‘Their pay doesn’t stretch far anymore’: Union claims more needs to be done despite drop in Manchester jobseekers
Figures for the whole North West fell by 4.4%
Christmas shutdown: Rail services grind to a halt in Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria… hello replacement buses
Engineering work planned for Piccadilly and Victoria
Dukinfield body discovery: Man arrested on suspicion of murder
A 29-year-old man remains in police custody
Pretoria Pit remembered: Bolton MP urges community to honour 344 miners who died in disaster a century ago
MP Julie Hilling organised the memorial
‘Safe’ standing campaign: Manchester United Supporters’ Trust join calls for rail seating in English football grounds
Standing has been banned in top two divisions
Curry at Christmas: Old Trafford mosque offers alternative to turkey dinner for those living in poverty
Faizan-e-Islam mosque offers the alternative Christmas dinner each year
Greater Manchester Police car crashes and overturns in Rochdale – driver of BMW arrested
The incident happened on Manchester Road, Rochdale
Criado-Perez rape threats: Manchester man faces no further action by police after activist receives Twitter abuse
Caroline Criado-Perez received rape threats over Twitter
Raped, beaten, scalded with tea and aerosol sprayed in her eyes over drug debt – Wythenshawe man guilty
Carl Anthony Weston was convicted of rape
Middleton man’s leg amputated after 200kg fish tank falls on him – Bolton van hire firm prosecuted
Alloy Bodies Ltd was ordered to pay damages
Body of stabbed pensioner found in Littleborough home – police arrest son on suspicion of murder
The body was found at a home in Calf Hey, Shore Road