Paramedics

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)

What are riptides and why are they so dangerous?

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

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

Video: Edinburgh cyclist hit by van

Edinburgh explosion: Man in hospital after fire

Paramedics film heart attack patients secretly

Syria: Rebels blamed over Damascus suicide bomb

OAPs burned after using UV lamp to heat home

Paramedics under strain as two in three ambulance call-outs are drink-related

Father of 16 accused of Dundee pub death stabbing

Stag party tourist dies in Spain

Call for safety summit after fatal bike crash

Attacks force paramedics to blacklist 54 danger addresses

Paramedics get on their bikes to treat injured in big crowds

Boy killed at Royal Highland Show

A target too far for Scotland's overstretched paramedics

Children's tsar probes PPP impact on pupils

Tower block suicide fire horror

Year-old twins left starving in squalor as parents watched DVDs

Dishwasher knife victim 'died in the arms of her brother'

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Deposit return scheme: "Real possibility" scheme will be scrapped this week

Ange Postecoglou could be set to leave Celtic for Tottenham Hotspur. (Photo by Ewan Bootman / SNS Group)

Ange Postecoglou 'agrees terms' with Spurs, John Kennedy's Celtic future

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer had faced criticism over his promise to block new North Sea oil and gas exploration.

Oil and gas will be part of UK energy supply for 'many years', Starmer insists