Five years after the release of his eponymous debut album, Hozier returned with his second studio album, Wasteland, Baby! earlier this year.

At a time when women’s rights seem to be increasingly under attack one Manchester restaurant is taking a stand for the rights of women and mothers by openly encouraging breastfeeding.

The heartbroken parents of a baby who was stillborn have started a Crowdfunder to pay for a cold cot for the Royal Oldham Hospital.

The family of a baby girl who suffers from a rare condition that could leave her brain damaged or cause her organs to fail are fundraising for special equipment to light up her life.

Greater Manchester midwives have been crowned the best in the country after delivering an exceptional performance in Unicef’s ‘Baby Friendly’ accreditation tests.

With more than 1,900 babies born every day in the UK, it’s no surprise that there are a handful of ways to aid women deliver birth their babies in the best way that suits them.

Families from across the city will be welcomed to congregate at Manchester Cathedral as part of a set of remembrances services for people who have had to mourn the loss of a baby during pregnancy, at birth or in infancy.

A ‘violent thug’ who punched his heavily pregnant teen partner in the stomach, causing her to lose her baby has been sentenced to four years and eight months in a young offender’s institute.

Hugo Porcher, 5, from Norfolk, was diagnosed with an optic nerve glioma brain tumour in October 2013 and began chemotherapy treatment when he was just three years old.

Reflexology can ‘double the chance of getting pregnant’, a leading Northern reflexologist has commented ahead of an Altrincham course aimed at tackling infertility with alternative medicine.

One Born Every Minute may be a hit with telly lovers but opting to give birth in hospital could become a thing of the past if mums-to-be take note of a new report urging women to have their babies delivered at home.