Morrisons and the NHS have joined forces to spread vital breast and testicular cancer awareness messaging.
The supermarket chain is working together with the nation’s health service to put advice on the labels of its Nutmeg branded underwear garments at 240 stores nationwide – including here in Greater Manchester – which urges people to contact their GP practice if they spot potential symptoms of breast or testicular cancer.
As part of the first-of-its-kind partnership, the NHS guidance will first be displayed on the fabric labels of boxer shorts, next to where you’d expect to see the standard sizing and care information, and will be then be followed by appearing on the labels of crop tops in the coming months.
There’ll also be a QR code on the packaging and tags that links through to more detailed information on breast and testicular cancer on the NHS website.
We're partnering with @Morrisons to put vital cancer awareness messaging on underwear labels, encouraging people to contact their GP practice if they spot potential symptoms of breast or testicular cancer.
Morrisons is the first UK supermarket to roll-out the new labels.
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The retailer‘s new partnership with the NHS is the latest move in what health professionals are calling a “significant drive to ensure people are aware of the signs and symptoms of cancer”.
National figures show that 91% of women survive for at least five years if diagnosed at an early stage of breast cancer, whereas this reduces to 39% when the cancer has spread to other parts of the body, while nearly all men survive testicular cancer, if the cancer has spread, survival for five years or more can reduce to 65%.
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Morrisons and NHS partner to put ‘vital’ cancer awareness messages on underwear labels/ Credit: Morrisons
“This is the first time the whole of the NHS has worked with a national supermarket brand to put health messaging on clothing,” explained Dame Cally Palmer, the NHS England’s National Director for Cancer.
“The aim is to encourage thousands more people to be body aware, so they can spot new or unexplained changes that might be cancer symptoms early, and contact their GP practice for checks if concerned.”
Morrisons’ Corporate Affairs Director, David Scott, said the retailer is “proud to be leading the way” in offering the NHS “a new route to reach customers” with important messages about body awareness and the symptoms of breast and testicular cancer, adding: “The new care labels on our crop top bras and boxers urge people to get to know their bodies, so that they can more easily notice changes and to contact their GP practice sooner if something doesn’t feel right.
“In the majority of cases, it won’t be cancer, but where it is cancer, diagnosing it early means treatments are more likely to be successful and can ultimately save lives.”
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Man jailed following series of ‘violent’ knife attacks in Wigan town centre last summer
Emily Sergeant
A man has been sentenced this week following a series of ‘violent’ knife attacks in Wigan town centre last summer.
Charles McMurray, of Satchel Close in Wigan, appeared at Bolton Crown Court yesterday where he pleaded guilty to multiple counts of Section 18 wounding with intent, threatening a person with a bladed article, and threats to kill following a distressing incident in Wigan town centre last summer.
The court heard that McMurray arrived on Wallgate at around 6:33am on 9 August 2025 before entering a taxi office, where he stabbed two men without warning.
The victims fled, and McMurray pursued them towards the town centre.
McMurray then went on to threaten a passer‑by at Wigan bus station and held a knife to the man’s stomach. A short time later, he located the injured victims on Standishgate and assaulted one of them again. Following that assault, he chased after another member of the public with the knife shouting that he was going to kill him.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers arrived shortly after 6:50am and found McMurray in possession of the knife, before he was subsequently quickly arrested at the scene.
McMurray has now been sentenced to nine years and nine months behind bars, which police say is a ‘testament to the brave victims’ who gave their accounts.
Speaking following McMurray’s sentencing this week, Detective Constable Harris from Wigan CID, who led the investigation, said: “This was an entirely unprovoked attack which left multiple victims requiring hospital treatment. McMurray is a dangerous and violent offender who is now safely behind bars.
“Knives have no place on our streets, and we hope today’s sentence shows just how seriously we take knife crime. Our communities should feel safe where they live and work, and we are committed to tackling knife crime to ensure no family has to face their loved ones being harmed.
“It is a testament to the brave victims who not only endured this attack but had the courage to provide detailed accounts together with the impact this has had on them, that we have been able to ensure McMurray has been brought to justice.”
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Family pay tribute to father-of-two killed in Rochdale plane crash
Daisy Jackson
The family of a man killed in a light aircraft crash in Rochdale have paid tribute to a ‘deeply loving father and devoted husband’.
36-year-old Arian Abbasi was one of two men killed when an aircraft crashed into farmland in Littleborough in Rochdale last week, after travelling from Birmingham.
Emergency services rushed to the scene shortly after 11am on Tuesday 3 February, but sadly pronounced both men dead at the scene.
It’s believed there was no one else on board the aircraft, and there were no reported injuries on the ground.
Now, Arian’s family have issued a moving tribute to him. He was a pilot from Harrow in Greater London.
They described him as being a ‘deeply loving’ family man, whose passion was flying.
He was about to embark on a new chapter with a commercial airline in just a few weeks’ time.
His family said: “He lived his life for his family and friends, giving them his constant love, strength, and support.
“Flying was his passion, and he was on the brink of beginning an exciting new chapter with a commercial airline on 23 February; a dream he had worked toward with immense pride and determination.”
GMP investigations are now focused on finding part of the parachute system which contains propellant and hasn’t yet been located.
Finding the device has been ‘very difficult’ due to the nature of the terrain and the wide area over which it may have travelled.
It measures approximately 10 cm in diameter and 30 cm long and has a red anodised finish. It weighs less than 2 kg. It may have a silver metal collar attached at one end.
GMP said: “Please do not handle the device if you see it. If discovered, contact the police immediately via 101 or our Live Chat at gmp.police.uk, quoting log 1056 of 03/02/26.”
Emily Sergeant -
21st August 2023 
