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National Dog Day, now in its tenth year, puts pooches in the limelight on August 26 every year, and has plenty of pedigree

Four men arrested and charged by police after an employee of Prince Charles’ charity collapsed and died from ecstasy poisoning during a ‘lad’s weekend’ at the Warehouse Project in Manchester were facing possible jail terms today.

The three victims, men aged 28, 29 and 26, were hospitalised after being stabbed at The Railway Inn, Commercial Brow, Hyde, on Sunday night.

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of assault after a woman was kicked in the head and left with a serious eye injury at a pub in Bolton.

The woman called her 32-year-old boyfriend who was told by the person who answered that a £50 ransom had to be paid for him to return home

Kevan Downey and David Cracknell will scale 8,848 metres, the height of Mount Everest, by repeatedly climbing up a ladder to raise money for the When You Wish Upon A Star foundation

Two avid runners will be aiming to cover 435 miles in a week for charity when they start a mega-marathon run in Bolton – and will be joined by Olympic athletes along the way.

The annual event, which will be held at the Manchester Conference centre on September 23, is a collaboration with the Centre for Mental Health and Risk at the University of Manchester and Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

The challenging 65-mile route starts in Wythenshawe Park, through Knutsford to Nantwich and then heads back through Middlewich to the Finish

The 64-year-old lost his mobility in a sickening attack that left him paralysed and unable to move a decade ago.

Graham Hudson spent eight years behind bars and three years on the streets battling drug and alcohol abuse