Alison Shannon gave birth to a bouncing baby daughter - thanks to a medic shouting instructions down a phone line.

Grace was born weighing 6lb 12oz on her mother's bedroom floor at Yeadon.

Father Mark had alerted the emergency services but little Grace couldn't wait for an ambulance to arrive.

So West Yorkshire Ambulance medic Daniel Cordwell gave instructions by phone to a friend of the Shannons who relayed them upstairs.

Alison, 38, of Victoria Terrace, who already has a four-year-old daughter, said: "I'd been in labour on and off for two days and I was released from hospital in the morning because they thought the contractions had slowed down.

"Then suddenly, instead of having them every ten minutes, they were every 30 seconds and I realised then that there was no way I could move.

"I was quite calm but my friend and husband were very glad of the support from the emergency worker.

"It was a bit of a shock for all of us as she came out so quickly, but the main thing was she was breathing properly.

"It was nice to know that somebody with medical knowledge was on hand to give us help."

Daniel, an emergency medical despatch worker, said: "It was quite nerve-racking, even though it was my second delivery over the phone."

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