Lord Peter Smith, chair of Greater Manchester Combined Authority, has praised Prime Minister David Cameron’s speech on the need to hand more power down from central to local government.

Married father-of-two Alan Henning previously worked as a taxi driver but had been a volunteer on an aid convoy in Syria before he was captured.

Aid worker Mr Haines, 44, had been held by captors since March 2013 and his grisly murder was broadcast in a video released on Saturday night.

Marchers, brought together by Unison, will assemble at Castlefield Arena on Liverpool Road at 11am tomorrow to protest against austerity

Oldham MP Michael Meacher has condemned David Cameron’s anti-jihadist measures and has accused the Government of undermining core British principles.

The Prime Minister outlined new anti-terror proposals to Parliament on Monday amid a heightened terror threat from British fighters returning from Iraq and Syria.

According to the Government, parents have spent up to £400 on packed lunches in previous years

Leading Manchester political figures, campaigners and police welcome tough new measures aimed at preventing female genital mutilation unveiled by the Prime Minister.

Manchester accounted for 38% of all city centre regional office take-up, claims the Big Nine report from commercial agents GVA, in a clear sign that industries are beginning to prosper once again after years of difficult conditions

A women’s magazine survey has revealed that the gender pay gap between men and women in their twenties has doubled in the past three years.

Chris Tompson, 38, is staging a month-long protest in the Prime Minister’s Oxfordshire constituency of Witney.

Southend artist Wazza Bizarre has a talent for inappropriate images