Firefighters to strike after talks fail

Firefighters in Britain are to go ahead with a national strike tomorrow evening after last-ditch peace talks collapsed today.

Leaders of the Fire Brigades Union spent just a few minutes with local authority employers but were not given the improved pay offer they had been seeking.

FBU general secretary Andy Gilchrist said he was extremely angry at the lack of progress today and blamed the Government for interfering in the bitter dispute.

More than 50,000 refugees across the UK will now walk out from 6pm tomorrow for 48 hours followed by a series of eight-day-long strikes between the end of November and Christmas Eve.