Scotland's two air ambulance helicopters have been suspended following a warning about their safety. Eurocopter, the helicopter manufacturer, issued a safety information notice about its EC135 fleet on Sunday after reports of cracks on the machines.

The Midlands Air Ambulance spent £6.026 million from April 2010 to April 2011. It received £5.32 million from charities, £640,000 from trading and other smaller sums.

FOR more than a decade, the East Anglian Air Ambulance has been saving lives across the region. But now the charity needs the help of EADT readers to ensure it can continue to provide the very best vital emergency care to those in need. Health correspondent KIM BRISCOE reports.