The leader of Oldham Council is among a number of Labour Party figures to put themselves forward to be candidate in the up-coming Oldham West and Royton by-election.

Dogs Trust Manchester will be playing classical music to their petrified pooches on bonfire night in a bid to drown out the scary sounds of fireworks.

Every year fireworks are lit across the city to celebrate Guy Fawkes’ failed plot to blow up Parliament and kill King James I.

The UK’s biggest recovery conference for drug and alcohol addiction will be held in Greater Manchester next month.

Manchester City Council are seeking the views of the public, as they move ahead with plans to create a new school in the city centre, to provide children with a ‘world-class’ education.

A North West MEP has lauded the end of ‘huge mobile bills ruining people’s holidays,’ after European Parliament voted to scrap roaming charges across the EU.

Some may be struggling to prosper as the economy crawls out of recession, but for one Mancunian man, there has been no time like the present to start his own business.

As part of Chancellor George Osborne’s plan for a ‘Northern Powerhouse,’ Devo Manc will see greater powers devolved from central government, along with the creation directly-elected Mayor for Greater Manchester.

The garden will be the fifth of its kind in the country, with the four others occupying spaces in Surrey, Devon, Essex and Yorkshire and currently recording record growth with a combined audience of 1.76 million visitors a year.

As the world celebrated Back to the Future day on Wednesday, many eyes were cast to what the future holds now, to how the passing of another 30 years will change the world.

Just 20% of the children adopted in England last year were over four, even though parents said that over-fours are much less demanding to care for, according to a survey by First4Adoption.