Britain’s new folk hope? Singer Blair Dunlop carries torch on from father of Fairport Convention fame
Blair Dunlop has returned two years on with his edgier album House of Jacks.
Time to get out of England? UKIP winning parliament seats would be awful, says Rochdale council hopeful
Liberal Democrat candidate for Castleton, Anthony Smith, believes Brit’s should leave the country if UKIP start taking seats in Parliament.
Convicted paedophile Stuart Hall gets two and a half years more slapped onto jail term over indecent assault
Ex-BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has been sentenced to an extra two and a half years in jail after being found guilty on one count of indecent assault last week.
Stockport’s Sinatra crooner Bob Blakeley on The Voice rejection and going from taxi driver to ‘dream come true’
Coinciding with the album’s release on Monday May 19, Bob will also be performing and signing albums at HMV in the Arndale Centre on at 5:30pm
Stuart Hall raped girl of 12 like a ‘rag doll’, woman tells court
The woman, known only as girl B, wept as she told a jury how paedophile ‘predator’ Hall, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, subjected her to years of abuse
Stockport writer reveals why he penned ‘love letter’ to Manchester in new drama on 1996 Arndale bombing
Peter Bowker’s latest drama ‘From Here to There’ uses the day the IRA bomb went off just outside the Arndale Centre on June 15 1996 as a backdrop for an emotive comedy-drama.
Stuart Hall plied girl with alcohol and raped her at least 30 times in BBC Manchester dressing room, jury hears
Hall, 84, is said to have raped and indecently assaulted two young girls on various dates more than 35 years ago
The show must go on: Jewish radio slot ditched by BBC after 21 years finds new lease of life in Salford
Now in their 24th year, Jewish Hour is currently enjoying the comfort of their new home on multi-award-winning non-profit community radio station, Salford City Radio
Stuart Hall admits child sex assault but denies 20 charges relating to Greater Manchester and Cheshire
The former BBC presenter admitted to one count of indecent assault at Preston Crown Court today, which are alleged to have occurred between 1978 and 1979
Censored: BNP slammed for using tragic soldier Lee Rigby as part of controversial campaign cartoon
The British National Party (BNP) have been slammed and banned for using murdered soldier Lee Rigby in their latest controversial campaign broadcast ahead of the this month’s European elections.
Newspapers run ads advising Jimmy Savile sex abuse victims on how to claim up to £60,000
In February the High Court approved a compensation scheme of more than £3million for Savile’s victims to be able to claim