Is there such a thing as a rational suicide? This is the controversial question to be addressed during a debate at Manchester Museum as part of SICK! Festival.

For one go-getting Salford University graduate it is all early nights and a hectic training schedule at the moment as he plans to take on two marathons and one mega marathon in just three months to raise £35,000 for children in Malawi.

The mum of a brave Bury teen who lost his battle with a terminal illness last year has launched a Mother’s Day appeal as she prepares her first year without him.

Almost two thirds of disabled people in the North West face greater barriers making and sustaining friendships compared to non-disabled people according to a report commissioned by a UK disability charity.

Two women are spicing up World Book Day by encouraging you to get up close and personal with a genre of literature recently over-shadowed by a ‘certain book that shall remain nameless’.

Only 1200 people in Manchester are signed up the blood stem cell donor register. In response to those statistics, Delete Blood Cancer UK have launched a new campaign to increase the numbers of donors.

Government statistics have shown a worrying 79% increase in the number of rough sleepers in Manchester- which homes more rough sleepers than anywhere except London

Ronel Kiyanga, 20, of South Croydon, was found guilty of two counts of retaining wrongful credit after splurging on foreign currency and technical goods with cash that had been wrongly paid into his bank.

Super Josh’s ‘brave’ supermum is honoured with a GMP community award for her inspiring charity work after tragically losing her 14-year-old son.

Manchester comedy veteran Smug Roberts is getting into ‘Rocky training mode’ ahead of a mammoth 24-hour gig marathon across the North West for Comic Relief tomorrow.

City centre based youth charity RECLAIM challenges 40 young people, aged 12-13 years old (Year 8), to create their own political parties to pitch to five councillors at Manchester Town Hall.