Workers could achieve a qualification in the causes of workplace fires, thanks to a newly-launched vocational qualification.
Homes ‘must change heating methods’
Households must drastically alter the way they heat their homes if the UK is to cut carbon emissions without the burden of massive costs, engineering experts have claimed.
Vomiting bug hits Welsh hospitals
The Welsh public have been urged to ensure they are careful with their hand hygiene following an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug in a number of hospitals.
12 rescued after basement blaze
A dozen people were rescued by firefighters after a fire broke out in a Glasgow city centre shop basement.
Shopping centre evacuated over fire
An electrical fire forced hundreds of people to evacuate a shopping centre over the weekend.
Firms paid renewable-heat subsidy
Two companies have become the first in the UK to be paid for renewable heat generation.
Chalet fires at Pontin’s resort
Four people have been taken to hospital after eight chalets caught fire at a Pontin’s holiday resort in Somerset.
FBU slams fire service alarm plans
A firefighters’ union has cast serious doubt over a service’s proposal to stop responding to alarms that go off automatically.
Burned out pub might still collapse
Fears that a burned building may collapse have kept firefighters at the scene of a blaze, after they fought for 10 hours to bring the flames under control.