New legal framework offers children greater protection and support during divorces
Divorce is rarely straightforward or painless, but it can be even more complicated and stressful where children are involved.
Manchester children’s charity to receive MBE in recognition of ‘fantastic contribution’ to families in local area
A Manchester charity are to be given a Member of the British Empire (MBE) award in recognition of their continued help to under privileged families and children.
Goodbye legal highs? Wigan crackdown on sale of substances imitating banned drugs as death toll rises
Legal highs could potentially be a thing of the past as Wigan Council are cracking down on retailers selling them to children.
Parents believe North West toddlers and teens are hooked on tablets, phones and games, says report
Almost half of North West parents believe their kids are hooked on digital devices, claims a new study.
Can kids Handel Beethoven? BBC initiative to ‘open up world of classical music’ to Tameside children
Working towards Arts Award Explore, the children will be encouraged by a partnership involving Tameside Cultural Services, the BBC, a forum of the borough’s music teachers and Stone Soup, a Tameside Creative Industries organisation
Urmston pensioner charged with rape of child and 14 historic sexual offences across Didsbury area
A 63-year-old Urmston man has been charged with sexually abusing children over a 20 year period – including the alleged rape of a child.
Internet porn and sexting blamed for spike in under-18s accused of sexually abusing OTHER children
The figures show there were more than 8000 cases of young people allegedly abusing children across the UK since 2012.
Manchester Children’s Book Festival vows to make background no barrier to getting kids reading
Young book lovers from across the city, regardless of their backgrounds, are being encouraged to experience events, talks and exhibitions as part of Manchester Children’s Book Festival.
From Corrie cobbles to Wood Street: Michelle Keegan donates fashion profits to children’s charity
Former Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan is donating profits from her new fashion range to a Manchester children’s charity.
Lifeline: Missing child alerts straight to your phone to tighten net quicker on Manchester’s lost kids
Thousands of people could receive free instant alerts to their phones every time a child is reported missing in Greater Manchester with a new Child Alert system.
Two ‘vulnerable’ Staffordshire teenagers missing – girls thought to have taken train to Manchester
Toni Gibbings, 15, and Angel Smith, 12, from Stoke-on-Trent, were last seen on June 8