Air ambulance charity's urgent appeal to public

DONATIONS ESSENTIAL TO 'KEEP US IN THE AIR AND SAVING LIVES'

- By EMILY GRAY

THE Great North Air Ambulance Service is urging the public to support them after their fundraising appeal fell significantly behind target, raising only half of what was achieved at this point last year.

The charity, which provides life-saving care to critically ill and injured people across the North of England and the Isle of Man, relies on donations from the public to remain operational. But their appeal, which helps fund the service, has failed to reach the same level of success as previous years.