More people died from drug poisoning in the North West than any other region in England last year – the seventh consecutive time the region has topped the poll.

The leader of the Pirate Party has called for a different kind of ASBO to be placed on a Northern Quarter car park after syringes were found at the Oldham Street site.

On Tuesday August 5, officers raided a store where they found a hoard of synthetic cannabinoids alongside pills and powders that have a similar effect to ecstasy. They also recovered £6,000 in cash

Legal highs could potentially be a thing of the past as Wigan Council are cracking down on retailers selling them to children.

Elidh Bradley’s 1990’s grunge trio Solar Race had been a favourite of the late Radio One DJ John Peel and critics including music journalist John Robb tipped them to be the ‘next Nirvana’

Warehouse Project tickets have gone on sale for WHP 2014’s return to Store Street home.

Manchester’s largest dance music extravaganza is back in its traditional city centre location with a bigger line-up than ever – and the race is on to snap up tickets.

Nikola Bradford, 36, became so hooked on taking the non-prescription tablets for her bad back she tried to kick her habit by urging local chemists not to sell them to her.

More than 15 kilos of cannabis, with an estimated street value of £150,000, has been discovered in a disused bakery in Oldham.

A coroner has castigated revellers as a ‘disgrace’ after they refused to speak to police investigating the death of an Oldham boy who plummeted 40 feet off a balcony during a riotous party.

Joanne’s Kelly’s son Kyle Winterbottom, 16, lost his footing and fell to the ground as he clambered onto a third floor balcony rail in Oldham in a bid to climb down to the floor below during a party.