13-year-old with brain injury raises £178,000 to save disability activity centre

direct to your inboxA 12-year-old from Stretford raised more than £3,000 for the children's hospice who provided 'invaluable' care to her 15-year-old brother until his death last year.Hasan was born in 2004 with Lissencephaly, a neurological condition affecting his development that caused partial blindness, epilepsy and reduced muscle tone.He was non-verbal but, over the years, he had learnt how to say ‘mum’.

click on this link, enter your email address, and select 'MyWigan News'.Wigan council is now in the process of reclaiming the land using a process set out in the Commons Act of 1899 with plans to enter a 99-year agreement with the Lancashire Wildlife Trust for the management of this unique habitat.Greenheart project officer Martin Purcell told councillors on the regulation committee about the scheme at a meeting on Monday (February 15).He said: "As a council we have declared a climate emergency

Say what you want about documentaries, but they make a difference. Just look at how Surviving R. Kelly and Leaving Neverland shifted public perception about their subjects. Almost overnight the scales seemed to tip from uncertain shrugs to an investigation that led to an arrest of R. Kelly and calls for the banning of Michael Jackson‘s music from the airwaves. Now we’re getting our first real look at what may be th

in Breightmet. Police were called to Thicketford Road in Tonge Moor just before 10pm on Friday to reports of men acting suspiciously.Officers arrived at the scene and detained three teenagers.Following a search, each were allegedly found to have blades.The three boys, aged between 14-years-old and 16-years-old, were arrested on suspicion of possession of a bladed article in a public place.GMP say they have since been further arrested in connection with a robbery last month.

The “American Idol” judges were very impressed with contestant Alex Miller in a sneak peek clip ahead of Sunday’s season premiere.

their son's tragic death.

posted to Instagram, Berman revealed that her son, Samuel Berman Chapman, died of a drug overdose.«My beautiful boy is gone,» Berman wrote in a caption, alongside a photo of her and her son backstage on a TV set, sharing a hug. «16 years old.

Dr. Laura Berman, a relationship therapist who is the host of In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman on the Oprah Winfrey Network, has revealed her teenage son, Samuel Berman Chapman, has died of a drug overdose.

Mirror, the boxer plans to give little Muhammad Zaviyar a Rolex watch when he turns one later this month, despite the boy not yet able to tell the time Amir shared the first glimpse of the special timepiece, which appears to be the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona in chocolate.It usually retails for a cool £29,600 - not the kind of cash most parents would ever spend on their children's first birthday.Taking to his Instagram Story, Amir panned his camera over the presentation box and give followers a

hereThe current treatment slows down the progress of the disease, but doesn't halt the regression of sight.Medics at Great Ormond Street however can now administer the same drug directly into the eye of a child with Batten Disease, in a bid to slow or even prevent the loss of eyesight.The treatment isn't available on the NHS.Manchester's celebrities - and big-hearted businesses - have stepped up to help fund the treatment brave Amelia needs.But it's a race against time. A group of local home

direct to your inboxA nine-year-old boy has written a heartfelt appeal to flagstone thieves targeting his beloved church.

Sundance winner The Forty-Year-Old Version is a familiar story to anyone who hits the age of 40, as it makes one re-evaluate life and decide the next steps in one’s career and beyond. For the film’s writer, director and star Radha Blank, it was a personal story — and driven by adversity.

direct to your inboxThis month, Sonia Gallardo celebrated her third birthday with her grandparents.The happy little girl is in the midst of a gruelling 18-month course of chemotherapy for an inoperable brain tumour.But that hasn’t stopped the three-year-old from celebrating milestones like her birthday and starting preschool.Now, as Sonia nears the end of her treatment, her mum Paola Gallardo is raising money for research she says has given her family hope.