Gala had attempted to hide the drugs – which have an estimated street value of around £175,000 – within the outer panels of his suitcase.

Mr Krantz, member of the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition, claims to have initiated the petition as an ‘expression of solidary’ for children killed in Gaza.

Hannah Alridge, a year five teacher at Wistaston Academy in Crewe, uploaded the photo on Friday to highlight to her pupils how fast information can travel online as part of Safer Internet Day.

New research collated by hotel booking website Late Rooms has discovered that lovers in the North West are more likely to enjoy a two-day romping session under a false name.

Two best friends from Denton have thrown caution to the wind and decided to roller skate across the Netherlands this May.

The victim, who was 14 or 15-years-old at the time of the incident, was sexually abused at the swimming pool of Stockport Leisure Center and also in woodlands at Lyme Park in Cheshire, near Disley between 1996 and 1999.

Recycling workers saved a married Manchester man from ‘a lot of earache’ when they helped reunite him with his wedding ring at the weekend.

Elsa the kitten has been crowned Queen of the critters in the RSPCA’s Rescue Animal of the Year competition.

An incredibly rare, 300-year-old cello is being loaned to a Manchester orchestra to celebrate their first performance at the newly refurbished Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) Concert Hall.

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), says the body would need to work with the ‘whole of education’ to create a culture for their own needs and not the government.

The trans community does not receive the same support given to other minority groups, according to prominent trans activist and organiser of Manchester Sparkle OBE Jenny-Anne Bishop.