Volunteers help after thieves sabotage lifeline service: Emergency response volunteers were called out to help after thieves cut off a vital medical alert telephone line in the Highlands.
More than 200 vulnerable people in the West Highlands were put at risk on 8 June when metal thieves interfered with a subsea communications cable in Loch Carron.
The disruption immediately cut off local telephone and internet services, including special telecare services. These are used by vulnerable people to summon medical help in the event of an emergency in their homes.
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