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Leaving your pooch home when you’re on holiday has always been a heartbreaking moment for dog-lovers, however has the solution finally been dug up?

For many Christmas is a time to have fun, share a few jokes and act a bit silly. However some people have taken this silliness further than most, even as far as governmental departments, by writing funny festive Freedom of Information requests.

Reflexology can ‘double the chance of getting pregnant’, a leading Northern reflexologist has commented ahead of an Altrincham course aimed at tackling infertility with alternative medicine.

Women’s body hair – it seems it’s quite divisive. For many it’s either too sensitive or too squeamish an issue to discuss, but for others it almost sums up the entire feminist debate.

Young people can be baffling creatures but perhaps one area where the generation gap is most obvious is in the use of slang and text speak. MM asked the people of Manchester to try to decode some of the acronyms teens use today

As cannabis gains recognition for its medical properties, and with four American states having legalised the drug, will the UK decriminalise weed?

Visitors to the city centre’s Shudehill shopping district may not be aware of a hive of activity occuring just a few floors above.

The first ever hot air balloon flight from Manchester is being commemorated with the display of sheet music from an 18th century ballad at the Central Library

With news that the drink driving limit in Scotland is to be lowered, it’s almost inevitable that the same changes will eventually be brought to England.

The Festive season is upon us which means it’s rime to pull on your best sequined dress – or worst Christmas jumper – and head out on the town to eat, drink and be merry.

VIDEO: What does Christmas mean to you?

MM’s Bryce Williams took to the streets of Manchester and the city’s legendary Christmas markets to find out.