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TV weatherman Fred Talbot has received a five year prison sentence after being found guilty of two counts of indecent assault.

Greater Manchester Police have apologised to more than 40 vulnerable girls across Rochdale and Heywood after failing to realise the extent of child sexual exploitation in the area.

The winner of the Birth Rites Bi-Annual Award will receive a residency at the Women’s Art Library in London, and the winning piece will be included in The Birth Rites Collection.

A 64-year-old drugs smuggler, who risked his life swallowing 300g of cocaine, is handed a four-year jail sentence after being detained at Manchester Airport.

Agender promotes a ‘genderless’ approach to clothing, one which explores the free play of gender performance and ‘blurs’ the male-female dichotomy.

Darren Orrett, 32, died after being stabbed in the neck by his ex-girlfriend, Dawn Barr, at her house in Cheadle on November 20 2012.

An internal memo from the Lowry’s Chief Executive has warned staff that the theatre is concerned about the potential reaction against a pro-Palestinian performance taking place in May.

A man has been killed following a fatal collision on the M60 near Heaton Park, with police warning motorists to avoid the area.

Manchester’s cat owners are urged to vaccinate their felines before they catch life-long herpes and infect other cats, after the RSPCA Manchester & Salford branch save a kitten from an overinfested house rife with the virus.

Police have released CCTV footage of a man stealing flowers laid to commemorate the death of a teenager who lost his life in a road traffic accident.

A Manchester pharmacist has been jailed for 15 years for repeatedly raping a two-year old girl and filming the sick abuse on a spy camera in an act described by the judge as something ‘nobody should ever have to watch’.