The London-based Car Users Entrapment Extrication Society organised the competition, where fire crews had to “rescue” a person trapped in a blazing vehicle within 20 minutes, and fire fighters from Lichfield and Eccleshall beat a crew from Gwent into seco

Various individuals received bravery awards after risking their own lives to rescue victims from fire, including Surry lorry driver Barry Allen and Lance Corporal Vincent Jessop who helped rescue people from a car on fire on the M6 near Walsall. The photo

A petition demanding action to curb parking was due to be handed to the town council after a car hit Darren Burns of Bassett Road near Crankhall Lane post office, causing him to fall into a coma. The West Bromwich and District Hospital, the Midland Centre