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Urban green roofing projects are offering a lifeline for threatened bird species, with MMU and a Chorlton grocers pioneering the way in the city.

Campaign for the North are lobbying for maximum powers of devolution for the North so that Manchester can be run ‘by the people and for the people’.

Bowel cancer survival rates vary so drastically across Greater Manchester that patients are twice more likely to die in some areas than in others.

Starvation and undernourishment caused 162 people to be admitted to hospitals in Central Manchester and Salford last year, shocking statistics have revealed.

The method, known as Marine-Cloud Brightening, has been designed to reduce rising global temperatures by boosting the reflectivity of the atmosphere.

Manchester University professors have quashed any worries that power lines and mobile phones cause cancer, saying they are ‘safe for humans’.

George Osborne has announced that £3million will be invested in an exhibition space at the Museum of Science and Industry ‘to inspire generations of scientists and engineers’.

Manchester has been voted in the top 50 student cities in the world – and top three in the UK, according to the QS Best Student Cities poll.

The Government’s Autumn Statement, which revealed a further £30billion of public spending cuts, is underfire from a number of Manchester MPs

It seems that naming your business after the city’s most famous artist could be the way to go, if The Lowry’s scoop of a top Manchester tourism award is anything to go by.

Drying your wet washing indoors during winter can pose a serious health threat, according to a new study by Manchester doctors.