Manchester taekwondo star Jordan Gayle hopes his home event in October as part of the 2015 World Grand Prix Series will be a positive end to 2015 after several lows so far.

A man is walking the length of the River Thames in London – more than 200 miles – to raise cash for The Christie Hospital in Manchester after his dad was successfully treated there.

Driven on by the disappointment of the European Games in Baku, Manchester’s Mahama Cho admits there will be some serious questions asked as he attempts to get back on top form for this year’s Grand Prix series.

To mark today’s Armed Forces Day, Salford’s Supported Tenancies Service has also stated revealed one in ten homeless people in the UK have a military background.

England’s women, unbeaten in three matches having scored six goals from a variety of players including two defenders in Monday’s comeback against unbeaten Norway, prepare to face hosts Canada in Saturday’s last-eight clash.

An internationally renowned media artist will be debuting a unique pizza-based exhibition in Manchester next month.

The TUC will stage a national demonstration in Manchester this autumn against the government’s austerity agenda and attacks on trade unions.

Young people from all over the UK will congregate in Manchester for the country’s only National Youth Market to be staged in the city this weekend.

Manchester Storm this week announced their first pre-season matches following their return, 18 years after the original team closed due to financial problems.

Don’t underestimate the vocal capabilities of 15,000 teenage girls. That’s the first lesson.

Just half a mile out of town is Altrincham Retail Park – yet another boring concrete metropolis with shops no different from anywhere else in the country. But there’s a twist: it’s the Queen’s.