Wigan Athletic’s Dave Whelan buys Chorley golf course to create football academy and discover rising starlets
Key move in club’s attempt to get category 1 status
Going nowhere: Manchester United’s midfield revamp dealt blow as PSV insist Kevin Strootman will stay
The 23-year-old has been heavily linked with move
Man arrested on suspicion of assisting offender as hunt for suspected killer of Linzi Ashton continues
There is a £5,000 reward for information leading to capture of Michael Cope
Hands off Trafford General! Campaigners’ last push to save first British NHS hospital ahead of birthday
Campaigners will March to Golden Hill Park
Beware of men in tights! Manchester mobile phone theft crackdown as police target ‘hugger-mugging’ groups
Police warn of organised crime gangs
Come all ye Manchesters! Chairman of Day Parade calls for global namesakes to join together
Councillor Pat Karney is keen on ‘international Manchester Day’
CAGED: Serial child rapist found living in squalor with new Stockport family jailed after 11 years on the run
Parkin abused girls as young as 5 years old
Delight for Oldham Athletic boss Lee Johnson as versatile Carl Winchester signs for another season
Goalkeeping and fitness coaches also added to backroom team
Salford City Reds welcome veteran St Helens winger Francis Meli on board for 2014 season
The 34-year-old follows two more new signings
Robbed and racially abused: Salford man ‘shaken up’ after racist thugs hurl insults and snatch cash
Offenders fled in red Astra
London calling? Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere says luring Rooney from Manchester United would be ‘amazing’
Rooney has been linked with North London club