Just 0.1% of fly-tippers were brought to justice in Manchester over the last year – despite £1.5million being spent clearing up the mess.

A 73-year-old Moston man denies smuggling two and a half kilos of cocaine into the country through Heathrow Airport

For the first time ever, Manchester artist LS Lowry’s paintings are being exhibited outside of the UK at The Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts in China

The Textus Roffensis, which is almost a century older than the Magna Carta, has been digitised by the University of Manchester in co-ordination with Rochester Cathedral.

NOISE Festival gives the opportunity to artists looking to make their big break.

Katy B whipped up a storm, sending the city dizzy with joy, with a thunderous performance at Manchester Academy on Saturday

Mancunians are fighting tooth and nail to avoid a trip to the dentist, so much so that one in seven people in the North West would rather face a divorce according to a recent survey.

A washed up ex-professional footballer who had trials at Manchester United and City before he masqueraded as a Premier League star to maintain his celebrity lifestyle has been jailed for four years.

In the two years since he quit urban six-piece Kid British, Adio has begun to bed his way in with the big boys and his supporting slots with Haim, Bastille and Rudimental shows his infectious breed of indie-pop is catching on.

New proposals were unveiled yesterday that could see smoking banned throughout London’s open spaces in an attempt to save lives.

While England matches will be held at Wembley until 2017, an NFL team in the capital could force the FA to consider moving internationals to grounds around the country.