Rhymes In The News
– (Jack And Jill)
Fell-Climbing
Accident
Paramedics called in the Wiltshire Air Ambulance last
week to airlift an accident victim to the Head Injuries Unit at Bristol’s
Frenchay Hospital. The alarm was raised
late on Friday afternoon after a young man, identified later as Jack, an
inexperienced climber, had ascended a local hill with his girlfriend Jill, also
a novice hill-walker, in order to collect water samples from a local dew-pond
at a popular beauty-spot.
Details of the accident are still unclear, but it appears
that Jack somehow fell, injuring his skull in the process. It then appears that Jill also fell down the
hill after attempting to come to Jack’s aid, although her injuries were thought
to be less serious.
At Frenchay Hospital, Jack was treated for a cracked
skull with a revolutionary new organic method involving acetic acid and a
tan-coloured bandaging material. He is
now said to be comfortable, and his condition is no longer thought to be
life-threatening.
The Head of the local Fire & Rescue Unit later
commented: “this incident underlines the
importance of taking proper personal safety precautions before embarking upon
any form of hill-climbing.”
And in other news:
·
An elderly lady has been visited by Wiltshire
Social Services after being tipped off by reports by neighbours. It appears that the woman is a single-parent
family, supporting a large number of children, and living in extremely small
and inadequate accommodation. It was
reported that the children were mal-nourished, and that they had been subject
to a certain amount of physical abuse.
·
A suspected paedophile has been detained after
being caught running through the town in his night-gown. He was seen rapping on windows at around 8pm
enquiring whether the small children inside houses had gone to bed yet. Failing
to give his real name, the man was charged under his Internet pseudonym of Wee
Willie Winkie.
·
And fire-fighters have been called out to rescue
a baby from a tree-top. It is not known
how the child came to occupy such a perilous position, but fears have grown for
its safety after the wind got up and the cradle, in which the child is lying,
was seen to rock perilously. An
extending ladder has been called in to get to the child before the bough, upon
which the cradle is resting, has a chance to break. It is feared that such a break would cause
both the cradle and the child to fall.
Latest updates on the situation can be found on BBC Local News.
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