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While first-hand accounts of the air war over Ukraine have been previously provided by some of its fast-jet aviators, we now have new insight from the pilot and gunner of a Ukrainian Army Aviation Yak-52 prop trainer. The Soviet-era aircraft has been used to hunt Russian drones for some time now, with signs of success, but few details of its missions have been published.

In a recent article published by the Wall Street Journal, a Yak-52 pilot, a 56-year-old with the callsign “Maestro,” and his 38-year-old gunner, “Ninja,” describe their mission. Of the two, Maestro learned to fly before Russia’s full-scale invasion, as a hobby, while Ninja first went aloft in a plane after the current conflict began.

We now also know that the Yak-52s are assigned to the 11th Army Aviation Brigade, a unit within Ukrainian Army Aviation, rather than the Ukrainian Air Force. The Army Aviation branch is otherwise responsible for rotorcraft. Previously, the Yaks were understood to be operated by a Tactical Aviation Group from Ukraine’s Civil Air Patrol, a civilian organization that consists mainly of amateur aviators and private aircraft owners.

An earlier video of a Yak-52 apparently operated by the Tactical Aviation Group of Ukraine’s Civil Air Patrol:

Regardless, the drone-killing Yaks and their crews are being kept busy by relentless Russian attacks. According to the brigade’s deputy commander, Col. Mykola Lykhatskiy, Maestro and Ninja have flown around 300 combat missions in the last year, downing “almost half” the unit’s total claimed tally of 120 drones.

On a daily basis, various Army Aviation light aircraft and helicopters are responsible for downing between 10-12 percent of all drones claimed by Ukrainian air defenses of all kinds, Lykhatskiy said. Interestingly, the deputy commander also claims that the agile Yak-52 is considered more survivable than helicopters, allowing it to roam closer to the front lines.

According to the Center for Information Resilience, a U.K.-based open-source organization, around 11 percent of all Russian long-range one-way attack drones made it to their targets last month, highlighting the broad success of Ukraine’s different counter-drone efforts.

According to the WSJ article, as well as Shahed/Geran-type long-range one-way attack drones, the Yak-52 is mainly used to tackle Russian Orlan and ZALA surveillance drones. These propeller-driven types fly at around 115 miles an hour, well within the performance envelope of the Yak, which tops out at more than 180 miles an hour.

The ZALA 421-16E is a flying-wing type, weighing around 20 pounds and used primarily for surveillance near the front line of the battlefield. The Orlan-10/30 series is among the most widely used Russian drones in Ukraine, the smaller Orlan-10 weighing around 35 pounds, while the larger Orlan-30 tips the scales at around 90 pounds. It’s also primarily used for surveillance and targeting, equipped with an electro-optical sensor and laser designator.

The interception process involves the crew waiting close to their Yak-52 while awaiting the order to scramble. Once a Russian drone is spotted on air defense sensors, the Yak is normally airborne within 15 minutes.

With no radar and apparently no other onboard sensors, the Yak-52 crew relies on radio commands from the ground to get close to the drone. From the open rear cockpit, the gunner then gets the drone in their sights, wielding a handheld gun. Typically, engagements are made from a distance of 200 to 300 feet.

Both rifles and shotguns have been tested, with Ninja currently preferring a German-made “MK55 automatic rifle,” apparently a reference to the Haenel MK556 that was selected as the German military’s new assault rifle, before later being rejected.

Ninja likened the process of aiming against a drone from the Yak-52 to “shooting a gun while riding a horse.”

Other tactics include using the wingtip of the Yak-52 to tip over the drone, sending it out of control. This mirrors a maneuver that the U.K. Royal Air Force employed in World War II to defeat Nazi Germany’s V-1 flying bombs.

On one occasion last year, it took Maestro and Ninja 40 minutes to destroy an Orlan drone that began maneuvering in tight circles once they arrived. Eventually, it was brought down by a shot from directly below. Increasingly, Russian drones are fitted with rear-facing cameras to help evade interception by aircraft.

Videos show a Ukrainian Yak-52 attacking a Russian Orlan-10 drone, reportedly in the Odesa region of southwest Ukraine, in April 2024:

Russia is also apparently making direct efforts to counter the Yak-52s.

At least once, Maestro and Ninja have been forced to evade a Russian air defense missile that was targeting them. A high-speed descent saw them shake off the missile, they say.

