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by Peter Lazenby and Conrad Landin

AMBULANCE services are so overstretched in South Yorkshire that firefighters are providing emergency medical treatment.

But most South Yorkshire firefighters have no training to provide such treatment, putting lives at risk, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said yesterday.

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