Off-duty paramedic was my guardian angel

A North East paramedic who came to the aid of a Shildon biker while off duty has been hailed a “guardian angel”.​Keith Stapleton, aged 53, was on a day trip to Moffat with a friend on 28 June when he came off his bike and landed in a field off the A708. By pure chance, Paul Smith, a paramedic and Emergency Care Clinical Manager at North East Ambulance Service (NEAS), of Peterlee, was on his way to Moffat Classic Car Rally with his wife and a group of friends, travelling just five minutes behind ...