Currently 500,000 people in Greater Manchester are already covered and this will increase to 1.1m people, through new initiatives in Wigan and across the city of Manchester funded by over £8m from the national Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund.

The family of a 21-year-old man, who was killed in a Denton brawl, have paid tribute to their ‘fun loving son’.

Working from home is a rapidly growing trend in the North West as the number of people doing paperwork in their pyjamas has increased by more than 70,000 in the last 10 years – and 200,000 more would like to join them, according to the Trade Union Congress.

Feminist science-fiction film The Last of Her Blood that follows a young woman’s fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic reality and is based in Manchester is set for release on June 12.

She’s just a small town girl… from Stephenville, Texas, and she needs your help to get across the pond to study how to tackle teen pregnancy and sexual health in Manchester.

Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy on the suspicion of the murder of a man who was killed during a large brawl in Denton.

Manchester’s shopping and eating district is launching a new monthly market later in June and the first event is to feature a Lego Walk to raise money for the Christie.

The inaugural Manchester International Film Festival 2015 is fast approaching and its full line-up has just been released.

Manchester city centre will host ten days of free cycling events starting on Friday June 5 and ending on Sunday June 14.

The incident occurred outside the Tesco Extra on Park Road at around 6am on Saturday, March 14 when a 33-year-old woman was approached by a man as she stood outside the shop.

Minister for Life Sciences George Freeman has suggested that people should be forced to pay extra for their unhealthy snacks and sugary drinks in order to tackle obesity. MM takes to the streets to find out Manchester’s opinion of a potential sugar tax.