Tameside factory worker’s leg amputated after horror injury – firms fined £50k
Two manufacturing firms have been ordered to pay nearly £50,000 in costs and fines after a Tameside factory worker was forced to have part of his left leg amputated.
As bad as drink driving? Manchester’s verdict on call to ban drivers on mobiles
Drivers who use their mobile phones while at the wheel should be banned from the road and an absence of proper penalties makes it socially acceptable to text at the wheel, Britain’s top traffic officer said this week.
Super casino Manchester 235 brings touch of Las Vegas glamour to city’s streets
The owners of Manchester 235 are bringing a touch of Las Vegas glamour to the Great Northern Shopping and Entertainment Complex.
Rochdale child abuse scandal: Ten men charged as part of ongoing investigation
Ten men have been charged as part of an ongoing investigation into child sexual exploitation in Rochdale.
Birthday boy charged over van theft that dragged good Samaritan along M602
A Stockport lorry driver who left a good Samaritan in a critical condition after snatching his van and dragging him down the M602 has been charged by police.
Tory boy? Man City’s Lampard rejects Conservative offer to replace Rifkind as MP
Rifkind vacated the Kensington seat in west London last week after a hidden-camera TV documentary filmed the 68-year-old and Labour MP Jack Straw apparently offering their services to a private firm for cash.
Gender inequality is our ‘apartheid’, human rights campaigner tells Manchester
A shocked Manchester University audience were told last week that gender inequality ‘is apartheid’, with human rights figurehead Shami Chakrabarti calling it ‘the greatest and most entrenched’ human rights issue facing the world today.
YOU could be a blood cancer patient’s ONLY donor match, charity tells Mancunians
Only 1200 people in Manchester are signed up the blood stem cell donor register. In response to those statistics, Delete Blood Cancer UK have launched a new campaign to increase the numbers of donors.
Tuesday Team Talk: The 2022 winter World Cup will be a gift in disguise for English youth
We do not see the Aviva Premiership or Pro12 rugby come to a halt while the Six Nations is going on, when huge clubs lose a decent portion of their strongest and most expensive players, so the Premier League can follow suit in 2022.
Ruff around the edges: RSPCA Crufts alternative celebrates happy, healthy hounds
RSPCA’s alternative dog show Ruffs returns for its second year to celebrate dogs for the right reasons – their health, happiness and welfare – and local lady Luna is in the running for Rescue Pet of the year.
Total washout: Traders’ fury as Manchester weather ‘ruins’ first Urban Food Fest
A new Manchester street food venture left traders with a sour taste in their mouths as miserable weather made the event a wash-out and forced them to take home ‘up to 90%’ of their stock.