A group of burglars are running from the law after stealing 2,000 boxes of trainers worth £250,000 during a ‘well organised’ raid in Heywood.

City centre based youth charity RECLAIM challenges 40 young people, aged 12-13 years old (Year 8), to create their own political parties to pitch to five councillors at Manchester Town Hall.

A 36-year-old man arrested in connection with historic sexual abuse allegations made by Karen Danczuk has been released on bail.

The former Liverpool and Stoke City midfielder signed for the Latics last week on a free transfer from FC Pune City of the Indian Premier League.

United were beaten 2-1 in south Wales on Saturday, with goals from Ki Sung-yeung and Bafetimbi Gomis cancelling out Ander Herrera’s earlier strike.

Senior lecturer in nutritional sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University Haleh Moravej believes that eating in moderation, like wartime rationing, is the best way to avoid health problems such as cardiovascular disease.

Bundy-Davies suffered heartbreak at the national championships in Sheffield on February 15 as she tripped while leading the 400m final, seeing the crown slip away.

Plans to build a £15million Margaret Thatcher museum would be ‘utterly insensitive’ given the ‘harsh’ austerity measures being imposed on the ‘bottom end of society’, argues a Manchester campaigner.

Manchester became Rapha’s seventh worldwide club last September and the club’s dynamism has impressed CEO Simon Mottram more than any of the other six over 10 years since the company was born.

Gorton-based West End AFC girls’ team are appealing for the public’s help to raise £6,000 to get their team to France to defend their Challenge Des Etoiles tournament title.

The 3D: Printing the Future exhibiton features more than 500 3D printed items from miniature football stadiums like Old Trafford and the Etihad Stadium, to the world’s first bike with a fully 3D printed metal frame, in celebration of the potential of this revolutionising technology.