Their base has also been attacked. One Yak-52 was destroyed on the ground in a raid last month that also claimed the life of the brigade commander, Kostyantyn Oborin. Reportedly, the hangar was struck by a Russian ballistic missile.

The latest details of the Ukrainian Army Aviation’s exploits with its drone-hunting Yak-52 indicate that the prop trainer is now a more formalized part of the country’s air defenses.

With Russian drones being very much a priority target, Ukraine has assembled a multi-layered air defense network that includes advanced Western-supplied Patriot surface-to-air missiles and F-16 fighters at one end, via Soviet-era systems and hastily developed “FrankenSAMs,” all the way down to light aircraft and mobile fire teams equipped with machine guns and searchlights. In addition, there are a growing number of non-kinetic options, such as electronic warfare, too. A network of acoustic sensors all over the country and an app that ties this information with spotter reports are also key elements of Ukraine’s unique air defense network.

On the other side, as we have previously noted, Russia now produces Shahed/Geran drones at the rate of 2,000 per month with plans to nearly triple that in the not-too-distant future. It is by far the primary method by which Russia launches long-range strikes into Ukraine.

It is worth noting that Russia, too, has attempted to develop a counter-drone solution, also based on the Yak-52, to help thwart Ukrainian long-range drone attacks. You can read more about that in our past story on the matter linked here.

A Russian design bureau has developed modernized Yak-52 into the Yak-52B2 for countering UAVs. The aircraft are equipped with 12 gauge shotguns, a radar, and a computer for targeting information and day / night operations.https://t.co/bPOyrB9UMz pic.twitter.com/dT9UHlOyLq

— Rob Lee (@RALee85) May 18, 2025

Meanwhile, the continued scale of Russian drone activity over Ukraine means that the Yak-52 fleet and the crews that operate them will only become busier.

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It’s often named as one of the best places to live in the UK but this postcard-worthy village – used by Tim Burton for the Jonny Depp horror film Sleepy Hollow – has a chilling secret befitting of one of the movies it’s been used in

It is a charming, quintessential English village that often gets the nod by experts as being one of the prettiest and best places to live in the country.

Hambleden, nestled in a valley in Buckinghamshire, has attracted film crews time and time again thanks to its stunning scenery and Olde English allure. The Telegraph has ranked it among England’s 30 most beautiful villages, most recently as 2022.

The stunning landscapes at Culden Faw Estate help its character, spanning a vast 3,500 acres of mature beech woods, parkland, and sweeping chalk valleys. The estate incorporates the village within its picturesque panorama, reports Surrey Live. Another place you can step inside is the quirky British village where Liam Gallagher and Tom Cruise have been spotted.

For those who appreciate the finer things in life, the Chiltern Valley Winery and Brewery awaits, a proud recipient of the Travellers‘ Choice Award. Embark on an enchanting tour through the vineyards and seize the opportunity to sample a burgeoning array of wines.

Over at nearby Cliveden House, step into a world once inhabited by the elite and influential. Famed for its high-profile guests and notorious for centuries of salacious rumours and lavish celebrations, Cliveden has been a fixture since 1666.

What would a quaint country village be without its chic dining establishments frequented by celebrities? Nestled at the core of Hambleden lies The Stag and Huntsman, not your average gastropub but one that prides itself on “killer wallpaper” and also operates as a charming boutique hotel.

Hambleden, understandably, has been home to some big names. Deep Purple co-founder Jon Lord lived and died here, while 2003 Rugby World Cup winner Phil Vickery also spent some time as an inhabitant.

All that considered, it’s no wonder that sometimes visiting feels like stepping into a Midsomer Murders episode. The idyllic village has been used in a number of big productions for both television and cinema.

It has featured as the backdrop for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Into the Woods and Nanny McPhee Returns, and in TV series like Agatha Christie’s Poirot, and Amazon’s mini-series Good Omens with David Tennant. Most recently, Greys Anatomy stars Patrick Dempsey and Amy Adams were seen in the village during the shooting of Disney’s Enchanted sequel, Disenchanted, which was released in 2022.

Among the big-name directors who picked it out as a potential filming location, Tim Burton is arguably the biggest. He chose Hambleden as the place to shoot Johnny Depp horror film Sleepy Hollow.

But this tiny village has a dark, dark secret that fits the tone of Burton’s creepy classic. Back in 1912, archaeologists discovered the skeletal remains of 97 newborn infants at the historical Yewden Villa.

