Two ambulances saved from snow in Bradford yesterday

During the day, Omar Shah used his four-wheel drive off-roader to help free an ambulance, while in the evening a whole street mucked in to clear the way for an ambulance in Shipley.

These were just two examples of the great community spirit that was on show yesterday across the district, helping emergency services on their journeys to help those in need, clearing the way for other road users and giving people a push to escape snowy conditions.

Mr Shah was out in his Polaris General 1000, an off-road utility vehicle, helping those in need.

They included an ambulance, a hearse which had got stranded, a few cars and a 7.5 tonne lorry which all needed help getting up a snowy hill which was no match for Omar in his Polaris.

He said: "Helping the emergency services in this weather is probably the only thing every 4WD owner should be doing."

The scene in High Busy Lane

Over in Shipley, in High Busy Lane, there was a real community effort to help free an ambulance which had got stuck.

Alistair Young was among the helpers who went to the road armed with shovels to clear a path for the ambulance which was taking a casualty to hospital.

He said: "It was an amazing community effort and helped to ensure the patient was able to access the emergency support they desperately needed."

Kelly Walker's husband Mark and her father Peter Hanson were also involved in the rescue effort.

She said: "I was very proud of my husband and dad last night and the other people who then joined them.

"An ambulance was stuck on our road and unable to move. My husband went out with his shovel and some grit, my dad then joined and eventually several neighbours.

"They got the ambulance as far up the hill as they could until a fast response team could get the patient from their home to the ambulance."