A cerebral palsy sufferer is set to tackle a 1.5km Swimathon in aid of late Bury teenager Josh Wilson – otherwise known as Super Josh.

Peter James-Robinson, from Radcliffe, heard his brother utter those fateful words as he led in a coma.

A single father from Oldham has battled back from a cancer scare to pen his very first children’s novel which is due for release this summer.

The team Manchester university have developed a new combination of drugs in attempt to tackle the disease.

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.

Two hundred Girl Guides will pay their respects towards a former leader by taking part in Manchester’s Midnight Walk to raise money for St Ann’s Hospice.

Neighbours Darren Mellor and Andy Harris pulled a 63-year-old woman and the man, 55, from the blaze on Brooklands Close around 6am on Wednesday morning.

Discussing nano-materials may not be everyone’s choice of relaxed dinner conversation, but for two Manchester University students, some Italian home cooking was the inspiration for a breakthrough in the hunt for a cure for cancer.

According to Drink Wise, Manchester and Salford are the ‘binge drinking capitals of the North West’ and their survey has found that nine out of ten people in the region want the government to do more to protect young people from alcohol

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.

Only 1200 people in Manchester are signed up the blood stem cell donor register. In response to those statistics, Delete Blood Cancer UK have launched a new campaign to increase the numbers of donors.