The Latest Breaking News from Greater Manchester

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

Long waits for ambulances and A&E continue PLUS Chinese Consulate update AND Byelection looms

The festive period is affecting bin collections in a number of boroughs this year

People eligible for cold weather payments get £25 for each seven-day period of very cold weather over the winter months

The M.E.N spoke to a group of leading experts about the pressures facing the NHS at the moment.

Alfred Adams is currently serving a 12-year sentence for a series of attacks on cash machines

Blake Walker sent messages two or three times a day saying 'best of both massive 10' and 'best about massive things'

Monday was the coldest day in the UK since December 2010

“I had a young girl who was autistic, five-years-old, come into my pharmacy with a Strep A throat infection and we haven’t got the antibiotics in. Her father is now going from pharmacy to pharmacy to find the right antibiotics for his daughter"

SPECIAL REPORT: Hundreds of patients are still waiting for ambulances, hundreds of vehicles are stuck outside hospitals, unable to get back out onto the road.

The next few days will be extremely chilly - but it's forecast to be warmer at the weekend