A plan setting out how Manchester will emerge from the economic shock of the Covid-19 pandemic was published this week. 

With temperatures dipping below -5°C across the North West already this month, a hardy bunch of footballers, athletes and members of the public have been exposing themselves to extreme colds of up to -150°C in an effort to improve performance and recovery.

The UK’s biggest recovery conference for drug and alcohol addiction will be held in Greater Manchester next month.

An online alcohol demotivator app is giving alcoholics across Manchester and the country another tool to add to their sobriety tool kit in their battle against addiction.

The number of people who are self-employed in Greater Manchester is up 28% since the financial crisis, with those taking on the burden labelled ‘unsung heroes’ of the economic recovery.

Former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell slams David Cameron, labelling the Tories’ promises of recovery ‘complete bollocks’ and the Prime Minister ‘the least strategic in history’.

Manchester accounted for 38% of all city centre regional office take-up, claims the Big Nine report from commercial agents GVA, in a clear sign that industries are beginning to prosper once again after years of difficult conditions

Look Good Feel Better focuses predominantly upon the after-effects of cancer on a woman’s appearance – something which no other cancer charity currently does

Marouane Fellaini was due to have wrist surgery

Littleborough’s Ashleigh was just 19 when diagnosed with cancer

Dr John Ashcroft spoke at launch of latest quarterly survey