A giant toilet roll is coming to Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium – and it’s all in the name of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month as it aims to ‘Lift the Lid’ on the fatal disease.

Bowel cancer survival rates vary so drastically across Greater Manchester that patients are twice more likely to die in some areas than in others.

A Leigh teenager who suffers from an incurable bladder disease has exceeded fundraising expectations after running 140 miles in seven days.