Andy Burnham calls for more support to tackle Lancashire wildfires

Firefighters from Tyne and Wear fire and rescue service tackle the fire on Winter Hill near Bolton.The government will be asked to provide more resources, potentially including air support, to tackle a huge moorland blaze in Lancashire as firefighters struggled to contain existing wildfires across Greater Manchester.The mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, said he would be asking the home secretary, Sajid Javid, to “take a closer interest” in the huge fires that ignited eight d