Today the Evening News is calling on readers to help the air ambulance save more lives by raising money for vital new equipment.

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

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 ...