Wassailing has its origins in a Twelfth Night pagan tradition designed to scare off evil spirits and bring a good ...

Demand for weight loss injections has skyrocketed in just one year, with Google searches for the treatment rising by almost ...

What used to be once-in-a-century floods are happening every few years in Greater Manchester, accelerated by climate change ...

Illegal cannabis consumption in the North West has overtaken the national average for the first time in nearly ten years, ...

Almost 6% of pregnant women in Greater Manchester were known to be smokers at the time of delivery in 2024 according to ONS ...

Eight years after the Grenfell Tower Fire, Stephen is just one of many residents across Greater Manchester who cannot sell or ...

Men accounted for three quarters of all suicide deaths in England and Wales in 2023. Social isolation and trouble ‘opening ...

Blackpool recently became the place in the UK with the lowest life expectancy – sitting six years below the national ...

Football at a grassroots level is increasing in popularity as fans flock to their community pitch to watch the beautiful ...

Greater Manchester residents are unlikely to have attended the theatre in the last year, according to a survey published by ...

The percentage of North West households with financial debt fell from 53% between April 2014 and March 2016 to 46% ...

Fitness craze Hyrox returned to Manchester and more than a thousand athletes took part to raise money for a cancer ...