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Hackney Wick: 13 people injured after mezzanine floor collapses at London bar and restaurant - Sky News

Seven people were rescued after a mezzanine floor collapsed at an east London bar.

The incident happened at Two More Years in Roach Road, Hackney Wick, at 4.44pm on Saturday.

London Ambulance Service (LAS) declared a major incident after crews were called to reports that part of a building had collapsed.

Emergency services were seen outside the Two More Years bar and a police cordon was put up
Image: Emergency services were seen outside the bar and a police cordon was put up

Crews treated 13 people, with three having potentially serious injuries and 10 having minor injuries, while four people were also taken to hospitals and major trauma centres.

LAS strategic commander Brian Jordan said: "We declared a major incident and dispatched a number of resources to the scene.

A number of people were injured when a mezzanine floor collapsed at the Two More Years bar and restaurant studios at Fish Island, Hackney Wick, east London
Image: Firefighters rescued seven people from inside the building

"This included incident response officers, advanced paramedics, tactical advisers, clinical team managers, units from our hazardous area response team and several ambulances and fast response unit car crews.

"We also dispatched teams from London's Air Ambulance.

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"We worked closely with emergency services partners and treated 13 people.

"Three patients had potentially serious injuries and 10 had more minor injuries.

"We took four people to hospitals and major trauma centres."

A man who was in the venue at the time said: "There was just this sort of cracking sort of noise and dust started coming down.

"Me and my friend just ran to the side and the whole thing just came down in a matter of seconds."

People were seen gathered outside the Two More Years bar this evening
Image: People were seen gathered outside the bar after the floor collapsed

The man said he saw one person being brought out on a stretcher and put into an ambulance, but he said most of the injured appeared to have cuts and bruises rather than anything serious.

LFB station commander Sacha Clement, who was at the scene, said: "Firefighters carried out a systematic search of the building and rescued seven people from inside.

"They were trapped on the remaining part of the mezzanine floor and crews used a ladder to bridge between the floor and the internal staircase to get them safely out of the building.

"We are working with our emergency services partners, and a number of people have been treated at the scene and taken to hospital."

LFB added around 50 people left the building before crews arrived.

Rushanara Ali, Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, tweeted: "Very concerned about the collapse of part of a building at Roach Road #fishisland.

"My thoughts are with all those affected and their loved ones. Grateful to London Ambulance and TowerHamletsNow emergency response services for their support at this time."

The Metropolitan Police said it was called by the LAS at 4.47pm to reports of a partial building collapse at a pub, although a police cordon has since been lifted.

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Hackney Wick: 13 people injured after mezzanine floor collapses at London bar and restaurant - Sky News

Seven people were rescued after a mezzanine floor collapsed at a London bar.

The incident happened at Two More Years in Roach Road, Hackney Wick, east London, at 4.44pm on Saturday.

London Ambulance Service (LAS) declared a major incident after crews were called to reports that part of a building had collapsed.

Crews treated 13 people, with three having potentially serious injuries and 10 having minor injuries, while four people were also taken to hospitals and major trauma centres.

Brian Jordan, LAS strategic commander, said: "We declared a major incident and dispatched a number of resources to the scene.

"This included incident response officers, advanced paramedics, tactical advisers, clinical team managers, units from our hazardous area response team and several ambulances and fast response unit car crews.

"We also dispatched teams from London's Air Ambulance.

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"We worked closely with emergency services partners and treated 13 people.

"Three patients had potentially serious injuries and 10 had more minor injuries.

"We took four people to hospitals and major trauma centres."

A man who was in the venue at the time said: "There was just this sort of cracking sort of noise and dust started coming down.

"Me and my friend just ran to the side and the whole thing just came down in a matter of seconds."

People were seen gathered outside the Two More Years bar this evening
Image: People gathered outside the Two More Years bar on Saturday evening

The man said he saw one person being brought out on a stretcher and put into an ambulance, but he said most of the injured appeared to have cuts and bruises rather than anything serious.

LFB station commander Sacha Clement, who was at the scene, said: "Firefighters carried out a systematic search of the building and rescued seven people from inside.

"They were trapped on the remaining part of the mezzanine floor and crews used a ladder to bridge between the floor and the internal staircase to get them safely out of the building.

"We are working with our emergency services partners, and a number of people have been treated at the scene and taken to hospital."

LFB added around 50 people left the building before crews arrived.

Rushanara Ali, Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, tweeted: "Very concerned about the collapse of part of a building at Roach Road #fishisland.

"My thoughts are with all those affected and their loved ones. Grateful to London Ambulance and TowerHamletsNow emergency response services for their support at this time."

