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South Western Ambulance Service

The image shows a paramedic stood in a the usual NHS ambulance service dark green uniform standing next to an emergency vehicle. He is looking straight at the camera and smiling while resting his hand on the car.

Paramedic takes on driving challenge for cancer

Richard Mellor aims to drive from Cornwall to Norway over three weeks to raise money for charity.

A picture of the back of an ambulance. It has yellow and red stripes. There is, in red writing, the word AMBULANCE. There is the lights attached to the top of the vehicle.

Ambulance trust jobs at risk in bid to save £5m

The trust says it has entered a period of consultation, which may result in up to 40 redundancies.

The image shows a person in a green uniform standing next to a wall-mounted defibrillator. The defibrillator is housed in a bright yellow circular case with green accents and text that reads "DEFIBRILLATOR." The person is holding the handle of the defibrillator case, which appears to be mounted on an exterior wall

Charity gets £142k to aid cardiac arrest survival

The funds will improve access to defibrillators, provide training and support first responders.

A police officer dressed in a black T-shirt with police epaulettes on the shoulder stands beside an ambulance worker dressed in his dark green uniform, with a red bleed kit between them. It has writing with instructions on it but it is not clear to read in this photo, beyond advice to call 999.

Life-saving bleed kits installed across Cornwall

The kits are being distributed to assist during an emergency first aid incidents.

A police car, pictured to the bottom right of the image, parked on a street after dark with the road lit by a lamp-post. Shop fronts can be seen on the ground floor of a row of buildings with windows on the floors above and trees to the left of the image.

Teenager arrested after stabbing incident in city

A teenage boy has been arrested following an assault in Bristol.

Around nine ambulances are seen queuing up outside the A&E department at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital on a clear day

'Ambulance delays are a life or death situation'

Response times for emergency callouts to rural areas are three times longer than they should be.

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The back of a yellow and red ambulance.

Lost keys and nightmare among needless 999 calls

A quarter of the one million calls the ambulance service received last year were "inappropriate".

Close-up of 'POLICE' marking written on the back of a hi-visibility stab proof vest worn by a trio of police officers at the scene of an incident.

Boy arrested after air ambulances respond to hoax

Two air ambulances and a doctor were mobilised before it was established the call was a hoax.

Six ambulances parked outside Royal Cornwall Hospital's emergency department

Ambulance service critical incident stood down

Staff say they are still 'exceptionally busy' and urge people to only call 999 in an emergency.