Tag: Emergency Services

Snow-hit streets of Edinburgh are being cleared with military precision

IT started on the stroke of 11.30am with the kind of military efficiency you’d expect from the combined ranks of the Army,...

Calls to crack down on 999 hoax callers as only one in 100 are prosecuted

IT has been revealed that less than one in 100 bogus 999 callers are being prosecuted each year. In 2009-10 there were 2,931 hoax calls...

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...

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