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Scotland

3,600 people waited over eight hours for an ambulance, figures show

More than 3,000 people waited longer than eight hours for an ambulance last year, with one patient in the second most severe category waiting a day and a half, figures show. Statistics released to the Scottish Liberal Democrats under freedom of ...

04 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Woman thanks paramedics who saved son’s life after football match cardiac arrest

The mother of a 26-year-old man who had a cardiac arrest at a football game has thanked paramedics for saving his life. Joseph Higgins, of Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, was attending an Old Firm game on April 17 this year with his brother and ...

17 Aug 2022 at 18:43

Man dies ‘after climbing out of window to escape tower block fire’

A man is believed to have fallen to his death after climbing out of a window to escape a fire at a tower block in Bristol. Emergency services were called to the blaze on the top floor of Twinnell House on Wills Drive, off Stapleton Road, in ...

25 Sept 2022 at 23:36

Man dies following ‘serious fire’ at tower block in Bristol

A man has died following a fire at a tower block in Bristol, police said. Emergency services were called to the blaze on the top floor of Twinnell House on Wills Drive, off Stapleton Road, in Easton, Bristol, shortly after 2.15am on Sunday....

25 Sept 2022 at 10:51

Crime

Daughter calls for law change after cyclist father killed by 82-year-old motorist who ‘could only see three metres ahead’

The devoted daughter of a fit and healthy 70-year-old cyclist who tragically lost his life when an elderly motorist ploughed into him is campaigning for a law change after it was revealed in court the “reckless” driver could only see ...

21 Sept 2022 at 08:12

Northern Ireland

Man arrested following stabbing in Derry

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing in Derry. Detectives have appealed for information about the incident in Crawford Square in the early hours of Friday. The PSNI received a report just ...

29 Jul 2022 at 10:12

Northern Ireland

Man, 31, charged following stabbing in Derry

Detectives have charged a man following a stabbing in Derry. Police said the incident happened in Crawford Square in the early hours of Friday. The man, aged 31, has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon with ...

29 Jul 2022 at 19:30

Local News

Tipperary TD says 'ongoing ambulance staff issues putting patient health at risk'

Ongoing staffing issues in the National Ambulance Service are causing a threat to patient health and well-being and a plummeting morale within the Ambulance Service, according to Tipperary TD Michael Lowry. Reports in ...

25 Jul 2022 at 18:33

Teenage boy dies in funfair incident

A teenage boy has died at a fair on the Kent coast. Emergency services were called to Pencester Gardens in Dover in the early hours of Wednesday. The site was hosting the Family Funfair run by Kent-based Forrest ...

03 Aug 2022 at 14:35

Derry Now

Man, 31, charged following stabbing in Derry

29 Jul 2022 at 23:33

Derry Now

Man arrested following stabbing in Derry

29 Jul 2022 at 12:33

Local News

Worrying amount of 'absolutely criminal' hoax calls to ambulance service

Almost 1,400 bogus or hoax calls were made to the National Ambulance Service (NAS) last year. Figures released from the NAS show the number of prank or bogus calls began to rise sharply in the second half ...

23 May 2022 at 12:33

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