The CALSTAR air ambulance company based at McClellan Park in North Highlands has added a large, high-flying patient transport plane to its fleet.

Half of the UK's helicopter air ambulance fleet is grounded over fears about potential cracks in the aircraft's rotor hub.

Taking to the skies to reach patients might seem glamorous, but for David Fletcher the focus is on care, as well as safety As the bright red helicopter I'm sitting in shudders and shakes its way off the ground, I think to myself – David Fletcher has one hell of a company car. An air ambulance paramedic, Fletcher spends much of his day 1,500ft in the air, rushing to the scene of accidents and ...