No fire without smoke: Smoking in the home kills, warn Manchester firefighters
The city’s fire and prevention teams have been going door to door and have delivered 4,000 leaflets to homes in a bid to encourage people to quit the cigs
Have no fear, Bolton’s Angels are here: Teens honoured for risking lives to save elderly woman from chip pan fire
A group of Bolton teenagers described as ‘angels’ after rescuing an elederly lady from a house fire have had their heroic deed recognised this week.
Manchester man, 44, dies after smoking ‘legal high’ herbal incense Eclipse in Northern Quarter
A 44-year-old man has died in Manchester after taking a ‘legal high’.
Stoner sperm? Kicking cannabis can boost baby birth chances for young men, claims Manchester Uni study
Cannabis users may be seeing their fertility go up in smoke, claims a Manchester University study.
The research, completed in conjunction with the University of Sheffield, showed that the drug affected the size and shape of sperm, while booze binges and smoking had little effect.
Man jumps three floors in daring escape from Swinton house blaze and survives with only cuts to feet
The 20-year-old jumped from his loft on Bolton Road
Rochdale family have lucky escape from house blaze after firefighters discover no batteries in smoke alarm
Fire and smoke filled the house on Pullman Street, Deepish
‘I just thought I’ve got to get him out’: Marple hero saves man from burning house sparked by chip pan blaze
Jason Malamed, 44, had been walking home with friends
Ban the pan! Firefighters tackle two separate chip pan fires in Manchester and urge safer cooking methods
One fire was in Stockport, the other in Bolton
Smoking in front of children costs NHS £103million a year in North West, claims Manchester City Council leader
Sir Richard Leese: ‘Let’s cut off new supply of smokers’
Prestwich woman makes ‘extremely lucky’ escape from flat fire – while her four pets die due to untested fire alarms
Two cats and two parrots tragically died in the fire