Oldham boy died from asthma attack due to ‘tragic’ blunder by 999 call handler, inquest hears
Clayton Barker was struggling for breath but paid with his life when he was overheard telling his grandmother he was eight and not seven years old
Show me the Mao-ney! Chinese spending across Manchester set to rocket by 73% in next three years
News comes just a month after it was revealed that Chinese tourists spend, on average, £677 per transaction in Manchester stores
After a little time: Beautiful South’s Jacqui Abbott chats reuniting with Paul Heaton for ‘blessed’ album
Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott – the duo who sang side by side for Beautiful South hits such as Perfect 10 – have reunited for an album and tour.
Ban shark fin soup! ‘Bite Back’ campaign against Manchester restaurants to get ‘barbaric’ dish banned
The nationwide environmental campaign Bite-Back aims to make Britain one of the first countries in the world to ban shark fin soup
Fit Brit: Ex-Coronation Street siren Michelle Keegan crowned UK’s sexiest woman
Stunningly beautiful and former Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan has won the coveted crown of sexiest woman in the UK.
End of the line: Metrolink pulls final two iconic T68 trams from tracks with failed selfie send-off
The final two iconic T68A model trams – 2001 and 2003, which were introduced in 1999 – will be taken out of public use by Metrolink before making their final trip to a South Yorkshire scrapyard.
Sips ahoy! Manchester’s steady ship Privateer Beers sets sail for boozy victory
Manchester’s burgeoning craft beer scene has another ship of the horizon – Privateer Beers!
Heckle hassle: Justin Moorhouse embraces crowd gags for Chorlton gig but tells ‘drunk idiots’ to stay at home
Justin also featured in the Phoenix Nights spin-off, Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere and the Ken Loach film, Looking for Eric
A life less painful: Boost for osteoarthritis suffers as Manchester uni team given £260,000 for treatment study
A team, led by Professor Ray Boot-Handford, have been given the cash by Arthritis Research UK to conduct a study which they hope will revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of osteoarthritis.
CCTV: Robber who used scrawled note to swipe £20,000 from Hazel Grove Sainsbury’s
The bizarre armed robbery occurred on Saturday, 26, when a man went to the currency exchange counter near the front entrance to Sainsbury’s on London Road, Hazel Grove
Jailed: Oldham fraudster caught with more than £300k under bed must pay back cash made over 50-year stint
Peter Bell, 67, of Dalefields, Delph, pleaded guilty to fraud, money laundering and being concerned in the fraudulent evasion of income tax