One legendary cobbled street synonymous with Manchester will become the home for a new set of Weatherfield residents later in the year.

The figures shows that between 2010 and 2014 jobs growth in London (11.5%) was more than twice as fast as the UK as a whole (5.1%) and SIX times as fast as the North West (1.8%).

The adoption wait for 680 children in the North West could be ended thanks to a brand new maps system introduced by the Government today.

Figures released this week show that between 2010 and 2015 public sector employment in the North West fell by 9.4%, whilst over the same period of time in London it fell by a more modest 3%.

As a city, we’re renowned football fanatics, but new research has shown that our sporting allegiances could even influence our interior design.

Working from home is a rapidly growing trend in the North West as the number of people doing paperwork in their pyjamas has increased by more than 70,000 in the last 10 years – and 200,000 more would like to join them, according to the Trade Union Congress.

North West residents spend an average of two months a year on the sofa, according to a new poll.

Disabled people will have a chance to play out their sexual fantasies when a network of charity members and sex workers gather in Manchester for a special event next month.

More than half of people with Parkinson’s in the North West have experienced hostility and rudeness from members of the public with one professor explaining that it makes sufferers feel like a ‘zoo exhibit’.

New statistics from the Health and Social Care Information Centre reveal obesity hospital admissions were higher in the North West than anywhere else in the country last year.

According to Drink Wise, Manchester and Salford are the ‘binge drinking capitals of the North West’ and their survey has found that nine out of ten people in the region want the government to do more to protect young people from alcohol