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At 5pm last night, more than 600 patients were waiting for an ambulance in the North West - while 100 emergency vehicles were waiting outside hospitals

The men robbed eight convenience stores and stole at least £10,000 each time

The headline North West PMI Business Activity Index registered 48.5 in November, little-changed from October’s 48.4

BusinessLive rounds up the latest hires and promotions across the North West

Four of the top five areas were in the North West

Four organisations in the North West have been awarded the funding to improve health of women in the workplace

Two Merseyside schools featured in the top 10

Teachers in Altrincham and Withington will be celebrating

The trusts with the lowest rate of discharges are all in the North West.

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner accused the Government of negligence in its handling of the dispute with ambulance workers. She told reporters in Westminster: “We’ve seen actually across the ambulance service the crisis that’s engulfing our ambulance service… in the North West, in my area, the ambulance service saying please…

Workers up and down the country are taking industrial action