Schools in the North West are facing an increasingly difficult battle to raise funds for essential learning equipment, a survey has revealed.

Council staff at a Manchester primary school failed to deal with a mouse infestation until after food hygiene inspectors said the kitchen ‘required major improvement’, an FOI has revealed.

A three-year-old child was threatened at gunpoint whilst walking to school, when a man robbed a mother in Sale on Friday morning.

Diabetes services in Manchester are thriving, while hundreds of patients in other regions are being denied vital information about how to cope with their lifelong disease.

A Manchester man transformed by newfound faith has spent years helping some of Rwanda’s poorest villagers, hoping that his latest endeavour can help give the country and its children a life away from its harrowing past.

Manchester City Council are seeking the views of the public, as they move ahead with plans to create a new school in the city centre, to provide children with a ‘world-class’ education.

Attention may be focussed on England’s premature exit from World Cup 2015 but for RFU development director Steve Grainger the introduction of rugby into previously non-playing schools demonstrates the lasting legacy of the tournament.

Hendre Fourie has swapped the pitch for the classroom to deliver engaging sessions combining the sport of rugby with basic financial education with Number Cruncherz.

Amnesty International Manchester are celebrating the modern relevance of the Human Rights Act for its 15th anniversary by hosting an evening talk on October 11.

Forget geeky teenage boys in dark bedrooms – a week-long series of events has started today with the aim of showing Mancunians that anyone can code.

The Sun’s former managing editor has been appointed editorial consultant at the UK’s leading journalism school, which has centres in both Manchester and London.