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Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and RNLI urged Highland residents to stay off the ice and avoid frozen waterways By Philip Murray
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Updated: 13:46, 08 January 2021
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Frozen waterways may look inviting, but they are dangerous.
FREEZING temperatures have sparked a warning from emergency teams â urging people not to risk their safety by venturing onto iced over water.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) and RNLI have warned people to stay award from frozen water and urged people to be aware of the risks of letting themselves, their children or their pets wander onto it.
Danger of venturing onto ice highlighted as temperature drops By Hector MacKenzie Published: 16:00, 08 January 2021
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People are being urged to heed the warning signs.
The national fire and rescue service is urging the public to be aware of the risks of going onto ice.
According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, more than 50 per cent of all drowning cases involving ice in the UK involved the attempted rescue of another person or a pet.
And SFRS is warning that while ice can look and feel solid, it can suddenly crack and cause a person to fall through and potentially become trapped under the ice.
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Coroner s praise for those who tried to save young men who drowned in Herefordshire quarry
Coroner s praise for those who tried to save young men who drowned in Herefordshire quarry THE assistant coroner for Herefordshire has praised the efforts of the people who tried to save the lives of two young men who drowned in a Herefordshire quarry. Assistant coroner Roland Wooderson recorded a verdict of accidental death by drowning at the inquest into the deaths of Russell O’Neill and Justas Juzenas. The pair both died at Gullet Quarry near Ledbury in the summer on separate days. The inquest at Hereford Town Hall last week heard that Russell, a ‘fit and healthy’ footballer who dreamed of playing for Liverpool FC, was swimming in the quarry with friends Kieran Scollan and Jay Roberts on July 6 - one of the hottest days of the summer.
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All the falls occurred over a three-day period in December last year. No further details of the accidents were given in the records released by the parliament under Freedom of Information.
The data showed the top accident hot spot was the service yard and the where five accidents were recorded between October 25 last year and November 3 this year. None of these incidents, which involved visitors, parliament staff, a contractor and a member of the public, resulted in any injuries.
Other accidents at the parliament included a member of staff who suffered Injuries to their back, shoulder and wrist following a trip on steps, another who was left with injuries to their hand after tripping on the grand staircase and a third who sustained an injury to their back, chest and shoulder when opening a heavy exterior gate in the MSP garden.