New era for Oldham College as Principal set to depart after 13 years at...

ALUN Francis OBE is set to leave his post for a new challenge after more than a decade of renewal and progress at Oldham...

How a robot fixed a gas main under school playground as children and staff...

A robot has been deployed to fix a gas pipe under a school playground in Manchester, enabling lessons and play to continue without interruption. ...

New National survey shows decline in positive maternity experiences

The findings from a survey of more than 20,900 women who gave birth in February 2022 show fewer reporting positively about their experience of...

There’s a huge North-South divide in prostate cancer diagnoses

There’s huge variation in the likelihood of men being diagnosed when it’s too late for a cure. In London just 1 in 8 men...

Manchester tech specialists team with Guide Dogs to provide iPads to kids most in...

Accredited IT specialist, Sync, have teamed up with Guide Dogs to support the charity’s ‘Tech for All’ scheme, a programme aimed at improving the wellbeing and...

Ongoing disputes make it impossible to submit evidence to NHS pay review body, say...

Health unions won’t be submitting joint evidence to the NHS pay review body for the next wage round while the current industrial disputes remain...

Women with high body dissatisfaction spend more time looking at thinner women, finds study

Women who are dissatisfied with their body shape spend more time looking at their thinner counterparts, finds a new study involving nearly 3,000 women. The...

Manchester Council tax set to rise by nearly five per cent

Manchester Council is tproposing to increase general Council Tax by 2.99% plus a 2% adult social care precept – a 4.99% increase in total....

Police search hotels in Colchester as they continue to search for missing couple and...

Essex Police have worked through the night to visit every single hotel and bed and breakfast in Colchester as they continue to search for...

Altrincham to get a new independent bowling and entertainment venue

Lane7, the boutique bowling brand with 11 sites across the UK, (including Great Northern Warehouse in Manchester) will be taking over the 12,640 square...