The Metropolitan Police said it was called by the LAS at 4.47pm to reports of a partial building collapse at a pub, although a police cordon has since been lifted.

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Jumat, 11 Februari 2022

UK edges toward accord over Northern Ireland trade checks - Financial Times

The UK has signalled it could accept customs controls on goods destined only for sale in Northern Ireland, its first significant concession during months of talks with Brussels over post-Brexit trading arrangements.

Liz Truss, foreign secretary, wants to resolve the dispute over the Northern Ireland protocol — part of the EU-UK withdrawal agreement — which has soured relations between London and Brussels as well as convulsing politics in the region ahead of elections on May 5.

Truss, who travelled to Moscow on Thursday for talks on Ukraine, believes Europe needs to work together to tackle the geopolitical crisis in the east. “Liz thinks western democracies need to work together,” said one ally.

London has so far insisted that suppliers of products shipped from Great Britain intended for sale in Northern Ireland only should no longer have to fill in customs forms as dictated by the protocol.

But British negotiators on Friday told their EU counterparts they could accept controls — though far fewer than under existing arrangements or reforms proposed by Brussels.

The verbal offer was considered so sensitive it has not yet been provided in written form.

The proposal came during Truss’s third in-person meeting with European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic, held in London. British officials said there was “a constructive atmosphere” at the talks.

After the meeting the pair issued a joint statement, saying they agreed “on the need for progress in their talks in the interest of people in Northern Ireland, to stay in close touch and that officials will continue intensive discussions in the coming days”.

Truss’s team declined to comment but one ally said she had “put forward a series of constructive proposals to address problems created by the protocol” and to bring the two sides closer together. There was no single “offer” and the UK’s fundamental negotiating position had not shifted, they added.

Under the terms of the Northern Ireland protocol, all goods going from Great Britain to the region must follow EU customs and health rules to avoid a trade border on the island of Ireland itself. But this “Irish Sea border” has offended the Unionist community in the north, which favours remaining in the UK.

The commission in October had offered to create “red and green channels”, in which goods that were clearly destined to remain inside Northern Ireland, such as supermarket deliveries, would only need to provide a single customs form per load. London has now agreed to discuss this idea, but wants declarations to be even less detailed.

The two sides have yet to make progress on the trickier issue of health checks on animals and food entering the region. The commission claimed its offer would reduce them by 80 per cent but the UK is unconvinced.

Any customs agreement could be ratified by a meeting on February 21 of the Joint Committee, which manages the post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland. The talks are then expected to be paused during the election campaign.

EU diplomats gave a cautious welcome to the UK proposal. “It’s a positive move but we are not rolling out the red carpet yet,” said one. “There is still a long way between the two sides.”

Any concessions made during the talks with Brussels could anger Eurosceptic Conservative MPs, who dislike the protocol negotiated by Boris Johnson, the prime minister, because it puts a trade border in the Irish Sea — within the UK’s internal boundaries.


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Cressida Dick resigns as Metropolitan Police commissioner | News - The Times

A row is growing between the Home Office and London City Hall as Sadiq Khan is accused of playing politics over the ousting of Dame Cressida Dick.

Priti Patel, who is responsible for appointing the Metropolitan police commissioner, is furious that Khan did not tell her he was withdrawing support from Dick and effectively forcing her out.

Home Office sources said it was “rude and unprofessional” that Khan did not inform Patel he was calling a crunch meeting with Dick to discuss her future at the Met. Dick did not attend the meeting at 4.30pm yesterday, having been told by Khan he did not have confidence in her plans to rid the Met of its toxic culture. She chose to resign instead.

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Wales announces scrapping of COVID passes and face coverings in certain venues - Sky News

COVID passes and the need to wear face coverings in certain venues will be scrapped in Wales later this month.

From 18 February, domestic COVID passes will no longer be required to enter indoor or outdoor events including nightclubs, cinemas, or theatres.

But venues will still be able to use them if they choose to.

From Monday 28 February, face coverings will no longer be needed in most public places, including gyms, cinemas, and churches.

They will still be required in all shops, public transport, and health and care settings.

The Welsh government will confirm the changes on Friday during the first three-week review of the country's coronavirus measures.

Anyone who tests positive with COVID-19 will still have to remain at home for five days and have a negative lateral flow test on days five and six.

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First Minister Mark Drakeford said vaccination levels and decreasing infection rates mean the country can "look forward to brighter times ahead" as it moves beyond "the emergency footing on which we have been operating for nearly two years".

Mr Drakeford said: "With increasing numbers of people vaccinated and boosted and thanks to the hard work and efforts of everyone across Wales, we are confident that coronavirus rates are falling and we can look forward to brighter times ahead.

