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Gala launched a ‘Push for Joy’ button on the streets of Manchester this week

Life's top unexpected moments of joy have been revealed

Rightmove has revealed its “happy at home” index for 2025

UK’s happiest places to live 2025: Rightmove's “happy at home” index

• Survey reveals suicide hitting young adults and some UK regions hardest, as SOS Silence of Suicide launches free training to help the public step in and save a life.

Suicide impacting nearly one in two young adults, shocking new survey reveals

"Arctic air" set to bring snow and sleet to the UK

Snow and sleet expected as “Arctic air” bringing cold snap to UK

Autumn breaks have never been so affordable

These 80 hotels are offering rooms for £50 - full list of locations

Child drawing

England’s KS2 class sizes rise as KS1 numbers fall

Wooden house beside bronze coins

Salford sees UK's biggest increase in house prices

Charity

UK giving at a crossroads: New CAF report shows fewer donors, bigger gifts

Couple signing marriage documents

Over half of adults in the North West unaware marriage cancels existing wills, w...

Simon Berry from English Lakes Hotels with his lifetime achievement award

Hotel group chief wins lifetime achievement award

England's Best Places for Working Mums (2025)

Balancing prams & paychecks: England’s Best Places for Working Mums in 2025

Spedding Dental Clinic (left to right) Jack Spedding, Alison Spedding, June Pagin, Jane Cooke

Specialist dental clinic celebrates 25 years in business

Children receiving the teddies

Charity donates sensory teddy bears to North West schools

Emma Cunniffe, Lewy Body Society's new ambassador

Actor Emma Cunniffe joins Lewy Body Society as ambassador

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This is where in the UK has the most amount of playparks per 100 children

The move creates a new force in the North West’s marketing scene

Ad Feature Leading UK digital agency secures acquisition - with promising growth

Partner and head of RWK Goodman’s Health & Social Care team Hazel Phillips said the deal will allow Care Concepts to expand their high-quality support to more people within the North West.

Care Concepts expands portfolio with Ellesmere Port acquisition advised on by RW...
A growing North West care group has continued the expansion of their portfolio with the acquisition of an Ellesmere Port care home following advice from care sector specialist RWK Goodman.
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And relax …

Orchestral music becomes the playlist of relaxing summer holidays

Students at Kings Leadership Academy

Great Schools Trust rolls out mental health programme in seven North West school...

Save 56% on tickets for Knowsley Safari Park - the perfect day out during the school holidays

Save 56% on tickets for Knowsley Safari Park

Annabel Berry & Sam the Dog from English Lakes Hotels with St Martin and St Mary nursery pupils & Janette Berry, Liz Russell & Lisa Brockbank

North West hotel group funds play house restoration for nursery school

An artist's impression of the campus

Major UK cybersecurity campus gets go-ahead in the South West

Richard Ainscough

Property chairman calls on industry to support charity

Women in Motorsport - Tamsin Clark, Charlotte Little, Jess Smith ( L-R )

Meet the Teen Taking Over Motorsport Coverage and Inspiring Young Women Along th...

The new suite is now operational and welcoming patients. Photo: Nuffield Health

MP welcomes investment in local breast screening service, as new research reveal...

Adventure Coast Southport

Things to do in Southport: From the Flower Show to “the North West’s toughest fi...

Colette Lennon is Director of DJH Altrincham

DJH appoints new Director to drive Altrincham expansion

Home care staff Adeel, Bernadetta, Wajid, Yasmin, Leon, Sydney, Abraham, Hasna and Michael

SureCare Bolton wins an award for being a Top 20 home care provider in the North...
There are 1,365 home care providers in North West and 13,339 home care providers in the UK.
Lauren Simons

Momentum Finance secures £5m funding line increase to support ambitious growth p...

SEP Geospatial FJD Trion P1 Handheld Slam Scanner Demonstration

Handheld laser scanners drive new growth for Sep Geospatial in unlikely sectors

The Berwick at Oak Grange in Congleton is well suited to first time buyers

Free advice for first time buyers across the North West

New Charity Partnership Turns Spare Jewellery into Support for Mind

New charity partnership turns spare jewellery into support for Mind

Claire Cathcart

New video to support congenital heart patients and families

L-R: Gareth Vaughan, Ryan Phillips, Ellis Kilcoyne, Jo Ahmed, Sarah Lakeland, Chris Langford and Emily Hesketh

Deloitte bolsters North West practice with eight senior promotions

Gaz Grainger, a Development Surveyor at Torus

North West engineer celebrates his FE teacher

Busy Bees Macclesfield nursery

Parents rate Macclesfield nursery among top in the North West

Head Chef Shama Rahman on Leach Street, Rochdale, giving residents golden tickets for a free meal

The North West’s biggest curry lovers - Stockport among the region's most devote...

Sioned Edwards and Rhys Davies are planning to expand into the North West

Planning agency celebrates 20 years with new MD and North West growth plans

Assetz Capital

Assetz Capital funds £970k conversion of former care home into residential apart...

Corinne Travis

Network Space expands investment team

(Photo: PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Sunday Times Rich List: the 10 richest billionaires in the North West

Citation Cyber expert Zain Javed explains the impact these cyber attacks are having on businesses

Cyber security expert warns of three-year wait for full recovery from M&S and Co...

Helena Mellenchip with one of her willow sculptures at Lytham Hall

Meet the willow artist behind 'mesmerising' sculpture trail

Night Action!

The UK Truck and Tractor Pull

Black Milk

North West businesses take slice of £80m NPIF II funding in first year since lau...

Mistoria

Spring into action: Property expert on why May is the best month of the year to ...

Elan Homes is encouraging buyers to hop along to four North West developments to discover a cracking choice of homes and some egg-cellent fun

Elan makes house hunting egg-stra fun this Easter

an empty wheelchair

NHS sees over 215 thousand referrals to wheelchair service in 2024

Ladies Day at Chester Racecourse

Chester Racecourse sets its sights on second world record with biggest ever fasc...

A street scene of homes at Oak Grange in Congleton, one of four sites Elan Homes acquired from administrators

Sales success for Elan Homes at rescued North West sites

Bradley Hall's new office at 33-39 Grey Street

Bradley Hall purchases 10,000 sq ft office as part of major expansion

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Experts reveal where British businesses suffered the most in 2024

More than 2,000 Brits were asked what levels of parking space misuse they had seen.

Bay watch... survey reveals widespread parking bay misuse in the UK

M-SParc

North West IT company expands Welsh connections with new base

David Newman, a Partner in the Commercial Transactional Team at Fisher German’s Manchester office

Rapid rise in demand for industrial open storage land

Victoria Quinlan, a dog groomer, was crowned Miss Manchester and will compete in Miss England beauty pageant.

I'm a dog-mad beauty queen. I want an end to cruel puppy farms

From Pride and Prejudice to Hamilton and Sleeping Beauty, here's 25 theatre shows coming to the North West you can't afford to miss in 2025.

Theatre Highlights of 2025: 25 shows coming to the North West

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