Many critics have accused Cristiano Ronaldo of being more of a hindrance than a help to Manchester United this season

Deaths from drug poisoning in England and Wales were the highest on record in 2020, according to data published by

Every Greater Manchester region bar one was below the national average for both household income and productivity in 2018, according

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