Jez Dolan, from Manchester, will visit The University of Texas at Austin later this month to scour through the pages of a rarely accessed journal kept by George Cecil Ives from 1867 – 1950

In a joint letter, published in yesterday’s Guardian, the council leaders of all ten Greater Manchester boroughs have called for greater autonomy.

Hope for Justice believe the increase in reports shows that more people are now being identified and rescused from desperate conditions.

Esther Rantzen CBE was joined by basketball legend John Amaechi OBE at the launch of a £1million appeal for ChildLine’s latest service which aims to join forces with 980 Greater Manchester schools

Logan Wood from Oswaldtwistle, suffered a heart attack after falling on a motorcross dirt track at Cowm Quarry, near Rochdale, yesterday afternoon

It’s all doom and gloom across Greater Manchester as new statistics claim the region is below the UK average for happiness and life satisfaction.

World Vegetarian Day, established by the North American Vegetarian Society in 1977 and endorsed by the International Vegetarian Union in 1978, is marked annually on October 1

The Labour MP echoed comments made by Stephen’s mother, Jane Sutton, who has spoken for the first time about her anger after her son’s cancer was misdiagnosed as constipation for five months

Louis van Gaal’s suggestion that missing this season’s Champions League would hinder Manchester United’s Premier League ambitions goes against common thought

Plans to ensure faster and more reliable train services were on show at Piccadilly and Whitworth Street West, with formal applications for renovations due to be submitted to the Department of Transport in the winter

Sir Richard Branson is adopting an idea used by the media streaming company Netflix, whereby it is entirely up to the employee when holiday is taken, and for how long