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Judge Robert Atherton was approached at the bench and passed the box of sweets by Dale Anderson, 25, and 22-year-old Emma Oliver as they walked out of the dock.

Drying your wet washing indoors during winter can pose a serious health threat, according to a new study by Manchester doctors.

Campaigners from the Memorial for Fusilier Lee Rigby petition believe that Greenwhich Council’s refusal to erect a memorial in Drummer Rigby’s name is ‘despicable’.

Pro-Palestine groups demonstrated in Piccadilly Gardens on Saturday to protest against Barclays bank and its investments in companies that supply weapons to Israel.

Manchester could be set to benefit from a Trans-Pennine tunnel linking the city to Sheffield, as part of a £800million road scheme in the North West.

Jennifer Cross, 36, from Salford, was hit by a car near to Bank Lane, Irlam o’ th’ Heights at around 5.35pm and shortly died after being taken to hospital.

The UK’s first ever ‘Giving Tuesday’ will take place this week, with a host of notable Mancunians and fundraisers helping support The Big Issue in the North Trust charity.

A 30-year-old man has been left fighting for his life after being punched in a ‘targeted attack’ in Rusholme.

Commuters are facing travel chaos across Manchester after vandals caused damage to cables in the Salford Crescent area last night.

Teachers at Cheadle Hulme School nicknamed ‘Hogwarts’ have sparked anger among parents by arranging to send pupils on a Christmas field trip to Africa – just 400 miles from the deadly Ebola zone.

The youngsters at Christ Church CE Primary School were among hundreds of thousands across the UK who pulled out all the stops to help disadvantaged children this year, raising more than £500 for BBC Children in Need in the process.