Manchester agrees with Twitter backlash as 72% say Great British Bake Off final decision was half baked
The 60-year-old Lincolnshire grandmother beat Stockport lad Luis Troyano and favourite Richard Burr to claim the title
Astronomers look into heart of exploding star for first time, Manchester Uni reveals
Led by Michigan State and the University of Manchester, astronomers used radio telescopes from across Europe and America to pinpoint the locations where a stellar explosion, called a nova, occurred
Oldham teen found frozen to death in alley: GMP officer tells inquest ‘more should have been done’ in search
Leon Cudworth, 15, had promised his father he would home by midnight when he said he was going out for the evening – but it is thought he didn’t come back until 2am
Manchester Cathedral to host charity sleepover to raise money for the homeless
Manchester Booth Centre hopes to highlight some of the hardships that homeless people have to face every day
Campaign for braaaains! Zombies shuffle through Manchester to raise walking dead numbers at Halloween
The march for World Zombie Day, which begins near Piccadilly Gardens at 2pm, is the second of three grizzly walks staged around the country, organised by the online retailer, Fancy Dress Ball
‘Morally wrong’: Bury council chief slams ‘unfair’ gap between north and south government grants
Hart District Council in Hampshire was the least deprived local authority in England, losing £28 per household, according to figures published during Labour’s summer campaign
Australia horror smash: Salford scientist tipped for Nobel prize killed instantly by drug-fuelled joyrider
Dr Sean Barrett, 36, had recently recovered from cancer and was an active fundraiser for Macmillan.
Tameside boxer executed by hitmen had links to crime family locked in feud with police killer Dale Cregan
Kieran McGrath, 26, was gunned down after leaving the Sheldon Arms Pub, on Saturday night, around 10.25.
Kurdish protesters swarm Manchester in call for stronger action as Isis seize control of Syrian border town
Isis raised its flag on a building on the outskirts of the Syrian town near the Turkish border on Monday after an assault that has lasted almost three weeks
The Order of Chaeronea: Salford artist jets off to Texas to study poet behind world’s first secret gay society
Jez Dolan, from Manchester, will visit The University of Texas at Austin later this month to scour through the pages of a rarely accessed journal kept by George Cecil Ives from 1867 – 1950
‘We want power NOW’: Greater Manchester council leaders demand devolution to region BEFORE rest of UK
In a joint letter, published in yesterday’s Guardian, the council leaders of all ten Greater Manchester boroughs have called for greater autonomy.