EX-ARMY medic Stephen Jones, of Blackburn, had his dream of becoming a member of Blackburn's ambulance service cut short when he was told he was too short.
At 5ft 5ins tall, the 29-year-old was told in a letter that he was two inches too small to become an ambulanceman.
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