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A drive-by shooting outside a busy Deansgate bar has sparked a police investigation following reports that the gunman escaped on a motorbike.

A coroner has warned about the dangers of underage drinking, after a 15-year-old Oldham schoolboy was found frozen to death when he failed to find his way home following a drunken night out with friends.

Developers are being urged to keep their hands off a plot of open-space grassland in the Castlefield canal basin – with a Manchester councillor hoping it stays development-free.

A crucial breakthrough in the detection of Alzheimer’s has been made by scientists at The University of Manchester by comparing the brains of mice and men

The Mancunian twang is the most attractive regional accent to ladies, according to a study by online dating group eHarmony.

John Bickley fell short of stealing the formerly-safe Labour seat meaning The UK Independence Party (Ukip) narrowly missed a double upset – as Tory defector Douglas Carswell stormed to victory in Clacton.

Manchester is one of the worst areas to battle schizophrenia revealed a leading doctor studying the condition, who insists that mental health is facing significant ‘social problems’.

Police are continuing their hunt for car vandals who slashed the tyres of more than 150 cars in Middleton on Monday morning.

Two lesbian couples are in the running for the regional title of Wedding of the Year, awarded by Manchester Wedding Magazine.

Led by Michigan State and the University of Manchester, astronomers used radio telescopes from across Europe and America to pinpoint the locations where a stellar explosion, called a nova, occurred

Leon Cudworth, 15, had promised his father he would home by midnight when he said he was going out for the evening – but it is thought he didn’t come back until 2am