The Labour Party will descend on Manchester for their annual conference this week – in a major event expected to bring £25 million into the city economy.

Manchester-based LGF (Lesbian and Gay Foundation) are supporting the proposal of an overall increase in the quality of Sex and Relationship Education (SRE), especially in areas focussing on the teaching of gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex relationships.

Scotland has said no to independence – with 55% voting in the independence referendum to remain in the United Kingdom.

Lord Peter Smith, chair of Greater Manchester Combined Authority, has praised Prime Minister David Cameron’s speech on the need to hand more power down from central to local government.

Nigel Farage insists the yesterday’s independence referendum has changed the face of British politics – even though the Scots opted to stay in the UK.

The mock referendum, which involved 1,500 pupils aged seven to 18 and 300 teachers, saw the school transformed into a polling station between 8am and 5pm

After months of campaigning that pitted Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond against politicians from Westminster, the country will vote whether they are opting to leave the UK

Married father-of-two Alan Henning previously worked as a taxi driver but had been a volunteer on an aid convoy in Syria before he was captured.

Aid worker Mr Haines, 44, had been held by captors since March 2013 and his grisly murder was broadcast in a video released on Saturday night.

An Oldham MP has accused Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Alex Salmond of being ‘disingenuous’ about an independent Scotland’s impact on the NHS.

Manchester has two of the country’s most overcrowded train journeys, latest statistics have revealed.

A packed Manchester Town Hall played host to Monday’s premiere of an intimate and personal documentary on the life of the late politician Tony Benn.