内容摘要：“They were not from America, and I thought ‘these people are from Manc, I can get a bus to there’ and that had quite a profound effect.”

“They were not from America, and I thought ‘these people are from Manc, I can get a bus to there’ and that had quite a profound effect.”

There were improvements to A&E waiting times, with 69.3% waiting less than four hours.There were more than 10,100 patients who waited more than 12 hours in emergency units.

We can also compare major A&E units in England, with the performance in Wales slightly worse for the fifth month in succession.Cancer treatment times also improved over the month but remained well below target.There were 56.7% of patients who started treatment within 62 days of cancer being first suspected. This is better than the last two months.

Mr Drakeford, who was re-appointed health minister on an interim basis earlier this month, said "more health boards need to do to meet the national cancer target".The Welsh NHS Confederation, which represents health boards and hospital managers, said the figures did not show the "whole-system picture".

There were pressures on GPs, on community and mental health and on social care too.

Additional figures out today also show more than 1,500 patients delayed in beds in hospitals in Wales, when they are well enough to leave but cannot get an assessment or care package.The protest followed similar gatherings across England - some of them violent - following the killing of three young girls in Southport on Monday.

The demonstration in Aldershot descended into a "mob-type" protest, according to Hampshire police and crime commissioner (PCC) Donna Jones.Alex Baker, Labour MP for Aldershot, said the situation had been "exacerbated" by people from outside the community.

At around 18.45 BST, police said people started throwing objects and subjecting people to racial abuse.One police officer suffered a minor injury.