A senior health official has urged Manchester’s young people not to go it alone in a growing battle with mental health, dietary habits and social media control.

Two men and a woman were admitted to the Royal Bolton Hospital after inhaling nitrous oxide and were said to be ‘recovering well’.

Meningitis is still rife and people must be aware of the symptoms, warned a Bolton mother as the country marks National Meningitis Awareness Week.

The proposed construction of a centre specialising in the treatment that was denied to brain tumour boy Ashya King is set to be approved in Manchester next Thursday.

Doctors are fighting to save a young mother’s sight after the heel of a stiletto shoe hit her in the eye during a freak attack at a pub in Bolton.

A pedal-pushing pub manager will to cycle to all of Manchester’s 124 Joseph Holt pubs collecting scratch cards to raise money for the new Christie cancer centre later this month.

A youth worker from Manchester will be putting on her running shoes and taking part in the Great North Run to raise money for Diabetes UK – and ‘help families that are going through the same journey’.

A constant need for blood supplies in Greater Manchester hospitals has driven a Bolton MP to encourage more people to donate and save people’s lives.

While three-time British Transplant Games medallist Carla Phillips’ love for the event has never dimmed, the 43-year-old has seen her training disrupted after an ‘up and down’ year with health.

Salford boxer Jamie Moore remains under armed guard in a Marbella hospital after being shot in the kneecaps in a gangland-style attack.

A 46-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was left ‘fighting for her life’ after reportedly being pushed into a fire in Urmston.