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Senin, 25 Juli 2022

Firefighters' plea for public to help as they battle more 'weather-related' blazes in London and Surrey - Sky News

Firefighters have urged people to stop using barbecues and remove rubbish in open areas to help prevent fires in hot weather - as yet more blazes have broken out.

At least eight hectares of land were affected by a fire declared a major incident on Sunday, at Hankley Common, near Farnham in Surrey, which has previously been used to film part of the James Bond blockbuster Skyfall.

Crews are expected to remain at the scene through Monday.

And fire crews in London had also been battling wildfires - with blazes in Rammey Marsh in Enfield, Cranford Park in Hayes and Thamesmead, all described as "weather related".

Appealing to the public for help, London Fire Brigade urged people to cancel all planned barbecues, remove rubbish, especially glass, from grassland and dispose of cigarettes properly.

The service tweeted: "Please help us prevent further fires by cancelling all planned BBQs, removing rubbish especially glass from grassland & disposing cigarettes correctly. Our firefighters & control officers are doing a fantastic job in challenging conditions. Your co-operation will help us greatly."

Surrey Fire Service joined the call. It said: "Speak to young relatives about safety outdoors, pack a picnic instead of a BBQ, dispose of cigarettes and litter correctly."

Temperatures across the southeast of England reached 29C (84F) on Sunday, according to the Met Office.

Images of blackened ground were tweeted by the fire service after the Enfield grass fire at Rammey Marsh over an area of 20 hectares was brought under control.

Some 70 firefighters were sent to the grass fire in Cranford Park, Hayes, where around five hectares of grass and shrubland were alight and smoke spread across west London.

Big Jet TV, which live commentates on planes landing at Heathrow, said visibility was reduced at the airport, sharing a picture of a smoke covered runway from the nearby fire.

Meanwhile, in Thamesmead around 65 firefighters and the fire boat dealt with a grass fire on Defence Close.

The UK has been experiencing a heatwave, with a record-breaking high of 40.3C, in Coningsby, Lincolnshire, on Tuesday.

Why a 40C day in the UK is deadlier than a 40C day in other countries

That day, the fire service saw its busiest day since the Second World War as a result of the extreme temperatures, with crews attending 1,146 incidents on that day alone.

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Minggu, 24 Juli 2022

Holidaymakers travel overnight to make Channel crossings as drivers told to brace for more 'severe' delays - Sky News

Holidaymakers travelled overnight to reach the Kent coast amid a third day of traffic chaos, despite the Port of Dover clearing its weekend backlog.

Border and ferry staff worked "through the night" to clear "huge volumes of tourist and freight traffic", so that services at Dover were finally able to "get back to normal by the early hours of Sunday morning", a port spokesperson said.

Port officials say they have processed 72,000 vehicles and 200 miles of traffic so far this weekend.

But a critical incident is still in place across Kent, alongside Operation Brock, with the AA claiming the worst congestion is now around the Eurotunnel terminal at Folkestone.

Highways England is warning of "severe delays", while drivers are reporting average speeds of just 5mph in some places.

Jack Cousens, head of roads policy of the at the AA, said: "Dover has now recovered, but Folkestone has become the hotspot of holiday hell.

"Drivers are now trying to find alternative routes down to the Eurotunnel terminal at J11a on the M20. Holidaymakers are trying to use the M2 and then find ways to 'drop down' into the A20 and the terminal via the back roads.

"Drivers heading to Folkestone need to be prepared."

14-hour queues for Eurotunnel

Many trying to reach the Eurotunnel have reported setting off in the middle of the night in a bid to catch their trains. One passenger claimed they had to queue for 14 hours.

Stuart and Janet Harrison, who are travelling to their holiday home in Austria, said they weren't hopeful of making their train because of the queues.

"We originally considered flying and it's so expensive so we thought we'd drive," they told Sky News.

Another couple, Lucy and Nick, said they didn't bother arriving early, as queuing all day was inevitable anyway.

"We didn't come early. They're going to put us on today, so I don't think coming early makes any difference," Lucy said.

Asked who was to blame, she added: "This has happened because of Brexit hasn't it. We are very anti-Brexit. But we have to put up with it."

Sky News correspondent Sabah Choudhry, who is in Dover, confirmed that the queues around the port now appear to be much shorter.

