The Manchester poet and playwright Lemn Sissay has brought his adaption of Benjamin Zephaniah’s 2001 critically acclaimed novel, Refugee Boy, to the Waterside Arts Centre in Salford

Musclebound mixed martial arts fanatic Lloyd Seddon, 23, vanished last October while on early parole from a five year jail term for an ‘adrenaline-fuelled’ armed robbery spree

‘Beers and Ideas’ will be held tomorrow at The Basement, Little Lever St, Manchester, from 6-10pm

The incident, which occurred around 2pm, saw several lane closures and diversions put in place at the Eccles Interchange

The scheme is part of the Government’s long-term economic plan to help struggling shops, pubs and high streets across the country ‘build a stronger economy’

The planning application is the third in three years, the first in 2011 and the second in 2013

Arshad Mohammed, 34, of Merefield Street, Rochdale, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing and was jailed today for 4 years 8 months at Minshull Street Crown Court

Joanne Oliver was assessed over the phone and seen by a triage nurse who labelled case as urgent but then a doctor downgraded her condition to ‘routine’ after examined her

Manford offered a 835-strong crown a free drink to apologise for keeping them waiting, then footed the £3,530 bar bill

The number of singletons in the UK has risen by at least 3 million since 2001

Retired council planner Jeffrey Hain, 66, his wife Marion, 69, and their only son Christopher, 36, were killed when their car smashed into a lorry as it went round a bend