Billy and Stephen Collinge were awarded the superstar award from the Sandee School of boxing after excelling in Muay Thai and overcoming very different challenges

The Deaf Institute, Band on the Wall, The Warehouse Project and Hoya Hoya are just some of the venues hoping to field a winning team for Manchester charity Lifeline on July 13.

Cropped sweatshirts, chokers, cute co-ordinates and chunky platforms, the footwear of choice for the Spice Girls, have been edging back into fashion.

Greater Manchester Police’s Ian Hopkins has denied that Manchester City Centre is a dangerous place following claims that police can no longer guarantee the public’s safety after dark.

Solita have opened a 60-seater beer garden in a bid to provide a space for people have their food and or drinks in the great outdoors this summer.

Manchester’s mental health patients could soon be receiving better care and support as an expansion of a psychiatric liaison initiative has taken place at North Manchester General Hospital.

Hotcha is planning to open no less than FOUR stores across Greater Manchester as part of a national expansion programme.

Cheese manufacturer Philadelphia revealed that 98% of Manchester workers don’t enjoy a full lunch hour

The Liberal Democrats leader also suggested Leeds and neighbouring Sheffield could also get on board to build an economic centre to rival southern juggernaut London – as suggested by the Chancellor in Manchester last month.

Eight different players from Manchester’s big two have netted a combined ten goals as the competition enters the quarter-final stage – add one more goal from Wigan’s Jean Beausejour and Greater Manchester is comfortably the country’s most dominant region.

Broady and fellow Brit Neal Skupski are the only remaining all British pair in the mixed doubles at the All England Club after winning their third round match with Florin Mergea and Elina Svitolina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to delight a partisan home crowd on No. 1 court.