Jason Manford calls time on fans offering to buy him a pint – asking money instead to go to terminally ill children
Manford offered a 835-strong crown a free drink to apologise for keeping them waiting, then footed the £3,530 bar bill
Manchester opts for single life as city claims highest number of singletons outside of London, reveals report
The number of singletons in the UK has risen by at least 3 million since 2001
‘Special prayers will be said’: Tributes to church-going Rochdale family who died in Norfolk holiday horror smash
Retired council planner Jeffrey Hain, 66, his wife Marion, 69, and their only son Christopher, 36, were killed when their car smashed into a lorry as it went round a bend
Cash in the canvas: Iconic LS Lowry collection rakes in more than £15million at Sotheby’s auction
Thirteen LS Lowry paintings were sold on the night, with a painting of Piccadilly Circus in London, sold for £5.1million
Poisonous gas levels around Trafford are ‘shocking’ and breach EEC legal limits, claim pollution protest group
Trafford’s Breath Clean Air group began testing the levels of NO2 three months ago
‘I want to take his spot’: Bolton’s Amir Khan looks past Luis Collazo as he eyes Floyd Mayweather bout
The former champion will go toe-to-toe with Collazo on Mayweather’s undercard in Las Vegas on May 3
Bury hospital carers ‘brought to justice’ after brain damaged patient subjected to weeks of abuse
Two carers of a brain damaged patient have been released on bail until their hearing in May.
Blood sweat and tears: FCC9 treats MMA fans to gladiatorial spectacle in Bolton’s Reebok Stadium
A whopping 21 fights took place on the night, including seven title fights with four of those being professional bouts
Latin Americans’ life in the UK celebrated in siblings’ portraits for Manchester photography exhibition
‘Uncovering the Invisible: A Portrait of Latin Americans in the UK’ will be hosted at Manchester’s Instituto Cervantes
In pictures: Manchester Central Library re-opens after £50million transformation for all to ‘get wisdom’
Three-and-a-half years have passed since the library closed its doors to embark on an ambitious £50million transformation into the modern era
Piccadilly Pulse: Do you find the Conservative Party ‘bingo and beer’ poster offensive and patronising?
Conservative advert has been labelled as ‘patronising’ by Labour and Lib Dem officials