Ex-Manchester gangster turned artist backs NSPCC gang helpline to aid kids ‘break free’ from life of crime
Graham Hudson spent eight years behind bars and three years on the streets battling drug and alcohol abuse
Meet Masha the baby mammoth! 42,000-year-old Siberian exhibit comes to Manchester Museum
Masha, on loan from the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is a rare specimen and is preserved in permafrost.
Lethal vocal condition leaves Irlam girl, four, only able to whisper – but doesn’t stop her singing Disney
A little Manchester girl is battling to get her voice heard – even though a potentially lethal vocal condition has left her speaking in just a whisper.
Tragic Hyde mum triples cash target in aid of charity who helped her survive ‘darkest days’ after daughter’s suicide
Martina Brincat-Baines, 36, took on the challenge of walking coast to coast from St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay for the charity Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS) – whose support she claims saved her life.
New legal framework offers children greater protection and support during divorces
Divorce is rarely straightforward or painless, but it can be even more complicated and stressful where children are involved.
Manchester children’s charity to receive MBE in recognition of ‘fantastic contribution’ to families in local area
A Manchester charity are to be given a Member of the British Empire (MBE) award in recognition of their continued help to under privileged families and children.
Goodbye legal highs? Wigan crackdown on sale of substances imitating banned drugs as death toll rises
Legal highs could potentially be a thing of the past as Wigan Council are cracking down on retailers selling them to children.
Parents believe North West toddlers and teens are hooked on tablets, phones and games, says report
Almost half of North West parents believe their kids are hooked on digital devices, claims a new study.
Can kids Handel Beethoven? BBC initiative to ‘open up world of classical music’ to Tameside children
Working towards Arts Award Explore, the children will be encouraged by a partnership involving Tameside Cultural Services, the BBC, a forum of the borough’s music teachers and Stone Soup, a Tameside Creative Industries organisation
Urmston pensioner charged with rape of child and 14 historic sexual offences across Didsbury area
A 63-year-old Urmston man has been charged with sexually abusing children over a 20 year period – including the alleged rape of a child.
Internet porn and sexting blamed for spike in under-18s accused of sexually abusing OTHER children
The figures show there were more than 8000 cases of young people allegedly abusing children across the UK since 2012.