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Actor Maximus Evans has spoken about his time on Corrie as Corey Brent as he begins a new career move
12/09/2026

Actor Maximus Evans has spoken about his time on Corrie as Corey Brent as he begins a new career move

A terrifying ordeal 🙏
12/09/2026

A terrifying ordeal 🙏

12/09/2026

Man, 76, arrested over concealing identity at Portsmouth protest 🚨

Thirteen-year-old Jake passed away just two weeks before his 14th birthday after what his mum thought was just severe ha...
12/09/2026

Thirteen-year-old Jake passed away just two weeks before his 14th birthday after what his mum thought was just severe hay fever turned out to be an aggressive cancer 💔

Before he was diagnosed, Jake's mum Lynsey was giving him antihistamines before school because he had a stuffy nose and watery eyes.

She put his sheer exhaustion down to the warm summer weather and the end of the school term.

But when a swelling appeared across the bridge of his nose, an X-ray at Salisbury District Hospital revealed a mass in his nasal cavity.

Jake was diagnosed with stage 3 fusion-positive alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft-tissue cancer, in July 2023 😞

He went through nine rounds of chemotherapy and 28 sessions of proton beam radiotherapy in London, but the cancer still spread to his lymph nodes.

When further chemotherapy caused severe seizures that placed him in intensive care, Jake made the brave decision to stop his treatment entirely.

Lynsey said he was incredibly calm about it, simply telling her, "We tried our best."

He even managed to joke that at least he wouldn't have to deal with the cost-of-living crisis.

Jake passed away peacefully at home on April 26, 2024.

Before he died, he gave strict instructions for his own funeral, asking for a blue coffin and for 'Here Comes The Sun' by the Beatles to be played 💙

His final wish to his mum was that he wanted to be well-known and not forgotten.

Lynsey is now honouring that promise by joining forces with a children's cancer charity and studying radiotherapy at the University of Liverpool.

RIP Jake, you won't be forgotten ❤️❤️

A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault
12/09/2026

A 19-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault

12/09/2026

Teenager left with 'potentially life-changing' injuries after 'substance thrown'

The Manchester Evening News looks back on the cases before our region's courts in the past seven days
12/09/2026

The Manchester Evening News looks back on the cases before our region's courts in the past seven days

The car drifted into the path of an oncoming HGV
12/09/2026

The car drifted into the path of an oncoming HGV

Can't wait 👏
12/09/2026

Can't wait 👏

12/09/2026

Manchester city centre incident LIVE as cordon in place near Printworks - latest

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