Man jailed for murder after stabbing victim’s death five years on from Wigan attack
A man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing and killing a man, who did not die until five years after the attack in Wigan.
Piccadilly Pulse: Manchester give controversial GCSE shake-up one out of nine
The government has made the controversial move to tighten up GCSEs from September in order to help students prepare for later life.
Salford Isis hostage Alan Henning ‘pleads for his life’ in chilling audio recording sent to wife
The family of Salford hostage Alan Henning have a received an audio recording from him in which he is ‘pleading for his life’.
Salford teenager finally meets selfless bone marrow donor who saved her from leukaemia… eight years on
The heartwarming kindness of strangers overwhelmed a Salford mum after she met the ‘selfless’ woman who saved her teenage daughters’ life from the grip of leukaemia.
Spell it out! Ensure your family KNOWS you’re an organ donor for National Transplant Week, plead NHS
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) are hoping to encourage more people than ever before to sign the Organ Donor Register in time for National Transplant Week.
Heywood knifeman jailed for life after stabbing partner to death in middle of street
Greater Manchester killer Paul O’Hara was today sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his girlfriend Cherylee Shennan in a frenzied knife attack.
At large… again: Convicted killer serving life for stabbing Oldham man to death escapes for FOURTH time
Arnold Pickering, 44, from Chadderton, Greater Manchester, did not return to HMP Kennett in Merseyside after leaving the open prison at 9.30 on Saturday morning.
‘Never miss a beat’: All Manchester police cars to carry life-saving defibrillators for cardiac arrests
Police vehicles will be fitted with defibrillators
Origins of life on Earth… and Mars? Billion-year-old water discovery unveiled by Manchester scientists
Water discovered in Ontario, Canada
Manchester’s Unsung Heroes: Wythenshawe Hospital intensive care consultant ‘privileged’ to save lives
Dr Julian Barker, and his team, work tirelessly
‘Weaker than headlines suggest’: Bleak reality of job market masked by rise in North West self-employed
ONS announce 36,000 increase in North West entrepreneurs