Started as a joke by its Manchester creator, Bristlr, the new dating app for bearded men or ladies and gents looking for a beard to stroke, is growing fast.

Mancunians Google the search term ‘depression’ every two minutes, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they are depressed, according to a number of mental health professionals.

NHS guidelines recommending adults exercise for 150 minutes a week were branded ‘unrealistic’ for most people by health experts this week.

A national report by the Centre of Economic and Business Research (CERB) has revealed that the cost of raising a child to the age of 21 was up by £5,000 last year.

The victim, who is four months pregnant, had just left a newsagents on Hodge Street and was getting into her car when she was grabbed from behind and threw to the floor at about 12.40pm on Jarnuary 17.

MM are appealing for the return of a six-year-old’s drawing of her dead brother – lost when her uncle’s wallet was snatched on a night out in Manchester.

A Manchester uncle has put out a heartfelt plea for the return of a ‘priceless’ picture drawn by his niece which was in his wallet when it was stolen on Tuesday night.

Recorded crime has risen by 6% in Greater Manchester over the past year, with the upward trend likely to remain due to Government cuts, according to a GMP spokesman.

Withington’s very own hedgehog heroin is set to be honoured with a British Empire Medal from the Queen.

The 14-year-old was walking in the Park Bridge area, when he was grabbed from behind and restrained, with his arm being his back, and sexually assaulted.

Delaying the publication of the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war until after the general election is ‘simply unacceptable’ – and Manchester MPs and activists have claimed the public have a right to know before they vote.