Female genital mutilation: Thousands of young Manchester girls at risk of ‘barbaric’ illegal practice
Greater Manchester is one of the country’s hotspots for the illegal practice of female genital mutilation with over 2,000 girls at risk.
Greater Manchester men and families affected by prostate cancer offered free counselling
Free counselling is being offered to Greater Manchester men and their families affected by prostate cancer thanks to a team up between Relate and Prostate Cancer UK.
Working out doesn’t have to be ‘Armageddon’: Stockport classes with unusual name offer free path to fitness
A series of varied workout stations await you on the Sporting Pro store’s floor in the Peel Centre, as you make your way from one to the next in a loop… all under the watchful glare of Kevin Foster-Wiltshire.
A day to remember: Dementia sufferer calls for others to join her journey on Manchester Memory Walk
Joy Watson, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease on her 55th birthday, was joined by her husband Tony and their two dogs Chloe and Artaud at Heaton Park to launch this year’s Alzheimer’s Society’s Manchester Memory Walk, which takes place on Saturday, September 27
‘Forgotten’ Manchester ME sufferers given new hope as charity hits cash target for clinical drug trials
The charity Invest In ME have raised £350,000 towards a clinical trial of Rituximab, a drug which is also used by people suffering from arthritis.
On target: Archer shoots bronze at British Transplant Games… despite suffering stroke just SIX WEEKS before
A brave archer who suffered a stroke just six weeks before competing at the British Transplant Games bagged bronze – eventhough she had a weakened left arm.
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.
‘You’re not honest’: Leigh MP Andy Burnham urges Cameron to stop penning NHS privatisation deals
Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham has slammed David Cameron in a Manchester speech today –branding the Prime Minister ‘not honest’ about his plans to privatise the NHS.
Prosecuting parents over female genital mutilaton is key to end it within in our lifetime, says Manchester MP
Leading Manchester political figures, campaigners and police welcome tough new measures aimed at preventing female genital mutilation unveiled by the Prime Minister.
Don’t be a stranger: Seeing the same GP on every visit could slash £1.42billion off NHS emergency care bill
If patients see the same doctor every time they visit a surgery, the NHS could save a staggering £1.42billion if changes in primary emergency care, claims a Manchester University report.
‘Hospitals are dangerously full of old people’: Leigh MP Andy Burnham slams Jeremy Hunt over strained NHS care
The Shadow Health Secretary warned that cuts to services and a ‘collapse’ in social care have left hospitals struggling to function effectively.