Heckle hassle: Justin Moorhouse embraces crowd gags for Chorlton gig but tells ‘drunk idiots’ to stay at home
Justin also featured in the Phoenix Nights spin-off, Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere and the Ken Loach film, Looking for Eric
Cheetham Hill mum murdered because husband felt ‘insulted’ by Western ways, court hears
Ahmed Khatib, 33, became resentful of mother-of-three Rania Alayed, 25, after she instructed a lawyer to help ‘free her’ from him, it was claimed at Manchester Crown Court today.
Canal Street rape: Image released of suspect after young man raped when using bar’s toilet
Image released of suspect after man raped in Canal Street toilet.
A life less painful: Boost for osteoarthritis suffers as Manchester uni team given £260,000 for treatment study
A team, led by Professor Ray Boot-Handford, have been given the cash by Arthritis Research UK to conduct a study which they hope will revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of osteoarthritis.
CCTV: Robber who used scrawled note to swipe £20,000 from Hazel Grove Sainsbury’s
The bizarre armed robbery occurred on Saturday, 26, when a man went to the currency exchange counter near the front entrance to Sainsbury’s on London Road, Hazel Grove
United cause: Manchester pop group reaching for the Electric Stars with charity George Best single
Band’s charity cover of Don Fardon’s George Best-inspired 70s hit Belfast Boy will be backed by the band’s own ode to the football hero Georgie (The Brightest Star)
Jailed: Oldham fraudster caught with more than £300k under bed must pay back cash made over 50-year stint
Peter Bell, 67, of Dalefields, Delph, pleaded guilty to fraud, money laundering and being concerned in the fraudulent evasion of income tax
Boy of 15 found hanged near country park in Salford
The body of the 15-year-old boy was discovered in a wooded close to Clifton Marina and Country Park, Salford, on Monday evening
High hurdles: Wigan’s Uwe Rosler prepares for Premier League assault via Championship playoffs
Wigan ensured their dream of an instant return to the top flight remained alive last night after securing their place in the playoffs with a 1-0 away win at relegation-threatened Birmingham
Free water, food and energy for all, promises Bez in launch of The Reality Party’s ‘political revolution’
Bez, real name Mark Berry, is who intends to run for MP for Salford and Eccles next year and was revealing some of the Reality Party’s key aims.
The (not so) great escape: Salford gang who staged armed ambush on prison van jailed for 100 years
Ryan MacDonald, 21, and Stevie McMullen, 32, both of no fixed address, admitted conspiring to escape from lawful custody