"Passengers this morning have been told that their wait time is looking to be around two to three hours - so certainly some welcome news for parents with children," she said.

P&O Ferries tweeted this morning saying there are "currently no queues in or around the port", but still advised leaving two hours before check-in, with port officials also urging people to check with ferry companies before travel.

Both border points say they are expecting fewer travellers today then Friday and Saturday.

The Eurotunnel is set for 7,000 cars - down on the 8,500 on Saturday, while at Dover 6,500 vehicles are expected, down significantly on the 10,000 the previous day.

The long delays have been blamed on slow border checks, Brexit, huge numbers of travellers setting out at the start of the British school summer holidays, as well as the usual flow of goods lorries.

The UK government had blamed a shortage of French border staff, and the French government had argued that passport checks were taking longer now that the UK is no longer part of the European Union.

On Friday, 8,500 cars were processed, but by lunchtime on Saturday, the number processed had already reached more than 17,000.

Natalie Chapman from haulier group Logistics UK said some lorry drivers have waited "in excess of 18 hours" to cross the Channel over the weekend.

Residents in Kent are also affected, unable to travel by car as they would normally due to the congestion.

UK claims lack of resources while French blame Brexit

French regional prefect Georges-François Leclerc was asked by BFM TV if French customs officers were to blame for the delays seen on Friday and Saturday.

He said they were not, adding: "The Port of Dover, which is a private port, found it easier to blame the French police."

UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who is competing to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister, said: "This is a situation that has been caused by a lack of resource at the border.

"That is what the French authorities need to address and that is what I'm being very clear with them about."

Anneliese Dodds, Labour Party chair, said the government had failed "to get a grip" on the problem, labelling it "chaos".

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2022-07-24 12:22:30Z
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Man shot dead and another man stabbed at gathering of up to 100 people in Waltham Forest, east London - Sky News

Police are appealing for videos and pictures after a 28-year-old man died in a shooting during a gathering of up to 100 people.

Officers were called to Cheney Row Park in Waltham Forest shortly after midnight last night.

Soon afterwards, two men turned up at an east London hospital - one of them later died of gunshot wounds.

The other man, believed to be in his 30s, had suffered stab wounds. He has since been discharged from hospital and arrested in connection with the incident.

Det Chief Inspector Kelly Allen from the Metropolitan Police said: "My heart goes out to the family of the man who has lost his life in this reckless act of violence.

"I believe there were 50 to 100 people gathered in and around Cheney Row Park at the time of the shooting with music playing.

"I urgently need to speak with everyone who was at that event - even if you do not believe you saw anything significant, you need to come forward.

"There will have been footage and images captured at the event, and we need to see these.

"Please ensure that all such material is saved - we will provide a link for it to be uploaded shortly.

"To anyone considering whether or not to come forward to police, I ask you to put yourself in the position of the victim's grieving mother and father this morning. They deserve answers."

Anyone with information is asked contact police on 101, quoting reference 267/24jul - or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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2022-07-24 11:09:40Z
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Eurotunnel and Dover queues: Travellers facing third day of delays - BBC

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Holidaymakers and hauliers are being warned of another day of disruption at the Channel Tunnel and the Port of Dover after two days of gridlock.

Overnight, people reported sleeping in cars on the road as the approach to the Eurotunnel remained gridlocked.

One tired family said the last three miles of their journey took 21 hours.

In Dover on Sunday morning, traffic has eased and it is taking travellers one hour to get through passport control, P&O Ferries said.

However, National Highways said severe delays were still likely. The M20 motorway to the south coast is closed to cars from Maidstone to Folkestone because of Operation Brock, which sees lorries park on the road.

With the motorway shut, car drivers are being directed on to smaller roads which get jammed and cause miles of tailbacks.

The Kent Resilience Forum, which coordinates the county's emergency planning, said it has been sending food and drink to people stuck in traffic queues around Folkestone of several miles.

Thousands travelling to France face third day of delays

Andrew Dyer-Smith and his family, who are heading to France for their summer holiday, spent 21 hours in bumper-to-bumper traffic on roads around Folkestone.

"We arrived at Folkestone at 9am yesterday morning for a train at 10.30 and then have been slowly crawling along for the last 21-plus hours," he told BBC's Breakfast.

