The 75-year-old Burnley-born actor, perhaps best known as Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, lived in Greater Manchester from the age of three until he was 11.
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission.
A Moston shop owner has been fined £1,000 for selling tobacco products to an underage person following a sting operation by trading standards.
A small independent school for children with special needs in Manchester has been blasted by Ofsted for its aggressive environment and poor teaching standards during a recent inspection.
GMP have arrested thirteen suspected members of a notorious organised crime group in South Manchester who are believed to have stolen over £400,000 worth of goods.
Police are appealing for information after a young woman was viciously raped on Manchester canal footpath earlier this month.
Two arrests for murder have been made after last weekend’s brutal machete attack outside a Salford pub left a 28-year-old man for dead.
Manchester resident Campbell Robertson, 73, has suffered from the condition for six years and only found out he had the condition, which he was unaware existed, after being diagnosed by a doctor.
Two men have been arrested following the suspected murder of a 28-year-old man outside a pub in Rochdale in the early hours of this morning.
Philip Lee, chief executive at Epilepsy Action, explained that the day would help give people a clearer understanding and address the ‘stigma’ attached to the condition.
Young people are being urged to quiz election candidates in Manchester during a series of political debates at the People’s History Museum.
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