Google have honoured iconic Manchester-born Suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst in their doodle in celebration of her birthday.

A women’s magazine survey has revealed that the gender pay gap between men and women in their twenties has doubled in the past three years.

A Manchester aid worker, who has led several life-saving missions to Syria, has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a teenager and possession of child porn.

The night-time escape of twin girls from their home in Chorlton to the war-torn state Syria, has left their relatives in shock and disbelief.

The Manchester Metropolitan University research project will investigate which pictures become popular, who shares them and how quickly they spread on Twitter.

A Manchester humanitarian and dad-of-three, who has lead several life-saving aid missions to Syria, has spoken out about the increasing police scrutiny and legal threats he and other Muslim aid workers face at the UK border.

George Osborne dodged a simple maths question earlier today while being interviewed by a panel of school children on Sky News.

Just 9% of voters plan to vote for the Lib Dems in next year’s General Election – lagging well behind Labour who were up to 43% locally – but Withington MP John Leech fared better than most of his party colleagues, polling 50% higher.

East Didsbury Councillor Andrew Simcock has launched a campaign to introduce a second female statue into the city centre.

Britain First’s Facebook page was taken down for publishing posts containing hate speech – but an hour later they were back online.

Last week, Nick Freeman defended Simon Martins, 24, in Manchester Crown Court on the charge of death by dangerous driving, after Martins hit granddad-of-54, Rabbi Hyman Steinberg on Leicester Road in December 2012