Lymm will be taking part in the Land Rover Premiership Rugby Cup Parade of Champions during half-time of the Aviva Premiership Rugby Final on May 30, having secured their spot at a Sale Sharks festival on October 19.

More than 10% of convicted Greater Manchester’s rapists re-offend, according to shocking statistics collected over the past 10 years – but this could just be the tip of the iceberg according to a national rape charity.

Over the last 65 years the Greater Manchester constituency of Cheadle has been a battleground between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives, becoming used to the political pendulum swinging between the two without being challenged from outsiders.

A Manchester filmmaker is hoping to take his indie travel show Glimpsed to Italy with the help of the public.

A self confessed ‘evil’ Stockport nurse who murdered two patients at a hospital where he worked has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 35 years.

Manchester United fans are renowned for creating famous chants and have kept up their reputation by paying homage to a late club legend.

Rochdale police are hunting two burglars who tore down a brick wall to gain entry into a bakery after failing to rob a newsagents.

Imagine the scent of herbal tea brewing, pungent bath salts and homemade soap, new age music and eco-friendly clothing.

Last year Olympic silver medallist Lizzie Armitstead cut a frustrated figure when a tactical stalemate saw her miss out on a rainbow jersey at the World Championships – and she’s determined not to see history repeat itself this summer.

Weiss and Benioff clearly learnt nothing from that episode in season four and they’ve gone and done it again.

A Greenpeace activist who spent three months in Russian prisons after an ‘ill-fated’ protest has encouraged people to ‘do whatever is within their power’ to help create a greener, cleaner, safer world for future generations.