World Down Syndrome Day 2014: Busting myths about the condition… and will you be wearing your funky socks?
Some of the common myths to do with Down syndrome are busted.
Tameside ex-nurse brands NHS ‘ridiculous’ for refusing to fund op so daughter can ‘walk like all her friends’
A former Tameside nurse has condemned the NHS for refusing to fund a £25,000 operation which will enable her two-year-old child to walk for the first time.
‘We love, hurt and feel just like everyone’: Autistic Manchester woman battles for better female diagnosis
More than 700,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder – yet women across the country suffer in silence with the condition every day
Poor are TWICE as likely to smoke – and fifth of England’s most deprived areas are in Greater Manchester
You are TWICE as likely to smoke if you live in a deprived area – and a fifth of the country’s poorest areas are in Greater Manchester, a study has revealed
City of gold: 2012 Olympics inspire more in Manchester to take up sport than anywhere else in UK
According to the Sport England’s national Active People Survey, Manchester has seen an increase of people participating in sporting activities by 4%
Dance troupe ‘drop dead’ in Piccadilly Gardens to remind smokers that tobacco kills one in two
The performance coincides with the Universal Health Conference which takes place at Manchester Central this week
Mental health cuts fury: Unison campaigners plan Stockport protest as health chiefs promise reinvestment
Mental health services are facing proposed £650,000-worth of cuts
Kebabs, chips and burgers… and lose weight? Salford dieter launches ‘healthy’ fast food takeaway outlet
Naji’s Kitchen takeaway in Salford proposes to be the ‘healthy way to takeaway’
‘You just have to get on with it’: Being squeamish is no big deal for Salford student nurse Kelly as ITV show finds out
Salford student to feature on tonight’s episode of Bedpans and Bandages
‘My son’s million-to-one condition leaves him like a rag doll for days’, says mum of brave tot
Lucas Wilton, 2, has the rare Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood illness – which was diagnosed at Manchester children’s hospital
Time to talk: Manchester’s LGBT community called on for Question Time-style debate
To commemorate LGBT History Month, Manchester City Council will hold its second annual LGBT Question Time at the town hall