Tameside General has been exposed as having had a higher death rate than the national average during the year spent in special measures.

A serious crash between a pedestrian and a truck has taken place on Portland Street in the middle of Manchester’s city centre rush hour.

A family doctor who performed an exorcism on a seriously ill woman, promising her that God could ‘heal’ her without medication was struck off at a Manchester tribunal today, after being branded a risk to all patients.

The 43-year-old has since been inundated with requests from happy couples desperate for the Million Love Songs singer to attend their nuptials and make their big day the Greatest Day.

Rochdale Police are urging the public to stay safe at night after two women were assaulted in the Kingsway area over the past four days.

The weekend event moved to the site in 2012 to accommodate increasing numbers, and the City Council are working in conjunction with organisers to ensure problems from previous years aren’t repeated.

The 29-year-old, who announced her retirement in 2013, provides gymnastic classes around the UK in partnership with local schools and leisure centres, which are dedicated to providing children with opportunities to take part in the sport.

Tributes are pouring in following the death of Mark Cain, a successful businessman and highly popular figure in Manchester’s gay village – who is believed to have hanged himself this weekend.

Sophie Lancaster, 20, was kicked and stamped to death as she tried to stop her boyfriend from being attacked in a park in Lancashire, in 2007.

Following a recent spate of MDMA poisoning, including one in Oldham, a leading US drug safety group are calling for the introduction of drug-checking at events like the Warehouse Project.

In Chorlton-cum-Hardy and Barlow Moor, 52 of every 1,000 home insurance quotes contained a claim for burglary.