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The Latest Breaking News from North West

How ambulance service strikes will affect patients in Greater Manchester

North West Ambulance Service says it will 'use military support where appropriate'

Manchester Evening News

Brits told to take taxi to A&E amid NHS strikes - as just 15% will get ambulance

Only a fraction of emergency patients are being guaranteed ambulances in the North West during the strikes on Wednesday, with others told to rely on "self-conveyance or taxi conveyance"

Daily Mirror

Woman 'lucky to survive' after hair burst into fireball during bottomless brunch

Fiona Young, a GP receptionist, was as on a night out with pals in Liverpool when her hair caught fire in a bar in the North West while she posed for a photo next to a candle

Daily Mirror

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Jaguar Land Rover, BDO and CBRE: The 16 latest hires and promotions from across the North West

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

Birmingham Post

More than 600 people are STILL waiting for an ambulance in the north west as service issues another plea

'Before you call 999, please stop and think'

Manchester Evening News

Warning poverty is putting 1.3 million people with health problems at greater risk from cold

Proportion of people at risk ‘particularly high’ in coastal areas and northwest England

The Independent UK

NHS, DWP, post and train strike dates from now until February

DVSA and other staff will also walk out on dates in the coming weeks

Liverpool Echo

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Industrial action expected across the UK: strike dates from now until February

After industrial action by nurses and railway workers in recent days, here is a list of some of the strikes coming up between now and February.

The Independent UK

Met Office issues third yellow weather warning for Greater Manchester this weekend

The ice warning covers the North West of England and parts of Wales

Manchester Evening News

NWAS issues urgent warning as people in Manchester 'posing as ambulance staff'

"Please note these people are not North West Ambulance Service staff"

Manchester Evening News

West Derby bistro in running for North West's best takeaway

Blackdoor Bar and Bistro owner Joe Worrall has promised to donate the prize money to charity if they win

Liverpool Echo

North West Island on Great Barrier Reef infested with black rats months after mouse eradication

Rangers spent two years eradicating mice from this Great Barrier Reef island, but a different predator is now stalking the coral cay's nesting turtles and seabirds.

ABC News

North West Ambulance Service issues new plea just days after 600 patients left stranded waiting for help

The trust said it was 'busy' and urged patients to only ring 999 in a 'life-threatening emergency'

Manchester Evening News

Cameroonian families torn apart by Anglophone crisis detentions

Six years into a crisis between Cameroon’s Francophone gov’t and its two anglophone regions, families bear the brunt.

Al Jazeera

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Manchester Evening News

Government brands ambulance performance 'clearly unacceptable' as desperate paramedics overwhelmed

North West Ambulance Service chiefs have apologised for the delays patients across Greater Manchester have been facing

Manchester Evening News

Hundreds of patients still waiting for help even after ambulance service's desperate plea

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

Manchester Evening News

100 ambulances were left waiting outside hospitals with 600 patients stranded without help last night

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

Liverpool Echo

Balaclava gang rob Co-op and Spar stores across North West

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

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Birmingham Post

On The Beach, In The Style and Bolton Wanderers: The 17 latest top North West hires and promotions

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

Birmingham Post

'A glimmer of hope': NatWest boss on why North West businesses can be optimistic despite looming recession

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

Liverpool Echo

Area of Merseyside 'at risk' of flooding according to study

Four of the top five areas were in the North West

Manchester Evening News

Women in Greater Manchester suffering with reproductive health issues set to benefit from £600k grant

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

Liverpool Echo

Sunday Times best schools in North West as two in Merseyside included

Two Merseyside schools featured in the top 10

Manchester Evening News

Top performing Greater Manchester schools revealed in Sunday Times list - does your local make it?

Teachers in Altrincham and Withington will be celebrating

The Independent UK

More than nine in 10 medically fit patients stuck in hospital beds in some areas

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

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