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A 58-year-old man has appeared before Dundalk District Court charged three counts of sexual assault and one count of rape.

Dennis Okeymow apologized to the officers’ families as court heard victim impact statements and arguments over how long he should spend behind bars.

Hato Hone St John Ambulance may be forced to cut its specialist emergency response teams or SERTs in Auckland, Tauranga and Christchurch due to a lack of funding.

RNZ revealed earlier today the ambulance service told police and Fire and Emergency it was shutting down the paramedic teams from December 20.

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SERT paramedics were at the scene of the Linwood mosque shooting.

RNZ has seen an email from St John ambulance that said the teams would shut down before Christmas due to lack of funding.

At least seven people have been arrested across Scotland after a police vehicle was set alight and officers and paramedics were attacked with fireworks.

Police and paramedics were attacked with fireworks as they tried to reach an injured man, with a police vehicle also set alight.

One union described the leaked directive as pitting hospital workers and ambulance officers against each other in a “Hunger Games fight for beds”.

Some paramedic students approved to receive funding through a government program aiming to boost health-care staffing have been swept up in the provincewide pause on student aid.

Hato Hone St John is trialling a Palmerston North base for its two Levin extended care paramedics.

Ethan gives CPR to a 75-year-old man he found collapsed on the street in cardiac arrest.