Genetic testing has ‘no place’ in spotting young sporting talent or boosting sports performance, warns a Manchester Metropolitan University lecturer.

With Manchester’s iconic grey skies looming once again overhead, the stubborn drizzle of Monday morning rush hour rain and the bitter winds tearing across the Pennines, it’s clear winter’s back and here to stay.

Greater Manchester family and relationship experts Relate are giving advice to parents who are worried about their teenagers’ drinking habits.

A Manchester solicitor admitted his world record-breaking achievement will live long in his memory for some time after celebrating the achievement at Wooden Spoon’s Rugby Ball.

Oldham charity volunteer pleads for help as 70 Syrians are denied burial in Lesbos.

As many as 165 extra overnight bed spaces have been created for Manchester’s homeless this winter, after the City Council made two empty buildings available to rough sleepers.

Chris Smalling has been a revelation for Manchester United this season and has fully deserved plaudits for his consistent displays.

Being a northerner, when Franko Fraize describes Manchester as ‘pukka’ it’s difficult to know exactly what it means, but it certainly sounds positive.

Sale Sharks director of rugby Steve Diamond is determined to bed in younger members of his squad despite a chastening defeat to Newport Gwent Dragons in their opening European Challenge Cup match.

Just before the mid-point of Bill Ryder-Jones gig at Gullivers in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, a man turns around to tell the lads behind him to stop talking.

David Dunn claimed his second win as Oldham boss thanks to two second-half goals in Chesterfield, despite what the manager called an out-of-character first-half display.