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Witnesses are being asked to come forward to help trace a driver who killed a woman by knocking her off a mobility scooter during a road collision.

In March 2012, the government-run body Remploy, which since 1946 had directly employed disabled people in specialised factories, announced the closure of 36 of its 54 factories.

The public’s negative opinion of the coalition government could have a ‘profound impact’ on the electoral success of UKIP, the Greens and the SNP, according to Manchester University research.

Three Manchester Grammar schoolkids could be heading for Westminster after successfully winning a selection of coveted political competitions.

Manchester’s people and business are being encouraged to become more age-friendly and pledge to increase awareness of the needs of the city’s older citizens by the Lord Mayor himself.

Police are appealing for a man identified in a CCTV image, who they would like to speak to in relation to a rape in Manchester’s Student Village seven weeks ago, to come forward.

Three local politicians will come head-to-head when they present their parties’ education manifestos to the public in preparation for May’s general election.

A new, back to basics conference trying to break down the barriers preventing average people from getting engaged with economics is to take place at Manchester University next week.

Ahead of The King’s Speech hitting the Opera House stage, a Manchester speech therapist has admitted that current techniques for overcoming stammering may have the wrong focus.

A neo-nazi rally will be taking place in Manchester city centre to mark ‘White Pride Worldwide Day’ tomorrow.

Neighbours Darren Mellor and Andy Harris pulled a 63-year-old woman and the man, 55, from the blaze on Brooklands Close around 6am on Wednesday morning.