Ambulances treated as 'extra wards' as patients stuck outside crisis-hit hospitals for 'three HOURS'

Two men have had to be cut from a van and a car after a serious collision this afternoon (August 7). Emergency services were scrambled to the smash in Stockport around 4.45pm with both of the men taken to hospital.

A five-year-old boy needs surgery after an off-road bike smashed into him as he played football.

Police have issued an appeal after a man was brutally attacked at Parklife festival.

A pedestrian was taken to hospital after being hit by a bus on a busy road in south Manchester on Tuesday evening (August 2). The incident sparked a huge emergency services response on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme.

There won't be a dry eye in the house as next week Emmerdale viewers will see Marlon Dingle walk down the aisle as he marries Rhona Goskirk. But it wouldn't be a soap wedding without a touch of drama as the character, played by Mark Charnock, ends up in hospital before the big day.

A motorcyclist has been rushed to hospital after falling off his bike before colliding with a van in Bury. Police were called out to reports of a crash in Tottington yesterday evening (July 31).

David Oliver is an experienced NHS consultant physician and medical writer from Manchester.

Fans of My Big Fat Gypsy Weddings star Paddy Doherty are sending "love and healing" messages after he revealed he is back in hospital amid ongoing health problems after his battle with Covid. The TV star posted a video on his Instagram page updating fans from his hospital bed.

Police in south Manchester have been granted extra stop and search powers. It comes after a teenage girl was shot.

A 16-year-old girl was shot after a gunman opened fire at a crowd in a drive-by attack in Manchester's Moss Side. By sheer luck the victim's injuries are not serious.

A casualty was rushed to hospital after a crash involving a motorbike in Sale on Wednesday evening (July 27). A large emergency services response rushed to the scene of the smash, on Dane Road.

Those living near a derelict Stockpor t pub where three children were pulled from a horror fire have spoken of their shock and upset as they fight for their lives.

A third of ambulance workers have personally witnessed patient deaths linked to delays, according to a new survey. "A decade of savage cuts, an explosion in demand and ambulance workers leaving in droves has left the service on the edge of disaster," says one union.

Waits of '40+ hours for a bed' and scarce spaces in hospitals are unfolding at one of the region's A&E departments. Emergency department staff warned patients that there were 'no beds/cubicles in A&E due to no movement' in the Royal Bolton Hospital.

A man was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a crash on the M56.

Emergency services were scrambled to a car that had smashed into a lamppost yesterday (Sunday). Police were called by the ambulance service to the crash on Watergate Lane, just off the M61, in Bolton.

A 'beautiful' mum's death remains a mystery after she died suddenly at home, four months after a fall and multiple hospital visits.

'Septic patients' were held outside hospitals on ambulances without air conditioning on the hottest days on record in the UK, according to paramedics in North West Ambulance Service (NWAS). The news comes as doctors have admitted severe bed shortages, resulting in patients waiting for hours because there is no space to safely put them.

Ten ambulances were spotted queueing outside a Greater Manchester A&E on the hottest day on record. Photos show ambulances waiting in line at Royal Oldham Hospital yesterday, while another eight vehicles queued for Fairfield General Hospital.