Manchester’s job market will continue to flourish according to a Jobcentre Plus boss after new figures showed the North West had the biggest fall in unemployment across the UK.

Nottingham pipped Manchester and Portsmouth to win the right to stage a £1.6million two-year pilot project aimed at testing ways of getting more people playing football regularly

Manchester is confident that a focus on youth will see it named England’s first City of Football next week.

Louis van Gaal will not axe Manchester United’s young players despite his massive summer spending, claims Gianfranco Zola.

The project, funded by a £473,123 grant from the Big Lottery Fund, hopes to reach 22,000 people aged between 13-25 across the region, focusing particularly on Manchester and Stockport

Manchester is the City of Sing and is offering young songwriters the chance to flaunt their abilities thanks to Sing City workshops at the iconic Band on the Wall venue.

Footage has been released of the horrifying moment when a 19-year-old man was stabbed and left with serious injuries in Salford on Tuesday – as police continue to search for the main knife man.

Less than 100 young people have fallen foul of the law in the borough in 2013/14, with Wigan Council’s restorative justice service playing a part in pushing the figures down

David Moyes may have paid the price for not making the Premier League top-four this season – but Manchester United’s Under-21s secured just that last night.

The club’s Elite Development Squad head into the Under-21 Premier League Cup Final clash with Reading at The Etihad in the opening tie of a two-legged final tonight.

LZ7 are a Manchester band with Christianity at their heart but hope to educate with a moral message