A NORTH Herefordshire village is hosting a temporary night approved lit helipad site.
The site in Shobdon is one of four in the region that will take the Midlands Air Ambulance charity a step closer to undertaking air ambulance missions at night.
The charity currently operates 14 hours a day, 365 days a year, flying full air ambulance missions in daylight across the six counties served by the charity, but between lit helipads after the hours of darkness.
The new night-approved helipads will help with the network of suitably lit landing sites that air ambulances can use to airlift those in their greatest hour of need.
The site at Shobdon is operated by remote control by the Midlands Air Ambulance team and a further temporary lit helipad site is being planned for Hereford.
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