Tag: Emergency Services

Kitchen fire rips through house in Scottish Borders

By Christine Lavelle A WOMAN was treated for smoke inhalation after a kitchen fire ripped through her home in the Borders. The blaze started in...

Snapping lobsters caused canoeists to panic and capsize

By Christine Lavelle TWO canoeists out fishing for lobsters had to be rescued after one dropped a pot of the snapping shellfish into the...

Tragic Phil’s mercy-man escapes medic ban

By Rory Reynolds A PARAMEDIC who was among the first to treat tragic Motherwell FC legend Phil O’Donnell on the day he collapsed and died...

Emergency crews free boy trapped in bench

By Rory Reynolds A YOUNG boy was stuck in a park bench for over half an hour after getting his knee trapped yesterday (Thursday). Fire crews...

Edinburgh Airport emergency services scrambled

By Oliver Farrimond A FULL-SCALE emergency was declared at Edinburgh Airport last night as an inbound Flybe flight reported problems with its hydraulic system. Emergency services...

Woman rushed to hospital after van smash

By Oliver Farrimond A WOMAN has been rushed to hospital after her van careened off a dual-carriageway near Livingston. Lothian and Borders Police say that the...

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