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Great Manchester residents are estimated to be paying a fee of around £820 a year, which is the most expensive premium in the UK outside of London

Politicians, rail unions and watchdogs have hit back at plans to increase ticket prices by 3.6% on average from next year – signalling a 25% rise during the current Parliament.

Stalybridge and Hyde MP Jonathan Reynolds wants affordable train fares for his passengers as TransPennine Express and Northern Rail train services are up for refranchising.

Joy Watson, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease on her 55th birthday, was joined by her husband Tony and their two dogs Chloe and Artaud at Heaton Park to launch this year’s Alzheimer’s Society’s Manchester Memory Walk, which takes place on Saturday, September 27

Vicar’s daughter Rowena Golton, 45, jumped from the top of a building just hours after hospital staff put her severe bout of suicidal depression down to ‘sleep deprivation’.

A terminally ill man was beaten and robbed by two thugs in a ‘vicious and cowardly attack’ as he walked home from a night out in Denton.

A total of 828 cases were reported across the UK, 88 of which regarded Greater Manchester Police

A young woman was chased down the street and assaulted in a terrifying attack after being offered a car lift in exchange for sex in Hyde.

Manchester ranks 38th in the world according to the respect league table compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University – which ranks universities according to ‘research prowess’.

Up to ten graves were targeted, all of which had been in the Muslim section, between 8.30pm on August 15 and 7.30pm the following day

A 20-year old man suffered life-threatening head injuries during a Cheetham Hill rave in the early hours of Saturday morning.