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Avoidable deaths from cardiovascular disease has dropped across Greater Manchester, but the figures are still shockingly high, reveals the Office of National Satistics

Greater Manchester Police have been slammed for making a ‘mockery’ of their complaints system, after saying an officer who punched an innocent protester had ‘no case to answer’.

A Stockport nurse stabbed 130 times by her killer ex-boyfriend was ‘badly let down’ by Greater Manchester Police after officers failed to warn her of his violent past, a watchdog has said.

Manchester charity Wood Street Mission is launching their 2014 Christmas appeal with the message ‘Christmas should be about more than survival’ in a bid to help more than 4,000 children and their families this festive season

Oldham-born Warren Clarke, stalwart of British TV drama since the 1970s, has died aged 67, his agent confirmed this afternoon.

Manchester City Council revealed details this morning of options available to address a funding shortfall of £59million citywide.

A newborn baby girl who was stuffed into a Tesco supermarket bag and dumped on a Bolton country lane may have lain dead for up to 11 days after unwitting passersbys mistakenly assumed her body was ‘rubbish’.

The gun used to kill father-of-three, Charlie Singh in Openshaw last month was also used to murder 26-year-old Kieran McGrath.

Andrew McGarry, 39, initially offered £10,000 to have someone harm his wife but increased it £50,000 when Philpott, 58, was found guilty of manslaughter after setting fire to his home, it was claimed.

A Green Party representative has called Manchester’s devolution deal a surprise to most Mancunians.

A 23-year-old sexual predator who posed as an undercover police officer so he could groom and assault a child has been sentenced.