A little Oldham boy who died after an asthma attack could have been saved were it not for a blunder by a 999 call handler which led to an 11-minute delay in paramedics treating him, an inquest heard today.

A taxi driver was left with a broken jaw after he was brutally attacked and robbed by two men for just £30 in Harpurhey last month.

Doctors are fighting to save a young mother’s sight after the heel of a stiletto shoe hit her in the eye during a freak attack at a pub in Bolton.

Ever wondered how to find a horny rhino? Fret no more, researchers at Chester Zoo, University of Manchester and University of Liverpool have found the answer.

Ahmed Salim Khezri was handed a six-year prison sentence in April along with the rest of the organised gang he was a part of after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers smashed their £28million cigarette smuggling conspiracy.

The Scot masterminded a 3-2 away win after extra time at Crewe Alexandra to put Bolton Wanderers into the third round of the Capital One Cup, a useful building block for the Championship strugglers.

Argentine international Angel Di Maria has wasted little time in stating his objectives after signing a five-year, £59.7million deal with United.

Staff from St Mary’s Hospital braved snow-covered peaks and rubble-strewn paths to ascend the 3,407metres of the three highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales

A Bolton business duo are trying to show the world there is more to the hemp seed than its cannabis roots suggest.

Louis van Gaal’s wait for a first competitive victory with Manchester United continued as the three-times European champions were bundled out of the Capital One Cup after their 4-0 defeat to League One outfit MK Dons.

A pedal-pushing pub manager will to cycle to all of Manchester’s 124 Joseph Holt pubs collecting scratch cards to raise money for the new Christie cancer centre later this month.