MM’s top five… Manchester stars of stage and screen
This week MM takes a look at the city’s top five actors
Masked thugs batter Wigan man with baseball bat in front of young son as he leaves for work in morning
Attack happened early last Tuesday
‘Death would have been a luxury’: Manchester man reveals father’s WW2 experience in Siberian work camp
Frank Pleszak unearthed astonishing war-time story
Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez relies on ‘Merlin the Magician’ to make possible prison sentence disappear
Gwyn Lewis has helped the club before
Semen smearer pleads guilty to five counts of wiping ejaculate on Bury schoolgirls – and dog poo on car
Dale Cranshaw, 29, pleaded guilty to five charges of sexual assault
South Manchester cyclist in critical condition after being run over TWICE in Northendon – by different cars
The 35-year-old was hit by second car after first collision
Capturing the Handsome Devil: Kevin Cummins’ iconic Smiths and Morrissey photography exhibition in Manchester
Manchester Photographic Gallery hosts exhibition
Seven nation army gives Belle Vue speedway’s bid to restore former glories cosmopolitan feel
MM talks exclusively to this year’s new riders
Weird World: Rare ‘birdie’ back on par with prosthetic leg after freak golfing accident
Sandhill crane had leg amputated after being hit by golf ball
Bomb scare sparked by contact lens solution at Manchester Airport – Terminal 1 evacuated for four hours
Contact lens solution was packed with a mobile phone
Gig preview: Midland’s much-hyped guitar export Peace to play Manchester Club Academy
Rock four-piece visit city on Friday April 12