Manchester Central food bank are asking for donations to help build a new £13,000 warehouse to store food and other vital supplies.

Food bank bosses in Manchester have revealed the number of families relying on food parcels to survive this Christmas is at an all time high.

National Gardening Week takes place between April 14 and 20

Farnsworth and Kearsley, in Bolton saw an increase of just over 388% between the period of April 1 2013 to December 31 2013