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Voters in Salford, Greater Manchester did a double take when they were asked to place their vote in a green 20 feet long crate normally used to ship cargo overseas

Two men armed with baseball bats entered a house on Olive Street, Heywood. Once inside the men launched a vicious attack on the two men who live there

Manchester youngsters are logging onto a global coding dojo movement which teaches them how to computer code – and is giving a karate chop to the rest of the world.

A heroic Israeli doctor who has saved more than 57,000 lives is flying to Manchester in order to help women struggling to make decisions regarding abortion.

Jason Donovan stars in Annie Get Your Gun

The supporter-owned club launched a two-month campaign, called Kit-It-Out, to raise an initial £26,000, which has almost doubled to £51,395 after a huge wave of support

With elections round the corner, UKIP candidates took to Twitter to explain why they have the edge over other parties – but the #WhyImVotingUkip was quickly pounced on by opposition supporters

Today, Parklife announced Kendrick Lamar would no longer be in attendance, though New York rapper A$AP Rocky has been confirmed as his replacement

The cyber crime operation was carried out jointly with the FBI, and in Europe with Eurojust and Europol, which resulted in 97 arrests in 16 different countries, 17 of which came in the UK

Seluk claims the club did not make Touré feels valued or appreciated by refusing to honour the midfielder on his 31st birthday, which clashed title celebrations in Abu Dhabi