The bones were rediscovered stored in cigarette tins within a storage room at Chiltern Archaeology in 2008, triggering debate over the cause of their deaths. In 2010, a researcher proposed that the ancient Roman villa might have operated as a brothel where residents and workers committed infanticide across a 50-year span.

Alternative theories suggest it housed a cult that carried out horrific and brutal operations on the infants. Whatever the truth of this awful discovery, Hambleden remains an ideal place for a day out in the countryside packed with intrigue, history and fairytale charm.

It seems the therapists Olivia Rodrigo found for her band really helped.

The 22-year-old “Vampire” singer and her tour manager Marty Hom provided free and accessible therapy for the entire “Guts” tour crew, rhythm guitarist Daisy Spencer revealed on “The StageLeft Podcast.”

“I have never had anything like that,” Spencer, 31, told host Chris Simpson. “And that reignited the importance of therapy to me because I had kind of fallen off for so long.”

Rodrigo and Spencer just wrapped the 102-date “Guts” world tour July 1 and completed a successful headlining set at Glastonbury, where they were joined on stage by the Cure’s Robert Smith. While on the podcast, Spencer described Rodrigo as “the dreamiest boss of all time” and opened up about taking care of her mind and body on the road.

“Suddenly I had this free resource of incredible therapists and I utilized the crap out of that,” she said. “I was going, you know, once a week, once every other week, whenever I could. And it was even during the off time — we also still had access to this resource.”

Rodrigo’s dad, Chris Rodrigo, is a family therapist, and the singer has been very open about starting therapy at 16.

“That was a really big, life-changing moment,” she told CBS Sunday Morning in 2021. “I’ve learned so much about myself.”

And she’s not the only musician promoting therapy. Lewis Capaldi, who returned to the stage after a two-year break from performing to focus on his all-around health, announced Monday that he’s partnering with BetterHelp to provide 734,000 hours of free online therapy. Ariana Grande has also partnered with the virtual therapy platform several times in the past.

Though the “Guts” tour has concluded, Rodrigo still has several festival engagements lined up for the summer, including a headlining set Aug. 1 at Lollapalooza.

Firefighters on Sunday were gaining control over the massive Madre fire in San Luis Obispo County, which at more than 80,000 acres remains the largest in California so far this year.

Containment on the fire had reached 30% — up from 10% Saturday — buoyed by favorable weather and a flood of personnel, said Los Padres National Forest spokesperson Andrew Madsen. The fire grew slightly on Sunday to just over 80,000 acres in the rural area.

“We’ve got the resources we need,” Madsen said, “and the firefighters on the ground are making some good progress.”

The fire started around 1 p.m. Wednesday east of Santa Maria near the town of New Cayuma. More than 200 people were subject to mandatory evacuation orders, and roughly 50 structures were under threat as of Sunday afternoon. One building has burned. The cause of the fire, which has been fueled by heat and wind, is under investigation. Nearly 1,400 firefighting personnel were on scene.

The bulk of the fire is threatening the Carrizo Plain National Monument, which is home to several endangered and threatened wildlife and plant species. Los Padres National Forest, Cal Fire San Luis Obispo and the Bureau of Land Management share jurisdiction over the fire.

All BLM lands in the national monument are closed to public access until further notice for safety reasons.

Weather conditions were expected to hold steady through Monday before a midweek heat wave across Southern California could make the situation more challenging. Madsen said firefighters were hoping for continued progress over the next couple days.

Times staff writers Colleen Shalby and Caroline Petrow-Cohen contributed to this report.

This week, we are jumping into the fire with Kelly Ramsey. Her new book, “Wildfire Days: A Woman, A Hotshot Crew, and The Burning American West,” chronicles her time fighting some of the state’s most dangerous conflagrations alongside an all-male crew of Hotshots. The elite wildland firefighters are tasked with applying their tactical knowledge to tamp down the biggest fires in the state. We also look at recent releases reviewed by Times critics. And a local bookseller tells us what our next great read should be.

In 2017, Ramsey found herself in a holding pattern. Living in Austin, with an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh under her belt, she didn’t know what or where she wanted to be. So she took a nanny job. “I was spending all my time outdoors with these kids,” she told me. “I thought, is there a job that would allow me to be outside all the time?”

