Stockport woman whipped with dog chains before ‘terrifying’ sexual assault
A woman was struck in the legs by dog chains before being subjected to a ‘horrific’ sexual assault in Stockport last week.
Bowel cancer death rate chasm between north and south Manchester revealed
Bowel cancer survival rates vary so drastically across Greater Manchester that patients are twice more likely to die in some areas than in others.
Bolton family of five jump from window of burning home to escape ‘arson’ attack
A suspected arson attack forced a Bolton family to jump from the first floor window of their home in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Wedding ring ripped from man’s finger in robbery on way home from Rochdale pub
A Rochdale man had his wedding ring ripped from his finger after a night out during a vicious robbery that took place during the early hours of Sunday morning.
The cheek! Thieves swipe drugs off COPS as £20K-worth of police property nabbed
FOI results highlighting attempted thefts from GMP in 2013 and 2014
Stress forces Greater Manchester firefighters to take almost 6,000 days off
The number of days the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) has lost to stress totals 5,981 over the last three years, with the total sky-rocketing from 2013 onwards.
Plans for Ardwick park are ‘attack on working class’ turning city into ‘Greychester’
Campaigners call for Manchester City Council to rethink their development project for Ardwick’s Gartside Gardens to turn park land into properties
Paying GPs to spot dementia won’t tackle dismal diagnosis rates, warns health boss
Senior Manchester health official brands paying NHS doctors to diagnose dementia ‘politically motivated’ and says it ‘raises ehtical considerations’
Manchester’s ‘lost generation of cooks’ learn to eat healthy and Love Food Hate Waste
Greater Manchester’s ‘lost generation of cookers’ are being given a nudge back into the kitchen as part of the Love Food Hate Waste campaign
Floods ‘bring most misery to poor areas’ but Manchester experts vow to stem the tide
Manchester Metropolitan University expert is warning that poorer areas are often the most affected by flooding as Britain faces wettest winter in 30 years
Run, rabbit, run! £2.2m wildlife grant for Manchester to Liverpool nature corridors
The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside are the winners of a £2.2million Heritage Lottery Fund grant for their Great Manchester Wetlands: A Carbon Landscape project