"We can start to gradually and carefully remove some of the remaining protections we have in place at alert level zero.

"But we are not removing all the measures at once because the pandemic is not over yet.

"To keep Wales safe we need to remain cautious and do everything we can to reassure those who feel most at risk."

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Meanwhile, in Scotland, students and teachers in secondary schools will no longer need face coverings in the classroom from the end of this month.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the change - from 28 February - is a "further step in allowing children and young people a return to a more normal experience in school after many, many months of sacrifice".

Face coverings will still be required in other communal, indoor areas within high schools, she added, but this will be kept under "regular review".

The news came after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the last domestic restrictions in England - including the requirement to isolate if you test positive - are likely to be lifted later this month.

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Kamis, 10 Februari 2022

Cressida Dick to step down as Metropolitan Police chief - BBC News

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Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick is leaving her role after a series of damaging controversies.

Dame Cressida said she had been left with "no choice" after London Mayor Sadiq Khan made it clear to her he had no confidence in her leadership.

Last week, the police watchdog found "disgraceful" misogyny, discrimination and sex harassment among some Met PCs.

Dame Cressida, the first woman to lead the biggest UK police force, also faced criticism over the Sarah Everard case.

Her conduct was referenced in an independent report that accused the force of institutional corruption over the unsolved murder of Daniel Morgan, and before she became commissioner she was in charge of the operation that led to the fatal shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes.

Speaking on BBC London hours before her departure was announced, she insisted that she had "absolutely no intention" of quitting, and that she was "seething angry" about the police watchdog's findings into the culture at Charing Cross police station.

But in his statement, Mr Khan said he was "not satisfied" with Dame Cressida's response and that she "will be stepping aside" as a result.

Mr Khan thanked the commissioner for her 40-year policing career.

He said he would now "work closely with the home secretary on the appointment of a new commissioner" with an aim to restore trust in the Met.

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Dame Cressida "has served her country with great dedication and distinction over many decades".

Home Secretary Priti Patel said the police chief held the role "during challenging times" and that she "exemplified the increasingly diverse nature of our police".

Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper thanked Dame Cressida for her public service and said reform was needed to rebuild public confidence after recent cases.

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey said a change in the force's leadership was "long overdue".

He added that Boris Johnson, whose part in the Downing Street parties held during lockdown is still being investigated by the Met, must have no role in choosing her successor.

Harvey Proctor, a former MP falsely accused of murder during a disastrous probe into claims of a VIP paedophile ring, said her departure had come not a "day too soon" and called for a full inquiry into all her "personal mistakes".

Alastair Morgan, who has spent decades campaigning for justice for his brother Daniel after he was killed with an axe in a pub car park in south-east London in the 1980s, said Dame Cressida had "disappointed" his family on every level during her time in charge.

"Although I think it is a shame that we are seeing another commissioner disappear under a cloud of smoke, it is necessary," he said.

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On Thursday morning she was adamant. She wasn't going. But all the signs are that the decision was taken for her by Sadiq Khan

The commissioner of the Metropolitan Police is appointed by the Queen, on the advice of the home secretary, but the commissioner cannot do the job without the support of the mayor.

In the last few weeks attempts were made to convince him that the Met's plan would deliver change.

But that plan involved a review - by Lady Louise Casey - that would have taken much of the year.

She had been given the power to roam freely through the force looking for bad attitudes and poor management of disciplinary issues.

That would have been a period when more revelations were inevitably going to emerge making the commissioner's position even more difficult.

The mayor's timetable was different - days, weeks at most. He needed to be convinced. His officials didn't sound it on Wednesday. Thursday night's development is the result.

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Dame Cressida, who served in the role for four years and was recently given a two-year contract extension, has agreed with the mayor that she will continue to serve for a short time period to enable an orderly handover.

She said in a statement: "It is with huge sadness that following contact with the mayor of London today, it is clear that the mayor no longer has sufficient confidence in my leadership to continue.

"He has left me no choice but to step aside as commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service."

"The murder of Sarah Everard and many other awful cases recently have, I know, damaged confidence in this fantastic police service," she added.

"There is much to do - and I know that the Met has turned its full attention to rebuilding public trust and confidence. For that reason I am very optimistic about the future for the Met and for London."

Ken Marsh, the chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers in London, said Dame Cressida had been unfairly treated.

"We feel the way she has been treated is wholly unfair and we did believe that she was the person who could take us through this and bring us out the other side," he said.

In 2008, the then-Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair stood down after he lost the support of the London mayor at the time, Boris Johnson.

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