all of this comes after an independent review that was published last month which found that the london fire brigade had what it called dangerous levels of ingrained prejudice against women, while colleagues from minority backgrounds were frequently the target of racist abuse. the london fire brigade has been put into special measures by that watchdog, and will be now subject to an enhanced level of monitoring by inspectors. power cuts in shetland have been declared a major incident after thousands of homes were left without power due to bad weather. energy supplier ssen continues to work on restoring supplies but has warned that disruption could continue until the end of this week. i spoke to our reporter in lerwick, adam guest, a little earlier for the latest there. there are 2800 homes that are still without power here in shetland. we do have many ssen engineers coming to shetland, around 70 of those.
there is a real community effort, lots of community halls across shetland, and they have gas stoves with those canisters which have been providing warm spaces for people. they have been making soup. i spoke to a local councillor, andrea, in the north of shetland and they have a generator they have been using for the hotel. they have been offering a warm space and providing to the locals. it has been a real effort for the community to come together. but as you say it is looking like it could be towards the end of the week when power is fully restored here. adam guest. the former england cricket captain, andrew freddie flintoff who now presents the bbc s top gear has been involved in a crash while filming the show. he s having treatment in hospital. it s understood that his injuries aren t life threatening. mark lobel has the latest for us. we know that the accident happened on tuesday morning at the dunsfold aerodrome in surrey that s the top gear test track.
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