A wedding dress amnesty is being held to give terminally-ill brides the day of their dreams with the help of a unique marriage charity – leaving them with only something new and blue to find.

The charity Invest In ME have raised £350,000 towards a clinical trial of Rituximab, a drug which is also used by people suffering from arthritis.

A Salford woman has taken inspiration from her own battle against illness and her mother’s advice of ‘if you don’t life you’ll cry’, by conjuring up her own charity.

Kathy Adams was devastated to receive the heartbreaking news that her daughter Melissa had Angelman Syndrome in 2006 – but was inspired to set up the Melissa Adams Angelman Foundation alongside other members of the family and friends.

The Christie’s cancer patients have paintings shown off at Guernsey hospital.

Christine Etheridge, a charity ambassador from Sale, will be scaling the heights of the Pennines as she takes on a daunting 100km walk to raise funds for meningitis research on its 25th anniversary.

Children who are exposed to antibiotics before the age of one are more than twice as likely to develop asthma claims new research from the University of Manchester.

Fletcher made first appearance since last Christmas at weekend

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is irreversable

Nationally, there has been a 95% decrease in cases of disease

Nasal spray provided alternative to needle vaccination