Atherton teen girl may have taken fatal insulin overdose ‘to lose weight’, inquest hears
An Atherton teenage girl who took a fatal overdose of insulin may have been taking the hormone as an aid to lose weight, an inquest heard.
Young dad of two dies from massive electric shock while fixing cooker at Oldham primary school
An electrician and married father of two has died after being electrocuted whilst repairing a kitchen cooker at a primary school in Oldham.
The Great War… from the saddle: ‘Realistic’ War Horse praised as historian sheds light on animals’ WWI role
The arrival of hit theatre show Warhorse to The Lowry has seen the play galloping in to the limelight, but what about the untold stories of millions of other horses used in WW1?
WWII is still going on for some: War re-enactors stage extravagant battles complete with explosions – IN PICS
MM speak’s to a World War Two re-enactor keeping the memory of those who died during World War Two alive.
Coroner pleads for urgency over asthma attacks after 999 call-handling blunder costs Oldham boy, 8, his life
A little Oldham boy who died after an asthma attack could have been saved were it not for a blunder by a 999 call handler which led to an 11-minute delay in paramedics treating him, an inquest heard today.
Four await fate over Warehouse Project clubber poisoned by ‘bad batch’ of ecstasy
Four men arrested and charged by police after an employee of Prince Charles’ charity collapsed and died from ecstasy poisoning during a ‘lad’s weekend’ at the Warehouse Project in Manchester were facing possible jail terms today.
Piccadilly Pulse: Have the Gaza protests in Manchester now gone too far?
Protests against events in Gaza have divided opinion in Manchester as they continue to intensify on King Street.
Tragic Hyde mum triples cash target in aid of charity who helped her survive ‘darkest days’ after daughter’s suicide
Martina Brincat-Baines, 36, took on the challenge of walking coast to coast from St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay for the charity Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS) – whose support she claims saved her life.
Broken-hearted Manchester college tutor jumps to death only weeks after begging to be taken to euthanasia clinic
Vicar’s daughter Rowena Golton, 45, jumped from the top of a building just hours after hospital staff put her severe bout of suicidal depression down to ‘sleep deprivation’.
Body discovered: Man, 38, found dead with gunshot wounds on quiet Cheetham Hill street
A murder investigation has been launched after a man was found with gunshot wounds in Cheetham Hill earlier this morning.
GMP chief Sir Peter Fahy faces misconduct probe after whistleblower alerts police watchdog
A whistleblower has fingered the police chief as well as three other serving officers in three separate investigations where GMP staff have been accused of ‘breaching their standards of professional behaviour’