Ramsey landed a volunteer summer gig working on a fire trail crew in Happy Camp, Northern California, on the Klamath River. While Ramsey was learning the delicate art of building firebreaks, a large fire broke out just outside the town. “My introduction to California that summer was filled with smoke,” says the author. “This is when I got the bug, when I started to become interested in fighting fires.”

Ramsey became a qualified firefighter in 2019, joining an entirely male crew of fellow Hotshots. Ramsey’s book “Wildfire Days” is the story of that fraught and exciting time. We talked to Ramsey about the “bro culture” of fire crews, the adrenaline surge of danger and the economic hardships endured by these frontline heroes.

Below, read our interview with Ramsey, who you can see at Vroman’s on June 23. This Q&A has been edited for length and clarity.

(Please note: The Times may earn a commission through links to Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.)

✍️ Author Chat

Ramsey details how she became a qualified firefighter in 2019, when she joined an entirely male wildland fire crew, in her new book.

(Lindsey Shea; Scribner)

What was it like when you confronted a big fire for the first time?

It was the Bush fire in Arizona. I was so incredulous, just marveling at what was happening. “Look at that smoke,” and “that helicopter is making a water drop.” It was kind of a rookie move, because all the other crew members had seen it thousands of times. To see a helicopter up close making a drop, it looks like this gorgeous waterfall. I had to get acclimated to the epic nature of fires. And that wasn’t even a big fire, really.

In the book, you talk about entering into a pretty macho culture. How difficult was it for you to gain acceptance into this cloistered male world of the fire crew?

It was definitely shocking at first, to be in an entirely male space. The Forest Service had some sexual harassment scandals in 2017, so everyone was on their best behavior at first. It took me some time before I was accepted into the group. I had to perform over-the-top, irrefutably great, just to prove to them that I was OK. It’s an unfair standard, but that’s the way it was. I wanted to shift the way they saw women, or have better conversations about gender and fire.

You write about the pride and stoicism of the fire crew members, the ethos of actions rather than words. No one brags or whines, you just get on with it. Why?

When my editor was going through the book, he insisted that I mention the 75 pounds of gear I was always carrying on my back, and I resisted, because you don’t complain about that kind of thing when you’re out there. But I realized that readers would want to know these details, so I put them in. I was inclined to leave them out.

You also write about the difficulties of re-entering civilian life.

I don’t know of any firefighters who don’t struggle with the idea of living a normal, quiet life. It’s just a massive letdown after the adrenaline rush of the fire season.

What was shocking to me reading “Wildfire Days” is that fire crews are essentially paid minimum wage to work one of the most dangerous jobs in the state.

It was $16.33 an hour when I was in the crew. And most firefighters that I worked with didn’t have other jobs. They would take unemployment until the next fire season rolled around. You would just scrape by. During the first month of the season, everyone would be flat broke, eating cans of tuna. The joke is that you get paid in sunsets. But we all love being out there. The camaraderie is so intense and so beautiful.

📰 The Week(s) in Books

In this vintage photo, a man walks in front of the Italian Hall, constructed in 1908; all the structures on the block behind him have been demolished. A new book looks at Los Angeles in this time period.

(Angel City Press at the Los Angeles Public Library)

Hamilton Cain reviews National Book Award winner Susan Choi’s new novel, “Flashlight,” a mystery wrapped inside a fraught family drama. “With Franzen-esque fastidiousness,” Cain writes, “Choi unpacks each character’s backstory, exposing vanities and delusions in a cool, caustic voice, a 21st century Emile Zola.”

Jessica Ferri chats with Melissa Febos about her new memoir, “The Dry Season,” about the year she went celibate and discovered herself anew. Febos wonders aloud why more women aren’t more upfront with their partners about opting out of sex: “This radical honesty not only benefits you but it also benefits your partner. To me, that’s love: enthusiastic consent.”

Carole V. Bell reviews Maria Reva’s “startling metafictional” novel, “Endling,” calling it “a forceful mashup of storytelling modes that call attention to its interplay of reality and fiction — a Ukrainian tragicomedy of errors colliding with social commentary about the Russian invasion.”

Nick Owchar interviews Nathan Marsak about the reissue (from local publisher Angel City Press) of “Los Angeles Before The Freeways: Images of an Era, 1850-1950,” a book of vintage photos snapped by Swedish émigré Arnold Hylen and curated by Marsak. Owchar calls the book “an engrossing collection of black-and-white images of a city in which old adobe structures sit between Italianate office buildings or peek out from behind old signs, elegant homes teeter on the edge of steep hillsides, and routes long used by locals would soon be demolished to make room for freeways.”

