Manchester has been shortlisted for European Youth Capital, becoming the first UK city to make the list.

Manchester City’s disappointing 2-1 defeat to Italian side Juventus to kick off their Champions League campaign last night highlights how much work the Premier League pacesetters have to do in Europe, says Yaya Toure.

United finished a relatively respectable 12th, whereas the Citizens fared much worse, ending up 67th, with several other clubs around them also having had recent large investments.

A North West MEP has welcomed news that the UK will not push for an opt-out on EU employment protections, but calls for continued vigilance to protect workers’ rights.

In The Conservative Party Manifesto 2015 David Cameron then ‘committed that he will only lead a government that offers an in-out referendum’ on EU membership before the end of 2017.

Oldham Council has become the first local authority in the UK to sign a European Pledge to Peace declaration.

Manchester has shown that integration is ‘possible’ and that other European countries should follow the city’s ‘successful’ model, according to the president of the Socialist and Democratic group in the EU, after his visit to the North West.

Manchester will stage one of the biggest Chinese New Year celebrations in Europe and start the ‘year of the ram’ with a bang this weekend.

In a repeat of last season’s draw, Manuel Pellegrini’s men will welcome the Catalan club to The Etihad in February before travelling to the Nou Camp in March.

Prime Minister David Cameron’s comments on the proposed EU-US trade partnership after the G20 summit are under attack from a Manchester University politics lecturer

The head of a Bury-based £11million class A drugs operation that stretched throughout Europe has been jailed for 25 years.