Pensioner, 95, left on cold pavement with broken hip for five hours told by 999 she’s ‘not a priority’

Winifred Soanes, 95, was left on a cold pavement waiting for an ambulance - (Jennifer Baylis/BNPS)

A 95-year-old woman was left on a cold pavement for more than five hours waiting for an ambulance after the emergency services told a bystander trying to help her that she wasn’t a priority.

Winifred Soanes fell and broke her hip on Christchurch High Street in Bournemouth on 25 November.