MAN INJURED: A 65-year-old man was airlifted to the James Cook University Hospital with non-serious chest injuries after he fell from a ladder at his home. The Great North Air Ambulance took the man from Spennymoor to hospital today (Monday, May 6) at 10.30am.
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