Skupski and Broady knocked out the ninth seeds David Marrero and Arantxa Parra-Santonja to secure their progress to the mixed doubles third round 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a match held across two days due to bad weather.

Manchester bike enthusiasts are being urged to capture and share footage of this weekend’s historic Tour de France for a unique film.

Cancer Research UK is bringing together leading researchers from the University of Manchester and London in a ground-breaking Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence that launched yesterday.

Nearly 100 athletes with learning disabilities from across the UK descended on Manchester’s Sportcity over the weekend to take part in the Open National Athletics Championships.

Just 9% of voters plan to vote for the Lib Dems in next year’s General Election – lagging well behind Labour who were up to 43% locally – but Withington MP John Leech fared better than most of his party colleagues, polling 50% higher.

CCTV footage captures Alan Croydon 25, of Norland Walk, Manchester, Aaron Buckley 26, of Coronation Street, Openshaw, and a third man embroiled in a heated row with the victim on the evening of December 6, 2013 around 12.30am

Heather could well become an energy source of the future and help the UK meet bioenergy targets, claim Manchester University experts

A mum of five was killed by her fiance with a ‘single devastating punch’ in an argument over whether to take a bus or a taxi home after a night out in Manchester, a court was told.

The skeleton of a rare three-storey-high dinosaur that walked the Earth more than 70million years ago is making its UK debut at Manchester University today – and University of Manchester scientists are getting their teeth into it.

A fire has broken out at a scrapyard in Irlam.

Fire crews are currently attending the scene at Clearway Waste scrapyard at Boysnope Wharf.

Alpro came into the charity’s care back in September 2012 after being rescued from a house along with 15 other rabbits.