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Horses running loose in central London, police say
  + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
Reuters —A number of horses are loose in central London, with the army called in to help locate them, police in the British capital said on Wednesday. Footage posted by social media users showed a saddled white horse covered in blood running through the street alongside a black one. “We are aware of a number of horses that are currently loose in central London and are working with colleagues, including the Army, to locate them,” the Westminster branch of London’s police said on X. ET) to reports of a person being thrown from a horse on Buckingham Palace Road in central London, a spokesperson for the service said. The Telegraph newspaper reported that five cavalry horses had run loose while exercising at Horse Guards Parade, the ceremonial parade ground in Westminster, close to Buckingham Palace and the Whitehall government district.
Organizations: Reuters, Army, London Ambulance Service, City of London Police, Telegraph, Horse Guards Locations: London, Westminster, Buckingham, City, Whitehall
CNN —A car has crashed into an elementary school in southwest London, leaving nine people injured, according to the city’s Metropolitan Police force, who described it as a “serious collision.”Seven children and two adults were hurt in the incident in Wimbledon, officers said, adding that they are awaiting further updates on their conditions. The driver stopped at the scene and there have been no arrests as of yet, the Met added. Police were called at 09:54 a.m. to reports that a car collided with a building at the primary school in Camp Road, the force said in a statement. The institution is a fee-paying girls’ school for pupils aged 4-11. “Officers remain at the scene along with paramedics from the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance,” the Met said.
Organizations: CNN, city’s Metropolitan Police, Police, Wimbledon, , London Ambulance Service, London’s Air Ambulance Locations: London, Wimbledon, Camp Road
[1/3] People protest in front of the London Ambulance Service during a strike by ambulance workers due to a dispute with the government over pay, in London, Britain January 23, 2023. Staff at a number of regional ambulance and hospital bodies will strike on May 2, Unite said in a statement. "Unite has been upfront and honest that it did not believe that the pay offer was good enough for NHS workers." The government and some healthcare unions agreed on a 5% pay increase proposal in March, but the plan needed to be voted on by workers. Members at Unison, another union that represents ambulance staff and others health workers, have voted to accept the offer.
[1/3] People protest in front of the London Ambulance Service during a strike by ambulance workers due to a dispute with the government over pay, in London, Britain January 23, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File PhotoLONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - England's National Health Service (NHS) on Monday announced a two-year recovery plan to help restore emergency care and frontline services, currently struggling through one of their toughest winters. "Urgent and emergency care is facing serious challenges but we have an ambitious and credible plan to fix it," Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. Sunak, in office for just three months, has said cutting hospital waiting times is one of his major priorities. To make matters worse, ambulance workers and nurses have been on strike over pay, staffing, and investment levels that frontline staff say leave them ill-equipped to cope with record demand.
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