Paramedics

Emergency services attended at Polmont Railway Station earlier today after a person was struck by a train (Picture: Michael Gillen, National World)

Transport police confirm loss of life on rail tracks at Polmont Railway Station

The City Flyer fairground ride in Birmingham, after two people were taken to hospital after an incident on the ride. Picture: Phil Barnett/PA Wire

Woman recalls moment City Flyer Christmas ride 'crashed to the ground'

Dumfries and Galloway Blood Bikes perform a life saving service, free of charge

The Scottish 'Blood Bikers' who are saving lives

Scottish theme park sued over ride failure that 'terrified' girls

Tributes to 'angel' teen Emma Ramsay after tragic Ibiza balcony fall

The large blaze at a Birmingham grocery shop, Alum Rock Road, Saltley.

Watch: Shop explodes in ball of flames leaving two hospitalised

Alicia Reid and Ryan Reid.

Watch: Audio reveals moment hero boy, 8, saved mum's life calling 999

Lee Sargent (R) who has been sentenced to 18 years and 10 months.

Meat cleaver attack: Police arrest man who chopped off woman's fingers

In 2023, paramedics also took 9,409 hours off due to musculoskeletal/fractures, a rise of 80 per cent compared to 2019, while absences due to operations, gastro problems and colds/influenza also surged.

Mental health absences spiralling among NHS ambulance workers

BBC Scotland political editor Glenn Campbell has told how he has been diagnosed with incurable brain cancer. Picture: BBC Scotland/PA Wire

BBC Scotland political editor Campbell on living with incurable brain cancer

Cali-Maii and her mum (Image: London Ambulance Service)

Schoolgirl, 6, saves her mum's life with 999 call during asthma attack

Tidworth Skatepark

Boy, 11, dies after ‘falling off scooter’ at skatepark

Police seize a dog who attacked a child in Birmingham

Child ‘mauled by bulldog’ in horrific dog attack as police seize pet

Military veteran Martin McConnell was killed in a crash at Tibenham Airfield in Norwich, Norfolk during the Terminal Velocity show on Sunday.

Former Pride of Britain nominee dies tragic 200mph motorcycle incident

Several people injured after car crashes into primary school

Seven children injured after car crashes into primary school

Police have now issued a statement about the incident

Panic as man ‘stabs himself to death’ at train station

Love Island ‘filming stopped’ after contestant falls ill

Police say there is 'no suggestion' of people jumping from Bournemouth pier or of jet skis being involved in the tragedy.(Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)

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The roof of the double-decker bus was sliced off after the vehicle collided with the low bridge. Picture: Network Rail

Ten people hospitalised after bus roof ripped off in rail bridge collision

A British toddler has drowned in a swimming pool at a popular holiday villa near Alicante, Spain.

British toddler drowns at Spanish holiday villa

Duchess of Edinburgh’s prayers for woman hurt in royal escort crash

A British Dad drowned while on a family holiday in Turkey, an inquest heard

British Dad drowned while on holiday in Turkey, inquest hears

The Easter Monday stabbing took place outside a primary school in London - Credit: Google Streetview

17-year-old boy stabbed to death outside London primary school

The two-year-old boy remains in critical but stable condition, Surrey Police has confirmed - Credit: Google Streetview

Toddler fighting for his life after fall from 8th-floor flat

Dan Walker says he has no memory of the crash which left him bloody and bruised. Credit: Dan Walker

Dan Walker urges cyclists to wear helmets after collision with car

Actor Tom Sizemore in critical condition following brain aneurysm

A four-year-old girl has died in a dog attack on Milton Keynes. File picture shows police cars.

Girl, aged 4, dies after being attacked by dog in back garden

Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley, dies aged 54

National ambulance and NHS trade unions have announced a day of strike action to take place tomorrow.

