Severe fire on Coventry canal boat caught on camera
All emergency services were sent to the scene
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A severe blaze on a Coventry canal boat has been caught on video.
All emergency services were sent to the scene of the blaze yesterday (April 29), which occurred on the Oxford Canal near the Aldermans Green Road bridge.
Now footage has surfaced of the fire, which shows the boat engulfed in flames, and can be seen below.
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A shopper was taken to hospital after a car smashed through a bakery.
Police, paramedics, and firefighters were called to the Orne and Devine Bakery in Eccleshall Road, Stone, shortly before 11.30am today after the car ploughed through the shopfront.
The force has confirmed details of those in the car at the time.
A spokesman said: We were called by West Midlands Ambulance Service at about 11.30am today to reports of a car colliding into a shop window in Stone. A car had crashed into the window of Orne & Devine The Bakery on Eccleshall Road and gone through into the bakery. Two women – the driver of the car aged in her 80s and a passer by – had suffered minor injuries. Luckily, no staff inside the bakery were hurt.
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Firefighters shut off electricity and carry out structural checks
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service has confirmed the condition of neighbouring buildings has been checked following this morning s collision.
Apr 30, 2021
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Emergency services were called out to the collision, on the road between the Sundorne and the Battlefield roundabouts, at 11.41am.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said that one woman was treated for injuries, not believed to be serious, before being taken to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for further assessment.
The second patient was discharged at the scene.
The road closure led to long tailbacks and slow traffic as drivers were diverted through roads in Harlescott.
Paramedic Nic Griffiths, right, has issued a warning over gangs
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A paramedic has spoken of her fears over gang violence in North Staffordshire after being called to stabbings on a daily basis .
Nicola Griffiths - who regularly shares stories about the trials and tribulations of working as a medic on the frontline in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire - is urging teenagers to take extra precautions to avoid becoming a crime statistic.