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Professor Andrew Cooper FRS is Academic Director of the University of Liverpool's Materials Innovation Factory, an £81 million facility dedicated to the research and development of advanced materials and established in partnership with Unilever.

"Wayne was a valued and respected colleague in the Brigade for over 20 years before joining West Midlands FRS," he said.

FRS Clipper, which has been owned by German ferry operator FRS since 2016, had developed a contingency plan to be implemented if the two parties didn’t reach a contract.

This process can be accelerated when a fire and rescue service's failures raise concerns about public safety - as is the case with Avon FRS.

“There is a time and a place for criminal-justice reform, but FRS scheduling is neither,” he said.