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Sunderland City Council’s planning department has approved an application for the Grade II-listed Mines Rescue Station, which sits off Hetton Road in the city’s Copt Hill ward. The site ...

According to the RCMP, the building first opened in the 1980s as a detachment for the Reserve Mines area pre-amalgamation. After the CBRM formed in 1995, the station continued to function as an RCMP ...

The Prime Minister has taken aim at the chief executives of New Zealand’s largest banks saying it was 'utterly unacceptable' that some were withdrawing banking services from petrol stations and ...

CFA crews staged an udderly remarkable rescue over the weekend after a young calf fell down an abandoned mineshaft in Yarck, in the state's northeast. The Oscar Rescue Support Unit was alerted to a ...

As the Government plans to expand mining projects, the service set up to respond when things go wrong is in dire need of funding. The Mines Rescue Service was established following the 1926 Dobson ...

A woman was pulled to safety from a Doncaster bridge by an off-duty police returning home from her shift who joined colleagues at the scene. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Doncaster ...

The 61-year-old bus driver is believed to have suffered a medical episode prior to the crash A major road in Doncaster has been closed following a bus crash opposite the city's railway station.

The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally designed and manufactured Mobile Mines Rescue Winder (MMRW), equipped with wo ...

“They have been waiting for many months on @Space Station,” the post reads. “Elon will soon be on his way. Hopefully, all will be safe. Good luck Elon!!!” When asked for comment about the ...