Firefighters and member of public die in fire at Bicester
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Firefighters and member of public die in fire at Bicester
Two firefighters and a member of the public have been killed in a fire which ripped through a former RAF base near Bicester village in Oxfordshire last night.
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Oxfordshire's chief fire officer gives an emotional statement at the scene of a fire which claimed the lives of two firefighters and a member of the public at a former RAF base in Bicester. Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service’s Chief Fire Officer Rob MacDougall says, “it is with a very heavy heart that we today report the loss of two of our firefighters. A member of the public has also sadly died in the incident.”
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The home secretary is planning to proscribe the Palestine Action group, effectively branding them as a terrorist organisation, Sky News understands. Sky News
A pro-Palestinian group has targeted an RAF base and damaged two military aircraft in what the Ministry of Defence (MoD) branded an act of "vandalism". Sky News
The defence secretary has paid a visit to a Royal Air Force station following his pledge to ramp up defence spending this week. John Healey flew in an army helicopter and operated a drone during the visit to RAF Northolt in South Ruislip in London on Tuesday.
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Members of a pro-Palestinian activist group have broken into a military base and damaged two aircrafts.
Two Palestine Action activists broke into RAF Brize Norton in Carterton, Oxfordshire, on e-scooters and sprayed red paint on two planes.
The group said the incident took place due to flights departing daily from the base to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, "a base used for military operations in Gaza and across the Middle East".
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A yellow thunderstorm weather warning is in place for parts of England and Wales - as the heatwave across the country continues.
The warning is in place for parts of the East and West Midlands, North and East England, Yorkshire and Wales.
It will last from 3pm and will last until 4am on Sunday.
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The culture secretary has announced a major boost in investment for the creative industry in the UK. Lisa Nandy said the creative industries sector plan "will almost double the amount of investment going into the creative industries over the next decade."
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David Lammy has urged Iran to carry on negotiations with the US as he continued to seek a diplomatic solution to the Middle East conflict. Speaking in Geneva, Foreign Secretary has added “It is still clear to me, as President Trump indicated yesterday, that there is a window of within two weeks where we can see a diplomatic solution.” Report by Gluszczykm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
MPs have voted in favour of the assisted dying bill which will legalise the right for terminally ill people in England and Wales to end their own life with medical assistance. In a historic vote on Friday, MPs voted 314 to 291 in favour of the bill, backing the right for adults with less than six months to live to choose to end their own lives. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Kim Leadbeater, the MP who introduced the assisted dying bill into parliament, said it has been a "long journey" to get the bill passed. "It's been an extremely emotional journey. It was the right thing to happen," she said. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Kemi Badenoch describes the deaths of two firefighters and a member of the public after a fire broke out at a RAF base in Bicester, Oxfordshire, as “horrifying”. The Conservative leader says, “I..
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