A Liversedge pensioner is the first patient at Dewsbury District Hospital to have a life-saving mini defibrilator fitted to his heart.

Ralph Cox, 80, had four heart attacks in the space of 24 hours and paramedics had to rush him to hospital to save his life.

There, a small device was implanted into his heart which gives it an electric shock if its rhythm becomes irregular.

Back at home in Spring Street, Liversedge, Mr Cox said: "The device is basically wires connected to a battery that they put under the skin in my chest. If my heart beats irregularly, it fires.

"They told me I had to have it done, and I know I would have died otherwise."

The introduction of this procedure means local people can receive the treatment much faster - practically on their doorstep.