Former rugby player tackles gambling addiction thanks to ‘saviour’ Wigan counselling service
The free service is delivered by Beacon Counselling on behalf of GamCare
Gig review: Fis with Kiyoko & Seers @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester
Soup Kitchen played host to the Northern début of Fis
Oldham ‘targeted’ shooting: Teenagers blasted in stomach and buttocks while sat in car
A 19-year-old was shot in the stomach and a 20-year-old was shot in the buttocks as they sat in a car
The Saturdays’ Mollie King reveals why she’s All Fired Up for greatest hits tour… and being a tennis ball target
Pop queens The Saturdays have just announced a new single ahead of their Greatest Hits tour and record
He’s not taking the Mickey! Ex-Shameless star Ciarán Griffiths in trio of gruelling charity events
Ciarán, 31, best known for playing Mickey Maguire in Shameless and Gary Best in The Bill and Dylan Hodge in Waterloo Road, will be setting off alongside five Peugeot employees for the 26-mile slog
Three’s a crowd: Rom-com part-funded by ex-Shameless star Jody Latham to premiere in Manchester
3 in a Bed will premiere at Manchester’s AMC cinema on Monday June, 30
Hero submariner shot dead protecting crew from junior sailor to be honoured in Wigan ceremony
Lieutenant commander Ian Molyneux, 36, was killed in April, 2011, as he tried to disarm fellow crew member Able Seaman Ryan Donovan, 22, on board the HMS Astute in Southampton
Were YOU in this area at Parklife? Image shows area of Robert Hart’s attack as manhunt continues
Robert, 26, from Macclesfield, was assaulted near the Parklife Weekender Festival‘s main stage around 9.15pm on Saturday, June 7
Len Johnson… fighter: Story of Salford boxer-turned civil rights activist to premiere at Manchester Fringe Festival
Len Johnson – Fighter is the story of the man many consider to be Britain’s best middleweight of the late 1920s and early 1930s
Bibbidi bobbidi stew! Ugly and misshapen fruit and veg transformed into tasty meals at Manchester cookery class
Wannabe chefs will be given the opportunity to learn how to cook three nutritionally-balanced and tasty meals from scratch using fresh ingredients and leftovers.
Passport Office chaos: £55 ‘incompetence’ charge should be refunded, says Manchester MP Kate Green
Kate Green, MP for Stretford and Urmston, has slammed the chaos caused by the huge backlog of passport applications