NHS ambulances were slower than ever in December, with heart attack and stroke victims in parts of the country forced to endure horrifying delays of up to six-and-a-half hours.
Shock data illustrating the dire state of emergency care engulfing the NHS showed that it took 999 crews nearly 93 minutes, on average, to respond to category 2 calls in England last month. It trumps the worst-ever month for such calls by half-an-hour.
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Tom Parker’s widow Kelsey broke down in tears after paying tribute to her ‘soulmate’ at the popstar’s funeral in south-east London on Wednesday, saying: ‘If love alone could have saved you, you would have lived forever’.
Before the service, The Wanted star’s bandmates Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness and Nathan Sykes were pictured carrying the star’s black coffin adorned with lilies into the Saint Francis of Assisi Parish Church in Petts Wood.
Kelsey, whom he married in 2018, broke
