Kelvin Parker, 77, owes his life to a timely alert from the GoodSAM Responder App after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest in his Somerset home. On the evening of June 26, 2025, Kelvin was found unresponsive in his living room …
A tragic incident at a South West beach has resulted in the death of a man this morning, Monday, September 29. Emergency services, including Police, Coastguard, RNLI, and the South West Ambulance Service, were called to Big …
A 16-year-old boy was discovered with a stab wound near the Esso Garage on London Road in Bath late Wednesday night, September 24. Emergency services were alerted at approximately 11:16 pm after members of the public …
Two paramedics employed by the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter following the deaths of six adults in and around Wiltshire. The …
Patients attending Accident & Emergency (A&E) at Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust are experiencing unprecedented delays, highlighting growing pressure on the health service. In June and July of this year, A&E …
A tragic incident unfolded at Wellington Sports Centre in Somerset on Tuesday, September 2, when a staff member suffered a medical emergency and passed away on site. The centre confirmed the death, which occurred around 5pm, …
Richard Bowles, 51, from Woodstock Road, Salisbury, has been sentenced after making 1,920 calls to 999 over a 30-month period, all requesting to speak to the ambulance service. These calls frequently involved abusive and …
A collision involving a car and a bin lorry on Church Road in the Somerset village of Churchinford left seven people injured on Wednesday morning, August 27. Emergency services rushed to the scene shortly before 11am, …
A person tragically lost their life on the train tracks near Bath, resulting in widespread disruption to train services over the weekend. The incident occurred early on the morning of Saturday, August 9, at approximately 6:15 …
Emergency services are currently responding to an incident in Weston-super-Mare, with two ambulances on site and helicopter crews circling above. Details about the nature of the incident remain limited at this time, but the …
A bus crash on the A396 near Wheddon Cross in Somerset has left several passengers trapped this afternoon, Thursday, July 17. The incident occurred when the bus veered off the road near the junction with Ashwell Lane and …
Ambulance services in Bath are grappling with a mounting crisis, as delays in hospital transfers intensify pressure on emergency responders, warns Bath’s Liberal Democrat MP, Wera Hobhouse. On July 11, Mrs Hobhouse visited …
A man in his 80s has tragically died after being found in distress near the Great Western Canal in Tiverton on Monday, June 23. Emergency services, including police and ambulance crews, quickly arrived at the scene on Manley …
Stuart Ball, a former Avon and Somerset police officer dismissed in 2019 following a controversial dispute over a basketball, is now running as a Reform UK candidate in the upcoming council byelection for Mendip ward. Ball’s …
A senior NHS leader has highlighted a concerning divide within Bristol’s healthcare system — an invisible boundary between two NHS trusts that could influence the care patients receive depending on which side they live. This …