NHS advise when to use 999 as ambulance driver strikes begin today

Several people ‘injured’ by knifeman in attack at Gare Du Nord, Paris

Beth Matthews’ mother, Jane, described her as ‘an incredible character’ who was ‘bright and vivacious’ (Photo: Beth Matthews/Life Beyond the Ledge)

Blogger died after ordering poisonous substance online inquest finds

Brothers Finlay and Samuel Butler, their cousin Thomas Stewart (top right) and Jack Johnson (bottom left) all died after falling through ice into a lake.

Four boys who fell through frozen lake ‘drowned’, inquest hears

The woman and two children died after being found seriously injured at a property in Petherton Court, Kettering.

Police name nurse and two children who died in Kettering murder probe

Emergency services near the Aquatics Centre, at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London

Major incident in London's Olympic Park as people injured in 'gas leak'

Emergency services responded to reports of an injured woman on the tracks.

Rail services affected after emergency services respond to injured woman on line

A 10-year-old boy has died after being attacked by a dog in Caerphilly, Wales, police have said (Photo: Google)

Boy, 10, dies after dog attack - armed police destroy animal

ScotRail confirmed the incident.

Railway services between Edinburgh and Fife cancelled after person hit by train ...

Mr Brown waited 40 hours for an ambulance

Pensioner dies waiting 40 hours for ambulance after collapsing in Glasgow flat

Lee Anne Porteous had a heart attack in May.

‘I got it into my head I was going to die,’ says woman, 37, who had heart attack

David Clark, 59, was walking through a field in the Yorkshire Dales on September 21 last year when he was trampled.

Former Scotland rugby player died after being 'trampled by cows'

Matthew Devlin, a student paramedic who campaigned for the bursary.

Campaign success as paramedic students given £10,000 bursary

Coastguard helicopter arrives at Tinto Hill to assist with a rescue after a woman fell and suffered an injury picture: Moffat Mountain Rescue Team

Woman with suspected broken leg airlifted to hospital after hill walking
A woman was airlifted to hospital after she fell at a popular walking spot and suffered a suspected broken leg.

Pam Anderson died in September.

Death sparks calls for more ambulance service in highland village

Rail workers recover the vehicle from the tracks. Pic: John Devlin.

Train collides with car in Renfrewshire

The car flipped onto its side on Balgreen Road. Pic: contributed

Car crashes and flips onto its side on Edinburgh road

Jane Clarke with her partner John McCallum who had to wait five hours for an ambulance

Edinburgh stroke victim, 74, forced to pee in bottle due to FIVE HOUR wait for a...

Jane Clarke with her partner John McCallum who had to wait five hours for an ambulance

Edinburgh stroke victim, 74, forced to pee in bottle due to FIVE HOUR wait for a...

Jane Clarke with her partner John McCallum who had to wait five hours for an ambulance

Edinburgh stroke victim, 74, forced to pee in bottle due to FIVE HOUR wait for a...

Jane Clarke with her partner John McCallum who had to wait five hours for an ambulance

Edinburgh stroke victim, 74, forced to pee in bottle due to FIVE HOUR wait for a...

There was an average of 43 ambulance turnarounds that took longer than an hour each day this year

Tories warn of ‘slip in performance’ in ambulance turnaround times

Scottish Charity Air Ambulance were called out to the accident in Glen Garry, Invergarry.

Two men seriously injured by falling telegraph pole in remote Scottish glen

The incident ocurred at Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. Picture: Cristian Bortes / WIki Commons

Trapeze artist plunged to the ground in front of horrified Christmas revellers i...

Dougie Dodd, then aged one, got tangled in the wire of mum Nadia Hulse's kitchen appliance. Picture: SWNS

A toddler nearly dies after pulling a vegetable steamer over his head

The roof of the bus was almost completely taken off. Picture: Duncan Macpherson

Double decker bus lost roof after crashing into railway bridge

Paramedics were called to reports that a baby was unresponsive at a property in Crompton Street in Farnworth, near Bolton, shortly after 5.30pm on Friday.

Man bailed after death of 10 month old baby girl

Paramedics and police officers attended the scene, on a street named Periodista Quesada Chacon.

Young British student who died after falling from seventh floor on school trip t...

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