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High carbon levels in the atmosphere could eventually be reduced thanks to Manchester University scientists discovering genes that control the growth of trees.

IP EXPO, the UK and Europe’s leading IT infrastructure and cloud event series, today announced the launch of IP EXPO Manchester – a new addition to its series of technology events.

If Facebook likes were seats, the election result would be a coalition between Ukip and the Tories, with Twitter’s left-leaning community rooting for a Labour alliance with the Greens and SNP.

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.