At a time when women’s rights seem to be increasingly under attack one Manchester restaurant is taking a stand for the rights of women and mothers by openly encouraging breastfeeding.

With more than 1,900 babies born every day in the UK, it’s no surprise that there are a handful of ways to aid women deliver birth their babies in the best way that suits them.

Families from across the city will be welcomed to congregate at Manchester Cathedral as part of a set of remembrances services for people who have had to mourn the loss of a baby during pregnancy, at birth or in infancy.