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BBC News
22-05-2025
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- BBC News
Redditch flat badly damaged as blaze rips through home
Firefighters have been tackling a serious blaze inside a & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service said five fire engines, including ones from Warwickshire, were sent to Oxhill Close, Redditch, just after 19:00 BST on Thursday and found a "well-developed" than 20 firefighters worked for about 90 minutes to put the blaze out - the fire service has not said if anyone was hurt.A spokesperson added that investigators were working to find out what caused the blaze. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Daily Mail
22-05-2025
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- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Train smashes into tractor on level crossing leaving six people hurt
A train has collided with a tractor on a level crossing, leaving multiple people injured. Emergency services including ambulances and the air ambulance were scrambled to the scene near Leominster, Herefordshire, shortly after 10:45am. At least six people have been hurt in the incident at Nordan Farm on board the Manchester to Cardiff service. Fortunately the train was not derailed. The condition of the tractor driver is unknown. Rail services between Hereford and Craven Arms have been suspended after the 8:30 train from Manchester Piccadilly struck the vehicle on the crossing between Ludlow and Leominster. National Rail has said all lines are blocked in the area and services between Hereford and Craven Arms are expected to be cancelled or altered until at least 7pm. West Mercia Police, British Transport Police, West Midlands Ambulance Service, the Air Ambulance and Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service have all attended the incident. Fire engines from seven different stations rushed to the scene. A spokesperson for Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service said: 'Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service crews from Hereford, Malvern, Redditch, Wyre Forest, Leintwardine, Tenbury Wells and Leominster Fire Stations were called at 10:52 on 22 May to an incident with a train, consisting of five carriages and carrying 66 people in collision with an agricultural trailer unit near Orleton. 'Six people have been handed over to the care of the ambulance service (log 1314) with minor injuries. 'Police are also in attendance, as are Network Rail. 'There is no fire and the train was not derailed but there will be some disruption to the line.' A spokesperson for National Rail said: 'A train hitting an obstruction on the line between Hereford and Craven Arms means that all lines are blocked.'
BBC News
07-05-2025
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- BBC News
Hereford's historic May Fair interrupted by fire at food stall
Fire breaks out at city's historic May Fair Plumes of smoke were visible in the city A fire has broken out in Hereford city centre during its annual historic May Fair. About 20 firefighters have been sent to the scene in Commercial Street, where it is thought a mobile food stall is on fire, Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service said. Plumes of smoke can be seen rising from the blaze, which was reported to emergency crews at about 11:00 BST. A traditional ceremony was held on Tuesday to officially open the fair, which has taken place in the town for more than 900 years.
