The Latest Breaking News from NWAS

There are still some 300 emergency calls waiting to be taken in the North West, more than 300 patients waiting for an ambulance, and over 40 emergency vehicles suffering 'substantial waits' to handover patients to hospital medics

Bosses pleaded with members of the public last night to only call 999 in an absolute emergency

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

An inquest into the death of Angeline Phillips was told at one point last Autumn it was taking officers an average of over 17 HOURS to respond to some calls

SPECIAL REPORT: Paramedics know they will face criticism for striking as the NHS heads into a difficult winter, but patient safety will only continue to decline if nothing is done, they tell the M.E.N.

A North West paramedic has spoken out

"I don't know how something awful hasn't happened"

The three flatmates claimed Adrian Swift drowned in bath after he told 999 call he had been 'battered s***less'

Murder trial hears Cheryl O'Callaghan beat Adrian Swift with a bat and pushed him down the stairs

The brother of Lisa Lees criticised the 'systemic failure' at the heart of the atrocity

Greater Manchester mayor says report into 2017 atrocity raises serious questions for whole of UK