Around 70 firefighters are tackling a blaze at a factory in London.
Many homes go without CO2 detectors
A study has revealed that thousands of homes in England are not fitted with a carbon monoxide (CO2) detector.
Manager fined for fire breaches
The boss of a Manchester clothing shop has been punished for a range of serious safety breaches, according to official reports.
Infection rates drop in hospitals
More than one in 20 English hospital patients contracted a healthcare-associated illness during autumn 2011, according to new research.
Pub blaze battled for nine hours
A blaze at a Staffordshire pub was battled by firefighters for nine hours after fire broke out on the ground floor as customers were drinking.
Blaze at Nigg Energy Park tackled
Firefighters from Tain and Invergordon have tackled a fire in a gas storage facility at the Nigg Energy Park in Scotland.
Coursework sparks blaze at halls
A student accidentally set her university coursework on fire, just hours before the deadline for submitting the piece.
Pub fire reveals no smoke alarms
A blaze that started in the upstairs living area of a pub could have ended more tragically due to the fact that there were no smoke alarms inside the premises, firefighters have said.
City hospitals ‘breeding MRSA’
Large city hospitals are the breeding grounds of MRSA before it spreads out to other healthcare facilities as patients are moved around, new research has claimed.