The review, undertaken by David Anderson QC, said that the bomber Salman Abedi was a “subject of interest” and that the terrorist attack, which killed 22 people, could have been avoided.

Barriers have been erected in the area around Manchester Central convention centre, where the conference will begin on Sunday.

A cash handling courier got imprisoned in the back of his own van and required four police cars and six officers to get him out – on reportedly his first day at work.

In the run-up to what is predicted to be the busiest Christmas in recent years, Manchester Airport are giving festive advice to passengers about the content of their hand luggage – and a few winter fashion tips too.

Thousands of young people from all over the world have descended on Greater Manchester to embark on their journey into higher education and join the city’s population of almost 350,000 students.

Young workers in the North West are more likely to job-hop in search of higher pay and benefits than the previous generation, who prioritised job security, new research reveals.

Countries could soon use private security companies to make it easier to go to war and make them last longer, according to new research by the University of Manchester.

Sir Richard Leese’s promise that the first-ever livestream of a Manchester City Council meeting would be better than daytime television proved too – but not quite in the way he planned.

Bouncers at Princess Street’s Alter Ego are also alleged to have ‘misgendered’ the man after he was repeatedly called ‘she’ despite protests at the incident, which happened around 2am.

After the stabbing of school teacher Ann Maguire earlier this week, should metal detectors and security be brought into schools?

The sophisticated scanner can pick out weapons in a crowd