One piece of paper signed by all four Beatles before their 1964 gig at Manchester Apollo and a fan letter addressed to George are on sale on eBay for £6,000.

With parliament dissolved, all MPs are returning to their constituencies. The door knocking, letter dropping and sign erecting begins.

Bolton are 10 points clear of relegation but manager Neil Lennon knows how quickly the league table can change and wants a minimum of five points from the remaining seven games.

A new creative reading initiative to aid dementia sufferers and their families in coping with memory loss will arrive at Central Library next week.

The Chinese Dragon Boat festival returns to Salford Quays for its fourth year running this summer.

World Autism Awareness Day isn’t helpful towards society’s understanding of the condition, according to a Manchester mum of two autistic children.

Wigan, currently fifth in the standings, have had far from an ideal start to the campaign and coach Shaun Wane conceded that the Warriors must be on top form in their first competitive encounter with the champions since October’s Grand Final.

Police are appealing for information after a woman was sexually assaulted as she withdrew money from a cash machine in Altrincham.

A thug who left a man with brain injuries after fracturing his skull with a ‘one-punch’ attack outside a nightclub in Leigh has today been jailed for four years.

The first ever consumer product made out of graphene is set for release onto the UK market after a light bulb moment at the University of Manchester.

A serial rapist who repeatedly harassed a Middleton woman, subjecting her to a series of ‘terrifying attacks’ has been jailed for 11 years.