He said his children in the backseat were dishevelled but had managed to sleep a bit, while he and his wife had taken the wheel in shifts to snatch some sleep.

While speaking live to Breakfast, the family erupted in cheers as they were finally able to board the train.

'Worse than cattle'

John Keefe, director of public affairs for Eurotunnel, said he was confident the "bit we manage" - from check-in to departure - was working.

"The roads outside are beyond our remit. We're responsible for managing the service - it's the only place we have any responsibility, any authority," he said.

He said passengers were always told to turn up 30 minutes to two hours before departure to make sure they got on.

"We kept to that timing throughout the bulk of yesterday," he told BBC Radio 5 live.

But one frustrated listener said it took four hours to get on a train, on top of 15 hours trying to move five miles outside Folkestone.

"They left us on those roads - elderly, those with disabilities, families, children," she said.

"The children were getting into their pyjamas at the side of the road and brushing their teeth where every man, woman and child had been using the bathroom."

She added that all the queues on the A20 coming into the terminal were all Eurotunnel's passengers with no water, no facilities, nothing. "We were treated worse than cattle," she said.

Eurotunnel is expecting 7,000 cars to cross on Sunday, slightly down on the 8,500 cars on Saturday.

The Port of Dover is also expected to be busy with 6,500 cars due to make the crossing, down from 10,000 the previous day.

However, by mid-morning on Sunday, it said it had cleared the backlog of tourist passengers and was running as normal.

The Kent Resilience Forum said there were currently about 600 lorries parked on the M20 and it was confident the backlog would be cleared on Sunday.

Natalie Chapman, from haulier group Logistics UK, said some lorry drivers had waited to cross the Channel for "well over 18 hours" in queues with no toilet facilities.

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A major incident was declared on Friday amid gridlocked routes around the Kent terminals and four-mile queues on the eastbound M2.

Kent County Council and the Road Haulage Association are urging the government to build more lorry parks to get heavy goods vehicles off the roads when there is cross-Channel disruption.

The Department for Transport said it was investing more than £30m to improve lorry-parking facilities in England.

The delays at Dover led to clashes between French and UK officials.

The UK government said French authorities had failed to find enough border staff to check passports, demanding they resolve the "terrible situation".

But French Transport Minister Clement Beaune hit back, saying France was not responsible for the additional border checks brought on by Brexit.

'A fractious seven-hour wait'

Anna Parkinson, who faced long delays while travelling with her three children.

Holidaymaker Anna Parkinson took seven hours to travel two miles to the Eurotunnel terminal on Saturday - with three "fractious" children sitting in the back.

She said she felt for local residents who "currently can't leave their local villages because they're hemmed in by all of us desperately trying to get on the train that we should have caught five hours ago".

Jane Dennis, her husband and their five children, aged between three and 11, barely moved for six hours while trying to reach the Eurotunnel terminal.

Between around 07:00 and 13:00 they advanced roughly 70 metres before deciding to take a detour that friends had used.

She said the queues weren't being managed by anyone, but traffic was flowing more freely on the detour.

They eventually arrived in France 12 hours after setting off from home in Hampshire.

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Sabtu, 23 Juli 2022

Bumper-to-bumper traffic in Dover as UK and France argue over who is to blame for disruption - Sky News

British holidaymakers have been warned to allow several hours to get through the Channel border at Dover and Folkestone, as the UK and France continue to argue over who is to blame for the gridlock.

A Port of Dover spokesman said on Saturday morning there is still a "long way to go" to clear the backlog of vehicles on the M20 in Kent and their "thoughts are with those who were caught up" in six-hour queues on Friday.

Head of the port Doug Bannister added that 10,000 cars are expected at Dover today, as a result of "increased transaction times at the border" due to Brexit, exceeding Friday's 8,500.

P&O ferries is recommending travellers allow up to four hours to pass through checks, suggesting some could end up missing their scheduled departures, but would be allowed on the next one available.

Queue times of up to seven hours are also being reported on the M20 approach to the Eurotunnel at Folkestone.

Jack Cousens, head of roads policy for the AA, warned: "As the schools closed their doors fully yesterday, Saturday could prove busier still this weekend.

"Drivers should continue to expect disruption and delays on major holiday routes to the southwest, eastern coast and ports of Dover and Folkestone."

Every Friday and Saturday of the school holidays are likely to be busy, he added, as holiday rentals begin and end on those days.

