A Manchester father is encouraging others to adopt a child after his own inspiring story has created a bond that is ‘stronger than anything else I have known’.

The Director of Children’s Services at Manchester City Council has quit – months after a damning report from Ofsted labelled the child protection unit ‘inadequate’.

These days, thousands of expectant mothers are receiving help from an unusual source to ensure that they get through the day in one piece: hypnotherapy.
After feeling the benefits of hypnosis during labour first-hand, Eleanor Gibbons-Modral gave up her job as a teacher to impart hypnobirthing techniques to mums-to-be full-time.

One man driving an old type Land Rover or Range Rover was seen approaching children in the Abbey Hey area, shortly after 3:50pm on October, 17, ‘asking them where they live’

While Manchester’s city centre appears to be undergoing constant regeneration, in areas walking distance from the city centre, such as Moss Side and Hulme, nearly half of children live in poverty

Small lithium batteries, used for powering toys, key fobs, birthday cards etc, can easily get stuck in the throat or gullet, causing serious damage in as little as two hours

Oldham charities and politicians show their support for International Day of the Girl, a UN campaign against gender equality and abuse of girls wordlwide

Research from Public Health England – the first conducted for this age group – found that 25.6% of children in Manchester have evidence of decay, which is more than double the national average of just below 12%

A Salford student nurse who spent his childhood in care has raised almost £2,000 for the NSPCC – after taking on a series of the most gruelling obstacle courses in the country.

A Stalybridge college welfare officer and young person’s football coach – who downloaded thousands of indecent images of children and was caught as part of a world-wide investigation – has been sentenced to a 12 months in prison.

Infant slings and baby carriers are rising in popularity across western culture – and baby-wearing experts are advising parents to do their research before they embrace the indigenous parenting tradition.