The store was cordoned off as emergency services scrambled to the scene A woman has died after suffering a medical episode in a Primark store in Oldham. Emergency services were called to the clothes outlet in Market Place, Oldham on Monday evening following concerns for the woman’s welfare. Residents also reported an air ambulance attended […]

1 year ago

The case has been compared to the death of George Floyd Two paramedics who were supposed to be saving a man’s life, have instead been charged with his murder. Peter Cadigan, 50, and Peggy Finlay 40, have been charged after a man suffocated to death when they strapped him onto a gurney face-down on 18 […]

3 years ago

The London Fire Brigade said they are dealing with reports of a ‘chemical incident’ A “major incident” has been declared at London Aquatics Centre in Stratford with emergency services treating “a number of patients” suffering from “breathing difficulties”. The London Ambulance Service (LAS),  London Fire Brigade, and the Metropolitan Police were at the centre on Queen […]

4 years ago

Sunbathers, meet Bambi Two sunbathers in Australia have been fined after they needed rescuing from one of Australia’s most dangerous animals. No, it wasn’t a huge spider or venomous snake, nor was it a kangaroo or a particularly arrogant koala; two grown men were sent running into the woods by none other than a deer. […]

5 years ago

Yes, KFC running out of chicken is a tragedy but no, no it isn’t worth phoning the emergency services about So here we are then, close to another 365 day period put behind us on planet earth. We’re all getting another year older and wiser. Other than these people, who are phoning the emergency services […]

7 years ago

“I think work can wait.”

10 years ago