Air ambulance attends incident at Anglesey secondary school
It is not known if the incident was at the school itself or somewhere nearby, with Wales Air Ambulance saying they had attended an incident "in that region".
Wales Air Ambulance lands at the school. (Image: Jason Roberts) One crew was at the scene for just over an hour, with its involvement concluded by 7.30pm.
A Wales Air Ambulance spokesperson said: "I can confirm the Wales Air Ambulance attended an incident in that region yesterday (03/06/25).
"Our Caernarfon-based crew were allocated at 18:01 and arrived near the scene, via air, at 18:13. Our involvement concluded at 19:26."
Ysgol David Hughes was approached for comment.
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