A Manchester-based ex-offenders scheme Gate Buddies has been shortlisted for a national award celebrating its high success rate in rehabilitating former prisoners.

Rose by name Rose by nature. An unassuming star in the making took to the stage of Gorilla last night to deliver a pitch perfect set to reams of loyal fans.

The PC Nicola Hughes Memorial Fund is organising an event with a difference, to celebrate the life of the 23-year-old Greater Manchester Police officer murdered by Dale Creegan.

Denise Welch will be joining 40,000 runners taking part in the arduous 10k race through Manchester city centre on Sunday May 10.

Before Sam hit the stage, you couldn’t help but digest the fact that you were about possibly hear one of world’s most prolific male voices of recent years, however, the 90-minute show didn’t live up to expectation.

Joseph Parkinson, 27, plans to make Aspidistra Books a part of the community, and has created a survey to gage public reaction.

Mozza was on top form, both harmonically and politically, from his first swish of the microphone cable to his last.

New statistics from the Health and Social Care Information Centre reveal obesity hospital admissions were higher in the North West than anywhere else in the country last year.

According to Drink Wise, Manchester and Salford are the ‘binge drinking capitals of the North West’ and their survey has found that nine out of ten people in the region want the government to do more to protect young people from alcohol

Bobby Denning, who has held his position since October 2013 and has worked for the LCB in various roles for 14 years, accepts that cricket faces serious challenges to arrest decreasing levels of participation.

The 47-year-old sold one caravan for £8,400 to a man from Cumbria, who lost all his money when the caravan was recovered and sent back to its original owner.