内容摘要：The airport, along with National Grid, which oversees the UK's electricity network, agreed the impact of fire which broke out at the substation in Hayes was unprecedented.

The airport, along with National Grid, which oversees the UK's electricity network, agreed the impact of fire which broke out at the substation in Hayes was unprecedented.

The female constable from Avon and Somerset Police responded to a woman having a mental health episode on Clifton Suspension Bridge in 2021.After placing her into the back of a police car, PC B sprayed her at close range with PAVA, an artificial pepper spray.

“It was a fight-or-flight response, which was why I reacted so quickly," she said.Giving evidence on day two of a, the constable, who is in her 20s and has since resigned, insisted she did the right thing by using the self-defence spray before covering the victim's head with a 'spit hood'.

The officer, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she wanted to stop the woman kicking out at her and get her to comply with instructions.She alleges this is what police were told to do, and had given the woman two verbal warnings to calm down.

She claims the female then kicked her thigh, causing a bruise, so PAVA was justified.

However, PC Beth Hawke told the panel that this decision “would not be in line with training” and was “disproportionate”.in a pay row that now also includes a dispute over bin lorry drivers' wages.

Police patrols had helped to secure the smooth exit of trucks in recent weeks but reduced powers meant piles of rubbish were starting to reappear in parts of the city.The use of those powers, under

, a law used around public gatherings, were "no longer in place", a force spokesperson confirmed,The legislation had been used to prevent strikers from delaying trucks as they left depots in the city.