Families from across the city will be welcomed to congregate at Manchester Cathedral as part of a set of remembrances services for people who have had to mourn the loss of a baby during pregnancy, at birth or in infancy.

An Openshaw nursery has been dealt a double blow after being deemed ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted AND in need of ‘major improvement’ by the Food Standards Agency.

Is your child moody or aggressive? Are they staying out late drinking and taking goodness knows what else? Have they been skipping school or letting their grades slip? Are they a victim of child sexual exploitation?

Co-operative Funeralcare in Manchester have teamed up with Child Bereavement, Trauma and Emotional Wellbeing Service (CHUMS) to offer animated films as a resource to medical professionals, community groups, schools and parents aiming to help youngsters cope with the sad loss of a loved one.

A brave Rochdale man was stabbed in the leg while he tried to protect his home from three masked men.

The number of Manchester children in council-arranged foster care due to abuse and neglect is at its highest level in five years, MM can reveal.

The Manchester Duck Race is back with a splash in Spinningfields for its sixth year to raise money for Manchester children’s charity Brainwave on Good Friday.

In some cases worrying can be helpful when it spurs you on to solve a problem but, equally, it can be an oppressive force that prevents action and bars success.

As part of this week’s LGBT Adopting and Fostering Week, MM caught up with the first gay couple to approach Stockport council and gain approval to foster three children following a period of struggle and alienation.

An Altrincham family are ‘distraught’ after burglars broke into their home and stole £33,000 worth of valuables and eight passports, forcing them to cancel their holiday.

Most women trying to get pregnant through IVF are faced with sadness and disappointment as only one in four treatments are successful – but now the University of Manchester might have the solution.