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Manchester’s empty warehouses should be converted into homeless shelters by the City Council, according to a charity spokesman.

Greater Manchester’s Police & Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has put his name in the hat to become the region’s Interim Mayor as part of the devolution of powers to the city.

A heroic man chased away four hooded men who wielded a shotgun after they held his friends at gunpoint outside Hulme park.

A Green Party candidate is urging Manchester to immediately register for their right to vote in May’s General Election after the news 10% of residents have dropped from the electoral roll over the past year.

Hundreds of anti-austerity protesters gathered to demonstrate their anger towards the government’s homelessness funding cuts in Manchester yesterday.

A Wigan carer who stole more than £5000 from an elderly couple suffering from mental and physical health difficulties has today been jailed for a year.

A giant toilet roll is coming to Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium – and it’s all in the name of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month as it aims to ‘Lift the Lid’ on the fatal disease.

An early morning series of arrests at Manchester Airport has seen four people taken in for terrorism offences – only two days after the arrest of a Rochdale councillor’s son.

An environmental charity is inviting people to take a walk on Trafford’s wild side as part of a new initiative to encourage people to enjoy the benefits of walking.

More than 250 firefighters from across the UK have signed an open letter to voters ahead of May’s general election to draw attention to the challenges and extreme pressure they have faced due to the coalition government’s cuts to the public sector.

Mourners in Wigan are coming together to help raise money in the memory of a 13-year-old rugby prodigy who tragically downed in a quarry.