Figures obtained through an FOI request to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) show 121 fines were issued from June-December 2014 compared to 147 the previous six months.

Britain’s placing in the final medal table, with just three medals, will not be offering head coach Shane Sutton much cause for optimism.

Manchester Central Library are offering happy couples the chance to start their next chapter as husband and wife in the historic city-centre landmark.

Manchester comedy veteran Smug Roberts is getting into ‘Rocky training mode’ ahead of a mammoth 24-hour gig marathon across the North West for Comic Relief tomorrow.

Arguably the biggest cult band in the UK, brothers Gary, Ryan and Ross Jarman have racked up an army of die-hard fans over the years and after a two year hiatus the long-haired lads have returned to Manchester to play a sold-out gig at The Ritz.

A homeless man who had precious family photographs stolen as he slept in a city centre doorway has been reunited with them thanks to a young Manchester street artist.

A good samaritan prevented a bike-riding thief from escaping with a mobile phone after it was snatched out of a woman’s hand in Manchester city centre.

Companies should be required to publish annual data about how many disabled people they employ, according to a Manchester MP.

The band, made up of Ellie, Joel, Joff and Theo, announced the release date of their debut album, ‘My Love is Cool’ yesterday and MM caught up with the four twenty something’s to talk life on the road, drunken nights out in Manchester and Miley Cyrus.

Campaigners have welcomed plans for control of the £6billion NHS budget in Greater Manchester to be handed over to city council and health leaders.

Mrs Urquhart, whose online petition gathered over 10,000 signatures, said she was ‘delighted’ with the outcome and that ‘common sense had prevailed’.