Ex-Manchester City ace Alf Wood’s battle with dementia backed in campaign for former top goalscorer
The 68-year-old moved into a care home permanently after the rapid deterioration of his condition left his wife Joan unable to cope
Ovarian cancer warning: Heartbroken Bolton widower reveals pain of standing by dying wife
Geoff Fisher, from Bolton, lost his wife in 2010 from ovarian cancer. Since then he has looked to increase awareness of the disease and how to spot the warning signs early.
‘Fit as a fiddle’ Manchester wife, 36, dies in sleep only weeks after heartbreak of father’s sudden death
Kelly Tarpey, who lived a ‘fit and healthy’ life, died in her sleep aged just 36 after being left heartbroken by the death of her father.
People in Manchester more likely to live with disability or illness, shock stats reveal
A report released by the Office for National Statistics today ranks Manchester near bottom of the disability-free life expectancy tables, meaning they are also likely to die sooner.
Anyone with allergies should BEWARE of Indian takeaways, warns coroner after Wigan boy, 12, dies from nut allergy
Connor Donaldson, from Tyldesley, began to struggled to breath after eating the Prawn Balti and suffered a devastating asthma attack.
‘Ex-gay’ claims UK Christian group offer ‘gay cures’ – but LGBT charity chief brands them ‘dangerous’
Dr Mike Davidson claims Core Issues Trust offer ‘gay cures’ while Grahame Robertson at The Lesbian and Gay Foundation hits back at ‘dangerous and ultimately ineffective practices’.
World Down Syndrome Day 2014: Busting myths about the condition… and will you be wearing your funky socks?
Some of the common myths to do with Down syndrome are busted.
Tameside ex-nurse brands NHS ‘ridiculous’ for refusing to fund op so daughter can ‘walk like all her friends’
A former Tameside nurse has condemned the NHS for refusing to fund a £25,000 operation which will enable her two-year-old child to walk for the first time.
‘We love, hurt and feel just like everyone’: Autistic Manchester woman battles for better female diagnosis
More than 700,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder – yet women across the country suffer in silence with the condition every day
Poor are TWICE as likely to smoke – and fifth of England’s most deprived areas are in Greater Manchester
You are TWICE as likely to smoke if you live in a deprived area – and a fifth of the country’s poorest areas are in Greater Manchester, a study has revealed
City of gold: 2012 Olympics inspire more in Manchester to take up sport than anywhere else in UK
According to the Sport England’s national Active People Survey, Manchester has seen an increase of people participating in sporting activities by 4%