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Sheffield news: LIVE updates as ambulance service issues urgent plea in bid to keep waiting times down
Updates from The Star team including news that Yorkshire Ambulance Service has issued an urgent plea to help keep waiting times down in a bid to save lives.
Published 12th Nov 2021, 08:33 BST
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Sheffield news: LIVE updates as ambulance service issues urgent plea in bid to keep waiting times down
Key Events
- Ambulance service issues urgent plea to keep waiting times down
- Family pay tribute to man killed crossing road
- Man avoids jail despite threatening to shoot police
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