Great Manchester residents are estimated to be paying a fee of around £820 a year, which is the most expensive premium in the UK outside of London

Joy Watson, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease on her 55th birthday, was joined by her husband Tony and their two dogs Chloe and Artaud at Heaton Park to launch this year’s Alzheimer’s Society’s Manchester Memory Walk, which takes place on Saturday, September 27

The charity Invest In ME have raised £350,000 towards a clinical trial of Rituximab, a drug which is also used by people suffering from arthritis.

Khan was speaking at the launch of his new charity, the Amir Khan Foundation, who will aim to provide support for disadvantaged young people around the world

Khan, 27, has long since chased a big-money fight with pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather, though ruled himself out of that fight taking place year as he could not meet the American’s September fight date, due to being so close to Ramadan

Claire Curtin is ending her week-long micro-residency at Spinningfield’s People’s History Museum with People’s Protest, encouraging Mancunians to grab a megaphone and to shout about issues they feel strongly about

Matthew Chappell, 23, from Stockport, says he descended into the dark world of depression following his performance at Edinburgh Fringe festival last year

The Grade II listed bus shelter, which forms part of Stockport’s War Memorial complex, has been ‘tagged’ two separate times in recent weeks

The event, hosted by Auto Trader, will see Manchester and its two most famous tribes use social media to turn a car – currently in pristine white – either red or blue, in preparation for the new Premier League season

Based on data recorded by the Ministry of Justice, last year almost 30,000 homes were at risk of eviction or repossession, equating to 81 per day

Paranoid schizophrenic Matthew Brierley, 45, knifed psychotherapist Glennis Brierley, 64, the day after he moved back into her home in Littleborough, Greater Manchester