in a damning independent report. Accounts ranging from women being groped to people having their helmets filled with urine feature in the wide-ranging review, which examined the culture at England’s biggest fire and rescue service. Led by Nazir Afzal, a…

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Firefighters face sack if found to have bullied or been racist, LFB boss says

London Fire Commissioner Andy Roe spoke at a briefing at LFB headquarters.

The Independent UK

London Fire Brigade chief accepts organisation is institutionally racist and misogynist and vows change

‘There will be change and the change starts now,’ vows LFB chief Andy Roe

The Independent UK

Toxic sexist and racist abuse in London Fire Brigade dismissed as 'banter'

The culture review of the service, London mayor Sadiq Khan said, contains 'abhorrent' details and 'must be nothing short of a watershed moment' when it should be a workplace free of discrimination

Daily Mirror

Sexist and racist abuse seen as ‘banter’ at London Fire Brigade, review says

A review into the brigade found that female, black and Asian firefighters had to contend with abuse from colleagues.

The Independent UK

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London Fire Brigade culture review ‘must be nothing short of watershed moment’

A report described a toxic culture.

The Independent UK

London Fire Brigade institutionally misogynist and racist, review finds

An independent culture review into the brigade was led by former chief crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal.

The Independent UK

London Fire Brigade ‘institutionally misogynist and racist’, independent review finds

The report found the brigade has a ‘toxic culture that allows bullying and abuse’

The Independent UK

London Fire Brigade found ‘institutionally misogynist and racist’ in damning independent review

It features shocking reports of women being groped, racist bullying, and people having their helmets filled with urine

Evening Standard

You don’t know about the Denmark Place fire because its 37 victims didn’t count

The deadly central London arson attack took place in 1980. A plaque is now being unveiled – but why did it take so long, asks writer Simon Usborne

The Guardian - UK

E-bikes catch fire in Bethnal Green second-hand shop

Faulty e-bike batteries are believed to have caused the fires

Evening Standard

Woman's body found in Tottenham Lock

Police were called at approximately 02:20hrs on Friday, 11 November to reports of a woman believed to have entered the water at Tottenham Lock, near Ferry Lane, N17. Officers, London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance Service attended. The body of a woman, believed aged in her 20s, was recovered from…

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London Fire Brigade criticised over rehiring retired senior staff in ‘tax-saving’ measure

Union said rehiring retired senior staff showed bosses were ‘gaming system’ to ‘rob taxpayers’

Evening Standard

Oxford Street building evacuated as fire breaks out near John Lewis

Workers were evacuated from an Oxford Street building and roads closed as a fire broke out on Monday evening.

Evening Standard

‘Shock and disbelief’: Vietnamese restaurant in Hoxton destroyed by fire starts GoFundMe page

Staff at BúnBúnBún on Kingsland Road are ‘devastated’

Daily Mirror

Couple spend TWO YEARS bailing out floods from leaking flat and five months in the dark

Two vulnerable pensioners have been battling leaks in their flat for two years and had to go without lighting for five months after water penetrated electrics

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Wales Online

Warning to swap candles for battery-powered lights after house fire

Blaze believed to have involved a tealight candle

The Independent UK

Firefighters urge people to swap candles for battery-powered lights

People are being encouraged to make sure they put out any candles, incense and oil burners when they leave the room and especially before bed.

Evening Standard

Firefighters called to flooding across London after storm batters southern England

Short-lived storm sent Londoners running for cover and caused fallen trees and telephone wires

Evening Standard

Fire alert sounded over faulty batteries used in e-scooters and bikes

The London Fire Brigade revealed that there had been 89 fires this year involving batteries used by e-bikes and scooters

Wales Online

Disabled women say they are having to live in rat and mould-infested flats

'I've got rats, I’ve got mice, I can't sleep. I'm so depressed'

Daily Mirror

Disabled women trapped in rat and mould-infested flats say 'we can't take this any more'

Two wheelchair bound women living in the same block in North Kensington, London, have been living with disrepair has hit out against their landlord as they say they are being discriminated against

The Independent UK

Braverman says ‘fire engine blocking’ Just Stop Oil demo ‘indefensible’

The Home Secretary said she expects police to use the ‘full powers’ available to them to deal with ‘disruptive’ protests

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