And sad news for book lovers everywhere, as groundbreaking gay author Edmund White died this week at 85.

📖 Bookstore Faves

Diesel, A Bookstore manager Kelsey Bomba tells us what’s flying off the shelves at the Westside bookseller.

(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

This week, we paid a visit to the Westside’s great indie bookstore Diesel, which has been a locus for the community in the wake of January’s Palisades fire. The store’s manager, Kelsey Bomba, tells us what’s flying off the store’s shelves.

What books are popular right now:

Right now, Ocean Vuong’s “The Emperor of Gladness” is selling a ton, as [well as] Miranda July’s “All Fours” and Barry Diller’s memoir, “Who Knew.”

What future releases are you excited about:

Because I loved V.E. Schwab’s “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue,” I’m excited to read her new book, “Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.” “The Great Mann,” by Kyra Davis Lurie — we are doing an event with her on June 11.

What are the hardy perennials, the books that you sell almost all the time:

“One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel García Márquez, Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series and the Elena Ferrante books, especially “My Brilliant Friend.”

Diesel, A Bookstore is located at 225 26th St., Suite 33, Santa Monica CA 90402.

Terry Crews is a man of many talents. In the 1990s, he played for both the Rams and the Chargers before becoming an actor and starring in projects like “White Chicks,” “Everybody Hates Chris,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “The Expendables” franchise. Other roles on his resume? Old Spice spokesman, high-end furniture designer, accomplished painter and author of a memoir. Crews was also featured in People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive issue three times.

But the gig that has made him internationally known, he says, is hosting “America’s Got Talent” for the last six years. The show, which is celebrating 20 seasons, returns to NBC on May 27.

In Sunday Funday, L.A. people give us a play-by-play of their ideal Sunday around town. Find ideas and inspiration on where to go, what to eat and how to enjoy life on the weekends.

For Crews, hosting “AGT” is a job that suits him. “I am a honey-baked ham,” he shamelessly admits, flashing his endearing white smile during a Zoom call. “I like the spotlight. I’ve always been a dancer, so it was like this is the vibe. But then I got in there, and I was like, now I see why I love this so much. It’s because every contestant reminds me of me.”

We caught up with Crews to discuss his ideal Sunday in L.A. It involves walking around Old Town Pasadena, catching a movie and spending time with his wife Rebecca King-Crews and their five adult children.

This interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

6:30 a.m.: Wake up and hit the gym

I am an early riser no matter what. Even if it’s Sunday, it’s like, my body clock just kind of pops up. Like when I say I sleep in late, that’s 6:30 or 7 a.m. because I like to get up at the crack of dawn. I’m a 4:30 or 5 a.m. guy. Every Sunday, I start with a workout. It’s very light, more of cardio and active recovery, but I never miss it.

9 a.m.: Pick up breakfast from Erewhon

I’ve been intermittent fasting for almost 15 years, so I don’t eat breakfast, but I love breakfast food. So what I do — and this is a real staple — we have an Erewhon that opened near us and it has the most fabulous cooked breakfast. It’s half a store, half a restaurant. Erewhon has the best smoothies, the best pastries. Even though I don’t eat until 2 p.m., I go to Erewhon and get all their breakfast stuff. I’ll get the bacon and eggs, or the breakfast sandwiches [and] breakfast burritos. A lot of the time on Sundays, that’s when all the kids want to stop by, so I’ll bring a bunch of stuff, set it on the stove, and they go in there and I tell them, “Leave me something.”

10 a.m.: Praise break at home

My wife actually started a church. It’s called the L.A. Life Church. It’s like Tiny Desk meets church and she has a thing called Sonic Sundays. It’s online, but we record during the week, and it’s basically a half an hour with a lot of music, and then she does a lesson. We watch it together every Sunday morning when it comes out at 10 a.m. When COVID hit, it kind of changed our churchgoing habits because everybody had to do it at home, and she just decided, “You know what? Let’s just do it!”

11:30 a.m.: Hit up Old Town in Pasadena

Once that’s over, that’s when we go down to Old Town. It’s our favorite place to go. I have an office slash studio that’s right off Colorado Avenue. That’s where all the stores are, and my wife has a store, Rebeccca Crews, which is in Hugus Alley. My daughter works there too. So we’ll walk around Old Town and I’ll stop by Alfred to pick up a coffee. I get a double espresso, straight with nothing in it.

