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They will be stood side by side with the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, Van Morrison and Lenny Henry who were also honoured by Her Majesty.

Things kick-off today with RAPAR’s Rhythm and Justice Summer Festival which is being billed as a celebration of diversity within the Manchester community.

Most Mancunians reveal they WOULDN’T go naked in the streets of the city

A man, who touched himself while sat near a young boy on a bus and then sexual assaulted him, is still on the loose – and now police have issued a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to.

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.