BE SAFE THIS HALLOWEEN AND BONFIRE NIGHT

- with Northumberland and Durham/Darlington statistics - Last year, North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) took 11 per cent more 999 calls than predicted on Halloween, taking nearly 200 more calls than the previous Tuesday. NHS Digital statistics showed that 545 attendances to A&Es across England between 29 October 2016 and 12 November 2016 were caused by fireworks. Val Bowman, Head of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience & Response, NHS England Cumbria and North East, said: “We want people ...