A Manchester magistrate’s campaign against mandatory court charges for offenders has succeeded after the Justice Secretary announced that they will be scrapped.

The North West is to be delivered a ‘world-class’ rail service, after the Government franchised northern rail commitments to Arriva Rail North and First TransPennine Express.

British electropop singer-songwriter Aleksandra Denton , known as Shura, has come out as gay for the first time in an interview with MM ahead of her recent gig and Manchester’s Gorilla.

The Government must allow migrants in the infamous ‘Jungle’ Calais camp to enter the UK, a Manchester-based Human Rights organisation has said.

The escalating refugee crisis will be portrayed as a film by a Chorlton director next year and filming is well underway.

Manchester is famous the world over for being the leader in many areas, from pioneering musical talent to the industrial might of the Victorian age.

As Storm Desmond raged outside, a close to capacity o2 Apollo was teaming with jittery teenage girls, undeterred by the gale force winds blasting the North of England.

Technology is seen by many as something that can break down all conceivable barriers.

Over 4000 people in the UK applied, but it was tailor-made for one.

Love him or hate him, Tyson Fury’s shock victory last weekend and post bout singing was another example of the Manchester fighter bringing some much-needed character to a division in dire need of it.

Show Racism the Red Card is staging a special screening of a film about immigration at Manchester’s National Football Museum next week.