Rochdale and Bury may be perennial strugglers in The Football League’s lower reaches but that’s not to say they haven’t contested some exciting affairs.

Neil Briggs’ return was confirmed in January when, after four years away from Sale Sharks where he played for six seasons from 2005, including stints at Bourgoin and Leicester, he had little hesitation in deciding he wanted another slice of life in the North West.

The WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix finally gets under way today at the Manchester Regional Arena.

Greater Manchester’s ‘Best Friend of the Year 2015’ competition is now taking entries, and the winner will be invited to a production of Snow Queen with their best friend and six others.

The racist, scapegoating comments coming from ‘the heart’ of government feed the ideology of white supremacist groups in Britain, says a Manchester Green Party candidate.

The recent trial of a woman, who used a male persona online to trick her female friend into having sex with her using a fake penis, raised many questions.

The much-anticipated December 19 bout between undefeated British-boxer Billy Joe Saunders and world middleweight champion Andy Lee at the Manchester Arena will be the perfect Christmas gift, says promoter Frank Warren.

A local campaign group have stated that ‘our NHS faces extinction’, as they lead the fight to prevent the downgrading of six district hospitals in Greater Manchester.

It’s been a mixed year for Martin Stamper but the Liverpool taekwondo star believes he will be at his best for this month’s Manchester Grand Prix.

A Manchester mutt will be living the American Dream by the end of the year, just months after she was left homeless by her family’s change of circumstance.

Juan Mata has said that he is ‘very happy’ living in Manchester, describing the city as ‘laid back’, whilst praising its culture and history.