We do occasionally do brunches. We really like Soho House in West Hollywood and also LA Cha Cha Chá near the Arts District.

1:30 p.m.: Breakfast for lunch

If we decide to stay out, one place we love is Americana in Glendale, which is really close. I love this place called Egg Slut there. Crazy name, but man-oh-man, like I told you, I love breakfast food and they close at 2 p.m. So we have to time it out. We’ll do all that Old Town running around, then we’ll jump down to Glendale and usually I get there by 1:30 p.m. and I’ll be their last customer, and they know me. I have a double bacon, double egg breakfast sandwich. It comes with a little ketchup on it and I get a side salad, which is like arugula and a little Parmesan and maybe a small orange juice.

3:30 p.m.: Pop over to the Americana in Glendale

I love books. I have a library of books that is probably the most valuable thing that I own. I probably have like 10,000 books, so what I love to do is go to Barnes and Noble. You can’t find them anymore. It’s very rare and the Barnes and Noble at Americana is one of my favorite spots, because I’ll get lost. You can spend literally two or three hours there.

5 p.m.: Watch a flick

I’m a big movie guy, so usually on a Sunday, that’s when I do my theater watching. I’ve been getting tickets to throwback movies. Being at home, it’s OK, but I love the smell of popcorn and I love to experience the reactions of other people. When you’re going to see a comedy or something scary or something weird, it’s kind of like you want to feel that energy, so we go to IPIC. I’m a gold member. I’m practically a platinum member because I’m about really nice experiences. If you’re going to do a theater, do it well.

7 p.m.: Enjoy my cheat–day meal

Even though I do intermittent fasting, Sunday is my cheat day. When it’s time for dinner, that’s In-N-Out Burger time. I’ll get a couple double-doubles. You know, I’m simple. Or we’ll find a restaurant that everyone’s been talking about. But a lot of times, they aren’t open on Sunday nights. There are a few like Majordomo that my guy David Chang [owns], but other than that, it’s In-N-Out Burger time.

If there’s a sporting event on a Sunday, I’d go to SoFi to see a football game. I was on the Rams and the Chargers, so the funny thing is, when I get invited to a Chargers game, I act like I’m the biggest Chargers fan in the world, and then when I get invited to the Rams game, I do the same thing. They both ended up in L.A., so they both claim me and I’m like yep [laughs].

8 p.m.: Get ready for bed

I go to bed early and my wife is like, “What are we, in third grade?” [Laughs] That’s why I don’t like to go to the movies too late. I will never, ever go to a movie that starts at 7 p.m. cause you won’t be out of there until like 10 p.m. I’m like nope! I go to bed at the latest 8:30 p.m. and my regime — something I’ve been doing for years and it feels so good — is I close all the curtains, make sure the room is all cool. I try my best to put the phone up. I don’t want that blue light on me. I wash my face, brush my teeth, get in bed and I’ll have the book of the century — whatever I’m reading — right next to the bed and my glasses.

I look forward to this time cause you know where you left off, whether it’s a novel or an autobiography, and you’re like, I wonder what happened there? I always have to make sure I leave at a good spot. I’m the guy who gets sad at the end of a book. The same way people feel about streaming when you’ve gone through all 10 episodes. I’m reading a book called “The Weight of Air” by this guy named David Poses. Oh, my God. He was addicted to heroin for years and was in and out of rehab. It’s fascinating because he’s so transparent and it just inspires me to be that vulnerable.

Local residents have been warned by fire crews to keep all windows and doors shut while emergency services remain at the scene as they work on bringing the fire under control

Firefighters have rushed to the scene of a huge industrial fire in Sheffield this morning.

At 12.50am on Monday, May 12 South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service were called the scene of a huge industrial fire. A number of crews and vehicles have been scrambled to the scene, including six fire engines and one aerial vehicle.

The fire service shared the following statement on X: “Six fire engines and one aerial vehicle are currently in attendance at an industrial fire at Manor Park Centre, Sheffield. Avoid the area if you can and keep windows and doors closed if you live nearby.”

At this stage it is unclear what building is alight or whether any injuries have been reported.

The Mirror has approached South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and South Yorkshire Police for an update on this developing incident.

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