17 h. ago Air ambulance lands on tiny roundabout in middle of Valleys village

Emergency services were called to the middle of Tylorstown, in the Rhondda, on Friday morning

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1 week ago LIVE: Air ambulance lands in Manchester park as police descend on street

Emergency services have been busy in the area

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1 week ago Funfair closes after person seriously injured on ride as air ambulance called in

An air ambulance landed at the scene and an off duty medic also helped the fairgoer.

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2 w. ago Valley of tranquility graced with castles, pretty villages and gardens but a shadow looms

Whether on bike, on foot or in a car, the Tywi Valley in Carmarthenshire boasts incredible views, a fascinating history and attractions, but it's also facing a threat people are very worried about

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2 w. ago Man rushed to hospital after air ambulance lands near Scots harbour

Police were seen rushing the air ambulance crew to the scene.

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2 w. ago A Road to a Village review – striking visuals ballast Nepal drama of haves and have

Widening gulfs in mountain society drives one father to the precipice in Nabin Subba’s humble yet mythic parableIf an interest in realism is a bellwether for a film industry’s relationship with social conditions in a given country, it’s always instructive to see where notable examples of the genre crop up. After 2012’s Wadjda prefigured the opening up of Saudi Arabia, here is a fretful example from Nepal, resplendently shot in the vast mountainsides above the eastern city of Dharan, but which agonises about the country’s modernisation.Weaver Maila (Dayahang Rai) finds himself on the wrong side of progress after a road is built connecting the Rai village of Balankha to the valley below. With plastic tarps on sale at a local store now bursting with hot new merch, no one wants his bamboo mats any more. His electricity is cut off, stopping his scallywag son Bindray (Prasan Rai) from studying, and driving the youngster to instead obsess over other modern distractions: the elixir of Coca-...

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3 w. ago Air ambulance lands after boy hit by car on busy Greater Manchester road

Police were called out to the scene

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