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Last week, Nick Freeman defended Simon Martins, 24, in Manchester Crown Court on the charge of death by dangerous driving, after Martins hit granddad-of-54, Rabbi Hyman Steinberg on Leicester Road in December 2012

GMP have set up an operation to identify potential abusers and limit the rise of attacks once the tournament kicks off on Thursday.

An Islamic extremist ‘brother’ is working to seize control of Manchester schools and ensure hard-line Muslim principles are taught, according to a letter in the Trojan Horse scandal.

The terrifying ordeal happened around 10.55pm on Friday, June 6 2014, at the branch on Oxford Road, a busy student area

An 85-year-old man with onset dementia was attacked in Wigan town centre

An 80-year-old woman was followed by two men and left face down on the floor after her bag was snatched in Bolton

Carl Whiteley, 33, from Scunthorpe, wrote the script for The Empire, a comedy mash-up of Star Wars and The Office three years ago

Twitter tributes from celebrities after the death of Rik Mayall, aged 56.

John Foster, 35, of no fixed abode, is wanted by police in connection with a robbery that took place on Sunday June 8 at a house on Ryefields Drive in Uppermill, Oldham

The British comedian and former Manchester drama student Rik Mayall has died at the age of 56.

The Parklife Weekender Festival was rocked by three stabbings and 29 arrests, say police.