A major shake-up of fire services in the East of England and East Midlands has been backed by councillors. Northamptonshire County Council this week backed proposals to share a fire service control room with Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.
On Thursday, Suffolk County Council backed plans to set up a committee to merge control rooms in the East.
This would include Essex, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire fire and rescue services.