The Leader of Manchester City Council is calling for more drastic efforts in transferring power to the country’s major urban centres.

An LGBT rugby player was left with a broken jaw after a homophobic attack on Canal Street – and now CCTV footage has emerged in a bid to track down the culprit.

Nearly half of all young transgender people under the age of 26 attempt suicide – with 30% saying they have had suicidal thoughts in the last year, a new study has revealed.

Piccadilly Gardens has the highest number of reported ‘fatal’ and ‘serious’ collisions in the city, figures reveal.

Figures released today reveal 396 children contacted the city’s ChildLine call centre, during the Christmas season last year

Penned by Salford duo Ryan McDermott, 28, and Adam Brown, 27, Staff Room is the first ever sitcom to be picked up by Comedy Central for online release, consisting of five 10-minute episodes.

Ever pondered the favourite snack of Manchester residents? How about their preferred car, clothing brand or political party? Well ask no more.

Conservation campaigners are urging Manchester City Council to remain ‘wary’ of negotiations made with Britannia Hotel chiefs to save the ‘rotting’ London Road Fire Station.

Chris Icely, from Trafford, picked up the esteemed ‘Unsung Heroes’ award at the annual event, now in its 19th year, in London on Tuesday.

Canoeist Tim Baillie, who won gold with partner Etienne Stott in the men’s slalom C2 at London 2012, and Paralympic swimming bronze medallist Natalie Waddon handed Failsworth youngster Rebecca Thomson an award to commemorate the youngster’s Get Set to Make a Change legacy programme efforts.

Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton has given his support to a Manchester based mosaicist after retweeting her work on his Twitter account.