‘In darkness there is always light’: What it’s like growing up with an alcoholic parent
Having a parent who suffers from mental health problems is weird.
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Help Oldham family light up life of their brain damaged baby with rare vein condition
The family of a baby girl who suffers from a rare condition that could leave her brain damaged or cause her organs to fail are fundraising for special equipment to light up her life.
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Diabetic says Manchester healthcare ‘fantastic’ but rest of UK sufferers not so lucky
Diabetes services in Manchester are thriving, while hundreds of patients in other regions are being denied vital information about how to cope with their lifelong disease.
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‘Not embarrassed to shout about it’: The Whitworth add tourism award to year of ‘surpassing expectations’
The Whitworth Art Gallery claimed the ‘Large Visitor Attraction of the Year’ at the Greater Manchester Tourism Awards ceremony at Hotel Football on Thursday.
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‘Addressing the balance’: Ladyfest Manchester combat gender inequality in music
Click through to the Ladyfest MCR 2015 Facebook event and you’ll see that 1,207 people have confirmed that they’re ‘attending’ this Saturday’s celebration of all things female.
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Rob’s Rwandan reform: One man’s ‘God-given’ mission to transform an African village
A Manchester man transformed by newfound faith has spent years helping some of Rwanda’s poorest villagers, hoping that his latest endeavour can help give the country and its children a life away from its harrowing past.
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‘I could have slipped through the cracks’: Parents expose ‘mishmashed’ and ‘patchy’ postnatal depression support
As reports reveal one in four mums suffer postnantal depression, a senior lecturer at Manchester Uni tells MM that specialist mental health care for mums is ‘patchy’ and whether you receive care is a ‘postcode lottery’.
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‘Life is about laughing’: Cartoonist Tony Husband talks Manchester exhibition, dementia book and Elbow
Award-winning cartoonist Tony Husband talks to MM about his new exhibition in Manchester, his book on dementia and working with Elbow.
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‘I was only going to do it for a week’: Help Sale artists create a mosaic to celebrate local lollipop lady’s 45-year career
Sale graphic artists are trying to raise £3,000 to celebrate the 45-year career of local lollipop lady by creating a mosaic on the wall near her crossing.
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‘Real life Sherlock Holmes’ on mind reading and Britain’s Got Talent ahead of Lowry gig
Most performers take decades to become masters of their craft, but the same cannot be said of forensic mind reader Colin Cloud.
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‘Are you God?’: Manchester fashion award-winner talks pranking her parents and working with Celia Birtwell
An award winning Manchester School of Art graduate spoke with MM after becoming the first intu Trafford Centre fashion collaborator with Salford ‘queen of prints’ Celia Birtwell CBE.