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A 92-year-old man has been left extremely shaken after confronting a burglar in his home last week – with police yet to catch the intruder.

As the fight for Labour’s deputy leadership rages on, West Midlands contender Tom Watson has thrown his name into the hat with an appeal to Manchester voters.

Twenty four people have been sentenced – with over half a century’s time in prison handed down – in a widespread clampdown on drug dealers in Tameside.

Organisers behind a brand new friendship service hopes to connect the over 45s of Manchester in a series of coach trips to some of the summer’s popular events across the region.

The herbivorous Dreadnoughtus was once thought to have weighed 60,000kg but it appears those estimations were wrong and the dinosaur may have weighed a mere 38,000kg, according to the University of Manchester.

A stash of heroin and crack cocaine – worth up to £7,000 – and a significant amount of cash has been uncovered in an early morning raid in Oldham.

Currently 500,000 people in Greater Manchester are already covered and this will increase to 1.1m people, through new initiatives in Wigan and across the city of Manchester funded by over £8m from the national Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund.

The heartbroken family of a ‘cheeky chappie’ murdered in a brawl in Denton are one step closer to justice as three teens, the youngest just 15, have been charged and one arrested.

The family of a 21-year-old man, who was killed in a Denton brawl, have paid tribute to their ‘fun loving son’.

Working from home is a rapidly growing trend in the North West as the number of people doing paperwork in their pyjamas has increased by more than 70,000 in the last 10 years – and 200,000 more would like to join them, according to the Trade Union Congress.

Manchester is to make history this September as it sets to pioneer the first ever ‘Bio-Historic Banquet’ at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival.