Bury’s good run of form has seen them rocket up the table from 20th to 10th ahead of final 2013/14 League Two game against Morecambe

Britain’s most-decorated long-distance triathlete Chrissie Wellington will tackle the Three Peaks Challenge this weekend, cycling between the mountains and then running up them

Public Health England’s report estimates that in the North West 3427 deaths in 2010 (5.1% of all deaths) were attributable to air pollution. In inner Manchester alone, there were 219 people who died

After the stabbing of school teacher Ann Maguire earlier this week, should metal detectors and security be brought into schools?

Dale, second in League Two, know a victory against Newport and other results going their way will guarantee them their first ever title on Saturday

Manchester is in the top-five worst-affected areas for honour crimes in the UK – and Cosmopolitan are tackling the issue with a proposed day of memory for victims.

Blatter due to step down from his Fifa role in 2015 and Uefa president, Frenchman Michel Platini, is among the favourites to replace him

The Harper Green High School pupil, who had been due to start sitting his GCSEs later this month, had left a note saying he was ‘fed up’ with life.

Officers were called to a house on South Hill Street on Wednesday afternoon and on their arrival discovered the body of a 96-year-old woman

Dutchman Louis van Gaal widely expected to be named the new United boss next week, just days after the Reds take on Sunderland at Old Trafford.

The Canal Street festival, the Village People Weekend, will see the great and the good from Manchester’s most celebrated LGBT postcode turn out to have some bank holiday fun and raise some money for HIV charities.