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BBC News
5 days ago
- Climate
- BBC News
Firefighters rescue riders from Windsor big wheel
Firefighters have rescued two people who became stuck on a big wheel stricken pair were on the 33.5m-high (110ft) observation wheel in Alexandra Gardens near Goswell Road, Windsor, when it broke down on Tuesday Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service said crews were sent shortly before 22:00 BST and brought the pair down after about 40 wheel, offering views of The River Thames and Windsor Castle, has gondolas for up to six passengers and takes about 10 minutes to go round. The attraction, which makes its final trip each night at 21:00, opened in the public garden in March and is expected to run until early September. You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
BBC News
5 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Bicester Motion fire: Two firefighters remain in hospital
Two firefighters remain in hospital three weeks after a fire at a business park that claimed three Jennie Logan, 30, and Martyn Sadler, 38, along with father-of-two Dave Chester, 57, were killed in the blaze that engulfed the Bicester Motion site on 15 Valley Police has previously said they sustained injuries in line with those "typically caused by the collapse of part of a structure".The force confirmed earlier that the two other firefighters left seriously injured were still in hospital. The fire rapidly spread through a former aircraft hangar at the site on Buckingham Road, and a major incident was declared. Ten fire and rescue crews were called to tackle the blaze as witnesses reported seeing black smoke in the inquest into the deaths opened in Oxford on Tuesday and was adjourned until 25 November. The force has confirmed that an unexplained death investigation was being led by its major crime unit, alongside fire investigators and the Health and Safety Logan and Mr Sadler, who previously worked for Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) and was also part of London Fire Brigade, were only the fifth and sixth firefighters to die tackling a blaze in England in the past 15 years, according to Home Office incident was also the first time two firefighters had been killed in the same fire since Jim Shears and Alan Bannon died at Shirley Towers in Southampton in 2010. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
12-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Nineteen injured in fatal M4 minibus crash near Reading
Nineteen people were injured in a fatal minibus crash on a motorway slip road in which a child died, a fire service has minibus overturned on the link road from junction 10 of the M4 to the A329(M) near Reading, Berkshire, at about 14:45 BST on motorway reopened after about three hours but the slip road remains Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service said two people were found to be trapped, with a total of 19 people being injured and receiving care from firefighters and paramedics. The child died at the scene and the fire service handed over responsibility for the scene to Thames Valley Police at about 17: police force confirmed on Sunday that no arrests had been made. You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
The Sun
11-05-2025
- Automotive
- The Sun
Major motorway CLOSED in both directions after ‘serious' crash with multiple air ambulances landing
THE M4 in Berkshire is closed in both directions after a "very serious" crash on the motorway "involving an overturned vehicle" this afternoon. The collision happened on the eastbound carriageway between junction J11 (Reading) and J10 (A329M/Wokingham). 2 Six ambulances and five critical care units were at the scene on Sunday afternoon, according to South Central Ambulance Service. National Highways said the crash was "major", resulting in "a serious injury". It reported "severe" delays on the closures in both directions - in part due to broken-down vehicles in the queues. The M4 in Berkshire is currently closed eastbound, between junctions 11 and 10, and westbound, between junctions 8/9 and 11, the highways agency added. It said Thames Valley Air Ambulance, Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue and Thames Valley Police were also called to the scene. 2
BBC News
11-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
'Major' crash shuts M4 motorway in both directions
A motorway has been closed in both directions following a major Highways said the M4 in Berkshire was closed eastbound, between junctions 11 and 10, and westbound, between junctions 8/9 and 11, because of a "serious injury incident involving an overturned vehicle".South Central Ambulance Service confirmed it had five critical care units and six ambulances at the scene on Sunday afternoon. Thames Valley Air Ambulance, Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue and Thames Valley Police were also there, National Highways said. Just before 16:00 BST, police said the closure would likely be in place "for the foreseeable future" and asked drivers to avoid the Highways described the crash as "major" and said there were "severe" delays approaching the closures in both directions, partly because of broken down vehicles in the BBC has contacted Thames Valley Air Ambulance and Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue. You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
