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Uniformed police are being used to drive scab fire engines to break firefighters' strike action in West Yorkshire, pickets and police confirmed yesterday.
Leeds fire station, which covers the city centre, was among the picket lines crossed, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said.
FBU Leeds division chairman Paul Drinkwater, a firefighter there, said: "They have been used throughout the strike in West Yorkshire.
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