Is The Daily Mail real or a tabloid?
 

This story is pretty insane. Real? I'm not British!

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Ambulance staff battling to save a nine-year-old car crash victim were told the nearest back-up crew could not help as they were on their lunch break.

Bethany Dibbs was struck by a car as she crossed the road on her scooter and ended up in a coma with a fractured skull.

An ambulance crew arrived and called for help, only to be told by their operator that under strict meal break regulations the closest additional crew still had a few minutes left on their lunch break.
Bethany Dibbs

Bethany Dibbs, nine, from Poole in Dorset suffered a fractured skull and slipped into a coma after a car accident

The paramedics were informed it would take 20 minutes for another crew to arrive.

In the end one of them called their colleagues directly and they abandoned their lunch and raced to help.

They arrived only five minutes after the original crew and took Bethany to hospital.

An ambulance worker, who asked not be named, said: 'There isn't one staff member who would not go, but we have to be given two 30-minute meal breaks and can't be interrupted. It's a joke.'

Bethany's father Stephen 48, of Poole, Dorset, said: 'The world really has gone mad.

'My little girl was lying unconscious in the road and they are quoting statutory health and safety regulations? Every second counts in that situation.

'Bethany is recovering but she's still got a long way to go. We're waiting to find out whether she has any long-term brain damage.'

Mr Dibbs added: 'I can't fault the paramedics. They were fantastic. It is the system.'

A spokesman for the South Western Ambulance Service Trust said it took its health and safety duties seriously.

He added: 'In line with national guidelines which must be adhered to by all ambulance trusts, it is important all staff have dedicated 30-minute rest breaks which cannot be interrupted.'

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They should have had to respond, not like it was afternoon tea.

Only in Ameri . . . oh, never mind.

The Daily Mail is a right wing tabloid.

Not really a tabloid but heavily anti labour so it will print anything to show 'britain is broken'
it has the highest advertising costs of any uk paper as it's mainly read by middle class conservative women.

It is a tabloid in the strict sense where it is defined by the shape and size of the newspaper. Ie..it is not a broadsheet newspaper. It is, however, not a tabloid such as most Americans would classify them as being like the National Enquirer.

Now, that said..it is total and utter crap. It and its rivals such as The Sun cater to the total lowest denominator of public opinion. They have no problem doing half truths in stories as long as it fits their agenda. Also, well known to be a very racist paper (as is the Sun too btw). I would never, ever pay for either. Sadly, many do and form their opinions totally based on the rubbish journalism.

The Sun is owned by the same people that own Fox News and it takes the similar stance of trying to pass commentary off has actual journalism. Then the rival papers such as The Mirror and the Daily Mail go to similar rubbish levels to try to compete.

ha..have to laugh that I read this and then the #dailymailisgay Twitter attack started nearly right afterwards. It has been fun to watch.