The Midlands Air Ambulance has reached its milestone 21st birthday after clocking up vast distances across Shropshire while saving countless lives.

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 ...

Horserider Rachael Hall has every reason to be grateful to the East Anglian Air Ambulance.