A terminally ill Manchester mother is having her bucket list made a reality thanks to her best friend, who will be shaving her hair off for charity later this month.

Simon Martins, 24, was given an eight-month suspended sentence in Manchester Crown Court this week, after knocking down Hyman Steinberg, 82, as he walked to Ohel Torah synagogue on Leicester Road in December 2012.

Andrew Flintoff has given cricket fans a no ball after the England legend will not feature in the battle of the Roses Natwest T20 game tonight.

He is the third teacher from the 1,700 pupil Canon Slade School in Bolton, Greater Manchester to be arrested in two years

A boy, 16, has been arrested after five masked men armed with a crowbar and machete stormed a Salford home – the THIRD robbery in the area this week.

Heath inspectors from Oldham Council eventually found the dead mice in a cellar – still attached to the glue board – during an inspection of the shop which promised customers: ‘finest fish and chips’ and Halal curry dishes

Greater Manchester Police have joined forces with National Volunteering Week to recognise the work of Police Support Volunteers, Special Constables and Cadets in the region.

Former England international hero Andrew Flintoff will play for Lancashire in the NatWest T20 Blast competition – his first outing since quitting the test field at the end of the 2009 Ashes series and then retiring definitively the following year.

North West’s leg of World Naked Bike Ride Day, which in previous years has seen up to 100 cyclists ride in the buff, takes place on Friday, June 6

Supermarket chain Morrisons are taking their price war online by bringing home delivery to Manchester three months earlier than planned.

Wahu, opening this month in Spinningfields, hopes that its motto of ‘made fresh made fast’ will help make it a one stop shop for busy nutrition and food lovers of Manchester.