Ambulance strikes called off as union suspends action in England

Emergency services rushed to a residential estate in Stockport this evening (Friday) after a child was struck by a car. The collision happened on Walnut Tree Road in Cheadle Heath at around 4pm.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has warned that further driving tests could be cancelled in April as strikes across the sector continue.

Karen’s Diner have hit back after footage showed a lad calling a waitress a 'fat sl*g' before being chucked out for body shaming.

Manchester’s senior coroner Nigel Meadows has been suspended amid allegations of sexual harassment and other claims, the Manchester Evening News can reveal. It is understood several female members of staff in the coroners’ office have made complaints about Mr Meadows’ alleged behaviour.

Chris Brown has caused a couple’s relationship to rupture.

Figen Murray, the mother of Manchester Arena attack victim Martyn Hett, has called on big music venues to add a 50p tax to tickets to improve security.

There are public transport warnings this evening (March 18) as a vehicle is blocking a Metrolink track causing disruption.

Train services across the country will be impacted by another wave of industrial action.

New Order have backed the #LetTheMusicMove campaign against proposed changes to US visa rules that would impact touring artists.Last month saw the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announce that it was planning to raise touring visa fees for foreign acts by more than 250 per cent.The DHS said in its proposal that applications for a P visa, which is for acts arriving in the states to perform temporarily, would increase from the current rate of $460 (£375.23) to $1,615 (£1,317). Meanwhile, the longer-term O work visa would jump from $460 (£375.23) to $1,655 (£1,349).Numerous musicians have since spoken out against the plans, saying that it would be “a huge hardship to pay such high visa fees”.

There are 'severe delays' on the Metrolink this morning with one line fully suspended due to a fault on the overhead line.

A man punched a stranger to the face with such force she fell backwards after she and her group called him out for yanking a woman’s hair. Dean McLeod, 42, was captured on CCTV grabbing the woman’s hair while pulling her to the ground during a row.

An 'exodus', 'leaving in droves', 'crisis' of understaffing, are just some of the ways doctors on the picket lines described the current state of the NHS. This was as medics staged a mammoth 72-hour walk out at major trusts across Greater Manchester this morning.

The Home Office has warned travellers that they could face “disruption” when entering the UK on Wednesday, March 15 due to Border Force strikes.The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has announced industrial action lasting until around 7am on March 16.

An ambulance was knocked onto its side closing a main road for a number of hours this morning (March 12). The collision happened between two cars and the ambulance around 8am in Mottram in Longdendale.

A new wave of rail strikes will begin next week, impacting 18 train operators across the country.

Hospitals in Greater Manchester are bracing for huge walkouts next week which will see 'many routine appointments and procedures postponed'.

Dozens of flights have been suspended after snow hit parts of the UK following the coldest night of the year on Tuesday.

A relative of a TV journalist has called for criminal investigation into her death. Teresa McMahon, 43, who worked for Granada Reports, was found unresponsive at her flat in Salford in the summer of 2021 and tragically later died.

A referee support charity has called for Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes to face a ban after he pushed a linesman during the Reds' defeat at Liverpool on Sunday.

A cold weather alert has been issued as parts of the UK are set to be hit by snow this week. Yellow weather warnings issued by the Met Office have been brought forward as Arctic air moves over parts of Scotland and then down to northern England.