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Manchester Cancer Research scientists discover more than 400 ‘blind spots’ in DNA, which could hide cancer-causing gene faults

Across the nation, 300 shop workers were assaulted everyday this year leading the Manchester-based Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) to publish a number of shocking studies this week to stress the dangers retail workers face every day.

A new 27-storey residential development is set to join Manchester’s skyline by 2016, after planning permission was confirmed by the city council.

Manchester City Council has thrown its weight behind a campaign to put restrictions on addictive roulette machines dubbed the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’.

An 87-year-old Bury pensioner appeared in court today accused of flashing in a public park in broad daylight during the half term school holidays.

A proposed £12m flood basin in Salford would boost the area’s natural amenities as well as providing essential defences, according to members of the community.

Greater Manchester Police have lashed back at their own watchdog for not making ‘clearer guidance available’ to the force before Katie Cullen’s murder five years ago.

A 73-year-old Moston man denies smuggling two and a half kilos of cocaine into the country through Heathrow Airport

Surrogacy laws across the UK are ‘woefully inadequate’ meaning surrogate parents are unable to earn the £40K minimum wage they are entitled to, according to Manchester medical and ethics experts.

Thousands of fundraisers completed a 100km ‘Run in the Dark’ last night at MediaCity to race vital funds for charity, including Bolton Bulls wheelchair basketball club and former Boyzone member and Coronation Street star Keith Duffy.

A Labour MP has blasted the government after figures revealed there has been a 45% increase in the amount of Manchester patients having operations cancelled at the last minute.