A Manchester resident has successfully topped other entrants to become one of four female finalists in PETA’s Sexiest Vegan in the UK and Ireland competition for 2015.

The Founders Walk – which will take place over six days and will see rugby fans visit the original home stadiums of the 22 clubs that founded the Northern Union back in 1895 – has been organised in association with the sport’s charity Rugby League Cares.

The most in-depth and comprehensive study of murder in Britain has been completed by a husband and wife team and is the subject of a new book entitled When Men Murder Women, published by Oxford University Press.

A series of major Oldham drug raids have seen 13 people, including three teenagers, charged with supply or conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine by Greater Manchester Police.

A dog found in a ‘terrible condition’ by Salford wardens after suffering cruel abuse at the hands of her owners has become the inspiration for the very first Dogs in Salford Festival after making a full recovery.