'Appalling' start to summer holidays

Speaking to Sky News on Saturday morning, when lines started forming around 4am, Conservative MP for Dover Natalie Elphicke described Friday's disruption as "appalling", but warned "long, long delays" will likely continue through the weekend.

"It was a dreadful start to that summer getaway yesterday and an appalling situation for residents in Dover too. There simply weren't enough French border police," she said.

"Today I am hearing the French workers have turned up and they are expected to be manning the booths at capacity but there will be a knock-on effect as there always is when there is an issue that has happened at the ports.

"We are expecting long, long delays today, traffic has already been building up around the town and it is going to be a very serious situation on the roads again in Kent today."

Roads to watch for delays over the weekend

M25 anticlockwise Junction 4 Bromley to Dartford
M4 eastbound Junction 30 Cardiff East to Junction 24 for the A449 Monmouth
M25 anticlockwise Junction 17 Maple Cross to Junction 12 for the M3
A303 westbound past Stonehenge
M25 clockwise Junction 7 M23 to Junction 16 for the M40
M5 southbound Junction 15 Almondsbury Interchange to Junction 23 for the A38 Bridgwater
Source: RAC

Truss blames French for not upping capacity

Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss blamed French authorities for Friday's "unacceptable" delays, calling on them to bring in more staff to handle the demand.

"We need action from France to build up capacity at the border to limit any further disruption for British tourists and to ensure this appalling situation is avoided in future," she said. We will be working with the French authorities to find a solution."

But French MP Pierre-Henri Dumont, who represents Calais, said the problems were "an aftermath of Brexit", adding: "We have to run more checks than before".

He also said that the Port Of Dover was too small and that there were too few kiosks for border staff due to the lack of space.

Dover Port chief executive Mr Bannister was unable to offer any promises that the backlog would clear in the coming days, but said officials were doing their best.

He said that being "let down by poor resourcing at the French border was "immensely frustrating".

Passengers sailing across the Channel from Dover must pass through French border checks before they can board a ferry.

The port said it had increased the number of border control booths by 50%.

"The Port of Dover is relieved that French border staff (Police Aux Frontieres) have been fully mobilised at French border controls in Dover (known as 'juxtaposed controls') on Saturday morning in order to get holidaymakers and freight vehicles moving and to relieve the disruption on the Dover and wider Kent community," a spokesperson said.

"We will, together with our ferry operators, support the efforts of all partners to get people on their way as quickly as possible."

Grant Shapps said he was "working closely" with the French transport minister Clement Beaune, adding: "I welcome his commitment that both Britain and France will work closely to minimise further disruption so people can get away quickly."

Mr Beaune re-tweeted the statement on Twitter.

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2022-07-23 09:32:34Z
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Tamara Ecclestone heist: Serbia refuses to extradite £26m raid suspect - BBC

The extradition from Serbia of a wanted man accused of one of the biggest burglaries in English legal history was refused, the BBC has found.

Known to the Met Police as Daniel Vukovic he is said to have led a series of burglaries on the luxury homes of three celebrities in December 2019.

This included a £25m raid on the home of model Tamara Ecclestone.

Court documents obtained by the BBC show the Met Police applied to extradite him from Serbia last spring.

This first application was made on 14 April 2021 and was brought to the High Court in Belgrade by the Republic of Serbia's specialised department for organised crime.

It was made at the request of the Met Police who wanted Mr Vukovic extradited to be prosecuted for "conspiracy to commit a burglary" and for "conspiracy to launder money".

The extradition was refused on 15 July by a High Court in Belgrade, court documents show.

Months later on 13 October this decision was appealed but again upheld by the High Court in Belgrade.

Details in the document say "Ljubomir Romanov" is a "legal resident" of Serbia and therefore the legal basis for extradition was not met.

It then cites an extradition treaty agreement between Serbia and the UK signed in December 1900 in which each country can deny extradition of its own citizens.

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A BBC investigation found a fresh image of Mr Vukovic leaving Heathrow Airport in December 2019, and that he uses at least 19 different aliases.

He has links to countries including Serbia, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Peru.

Italian authorities suggest his name is Alfredo Lindley, while government documents in Serbia show the request to extradite him came under another name - Ljubomir Romanov.

