An unemployed poker player from Romania who cheated two Greater Manchester casinos out of large sums of money has been caught after trying to flee the country.

As part of this week’s LGBT Adopting and Fostering Week, MM caught up with the first gay couple to approach Stockport council and gain approval to foster three children following a period of struggle and alienation.

Two women are spicing up World Book Day by encouraging you to get up close and personal with a genre of literature recently over-shadowed by a ‘certain book that shall remain nameless’.

A Stockport lorry driver who left a good Samaritan in a critical condition after snatching his van and dragging him down the M602 has been charged by police.

A beautiful male black cat, rescued from the scorching engine of a car near Manchester Airport, is looking for his owners to take him home with the help of the RSCPA.

The 12-year-olds, from Levenshulme and Reddish in Stockport, called 999 from their mobile phones between 6 September 2014 and 12 October 2014 with each call prompting response from at least one of the emergency services.

Martin Emery, from South Wales, was told it wouldn’t be possible for him to sit with his elder disabled son Jordan and two younger sons Ethan and Zac, due to there being only one seat available for wheelchair carers and it being against stadium ‘safety protocol’.

Firefighters were called to Turncroft Lane in Hazel Grove at about 5.50am following reports that two men had set a Renault Megane, Volkswagen Polo and Vauxhall Corsa alight.

Scope’s Kiss the awkward Goodbye campaign uses tongue-in-cheek Valentine’s Day cards to highlight that there is no need to be awkward around someone just because they have a disability.

Officers from Greater Manchester Police and Stockport Council’s Trading Standards have teamed up with Public Health to crack down on the sale of deadly substances in the area.

He earned his mucky moniker for his method – crawling on his belly to avoid detection from the pubs’ alarm systems.