Video: Take That’s Mark Owen plays surprise Manchester set at Northern Quarter pub The Castle Hotel
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Police uncover £4million of mephedrone in raids on gang behind Greater Manchester internet drugs empire
Drug-selling website was operated from Bolton
Car crash wreckage dragged through Stockport to show tragic consequences of dangerous driving
A 24-year-old Tameside man was killed
HS2 rail service to link Manchester and London stuck with £3billion funding gap, say spending watchdog
The timetable of phase one has been challenged
Origins of life on Earth… and Mars? Billion-year-old water discovery unveiled by Manchester scientists
Water discovered in Ontario, Canada
Arrest made in hunt for man said to have raped teenager following night out at Manchester nightclub Factory251
Picture taken in club was released in appeal
Oldham MP brands Iain Duncan Smith’s false benefit claims ‘unacceptable’
Debbie Abrahams made a Point of Order in Commons
Has ‘tough man’ been bragging to you? Salford thug knocks PCSO unconscious in vicious unprovoked attack
Police hunt attacker who repeatedly punched officer in face
Wayne Rooney wouldn’t bring anything to the Bundesliga: Bayern Munich not interested in Manchester United striker
Matthias Sammer hits back at speculation
Police killers such as Dale Cregan to face whole-life sentences without parole, Home Secretary to tell officers
Dale Cregan admitted killer two Manchester officers
Rape suspect poses for snap in Manchester nightclub Factory 251 just hours before teenager attacked
Teenage victim left nightclub with man