Campaigners have welcomed plans for control of the £6billion NHS budget in Greater Manchester to be handed over to city council and health leaders.

Mrs Urquhart, whose online petition gathered over 10,000 signatures, said she was ‘delighted’ with the outcome and that ‘common sense had prevailed’.

A Wigan bodybuilder exposed as a key player in the sick world of illegal dog fighting who used steroid-fed pitbulls to fight to the death was jailed yesterday.

The two offenders, both wearing balaclavas, raided the 48-year-old victim’s house on Marlborough Avenue, Wigan, at around 7.40pm on Monday.

A first-half Luis Suarez double put Barcelona in control of the Champions League last 16 tie before Sergio Aguero got one back for the hosts then Joe Hart saved a last-gasp Lionel Messi penalty.

To celebrate LGBT History Month, MM talk to Paul Burgess, an activist, actor and entertainer, who was born and bred in Oldham, as part of our LGBT Q&A series.

New Manchester company City Waiters are offering restaurant food to your door or desk from 10:30am – 11:00pm, seven days a week, with charges starting from £2.50 to the city centre and surrounding areas.

The ‘stench of corruption’ among Britain’s banks and corporate organisations must be addressed during this May’s election campaign, according to an Oldham MP.

Mr Stewart also claimed that the current advanced ticketing system wouldn’t be used for Wednesday’s meeting.

FIFA should re-run the World Cup 2022 bidding process rather than allowing a winter tournament to be held in Qatar, according to South Manchester MP John Leech.

A callous former Greater Manchester Police officer has signed a five-year Sexual Offenders Prevention Order, after pleading guilty for possessing indecent videos on his computer and phone.