Tag: scottish ambulance service

Attacks on ambulance staff on the rise

ATTACKS on ambulance staff have soared by 30% in the past two years – reaching an average of almost one a day. Workers were subjected...

Ambulance station vetoed by councillors because of trees

COUNCILLORS have vetoed the site of a new quick-response ambulance station – because it would involve chopping down trees. Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) chiefs picked...

Police try to identify mystery bike crash cyclist

SCOTTISH Borders Police are trying to identify a mystery cyclist who died after colliding with a car. The man, aged between 40 and 50, lost...

Schoolboy hit by car in morning rush hour

A TEENAGER was knocked down this morning as he made his way to school. The 13-year-old boy is believed to have been hit by a...

Mad dash to ambulance station as 999 call put on hold

A YOUNG father's life was saved following a 999 bungle - after his mother sprinted to the ambulance station three doors away. Chris Upton, 25,...

Man dies in Arthur’s Seat fall

A MAN has died after plunging from crags in Edinburgh. Insiders said the victim, believed to be  in his early 20s, landed just in front...

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