CCTV footage captures Alan Croydon 25, of Norland Walk, Manchester, Aaron Buckley 26, of Coronation Street, Openshaw, and a third man embroiled in a heated row with the victim on the evening of December 6, 2013 around 12.30am

A Manchester advertising executive described as the ‘life and soul’ of parties hung himself after taking a mix of drugs and alcohol to cope with an anxiety condition.

With World Cup fever gripping the nation, Greater Manchester Police are bracing themselves for the ‘inevitable’ number of alcohol-related city centre incidents the tournament will cause.

Sophie Dalzell, 20, has escaped jail despite missing two meetings… so she could have a boob job.

GMP have set up an operation to identify potential abusers and limit the rise of attacks once the tournament kicks off on Thursday.

The month-long ‘None for the road’ campaign, which last year resulted in 252 arrests following almost 5,000 breath tests, hopes to deliver an even stronger message through social media and posters in pubs around the region.

The bars of Manchester are going head-to-head to be in the mix for a competition to create the Official Manchester Pride Cocktail.

Brits are frequently exposed to adverts that promote boozy lifestyles despite advertising guidelines, claims a new study by the University of Manchester.

Iron Maiden-branded beer Trooper, brewed by Stockport-based Robinsons, is celebrating a hugely successful first year in business today.

The five-year study was carried out by The Lesbian & Gay Foundation in partnership with the University of Central Lancashire, in the hope of getting a snapshot of alcohol and drug use among the LGB community in England

Two Castleton, Rochdale, pirate tobacco barons are behind bars over a plot to smuggle £3.2million worth of bootlegged cigarettes into Britain – hidden inside crates of fruit.