Battle against ‘culture’ of stolen scrap metal trading leads to wave of arrests across Greater Manchester
Police arrest 20 in raids across Manchester
Can you give a child a childhood? Minister backs Manchester fostering campaign after personal experience
Children’s Minister Edward Timpson supports campaign
‘Olympic legacy disaster’: Manchester MP blames drop in school sport participation on removal of funding
A country-wide survey showed a slump in participation
‘Urgent need to transform lives’: Manchester social worker recruitment drive aims to improve quality of work
Lord Adonis is chair of the Frontline board
Manchester city centre remains UK hotspot for jobseeker claims, latest figures reveal
More than 5,700 of Manchester Central’s constituents claim
Police uncover £4million of mephedrone in raids on gang behind Greater Manchester internet drugs empire
Drug-selling website was operated from Bolton
Police killers such as Dale Cregan to face whole-life sentences without parole, Home Secretary to tell officers
Dale Cregan admitted killer two Manchester officers
‘Tackle obesity, save NHS millions and boost economy’: Manchester biking chiefs back Get Britain Cycling petition
Petition is up to 58,000 signatures and counting
Tramline to East Didsbury will open months ahead of schedule as Metrolink becomes biggest network in country
Manchester City Council hailed ‘an important step’
Manchester’s Unsung Heroes: Charity campaigner helps ‘change people’s lives’ through community projects
Forever Manchester works within communities to deliver skills-based projects
Prestwich woman makes ‘extremely lucky’ escape from flat fire – while her four pets die due to untested fire alarms
Two cats and two parrots tragically died in the fire