One in seven fall behind on essential household bills

Some one in seven people have fallen behind on essential bills - including energy, water, mobile phone and broadband bills, council tax, rent or...

Research shows how ways of working during the pandemic offer a new blueprint for...

Covid-19 has enabled the kinds of collaborative and community-based working that can offer a new blueprint for social action, according to new research. The report,...

Government must be honest about nurse numbers and invest in the profession, says RCN,...

A report published by the Health Foundation shows a decade of decline in the number of specialist mental health, community and learning disability nurses....

Access to nature is essential to combat mental health issues during lockdown

People in European countries with the strictest COVID-19 lockdown policies were more likely to show symptoms of depression and anxiety, according to an international...

A man has been arrested after ten pupils were assaulted outside a school in...

A man has been arrested after ten pupils were assaulted outside a school in Rochdale. A 19-year-old man on suspicion of assault after reports that...

Covid self isolation period for contacts and holiday quarantine is to be cut from...

The Covid-19 self isolation period for contacts and holiday quarantine is to be cut from 14 to 10 days from Monday, the Government has...

Serial rapists Reynhard Sinaga and Joseph Mccann have jail sentences increased from 30-40 years

The serial Manchester rapist Reynhard Sinaga and Joseph McCann have had their jail sentences increased from 30 to 40 years by the Court of Appeal. Sinaga, 37,...

£114m lost in wages for Greater Manchester’s hospitality sector until tier review, new research...

Campaigning group UnitedCity has revealed the results of its first piece of research, estimating that in the run-up to Christmas, Manchester’s night-time economy workforce...

City leaders welcome £21m Cultural Capital Kickstart Fund award for The Factory

City leaders have welcomed the award announced today by DCMS and Arts Council England of £21m to The Factory, the iconic world-class new cultural...

Marcus Rashford MBE accepts the 2020 ‘This Is Manchester Awards’ Supernova award

This Is Manchester 2020 recognises those people, heroes, places, organisations, & communities that have shown resilience and true Mancunian grit and determination. This year, four...