Woman who felt 'niggling pain' in leg devastated after being told it was 'incurable' cancer

A dad-of-three who drowned off the coast of Scotland during a solo sailing holiday told his worried wife that ‘he’d be fine’ just hours before his body was found by a fisherman. Bryn Watkins was enjoying his ‘last sail of the season’ on his yacht - Athena 2 - when he began experiencing engine problems near the Isle of Bute on October 18 last year.

A home was left burned out by an early hours fire, leaving the roof damaged and a window blown out. Emergency services were called to Mahood Street in Edgeley at around 5.48am this morning (July 31).

Ben Shalom was just 23-years-old when he launched a boxing promotional company from his small flat in Cheetham Hill.

Fans of My Big Fat Gypsy Weddings star Paddy Doherty are sending "love and healing" messages after he revealed he is back in hospital amid ongoing health problems after his battle with Covid. The TV star posted a video on his Instagram page updating fans from his hospital bed.

Pep Guardiola told his Manchester City players that he was proud of them after their 3-1 defeat to Liverpool in the Community Shield.

Liz Truss will perform a major U-Turn on Northern Powerhouse Rail if she wins the Tory leadership race, pledging to deliver the project in full.

A mum says she felt “like a monster” - even hiding her face from her daughter - when an attack of cystic acne refused to respond to antibiotics. Now she is finally able to leave the house after her mother treated her to an £85 “miracle cure".

Officers are appealing for help finding a man who has fled from prison

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have given a full-throated commitment to "levelling up" the North, amid a tense Tory leadership debate.

Cancer carers are reminding people of the help and support available to them if a member of the family is diagnosed with a terminal illness. They have spoken out following the harrowing case of a husband who killed his terminally ill wife in a desperate suicide pact.

A young driver who left his 16-year-old passenger with "serious, life-changing injuries" after speeding and crashing into a parked vehicle before fleeing the scene, has been jailed.

The knock-on effects of the latest coronavirus peak will be felt for 'some months' by NHS hospital and care services, Manchester's public health director has warned. However, the country is now cresting the wave of infections and should see a decline.

Graham Mansfield told how he feared he'd be sent to jail after being convicted of the manslaughter of Dyanne, his wife of more than 40 years. Mrs Mansfield, 71, who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, had asked her husband to kill her when her illness got 'too bad' as she didn't want to go into hospital.

When Laura Nuttall was given a heartbreaking diagnosis after a routine eye test, her life was turned upside down. She discovered she had Glioblastoma Multiforme, an aggressive and incurable form of brain cancer, in 2018.

A family have been left bereft after another dog picked up their beloved pet 'like a rat' and killed it in Tameside. Harley, a miniature Jack Russell, was not even two years old when he was brutally killed at Silver Springs, near to Tameside Hospital in Ashton.

A series of fires suspected to have been started deliberately on land near Dovestone Reservoir is being investigated by police and brigade bosses. The blazes - between Sunday, July 10 and Tuesday, July 1 2 - were near the car park at the Oldham beauty spot, cops say.

“I remember Ray coming home in a distressed state and telling me what he had and that it would kill him." Manchester families are giving evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry which continues this week with testimony from the city’s mayor, Andy Burnham.