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1. 1. 'Passionate' health campaigner dies

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 26 October 2009 A WORLD-famous health expert who campaigned to improve the lives of children and pregnant women in Manchester has died at the age of 60.

2. 2. Home of NHS told: Improve or else

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 15 October 2009 HEALTH bosses who run the hospital where the NHS was born will be given a final warning to improve or face a takeover from their more successful neighbours. The quality of services at Trafford Healthcare Trust has slipped from `good' to `fair' and its financial ranking remains `weak'.

3. 3. Alcohol 'will kill 38,000 in ten years'

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 19 October 2009 Health chiefs have predicted the shocking death toll in the north west after new figures showed that there were more than 54,000 alcohol-related admissions in Greater Manchester last year.

4. 4. Man jailed for benefit fraud

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 09 October 2009 A MAN who witnessed his father kill himself then continued to claim his pension to pay for tattoos has been jailed for five months. James Crawford, who has mental health problems, saw his dad stabbed himself at the home they shared on Baguley Street, Droylsden, in May last year.

5. 5. Opinion: Andrew Grimes

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 23 October 2009 HEALTH and safety fanatics in many a council have just been testing the risks of taking tea and biscuits during the morning break.

6. 6. 'Unsafe' fashion shoes banned by school

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 19 October 2009 A SCHOOL has banned girls from wearing fashionable 'dolly' shoes for health and safety reasons. The rule has been introduced at Alder Grange Community and Technology School in Rawtenstall.

7. 7. Kids told wear goggles to play conkers

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 28 October 2009 PUPILS at a primary school have been ordered to wear safety goggles to play conkers in the playground.

8. 8. Rotten state of kids' teeth

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 October 2009 THE average Manchester five-year-old has five decayed or missing teeth. More than half of the city's young children have suffered problems with at least one tooth by the time they start school, according to a new study.

9. 9. Surge in swine flu toll as vaccine arrives

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 October 2009 THE number of people being treated for swine flu in north west hospitals has topped 100 for the first time.  The surge in serious cases - up from 77 last week - comes as 5,000 doses of the vaccine to combat the H1N1 virus arrive in Greater Manchester.

10. 10. Police and NHS slammed over man's death

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 22 October 2009 INVESTIGATORS have slammed communication between police and hospital staff after a disturbed man fell to his death having being seen by police THREE TIMES earlier the same day. Wayne Dyson, 44, fell from the eighth floor of a block of flats in Ashton under Lyne last year.

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