Today, a day trip in the air over the Dorset coast becomes a terrifying ordeal when a small plane loses engine power. And three young lads call for help when two of them become trapped in a mountain of mud and begin to sink.

Today, a 79-year-old celebrates his birthday with a tandem skydive, but the main chute fails to open. A young mum suffers a cardiac arrest following an asthma attack, and a taxi driver comes to the rescue of a regular passenger whose flat is ablaze.