Rob Williams

4 days ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Rob Williams

Welcome to Unmissable, our weekly digest of stories we think you might have missed. Mike Nicholson decided to set up a lunchtime club for boys to come and talk with no agenda. "The teachers in my staff room laughed and said boys aren't going to do that," he told Nicole Wootton-Cane. "But within a month we had a queue down the corridor.”"It's an absolute fallacy that boys and men don't like to talk. We've just got to create the right space.

1 week ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Rob Williams

Welcome to Unmissable, our weekly digest of stories we think you might have missedBack in 2013 the Manchester Evening News published confidential Home Office files revealing the meltdown that followed GMP’s former police chief Sir James Anderton’s comments about the HIV/AIDS crisis. Government ministers and civil servants scrambled to prevent the collapse of Britain’s second biggest police force and keep Sir James in post.

2 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Rob Williams

Welcome to Unmissable, our weekly digest of stories we think you might have missed. Kathleen Beckett, like a lot of Prestwich residents, is pretty chilled about the Parklife crowds. Despite that the 74-year-old has a plan: "The only thing is when they want to go to the toilet, they come into my back yard. "I've got my grandson's caravan at the back and they will be hiding behind there.

3 weeks ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Rob Williams

Welcome to Unmissable, our weekly digest of stories we think you might have missed. Tracy was just a teenager when she gave birth to her little girl, Stacey. Just months into her life Stacey was admitted to hospital with croup. During treatment she suffered a devastating cardiac arrest and brain damage. Tracy would spend the next 33 years caring for her daughter’s every need. When Stacey died Tracy's carer's allowance was stopped and she says she has been told by the DWP to 'sign on and get a job'.

2 months ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Rob Williams

Welcome to this week's 'Unmissable', our digest of the stories we think you might have missed. Every street reminds Ella of a child she once knew, and a situation where behind the locked front door, life's toughest problems play out. She no longer sees roads and rows of houses when she walks around - she sees people and children and crises.Welcome to Unmissable, our digest of the stories we think you might have missed.