The different dialects and accents of Greater Manchester have been mapped out for the first time ever by sociolinguists from Manchester Metropolitan University.

A Moss Side pervert, who followed and sexually assaulted a woman, is still on the loose and police have released an image in a bid to catch him.

Thieves threw a wheelie bin through the shop window of Timperley Aquatics, and then a fish tank through the glass of the bird’s enclosure, before wrestling ‘Baby’ away – as evidenced by the bird’s tail feathers which were torn out in the struggle.

Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy on suspicion of attempted murder after a 38-year-old man was found with multiple stab wounds following a group attack in Salford.

The Modern Slavery Act 2015 is the first of its kind in Europe and specifically addresses slavery and trafficking in the 21st Century.

The 43-year-old suffered a cut to the head after he was attacked at the New Union pub, on Princess Street, at about 10pm on June 7.

Officers are investigating whether the same man was responsible for the two incidents that took place in Buile Hill Park, Salford, on Wednesday.

A masked duo, brandishing a sword and a hammer, has raided the tills of a Rochdale supermarket – police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.

Anti-Semitic attacks on members of Manchester’s Jewish community have increased by 38%, according to the Community Security Trust’s (CST) mid-year report.

A man has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing and killing a man, who did not die until five years after the attack in Wigan.

A Burnage driver, who was caught using his dead father’s disabled badge to get free parking, has been prosecuted and fined more than £500 including legal costs.