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500 new life savers in place across the Midlands
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A PROJECT designed to save dozens of lives across the West Midlands is already showing positive progress with a near 10% increase in the number of times a machine has attended an incident. Towards the end...
Life saving equipment fitted in motorway patrol cars
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PATIENTS who crash on a motorway in the West Midlands and suffer a cardiac arrest now have a better chance of survival A pioneering project between West Midlands Ambulance Service and Central Motorway Police Group...
Air Ambulance called for Marlborough Way collision
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AN AIR Ambulance landed in Tamworth earlier this afternoon due to a collision in Glascote. Staffordshire Police, a Paramedic from West Midlands Ambulance Service and an Air Ambulance were dispatched to the scene on Marlborough...
Couple ran over with their own car in north of the county
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TWO people have been taken to hospital following a road traffic incident in which they appear to have been run down by their own car. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to Lid Lane, Cheadle at...
Have your say on how the Police are funded
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PEOPLE in Tamworth are being urged to have their say on key issues such as online security and how the police are funded. Matthew Ellis, Staffordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, is giving residents the opportunity as...
New custody contract means more local policing
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STAFFORDSHIRE'S Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Ellis says a new custody detention contract will free up police officer time. This means that officers will be able to focus on frontline policing, improve safety in custody areas...
M&S boosts lifesaving capabilities
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MARKS AND SPENCER has boosted its lifesaving capabilities after installing 40 defibrillators into stores throughout the West Midlands region. The multinational retailer has been working in conjunction with West Midlands Ambulance Service, to roll out the...
Staffordshire Taser approach is most rigorous in the country, says PCC
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Commenting on a national report about the use of Tasers on under-18s, Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Ellis said the approach to Taser in Staffordshire is the most rigorous in the country. “It is...
Child injured following collision with a car in Glascote
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A child needed emergency medical treatment following a road traffic collision in Glascote yesterday evening. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to reports of a pedestrian and a car that had been in collision at the...
Police name Tamworth man killed in collision
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STAFFORDSHIRE Police have today named the pedestrian who sadly died after being struck by a van news Whittington Yesterday. Police have named the man after he was formally identified as 21-year-old Joshua Owen, from Tamworth and...
Pedestrian dies near Whittington
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POLICE in Lichfield are investigating after a pedestrian has died in a road traffic collision near Whittington this morning. Staffordshire Police and West Midlands Ambulance Service were called to the incident on Lichfield Road, Whittington...
Drivers arrested after collision in Burton leaves two dead
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POLICE have confirmed that two people have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving following a crash near Burton this morning in which two people died. One man in his forties, from Portugal...
Fatal Collision in Alrewas
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A WOMAN has died following a road traffic collision in Alrewas this morning. The crash occurred on Alrewas Road, just off the A38 in Alrewas, at 5.45am and West Midlands Ambulance Service sent two ambulances...
Woman injured by falling tree branch in Whittington
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A WOMAN has sustained multiple injuries following an incident involving a falling tree branch in Whittington this morning. West Midlands Ambulance Service dispatched an ambulance, a rapid response vehicle, a paramedic area support officer and the Midlands...
‘Junior Paramedic’ iPad App
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CHILDREN aged 4-7 can now learn about health as well as reading, writing and arithmetic with a new iPad app developed by West Midlands Ambulance Service. The free 'Junior Paramedic' app brings Key Stage One learning...
Do you want to be a Student Paramedic? Apply Now!
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TIME is running out if you want to be considered for one of 300 new student paramedic places. Applications via NHS jobs close at 11.59pm on Tuesday evening (6th January). West Midlands Ambulance Service...
Base Jumper injured near Tamworth
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A base jumper has escaped serious injury after his parachute failed to fully deploy as he fell from a telecommunications mast near Tamworth. West Midlands Ambulance Service can confirm it attended a location near a...
Ambulance Service asks “Are you ready for Christmas?”
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WEST Midlands Ambulance Service have launched a campaign to reduce the number of calls for their service by asking: "Have you stocked up your medicine cabinet in time for Christmas?" The Trust is...
Witness Appeal after Fatal Collision on A5 In Atherstone
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WARWIKSHIRE Police are appealing for witnesses after a fatal road traffic collision, which occurred today (Tuesday 28 October) at 10.40am. The collision was on the A5 north bound carriageway between the Mancetter and Merevale islands...
New specialist help for Victims launched
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NEW specialists are making sure vulnerable victims of crime in Tamworth get the best possible support as part of a radical rethink of services by Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Ellis. Mr Ellis set out...
Schoolboy struck by vehicle on A5 at Belgrave
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A SCHOOLBOY has been struck by a vehicle on the A5 this afternoon, close to the area of Stonydelph Lane. The collision, which involved a car and a pedestrian has left a teenage boy with...
Pedestrian seriously injured by car in Atherstone
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A pedestrian has suffered multiple serious injuries, including a significant head injury, following a collision with a car in Atherstone this morning. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to Watling Street, Witherley, shortly after 7am...
Motorcycle rider seriously injured in River Drive Collision
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  A team of medics from West Midlands Ambulance Service delivered pre-hospital trauma care to a critically injured motorcyclist following a collision on River Drive during rush hour this evening. The incident happened shortly...
Police confirmed man as died after falling from flats
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Staffordshire Police have confirmed that a man has sadly died this morning after falling from the roof of the high rise flats on Lichfield Street in the Town Centre. In a statement from the Police...
V-Festival keeps Ambulance Service busy
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As of this morning, 850 people have been treated by on-site medical staff at V Festival at Weston Park during the weekend. Since the gates opened, on-site ambulance crews have been called out 850 times...
Further fire brigade strikes announced
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Staffordshire’s Chief Fire Officer is urging revellers and motorists to be vigilant ahead of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) strikes. The national union has called industrial action running from Saturday, August 9 to Saturday, August...
Two air lifted after car overturned near Atherstone
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Two young men have been flown to hospital, one having been seriously injured, after the car they were in overturned lose to Atherstone. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to Merevale Lane between Atherstone and...
Calls for caution after the Fire Brigades Union announces strikes
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Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service is calling for caution following the announcement of three more Fire Brigades Union strike periods. The message comes after the FBU called a seventh round of industrial action over the...