Brown pays tribute to flood tragedy PC.Summary: Gordon Brown has paid tribute to the police constable An official of a Municipal Corporation whose primary duties are to protect and preserve the peace of the community. In medieval law, a constable was a high functionary under the French and English kings. swept away when a bridge collapsed in floods in Cumbria. The police constable swept away when a bridge collapsed in floods in Cumbria was a "very heroic, very brave man", Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said. Paying tribute, Mr Brown said: "Police Constable Bill Barker died trying to save the lives of others. "He was a very heroic, very brave man who will be sorely sore·ly adv. 1. Painfully; grievously. 2. Extremely; greatly: Their skills were sorely needed. missed by everybody who was close to him. I think we owe him a tremendous debt of gratitude for the service he has shown." Speaking in Nottingham, where the Cabinet was meeting on a regional away-day, Mr Brown went on: "This is what we mean by emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' - they are called upon to act in the most difficult of circumstances and this is a day where we pay tribute to everything that is done by our emergency services." Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Independent Television News Limited 2009. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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