Grim up north: Unemployment in North West rises by 8.6% despite rest of UK enjoying surge of jobless back in work
85,200 people in Manchester were claiming Jobseekers in January
Bolton choir hope to sing message loud and clear that cancer does not ‘define your life’
Bolton Cancer Voices host fundraising gig at Bolton’s Victoria Hall
My Big Fat Gypsy Clean-up! Cheshire East Council fear ‘paperwork mountain’ so don’t keep track of six figure costs
Cost of clean-up from travellers moving on is not monitored by council
‘We’d be silly to turn down Mayfield Depot’: Warehouse Project boss reveals venue announcement imminent
Superclub boss admits he ‘misses’ city centre
Here come the brides! Manchester wedding fayre to descend on Northern Quarter with ‘big day’ bonanza
Photographers, dress makers, bakers and more will attend the event
‘Extreme’ ill health of Tameside’s homeless tackled by scheme breaking cycle from hospital back on to streets
Contract will ensure patients have somewhere to go after being discharged
Bolton woodland body: Decomposed corpse of ‘gothic’ woman prompts police to appeal for public’s help
Body found near Manchester Road, close to River Croal at Raikes Clough
Worst robber ever? Manchester’s ‘Cinderella thief’ trips over own bike and loses shoe in ‘idiotic’ bungled raid
Knife-wielding hoodie targeted Heywood store Amin News in Market Street
‘I live for goals’: Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo hopes habit of finding net will ensure national team spot
Negredo netted for Spain against Belarus on Friday
Hunt for Madeleine McCann: Police deny arrest made after man in Manchester claimed he had met child
A man allegedly made claims that he had met Madeleine weeks earlier
Bolton Wanderers’ Adam Bogdan puts nightmare 8-1 defeat to Dutch behind him for Hungary’s final World Cup bid
Hungary’s World Cup hopes hang in the balance against Andorra