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European Commission Takes First Step to Ensure Life-saving Emergency Call System for New Vehicles Will be in Place By 2015
The first measure to ensure that by 2015 your car can dial emergency services for you when you have a serious accident has been adopted by the European Commission. The Commission wants the life-saving eCall system to be fitted to all new models of cars...
Corrie’s Michelle Keegan Putting the Fire Into Girl Power
Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan (who plays feisty Tina McIntyre in the popular soap) is fronting the ‘Ordinary People, Extraordinary Careers’ campaign to raise awareness among young girls aged 14 – 16 of a career in the Fire &...
U.K. Police Issue a Warning for a Mumbai-style Terror Attack on London
The Sunday Times has reported that the British police have warned businesses in London to expect a Mumbai-style terrorist attack on the capital. “Mumbai is coming to London,” the paper quoted a senior detective from the Metropolitan police...
Cat Saves Inebriated Owner From Fire in Russia’s Urals
Regional emergency services have reported that a drunk man in the Perm Territory in Russia’s Urals was saved by his cat when his apartment caught fire. The heavily inebriated man fell asleep with a lit cigarette, which started a fire, an emergencies...
Stroke Calls Up 55% Following ACT F.A.S.T. Campaign
The Department of Health’s Act F.A.S.T. campaign has led to an increase of more than half (55.5%) in stroke calls to the emergency services (999). New research published today also shows that 84% of the public remember the campaign and its graphic depiction...
U.K. Home Office Makes an Investment in Airwave to Improve Security Ahead of the 2012 Olympics
A multi-million pound boost to the emergency services radio communication system has been awarded as the countdown to the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games reaches 1,000 days, the Home Office has announced. This significant step...
17 People Killed, 19 Injured As a Passenger Jet Skids Off Runway During Landing in Northeast Iran
The IRNA news agency has reported that at least 17 people were killed and 19 injured as a passenger jet skidded off the runway during landing in northeast Iran. Iranian television Press TV originally reported that at least 30 people were killed and 20...
Lost And Injured Couple in Orkney Attacked By Birds
At five past five this evening Shetland Coastguard received a call from a local Coastguard Rescue Officer in Orkney informing them that he had received a report of a couple who had become lost in the hills at Hoy. The couple had previously been in contact...
