Oldham boy died from asthma attack due to ‘tragic’ blunder by 999 call handler, inquest hears
Clayton Barker was struggling for breath but paid with his life when he was overheard telling his grandmother he was eight and not seven years old
CCTV: Robber who used scrawled note to swipe £20,000 from Hazel Grove Sainsbury’s
The bizarre armed robbery occurred on Saturday, 26, when a man went to the currency exchange counter near the front entrance to Sainsbury’s on London Road, Hazel Grove
Boy of 15 found hanged near country park in Salford
The body of the 15-year-old boy was discovered in a wooded close to Clifton Marina and Country Park, Salford, on Monday evening
The (not so) great escape: Salford gang who staged armed ambush on prison van jailed for 100 years
Ryan MacDonald, 21, and Stevie McMullen, 32, both of no fixed address, admitted conspiring to escape from lawful custody
Dove Stone Reservoir murder: Craig Wilcox had gang ‘after him’ – his father vows to keep memory alive
Craig Wilcox, 28, had vanished in January after telling friends that he was living in fear of ‘some lads’ who were ‘after him’
Dove Stone Reservoir death: Murder investigation launched weeks after man’s body dragged from water
Craig Wilcox’s body was found in Dove Stone Reservoir in February, seven weeks after he went missing
Wanted – undead with love of brains: Zombie training school seeks fresh meat for Manchester apocalypse
2.8 Hours Later, the cross-city urban zombie chase game will be hitting the streets of Manchester in July, and the organisers will be holding a Zombie School on July 5-6
Motorcyclist, 27, dies after colliding with car in Hattersley
A 27-year-old man was travelling along Ashworth Lane on a Skyjet motorcycle around 9am when he collided with a car
No soggy bottoms! Famous foodie Nigel Slater rises to occasion at secret Bolton baking club… with own cake
The famous foodie dropped into Bolton’s Clandestine Cake Club as he took part in filming for a BBC4 documentary about the nation’s favourite confectionary
Dog attacks ‘more likely’ in Greater Manchester than most of country – and young girls most common victims
There were 466 hospital admissions for dog bites in Greater Manchester between February 2013 and January 2014.
Oldham dad gets £42K damages after dentist’s bungled job leaves him with ‘mouth like a building site’
Ian Lisle, 51, had up to three teeth taken out at a time and was given shoddy bridging work by dentist Michael Garside during his regular check-ups