Modern sport, and football in particular, looks to have developed an ever increasing reliance on statistics.

Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk has slammed the government’s immigration policy, saying they must ‘get their act together’, as they have put his constituency ‘on the frontline’ of the migration crisis.

GMP officers are facing an increasing amount of assaults, with new data revealing that the situation has reached a five-year high.

Greater Manchester Police are under severe strain as cuts and crime rates increase but officer numbers continue to fall, shocking statistics reveal.

Self-harm is putting significantly more young people in hospital in Greater Manchester than in the rest of the country, new figures reveal.

The number of Manchester children in council-arranged foster care due to abuse and neglect is at its highest level in five years, MM can reveal.

Government statistics have shown a worrying 79% increase in the number of rough sleepers in Manchester- which homes more rough sleepers than anywhere except London

The number of single parents on Jobseeker’s Allowance has almost halved in the last two years

NHS guidelines recommending adults exercise for 150 minutes a week were branded ‘unrealistic’ for most people by health experts this week.

Nearly half of people in Manchester cause millions of pounds-worth of problems with pipes by disposing fat and food waste down the plughole, according to new research – and some even ditch their gravy down the TOILET.

Just one in five men in the North West get their five a day, placing the region second worst in the country, according to a new study by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.