Wigan council elections 2014 round-up: Labour maintain majority as UKIP make gains and Lib Dems lose only seat
Labour control 23 of 25 seats
Rochdale council elections 2014 round-up: Labour tighten grip and shrug off UKIP threat as European ‘blip’
The evening at Rochdale Town Hall seemed tense at first, with people excitedly awaiting the results after counting began at 10.20pm
Ruthless thugs batter two men with baseball bats in Heywood home
Two men armed with baseball bats entered a house on Olive Street, Heywood. Once inside the men launched a vicious attack on the two men who live there
Out-of-work Bury gardener’s suicide shows toll unemployment takes on mental health, claims charity
The tragic death of unemployed Bury gardener Martin Hadfield was ‘shocking and saddening’ according to youth charity YouthNet.
Where is the love? Colwyn Bay offer Yaya Touré lifeline after Manchester City happy birthday ‘snub’
Seluk claims the club did not make Touré feels valued or appreciated by refusing to honour the midfielder on his 31st birthday, which clashed title celebrations in Abu Dhabi
Unemployed Bury gardener hanged himself after job centre meeting left him ‘demoralised’, inquest hears
Martin Hadfield was found hanged the day after attending a meeting at the Jobcentre
Labour of love: Sale embroiderer looking to stitch her way to success with bridal accessory company
The company launched in August last year, and has proved a big hit with brides and is already stocked in several bridal boutiques across the country.
At large… again: Convicted killer serving life for stabbing Oldham man to death escapes for FOURTH time
Arnold Pickering, 44, from Chadderton, Greater Manchester, did not return to HMP Kennett in Merseyside after leaving the open prison at 9.30 on Saturday morning.
Manchester pensioner viciously battered in face… as he tends mother’s grave on anniversary of death
The 68-year-old man was at his mother’s graveside in Gorton Cemetery around midday on Saturday May 17, when the offender approached him from behind and grabbed his shirt
Piccadilly Pulse: Do you know there is an election taking place on Thursday?
With local elections taking taking place on Thursday, MM took to the streets to ask if people knew and whether they would be voting
Stockport’s Sinatra crooner Bob Blakeley on The Voice rejection and going from taxi driver to ‘dream come true’
Coinciding with the album’s release on Monday May 19, Bob will also be performing and signing albums at HMV in the Arndale Centre on at 5:30pm