One man and his hearing dog are on a mission to fetch followers to raise money for life-changing disability dog training charity, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.

Man City midfielders Fernando and Fernandinho tried their hands at blind football and sitting volleyball, along with 30 students from Crossacres Primary School in Wythenshawe on Thursday.

Almost two thirds of disabled people in the North West face greater barriers making and sustaining friendships compared to non-disabled people according to a report commissioned by a UK disability charity.

Martin Emery, from South Wales, was told it wouldn’t be possible for him to sit with his elder disabled son Jordan and two younger sons Ethan and Zac, due to there being only one seat available for wheelchair carers and it being against stadium ‘safety protocol’.

Companies should be required to publish annual data about how many disabled people they employ, according to a Manchester MP.

Scope’s Kiss the awkward Goodbye campaign uses tongue-in-cheek Valentine’s Day cards to highlight that there is no need to be awkward around someone just because they have a disability.

Disabled charity Scope has released a series of tongue-in-cheek cards designed to get the British public to ‘kiss the awkward goodbye’ this Valentine’s Day.

A Bolton Olympic athlete unexpectedly died on a hospital operating table while undergoing a routine operation to ensure she couldn’t have any children – after suffering an ‘extraordinarily rare’ reaction.

Manchester is one of the cities most ‘at risk’ from suicide claims Public Health England as the World Health Organisation revealed that someone takes their own life every 40 seconds.

The 64-year-old lost his mobility in a sickening attack that left him paralysed and unable to move a decade ago.

All things green and beautiful will be celebrated this weekend as vegetables great and small take centre stage at VegFest, while raising money for disabled facilities.