9 h. ago Man dies after being hit by ambulance racing to 999 call as police launch probe

The road was shut for nearly 10 hours.

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11 h. ago Man dies after ambulance collides with pedestrian during emergency call

Police were alerted to the crash on the A96 near Elgin, Moray, at about 3.30am on Saturday.

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18 h. ago Man, 40, dies after being hit by ambulance responding to emergency call

Police are investigating the crash on Saturday morning.

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41 h. ago Family of Scots grandad who died of stroke call for symptom change

Anthony 'Tony' Bundy, 53, died on June 29, 2023, after suffering a Basilar Artery Ischaemic Stroke in the corridor of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.

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59 h. ago LIVE: Huge road closure in place and emergency response amid ongoing incident

Police and paramedics have taped off Longsight Road in the Greenmount area of Bury

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68 h. ago Pensioner dies at Scots Lidl store as emergency services rush to scene

Emergency services raced to the shop on Windmill Road in Peterhead after the alarm was raised at around 3.50pm on Wednesday.

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3 d. ago Former Scots Police Chief dies at 68 as tributes paid to 'passionate leader'

An ex-Scots Police Chief has died at 68 after a career marked by the Renee MacRae disappearance controversy.

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3 d. ago Horror US plane crash leaves one dead amid emergency response

Emergency services are at the scene of the crash in Arizona as large plumes of smoke were seen billowing from the scene.

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3 d. ago Mother, 43,  died after ambulance was cancelled by operator just minutes from her home when she was 'incorrectly' downgraded

The 43-year-old had called emergency services and an ambulance was on its way to her home in Harrietsham, Kent.

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3 d. ago Man carrying soft toy backpack dies after being hit by van while walking to Scottish village

The pedestrian was carrying a distinctive backpack adorned with soft animals

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4 d. ago 'Legendary' Scottish crime author remembered for 'wry humour and quick wit' dies aged 59

Denzil Meyrick was best known for his DCI Daley novels

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4 d. ago Man dies on Scottish farm after air ambulance called to scene in major emergency response

A rapid resuscitation response unit was among emergency teams sent to the farm near Coupar Angus

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5 d. ago Scots baby died because of 'putrid hospital' mum tells inquiry

Sophia Smith was just 11 days old when she died after becoming ill with an infection similar to MRSA, which developed into sepsis.

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5 d. ago Parents of baby who died at Glasgow hospital say death was 'bolt from the blue'

Sophia Smith was just 11 days old when she died at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow.

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5 d. ago Europe at ‘turning point’ as leaders meet in Paris to discuss Ukraine crisis

Ursula von der Leyen urges ‘emergency mindset’ in response to US decision to enter bilateral talks with RussiaEurope live – latest updatesEurope’s security is “at a turning point”, the president of the European Commission has said, as leaders from major European powers prepared to meet in Paris for emergency talks on their role in an eventual ceasefire in Ukraine.After last week’s shock move by the US to sideline Kyiv and its European backers from peace negotiations, Ursula von der Leyen said the issue was “about Ukraine – but also about us. We need an urgency mindset. We need a surge in defence. And we need both of them now.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago I signed up for disaster training in LA. I had no idea I’d need it so soon

Four months ago, I took an emergency response course. Then the wildfires came, and I realised, in an era of disasters, how vital trained neighbors areKelley McIntosh is the kind of person who gives her friends fire extinguishers as housewarming gifts. In other words, my kind of person: as a climate journalist who’s spent eight years reporting on adaptations critical to life in our burning, storming, fevered world, I’ve been known to gift-wrap prepper items, too. Loved ones have sighed and nodded as they opened solar lanterns, flashlights and emergency radios none of us quite understand how to “crank”.Shockingly for two hypervigilants, neither Kelley nor I had ever actually pulled the pin and shot a fire extinguisher until the day we met last September in Los Angeles. Continue reading...

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