The suspect is believed to have been part of a gang of three other Italians who were jailed last November for their role in raiding the homes of Ms Ecclestone, Frank Lampard and a townhouse belonging to the now-deceased ex-owner of Leicester City Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.

In total £26m worth of goods were stolen from the properties.

In a BBC Sounds podcast, Met Police Det Con Andrew Payne said: "It's clear Daniel Vukovic had a leading role in the conspiracy.

"The gang have links to Italy. They also have criminal associates in other European countries. It's highly likely that the stolen goods have gone through camps in Milan.

"It's also a fair assumption that the goods are likely to be in Serbia which is the host country where Daniel Vukovic is.

"This is a classic case of it's buried treasure. It's out there somewhere. Someone knows where it is. And at some point some of it has to surface."

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Man's heartbreak as wife collapses and dies suddenly at home - Hull Live

A heartbroken man whose wife collapsed suddenly and died at their home has paid tribute to "his world".

Karl Stevens, 57, a truck driver went to work one morning, only to become concerned when his wife, Sam, 48, did not call him as usual between 5.30am and 6am. When Sam's son was unable to reach her on the phone, emergency services attended the couple's home and tragically found Sam dead.

She had died from heart complications as a result of Multiple Sclerosis. Karl, who was married to Sam for 10 years, said: "Both for me and Sam it was perfection. We'd argue from time to time but 99.9 per cent we were great. It was a fantastic marriage and relationship. I could not have been more happy if I'd tried, she was everything to me, she was my world."

Sam was a senior A&E nurse in Manchester before moving back to Bridlington, where she was brought up, and becoming a manager of nursing homes in Hull and East Yorkshire. She had Crohn's disease and about five years before her death was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Her mobility deteriorated and she had to use a wheelchair, but she continued to work full-time.

Since Sam's death on March 22, last year, Karl has struggled to cope with his devastating loss. He was provided with NHS mental health services support when he expressed suicidal thoughts following her death. But when the risk of suicide receded, he found support for his bereavement much harder to obtain.

For both Sam, pictured wearing a blue top and sunglasses with hands clasped together, and Karl it was their second marriage - he described their relationship and marriage as "fantastic". — For both Sam, pictured, and Karl it was their second marriage - he described their relationship and marriage as "fantastic". (Image: Karl Stevens)

"One organisation don't take on anybody for six months until after a loss," said Karl, who eventually obtained one-to-one counselling. But he was put back on a waiting list for a counsellor again after requesting a change. The counsellor offered only phone services and cancelled at short notice "three weeks on the trot".

He sought a bereavement group as he felt the best tailored support for him. He said: "I'm quite a sensitive and emotional sort of person. I found I wanted to be with others who've been through the same. People who've suffered grief understand what you're going through."

Karl did not find such a group and decided to take it upon himself to create one in Hull. He said: "All of the searches that were coming back were for dating sites for like widows and you don't want that.

Bereavement support in Hull and East Yorkshire

If you have recently experienced a bereavement and are struggling to manage or come to terms with the loss, these specialist wellbeing workers can potentially help.

Cruse Bereavement Care - 0808 808 1677 and helpline@cruse.org.uk ; 01482 565565 for the Hull and East Riding area.

Mind - 01482 240200 and info@heymind.org.uk

Let's Talk - 01482 247111

Dawn Bereavement Support - 01482 461232

"It sort of terrifies me in a way that other people are going through what I'm going through. The world just comes to an end for them. In my case, my wife's, there was no warning. It horrifies me to that other people are gonna be suffering."

Karl's free group will not have any trained therapists but will be a means for the bereaved and those supporting them to share their experiences and also memories of those they grieve. He hopes the group will help provide support to those in a similar position to him.

He has now found a venue for the meetings that plan to be held every first Saturday of each month at 10.30am, starting from September 3. The Reverend Chris van Straaten is supporting the initiative and offered facilities at St Andrew's Church, Grandale, to host the meetings.

"Every time I talk about her it's a knife to the heart but it also gives me a smile," said Karl of talking about his wife Sam. (Image: Karl Stevens)

Karl said: "I use the terminology of like an AA meeting. I appreciate it's not for everyone, some people keep their grief personal and private and that's up to them. There's no right way or wrong way with grief.

The self-help bereavement group will be free and all people have to provide is their first name. A voluntary contribution to church utilities is welcome.

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