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Police were called at around 6:20am on Saturday September 5, 2015, after a man had been reportedly raped in a car park just off Manchester Road, Bolton

A North West MEP has ‘deplored’ the UK government’s inaction to take a ‘compassionate’ European approach to the ongoing refugee crisis, after EU government ministers agree on a disputed relocation plan.

Over the past few years, the number of independent bookshops in the UK has fallen to fewer than 1,000 nationwide – the lowest since records began.

The city’s new, and returning, university students are being warned not to party too hard in door-to-door visits by the police, Manchester City Council and university staff.

Students from Manchester Metropolitan University yesterday came together to protest against the eviction of homeless people from The Ark shelter under Mancunian Way.

A group of Manchester students are holding an alternative Freshers’ Fair to counter the ‘laddish’ and exclusionary attitude that often surrounds the first week of university.

Colin Davies says is continuing to lead a revolution on restrictive laws, which he claims are preventing terminally ill people from accessing treatment that could save them.

With an influx of students into the city in the last few days for fresher’s week, and the increased waste inside and outside they bring, many are predicting the problem could get even worse.

Manchester students are almost twice as likely as other tenants to face deductions in their deposits, according to figures from the Deposit Protection Service.

A Masters student is in critical condition after being left for dead by a hit-and-run black cab driver in the early hours of the morning last weekend.

Syrian refugees talk of their ‘dangerous journey’ to the UK, ‘blessed refuge in Manchester’ and thoughts on UK migration policy, as they feature in a new documentary showing the lives of Syrian refugee families living in the city.