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Firefighters pictures show damage in Beaumont Leys blaze sparked by mobility scooter
Two people were rescued from the house in Lewis Close
The rear of the house in Lewis Close (Image: Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service)
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The fire service has shared pictures of a house fire in Beaumont Leys, Leicester, yesterday afternoon which is thought to have been started by a fault with a mobility scooter.
Two rescued from house fire in Beaumont Leys
Large plumes of black smoke could be seen from around the area
Fire crews at the scene (Image: Chris Gordon)
Two people were rescued by other members of the public after a back garden fire spread to their house in Lewis Close in Beaumont Leys, Leicester.
The fire service received numerous 999 calls at 1.40pm today and sent five vehicles to the scene.
The two occupants of the property were led to safety by rescuers before the fire service arrived.
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service said the fire was believed to have started outside the property but spread to the ground floor of the house and was also affecting a neighbouring home.
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6:00 AM April 23, 2021
A man from Ashill fulfilled a lifelong dream by using a farmer s teleporter without permission
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A Norfolk man fulfilled a lifelong dream when he jumped on a farm’s teleporter “for a play” - but the seemingly innocent exploit landed him in court.
Ivor Thomas spotted the vehicle at Ashill, near Watton, while returning from his regular trip to feed fish at a nearby pond.
Spotting the doors open and the keys in the ignition, the 49-year-old could not resist temptation.
“He got in and started pulling levers and pushing buttons,” prosecutor Bethany Richards told King’s Lynn Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (April 22).
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image captionCS Lewis wandered around the woodland while writing his Narnia series
Plans for a development near a nature reserve that inspired The Chronicles of Narnia have been dropped.
The CS Lewis Nature Reserve in Risinghurst, Oxford, was once part of the back garden of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe author.
The Wychwood Foundation wanted to build a retreat with nine flats for vulnerable people of all ages.
The charity withdrew its proposal after Oxford City Council planners recommended its refusal.
It had planned to build apartments to sell, along with 22 parking spaces and an access road from nearby Lewis Close that would run alongside the reserve, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.