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Salford Quays are set for an invasion from the Far East this Sunday in the annual Chinese Dragon Boat Festival.

A foul-mouthed Wigan robber has been given an extra six months in jail on top of an eight-year sentence – after calling the judge ‘knobhead’ as he was being sent to the cells.

The company launched in August last year, and has proved a big hit with brides and is already stocked in several bridal boutiques across the country.

While a frustrating back problem may have ruled him out of competing, London 2012 champion Jonnie Peacock knows just how important this weekend’s BT Great CityGames is to Paralympic athletes.

Manchester’s Lesbian and Gay Foundation are urging people to talk about death and end of life issues in the run up to Dying Matters Awareness Week.

Around 230 young Nigerian girls seized by Islamist militant group Boko Haram last month

Bez, real name Mark Berry, is who intends to run for MP for Salford and Eccles next year and was revealing some of the Reality Party’s key aims.

A-level student Harry Dubois collapsed while watching TV at home and died earlier this month

The growing trend of sporting facial hair may have hit ‘peak beard’ as research uncovers that women are starting to find facial fluff less attractive.

Chorus, created by award-winning British artist and composer Ray Lee, is constructed of a collection of metal tripods supporting rotating arms with speakers attached.

Former Miss Bolton beauty queen Kristina Long, who was jailed for 12 months after a hit-and-run, has apologised to her victim saying she was ‘really, really sorry’ and didn’t notice she had hit him.