The British flag was lowered and Camp Bastion was handed over to Afghan troops as all British soldiers left the camp

Around 12am, October 27, two men armed with a trench shovel and a baseball bat burst smashed their way through the double glazed patio doors of the Bandy Fields Place house in Higher Broughton

Keith Gresty, 68, has been creating masterpieces using water colours and tapestry since suffering a massive stroke that paralysed him on the right side of his body.

South Manchester MP John Leech believes plans for a high-speed rail network in the North West will be ‘good news’ for the city’s economy – and is urging the government to implement the report alongside the current HS2.

Forgiving Loretta Smith, 75, felt so sorry for 24-year-old Kevin Derbyshire after he gave her a sob story from jail, she wrote back accepting his apology and enclosing a £20 postal order

Since the pictures emerged rumours have begun to spread across Hollywood that Bridget Jones actress may have gone under the knife

TechNorth, which falls under the Lib Dem’s Northern Futures initiative, aims to ‘co-ordinate the existing digital technology expertise of Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool and Newcastle to create an internationally renowned virtual agency’

Nine out of ten areas across the region saw a decline in unemployment between June 2012/13 and June 2013/14, but the borough of Rochdale recorded an increase of 0.5%, according to the report

Rochdale have put putting their ambitions together with the 60-year-old North West Amateur Brass Band Association.

The inquest into the death of Wigan teen Jade Lomas-Anderson reached its conclusion today finding the tragedy was the result of multiple injuries from attack by more than one dog

The boy was knocked to the ground by the two men who then raped him, as he walked through Buile Hill Park, in the Eccles area earlier this month