FC United of Manchester’s first competitive match at Broadhurst Park ended in disappointment last night, as they fell to a 2-1 defeat to Stockport County.

The different dialects and accents of Greater Manchester have been mapped out for the first time ever by sociolinguists from Manchester Metropolitan University.

A massive £99million in funding is to be provided to local firms across Cheshire and Warrington to help create jobs and boost skills.

The number of people who are self-employed in Greater Manchester is up 28% since the financial crisis, with those taking on the burden labelled ‘unsung heroes’ of the economic recovery.

A Manchester charity, dedicated to improving the lives of the city’s sex workers, has been honoured with a Charity Achievement Award from The Lloyds Bank Foundation for the hard work of their volunteers.

Greater Manchester midwives have been crowned the best in the country after delivering an exceptional performance in Unicef’s ‘Baby Friendly’ accreditation tests.

A little boy has been hospitalised after he was attacked and bitten by Staffordshire Terrier/Pitbull cross in Radcliffe yesterday.

Second World War survivors and evacuees will be heading to the Greater Manchester town that offered so many refuge – Stockport – for a special church service.

Young workers in the North West are more likely to job-hop in search of higher pay and benefits than the previous generation, who prioritised job security, new research reveals.

MP Kate Green has pledged to promote more autism awareness in Trafford after people’s understanding of the ‘complex condition’ was deemed ‘desperately low’ by a leading charity boss.

A Salford animal charity is trying out a new and easy way for members of the community to donate and support their work – and all it involves is shopping online.