27 h. ago Attacks on ambulance staff at crisis point after 'significant increase'

Health chiefs have been written to and ministers are being urged to take action after a record number of violent assaults were reported

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48 h. ago Heart attack victim died after ambulance service ‘did nothing’ for an hour

Graham Anderson, 59, died in May 2020 after falling ill at his office in Grangemouth.

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9 d. ago My dad fell for our beauty queen nanny. I knew she was evil but nothing prepared me for the horrors to come... now I'm haunted by my lies

Whenever Sarah Corbett Lynch hears the whirring sirens of a police car or ambulance, it triggers a crippling panic attack. For it takes her back to August 2, 2015, when she was eight years old.

Politics

2 w. ago Edinburgh University staff threaten strike action amid job loss fears due to funding crisis

Union says institution has refused to rule out compulsory redundancies as it plans to slash £140m from its budget

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3 w. ago Education Secretary ‘surprised’ by Dundee University staff job loss total

Interim principal at the University Professor Shane O’Neill confirmed that 700 staff members could lose their jobs at the crisis-hit institution.

Society

3 w. ago They're glamourised in Hollywood films and beloved around the world

Publican's have opened up about Ireland's rural pubs staffing crisis- after a survey revealed more than a quarter of rural pubs are being staffed by as few as two people.

Culture

4 w. ago Amsterdam mass stabbing horror leaves five people injured in tourist hotspot

Chaotic scenes erupted in Amsterdam's main square this afternoon after at least five people were injured in a knife attack with an air ambulance, police and multiple ambulances rushing to the scene

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