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Protests in Lebanon have led to sympathy protests throughout the Lebanese diaspora, including a gathering in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens.

Figures from Britain’s largest trade union, the GMB, have this week revealed that 100,600 jobs in the manufacturing sector have left the North West over the last 12 years.

Last Friday’s final consultation on whether Greater Manchester’s buses should be returned to public authority control was extremely convincing.

Gambling Commission figures show a drop in the number of betting shops in the country from October 2017 to September last year.

An award-winning Manchester social enterprise which feeds those in need has, for the first time, partnered with a health-food home delivery service.

Salford City Council needs funding to repeat a food help scheme which fed 3000 children over the summer. The council set up the voucher scheme after their application to the Department for Education’s holiday hunger fund was rejected – one of 88% that were, a Freedom of Information request from The Guardian and Channel 4 News revealed.

A distraught Stockport woman is asking the public for help so that orphaned children of Zimbabwe receive gifts being withheld by the government.

The final in a series of discussions on whether to bring Greater Manchester’s buses back under public control will take place this Friday.

The tragic death of a young girl has triggered Cheshire’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) to act on a bullying ‘epidemic’ across the county.

The study of 2,734 drivers also alleges that people who sold their car on webuyanycar.com in the last two years received £1,254 less on average than the actual market value of those who sold on Auto Trader*.

A litter of seven valuable puppies worth £14,000 has been anonymously returned to a family in Preston after they were stolen just two days prior.