A Sunday League footballer has been jailed for one year after intentionally breaking an opponents leg before verbally abusing him as he was ‘lying in agony on the pitch’.

There will be an ‘exodus of doctors’ from the NHS, if proposed changes to doctors contracts go ahead, a junior doctor in Manchester has said.

NHS Employers cancelled all scheduled meetings, at which junior doctors were hoping to voice their concerns about new contracts, one day before the Manchester meeting was due to take place at the Midland Hotel.

The number of reported sexual offences in schools in Greater Manchester has risen by 54%, according to an FOI released by the GMP.

Four men who broke into a home and threatened a family with axes, leaving them in ‘shock’ and ‘distress’ are being hunted by police.

Six new cycle hubs have been opened at Greater Manchester railway stations, doubling the number of bike parking spaces in the region, as councilors push for Manchester to become a ‘flagship Cycling City’.

The number of deaths in Manchester related to drugs poisoning has soared by 46% while the North West has risen by 28%, making our region the worst in England for an eighth successive year.

The Bishop of Manchester has spoken out against the legalisation of assisted dying, saying that British society should not become one that sees vulnerable people as ‘a burden’.

Labour MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth, Debbie Abrahams, calls for Prime Minister David Cameron to launch an investigation into Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith for falsifying benefits claimants’ quotes.

The closure of the court could mean that cases from Stockport could now be heard at Manchester and Salford magistrates’ court and Manchester County Court based at the Civil Justice Centre.

Bury was sixth and Tameside ninth in the league table of areas of the UK ranked by the number of takeaway restaurants they have per 100,000 residents.