The most in-depth and comprehensive study of murder in Britain has been completed by a husband and wife team and is the subject of a new book entitled When Men Murder Women, published by Oxford University Press.

Ten years to the day since trans people were given the right to change their legal gender, MM caught up with Christine Burns MBE on how she managed to push through the pivotal bill.

A shocked Manchester University audience were told last week that gender inequality ‘is apartheid’, with human rights figurehead Shami Chakrabarti calling it ‘the greatest and most entrenched’ human rights issue facing the world today.

As the GCSE results gender gap widens, a Manchester education boss is claiming the exams don’t just make boys feel stupid but girls too ‘even when they’re not’.

This morning’s mischievous revelation by The Sun that they will continue to publish photographs of topless women on their notorious Page Three has sparked anger among campaigners, who were – just hours ago – celebrating a victory for the No More Page Three campaign.

The Sun’s decision to whip its topless models off Page 3 is a positive sign of progress but a small step in the fight against sexism, according to a Manchester campaigner.

Figures obtained by MM reveal racially-motivated attacks shot up by 40% while religiously-motivated attacks rocketed by 51% across Greater Manchester between May 2013 and February 2014.

East Didsbury Councillor Andrew Simcock has launched a campaign to introduce a second female statue into the city centre.

Yarnstorm: Stature project was founded by Warp & Weft

Across Greater Manchester’s ten boroughs, figures for the number of female councillors compared to male leave a lot to be desired