Blood donation

More blood donors are needed during the hot weather as some supplies drop to dangerously low levels.

Fewer donations and higher demand has seen a supply shortage worsen, the American Red Cross tells the BBC.

Patients of South Asian heritage far outnumber donors of the same background, NHS data shows.

The band donate T-shirts and guitar picks for people who book blood donation appointments.

Tony Newitt, 71, received plasma treatments after developing a rare autoimmune disorder.

Richard Jones from Neath says a passerby tied two tourniquets that stopped him from bleeding to death.

Elliott Wills could have died after catastrophic bleeding followed routine surgery.