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An Urmston pensioner has been jailed for four years for a string of historic sex crimes against young girls – one who was just seven.

A Manchester councillor says local activism will be Labour’s ‘secret weapon’ in the run-up to the general election as the party prepare to hold ‘four million conversations’.

Thousands of pounds in cash was stolen from a Wigan building society last night after thieves wielding a machete and hammer confronted security guards and made off with ATM cash.

Bolton West MP Julie Hilling is backing the British Heart Foundation’s push to make it compulsory for children to learn life-saving skills in school.

Language barriers between landlords and tenants in Manchester have become a growing problem, according to new research.

Detectives investigating the gangland murder of a hoodlum outside a Manchester nightclub urged the city to break down its ‘wall of silence’ over Saturday’s savage killing.

Liberal Democrat MP for South Manchester, John Leech has today joined the Shadow Cabinet as a spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport.

A 19-year-old man is fighting for his life after being hit by a car whilst crossing a road in Northenden last night.

Carl Fagan, 51, and son Daniel, 19, became embroiled in a spat with Carl Lees, who was known to the Fagan family.

A Manchester councillor revealed her pride at being a working class, single mum representing her community, as she stood on stage alongside the potential Prime Minister Ed Miliband at his defiant speech in Salford yesterday

Craig Wilcox, 28, vanished in January last year after telling friends that he was living in fear of ”some lads” who were ”after him.”