Tag: community safety

Scots firefighters to cut 57,000 unnecessary blue light journeys annually

News

Rowan Brolly - January 10, 2022

Scots firefighters are set to cut back on 57,000 unnecessary blue light journeys annually after a public consultation backed calls to reduce attendance at...

Elderly woman in hospital after fire at sheltered housing complex

Scottish News

Christine Lavelle - February 6, 2011

AN elderly woman was being treated in hospital after a blaze ripped through the kitchen of her sheltered housing flat. The 95-year-old was rescued when...

Firefighters visit Edinburgh’s children’s hospital

Deadline News Journalist - November 1, 2010

Crew members from the Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service paid a visit to some of the patients at the Royal Hospital for...

Bogus callers targeting vulnerable residents in Fife

Christine Lavelle - July 14, 2010

By Christine Lavelle POLICE in Fife are warning residents to be alert to bogus callers in the area, following a string of suspicious house calls...

Rise in Scottish drug deaths blamed on Trainspotting generation

Deadline News Journalist - August 12, 2009

By Cara Sulieman A MASSIVE hike in the number of drugs related deaths across Scotland is being blamed on the nation’s Trainspotting generation – addicts...