People told to attend A&E alone as acute trust cancels operations, declaring ‘critical incident’ amid rise in flu cases
An NHS trust is preparing to cancel operations, urgently discharge 140 patients and restrict admissions to help it cope with “extreme winter pressures”.
The Gloucestershire acute trust declared a “critical incident” on Wednesday as hospitals in England asked patients seeking medical help to come alone to reduce overcrowding in A&E.
Continue reading...Warwickshire police appeal for help to find Akashdeep Singh, who they believe left scene near Banbury
Police are searching for a man in connection with a fatal six-vehicle motorway collision.
Warwickshire police believe Akashdeep Singh, 23, may have information about the incident on the M40 which involved five cars and a Peugeot boxer van.
Continue reading...Roland Cherry, from Warwickshire, sustained severe bite wounds after being mauled by animal during safari
A man narrowly survived after being dragged to the bottom of a river and “thrown through the air like a rag doll” when he was attacked by hippo while canoeing on holiday in Zambia.
Roland Cherry, who was on five-week holiday through southern Africa with his wife, Shirley, sustained severe bite wounds across his body, including a 10in wound to his abdomen, as well as a thigh injury and dislocated shoulder in the attack.
Continue reading...Warwickshire police officers were responding to an urgent incident on Friday evening when the collision occurred
A pedestrian in his 60s has died after being hit by a police vehicle, Warwickshire police have said.
Officers were responding to an emergency incident in Nuneaton when their vehicle collided with the man at about 8.45pm on Friday, the force said.
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