News just in that the long overdue FiRe Control project is to be scrapped.
This was the project to amalgamate 46 separate fire control centres into 9 regional centres.
Fire Minister Bob Neill said today he had reached agreement with the main contractor, Cassidian, to call a halt to the troubled project.
The Minister said: “The progress of the project has caused serious concern…"
That has to be an understatement!