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Theatre-goers are being warned to plan ahead with disruption expected this weekend. Road closures are due to come into force across the city centre tomorrow ahead of Sunday's Great Manchester Run.

A "lovely gentleman" who took his own life received "inadequate" care on several occasions before his death - but a coroner does not believe that the right treatment would have saved him.

A kind and generous dad, who was found dead in a hotel room two days after he was discharged from Fairfield General, thought "people were out to get him", an inquest has heard.

Two brothers who suffered with different mental health conditions died months apart after 'poor communication' and hospital failings at the same NHS trust.

direct to your inboxThis was the heartwarming moment a care home resident was able to hold hands with her daughter for the first time in a year.Since the first coronavirus lockdown last March, Gloria Keelagher, from Fairfield, Tameside, has been visiting her mum Edith Woolhouse at Fir Trees Care Centre in Dukinfield every week.Because of national restrictions to help keep care home residents safe, she had only been able to wave through a window.But that changed this week following the latest easing of lockdown measures, as she was finally able to sit in the same room as her 95-year-old mum.Gloria said: "It was so lovely, I can’t put it into words really without getting emotional."It was such a relief and comfort this week to actually be

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A dad has become the 600th person to be discharged from Fairfield General Hospital in Bury after recovering from Covid-19.

Another 26 people have been discharged from Fairfield Hospital after recovering from coronavirus.

More than 100 people who needed treatment for Covid-19 at Fairfield Hospital have returned home after recovering from the virus.

Asda have given a full refund and issued an apology to a self-isolating family who witnessed their food shop fall to the ground while being delivered.