Married father-of-two Alan Henning previously worked as a taxi driver but had been a volunteer on an aid convoy in Syria before he was captured.

Aid worker Mr Haines, 44, had been held by captors since March 2013 and his grisly murder was broadcast in a video released on Saturday night.

Ramon Calderon claims the Portuguese winger has become disillusioned with life at Real and could make a much-speculated return to Old Trafford if United come in with a big money offer in the summer

A body has been discovered inside a burning skip outside Manchester’s Apollo music venue earlier this morning.

Before Sunday’s 4-0 thumping of a lacklustre Queens Park Rangers, Dutchman Louis van Gaal had made the worst start of any new United manager since Ron Atkinson, who took a solitary point from his first three league games in 1981.

Martyn Gibbons, 40, has lost three stone since February in his preparation for the road cycling event and is looking to grow the Military Mountain Bikers organisation he founded this year in Rossendale.

Withington MP John Leech has backed a proposed ‘digital bill of rights’ that would protect people’s privacy online and give them more control over their data.

Get your teeth stuck into the haunting and erotic story of Bram Stoker’s Dracula at Manchester’s Contact Theatre next month.

Parents have the power to beat sex abuse scandals like the horrors seen in Rotherham, claims a Manchester University professor.

Tom Bowen scored four tries across the weekend, including one in Sunday evening’s final, as England saw off a resilient French outfit to win 28-21.

Life-saving safety precautions will see road crews working through the night on a £208million motorway scheme across Manchester – after shocking stats revealed eight workers died on the job.

The Colombian, 28, is one the hottest properties in football, and United beat off interest from Manchester City, Arsenal and Juventus to secure his signature