Emergency Services

'Very Serious Concerns' Over 111 Service

PA | Posted 04.05.2013 | UK

At least 22 "potentially serious" incidents - three involving deaths - have been recorded in connection with the new NHS 111 advice line, it has been ...

111 Helpline Could Put Patients At Risk, Doctors Warn

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.03.2013 | UK

The new 111 non-emergency helpline is putting patient safety at risk, doctors have warned. The British Medical Association (BMA) has written to Sir...

Man Arrested After Fatal House Fire

PA | Posted 03.03.2013 | UK

A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a fatal house fire, police said on Saturday evening. Hertfordshire Police said a m...

Tory Ministers Want to Privatise Fire and Rescue Services

Chris Williamson | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Politics
Chris Williamson

I imagine even David Cameron might have been alarmed if someone had told him three years ago that his government would be looking at privatising our emergency services.

Man Killed In Motorway Bridge Fall

PA | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK

A man died after falling from a motorway bridge on to the road below. Police were called to the M42 between junctions 3a and 4 in Birmingham at 10....

Teenage Seriously Injured In Toboggan Accident

PA | Posted 22.03.2013 | UK

A teenager was critically injured in an accident while out sledging. The 16-year-old suffered "life-threatening" head injuries after falling off a ...

Teenager Hurt In 150 Foot Sledging Fall

PA | Posted 21.03.2013 | UK

A teenager fell 150ft down a steep embankment in a sledging accident and escaped with just a broken leg. The 16-year-old was playing in the snow on...

PICTURES: Revellers Across the UK Hit The Booze

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.01.2013 | UK

As thousands enjoyed the fireworks by the Thames, outside London some revellers took their celebrations too far, with heavy drinking leaving many stag...

Sounding The Alarm

PA | Posted 03.12.2012 | UK

Almost 70 fire stations in England are at risk of closure and scores more throughout the UK face severe downgrading if the Government presses ahead wi...

Three-Year-Old 999 Caller Was A Hoax, Say Police

PA | Posted 31.07.2012 | UK

Two 10-year-old girls are being "spoken to" by police after it turned out that a 999 call apparently made by a three-year-old claiming her mother was ...

Police Urgently Seeking Three-Year-Old Who Dialled 999

PA | Posted 31.07.2012 | UK

Police are urgently looking for a three-year-old girl who called the ambulance service to say her mother had fallen and was not moving. West Yorksh...

Stuck On The 72nd Floor: Window Cleaner's Moment Of Terror On The Shard

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.07.2012 | UK

There was panic at the Shard on Monday after a window cleaner got stuck in a precarious position on the 72nd floor. A video posted on YouTube appea...

Blast Parents Return To Site Of Son's Death

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.06.2012 | UK

The parents of two-year-old Jamie Heaton, killed in the Oldham explosion this week, have returned to the spot where their son was killed for the first...

Oldham Blast Suspect 'Worked On Boiler'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.06.2012 | UK

A man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over a fatal gas blast may have examined a boiler in one of the affected houses in the days before the dis...

Police Arrest 32-Year-Old Man Over Oldham Shaw Explosion

PA | Posted 27.06.2012 | UK

Detectives investigating the death of a toddler killed in a massive explosion on Wednesday arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter, Greater Manche...

Suspected Gas Blast 'Like IRA Bombing'

PA | Posted 27.06.2012 | UK

A senior police officer has compared the damage cause by a massive explosion which killed a child to the IRA's Manchester bombing. Greater Manchest...

PICTURES: Tributes Left To Two-Year-Old Who Died In Gas Blast

Posted 27.06.2012 | UK

Tributes have been left at the scene of an explosion in the Shaw area of Oldham that killed a two-year-old and left a 27-year-old man in a critical co...

Police Probe Gas Blast Which Killed One Child

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.06.2012 | UK

Detectives investigating a massive explosion that tore through a residential street leaving a child dead are treating the suspected gas blast as suspi...

Child Dead After Explosion In Oldham

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 26.06.2012 | UK

Detectives investigating a massive explosion that killed a child in Oldham are treating the death as suspicious, Greater Manchester Police said. Tw...

Will Self Saves Children After Roof Collapses

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK

Writer Will Self is lucky to be alive after the roof of his house collapsed "with a tremendous roar while he was inside with his family. The journa...

Labour Cry Foul Over 999 Responder Staff 'Cuts'

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.05.2012 | UK Politics

Labour has accused the coalition of overseeing a "shocking" 5,000 cut in police dealing with 999 emergencies. Figures released under freedom of inf...

Autistic Boy Died Waiting For Ambulance

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.03.2012 | UK

A Liverpol couple are demanding to know the truth after their autistic son died choked to death on a sweet while an ambulance failed to find his house...

Head 'Disappointed' With BBC After Schoolboy Plunged From Stairwell

The Huffington Post UK | Lucy Sherriff | Posted 28.02.2012 | UK Universities & Education

The headteacher at the school where a pupil fell from a stairwell has hit out at the BBC over its coverage of the incident. The pupil, at Fairfield...

Police Roll Out New 101 Number For Non-Emergencies

PA | Posted 11.01.2012 | UK

The non-emergency 101 number for police has been rolled out to all forces across England and Wales as an alternative to 999. Policing Minister Nick...

Teenager Made Nearly 800 'Malicious' Hoax 999 Calls Over Christmas

PA | Posted 30.12.2011 | UK

A teenager has admitted making nearly 800 "malicious" hoax calls to police on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Kerry Ann Moate made 756 bogus 999 call...