Goodnight Deirdre Barlow: Stars pay tribute as Corrie’s Anne Kirkbride dies aged 60
Stars have paid tribute to actress Coronation Street actress Anne Kirkbride who died in a Manchester hospital yesterday.
Boy, 16, killed Gorton teen in shop over ‘racist’ Gangnam Style dance, court hears
A teenager who started performing the Gangnam-Style in a corner shop was killed by an Asian boy who perceived his dancing as ‘racist’, Manchester Crown Court heard today.
Heroin claims life of Bolton addict who ‘bared soul’ on Jeremy Kyle to turn life round
The family of a young Bolton girl whose life was lost last year to heroin have released photos of their happy-go-lucky daughter and sister.
Mobile of young dad found dead in Saddleworth reservoir ‘could solve murder’
Craig Wilcox, 28, vanished in January last year after telling friends that he was living in fear of ”some lads” who were ”after him.”
Cops ‘closer than ever’ to Parklife killer as Robert Hart’s girlfriend faces Xmas alone
Detectives are closer than ever to finding the attacker of Rober Hart, who died after an assault at Manchester’s Parklife festival last summer
Cadillac with ‘mind of its own’ killed doctor’s daughter in Oldham crash, inquest hears
A Tameside doctor lost his daughter and two other relatives in a road accident after his Cadillac people carrier crashed and overturned when it veered out of control ‘like a monster’, an inquest heard.
Blood of 120 children is ‘price Pakistan is paying for keeping world safe from terror’
A terrorist attack that killed more than 120 children in a Pakistan school has been described as ‘inhuman and barbaric’ by North West Labour MEP Afzal Khan.
Moston war hero commits suicide with last love letter from late wife by his side
Colour Sergeant Stephen Bardsley, 57,from Moston who saved wounded comrades in battle committed suicide after losing a tragic last fight to cope with the untimely death of his wife.
Leigh man who strangled wife in credit card row and dumped body in pond jailed
Thomas Flanagan, 57, told police that he grabbed his wife Elaine, 57, by the throat after she slapped him during a heated argument over finances in the kitchen of their home in Leigh.
Troubled Manchester teen died after doctors gave her ‘unlicensed’ drugs, inquest hears
A Manchester schoolgirl died in her sleep, aged just 14, after doctors gave her ‘unlicensed’ prescription drugs for depression, an inquest heard.
‘Superdad’ who led secret drug-fuelled double life died after concoction of SIX narcotics, inquest hears
A rugby coach died during a massive drugs binge at a friend’s stag weekend in Stockport after leading a secret ‘weekend’ double life of narcotics and alcohol abuse, an inquest heard.