All news by author: Paige Oldfield

Oliver Quinn, 10, knew he wanted to be a ballet dancer from the age of five - but was bullied by other pupils for his love of the sport. He has now been accepted into The Royal Ballet School in London

Lesley McNally from Salford landed the £166,666 sum on the People's Postcode Lottery after being hit by a tragedy - only to discover husband Garry had left behind a winning ticket

Rebecca Gibson, 36, from Greater Manchester, has told how she had been asking doctors to investigate her symptoms for five years and was finally found to have terminal cancer

Greater Manchester Police are supporting the victim of a rape, said to have happened near a Morrisons car park in the Rochdale area yesterday evening

TikTok user Josh Kerr found it is cheaper to go on a 5* holiday in Turkey than rent in Manchester and shared the revelation in a viral video that's racked up 530,000 views

Priscilla Karsan, from Bolton, was pregnant with her second daughter when she got the idea for her baby clothing company, Baby Bambino's, after struggling to find children's clothes she liked

For David Quinti, dad-of-two, gambling went from a one-off activity with friends to constant wheel spinning online - and lost an eye-watering £30,000 in total

Residents on a Bolton estate say they've been plagued by rats for years - and the problem has only got worse as some struggle to sleep at night or have to scrub their children's toys clean

Jacqueline Green thought she started the menopause after developing strange symptoms, but it turned out to be something much more severe - and she said she's lucky to be alive

Rhys Williams was born with epidermolysis bullosa and defied doctors' expectations to turn 18 this year but the teenager has recently developed sepsis and pneumonia

Ben Boyle, from Whitefield, died two weeks after developing a urine infection. He first fell ill back in October, but his symptoms worsened and he was admitted into hospital

Nicola Williams' baby son Archie's eyes rolled back in his head as he went 'floppy' at the Christmas light switch on in Urmston, Greater Manchester before a good Samaritan saved his life

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES - Danielle Hunt, 35, paid £6,795 to have breast implant replacements, a tummy tuck, and liposuction in Turkey - but was unable to walk after the surgeries

The devastated husband of a cancer victim has used his wife's death to raise hundreds of thousand of pounds for research into the killer disease in a bid to help others

Locals say begging has increased in recent months in Bolton and fear the on-going cost of living crisis is making matters worse

Lee Young was in agony out of nowhere, but doctors told him it was just a muscle strain. It was only when he went to the hospital that he was told he had cancer

Lecturer Dr Mustafa Alchelabi, who was left in so much pain from a botched dentist diagnosis that he struggled to eat or drink, has been paid £8,000 after 'living in pain for months and months'

Bobbi Hadgraft turned Gemini Chinese Takeaway in Trafford, Greater Manchester, into a viral sensation after posting about its share box online - and now the radio producer has been made a VIP member at the takeaway

The now 28 year old, who lives in Manchester city centre, was working in Derbyshire when she began experiencing a bad headache on January 13

Chelsea Hern, now 23, was happily celebrating her new job offer when things took a horrifying turn as she woke up the next morning to find a random man in her bed

Jackie's first cancer diagnosis meant the gruelling treatment took a huge toll on her mental health, telling her family she would rather let the cancer "take her" if it ever returned

The breakdown of her marriage left a 56-year-old mum on a downward spiral and struggling with her mental health. But a meeting with a private specialist left her feeling "like a different person"

Mike Stratton has taken part in shows including The Weakest Link, Fear Factor, 24 Hour Quiz, Perseverance, Beg, Borrow or Steal, Bullseye and Are You Smarter Than A 10-Year-Old

Matt Heywood was fairly relaxed about the mole on his back which grew inside and waited for the pandemic to settle before seeing a doctor - who gave him some bad news

Karen Molloy was shocked to experience a heart attack and NHS England’s ongoing campaign Help Us, Help You aims to raise awareness of the symptoms as heart disease is one of the biggest killers in the UK