£700-a-week Bowden rest home sees food hygiene score upgraded after being slammed by inspectors
Trafford Council environmental health officers visited the Cedars Rest Home in February and discovered three separate categories that rang alarm bells.
Forced marriage: Manchester campaigners welcome law being tough on perpetrators – but fear it could deter victims
Forcing someone into marriage is now a criminal offence
‘Nothing will be the same’: Family of Parklife-attack victim Robert Hart, 26, plead killer to come forward
Today, Robert Hart’s mother Elaine, 65, from Rainow, near Macclesfield, Cheshire, appealed for her son’s killer to come forward
Do YOU have the X Factor? Simon Cowell hunts for next star in Manchester auditions
Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Louis Walsh and Mel B will take the places behind the judging panel
The echoes of war: ‘Musical art gallery’ to showcase sight and sounds of battle to mark WWI centenary
To commemorate the centenary of the First World War, the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) are hosting a three-day event at the Imperial War Museum North
‘I had to pinch myself’, says Manchester multi-millionaire computer boffin named on Queen’s Birthday Honours list
The Queen’s Birthday Honours recognised several Greater Manchester residents for their services to businesses, youngsters and the Indian community
Vodafone ‘tax dodging’ blockade: Protesters descend on mobile phone store in Manchester
Protesters, who were made up of members from action group UK Uncut and the People’s Assembly, claimed the company have avoided paying any corporation tax since 2011
Middleton bomb ‘hoax’: Man arrested over suspicious package left outside job centre
Police were called around 5am when a suspicious package was discovered outside the Job Centre on Oldham Road.
Middleton bomb scare: Road closed as ‘suspicious package’ found outside benefits office
Police were called around 5am when a suspicious package was discovered outside the Benefits Office on Oldham Road.
Lifeline: Missing child alerts straight to your phone to tighten net quicker on Manchester’s lost kids
Thousands of people could receive free instant alerts to their phones every time a child is reported missing in Greater Manchester with a new Child Alert system.
Drumming up a storm: Manchester’s Bongo Sean hopes unusual instrument improv will take him to Ibiza
Although not a well-known instrument, the bongo is fast becoming a fans favourite thanks to Manchester’s Bongo Sean. His unique style has already seen him play alongside the likes of Nero, Example and Danny Howard.