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The adoption wait for 680 children in the North West could be ended thanks to a brand new maps system introduced by the Government today.

Benefits are being stopped for ‘ridiculous’ reasons, punishing the poorest and most vulnerable, according to Ashton MP Angela Rayner.

Video of a ‘vicious’ and ‘completely unprovoked’ gang attack on three men near Deansgate Locks has been released by GMP in a bid to catch the thugs responsible.

Manchester will tomorrow observe a national minute’s silence in remembrance of the victims of the Tunisian beach attack in St Peter’s Square.

A new project aiming to combat loneliness and social isolation in older men through therapeutic activities has recently been launched in Openshaw.

Bolton’s serial flasher, who exposed himself to a 14-year-old girl and four women between 23 and 41 in just six hours, is still on the loose but police have managed to put together an e-fit of the pervert.

Manchester drivers are set to benefit from the biggest increase in capacity on the region’s roads for 50 years after Highways England announced it plans to invest £1.5billion in the North West’s roads.

Over the last month the city has hosted a number of activities and events including group bike rides, lessons in bike maintenance and repair, and idea pooling sessions to promote cycling as an attractive, accessible and fun way to travel.

A ‘devastating’ Cancer Research UK report shows cases of lung cancer in women are the highest they have EVER been – but not all hope is lost, according to a Manchester scientist developing a new, magnetic treatment for the potentially fatal disease.

A national charity are calling for people to speak out after new research revealed that nearly a third of the UK say they don’t like to burden others with their problems.

Greater Manchester Police have released CCTV footage of a man they believe to be the pervert wanted for a string of indecent exposures in Bolton – the latest assault was on a 15-year-old girl.