An ambulance driving trainer based at Derriford has quit his job after being caught drink-driving.
Jonathon Knight, of Beaumont Road, St Judes, appeared at Plymouth Magistrates Court where he pleaded guilty to driving while under the influence of alcohol.

A chronic alcoholic has become one of the oldest people in Burton to be given an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO). John Kedzierski is well known to police and has a host of previous convictions for drunk and disorderly behaviour. “His legs protruded into the road. When the police got there he told them to f*** off and threw stones at a paramedic who was called out.

A drunken patient who thumped a paramedic while being taken to hospital has been jailed for four months. Colin Booth, 39, attacked Gareth Smith after trying three times to jump out of a moving ambulance.

In a recent survey which formed part of the review, 89 per cent of drug and alcohol service users believed people would be more likely to call an ambulance in the event of a drugs overdose - meaning more lives could be saved.