As part of this week’s LGBT Adopting and Fostering Week, MM caught up with the first gay couple to approach Stockport council and gain approval to foster three children following a period of struggle and alienation.

Tom Soares’ early header gave the Shakers victory against Luton Town, a result that helped Flitcroft’s charges move level on points with the Hatters as they extended their winning streak to four.

Ashley Young’s last-gasp goal sealed a 1-0 victory for Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United outfit against Newcastle on Wednesday, with United maintaining their two-point advantage on fifth-placed Liverpool.

Chancellor George Osborne’s assertion that British economic recovery has reached a ‘major milestone’ is naïve, according to a Oldham MP.

A restaurant manager from Manchester brandished a hen party ‘cheap, chav trash’ after they complained about their meal on Facebook, it was reported on Tuesday.

Greater Manchester Police’s initiative to Bin the Blade is a success as more than 1,500 weapons are removed from the city’s streets in a month-long amnesty.

Excerpts of a row between a radicalised Manchester teacher – who attempted to flee to Syria to ‘kill for ISIS’ – and his family have been released by police.

Two women are spicing up World Book Day by encouraging you to get up close and personal with a genre of literature recently over-shadowed by a ‘certain book that shall remain nameless’.

Last week Wigan fans came together to sing 90 songs in 90 minutes which has since resulted in back-to-back wins for the Latics against Blackpool and Norwich after Wednesday’s five-hour slog to East Anglia.

Changing the colour, lighting and decor in classrooms can positively affect the academic performance of children across the UK, claims new research by the University of Salford.

A controversial jazz musician branded ‘anti-Semitic’ by a protest group has had his concert at The Royal Northern College of Music​ cancelled due to pressure from Manchester’s Jewish community.