Members of UNISON, the UK's largest union, have today voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action to protect their pensions.

The union balloted members including nurses, teaching assistants, social workers, care assistants, paramedics, police staff, school dinner ladies, probation workers and cleaners.

Paramedics are warning the quality of the South West's ambulance service could be at risk.

More than 2,000 staff across the region are being asked if they would be prepared to accept a 1% cut to their pay and other changed conditions.

High levels of sickness among staff at the Wales Ambulance Service could affect its ability to reach life-threatening emergency calls across Mid Wales, according to a service trust report.

An ambulance service has become the first in the country to achieve special recognition for the safety and efficiency of its vehicles.

An ambulance trust is spending five times as much on private ambulance firms as it did four years ago.

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