The charity raises its funding targets to pay for an expansion of its service, after a record year.

Medical crews get extra flying time which is increasing survival rates, North West Air Ambulance says.

The North West Air Ambulance service, which costs £12m a year to run, has been saving lives since 1999.

The paramedic was tending to a patient when thieves took the technical made-to-measure helmet.

The walker is airlifted to hospital after suffering a dislocated shoulder and head injuries.

A triathlete who was only given a 10% chance of surviving a bike crash a year ago will run on Sunday.

The schoolboy was taken to hospital after the fall on steep land at Rivington in Lancashire.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team says the 24-year-old man suffered back, pelvis and ankle injuries.