PLYMOUTH BRETHREN CHRISTIAN CHURCH RAISES A FURTHER £100,000 FOR BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION THROUGH BAG-IT, BEAT-IT!

Julian Temblett, Head of Marketing at the British Heart Foundation (BHF), presented the PBCC with a certificate of thanks at a congratulatory presentation at the BHF HQ in London.  After the third year of participating in BHF’s ‘Bag-It Beat-It’ campaign the PBCC have succeeded in donating more than 25,000 bags of saleable items meaning that […]

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‘Major’ fire closes Staines town centre

A “major” fire closed Staines town centre after a blaze broke out in several industrial units. Homes were evacuated and about 100 firefighters tackled the blaze at the Renshaw Industrial Estate. Residents reported a series of explosions through the night. The fire service said this was thought to be propane cylinders exploding. Three industrial buildings […]

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Nottingham PBCC Collect for Hospital’s Charity

Hillside Gospel Hall Trust have raised £1965 for the Nottingham Hospitals Charity (Nottingham Children’s Hospital). Nottingham Children’s Hospital have recently cared for a precious baby (one of the PBCC congregation), who was transferred for specialist care and treatment in one of the baby units, and it was the wonderful care this child received over a […]

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RRT Salisbury offers assistance at major house fire

On 25th October 2014 a member of the Salisbury RRT received a call at 6:35pm from the Wiltshire central control unit asking us to attend an active substantial thatch fire (sadly leaving two cottages destroyed and 3 families’ homeless) in the Village of Codford 15 miles north west of Salisbury. The team were then mobilized […]

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Northern Ireland RRT Supports Causeway Coast

Rapid Relief Teams from Warrenpoint and Londonderry in Northern Ireland were honoured to provide assistance at one of the most scenic charity marathons in the world. On the 27th October the North-West RRT based in Londonderry and the South-Down RRT based in Warrenpoint, joined forces to provide assistance and refreshments for those making a huge […]

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RRT constructs a new sandbag store

During a recent meeting with senior members of the Wilton Council it was mentioned that there was a need for a building to be erected for the storage of sandbags at the local Cricket pavilion.  As willing community members, the PBCC RRT offered to help out with the project which council were very grateful for. […]

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PBCC RRT (Exeter & Torbay) in action

A large fire was spotted at around 2PM on the outskirts of Exeter on Sunday 20th July.  RRT members from Exeter approached the site, which happened to be a breaker’s yard in Woodbury, and offered support.  We registered our availability and remained on standby until an RRT member received a voicemail message at 6:03PM from […]

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City Centre Blaze – Leeds

A severe fire broke out Wednesday 1/10/14 at 7:19pm in the buildings previously occupied by former nightclub ‘The Majestyk’ in Leeds City Square. Firefighters from all over West Yorkshire we called in to fight the blaze that was raging on both floors of the 2 storey Grade II listed building.  Traffic on nearby roads ground […]

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Nottingham RRT at University Fire

At approximately 20:30 on the 12th September 2014, Triumph Road in Nottingham was ablaze as a major fire broke out at the New University of Nottingham, Jubilee campus. The building was still under construction, meaning that contractors machinery, tools and flammable liquids were still on site….  14 fire trucks, over 70 firefighters, 2 aerial platforms, […]

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