MM’s top five… alternative and bizarre hobbies to take up in the New Year
Churchbell ringing anyone?
Accident and emergency numbers soar at Salford Royal – 11,000 more patients than five years ago
Salford Royal hospital’s A&E ward figures soar
Life is an unwritten book… and I hold the pen: Altrincham teen soprano Georgia Odette on life after Britain’s Got Talent
The 15-year-old holds no grudges after early exit
Theatre of booze: Manchester United fans account for a THIRD of all alcohol related arrests in Premier League
United way ahead of second place Chelsea
‘She just wants love and attention’: Rochdale rescue dog cruelly treated by last owner and in need of new home
Pumpkin needs new owners before it is too late
Fly infestations and food in toilets: Shocking standards discovered at 15 food outlets in Bolton town
Fifteen Farnworth outlets with hygiene rating of zero to two
In pictures: Go behind the scenes at the BBC as North West Tonight reveal sneak peak into making the news
Regional news show goes behind the lens
MM’s top five… alternative modes of Santa Claus transport
How will Santa get about without his sleigh
Danny Welbeck insists he has always worked hard at Manchester United regardless of what Moyes might think
Moyes told Welbeck to put in extra training time
Wigan couple who use allotment to feed those in need enlist help of supermarket to combat Christmas chill
Pair started ‘Grow for Giving’ in the summer
‘My beautiful angel’: Mother’s tribute to Oldham girl,12, killed in Shaw zebra crossing tragedy
Annalise Holt died after being hit by van