Debate: Are Manchester heavyweights City and United the real deal or just pick of a bad Premier League bunch?
MM debate just how good our sides are
Inventor of world-first seatbelt for pregnant women thanks ‘pot luck’ on joining forces with Bolton University
Bolton-born Stephen Weston designed baby-saving device
The ‘ultimate price to pay’? Capital punishment around the world and debate over UK death penalty return
Japan executed three people last week
FIFA chief Sepp Blatter left ‘amazed’ by ‘exceptional’ Ryan Giggs as veteran winger prepares for 1,000th game
The Manchester United star signed a new one-year deal yesterday
Non-league Matters: Stockport County have to be clinical in front of goal, says assistant boss Stuart Watkiss
MM rounds up all local non-league action
Dale Cregan’s fingerprints found on van used in Manchester grenade murder of David Short, court hears
Anthony Wilkinson also implicated by forensic scientists
Predatory Wigan paedophile with ‘veneer of respectability’ jailed for 12 years after grooming two teenage girls
Wealthy businessman contacted girls on internet
Piccadilly Pulse: Are you happy Walkers Smoky Bacon crisps will have real meat in them?
Vegetarians lose out in new decision
Likely FA Cup return for Manchester City skipper Vincent Kompany, but admits Aston Villa may be too soon
The Belgian has a calf strain
Keith Hill expecting tough test from ‘leader’ Jim Bentley’s Morecambe, but wants Rochdale to take their chances
The Dale travel to the Globe Arena
EDL march on Manchester to be watched by 300 police – while Unite Against Fascism plan counter-protest
The English Defence League start at Manchester Town Hall