The Shakers lost their unbeaten record at the JD Stadium last time out but will be looking to make home advantage pay against Dagenham & Redbridge on Saturday.

In a few short weeks FCUM, who have soared up the ranks of English football to the seventh tier, will celebrate their greatest achievement yet when they open their new £6million Broadhurst Park stadium in Moston.

An Aaron O’Connor hat-trick sealed the win for Newport County, despite Danny Rose’s superb 25-yard finish that had given the Shakers hope of a fight back.

A woolly-thinking sheep found itself stranded in the middle of the River Roch after wandering out of a field and into the water for sheep thrills.

Pop star Paul Heaton brings holiday cheer to two of the city’s charities, Compassion and Porch Boxes, with special benefit gig Hope for Christmas at Manchester Academy 2

Premier League champions Manchester City’s six nominations is the most of any club, with Manuel Pellegrini and Yaya Toure contending for the manager and Premier League player awards respectively.

Greater Manchester Police have been slammed for making a ‘mockery’ of their complaints system, after saying an officer who punched an innocent protester had ‘no case to answer’.

Myra Goldman, 68, was on her way to her office when it was said that an entrance gate which had been damaged six months ago came loose and crashed onto her.

A brave Bury youngster best known to the community as Super Josh has died following a long battle with terminal illness.

Businessman Zaffar Hussain, 59 and son Akbar, 35 were charged with unlawful killing by gross negligence after Cameron Minshull became entangled in an industrial metal lathe.

The head of a Bury-based £11million class A drugs operation that stretched throughout Europe has been jailed for 25 years.