High Court internet piracy censorship is bad news for Manchester economy, claims Pirate Party leader
Loz Kaye slams High Court ruling
Walkers ‘meat’ opposition: Manchester vegetarians oppose use of real animals in smoky bacon and chicken crisps
Altrincham’s Vegetarian Society speaks out
The ‘ultimate price to pay’? Capital punishment around the world and debate over UK death penalty return
Japan executed three people last week
Inventor of world-first seatbelt for pregnant women thanks ‘pot luck’ on joining forces with Bolton University
Bolton-born Stephen Weston designed baby-saving device
Dale Cregan’s fingerprints found on van used in Manchester grenade murder of David Short, court hears
Anthony Wilkinson also implicated by forensic scientists
Predatory Wigan paedophile with ‘veneer of respectability’ jailed for 12 years after grooming two teenage girls
Wealthy businessman contacted girls on internet
Piccadilly Pulse: Are you happy Walkers Smoky Bacon crisps will have real meat in them?
Vegetarians lose out in new decision
‘I thought nothing of it’: MM unmask hero Tameside firefighter behind brave off-duty actions in car crash
Exclusive interview with fireman who stabilised car in Stretford
Thoughtless Manchester teenager ruins ‘second chance’ by burgling house – just days after escaping jail for robbery
Diallo Allen is now behind bars
Rochdale Metrolink suffers first day nerves as maiden voyage ends in signal failure
Middleton Councillor still optimistic about prospects
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