Sale, who welcome their London opponents at 2pm this afternoon, lie seventh in the Aviva Premiership though after a weak display against London Irish two weeks ago they are five points behind sixth-placed Wasps.

A memorial to those who lost their lives in the Gallipoli campaign in WW1 will be raised in Queens Park in Bolton on Sunday.

Greg Rutherford will be looking to underline his status as the world’s number one long-jumper ahead of the World Championships in Beijing this August, after a successful 2014 saw him add Commonwealth and European Championship gold to his London 2012 victory.

Unless you’re one of Manchester’s high-rollers, or a world-class bargain hunter, owning art you’re proud to hang on your living room wall might seem completely out of reach – but not if it’s Free Art Friday!

Parasitic worms and allergies have a ‘devastating’ impact on the lives of billions around the globe – but now the University of Manchester is taking steps to tackle our currently ‘limited’ understanding of these conditions and how to treat them.

Professor Brian Cox will be the keynote speaker at TMRW, a new global tech conference taking place in Manchester next month.

As anticipation for the General Election result builds across the country, three men prepare to battle it out for a prestigious and time-honoured role… Chancellor of the University of Manchester.

A single father from Oldham has battled back from a cancer scare to pen his very first children’s novel which is due for release this summer.

The Hubble Space Telescope – which was launched into the Earth’s orbit in 1990 – has been described as ‘sexy’ by a top researcher as Manchester Metropolitan University celebrated its 25th birthday this week.

GMP are appealing for information after a 95-year-old woman was knocked to the floor and robbed in Wythenshawe.

Forget the election. The return of the Avengers is the most exciting thing happening this summer.