Maiden voyage: No plain sailing for Olympic hero Sir Ben Ainslie in British America’s Cup bid
Top sailor Sir Ben Ainslie launches British America’s Cup team.
Manchester tool firm demand government apology after ‘wrongly named and shamed’ over minimum wage failure
HSS Hire Service Group in Manchester has contacted business minister Jenny Willott after it was identified in a government press release as failing to have paid £149 to 15 workers.
‘Beautiful daughter’, 18, who died in Wigan motorcycle accident had dreamed of owning bike since a child
Charlotte Melling, from Wigan, had been riding her white Yamaha motornike when she collided with a gold-coloured Vauxhall Agila, driven by a 49-year-old woman who was travelling in the opposite direction
Call girl and lover took sick ‘selfies’ next to rotting corpse of Eccles teacher they had killed, court hears
Kirsty Edmondson, 23, and 35-year old Christopher Sawyers lived with the body of Kenneth Chapman for up to a week, it was said.
Summer of Lev: Levenshulme festival raises cash for homeless charity in memory of lost friend
Summer of Lev will be embracing the festival atmosphere and raising funds for homeless charity, coffee4craig.
Blue blood appeal: Etihad flowerbed turned red to help make National Blood Week donors bloom
Manchester City Council are turning a flowerbed outside the Etihad red to raise awareness of National Blood Week.
Noble England: Campaign launched to get Rik Mayall’s ‘lost’ World Cup anthem to top of charts
Jason McGuire, Jon Morter and Steevi Tbfm Diamond set up the Facebook page following the news of his death.
Britain’s Got Talent star Erin Howard joins residents for Big Lunch event aimed at revolutionising town
Last week saw an estimated four million communities across the UK sit down for a Big Lunch with neighbours they may not previously have known as part of Halifax’s Helping Britain Prosper Plan.
Brother of Moors Murder victim Keith Bennett casts doubt on claims of renewed search for remains
Alan Bennett cast doubt over suggestions that police will again look for his brother Keith Bennett
Rail passengers ‘crammed in like sardines’ on peak Manchester train as carriages halved for third day running
The busy service, operated by First Transpennine Express, runs from Liverpool Lime Street through to Scarborough, calling at Warrington and Manchester
Mr Loophole likens Salford Rabbi killed by speeding motorist to ‘kamikaze’
Last week, Nick Freeman defended Simon Martins, 24, in Manchester Crown Court on the charge of death by dangerous driving, after Martins hit granddad-of-54, Rabbi Hyman Steinberg on Leicester Road in December 2012