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.

January 27 is globally recognised as Holocaust Memorial Day, and this year marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp.

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.