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If the fire was started accidentally or deliberately. for those fighting it, conditions are challenging. you are travelling an hour and an hour and a half up, in ppe, you are carrying equipment. you cant get water out there so youre taking that with you. we are using pumps, trying to find small pockets of water. predominantly, it is a physically hard job up there. members of the public were asked to stay away from mourne mountains today, a warning most seem to have heeded but the fire is not out...

Believed to be serious. an ambulance technician has died after an object struck his vehicles windscreen as it was responding to an emergency call. the driver of the ambulance was also injured in the incident, which happened near leominster, in herefordshire, yesterday morning. west mercia police has asked for anyone with information about what happened to get in touch. an operation to put out one of the largest gorse fires in recent years in northern ireland is continuing into a third day. more ...

Were deployed to get an aerial view, and transport firefighters into remote areas of the mountain terrain. the firefighting operation is now being scaled down, as the investigation continues into how it started. our focus remains finalising the extinction of the fire, wrapping up, briefing our crews and working with the multi—agency partners for that. its been a really challenging incident for us. its really difficult terrain. the mournes are an area of outstanding natural beauty, and a conser...

Have been arrested after anti—lockdown protests in central london turned violent yesterday. metropolitan police say eight officers were injured when trying to up officers were injured when trying to up crowds of demonstrators in hyde park and oxford street. two officers were taken to hospital, although the injuries are not believed to be serious. an operation to put out one of northern irelands largest horse fires in recent years is continuing this morning. more than 100 firefighters have been...

After it burned for three days. it affected an area equivalent to 500 football pitches. the cause is still under investigation. apple is shortly expected to release an update to its operating system — this time including a change that has sparked a row with another tech giant, facebook. its all about whether users are asked for permission before their activity is tracked — and what that means for digital advertising. heres our media editor amol rajan. two of the most powerful men in history ...

Latest 24 hour period. more than 33.5 million people have now had theirfirstjab. while the number of people whove had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period, isjust under 500,000, taking the overall number whove had their second jab, to more than 12.5 million. in the last few hours firefighters in northern ireland have managed to bring one of its worst gorse fires for years under control. the flames had been raging since friday in the mourne mountains in county down, with ...

Firefighting teams have been assisted by the forestry service and the national trust. julian fowler reports now from the scene. the slopes of northern irelands highest mountain have been ablaze for three days. after several weeks of dry weather, the gorse and heather on the mountainside was a tinderbox, the mountainside was a tinderbox, the flames fanned by a steady breeze from the irish sea. coast guard helicopters were deployed to get an aerial view and transport firefighters into remote areas...

For the fourth day in a row. the indonesian military say that the submarine that that went missing last week has been found split into three pieces and that all on board are dead. the firefighting operation at the mourne mountains in northern ireland is being scaled back. after three days of battling the fires, the major incident status has been de—escalated. firefighters have now moved to work on extinguishing hotspots. northern ireland fire and rescue service has indicated that it hopes the ...

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Firefighters have stepped up their attempts to tackle a major blaze spreading across the mourne mountains in northern ireland. people are being urged to stay away from the area, amid warnings that further fires could break out. catherine morrison reports. halfway up the mountain, the ground is still alight. flames fanned by a steady easterly wind spread quickly across the tinder dry mountain. it is more than 2a hours after the fire started and the battle continues to put it out. these flames wer...