38 h. ago Hero air ambulance pilot grabbed shotgun to shoot XL Bully dead as it attacked three people with police snipers too far away to help

Jon Earp landed his helicopter on a farm where he was called to the multiple attacks on three victims by the rampaging dog.

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59 h. ago Air ambulance pilot 'borrows farmer's shotgun to shoot XL Bully and save victim'

Captain Jon Earp has been hailed a hero with a judge saying he saved the life of a man after he borrowed a gun and shot dead an out of control XL bully that was attacking people in Gwynedd, Wales

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61 h. ago 'Hero' air ambulance pilot shot XL bully four times as 'first had no impact'

Captain Jon Earp was praised by the judge after he intervened to save several people from the mutt who had started to attack everyone in its sight - resulting in it being shot

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62 h. ago Air ambulance pilot shot savage XL Bully four times as first shot 'had no impact whatsoever'

A judge today praised the pilot for his bravery, as the dog savaged its owner, her husband and another man leaving two of them with life-threatening and life-altering injuries

Politics

62 h. ago Air ambulance pilot shot dead XL Bully with farmer's gun after it attacked several people

The pilot has been hailed a hero after 'saving a person's life'

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3 d. ago British tourist dies in Greece where he was stuck on a ventilator facing £59,000 hospital and air ambulance bills after holiday insurance error

Alan Kirby, 67, was enjoying a family trip to Zante when he suffered a 'septic' shock and was diagnosed with pneumonia and suspected lung cancer.

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5 d. ago Air ambulance called as four seriously injured in forest crash

Police have said that that some of the injuries sustained in the crash are life changing

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5 d. 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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6 d. ago Helicopter crash UPDATES: Isle of Wight horror as emergency crews race to scene

An air ambulance has been sent to the scene of a reported helicopter crash near Ventnor on the Isle of Wight this morning - a critical care team has also been dispatched

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7 d. ago M1 crash in Bedfordshire leaves motorway closed to traffic on Bank Holiday Sunday

The southbound carriageway is shut and the air ambulance has been called to the scene

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7 d. ago Funfair worker killed in 'tragic incident' pictured on ride just days before

Tributes have been pouring in the funfair worker Corrie Lee-Stavers, who passed away during a 'tragic incident' requiring an air ambulance and paramedics to rush to the scene

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8 d. 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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1 week 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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1 week ago Hero tells of desperate bid to save River Tay victim before tragic body find

Stewart Miller, 54, used his jet ski to try and trace a man who had vanished in the Perth river on Thursday, August 14.

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2 w. ago Couple's charity challenge takes them to Dumfries and Galloway coastline

Charlotte and Wayne Stainton are aiming to cover the entire UK coastline to support the North West Air Ambulance.

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2 w. ago Man rushed to hospital after falling 'significant distance' at Scots beauty spot

The air ambulance was called to the scene after a man reportedly fell a "significant distance" at Callander's Bracklinn Falls, injuring himself.

Politics

2 w. ago Horror on the street after boy, 17, seriously injured in knife attack

An air ambulance was scrambled to the scene

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2 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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2 w. ago Ayrshire crash: Air ambulance called as road closed in both directions after A77 crash

Emergency services remain on the scene.

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3 w. ago M5 traffic LIVE: Major motorway at complete standstill after horror crash with miles of delays

Drivers have been plunged into chaos as a stretch of the M5 was closed in both directions following a 'serious collision' this morning, with an air ambulance already on the scene

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