Man who used life-threatening brain tumour to become artist depicting ‘The Patient Experience’ comes to town
Andy Wild is displayed at Sale’s Waterside Arts Centre, Greater Manchester
‘No one should go through this’: Dad’s dying wish after ‘losing half his face’ to tumours – yet his two girls have it
Jim Costello suffered from Gorlin Syndrome
MM’s top five… motorbiking routes around North West
Buxton to Macclesfield, Glossop to Sheffield, MM review them all
Housing crisis? £12billion-worth of homes lie empty across North West, according to report
The North West alone has 115,443 unoccupied homes
Ex-BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall’s sentence reviewed after complaints of ‘lenient’ sex offence jail term
The broadcaster was given a 15-month sentence
Fatal injuries in North West workplaces decrease, as area remains one of safest for employees
Figures were published by the Health and Safety Executive
‘Rewarding to see them so happy’: Children affected by Chernobyl disaster visit Wigan Fire Station
The children arrived from Remel in Belarus
Manchester is second worst for traffic light collisions in UK – giving city highest insurance rates
Manchester motorists claim more than anywhere except Liverpool
Smoking in front of children costs NHS £103million a year in North West, claims Manchester City Council leader
Sir Richard Leese: ‘Let’s cut off new supply of smokers’
Manchester hosts 2,000 stags, 400 hens, 54,000 extra pints and 1,500 more kebabs…all on Bank Holiday weekend
May bank holiday will bring a £650,000 boost to local economy
David Cameron’s fight for gay marriage is ‘brave and sincere’, claims Manchester Pride boss
Same-sex marriage should not be a taboo, claims John Stewart