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North West residents spend an average of two months a year on the sofa, according to a new poll.

A Rochdale woman has been sentenced after defrauding her elderly ill mother out of over £100,000.

The royal honour is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK, celebrating the outstanding work that millions of people do for their local communities.

Greater Manchester Police unveiled their new on-the-road drug-testing kit to the public yesterday in Piccadilly Gardens.

MPs and councillors across Greater Manchester have taken to social media to pay tribute to former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy, who has died at the age of 55.

An Openshaw nursery has been dealt a double blow after being deemed ‘inadequate’ by Ofsted AND in need of ‘major improvement’ by the Food Standards Agency.

As part of national Volunteering Week, gardeners at St Ann’s Hospice have revealed how tending to the shrubs and buds at the Heald Green site helped them cope with the loss of their loved ones.

A paper authored by University of Manchester health economists suggests the Conservative government’s proposed plans for introducing a seven-day NHS service is not the most cost-effective means of doing so.

A man with learning difficulties was left with a fractured skull and bleed on the brain after being brutally attacked and robbed in Hyde, whilst another was also left needing dental treatment following a separate attack.

A dad who was struck with a crowbar after he confronted two suspected burglars in Wigan has been left with a broken arm and a cut to the head.

A cyclist was thrown off his bike in a collision at the busy junction near Deansgate Locks during this morning’s commute.