“This was happening long before Covid”: The real reasons for Greater Manchester’s declining life expectancy
Life expectancy of people born in Greater Manchester has fallen For the third successive year, and is now the lowest
Calls for change to levelling up funding as Manchester trails UK averages in key areas
Northern political leaders have called for investment in the north to be hard-wired into government policy, as figures show a
Towns top for takeaways: Bury and Tameside revealed as kebab shop capitals
Bury was sixth and Tameside ninth in the league table of areas of the UK ranked by the number of takeaway restaurants they have per 100,000 residents.
A healthy retirement? Fat chance if you live in Manchester, new stats warn
People in Manchester city centre are not even expected to reach the traditional retirement ages of 60 and 65 before moving into a phase where their health is neither very good nor good.
All the small things: Promise to make Manchester more age-friendly, urges Mayor
Manchester’s people and business are being encouraged to become more age-friendly and pledge to increase awareness of the needs of the city’s older citizens by the Lord Mayor himself.