World Cancer Day: Charity tells Manchester ‘transform lives of millions’ by donating
Cancer death rates have fallen by 11% in the North West, Cancer Research UK have revealed on World Cancer Day.
‘He’s something of his own, and always will be’: Rusholme club remember David Bowie with event for cancer charity
In light of David Bowie’s death, a popular nightclub in Rusholme is putting on a themed charity fundraising night in tribute to the late music icon.
‘Help give cancer the cold shoulder’: Manchester Winter Run bigger and better in 2016
Another Christmas has come and gone and we haven’t had a hint of snow.
Veteran fundraiser celebrates 60th birthday with 15-mile run for Christie cancer charity
Barry Thompson, a Stockport-based insurance director, turns 60 in March, and to mark the day, he is launching ‘60 Dos with Barry’, with an event to mark each year.
It’s Shoecember so put your best foot forward to raise money for kids cancer charity
It sounds an odd way to raise money, but a children’s cancer charity has just launched a Shoecember campaign and wants people to wear two different shoes, then do a selfie to raise funds.
‘Far less daunting’: Needle phobia treatment injected into Manchester cancer unit
Life-changing calming techniques have been introduced at a Manchester hospital’s mobile chemotherapy unit in order treat patients who suffer from anxiety and a phobia of needles.
How would you spend a 25th hour? Over half of North West folk would grab extra sleep
The figures were revealed in a new survey conducted by charity Breast Cancer Now who polled 2,000 UK adults, exploring how people view time as a commodity.
‘Inspirational and humbling’: Manchester CEOs cycle across Britain raising £25k for The Christie’s new cancer centre
Ten Manchester businessmen have cycled from Land’s End to John O’Groats, raising over £25,000 for a new cancer care centre being built at The Christie Hospital.
Talk to me of… Manchester poet’s ode to Factory Records legend Tony Wilson released
Manchester poet Mike Garry and music composer Joe Duddell, of Elbow and New Order fame, have teamed up to create St Anthony: And Ode to Anthony H Wilson, which is being released today.
Manchester LGBT Foundation host meeting to ‘bring smoking out of the closet’
Manchester’s LGBT Foundation is teaming up with leading health professionals working in tobacco control in a bid to ‘bring smoking out of the closet’.
Do you give a spit? Find out if you could save someone from blood cancer at Printworks
Everyone in Manchester who ‘gives a spit’ about blood cancer is being urged to head down to The Printworks to help those suffering from these often terminal illnesses.