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It is revealed today that the London headquarters of Communities and Local Government - the government department that steers fire safety policy in England and Wales - has been served with an enforcement notice under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. more info

Supermarket giant Tesco has been fined £95,000 and ordered to pay over £24,000 in costs after pleading guilty to five breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO). London Fire Brigade, prosecuting, said fire-fighters were called to a fire at Tesco's Colney Hatch store in Barnet on 14 October 2007.   more info

A Surrey hotel with no working fire alarm and disabled self-closures on fire doors has been fined £15,000 and ordered to pay costs of £4,800. Chalk Lane Hotel Ltd pleaded guilty to six breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order at Redhill Magistrates Court on 30 March.  more info